Choice of props for courtship dancing in estrildid finches by Masayo Soma, Misaki Nakatani, Nao Ota

“…Both captive and wild estrildid finches preferred longer strings for displays, which is compatible with the idea that non-bodily ornaments (strings) convey information on the maximum performance potential. The evolution of nesting material holding displays is likely associated with the nesting ecology of estrildid finches, which is characterized by a high predation risk and joint nest building by mating pairs.…”
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Fracture precursor phenomena in marble specimens under uniaxial compression by means of Acoustic Emission data by Dimos Triantis, Stavros K. Kourkoulis

“…During the stage of increasing load, intense acoustic activity is detected as the corresponding stress reaches the transitional phase from the linear to the nonlinear mechanical response of the material. When the stress is stabilized at levels exceeding 95% of the material�s compressive strength, the acoustic activity is drastically reduced. …”
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Application of humanitarian last mile distribution model by Daria Battini, Umberto Peretti, Alessandro Persona, Fabio Sgarbossa

“…The research focusses upon the distribution systems management coupled with material distribution modalities.…”
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“Living like Queens” by Katerina Sergidou

“…Using oral testimonies and archival material gathered during ethnographic fieldwork in the city, I trace the history of the reina and ninfas customs and analyze a variety of material related to their birth, evolution, and recent discontinuation. …”
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Spatial Vibration Characteristics and Damage Identification of Toppling Dangerous Rock Mass by Chen ZHAO, Mowen XIE, Yan DU, Zhengjun HUANG, Zheng HE, Guang LU

“…Identifying the damage is challenging when the direction of structural plane evolution is difficult to determine or when the direction of evolution is multidirectional. …”
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Feeding strategies and associated cognitive capacities among Plio-Pleistocene hominins: toward new perspectives using the ventromedial prefrontal cortex by Margot Louail

“…Thus, it has been suggested that complex foraging strategies had a strong influence on the evolution of some cognitive abilities among primates, such as value-based decision-making. …”
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Design of multi-step dies for sheet metal forming using a workpiece-performance-based approach: A preliminary study by Marín Gabriel, Weber Florian, Sulaiman Hosen, Heuse Martin, Korkolis Yannis P.

“…This approach results in non-homogeneous material deformation, inefficient material utilisation, wrinkling defects, and an increased risk of service failures. …”
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Precipitation Dynamics and Mechanical Properties Analysis of a Nickel-Based Superalloy Cooled Under Different Rates by Jinhe Shi, Liwei Xie, Shengyu Liu, Baojin Chen, Lei Zhao, Kailun Zheng

“…This study uses the FGH99 nickel-based high-temperature alloy as the research material. It examines the precipitation and microstructure evolution law of the material under different cooling rates and its impact on the macroscopic mechanical properties of the material. …”
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A Thermodynamic and Experimental Analysis of Inclusions Modification in AH36 Liquid Steel by Calcium and Magnesium Treatment by Lei Kang, Xiangwei Liao, Peng Zhang, Hui Kong, Ting Wu

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THE STABILITY STUDIES OF MIXED HALIDE PEROVSKITE CH3NH3PbBrXI3-X THIN FILMS IN AMBIENT WITH AIR HUMIDITY 70% USING UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY AND X-RAY DIFFRACTION by Ayi Bahtiar, Khairul Habibie

“…Perovskite material MAPbI3 is hygroscopic and easily decomposed into its constituent material, thereby reducing the performance of the PSC. …”
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Large-scale impregnation of oceanic and continental slab-derived adakitic melts into the mantle wedge by Pengjie Cai, Jaroslaw Majka, Dongyang Lian, Jingsui Yang, Lu Wang, Haitao Ma, Huichao Rui, Rongzong Bo, Ahmed E. Masoud

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Experimental analysis of the damping characteristics of longmaxi shale under graded cyclic loading with different confining pressures by Jiajun Shu, Tao Li, Yue Li, Bingni Wu, Zhengding Deng, Jingzhu Huang, Fausto Molina-Gómez, Rubén Galindo

“…The damping ratio follows a staged evolution pattern characterized by an initial decline, a period of stability, and a final surge. …”
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Characteristics of water absorption capacity of weathered sandstone based on nuclear magnetic resonance and wave velocity testing by Ran NIU, Xiaowei JIANG, Yongshuai YAN, Kaigao OUYANG, Xianchun SUN, Hongbin YAN, Li WAN

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Le cartulaire de l’abbaye Saint-Étienne de Caen (XIIe siècle) : essai d’archéologie documentaire by Tamiko Fujimoto

“…The rediscover of the manuscript in 1996 finally enables us to study this documentary writing as a material, on the basis of codicologic and paleographic analyses, as well as observations of its internal structure. …”
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Organizational Ways of Improvement of Reproduction Management in the Republic of Belarus by V. N. Drazhin

“…The main objective of the presented conception is harmonious evolution of an individual, satisfaction of his material and spiritual needs. …”
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THE IDEA OF NATIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION OF SOUTH OSSETIA IN THE HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL CONTEX by I. B. Sanakoev

“…The author on the wide research material, including the field of history, traces the unique character of the emergence and subsequent evolution of the idea of self-determination of South Ossetia, which led the Republic to independence.…”
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Characterization of fracture properties of thin aluminuminclusions embedded in anisotropic laminate composites by Gabriella Bolzon, Vladimir Buljak, Emanuele Zappa

“…The region of interest of the investigated material samples ismonitored all along the experiment by digital image correlation techniques, which allow to recover qualitativeand quantitative information about the metal deformation and about the evolution of the damaging processesleading to the detachment of the inclusion from the surrounding laminate composite. …”
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Asociația Națională a Fabricanților de Produse de Uz Veterinar (ANFPUV) Date sintetice privind evoluția economică a fabricanților de produse de uz veterinar din România în perioada... by Nistor Maierean

“…The evolution of net turnover and gross profit vs. the net profit of the main members of the Association.…”
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The South Pole‐Aitken Basin: Constraints on Impact Excavation, Melt, and Ejecta by R. I. Citron, D. E. Smith, S. T. Stewart, L. L. Hood, M. T. Zuber

“…Abstract The formation and evolution of the South Pole‐Aitken (SPA) basin is critical to relating large impact basin formation and modification to lunar geophysical evolution. …”
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Predictions for photon-jet correlations at forward rapidities in heavy-ion collisions by Souvik Priyam Adhya, Krzysztof Kutak, Wiesław Płaczek, Martin Rohrmoser, Konrad Tywoniuk

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