Sky High or Grounded: Nest Site Selection of Herons and Egrets in a Mixed‐Species Colony by Farrah Samraoui, Riad Nedjah, Abdennour Boucheker, Hamed A. El‐Serehy, Boudjéma Samraoui

“…These early selected sites featured larger branches, which conferred greater nest stability. …”
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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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A systematic review of Streptococcus Mutans and Veillonellae species interactions in dental caries progression: Positive or Negative impact? [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2... by Faizul Hasan, Prawati Nuraini, Ariadna Adisattya Djais, Ervina Restiwulan Winoto, Tantiana Tantiana, Rini Devijanti Ridwan, Juni Handajani, Rajesh Ramasamy, Silvia Anitasari, Hendrik Setia Budi

“…Results We initially identified 4,774 articles. After eliminating duplicates and irrelevant articles, 11 studies met the inclusion criteria. …”
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A systematic review of Streptococcus Mutans and Veillonellae species interactions in dental caries progression: Positive or Negative impact? [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2... by Faizul Hasan, Prawati Nuraini, Ariadna Adisattya Djais, Ervina Restiwulan Winoto, Tantiana Tantiana, Rini Devijanti Ridwan, Juni Handajani, Rajesh Ramasamy, Silvia Anitasari, Hendrik Setia Budi

“…Results We initially identified 4,774 articles. After eliminating duplicates and irrelevant articles, 11 studies met the inclusion criteria. …”
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Application of a Homogenous Assay for the Detection of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene to Environmental Water Samples by Ellen R. Goldman, Adrienne L. Egge, Igor L. Medintz, Michael E. Lassman, George P. Anderson

“…A homogeneous assay was used to detect 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) spiked into environmental water samples. This assay is based on changes in fluorescence emission intensity when TNT competitively displaces a fluorescently labeled, TNT analog bound to an anti-TNT antibody. …”
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A Review on Managing Agroecosystems for Improved Water Use Efficiency in the Face of Changing Climate in Tanzania by Jerome Kimaro

“…Despite their economic and ecological benefits, most agroecosystems in Tanzania are degraded at alarming rates. Rapid increase of human population and unprecedented impacts of climate change have influenced depletion of natural resource base within agroecosystem in recent decades compared to what communities have experienced before. …”
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Analysis of Specialists' Opinions on the Issue of Special Physical Training of Junior Waterpolo Swimmers depending on the Playing Position by Andrei Cavcaliuc

“…The obtained results show that the specialists in the field are of the opinion that special physical training must have an important role in the training of junior water polo swimmers in the water polo competition, a fact that requires the creation of specific characteristics for the playing position.…”
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Non-Invasive Point-of-Care Detection of Methamphetamine and Cocaine via Aptamer-Based Lateral Flow Test by Bilge Erkocyigit, Ezgi Man, Ece Efecan, Ozge Ozufuklar, Deniz Devecioglu, Basak Bagci, Ebru Aldemir, Hakan Coskunol, Serap Evran, Emine Guler Celik

“…After analytical performance studies, the test system also detected COC and MET in real patient samples, which was verified by chromatographic methods.…”
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Optimal Solar‐Biomass‐Diesel‐Generator Hybrid Energy for Water Pumping System Considering Demand Response by Olumuyiwa Taiwo Amusan, Nnamdi Ikechi Nwulu, Saheed Lekan Gbadamosi

“…These findings prove that the integration TOU demand response program with a hybrid mix of grid‐biomass‐DG‐solar PV is best suited for water pumping applications as it gives a cost‐competitive value.…”
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Play-write Poetry in Nicholson Baker’s The Anthologist by Yannicke Chupin

“…Whereas it is the competitive nature (agon) of literary creation that initially suspends the pleasure of creation, as will be reviewed in the first part of the analysis, it is through the virtues of educational play (paideia) and the creation of an alternative world that narrative creativity is released and produces the pages that constitute this book. …”
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Green Channel Guiding Denoising on Bayer Image by Xin Tan, Shiming Lai, Yu Liu, Maojun Zhang

“…Guided filter is a novel time efficient explicit filter kernel which can incorporate additional information from the guidance image, but it is still not applied for bayer image. In this work, we observe that the green channel of bayer mode is higher in both sampling rate and Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) than the red and blue ones. …”
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The advisability of science fair project topic origins: a case study of learners from disadvantaged backgrounds by Angela Elisabeth Stott

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Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassay for Rapid, Sensitive Detection of the Herbicide 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid in Juice and Water Samples by Liliya I. Mukhametova, Marya K. Kolokolova, Ivan A. Shevchenko, Boris S. Tupertsev, Anatoly V. Zherdev, Chuanlai Xu, Sergei A. Eremin

“…The optimized FPIA in a competitive format was characterized by the LODs of 2,4-D 8 and 0.4 ng/mL and the working ranges 30–3000 ng/mL and 3–300 ng/mL for juice and water, respectively. …”
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Professional Language Training of International Students in the Multicultural Environment of University for International Relations by T. Glebova

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Maladaptive Plasticity for Motor Recovery after Stroke: Mechanisms and Approaches by Naoyuki Takeuchi, Shin-Ichi Izumi

“…Many studies in human and animal models have shown that neural plasticity compensates for the loss of motor function after stroke. However, neural plasticity concerning compensatory movement, activated ipsilateral motor projections and competitive interaction after stroke contributes to maladaptive plasticity, which negatively affects motor recovery. …”
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Effects of hydrodynamic cavitation combined with snail enzyme treatment on the structure and functional properties of water-soluble dietary fiber in rice husks by Zhigang Quan, Mingming Chen, Dongjie Zhang

“…At the same time, the water-holding, oil-holding, and swelling capacities were significantly enhanced, reaching 8.52 ± 0.09 g/g, 4.85 ± 0.29 g/g, and 7.29 ± 0.25 mL/g, respectively. …”
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International Aspects of Investment Liberalization in the PRC: A Case of EU-China Cooperation by D. A. Potapov

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Co-Optimization of Operational and Intelligent Completion Parameters of CO₂ Water-Alternating-Gas Injection Processes in Carbonate Reservoirs by Xili Deng, Jingxuan Wang, Xiangguo Zhao, Liangyu Rao, Yongbin Zhao, Xiaofei Sun

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Rwanda after the Genocide: Formal and Informal Institutions in Overcoming Development Traps by E. S. Glazova

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Ten Years After the 2008 Crisis: Has Risk Aversion Won? by Eliana Marcia Martins Fittipaldi Torga, Carolina Magda da Silva Roma, Paula Magda Roma, Bruno Pérez Ferreira

“…The aim of this paper is to investigate the performance of low-volatility portfolio strategies representing risk aversion after the 2008 global financial crisis. …”
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