Experimental assessment of the gray cast iron production by inoculant injection by Reyes-Castellanos G., Cruz-Ramírez A., Gutiérrez-Pérez Hugo V., Rivera-Salinas J.E., Sánchez-Alvarado R.G., Colin-García E.

“…After the injection, the FeSi of the inoculant melted quickly, releasing the elements of the inoculant which interacted with the molten iron and formed oxides and sulfides creating nucleating sites during solidification. …”
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Infrared Temperature Law and Deformation Monitoring of Layered Bedding Rock Slope under Static Load by Zhigang Tao, Kuiming Liu, Xuebin Cui, Xiaobing Qiao, Xiaoming Sun

“…Some scheme improvement measures for this kind of test are put forward, which provides basis and optimization scheme for the subsequent study of layered rock slope.…”
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Effect of Advanced Glycation End Products on Human Thyroglobulin’s Antigenicity as Identified by the Use of Sera from Patients with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and Gestational Diabetes... by A. Hatzioannou, I. Kanistras, E. Mantzou, E. Anastasiou, M. Peppa, V. Sarantopoulou, P. Lymberi, M. Alevizaki

“…Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are formed on proteins after exposure to high concentrations of glucose and modify protein’s immunogenicity. …”
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Trabajo asociado y tecnología: reflexiones a partir del contexto y de la experiencia de las Incubadoras Tecnológicas de Cooperativas Populares en Brasil by Pedro Claudio Cunca Bocayuva

“…At the political level, the article suggests that the project provides access to rights and a space to experiment different institutional forms. For these reasons, the ITPCs serve as modes of knowledge production, fabrication, transmission and application of processes, products and tools, that are critical of those produced by the capitalist system.…”
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An Analytical Seismic Response for Rigid Underground Rectangular Tunnel Subjected to Incident P Waves by Yang Liu, Chun Bai, Hexiang Li

“…When the impedance ratio exceeds 0.26, the influence of surrounding rock characteristics on the dynamics of structure is more obvious; with the increase of the aspect ratio, the peak values of axial force at the top slab increases, whereas it decreases at the sidewall.…”
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Funcionarios públicos de elite. La creación del Cuerpo de Administradores Gubernamentales en Argentina by Natalia Rizzo

“…En 1984 el entonces presidente argentino Raúl Alfonsín se propuso la formación de un cuerpo de funcionarios de “elite”, y bajo esta consigna surgió el Programa de Formación de Administradores Gubernamentales. …”
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Quantum chemical study of molecular properties of small branched-chain amino acids in water by Roman Boča, Žofia Rádiková, Juraj Štofko, Beata Vranovičová, Cyril Rajnák

“…B3LYP hybrid version of DFT was used for geometry optimization and a full vibrational analysis of neutral molecules, their cations and anions in the canonical and zwitterionic forms (6 forms for each species). Ab initio DLPNO-CCSD(T) method was applied in the geometry pre-optimized by B3LYP. …”
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During the Soviet era and following the collapse of the USSR. How post-Soviet states are (re)building their tourism sector. The examples of Ukraine and Georgia by Nataliia Moroz

“…No discourse on tourism geopolitics would be complete without one of the historic and landmark cases that affected the tourism industry on a global scale: that of tourism in the former Soviet Union. This gigantic country comprising 15 republics managed to build an unusual tourism tradition between mass domestic tourism and international tourism controlled by the single company Intourist.Following the dissolution of this geopolitical entity, the post-Soviet areas, representing today a particularly curious field of study, entered a new stage in the construction of their tourism sectors while at the same time providing new targets for international tourism. …”
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Neural Induction, Neural Fate Stabilization, and Neural Stem Cells by Sally A. Moody, Hyun-Soo Je

“…In this article we review the process of neural induction, by which the embryonic ectodermal cells are directed to form the neural plate, and the process of neural�fate stabilization, by which neural plate cells expand in number and consolidate their neural fate. …”
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Exploring the mechanisms that underpin an effective community first aid response: a rapid realist review  by Claire Maynard, Laura Sims, Matthew Booker

