Use of building wastes and red mud as CO2 sorbent and catalyst for the production of hydrogen by Despina Vamvuka, Stavroula Panagiotidou, Agapi Orfanoudaki

“…Selected materials were forest and agricultural wastes as feedstocks, as well as demolition wastes from construction activities and red mud (RM) waste from the aluminum industry as a novel CO2 sorbent and catalyst, respectively. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with modern contraceptive use among women of reproductive age in 20 African countries: a large population-based study by Robert Akparibo, Paschal Awingura Apanga, Maxwell Tii Kumbeni, Emmanuel Awine Ayamga, Mark B Ulanja

“…Women were more likely to use a modern CP if they: had a primary (adjusted prevalence odds ratios (aPORs): 1.68, 95% CI: 1.47 to 1.91)) or secondary/higher education (aPOR: 2.16, 95% CI: 1.80 to 2.59) compared with women with no formal education; had no delivery in the last 2 years (aPOR: 3.89, 95% CI: 2.76 to 5.47) compared with women who delivered in the last 2 years; were aged 25–34 years (aPOR: 1.33, 95% CI: 1.20 to 1.47) compared with women aged 15–24 years; were of middle-income status (aPOR: 1.25, 95% CI: 1.11 to 1.39) or rich (aPOR: 1.53, 95% CI: 1.27 to 1.84) compared with poor women and had two or more antenatal care visits compared with women without a visit. …”
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Mapping Your World with Community Analyst: An Easy to Use Tool to Map the Characteristics of U.S. Communities by Robert Swett, Lisa Krimsky

“…This 9-page fact sheet was written by Robert Swett and Lisa Krimsky, and published by the UF Department of School of Forest Resources and Conservation, October 2013. …”
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Оптимізація стратегій сумісного прийняття рішень операторами аеронавігаційної системи в конфліктних ситуаціях... by Ю.В. Сікірда, Т.Ф. Шмельова, М.В. Касаткін, Ю.І. Тригуб

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Le lettere di Quintino Sella (1827-1884) a Giovanni Capellini (1833-1922) nella Biblioteca dell’Archiginnasio a Bologna (1861-1884) - The Correspondence by Q. Sella to (1827-1884)... by Gian Battista Vai

“…The first, instead, failed dramatically for both inadequate investments and basic management disagreements between the pre-existing Mining Engineers Corp of the Savoia Kingdom and the geologist community assembled following the dissolution of the formers small Italian States. Sella and Capellini were good friends through their life, but enjoyed antithetic characters, thus benefiting almost complete integration which glimpse also from the correspondence. …”
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Influence of the carboxylate anion on the CO2 absorption mechanism using based-imidazolium ionic liquids by Diana Murillo-Criado, Fernando Aguilar-Galindo, Isabel Serrano, Miguel A. Gonzalez, Emilia Tojo, Inmaculada Suárez, Baudilio Coto, Maria Jose Tenorio

“…The efficacy of the capture process was assessed by quantifying the formation of an IL-CO₂ adduct using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy (ATR-IR). …”
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Inchworm Robots Utilizing Friction Changes in Magnetorheological Elastomer Footpads Under Magnetic Field Influence by Yun Xue, Chul-Hee Lee

“…On all tested surfaces, the friction force of the MRE foot was reduced significantly after applying a magnetic field. …”
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The Egyptian Revolution: First Impressions from the Field by Mohammed A. Bamyeh

“…It is clear that it is providing a new generation with a grand spectacle of the type that had shaped the political consciousness of every generation before them in modern Arab history. All those common formative experiences of past generations were also grand national moments: whether catastrophic defeats or triumphs against colonial powers or allies.…”
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Influence of iron ore concentrate on the characteristics of sintering and reduction of sinter by Guo H., Shen F.-M., Jiang X., Xiang D.-W., Zheng H.-Y.

