A Review on the Parameters Affecting the Mechanical, Physical, and Thermal Properties of Natural/Synthetic Fibre Hybrid Reinforced Polymer Composites by DO Bichang’a, FO Aramide, IO Oladele, OO Alabi

“…This paper provides in review form the parameters affecting the mechanical, physical, and thermal properties of natural/synthetic fibre hybrid reinforced polymer composites from the year 2001 to 2021.…”
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Alternative transmission modes for Trypanosoma cruzi by Christopher M. Kribs-Zaleta

“…Analysis of the system of nonlinear differentialequations focuses on endemic prevalence levels and on the infection's basicreproductive number, whose form may account for how a combination oftraditionally secondary infection routes can maintain the transmission cyclewhen the usual primary route becomes ineffective.…”
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Systematic review and meta‑analysis of factors predicting postoperative lung function after lung cancer resection by Hongling Wang, Lihong He, Xiaoyun Hu, Gongxue Xian

“…Additionally, a meta-analysis of the mean difference between the predicted and measured values of forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) was conducted. …”
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Mapping relief units and geosites of Seridó UNESCO Global Geopark, Northeastern Brazil by Marco Tulio Mendonca Diniz, George Pereira de Oliveira, Diogo Bernardino Santos de Medeiros, Jucielho Pedro da Silva, Marcos Antonio Leite do Nascimento, Matheus Dantas das Chagas, Antonio Carlos Barros Correa, Vanda Claudino-Sales

“…The present work aims to identify landforms up to the fourth taxon, corresponding to types of relief forms, according to Ross's (1992) methodological proposal for the geomorphological mapping of Brazil. …”
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B-Spline Impulse Response Functions of Rigid Bodies for Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis by S. Zhou-Bowers, D. C. Rizos

“…B-spline impulse response function (BIRF) techniques are used within the BEM framework to compute the response of the hydrodynamic system to transient forces. Higher-order spatial and temporal discretization is used in developing the kinematic FSI model of rigid bodies and computing its BIRFs. …”
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On the moments of random variables uniformly distributed over a polytope by S. Paramasamy

“…In this note, the author derives a formula for E(XirXjs…), (the expected value of XirXjs…), in terms of the extreme points of the polytope.…”
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Digital technologies for water use and management in agriculture: Recent applications and future outlook by Carlos Parra-López, Saker Ben Abdallah, Guillermo Garcia-Garcia, Abdo Hassoun, Hana Trollman, Sandeep Jagtap, Sumit Gupta, Abderrahmane Aït-Kaddour, Sureerat Makmuang, Carmen Carmona-Torres

“…UAV-mounted multispectral cameras) can accurately monitor soil moisture to optimise irrigation scheduling, while AI-driven models (e.g. random forest or neural networks) can predict groundwater recharge or forecast rainfall events. …”
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Identifying spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of fecal indicator bacteria in an urban lake for water quality assessment and management by Jimmy J. Dimpor, Otite P. Lucky, Dennis F. Kwarkye, Samuel Watts, Chukwuebuka P. Oguayo, Catherine O. Ojewole, Joseph Kusi

“…Sites near urban and forested areas recorded the highest and lowest fecal indicators, respectively. …”
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Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum NCIMB 30148 for all animal species (Genus Breeding Ltd.) by EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP), Roberto Edoardo Villa, Giovanna Azimonti, Eleftherios Bonos, Henrik Christensen, Mojca Durjava, Birgit Dusemund, Ronette Gehring, Boet Glandorf, Maryline Kouba, Marta López‐Alonso, Francesca Marcon, Carlo Nebbia, Alena Pechová, Miguel Prieto‐Maradona, Ilen Röhe, Katerina Theodoridou, Natalia Alija‐Novo, Montserrat Anguita, Nicole Bozzi Cionci, Matteo L. Innocenti, Fabiola Pizzo, Jordi Tarrés‐Call, Piera Valeri, Yolanda García‐Cazorla

“…The additive is intended for use in all fresh material for all animal species at a proposed minimum concentration of 1 × 109 colony forming units (CFU)/kg fresh plant material. The bacterial species L. plantarum is considered by EFSA to be suitable for the qualified presumption of safety approach to safety assessment. …”
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On convergence properties of GPD expansion through Mellin/conformal moments and orthogonal polynomials by Hao-Cheng Zhang, Xiangdong Ji

