The Role of Ants in Lowland Tropical Rainforest Transformation by Noor Farikhah Haneda, Nisfi Yuniar

“…Deforestation or changes functions from forest to non-forest play a role in changing ecosystems and the species within them. …”
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Passive Resistance. Notes for a more complete understanding of the resistance practices of the rural population during the Franco dictatorship by Ana Cabana Iglesia

“…The object of our research is to re-visit the passivity that was activated at times by the rural population as a display of resistance that can be interpreted as a form of boycotting state policies and initiatives.…”
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Morphological analysis of sigmoid sinus anatomy: clinical applications to neurotological surgery by Kylen Van Osch, Daniel Allen, Bradley Gare, Thomas J. Hudson, Hanif Ladak, Sumit K. Agrawal

“…All distances were significantly shorter on the dominant side (p < 0.05), including: EAC – SS (dominant: 13.7 ± 3.4 mm; non-dominant: 15.3 ± 2.7 mm), FN – SS (dominant: 7.2 ± 1.8 mm; non-dominant: 8.1 ± 2.3 mm), 2nd genu FN – superior tip of JB (dominant: 8.7 ± 2.2 mm; non-dominant: 11.2 ± 2.6 mm), horizontal distance between the superior tip of JB – descending FN (dominant: 9.5 ± 2.3 mm; non-dominant: 13.2 ± 3.5 mm), and horizontal distance between the FN at the stylomastoid foramen – JB (dominant: 5.4 ± 2.2 mm; non-dominant: 7.7 ± 2.1). …”
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Internal Spreading of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Case Report and Systemic Review by Hui Jin, Huanhuan Yan, Huamei Tang, Miao Zheng, Chaojie Wu, Jun Liu

“…The small lesions are distributed around central lesion in a radial form and the number of small lesions decreases with increased distance from central lesion. …”
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FRAMEWORK FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF HOUSING CO-OPERATIVES IN SOUTH AFRICA by Kobus VAN WYK, Richard JIMOH

“…The framework developed has practical relevance to government officials in the Department of Human Settlements at the Municipal, Provincial and National level in terms of policy formulation in areas of co-operative housing subsector and also the various housing co-operatives in the area of governance of their members. …”
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Amélioration des conditions de vie de lémuriens issus du commerce illégal et ayant subi différents traumatismes à Madagascar by Emeline Lempereur, Delphine Roullet, Emmanuelle Pouydebat

“…Certains individus ont présenté des résultats particulièrement intéressants. L’un ayant le plus fort taux de stéréotypie avec une moyenne de 17,5 % 9,3 en C1) a obtenu en C3 une moyenne de 2,22 % 2,7) (p…”
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Differential Calculus on N-Graded Manifolds by G. Sardanashvily, W. Wachowski

“…Accordingly, the Chevalley–Eilenberg differential calculus on an N-graded manifold provides it with the de Rham complex of graded differential forms. This fact enables us to extend the differential calculus on N-graded manifolds to formalism of nonlinear differential operators, by analogy with that on smooth manifolds, in terms of graded jet manifolds of N-graded bundles.…”
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Neuropeptidomics: Mass Spectrometry-Based Identification and Quantitation of Neuropeptides by Ji Eun Lee

“…While each neuropeptide could have its own biological function, mass spectrometry (MS) allows for the identification of the precise molecular forms of each peptide without a priori knowledge of the peptide identity and for the quantitation of neuropeptides in different conditions of the samples. …”
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Investigating the Allelopathic and Bioherbicidal Potential of <i>Solidago altissima</i> with a Focus on Chemical Signaling in <i>Trifolium repens</i> by Ho-Jun Gam, Arjun Adhikari, Yosep Kang, Md. Injamum-Ul-Hoque, Shifa Shaffique, Ji-In Woo, Jin Ryeol Jeon, Byeong-Kwan An, Min Young Back, Ki-Yong Kim, Sang-Mo Kang, In-Jung Lee

“…The dose-dependent effects of <i>S. altissima</i> shoot and root extracts (SSE, SRE) on the signaling in the forage crop <i>Trifolium repens</i> and germination in various weed species (<i>Echinochloa oryzicola</i>, <i>Cyperus microiria</i>, <i>Alopecurus aequalis</i>, <i>Portulaca oleracea</i>, and <i>Amaranthus retroflexus</i>) were evaluated. …”
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Renter’s Insurance by Mary Harrison, Donna Davis

“…“Whether you’re a family living in a rental house or apartment, or a parent whose children are in a rental situation, one of the costs that people tend to forget or ignore is renter’s insurance. But according to consumer science researchers, everyone renting an apartment or a house should have renter’s insurance. …”
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INVESTIGATION OF THE POSSIBILITY OF USING A VORTEX HEAT GENERATOR IN HEAT SUPPLY SYSTEMS FOR RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS by I. L. Iokova, E. N. Tarasevich

“…In a number of foreign countries, vortex heat generators have become widespread in decentralized heat supply systems. …”
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Studying kazakh versions of the legends about Edige by Ualiyev T.A., Kushkumbayev A.K.