“…In all the cases, the reaction corresponded to the model function of F1(α), and the integral form was -ln(1-α)=kt. Through this investigation, it could be concluded that the most appropriate ore category for sinter pot was YD.…”
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Microbial Quality and Production Methods of Traditional Fermented Cheeses in Lebanon by Mabelle Chedid, Houssam Shaib, Lina Jaber, Youmna El Iskandarani, Shady Kamal Hamadeh

“…This study is aimed at evaluating the quality and safety of two traditional fermented dairy products commonly found in Lebanon (Ambarees and Kishk in its dry and wet forms) by detecting foodborne pathogens and indicator microorganisms. …”
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Miniaturization Potential of Additive-Manufactured 3D Mechatronic Integrated Device Components Produced by Stereolithography by Niklas Piechulek, Lei Xu, Jan Fröhlich, Patrick Bründl, Jörg Franke

“…The results demonstrate that SLA 3D-printing achieves substrates with low surface roughness, enabling the precise formation of fine features. Electric circuits are successfully formed on substrates printed with resin mixed with Laser Direct Structuring (LDS) additives, following laser structuring and metallization processes, with a minimum conductor spacing of 150 µm. …”
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Bilinguismo, biliteracia e alfabetização bilíngue by Ingrid Finger

“…Na sequência, tomamos como base o Modelo dos Quatro Níveis de Literacia (Alves; Finger; Brentano, 2021; Alves, Finger, 2023), abordando de que forma ele explica o desenvolvimento das habilidades de leitura e escrita em crianças monolíngues e bilíngues. …”
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A SEO - SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE ESTUDOS DO OITOCENTOS E O BICENTENÁRIO DA CONFEDERAÇÃO DO EQUADOR (1824-2024):PALAVRAS PARA DEBATE by Wellington Barbosa da Silva

“…Essas Palavras para debate tem o objetivo de discorrer sobre o Bicentenário da Confederação do Equador (1824-2024) a partir da experiência que vivenciamos na preparação e realização do V Seminário Internacional Brasil no século XIX, evento organizado pela Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos do Oitocentos. E a forma como pensamos esse evento em termos historiográficos - reforçando o compromisso com um fazer historiográfico centrado igualmente na participação das classes subalternizadas e não apenas na discussão de uma macropolítica levada a cabo pelas elites dominantes.…”
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Understanding recruitment to a perioperative randomised controlled trial: protocol for a mixed-methods substudy nested within a feasibility trial of octreotide infusion during live... by Duncan Wagstaff, S Ramani Moonesinghe, Jez Fabes, Michael Spiro, Edgar Brodkin, Ee-Neng Loh, Vivienne Hannon

“…Findings from both workstreams will be formatively fed back to the trials team to enable iterative improvement to recruitment processes.Ethics and dissemination Approval has been granted by Greater Manchester West Research Ethics Committee (ref 20/NW/0071), the Health Research Authority and the local Research and Development offices. …”
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Subsidence Prediction of Overburden Strata and Surface Based on the Voussoir Beam Structure Theory by Changchun He, Jialin Xu

“…Therefore, the reasonable method to predict the surface subsidence is based on the whole subsidence formulae of the VBS. This study first establishes the subsidence formulae of the VBS analytically. …”
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Sufi Islam and Anti-Colonial Politics by Ameena Al Rasheed

“…It is a call to decolonize the discourses dominant in the West in general and in the UK in particular, and to resist hegemonic Muslim experience formed by mainstream Islam in West Yorkshire, UK. …”
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ENLARGEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION IN THE CONTEXT OF UKRAINE, MOLDOVA, AND GEORGIA’S MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS by Maria-Cristina SOLACOLU

“…In this article we set out to present the evolution of the accession process and the particularities present in specific cases, specifically those of the countries forming what is called the Eastern Neighbourhood, in order to evaluate Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia’s likelihood of becoming a fully-fledged member of the European Union, and the probable timeline.…”
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Affective Immersion in Large-Scale Moving Image Installations by Zsolt Gyenge

“…The post-cinematic moving image installations enabled by high-definition projection technologies create such atmospheric environments for their visitors that generate new forms of spectatorship activating both self-reflexive awareness of mediation and affective response to the surrounding audio-visual spectacle. …”
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Optimization Research of the Hinge Position and Output Speed of Electromechanical Erection Device by Wei Cai, Shangjun Ma, Jianxin Zhang, Yong Zhou, Xiang Chen, Geng Liu

“…The relation between output speed and output power， the relation between output speed and output force， the relation between hinge position and output power， the relation between hinge position and output force are explored. …”
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Satisfação no trabalho entre profissionais do transporte rodoviário: estudo comparativo entre autônomos e empregados by Elder Cerqueira-Santo, Mariana Valadares Macêdo Santana

“…Os resultados apontam uma forte influência da oferta de carga e do vinculo empregatício com empresas para a melhor satisfação. …”
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