Characteristics, location, and usage patterns of resting burrows in Chinese pangolins: Insights from radio-telemetry tracking by Nick Ching-Min Sun, Jing-Shiun Lin, Kurtis Jai‑Chyi Pei

“…The Chinese pangolin Manis pentadactyla, a burrowing mammal, relies on burrows for foraging, shelter, and rearing its young. Pangolin burrows are typically classified as either resting (or resident) or feeding burrows. …”
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Conséquence de la crise financière ou crise d’une forme de capitalisme : la faillite des Big Three by Michel Freyssenet, Bruno Jetin

“…The Big Three were direct contributors to their own problems, first and foremost through their adherence to “new economy” precepts and efforts to implement its recipes. The question is whether they ever had an alternative.…”
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Recent progress of polymeric microneedle-assisted long-acting transdermal drug delivery by Fanda Meng, Xinyu Qiao, Chenglong Xin, Xiaoli Ju, Meilin He

“…Microneedle (MN)-assisted drug delivery technology has gained increasing attention over the past two decades. Its advantages of self-management and being minimally invasive could allow this technology to be an alternative to hypodermic needles. …”
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Dampak pertambangan emas tanpa izin (PETI) terhadap produksi pertanian dan implementasi peraturan daerah by Bosar Alamsyah Hasibuan, Ramadhan Syahmedi Siregar

“…Penambangan Emas Tanpa Izin memberi dampak negatif terhadap produksi pertanian yang ada disekitar areal tambang, bahkan tidak saja telah merusak lingkungan dan memusnahkan lahan pertaniandisamping itu juga telah memberi dampak sosial bagi masyarakat terutama petani yang ada disekitar areal penambangan. …”
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Experimental Views of Tran-Bend Particle Deposition in Turbulent Flow with Nanoscale Effect by Kun Zhou, Ke Sun, Xiao Jiang, Shaojie Liu, Zhu He, Zhou Ding

“…It is specially mentioned that the new particle formation and nanoparticle growth affect its deposition under environmental contaminant conditions; nanoscale particle dynamics and transport have a growing trend on attracting the research and industry attentions.…”
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Design, Fabrication, and Swimming Performance of a Free-Swimming Tuna-Mimetic Robot by Sayyed Farideddin Masoomi, Axel Haunholter, Dominic Merz, Stefanie Gutschmidt, XiaoQi Chen, Mathieu Sellier

“…Nevertheless, the University of Canterbury has developed its own tuna-like robot called UC-Ika 1 to investigate and to accordingly improve the swimming performance of the biomimetic swimming robots. …”
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LA CONSERVACIÓN DE LA TIERRA ¿PUEDE SER UNA RELACIÓN ENTRE CAMPESINOS, PLANIFICADORES AGROPECUARIOS Y EXTENSIONISTAS? by Elko Bergsma

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Evaluation of optimal dam release to achieve agricultural economic-ecological development from stakeholders' perspectives in the Karkheh basin, Iran by Javad Zahiri, Abbas Mirzaei

“…Study region: The Karkheh Dam and its sub-basin are located in Khuzestan Province, Iran. …”
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Anesthetic Management of an Obstetric Patient with Behçet’s Disease Complicated by Transverse Myelitis by Sara Alwatban, Etedal AlAamri, Abdullah Alraffa, Mona Alkhawajah

“…Transverse myelitis is an acute inflammation of the spinal cord. Its annual incidence is 1–8 per million. Behçet disease is also a rare autoimmune disease. …”
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Adaptation of the Slovenian version of the Symbolic Ableism Scale by Karmen Drljić, Maja Lebeničnik

“…While the adapted Symbolic Ableism Scale showed reasonable reliability, its criterion validity needs further investigation. …”
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Evaluating Psychometric Properties of the International Knee Documentation Committee Subjective Knee Form in a Heterogeneous Sample of Post-Operative Patients by Ryan D Richardson, Madeline P Casanova, Ashley J Reeves, Seungho Ryu, Adam C Cady, Russell T Baker

