S.A.F.E. An emergency project experimentation by Francesca Castagneto

“…Starting from a historical reading of the theme of temporariness, carried out through a vast reference literature and from data on the delivery times of housing containers at the most recent seismic events occurred in Italy, the experimentation was oriented towards an assembling system, modular, aimed at optimizing delivery and installation times, as well as storage.…”
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Study on Oil Film Characteristic of Sliding Bearing based on SDT Roundness Error Model by Zhenyu Chen, Wubin Xu, Bing Li

“…The results show that the maximum oil film pressure is changed by the spin parameter of roundness error， and the oil film pressure increases with the increase of the spin parameter； in addition， the existence of journal roundness error is beneficial to the bearing capacity and stability of sliding bearing rotor system to a certain extent； among them，when eccentricity <italic>ε</italic>&lt;0.8， the influence of journal roundness error on the bearing capacity of the system is more obvious，and when Sommerfeld number <italic>S</italic>&gt;0.6， the influence of journal roundness error on the stability is less； at the same time，the critical speed of the system will increase with the increase of screw parameter，especially when eccentricity <italic>ε</italic>&gt;0.6.…”
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Acidity, sugar, and alcohol contents during the fermentation of Osmanthus-flavored sweet rice wine and microbial community dynamics by Ping Tian, Jiaqiong Wan, Tuo Yin, Li Liu, Hongbing Ren, Hanbing Cai, Xiaozhen Liu, Hanyao Zhang

“…Sweet rice wine is a popular traditional Chinese rice wine widely loved by Chinese people for its high nutritional value. Osmanthus flower petals contain various nutrients and have good medicinal value. …”
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Anti-aging versus positive-aging language in scientific literature: Raising questions for future research by Akbar Azizi-Zeinalhajloo, Haidar Nadrian, Nafiseh Ghassab-Abdollahi, Elham Lotfalinejad, Hassan Rezaeipandari, Devender Bhalla

“…Raising such research questions might be useful in capturing the spirit of the field and some of its focus, and revealing how scientists talk about aging, or whether they use or are trying to combat ageist language.…”
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The dramatic impact of Coronavirus outbreak on air quality: Has it saved as much as it has killed so far? by R.J. Isaifan

“…The outbreak of COVID-19 has forced China to lockdown its industrial activities and hence dropped its NO₂ and carbon emissions by 30 and 25%, respectively. …”
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Egg Freshness Indexes Correlations with Ovomucin Concentration during Storage by Yajun Jiang, Dandan Fu, Ming Ma

“…The study’s findings show the possibility of nondestructive prediction of an egg’s internal microscopic protein composition using its freshness index value.…”
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Associations between mindfulness and non-restorative sleep: the roles of resilience and handgrip by Shuhan Li, Yingting Jiang, Zhenrong Shen, Yuan Liao, Yihao Zeng, Zengjie Ye

“…The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, 10-item Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale, Non-restorative Sleep Scale, and handgrip were administered. …”
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Bearing Fault Classification Using Improved Antlion Optimizer and Extreme Learning Machine by Zhuanzhe Zhao, Yu Zhang, Qiang Ma, Yujian Rui, Guowen Ye, Mengxian Wang, Yongming Liu, Zhen Zhang, Neng Wei, Zhijian Tu

“…In view of the stagnation of iteration, Lévy flight strategy is introduced and the adaptive change of disturbance step length is controlled. …”
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Dynamical Behavior of the SEIS Infectious Disease Model with White Noise Disturbance by Yuheng Song, Qixing Han

“…In this paper, we consider a deterministic SEIS model with a saturation incidence rate and its stochastic version. To begin with, we propose the deterministic SEIS epidemic model with a saturation incidence rate and obtain a basic reproduction number R0. …”
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Theorizing American Studies : German Interventions into an Ongoing Debate by Sabine Sielke

“…This essay relates a—necessarily reductive—narrative about how, throughout its history, German American Studies has intervened into and contributed to these debates; and how, with the emergence of parameters and politics of difference, on the one hand, and poststructuralist thought and notions of différance, on the other, the early debate on methods of American Studies transformed into discussions of theories of American literature, culture, history etc. …”
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Adipose Tissue-Derived Extracellular Vesicles: A Promising Biomarker and Therapeutic Strategy for Metabolic Disorders by Wenhui Liu, Tianyan Liu, Qingyu Zhao, Junqiu Ma, Jiajia Jiang, Hui Shi

“…Adipose tissue plays an important role in systemic energy metabolism, and its dysfunction can lead to severe metabolic disorders. …”
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Generalization of Okamoto's Equation to Arbitrary 2×2 Schlesinger System by Dmitry Korotkin, Henning Samtleben

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Management aspect of tax planning in conditions of uncertainty by Natalia Tluchkevych, Oksana Nuzhna, Tetyana Pisarenko

“…The article describes the importance of management accounting in tax planning, its information support in the process of making managerial decisions. …”
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De Félix Martin-Sabon à Pierre Pradel, une histoire de plaques de verre by Anne-Bénédicte Mérel-Brandenburg

“…The École du Louvre holds, in the spaces of its photographic library, an iconographic collection made up of photographs, postcards, positive and negative glass plates in various sizes, black and white, autochromes, celluloid negatives and slides, supplanted by digital in 1995. …”
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Diverse Roles of Inhibitor of Differentiation 2 in Adaptive Immunity by Lucille Rankin, Gabrielle T. Belz

“…The helix-loop-helix (HLH) transcription factor inhibitor of DNA binding 2 (Id2) has been implicated as a regulator of hematopoiesis and embryonic development. While its role in early lymphopoiesis has been well characterized, new roles in adaptive immune responses have recently been uncovered opening exciting new directions for investigation. …”
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FUNCTIONS OF THE STATE AND LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT BODIES IN THE REGULATION OF FUNERAL SERVICES: ECONOMIC ASPECTS AND ENSURING SOCIAL STANDARDS by Denys Komarnytskyi, Liudmyla Sylenko, Roman Tуtykalo

“…The paper also discusses the challenges of decentralisation and its impact on the effectiveness of funeral service management. …”
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Ageing population and urban spaces – New digital challenges for elderly well-being by Maria Rosario Chaza Chimeno, Rosaria Revellini, Cristiana Cellucci

“…Looking at urban complexity with respect to the elderly cohort means investigating the constant evolution of the person-environment relationship and the existing limits, as well as the negative consequences of climate change and its influence on the health of frail subjects. In relation to these dynamics, digitalisation is identified as a transversal challenge that can support active and healthy ageing. …”
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On the Question of Pedagogical Digital Competence by D. A. Mezentceva, E. S. Dzhavlakh, O. V. Eliseeva, A. Sh. Bagautdinova

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Synthesis, antibacterial evaluation and in silico studies of novel 2-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)-N-arylacetamides and their derivatives as potential DHFR inhibitors by Nadia Hanafy Metwally, Galal Hamza Elgemeie, Aya Ragab Abdelrazek, Salwa Magdy Eldaly

“…The structure of coumarin 8 was confirmed by density functional theory (DFT) calculations using basis set B3LYP/6-311 G +  + (d,p) to obtain the suitable geometrical structure with molecular orbitals` energies revealing its planar structure and its agreement with experimental data. …”
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Experimental evaluation of steel fiber effect on mechanical properties of steel fiber-reinforced cement matrix by Ali Jadidi, Milad Amiri, Ehsanollah Zeighami

“…Further, the combination of these fibers caused a reduction in concrete flow and reduced its efficiency. The combination of these fibers caused considerable increase of concrete bending strength compared to fibreless and single-fiber type concretes. …”
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