Mechanical properties of pressure-frozen ice under triaxial compressive stress by Peixin Sun, Weihao Yang, Jukka Tuhkuri

“…To study the compressive strength of frozen soil under high ground pressure and high hydraulic pressure, it is necessary to understand the mechanical behaviour of ice that is formed under triaxial compressive stress. A low-temperature triaxial test system was developed and used to study both formation and deformation of columnar ice under hydrostatic pressure. …”
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Evaluating Green Communities: Top Eleven Questions to Ask by Mark E. Hostetler

“… Circular 1491, a 15-page illustrated article by Mark Hostetler, coaches home buyers in how to find a house with good indoor air quality, that doesn't cost a fortune to heat and cool, is efficient in use of water, and in a nature-friendly neighborhood. …”
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O papel da legislação no processo de reconfiguração da periferia urbana em cidades médias brasileiras by Maria Jose Martinelli Silva Calixto, Marcus Vinícius Mariano de Souza, Sergio Moreno Redón

“…This text is dedicated to analyzing the role of the legal and institutional apparatus (urban legislation) in the process of reconfiguration of the periphery and, as a result, in the intensification of socio-spatial distance in two medium-sized brazilian cities, with different formation: Dourados, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, and Marabá, in the state of Pará. …”
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Projecting Politics: The Grapes of Wrath by Stephen J. Whitfield

“…Le roman tout comme le film de John Ford (1940) furent compris par le grand public de l’époque, et bien des années plus tard, comme une protestation clairement gauchiste, voire radicale, contre une telle injustice. …”
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Mineral Concentrations in Grazed Cool-Season Annual Grass Pastures in North Florida by Bob Myer, G. Chelliah, Lee McDowell, Nancy Wilkinson, Ann Blount, Cheryl Mackowiak

“…Chelliah, Lee McDowell, Nancy Wilkinson, Ann Blount, and Cheryl Mackowiak, describes information gained from a mineral study component of a four-year grazing study at NFREC Beef Unit, to measure monthly concentrations of selected minerals in forage during the late fall-winter-spring grazing season in north Florida. …”
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Economic diplomacy as a basis and instrument in achieving the objectives of state's economy by Kalčić Nenad, Gavrilović Milan, Macura Milan

“…Economic diplomacy as such includes targeted activities carried out by representatives of one country with representatives of another country, which in their core aim to increase foreign investments, greater volume of exports or imports, as well as strengthening the positions of domestic companies in other countries. …”
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A range spread target detection algorithm based on polarimetric features and SVDD by Qiang LI, Yuanxin YAO, Xiangqi KONG

“…Multi-polarization range high resolution radar is an important mean for ground target detection.In the echo formed by it, the target occupies multiple range cells and becomes an extended target.The traditional spread target detection method relies on energy, and the detection performance decreases when the signal-to-clutter ratio decreases.A spread target detection algorithm based on polarization decomposition features was proposed, which improved the detection performance under low signal-to-clutter ratio by using the difference of polarization scattering characteristics between target and clutter.Specifically, 16 kinds of polarization decomposition features were extracted to form feature vectors as detection statistics, and then support vector data description (SVDD) was used to obtain the detection threshold.When training the detection threshold, the polarization decomposition features of clutter were extracted as training data.In order to ensure the false alarm probability, two penalty parameters were introduced into the objective function of SVDD.The experimental results show that the proposed method requires a signal-to-clutter ratio of about 12.6 dB in the case of Gobi background, false alarm probability of 10^-4 and detection probability of 90%, which is about 1.7 dB lower than the energy-based methods.…”
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Optimal Design of Reverse-six-link Mechanism of Type ZL50 Loader by Chen Xinde

“…The design result shows that the translation performance and the unload distance,as well as the ratio of transferring force of lifting cylinder are greatly improved,those requirements of the optimal design are achieved.…”
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Periradicular Tissue Responses to Biologically Active Molecules or MTA When Applied in Furcal Perforation of Dogs' Teeth by Anna Zairi, Theodoros Lambrianidis, Ourania Pantelidou, Serafim Papadimitriou, Dimitrios Tziafas

“…None of the biologically active molecules can be suggested for repairing furcal perforations, despite the fact that growth factors exerted a clear stimulatory effect on cementum formation and inhibited collagen capsule formation. …”
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Energy-related contaminants in subterranean waterbodies: The role of geocolloids on facilitated and hindered transport by Mustafa E.S. Akbulut, Younjin Min

