Ground-level Particulate Sulphate and Gaseous Sulphur Dioxide Downwind of an Aluminium Smelter by Dane Blanchard, Julian Aherne

“…A network of active two-stage filter-packs and passive-diffusive samplers was established between June 2017 to October 2018 with the objective to evaluate the spatiotemporal variation and relative contribution of pSO4 2− to total anthropogenic atmospheric oxidized sulphur (SOx = SO2 + pSO4 2−). …”
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Maternal Thyroid Dysfunction and Risk of Seizure in the Child: A Danish Nationwide Cohort Study by Stine Linding Andersen, Peter Laurberg, Chun Sen Wu, Jørn Olsen

“…Maternal diagnosis of thyroid dysfunction before or after birth of the child was registered in two percent of the singleton births. …”
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Cinemas and Spectators of International Development by Molly Geidel

“…It explores how development institutions, theorists, and filmmakers made connections between the experience of spectatorship and the odd mixture of passivity and striving that constituted the ideal “developing” subject. …”
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The Role of Polarizability in Isoelectronic Ions: The Case of Pseudohalides by Mert Acar, Duccio Tatini, Barry W. Ninham, Pierandrea Lo Nostro

“…However, for polyatomic ions, this framework becomes misleading. The anisotropic nature of polarizability in polyatomic ions plays a decisive role in shaping their behavior. …”
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Serosurvey of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus in Cattle in Southern Japan and Estimation of Its Transmissibility by Transient Infection in Nonvaccinated Cattle by Norikazu Isoda, Satoshi Sekiguchi, Chika Ryu, Kosuke Notsu, Maya Kobayashi, Karin Hamaguchi, Takahiro Hiono, Yuichi Ushitani, Yoshihiro Sakoda

“…Bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) is caused by the BVD virus (BVDV) and has been reported worldwide in cattle. To estimate BVDV circulation among cattle where few BVD cases were reported in southern Japan, 1910 serum samples collected from 35 cattle farms without a BVD outbreak were investigated to detect antibodies against BVDV-1 and BVDV-2 using an indicator virus with a cytopathogenic effect and the luciferase gene, respectively. …”
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The use of DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) methodology to evaluate the impact of ICT on productivity in the hotel sector by Cidália Leal Paço, Juan Manuel Cepeda Pérez

“…The DEA model permits the measurement of both when we have information about prices and we want to consider a behavioural objective, such as minimising costs and maximising revenues. …”
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Isolation of a periodic component by singular wavelet decomposition by V. M. Romanchak, M. A. Hundzina

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Future of European Security Policies: Is Geopolitical Europe Possible? by Ahmet K. Han, Çiğdem Üstün

“…Since the aftermath of World War II, the pursuit of European autonomy in ensuring its security began with the 1950s French proposal for a pan-European defense force, though never realized. …”
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Traditions of the revived Lithuanian press in Vilnius in 1904-1914 by Violeta Černiauskaitė

“…This article analyzes state censorship that existed between 1918 and 1940. This censorship is analyzed first of all bearing in mind war censorship, which was present in interwar Lithuania between 1919 and 1933. …”
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X-Men : la puissance de la défaillance, entre infirmité et post-humanité by Adrien Cascarino

“…In recent years, the transhumanist movement has been developing and has provoked as many fascinated reactions as frightened rejections. …”
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Evaluation de la qualité de vie des femmes souffrant d’une fistule obstétricale à Kinshasa [Evaluation of the quality of life of women with obstetric fistula in Kinshasa] by Jonathan Enguta Mwenzi, Ruth Bukabau Babuya, Francine Manyonga Sabowa

“…They have a strong sense of physical (Mean = 2.68; SD =0.77), existential (Mean = 2.80; SD =1.06) and social well-being (Mean = 3.10; SD =0.92). Conclusion -obstetric fistula negatively affects the general and psychological well-being of women treated at the Fistula Clinic in Kinshasa. …”
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Crack Initiation, Propagation, and Failure Characteristics of Jointed Rock or Rock-Like Specimens: A Review by Ri-hong Cao, Ping Cao, Hang Lin, Xiang Fan, Chunyang Zhang, Taoying Liu

“…It begins by briefly explaining the significance of studying these topics. …”
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Omega Index of Line and Total Graphs by Musa Demirci, Sadik Delen, Ahmet Sinan Cevik, Ismail Naci Cangul

“…For this reason, the relations between a graph and its derived graphs are always welcomed. …”
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Undergraduate EFL learners’ preferences for three different types of written corrective feedback by Monera Almohawes

“…The researcher sought to investigate learners’ preferences for direct, indirect, or metalinguistic written corrective feedback and the reasons behind these preferences. The results showed that most learners preferred direct written corrective feedback because it helped them improve their writing skills and was easier to understand. …”
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Flood Analysis with HEC-RAS: A Case Study of Tigris River by Selman Ogras, Fevzi Onen

“…Considering the peculiar state of nature, floods, which are the greatest disasters after the earthquake, are unlikely to occur. But floods are becoming more risky for human beings day by day because of the population growth, need of water and settlements, wrong zoning plan, and unplanned engineering practices. …”
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On CR-Lightlike Product of an Indefinite Kaehler Manifold by Rakesh Kumar, Jasleen Kaur, R. K. Nagaich

“…We have studied mixed foliate CR-lightlike submanifolds and CR-lightlike product of an indefinite Kaehler manifold and also obtained relationship between them. Mixed foliate CR-lightlike submanifold of indefinite complex space form has also been discussed and showed that the indefinite Kaehler manifold becomes the complex semi-Euclidean space.…”
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A magnetic nanoadsorbent based on expanded graphite with enhanced surface area for the removal of sulfamethoxazole and malachite green from aqueous solutions by Asadollah Mohammadi, Parisa Abedi, Mohammad Reza Gholami

“…The results indicate the adsorption of SMX and MG by nanocomposite better described with pseudo-second-order kinetic. …”
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Evaluation of oral health status in patients with type 2 diabetes by Tahmineh Khoshbakhti, Vajehallah Raeesi, Gholamreza Sharifzadeh, Leili Alizadeh

“…Fazit: Insgesamt zeigen die Ergebnisse dieser Studie, dass chronische Parodontitis, Zahnbeweglichkeit, Furkation und Beteiligung bei Patienten mit Typ-2-Diabetes häufiger auftraten als bei nicht-diabetischen Kontrollpersonen. …”
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Effects of Fasudil on Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Left Ventricular Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Prospective Intervention Study by Xiang Zhang, Xueming Zhang, Saihua Wang, Jun Luo, Zhihong Zhao, Changzhu Zheng, Jieyan Shen

“…Cardiac output was found to be worse in the RPH group than the PPH group (p<0.01). Besides, the RPH group demonstrated a greater transpulmonary pressure gradient (TPG) and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) than the PPH group (p<0.01 for both) as well as pulmonary arterial systolic pressure (PASP) and mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) (p<0.01 for both), which fits the feature of RPH. …”
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Lax Triples for Integrable Surfaces in Three-Dimensional Space by Jan L. Cieśliński, Artur Kobus

“…., Lax representations consisting of three linear equations) associated with families of surfaces immersed in three-dimensional Euclidean space E3. We begin with a natural integrable deformation of the principal chiral model. …”
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