A 20 m spatial resolution peatland extent map of Alaska by Mark J. Lara, Roger Michaelides, Duncan Anderson, Wenqu Chen, Emma C. Hall, Caroline Ludden, Aiden I. G. Schore, Umakant Mishra, Sarah N. Scott

“…., circular to elongated). However, our best remotely sensed products describing the regional-scale distribution of peatland extents are constrained to 1 km2 pixels, often representing notable sub-pixel heterogeneity and local-scale uncertainties. …”
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‘Subtle Instrument of Music’: Translating the Sound and Appearance of Decadence in Wilde’s Salomé by Erin Dunbar

“…Through writing in French and, ‘In choosing to write his version of Salomé in the form of a play, Wilde rather archly extends the dynamics of the aestheticizing gaze and its struggle for perceptual authority out beyond the canvas of his art’ (Greger 50). The play’s overall concern here is not entirely the notion of passion, but decadence—that is, that fine line between the depraved and the indulgent. …”
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On the Experimental Determination of Poisson’s Ratio for Intact Rocks and Its Variation as Deformation Develops by Lu Dong, Hongfa Xu, Pengxian Fan, Zhichou Wu

“…Thus, the average Poisson’s ratio is a better index than the secant Poisson’s ratio in describing the relationship between axial and lateral strains of hard rocks. …”
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Investigating the effect of various lengths of bamboo straw on the mechanical properties of adobe by Balfaqih Ahmed, Baarimah Abdullah O., Yafouz Ayman, Yahaya Fadzil Mat, Najah Ali

“…A solid conclusion can be made that the samples constructed with short bamboo straw throughout the mix performed better than the samples with long bamboo straw in compressive strength test and for flexural strength short bamboo marked the best performance to the 1.0%.…”
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En Parent–Staff Collaboration in Norwegian Early Childcare Centers by Anne Grethe Sønsthagen, Karin Street

“… Collaboration between parents and staff in early childcare centers is important because it supports children’s well-being, development, and learning. …”
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Storage-Efficient 16-Bit Hybrid IP Traceback with Single Packet by Ming Hour Yang

“…Some even have false positives because they use an IP header’s fragment offset for marking. …”
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THE THREE DIMENSIONAL CURVED ELASTICITY-PLASTICITY CRACK TIP OPENING DISPLACEMENT UNDER QUASI-STATIC LOAD by YANG DaPeng, WANG ShuQin, ZHOU Chao, JIN YuXia, YANG XinHua

“…Three dimensional curved elastic-plastic crack tip opening displacement has been calculated by numerical solutions, diagrams have been constructed to analyse the transformation relationships between curved crack tip opening displacement and three dimensional crack body geometrical measurement. …”
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Coconut residues increase light fraction of organic matter and water retention in semi-arid sandy soil under irrigated cultivation by Isnara Evelin Barbosa da Silva, Magnus Dall’Igna Deon, Davi José Silva, Francisco Alisson da Silva Xavier, Ana Paula Guimarães Santos, Diana Signor

“…The highest C contents in the fraction >53 µm and the highest soil water retention were observed three years after the deposition of coconut shells on the surface, which suggests the need for reapplying the residues after this period to maintain the benefits.…”
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Was Grand Duchy of Lithuania a Federation? by Zenonas Norkus

“…Rėimeris draws the distinction between a unitary state and three types of state compounds: federation, confederation, and empire. …”
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Port scan detection algorithms based on statistical traffic features

“…A slowly port scan detect method was presented based on the statistical traffic features.Two statistical features: the ratio between the number of hosts and ports a host communicates and similarities of the ports set,were selected to denote the traffic features.The CUSUM and wavelet transform methods were employed to analyze the features and detect the slowly port scan behaviors.The experimental results show that the methods proposed detect port scan behaviors effi-ciently and correctly,it has low false negative and false positive alarm rate compared with the Snort.…”
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Nested Variant of Urothelial Carcinoma by Anthony Kodzo-Grey Venyo

