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“…His research interests included wide range of topics concerning thermodynamics and stability of oxide systems, crystal and defect structure, charge and mass transfer, technical applications of oxide materials, and many others. …”
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Canine Actors and Melodramatic Effects: The Dog of Montargis Arrives on the English Stage by Claudia Alonso Recarte

“…This work examines how, through the adaptation of the widely celebrated French canine melodrama Le chien de Montargis onto the British stage, Victorian society explored and attempted to define its own distinct cultural alliance and conceptualization of the dog. …”
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Spatial deconvolution from bulk DNA methylation profiles determines intratumoral epigenetic heterogeneity by Binbin Liu, Yumo Xie, Yu Zhang, Guannan Tang, Jinxin Lin, Ze Yuan, Xiaoxia Liu, Xiaolin Wang, Meijin Huang, Yanxin Luo, Huichuan Yu

“…Methods Genomic DNA of three laser micro-dissected tumor regions, including digestive tract surface, central bulk, and invasive front, was extracted from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded sections of colorectal cancer patients. The genome-wide methylation profiles were generated with methylation array. …”
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Development of Tandem Ion Mobility Spectrometry with High-voltage Fragmentation Unit at Atmospheric Pressure for Explosives Detection by Kang-yi LIU, Tian-xin XIAN, Ling-feng LI, Yun-jing ZHANG, Xing-li HE, Peng LI

“…IMS technique operating at atmospheric pressure has numerous advantages, including simple structure, clear spectra, high sensitivity, and fast analysis speed, making it widely applied in fields such as on-site detection of explosives. …”
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Vocabulario, narración y argumentación en los primeros años de la infancia y la niñez. Una revisión de investigaciones / Vocabulary, narration and argumentation during the first ye... by Celia Renata Rosemberg, Alejandra Menti, Alejandra Stein, Florencia Alam, Maia Migdalek

“…Within the framework of a wide array of research studies on the subject, this revision focuses on the line of research that we have been carrying out with children from diverse sociocultural groups in Argentina. …”
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A methodical approach for evaluating the variability of productivity and fruit quality in the genetic collections of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) by V. I. Lapshin, V. V. Yakovenko, S. N. Shcheglov, V. N. Podorojny

“…A complicated genomic composition, the  diversity of genetic control systems, and a strong modifying effect of growing conditions on the implementation of quantitative traits make it necessary to improve  methods for analysis of the  genotypic variability of economically  valuable  traits with the  aim of identifying genotypes that  are characterized by stability and adaptive qualities in a wide ecological  range  of growing  conditions. In 2016–2018, twenty-seven strawberry  varieties were studied in the collections of North Caucasian Federal Scientific Center of Horticulture, Viticulture and Krymsk Experiment Breeding Station, VIR Branch. …”
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Scoping review of costs of implementation strategies in community, public health and healthcare settings by Hongmei Wang, Jungyoon Kim, Tzeyu L Michaud, Emiliane Pereira, Gwenndolyn Porter, Caitlin Golden, Jennie Hill, Cindy Schmidt, Paul A Estabrooks

“…The overall costs of Conduct ongoing training ranged from $199 to $105 772 ($1–$13 973 per action target and $0.02–$412 per EBP participant); whereas the cost of Conduct educational meetings ranged from $987 to $1.1–$2.9 million/year ($33–$54 869 per action target and $0.2–$146 per EBP participant). The wide range of costs was due to the varying scales of the studies, intended audiences/diseases and the complexities of the strategy components. …”
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Incidence and survival of skin melanoma in Puglia: A comparison with the rest of Italy by Anna Maria Nannavecchia, Danila Bruno, Antonino Ardizzone, Enrico Caputo, Anna Melcarne, Antonia Mincuzzi, Fernando Palma, Lucia Bisceglia, Ida Galise, Francesco Cuccaro

“…Introduction: There is a wide heterogeneity in incidence, prevalence, mortality and survival of skin melanoma through the world and in Italy as well. …”
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Shortening duration of untreated illness in young people with first episode eating disorders: protocol of a randomised controlled feasibility trial of a smartphone friendly multi-m... by Luiza Grycuk, Dina Monssen, Molly R. Davies, Helen Sharpe, Karina L. Allen, Vibhore Prasad, Rachel Potterton, Priya Popat, Victoria A. Mountford, Sheryllin McNeil, Vanessa Lawrence, Nina Grant, Kimberley A. Goldsmith, Danielle Glennon, Sarah Byford, Amy Brown, Ulrike Schmidt

“…If effective, this novel, online intervention has the potential for wide dissemination and for substantially reducing DUED to improve long-term patient outcomes. …”
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Research on Technology of Optical Switch Devices with Integrated Tunable Filters by HU Di, XIAO Qingming, ZHENG Jie