“…The 9-item IKDC-SKF short form was invariant across groups but not time; removal of a single item (i.e., 8-item IKDC-SKF short form) resulted in longitudinal invariance. …”
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Use of Telemedicine in Addiction Treatment: Current Practices and Organizational Implementation Characteristics by Todd Molfenter, Roger Brown, Andrew O’Neill, Ed Kopetsky, Alexander Toy

“…Future studies should build on how telemedicine could be applied in SUD settings, organizational behaviors towards its adoption, and telemedicine’s effect on treatment adherence and clinical outcomes.…”
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Interplay between BMI, neutrophil, triglyceride and uric acid: a case-control study and bidirectional multivariate mendelian randomization analysis by Haoyuan Lyu, Na Fan, Hao Wen, Xin Zhang, Herong Mao, Qinglai Bian, Jiaxu Chen

“…Understanding the causal correlation between UA and health indicators, specifically its association with the body’s inflammatory conditions, is crucial for preventing and managing various diseases. …”
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On the Weak Solution to a Fractional Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation by Zujin Zhang, Xiaofeng Wang, Zheng-an Yao

“…We obtain the existence of a global weak solution to a fractional nonlinear Schrödinger equation by the Galerkin method. Its uniqueness is also discussed. In our proof, we use harmonic analysis techniques and compactness arguments.…”
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Co odróżnia ekotoksykologię od ekologii? by Bożena Sosak-Świderska

“…Ecotoxicology is a multidisciplinary science and still has not been able to establish itself.…”
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TNF-α Regulates Natriuretic Peptides and Aquaporins in Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells BEAS-2B by Letizia Mezzasoma, Lucio Cagini, Cinzia Antognelli, Francesco Puma, Eugenio Pacifico, Vincenzo Nicola Talesa

“…Since TNF-α is one of the main proinflammatory cytokine initially released after major surgery, it is reasonable to assume its involvement in fluid overload. Here, we showed that TNF-α selectively regulates key molecules involved in fluids balance, such as natriuretic peptides (NPs) and aquaporins, in human bronchial epithelial cells BEAS-2B. …”
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Effect of Strengthening of Steel Beams with Variable Length by Using Carbon Fiber by Ahmed S. D. Al-Ridha, Ali F. Atshan, Kamal Sh. Mahmoud, Qusai Kh. Hameed

“…On the contrary, from the results of ultimate load of the beams, it can be concluded that the percentage of increase in ultimate load for the beam strengthened by carbon fiber is increased with the decrease in its span length. One could also conclude that when the effective length decreases, the ultimate load was increased and the percentage of this increasing is magnified with the presence of carbon fiber.…”
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APRECIAÇÃO ERGONÔMICA NO TRABALHO DE AUXILIARES DE ENFERMAGEM DO BLOCO CIRÚRGICO DO HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE PARCERIA: HOSPITAL DE CLINICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE (HCPA) & LOP... by Raimundo Lopes Diniz, Lia Buarque de Macedo Guimarães

“…O objetivo deste estudo foi uma abordagem macroergonômica para a identificação de Itens de Demanda Ergonômica (IDE’s) que podem influenciar na incidência de absen- teísmo dos trabalhadores do setor de enfermagem do bloco cirúrgico do HCPA. …”
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Computer simulation of stress-strain states in zygomatic bones after complex installation of implants by Timur Dibirov, Aleksey Drobyshev, Eduard Kharazyan, Nikolay Redko, Egor Pankov, Alexander Kozulin, Sergey Panin, Sergey Arutyunov

“…Based on the results of the FEM-based computer simulation, the algorithm was proposed for planning prosthetic treatment, which involves the iterative method for selecting both size and location of installing zygomatic implants depending on the results of the SSS calculation and the onset of a critical condition (primarily in bone tissue at the contact area with zygomatic implants).…”
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High Resolution of Water Availability for Emilia-Romagna Region over 1961–2015 by F. Cervi, M. M. Nistor

“…In this study, monthly time series of precipitations and temperatures from 1024 controlled and homogeneous meteorological stations located in the Emilia-Romagna region (northern Italy) are processed in order to assess potential climate changes that occurred during the period 1961–2015. …”
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