“…The tumour has a bland histomorphologic appearance, has an aggressive biological behaviour, and has at times been misdiagnosed as a benign lesion which had led to a significant delay in the establishment of the correct diagnosis and contributing to the advanced stage of the disease. …”
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Predictors for recurrence of chronic osteomyelitis following long bones cavity defect replacement with synthetic materials by Alexander V. Afanasyev, Svetlana A. Bozhkova, Vasily A. Artyukh

“…The patients were divided into two groups based on the treatment outcome: group 1 (n=90) - successful elimination of infection; group 2 (n=41) - recurrent osteomyelitis after one-stage or during two-stage treatment. Differences between the groups were assessed to identify factors that affect the risk of recurrence. …”
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Effectiveness of hCMV, mEF1a and mAct promoters on driving of foreign gene expression in transgenic zebrafish by . Alimuddin, G. Yoshizaki, O. Carman, T. Takeuchi

“… Highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA), especially eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) have long been recognized for its beneficial effect for human health and development.   …”
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RE-EVALUATING YORUBA MARKET COSMOLOGY AND IMPACT ON MARKET DEVELOPMENT by OLAYINKA ALIU, SOLANKE STEPHEN O.

“…Asa society whose pre-occupation is principally agricultural, all processes in the development of traditional markets are important because they occupy vital positions in the people’s economic life. …”
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Latitudinal Dependence of Cosmic Rays Modulation at 1 AU and Interplanetary Magnetic Field Polar Correction by P. Bobik, G. Boella, M. J. Boschini, C. Consolandi, S. Della Torre, M. Gervasi, D. Grandi, K. Kudela, S. Pensotti, P. G. Rancoita, D. Rozza, M. Tacconi

“…The cosmic rays differential intensity inside the heliosphere, for energy below 30 GeV/nuc, depends on solar activity and interplanetary magnetic field polarity. …”
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Research of the Nutrition Problem: Methodological Approaches and Daily Practices by A. V. Noskova

“…The author notes that the necessity for scientific studying of food has been understood at the end of the XIX - the beginning of the XX centuries. …”
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La politique de l’eau en Afrique du Sud : le difficile équilibre entre développement durable et valorisation optimale de la ressource by David Blanchon

“…This paper shows that the implementation of the environmental Reserve and the water demand management policy have paradoxically accelerated the competition between regions for the access to water resources, and only temporarily stopped the building of huge dams and inter-basin transfers. …”
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Synthesis and Advanced NMR Characterization of Ordered 3D Reticular Materials with PolySilicate Nodes and Hydrophobic OrganoSilicone Linkers by Jelle Jamoul, Sambhu Radhakrishnan, Maarten Houlleberghs, C. Vinod Chandran, Aline Vits, Pasquinel Weckx, Sam Smet, Daniel Arenas Esteban, Sara Bals, Johan A. Martens, Eric Breynaert

“…In the case of octyl-methyl silicone linkers, changing the silane-to-silicate ratio in the synthesis allowed for tuning the length of the linker between the nodes. With dicyclopentyl linkers, the addition of dimethyldichlorosilane was essential to enable the formation of a reticular network. …”
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Stawki podatku VAT a zużycie środków ochrony roślin i nawozów mineralnych w krajach Unii Europejskiej w obliczu wyzwań zrównoważonego rozwoju by Magdalena Jarczok-Guzy

“…Te pytania stały się inspiracją do przeprowadzenia badania, którego celem będzie sprawdzenie zależności pomiędzy stawkami podatku VAT na środki ochrony roślin i nawozy mineralne oraz dynamiką zakupywanych ilości tych środków we wszystkich krajach Unii Europejskiej. …”
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Les stratégies spatiales de la population haïtienne à Miami by Cédric Audebert

“…The mental and functional adaptation to the place of settlement aims at appropriating it by giving it a sense of belonging, and appears to be the first step to collective strategies of territorialization. …”
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