Feasibility of Carbonaceous Nanomaterial-Assisted Photocatalysts Calcined at Different Temperatures for Indoor Air Applications by Wan-Kuen Jo, Kun-Hwan Kim

“…The mean efficiencies for benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, and o-xylene (BTEX) by the composite calcined at 300°C were 32, 70, 79, and 79%, respectively, whereas they were 33, 71, 78, and 78% for the composite calcined at 400°C, respectively. In contrast, the efficiencies decreased to close to zero when the calcination temperature was increased to 600°C. …”
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Connatal Urinary Ascites in a Female Preterm by Barbara Brunner, Elisabeth Ralser, Elisabeth D’Costa, Kathrin Maurer, Ursula Kiechl-Kohlendorfer, Elke Griesmaier

“…The use of blue dye is an effective alternative method to any contrast media radiography and should be considered, especially in very preterm infants.…”
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Columns Cross-Section Shape Effect on Punching Shear in Reinforced Concrete Flat Slabs by Mohammed Oleiwi

“…Although the cross-section area and the reinforcement area of the columns were fixed while changing the models’ column shapes, it was found, in both buildings, that hexagonal columns performed better than others under punching shear and provided the lowest punching shear ratio. In contrast, circular columns gave the lowest resistance. …”
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Impact of Urban Surface Roughness Length Parameterization Scheme on Urban Atmospheric Environment Simulation by Meichun Cao, Zhaohui Lin

“…Thermal variables (sensible heat flux and temperature) are much less sensitive to z0 variations. In contrast with the CTL run, the EXP run reasonably simulates the observed nocturnal low-level jet. …”
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Compressed Sensing Photoacoustic Imaging Based on Fast Alternating Direction Algorithm by Xueyan Liu, Dong Peng, Wei Guo, Xibo Ma, Xin Yang, Jie Tian

“…Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) has been employed to reconstruct endogenous optical contrast present in tissues. At the cost of longer calculations, a compressive sensing reconstruction scheme can achieve artifact-free imaging with fewer measurements. …”
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Pricing Strategy and Carbon Emission Abatement under Cap-and-Trade Regulation Considering Social Learning by Bin Chen, Man Yu

“…Moreover, the price of ordinary product in period 1 is no less than that in period 2. In contrast, the price of low-carbon product in period 2 is higher than that in period 1.…”
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A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial of Malignant Gastric Outlet Obstruction: Tailored Partially Covered Stents (Placed Fluoroscopically) versus Standard Uncovered Stents (Pla... by Ding Shi, Feng Ji, Yin-su Bao, Yong-pan Liu

“…To determine the shape and size of the GOOs, stomach opacifications were performed using contrast media before stenting. Two basic shapes of the residual cavity of the proximal GOO were observed: cup shaped or approximately cup shaped and funnel shaped or approximately funnel shaped. …”
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Estimation of Performance Indices for the Planning of Sustainable Transportation Systems by Alexander Paz, Pankaj Maheshwari, Pushkin Kachroo, Sajjad Ahmad

“…The results showed that the Transportation and Activity systems follow a positive trend, with similar periods of growth and contractions; in contrast, the environmental system follows a reverse pattern. …”
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Elephant Sound Classification Using Deep Learning Optimization by Hiruni Dewmini, Dulani Meedeniya, Charith Perera

“…Through comparative analysis, the raw audio processing outperforms spectrogram-based methods. In contrast to other models in the literature that primarily focus on a single caller type or binary classification that identifies whether a sound is an elephant voice or not, our solution is designed to classify three distinct caller-types namely roar, rumble, and trumpet.…”
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An Architecture of 2-Dimensional 4-Dot 2-Electron QCA Full Adder and Subtractor with Energy Dissipation Study by Md. Abdullah-Al-Shafi, Ali Newaz Bahar

