Insights into depolymerization of chitosan using acid hydrolysis, direct photolysis, and photocatalysis: A review by Nurul Amanina A. Suhaimi, Nur Batrisyia Amirul, Alessandra Anne Hasman, Nurulizzatul Ningsheh M. Shahri, Nur Nabaahah Roslan, Harry Lik Hock Lau, Cristina Pei Ying Kong, Eny Kusrini, Anwar Usman

“…This review summarizes physical, chemical, and biological properties of chitosan, and applications of this biopolymer especially in pharmaceutical formulation, medicine, biomedicine, agriculture, and wastewater treatment, and insights into methodology, mechanism, and advantages of depolymerization of chitosan using acid hydrolysis, direct photolysis, and photocatalysis, as well as their challenges and limitations in terms of environmental concerns, chemical structure conservation, controllability, and toxicity. …”
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Terorrism of the Irish Republican Army by Bursać Boris Lj., Tančić Dragan Lj.

“…Founded in the early 20th century, this group employed various forms of violence and terrorism to achieve its political goals. …”
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A Novel Rapeseed Mapping Framework Integrating Image Fusion, Automated Sample Generation, and Deep Learning in Southwest China by Ruolan Jiang, Xingyin Duan, Song Liao, Ziyi Tang, Hao Li

“…The NeXt-TDNN model showed an overall accuracy (OA) of 90.12% and a mean Intersection over Union (mIoU) of 81.96% in Santai County, outperforming other models such as random forest, XGBoost, and UNet-LSTM. These results highlight the effectiveness of the proposed automatic rapeseed mapping framework in accurately identifying rapeseed. …”
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A comprehensive overview of load balancing methods in software-defined networks by Rasoul Farahi

“…In response, developers have formulated a range of SDN load-balancing solutions intended to improve the efficiency of SDN. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Study of Impulsive Sound Attenuation of an Earmuff by Felipe Vergara, Samir N. Gerges, Robert S. Birch

“…The results show that a simple 2-D finite element model is capable of making a reasonable prediction of the attenuation of an earmuff provided that headband force is also included in the model.…”
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Psychoeducation of higher education seekers with using of the resource-oriented model of stress resiliency in war conditions by V.V. Ogorenko, A.E. Nikolenko, T.Y. Shusterman, V.O. Kokashynskyi, A.B. Khotimska, M.H. Koren

“…The «BASIC Ph» model of stress resiliency was utilized as a framework for determining optimal human resource utilization during crises, with six modalities forming individual style of resiliency. It is crucial to identify dominant modalities and develop those that are less effective. …”
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Lettrés, rebelles et autres bandits face à l’ordre colonial. Réflexions sur l’esprit de résistance et le patriotisme vietnamien by Trinh Van Thao

“…Investis de la confiance des puissances alliées victorieuses, ces derniers vont s’imposer comme la force incontestable pour l’indépendance du Viet Nam au sortir du second conflit mondial.…”
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The Untold Stories of Methodology: Reflections on Urban Planning Methodology through a Review on Routledge Handbook of Planning Research Methods by Faraz Tahmasbi, Morteza Hadi Jaberi Moghaddam

“…In the end, a brief evaluation of the content of the book is made and the necessity of incorporating it into the formal planning pedagogy is stated.…”
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University proceedings. Volga region. Social sciences by N.V. Prokazina, Ya.A. Yukhnevich

“…Today, ageism is noticeable in relation to the younger generation. A demand is being formed for research into ageism in relation to the younger generation as a manifestation of a form of discrimination in the labor market. …”

Coexistence in a metapopulation model with explicit local dynamics by Zhilan Feng, Robert Swihart, Yingfei Yi, Huaiping Zhu

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The efficacy of chelated micronutrient fertilisers in tomato cultivation by Volodymyr Sievidov, Oksana Serhienko, Ivan Lebedynskyi, Igor Sievidov

“…The treated plants exhibited the most vigorous development during the budding phase, with bud formation occurring two to four days earlier than in the control group. …”
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Notas sobre a gestão do comércio, da casa e do sangue no Haiti central by Felipe Evangelista

“…O trabalho investiga o gênero da atividade comercial no Haiti, articulando a gestão do capital e mercadorias no âmbito do comércio, por um lado, às formas de gestão dos recursos e pessoas da casa, por outro. …”
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Throughput optimization of multi-hop and multi-path cooperation in WPSNs with hardware noises by Lina Yuan, Huajun Chen, Jing Gong

“…To enhance the minimum achievable data rate, we propose a multi-hop communication protocol based on time-division-multiple-access and an optimal throughput path algorithm. We formulate the time allocation optimization problem about energy and information transmission of the proposed multi-hop cooperation, and confirm through abundant simulation experiments that the proposed scheme can availably improve user unfairness and spectral efficiency, and thus enhance its throughput performance.…”
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Apuntes en torno a la cultura constitucional en Bolivia by H. C. F. Mansilla

“…Este análisis se refiere a los códigos informales que se han sedimentado en la mentalidad colectiva con el paso de los años. Códigos y estatutos formal- legales coexisten desde épocas inmemoriales con reglas informales y normas no escritas, pero de vigencia indubitable y de legitimidad muy enraizada en todas las capas sociales y los grupos étnicos del territorio boliviano. …”
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Las políticas educativas de la ingeniería civil en México. Una estratigrafía histórica by José Augusto Ramón González

“…Como resultados y conclusiones se muestra que, las reformas educativas implementadas, no obedecen a una línea discursiva continua, sino por el contrario, son emergencias que siguen a la episteme o estrato discursivo del momento, y como referencia demostrativa, se presenta el actual modelo de educación superior desde la ingeniería civil. De la misma forma, se presentan los resultados del nuevo modelo de Universidad de Ingeniería Civil. …”
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Décoloniser la vulnérabilité : penser l’agir minoritaire des femmes d’Afrique subsaharienne dans la cause du VIH en France by Marjorie Gerbier-Aublanc

“…Thus, the HIV cause appears as an area where acting as a “vulnerable being” becomes the driving force of political transformation.…”
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Effect of Camel Milk on the Physicochemical, Rheological, and Sensory Qualities of Bread by Noha M. Almoraie, Israa M. Shatwan

“…Improved sensory attributes were observed under these formulation conditions. Bread containing ≥70% camel milk received lower sensory scores. …”
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Autonomous Streaming Space Objects Detection Based on a Remote Optical System by V. S. Baranova, V. A. Saetchnikov, A. A. Spiridonov

“…The video processing result of the pass had demonstrated in the form of centroid coordinates of the International Space Station in the image plane with a timestamps interval of which is 0.2 s.This approach provides an autonomous raw data extraction of a space object for numerical methods for the initial determination of its orbit.…”
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Evaluation of Arabic lesson teaching in higher education based on the Kirkpatrick model by Ali Akbar Mollaie, Mohammad Aslam Raiesi

“…These factors collectively form the identity of a nation and are divided into two general categories: The first category is the racial, geographical, historical, script and language elements, which are considered as the form of nationality; and the other category is the intellectual, religious and cultural factors that form the substance and content of nationality (Vatmani, 2023). …”
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Hepatic sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (SOS) associated with checkpoint inhibitor therapy by Marianna Litterio, Nicole Marchetti, Francesco Carubbi, Marianna Tudini, Luciano Mutti, Claudio Ferri

“…The development of the disease can be rapid and unpredictable. The severe forms of SOS may result in multi-organ dysfunction with a high mortality rate (>80%). …”
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