Identification of microbial exopolymer producers in sandy and muddy intertidal sediments by compound-specific isotope analysis by Hubas, Cédric, Gaubert-Boussarie, Julie, D’Hondt, An-Sofie, Jesus, Bruno, Lamy, Dominique, Meleder, Vona, Prins, Antoine, Rosa, Philippe, Stock, Willem, Sabbe, Koen

“…A comparison of these ratios with the carbon isotope ratios of fatty acid biomarkers allowed the identification of the main EPS producers of two contrasting types of intertidal marine sediments. Our study reveals that EPS sources are more diverse in sandy sediments than in muddy sediments. …”
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The symmetric division Szeged index: A novel tool for predicting physical and chemical properties of complex networks by Modjtaba Ghorbani, Zahra Vaziri, Razie Alidehi-Ravandi, Yilun Shang

“…Additionally, the SDZ-index is contrasted with other well-known graph indices. The behavior of the SDZ-index under graph operations, such as corona, sum, lexicographic, and Cartesian products, is also examined. …”
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Variation in Macro and Trace Elements in Progression of Type 2 Diabetes by Khalid Siddiqui, Nahla Bawazeer, Salini Scaria Joy

“…Trace elements participate in tissue and cellular and subcellular functions; these include immune regulation by humoral and cellular mechanisms, nerve conduction, muscle contractions, membrane potential regulations, and mitochondrial activity and enzyme reactions. …”
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Bulge Oscillation Driven by Outflows of Active Galactic Nuclei. I. Fast Outflow Case by Yue-Chang Peng, Jian-Min Wang, Yu Zhao, Luis C. Ho

“…For some typical values of bulges and AGNs, we find that the expansion and contraction velocities are a few × 10 km s ^−1 for 10 ^10 M _⊙ bulges and mass outflowing rate 500 M _⊙ yr ^−1 , which would give observational signatures.…”
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Experimental Study on Hygrothermal Deformation of External Thermal Insulation Cladding Systems with Glazed Hollow Bead by Houren Xiong, Jinming Xu, Yuanzhen Liu, Shimeng Wang

“…Deformation of substrate expanded with heat and contracted with cold due to the small temperature variation. …”
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Carp Edema Virus Disease (CEVD) / Koi Sleepy Disease (KSD) by Shohreh Hesami, Pedro Viadanna, Natalie K. Steckler, Staci Spears, Patrick M. Thompson, Karen L. Kelley, Roy P. E. Yanong, Ruth Francis-Floyd, Johnny Shelley, Joseph M. Groff, Andy Goodwin, Olga L. M. Haenen, Thomas B. Waltzek

“…This 6-page fact sheet describes symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and what fish producers, wholesalers, or retailers can do if they suspect carp may have contracted the disease. Written by Shohreh Hesami, Pedro Viadanna, Natalie Steckler, Staci Spears, Patrick Thompson, Karen Kelley, Roy Yanong, Ruth Francis-Floyd, Johnny Shelley, Joseph Groff, Andy Goodwin, Olga Haenen, and Thomas Waltzek, and published by the School of Forest Resources and Conservation Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, October 2015. …”
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Health-related adverse work outcomes associated with post COVID-19 condition: a cross-sectional study by Peter M Smith, Hind Sbihi, Wei Zhang, Adeera Levin, Naveed Z Janjua, Hiten Naik, Bingyue Zhu, Lee Er, Karen Tran

“…Propensity score overlap weighting was used to adjust for relevant sociodemographic and clinical covariates.Results Among 1106 participants, 966 (87.3%) were employed when they contracted SARS-CoV-2 and included in analyses. Of these participants, 47.8% were female, the median age was 37 and 46.9% had a PCC history. …”
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Del Pingüinazo a la Revuelta Popular. Nudos de memoria, aprendizajes y resignificaciones del Movimiento Social por la Educación (2006 -2019) by Patricia Ojeda Millahueque, Francisco Vallejos Saldias

“…Estas experiencias añaden nuevas alternativas de análisis para la comprensión de los nuevos movimientos sociales en Chile a comienzos del siglo XXI, contrarios a la interpretación que naturaliza su institucionalización.…”
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Pullout Characteristics and Damage Softening Model of the Geogrid-Soil Interface by Xiaoyong Liang, Jing Jin, Guangqing Yang, Xizhao Wang, Yitao Zhou

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Custo do Capital Próprio e Nível de Disclosure nas Empresas Brasileiras by Roberta Carvalho de Alencar