“…We provide a heuristic explanation for the connection between the formal summation/expansion and the Mellin-Barnes integral in the literature, and specify the exact convergence condition. …”
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Perceived social support and the experience of intimate partner violence among married and cohabiting young women in urban slums, Ibadan, Nigeria: a descriptive study by Olufunmilayo I Fawole, Omowumi O Okedare

“…Type of union and duration of union significantly predicted all forms of IPV.Conclusion Prevalence of IPV is higher among women in cohabiting relationships. …”
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IL-33 Deficiency Attenuates Lung Inflammation by Inducing Th17 Response and Impacting the Th17/Treg Balance in LPS-Induced ARDS Mice via Dendritic Cells by Li Cheng, Yang Jiao, Wei Jiang, Xin Zhang, Liping Zhang, Gongwei Jia

“…The levels of IL-33, orphan nuclear receptor gamma t (RORγt), and forkhead transcription factor protein 3 (FOXP3) protein in lung tissue were evaluated by Western blotting. …”
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Production Data Analysis and Practical Applications in the Sulige Tight Gas Reservoir, Ordos Basin, China by Minhua Cheng, Wen Xue, Meng Zhao, Guoting Wang, Bo Ning, Guang Ji, Lihua Cheng, Yingying Tian

“…In order to verify the correctness of the model and the application value of the field, based on the previous production data of Sulige Gas Field in China, a new set of production data diagnostic chart of tight sandstone gas reservoir was formed. A case analysis showed that the application of the production data analysis method and data diagnosis plot in the field accurately evaluated the development effect of the tight sandstone gas reservoirs, clarified the scale of effective sand bodies, and provided technical support for optimizing and improving the well pattern and realizing the efficient development of gas fields.…”
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Florestan Fernandes, um pensador socialista radical by Caio Navarro Toledo

“… Neste artigo procuro responder algumas questões sobre a relação entre ciência e política em Florestan Fernandes: em que medida o cientista social – na linhagem do marxismo clássico – o sociólogo paulista conseguido articular, de forma consistente e harmônica, o pensamento e a ação, a teoria e a política? …”
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of blood-drop agglutination test for chicken tuberculosis diagnosis by M. O. Baratov

“…The identification of a significantly larger number of diseased chickens, both in advanced form and at an early stage, makes it possible to recommend a blood-drop agglutination test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis. …”
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Protéger les humains et les non-humains by Claudine Friedberg

“…But these reasons are often very different from those brought up by the international scientific organisms aiming to preserve the nature.In this article, I will describe the practices I have had the opportunity to observe in the 1970’s within a central Timor population, based in the Indonesian part of the island.This population lives in Abis, a bunag-speaking village.The practices are twofold:Those concerning the organization of the territory – divided between the farming land and the grazing land – and their associated rules; especially aiming to protect the useful plants in burnt land.Those concerning the vegetation that is forbidden to trimming and whose status is much more ambiguous. …”
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Analysis of Strength Factors of Steel Cord Conveyor Belt Splices Based on the FEM by Xianguo Li, Xinyu Long, Zhenqian Shen, Changyun Miao

“…For the different number of the steel cords, the increase in the number of steel cords does not mean that the tension will increase by the same multiple, and the increase in pullout force is less than the increase in the number of steel cords. …”
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COVID-19 Pandemi Korkusu ile Hemşirelerin Bakım Verici Rolüne İlişkin Tutumları Arasındaki İlişki by Hatice Kaya, Mehmet Cihad Aktaş, Ebubekir Kaplan

“…Araştırma verileri Kişisel Bilgi Formu, COVID-19 Korkusu Ölçeği, Hemşirelerin Bakım Verici Rollerine İlişkin Tutum Ölçeği kullanılarak toplandı. …”
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The Impact of Digitization on Legal Systems in Developing Countries by Ikhtiyor Djuraev, Azim Baratov, Shokhjakhon Khujayev, Iroda Yakubova, Mokhichekhra Rakhmonova, Bobur Mukumov, Nodirakhon Abdurakhmanova

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L’accord franco-algérien de 1968, reflet de relations politiques tourmentées by Hocine Zeghbib

“…The confrontation continues, not always quietly, through the French desire to align the content of the 1968 agreement with the common law of foreigners and the Algerian desire to keep it even if it means restricting its scope. …”
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