The Journey of Adoption and Adaptation: A Reading of The Tight Game, Sola Owonibi’s Translation of Akinwumi Isola’s Ó Le Kú by Gifty Akua Nyarko, Rita Ndonibi

“…Africa’s colonial experience has left its enduring legacy of colonial languages which have been imbibed to the detriment of the usage of indigenous African languages. …”
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Ovid Underwater: Environmental Dialectics at Achelous’ Banquet by Andrew Feldherr

“…The themes of these stories, sacrifice, nurture, and reproduction, as mythical evocations of distinctively human strategies of survival, help anchor narrative itself as a means of exposing and mediating the alterity of the cosmos and suggest a model for understanding Ovid’s own act of narration in political terms.…”
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Impact of Preparative pH on the Morphology and Photocatalytic Activity of BiVO4 by Yongbiao Wan, Sihong Wang, Wenhao Luo, Lianhua Zhao

“…The highest photocatalytic performance on the degradation of a methylene blue solution is observed under pH=7.0 for BiVO4 in monoclinic scheelite, which is attributed to its small grain size and marked surface oxygen evolution ability.…”
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IFNγ regulates ferroptosis in KFs by inhibiting the expression of SPOCD1 through DNMT3A by Xiuxia Wang, Yating Yang, Xianyu Zhou, Shun Yu, Xusong Luo, Lin Lu, Zhen Gao, Jun Yang

“…Mechanistically, keloid IFNγ deficiency in combination with reduced DNMT3A increase the expression of SPOCD1, thereby promoting KFs’ proliferation and inhibiting its ferroptosis. Moreover, keloid SPOCD1 deficiency attenuates KFs progression and extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition. …”
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Changes in laboratory value improvement and mortality rates over the course of the pandemic: an international retrospective cohort study of hospitalised patients infected with SARS... by Ramakanth Kavuluru, Xuan Wang, Paul Avillach, Florence Bourgeois, Kee Yuan Ngiam, Gabriel A Brat, Isaac Kohane, Tianxi Cai, Yuk-Lam Ho, Yuan Luo, Harrison G Zhang, Kelly Cho, Vincent Benoit, Antoine Neuraz, Chuan Hong, Sehi L'Yi, Griffin Weber, Bryce W Q Tan, Alba Gutiérrez-Sacristán, Clara-Lea Bonzel, Nathan P Palmer, Alberto Malovini, Valentina Tibollo, Meghan R Hutch, Molei Liu, Riccardo Bellazzi, Luca Chiovato, Fernando J Sanz Vidorreta, Trang T Le, William Yuan, Bertrand Moal, Michele Morris, David A Hanauer, Sarah Maidlow, Kavishwar Wagholikar, Shawn Murphy, Hossein Estiri, Adeline Makoudjou, Patric Tippmann, Jeffery Klann, Robert W Follett, Nils Gehlenborg, Gilbert S Omenn, Zongqi Xia, Arianna Dagliati, Shyam Visweswaran, Lav P Patel, Danielle L Mowery, Emily R Schriver, Malarkodi Jebathilagam Samayamuthu, Sara Lozano-Zahonero, Daniela Zöller, Amelia L M Tan, Byorn W L Tan, John H Holmes, Petra Schubert, Brett K. Beaulieu-Jones, Miguel Pedrera-Jiménez, Noelia García-Barrio, Pablo Serrano-Balazote, Andrew South

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Effect of Extraction and Preservation Methods on the Microbiological and Physicochemical Quality of Pentadesma butyracea Butter Produced in a Traditional Area in Benin by Marius Eric Badoussi, Yann E. Madode, Célestin K. C. Tchekessi, Laurenda Honfozo, Ifagbémi Bienvenue Chabi, Kamirou Chabi Sika, Arlette Adjatin, Joseph D. Hounhouigan, Paulin Azokpota

“…P.butyracea butter, produced by different traditional methods, is often stored for further use in different types of packaging which may affect its quality. The present work aims to evaluate the effect of the production method and the type of packaging used on the physicochemical and microbiological quality of butter during storage. …”
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Numerical Study on the Fracture Properties of Concrete Shield Tunnel Lining Segments by Longgang Tian, Xiao Wang, Ziling Cheng

“…As a kind of the common concrete structures, any defect in the tunnel lining segment may deteriorate its bearing capacity and even cause severe disasters. …”
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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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Structural characteristic analysis of new type bend-twist coupling blades of large wind turbine by WANG HaiSheng, MIAO WeiPao, LI Chun, ZHANG Li, ZHU HaiBo

“…For the same angle, the blade tip displacement of <italic>γ</italic> > 0 blades was smaller than that <italic>γ</italic> < 0 blades. …”
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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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