“…Adicionalmente, verificaram-se outros dois resultados contrários à expectativa alicerçada na teoria, mas que reforçaram os resultados de outras pesquisas já realizadas: que as maiores empresas oferecem taxa de retorno superior às menores e que a implementação de práticas diferenciadas de governança corporativa não resultou em alteração do custo de capital.…”
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Factsheet: West Sea Crisis In Korea by John McGlynn, Nan Kim

“…This resulted in the killing of two South Korean soldiers and two civilian contractors working on a military base. (Pyongyang later expressed regret for the civilian deaths.). …”
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Lived-in experiences of health care professionals affected with COVID-19 by Radhakrishnan Govindan, Sailaxmi Gandhi, Prasanthi Nattala, Bingi Rajeswari

“…Twenty two HCPs (eight nursing educators, seven nursing officers, five contractual cleaning workers, and two laboratory technicians) participated in the interviews conducted by the researchers to obtain the lived-in experiences of HCPs who have recovered from COVID-19. …”
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JUSTICE OF GOD IN KANT'S PHILOSOPHY: FOR A HUMAN BEING AND A STATE by Nerija Putinaitė

“…We find two kinds of justice as well as of worlds contrasted in Kant's philosophy: world of the absolute justice of God, and world of human justice. …”
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Positive Solutions for Class of State Dependent Boundary Value Problems with Fractional Order Differential Operators by Dongyuan Liu, Zigen Ouyang, Huilan Wang

“…We consider the following state dependent boundary-value problem D0+αy(t)-pD0+βg(t,y(σ(t)))+f(t,y(τ(t)))=0, 0<t<1; y(0)=0, ηy(σ(1))=y(1), where Dα is the standard Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative of order 1<α<2, 0<η<1, p≤0, 0<β<1, β+1-α≥0 the function g is defined as g(t,u):[0,1]×[0,∞)→[0,∞), and g(0,0)=0 the function f is defined as f(t,u):[0,1]×[0,∞)→[0,∞)σ(t), τ(t) are continuous on t and 0≤σ(t), τ(t)≤t. Using Banach contraction mapping principle and Leray-Schauder continuation principle, we obtain some sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of the positive solutions for the above fractional order differential equations, which extend some references.…”
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Initiations in the Burmese Ritual Landscape by Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière

“…Looking at initiation rituals in these three ‘paths’ is a means of understanding how they frame contrasting kinds of differently valued religious practice, and of showing that, although not often discussed, rituals do matter in Burma because they help distinguish categories of action according to their relative religiosity. …”
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La classification de la diversité de maïs des Mixtèques et des Chatines de la Sierra Sur, Oaxaca Mexique by Quetzalcóatl Orozco-Ramírez, Stephen Brush

“…In both municipalities, we performed interviews and maize collections in two villages with contrasting environment. Classification of maize diversity by local name shows differences in structure and in richness, from one locality to the other and from one municipality to the other. …”
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La composition corporelle des adolescentes. La mode et quelques répercussions cliniques by Consuelo Prado, Anders Holt Nielsen, Raquel Martínez, Margarita Carmenate, Cesare Donoso

“…The participants understood the objectives of the study and participated voluntarily with parental consent. Two contrasting sub-samples were compared, according to the index of body mass (groups below and above the limit of the somatic tenth percentile, that is BMI = 17). …”
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General Iterative Algorithms for Hierarchical Fixed Points Approach to Variational Inequalities by Nopparat Wairojjana, Poom Kumam

“…This paper deals with new methods for approximating a solution to the fixed point problem; find x̃∈F(T), where H is a Hilbert space, C is a closed convex subset of H, f is a ρ-contraction from C into H, 0<ρ<1, A is a strongly positive linear-bounded operator with coefficient γ̅>0, 0<γ<γ̅/ρ, T is a nonexpansive mapping on C, and PF(T) denotes the metric projection on the set of fixed point of T. …”
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Beyond the Niche Hypothesis. Property, Marriage, and the Onset of Familial Reproduction in Rural Northwest Germany, 1820–1866 by Georg Fertig

“…The study applies event history analysis to nominative data of three contrasting localities to explore the relationship between property transmission and family formation. …”
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Differential Diagnosis of Amniotic Band and Intrauterine Synechiae in Second Trimester Pregnancy: Case Report by Bekir Kahveci, Yasemin Dogan, Gaye Kahveci, Muhammet Hanifi Bademkiran

“…Ultrasonography revealed contraction ring in the right groin area of the first fetus but second fetus was healthy. …”
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