“…The attained effects with QCADesigner have verified that the outlined design has enhanced functioning in terms of intricacy, extent, and latency in contrast to the earlier designs. Moreover, the redundant form of full adder and subtractor has uncomplicated and robust arrangement competing typical styles.…”
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SUBJECTORIENTED MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAM FOR KAZAKHSTAN INDUSTRY by Iosif V. Breido, Victor V. Egorov, Alexandr M. Kochkin

“…Its distinctive feature is orientation to solving specific objectives, to developing and upgrading the enterprises, as well as availability of the tripartite contract between a higher education institution, an undergraduate and an enterprise with possibilities of the graduate employment. …”
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De la migración económica a la migración forzada por el incremento de la violencia en El Salvador y México by Cristina Gómez-Johnson

“…Se utilizó el enfoque cualitativo, aunque las cuestiones de seguridad constituyeron un reto para la construcción del instrumento y para el contacto con los sujetos de estudio. Se optó por entrevistas semiestructuradas a personas afectadas por la violencia y a personal que trabaja y ayuda a esta población. …”
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Burden of Hypertension in the Capital of Afghanistan: A Cross-Sectional Study in Kabul City, 2015 by Khwaja Mir Islam Saeed

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The effect of leadership styles on employee’s performance in Ethiopian sports organizations with mediating and moderating roles by Yifan Liu, Abyot Abdela Ali, Jiawen Pan, Yi Xiao

“…The findings indicated that the perceived transformational leadership approach showed the strongest positive correlation with job satisfaction and employee performance, followed by the transactional leadership approach. In contrast, the laissez-faire leadership interaction with both employee job satisfaction and performance was demonstrated negatively. …”
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Purification and characterization of arginine deiminase from Klebsiella pneumoniae by Taif Hussien Alameedy, Mohammed Abdullah Jebor

“…When biochemical characteristics of the purified enzyme were studied, results showed that the activity was maximum at pH 6 and is most stable in pH ranging from (5–9), the optimum temperature for enzyme activity was observed at 37ºC and reach 11.5 U/mL. In contrast, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), NaNO3, and ZnSO4 slightly inhibited ADI activity, whereas MnCl2, increased the remaining activity of enzyme to 125%., as well as NaNO3, EDTA, ZnSO4, and FeCl3 were found that they inhibit enzyme activity by 90, 70, 88, and 110, respectively. …”
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Political management of emigration from Bangladesh in the framework of a social network theory by Shahanaz Parven

“…The paper found that, firstly, the links between the origin society and the host society were created artificially, however, in contrast to the theoretical forecast, the author observed that such links usually do not correspond to the geographical distribution of maximum proximity to origin or destination society. …”
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Does renewable energy reduce energy intensity? A matter of income inequality by Rongrong Li, Zhuang Yang, Qiang Wang

“…In high-income economies, greater financial resources enable more widespread adoption of renewable energy, mitigating the adverse effects of income inequality on energy efficiency. By contrast, in middle-income countries, severe income disparities erode the ability of renewable energy to contribute meaningfully to reducing energy intensity. …”
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Size-Dependent Dynamic Behavior of Axially Moving Graphene Nanosheets Using Nonlocal First-Order Shear Deformation Theory by Huafeng Tian

“…It is unnecessary to apply the modified stress coupling theory to nanosheets with thicker thicknesses (h > 1.25l) since the effect of the size scale parameter increases with decreasing thickness. In contrast, the frequency increases significantly for thinner nanosheets. …”
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Het die Reformasie die leer gered en aanbidding verloor? by B. Spoelstra

“…He restricted this celebration to four times a year. By contrast, Roman and Eastern Orthodox Churches thrived because liturgy served their confessions of faith. …”
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Mussel-inspired thermo-switchable underwater adhesive based on a Janus hydrogel by Hiroya Abe, Daichi Yoshihara, Soichiro Tottori, Matsuhiko Nishizawa

“…The electrode-integrated hydrogel remains on human skin, and electrical signals are continuous over 10 min above the LCST. In contrast, commercially available hydrogel electrodes quickly swell and detach from the skin. …”
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