“…Middle-range theory was drawn upon to help synthesise findings and formulate Context-Mechanism-Outcome configurations. …”
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Virulence Factors of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile Linked to Recurrent Infections by Laura Tijerina-Rodríguez, Licet Villarreal-Treviño, Rayo Morfín-Otero, Adrián Camacho-Ortíz, E. Garza-González

“…Furthermore, adhesion and motility-associated factors, such as Cwp84, SlpA, and flagella, have shown to increase the adhesion efficiency to host epithelia, cell internalization, and the formation of biofilm. Finally, biofilm confers to C. difficile protection from antibiotics and acts as a reservoir for spores that allow the persistence of the infection in the host. …”
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What Do Closed Mountain Roads Tell Us About Territories? A Critical Analysis of Abandonment, Re-Appropriation and Valorisation in the Vercors (19th-21st Century) by Emma-Sophie Mouret

“…Later, as they became obsolete, they came to embody both the development strategies of territories and the legacy of former policies of modernisation. Now, this closed roads aren’t showed alongside other “magnificent roads”.…”
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A Case Study of a Didactic Platform Experiments using Off-the-Shelf Hardware by Daniel H. C. Santos, Bruno de Araujo Coutinho, Augusto Santos Cordeiro, Marcelo Martins Stopa, Allan Fagner Cupertino

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PASSIVE TRANSITIVE SENTENCES FROM VIEWPOINT OF TRANSITIVITY AND COGNITION by Dương Hữu Biên

“…Through this cognitive prominence, the paper shows that foregrounding this role or other roles in the passive transitives is motivated cognitively. …”
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Determinants of Seed Distribution System: The Case of Womberma District, North West Ethiopia by Gizachew Wosene Minwagaw, Wubalem Gobie Ejigu

“…Hence, the result of logit model shows that the level of education, access to credit, household income, extension services, and seed quality significantly and positively influenced farmers’ selection of formal seed distribution system while distance to the nearest seed distribution area influenced negatively the selection of formal seed distribution system in the study areas. …”
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6G endogenous security:blockchain technology by Kaijun NIE, Bin CAO, Mugen PENG

“…,which can greatly meet the needs of endogenous security design.Therefore,the necessity and demand of endogenous security was described,then the blockchain technology as an important means to realize endogenous security was introduced,the main research progress,difficulties and challenges faced by blockchain were analyzed,and the future research direction and oppor-tunities were put forward.…”
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Sclerema Neonatorum Treated Successfully with Parenteral Steroids: An Experience from a Resource Poor Country by Sandeep Shrestha, Nagendra Chaudhary, Sujit Koirala, Ruchi Gupta

“…Sclerema neonatorum is a form of panniculitides characterized by diffuse hardening of subcutaneous tissue with minimal inflammation. …”
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Remotely sensed spectral indicators of bird taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity across Afrotropical urban and non-urban habitats by Adewale G. Awoyemi, Tunrayo R. Alabi, Juan Diego Ibáñez-Álamo

“…To do so, we sampled birds at 400 points equally distributed across eight Nigerian areas, two vegetation zones (rainforest vs savannah), and two habitats (urban vs non-urban), and extracted 29 indicators (mean and SD) at 50-m radius of each point (exact area of bird censuses). Random Forest Regressions and Generalized Linear Mixed Effect Models were used to identify the topmost ranked indicator of each avian diversity component, and its variation between urban and non-urban areas. …”
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Research Trends in Emerging Contaminants on the Aquatic Environments of Tanzania by H. Miraji, O. C. Othman, F. N. Ngassapa, E. W. Mureithi

“…The continuity for discovery and production of new chemicals, allied products, and uses has currently resulted into generation of recent form of contaminants known as Emerging Contaminants (ECs). …”
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Factors Associated with Health-Related Quality of Life among Jordanian Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcer by Ahmad Abu Alrub, Dana Hyassat, Yousef S. Khader, Radwan Bani-Mustafa, Nidal Younes, Kamel Ajlouni

“…Health-related quality of life was assessed using two self-administered questionnaires: Diabetic Foot Scale-Short Form (DFS-SF) and Short Form-8 (SF-8). Results. Patients with diabetic foot ulcer had low mean DFS-SF score and low mean scores on physical and mental component summary scales (PCS8 and MCS8). …”
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