“…Three main regions of literary traditions were identified that influenced the formation of Kazakh versions of the legend. Variants of the legend of Edige, especially poetic fragments, had a significant impact on the work of the Kazakh akyns, zhyrshy, and zhyrau.…”
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Are Consumers Interested in Ornamental Plants That Benefit Pollinator Insects? by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn

“… Population declines among bees, butterflies, and other pollinator insects are very worrying because 70% of the world’s food crop production depends upon these tiny insect workers. Fortunately, ninety million US households have yards, landscapes, or gardens that can enhance pollinator habitat and health. …”
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Social spaces, casual interactions, meaningful exchanges: 'information ground' characteristics based on the college student experience. by K.E. Fisher, C.F. Landry, C. Naumer

“…Data were collected from 729 college students and entered, along with extensive field notes, into an in-house Web form. <br><b>Analysis.</b> Qualitative and quantitative analyses were supplemented by mini-reports prepared by the student researchers along with full-team debriefings. …”
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A Modified Eigenstructure Assignment Technique for Finite Element Model Updating by S. Ziaei-Rad, M. Imregun

“…This article deals with an extended application of the constrained eigenstructure assignment method (CEAM) to finite element model updating. The existing formulation is modified to accommodate larger systems by developing a quadratic linear optimization procedure that is unconditionally stable. …”
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Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Sediment Transport Pathways: Sand Apron Bars and Islands of Tokelau and Kiribati, Central Pacific by Eugene C. Rankey, Tion Uriam, Mika Perez

“…Each of these shifts is manifest as migration of sediment of island beaches and bar forms, but the character varies markedly—bars form new islands, others erode and disappear; some changes are cyclic, others are directional, still others are hybrid; sediment can be transported lagoonward, oceanward, along the reef flat, or in combinations thereof; and migration rates reach up to 10 s of m/month. …”
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Identificación y caracterización de modos de discriminación hacia grupos con riesgo de enfermedades de transmisión sexual by Elia Natividad Cabrera Álvarez, Elaine I. Cantero Tillet, Idalvis Suárez Contreras, Immer A. Ramos Reyes, José Danilo Pacheco González, Iliana del Carmen Morfi García

“…<br /> <strong>Objetivo</strong>: Identificar y caracterizar los niveles y las formas de discriminación hacia los hombres que tienen relaciones sexuales con hombres.…”
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Green Extraction of Phenolic Compounds from <i>Aronia melanocarpa</i> Using Deep Eutectic Solvents and Antioxidant Activity Investigation by Maja Molnar, Martina Jakovljević Kovač, Lidija Jakobek, Lovro Mihajlović, Valentina Pavić

“…This study highlights how tailoring DES formulations can optimize the extraction of target compounds while accounting for the solvent’s intrinsic properties. …”
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Obstacle-Aware Crowd Surveillance with Mobile Robots in Transportation Stations by Yumin Choi, Hyunbum Kim

“…In this paper, we introduce a crowd surveillance system using mobile robots and intelligent vehicles to provide obstacle avoidance in transportation stations with a consideration of different moving strategies of the robots in an existing 2D area supported by line-based barriers and surveillance formations. Then, we formally define a problem that aims to minimize the distance traveled by a mobile robot, while also considering the speed of the mobile robot and avoiding the risk of collisions when the mobile robot moves to specific locations to fulfill crowd surveillance. …”
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Impact of Stratospheric Sudden Warming on East Asian Winter Monsoons by Quanliang Chen, Luyang Xu, Hongke Cai

“…Fifty-two Stratospheric sudden warming (SSW) events that occurred from 1957 to 2002 were analyzed based on the 40-year European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Reanalysis dataset. Those that could descent to the troposphere were composited to investigate their impacts on the East Asian winter monsoon (EAWM). …”
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