Soil Assessment along Toposequences in Rural Northern Nigeria: A Geomedical Approach by Lena Hartmann, Marvin Gabriel, Yuanrong Zhou, Barbara Sponholz, Heinrich Thiemeyer

“…The natural environment was investigated according to the World Reference Base, soil texture was analysed by pipette and sieving, and plant-available macronutrients were determined using barium-chloride or Ca-acetate-lactate extraction. …”
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AL-FEC for Improved Mobile Reception of MPEG-2 DVB-T Transport Streams by David Gozálvez, David Gómez-Barquero, Thomas Stockhammer, Michael Luby

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Structural Analysis of Alkaline Pretreated Rice Straw for Ethanol Production by Paripok Phitsuwan, Chutidet Permsriburasuk, Sirilak Baramee, Thitiporn Teeravivattanakit, Khanok Ratanakhanokchai

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Capsule Endoscopy for Crohn’s Disease: Current Status of Diagnosis and Management by Dong-Hoon Yang, Bora Keum, Yoon Tae Jeen

“…Video capsule endoscopy (VCE) has a higher diagnostic yield than small bowel barium radiography and computed tomography enterography for the detection of small intestinal involvement of CD. …”
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Unsuccessful Peace-making: the Mission of Francesco da Collo and Antonio de Conti to Moscow (1518-1519) by O. F. Kudriavtsev

“…The article underscores the critical role of ceremonial practices, such as receptions, banquets, and hunts, in the diplomatic culture of the period.Particular focus is given to da Collo's accounts of his interactions with Vasily III and his entourage, highlighting the crucial importance of personal meetings and informal contacts in the diplomatic process of the time. …”
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Sintering behaviour and dielectric properties of BaTiO3: Effect of borax addition by Othman Kolthoum I., Ali Mostafa El Sayed, El-Houte Samia Imam

“…Barium titanate (BaTiO3) is a prominent ferroelectric material widely utilized in various electronic applications, due to its excellent dielectric properties. …”
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Southerners in the North. Destabilized Identities in William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury by Aurélie Guillain

“…Plus généralement, c'est le sujet américain que l'œuvre de Faulkner semble associer à une occasion manquée : chez Faulkner, le sol américain semble donner, plus d'une fois, l'occasion de se définir et de se redéfinir sur un mode constructiviste et théâtral ; mais cette occasion sera, plus d'une fois également, une occasion manquée. …”
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Effects of Vegetation Restoration on Soil Infiltration and Runoff in the Gully Regions on the Loess Plateau by MA Xueyan, MU Xingmin, WANG Shuangyin, BAI Yungang, NIU Fangpeng

“…[Results] (1) Vegetation restoration significantly increased the values of soil infiltration characteristics and capacity, with the order of artificial forest > natural grassland > corn farmland. (2) Compared to bare ground, grassland increased the transformation of rainfall into soil storage, reduced surface runoff, and led to the appearance of multiple layers of interflow. (3) Compared to bare ground, grassland showed more rapid changes in soil moisture content, richer runoff components, and less runoff volume. (4) When the intensity of rainfall on bare ground was much greater than the infiltration capacity of the land, surface runoff would be formed rapidly, and the amount of infiltration would be small, and there was a shallow and relatively impermeable layer in naturally restored grassland, and there was a big difference between the infiltration capacity of the upper and lower soil layers, so as to form a loamy mid-stream. …”
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Estimation of daily groundwater evapotranspiration from diurnal variations of lysimeter experiments data in an arid zone by Peng Yao, Fengzhi Shi, Yuehui Wang, Ningze Dai, Chengyi Zhao

“…New hydrological insights for the region: Deeper groundwater reduced ETg from bare land but increased ETg from P. euphratica and T. ramosissima. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Polyurea-Coated Steel Plates at Underwater Explosive Loading by Li-hui Dai, Cheng Wu, Feng-jiang An, Sha-sha Liao

“…During the experimental tests of bare steel plates at different standoff, an appropriate distance was selected as the reference standoff to perform the tests of coated plates. …”
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Preparation of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Substrates Based on Immobilized Silver-Capped Nanoparticles by C. Caro, F. Gámez, A. P. Zaderenko

“…The surface-enhanced Raman scattering intensity of the new films based on polymer-capped nanoparticles is compared with that obtained with silver bare nanoparticles using rhodamine 6G as a common chromophore. …”
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Carbon Nanofibers Modified Graphite Felt for High Performance Anode in High Substrate Concentration Microbial Fuel Cells by Youliang Shen, Yan Zhou, Shuiliang Chen, Fangfang Yang, Suqi Zheng, Haoqing Hou

“…Morphology characterization revealed that the biofilms in the CNFs/GF anode were much denser than those in the bare GF. This result revealed that the nanostructure in the anode not only enhanced current generation but also could tolerate high substrate concentration.…”
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Experimental Investigation of Phase Change inside a Finned-Tube Heat Exchanger by M. Rahimi, A. A. Ranjbar, D. D. Ganji, K. Sedighi, M. J. Hosseini

“…Similarly, flow rate variation varies the solidification time more intensely for the bare tube heat exchanger.…”
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Disrupted microsaccade responses in late-life depression by Yao-Tung Lee, Ying-Hsuan Tai, Yi-Hsuan Chang, Cesar Barquero, Shu-Ping Chao, Chin-An Wang

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The relaxant effect of Tamsulosin in the vascular reactivity of goat isolated renal artery by Aveen Muhsin Asaad, Ismail Salih Ibraheem Kakey

“…On the other side, subtype blockers from other K+ channels (tetraethylammonium, TEA), barium chloride (BaCl2) and inhibitor of nitric oxide (NO) synthase (L-Name) not exhibited any role in the relaxation effect of tamsulosin. …”
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Microstructural, mechanical and thermodynamic properties ınvestigation of the novel rare earth-free multicomponent Mg-15Al-8Ca-3Zn-2Ba alloy by Türe Y.

“…The aim of this study was to examine the usability of the elements aluminum (Al), calcium (Ca), and zinc (Zn) together with barium (Ba), and to investigate the mechanical and thermodynamic properties of the resulting multicomponent alloy system. …”
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Ovine Progressive Pneumonia: Diagnosis and Seroprevalence in the South of Sonora, Mexico by Mercedes Yannin Borquez Cuevas, Juan Francisco Hernández Chávez, Betsy Armenta Leyva, Jesús Raymundo Cedillo Cobián, Ramón Miguel Molina Barrios

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Integration of soft skills into the program of maritime English by V. Kudriavtseva, S. Barsuk, O. Frolova

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Evaluation of serum Ferritin level in patients presenting with dysphagia: A hidden marker to diagnose Plummer Vinson syndrome by Rukhsana Tumrani, Afshan Qayum, Kashif Munir, Ahmad Ijlal, Mehvish Sana

“…Patients between 20 to 60 years of age, both genders, presenting with dysphagia in outdoor were included and subjected to the estimation of serum ferritin level and barium swallow to diagnose Plummer Vinson syndrome. …”
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Fabrication of microcapsules with core‐shell structure for oral delivery of dual drugs and real‐time computed tomography imaging by Rong Cai, Long Xiao, Miaomiao Zhang, Lulu Zhao, Jingjing Zhang, Fengyi Du, Zhirong Wang

“…A reverse coordination method is reported that fabricates a double‐layer barium sulphate microcapsule (DL@BS MS) for two drugs separately loading simultaneously. …”
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