“…These topics have significant implications for risk assessment methodologies and remediation strategies related to energy production and waste management in geological formations, particularly in terms of colloid-facilitated contaminant transport and its impact on the vulnerability of waterbodies and geosystems.…”
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Urban Industrial Land Expansion and Its Influencing Factors in Shunde: 1995–2017 by Chen Xiong, Jiayi Lu, Fangqu Niu

“…Decentralization, marketization, capital, and labor force have passed the significance test of the model, which are important factors influencing the expansion of the industrial land in Shunde. …”
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Tracking de atividade física em escolares entre 2010 e 2012 by Renan Correa, Emmanuel Silva, Antonio Stabelini Neto, Wayne Faria, João Paulo Farias, Rui Elias, Gessika Santos

“…Assim, este estudo objetiva analisar o tracking da atividade física (AF) entre 2010 e 2012 em escolares de Jacarezinho-PR. Foram investigados adolescentes do 8° ano do ensino fundamental que já tinham participado do levantamento de 2010. …”
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Features of using CRM systen in marketing and logistics management of service establishments by Serhii Voitovych, Nadia Bukalo, Igor Zhukov

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Differences in phenotypes of normal and malignant cells concerning chromosomal fragility and ganglioside expression by Iskra Sainova, Vera Kolyovska, Desislava Drenska, Dimitar Maslarov, Dimitrina Dimitrova-Dikanarova, Tzvetanka Markova

“…Of particular interest were interactions involving gangliosides, the reduced form of tri-peptide glutathione (GSH) and/or of tumor-suppressor protein HACE1. …”
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Atención preventiva y promoción de la salud por médicos del posgrado de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria en el primer nivel de atención en Chimborazo by Liana Elisa Rodríguez Vargas

“…<strong><br />Conclusiones</strong>: los médicos del posgrado de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria implementan de forma favorable la atención preventiva y de promoción de la salud en el primer nivel de atención.…”
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Study on Spatio-Temporal Variation of Runoff in Flood Season in Hanjiang River Basin by WANG Dong, WU Dongdong, XIE Xiaobai, LI Xuehui

“…The results could be considered as a reference forunderstanding the variation of flood resources, rain-flood resources utilization and optimalallocation of water resources in Hanjiang River Basin.…”
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The Propagation of Landslide-Generated Impulse Waves and Their Impacts on the Moored Ships: An Experimental Investigation by Ping Mu, Pingyi Wang, Linfeng Han, Meili Wang, Caixia Meng, Zhiyou Cheng, Haiyong Xu

“…Considering that the impulse wave was an external force acting on the mooring line, the impulse wave generation, propagation, and its impact on the moored ships are hence explored in detail. …”
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Spectral induced polarization survey for the estimation of hydrogeological parameters in an active rock glacier by C. Moser, U. Morra di Cella, C. Hauck, A. Flores Orozco

“…To evaluate our results, we conducted tracer experiments monitored with time-lapse electrical conductivity imaging, which confirms the hydraulic barrier associated with the frozen layer and allows the pore water velocity to be quantified (<span class="inline-formula">∼</span> 10<span class="inline-formula">⁻²</span> m s<span class="inline-formula">⁻¹</span>). …”
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Wideoklip w sieci nowej humanistyki. Przyczynek do badań z zakresu antropologii teledyskowego aktorstwa by Michał Pick

“…Autor zauważa w badaniach nad wideoklipem w polskiej literaturze naukowej wyraźną lukę, sugerując, że będący gatunkiem stale ewoluującym, związanym silną relacją z technologicznym postępem teledysk jest wciąż ważną i trwale obecną we współczesnym pejzażu kulturowym formą sztuki audiowizualnej. Autor sugeruje możliwe tropy komparatystyczne, zwraca uwagę na występowanie licznych intertekstów pozwalających teledysk analizować w odniesieniu do innych tekstów kultury czy dziedzin sztuki. …”
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Putative Factors That May Modulate the Effect of Exercise on Liver Fat: Insights from Animal Studies by Faidon Magkos

“…Results from exercise training studies in animals highlight a number of potential factors that could possibly mediate the effect of exercise on liver fat, but none of them has been formally tested in man. The effect of exercise on IHTG content strongly depends on the background diet, so that exercise is more effective in reducing IHTG under conditions that favor liver fat accretion (e.g., when animals are fed high-fat diets). …”
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