“…It is noted that Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) can respectively realize the functions of OSW and TOF, and MEMS devices are relatively easy to implement with advantages such as fast tuning speed, wide tunable range, and small size. The article designs a new device combining both functions based on existing MEMS OSW and TOF solutions. …”
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Wetland degradation monitoring using multi-temporal remote sensing data and watershed land degradation index by I. Ridwan, S. Kadir, N. Nurlina

“…(d) land degradation index can be used in a wide variety of contexts, which also accounts for the provision of quantitative predictions with regard to the possibility of land degradation. …”
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Spinally targeted paired associative stimulation with high-frequency peripheral component induces spinal level plasticity in healthy subjects by Anna Nätkynmäki, Leena Lauronen, Piia Haakana, Erika Kirveskari, Janne Avela, Anastasia Shulga

“…While conventional PAS protocols (single TMS pulse often applied with intensity close to resting motor threshold, and single PNS pulse) usually require precisely defined ISIs, high-PAS can induce plasticity at a wide range of ISIs and also in spite of small ISI errors, which is helpful in clinical settings where precise ISI determination can be challenging. …”
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Victims of age restrictions in Turkish football: a study on the social consequences of the application by Mert Zelyurt, Muazzez Sasmaz Atacocugu

“…Research data was collected through using "interview" technique, one of the most widely used method of data collection in qualitative research. …”
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Early changes of peripheral circulating immune subsets induced by PD-1 inhibitors in patients with advanced malignant melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer by Simona Borilova, Peter Grell, Iveta Selingerova, Lenka Gescheidtova, Marie Mlnarikova, Ondrej Bilek, Radek Lakomy, Alexandr Poprach, Jan Podhorec, Igor Kiss, Rostislav Vyzula, Barbora Vavrusakova, Jiri Nevrlka, Lenka Zdrazilova-Dubska

“…Abstract Background Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), including those targeting PD-1, are currently used in a wide range of tumors, but only 20–40% of patients achieve clinical benefit. …”
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Using genomics to explore the epidemiology of vancomycin resistance in a sewage system by Emilie Egholm Bruun Jensen, Saria Otani, Ivan Liachko, Benjamin Auch, Frank M. Aarestrup

“…We found that despite the long-term presence in the sewer, the vanHAX genes have seemingly not disseminated widely.…”
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Pharmacokinetic Characterisation and Comparison of Bioavailability of Intranasal Fentanyl, Transmucosal, and Intravenous Administration through a Three-Way Crossover Study in 24 He... by S. Nardi-Hiebl, J. W. Ndieyira, Y. Al Enzi, W. Al Akkad, T. Koch, G. Geldner, C. Reyher, L. H. J. Eberhart

“…For more than 60 years, the synthetic opioid fentanyl has been widely used in anaesthesia and analgesia. While the intravenous formulation is primarily used for general anaesthesia and intensive care settings, the drug’s high lipophilic properties also allow various noninvasive routes of administration. …”
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Structure and identification of the native PLP synthase complex from Methanosarcina acetivorans lysate by Angela Agnew, Ethan Humm, Kang Zhou, Robert P. Gunsalus, Z. Hong Zhou

“…As a result, there is a gap in knowledge concerning the mechanisms governing archaeal protein behavior and their impacts on both the environment and human health; case in point, the synthesis of the widely utilized cofactor pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP; a vitamer of vitamin B6, which humans cannot produce). …”
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Shale Heterogeneity in Western Hunan and Hubei: A Case Study from the Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation in Well Laidi 1 in the Laifeng-Xianfeng Block, Hubei Province by Peng Zhang, Junwei Yang, Yuqi Huang, Jinchuan Zhang, Xuan Tang, Chengwei Liu

“…The results of the low-temperature N2 adsorption-desorption experiment show that the shale pores are mainly composed of micropores and mesopores with narrow throats and complex structures, and their main morphology is of a thin-necked and wide-body ink-bottle pore. Based on the Frenkel-Halsey-Hill (FHH) model, the pore fractal dimension is studied to obtain the fractal dimension D1 (2.73-2.76, mean 2.74) under low relative pressure (P/P0≤0.5) and D2 (2.80-2.89, mean 2.85) under high relative pressure (P/P0>0.5). …”
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Perencanaan Strategis Sistem Informasi Pada Lembaga Amil Zakat Menggunakan Analisis SWOT Berbasis Lima Faktor Seni Perang Sun Tzu Berdasarkan Anita Cassidy by Ucky Pradestha Novettralita, R. Rizal Isnanto, Catur Edi Widodo

“…Sun Tzu's Art of War has been widely used in research to develop business strategies and sales strategies. …”
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Effectiveness of Ai Chi as Aquatic Intervention for Balance Impairments in Community-dwelling Older Adults in India: A Randomised Controlled Study by Purnima Singh, Pratap Chandra Sarma

“…Aquatic therapy, particularly Ai Chi, which is not a widely popular intervention in India, offers a low-impact approach to improving balance. …”
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