The Fall of Fertility in Tasmania, Australia, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Helen Moyle

“…Despite Tasmania’s location on the other side of the world, the fertility decline had remarkable similarities with the historical fertility decline in continental Western Europe, England and other English-speaking countries. Fertility started to decline in the late 1880s and the fertility decline became well established during the 1890s. …”
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A Microstructure Based Strength Model for Slag Blended Concrete with Various Curing Temperatures by Li-Na Zhang, Wang Xiao-Yong, Kyung-Taek Koh

“…First, the numerical model starts with a cement-slag blended hydration model which simulates both cement hydration and slag reaction. …”
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Beyond nationalism? The inter-war period and some features of the complex transformation of southeastern Europe by Basciani Alberto

“…In Southeastern Europe, the end of the First World War marked a profound geopolitical transformation and the start of an important and conflicting process of modernisation of the economic, social and political structures of the countries in the region. …”
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Témoigner de l’intérieur : l’œuvre photographique de Frankie Quinn à Belfast by Fabrice Mourlon

“…His work includes portraits of individuals as well as conflict-related scenes and urban landscapes. Frankie Quinn started taking pictures of his community in 1982 when he joined a local camera club on the initiative of his father who thought this activity would shelter his son from the troubled period following the Hunger Strikes of the early 1980s. …”
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Liver Transplantation and Hepatitis C by Nobuhisa Akamatsu, Yasuhiko Sugawara

“…Disease progression monitoring with protocol biopsy and new noninvasive methods is essential for predicting patient/graft outcome and starting antiviral treatment with the appropriate timing. …”
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Synthesis and Properties of Anion Exchangers Derived from Chloromethyl Styrene Codivinylbenzene and Their Use in Water Treatment by Hesham A. Ezzeldin, Allen Apblett, Gary L. Foutch

“…Conventionally, the starting polymer is produced by chloromethylation of a styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer that utilizes chloromethyl methyl ether, a known carcinogen. …”
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O papel do sujeito face à imagem. Interpretações estruturo-fenomenológicas: o caso de estudo das Pinturas murais de São Francisco de Bragança by Inês Afonso Lopes

“…Upon the axis of convergence of such analytical dimensions (structure and phenomenology), the new guiding lines of historical anthropology, start to find a balance, which allows the development of a greater epistemological richness.From the use of the case of study of the murals of S. …”
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The Dynamics of Rotor with Rubbing by Jerzy T. Sawicki, Joe Padovan, Rabih Al-Khatib

“…Of special interest are the changes in the apparent nonlinearity of the system dynamics as rubs are induced at different rotor speeds. In particular, starting with 2nd order sub/superharmonics, which are symptomatic of quadratic nonlinearity, progressively higher order polynomial behavior is excited, i.e., cubic, giving rise to 3rd order sub/superharmonics. …”
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Co-Constructing “Third Spaces” for Engagement with and for Minoritized Community Groups and Environmental Scientists by Richard Holliman, Geeta Ludhra, Clare Janet Warren, Anjana Khatwa, Yoseph Araya, Kelly Smith, Janice Ansine, Marcus Peter Sebastian Badger

“…Following this, collective work to create third spaces requires: respect for diversity and different forms of expertise, knowledge starting points, power dynamics and esteem; a willingness to make connections across disciplines and sub-cultures, actively listening and (un)learning from different (knowledge) cultures; and a commitment to be respectful of hidden and manifest difference, exploring purpose and gaps in knowledge in more holistic ways.…”
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Casa de piedra dam: effects of clear water on the river Colorado hydrography by Hector Walter Cazenave

“…With the purpose of checking the fact in a quantitative way, cartographies from a certain stretch were taken, being this stretch considered a witness one in periods around 25 years, assessing meanders appearance and disappearance, and comparing these quantities with the variation -in the same sense-, that took place since Casa de Piedra dam start up. The quantities were significant considering the relatively short time gone by. …”
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The effects of melatonin on follicular oxidative stress and art outcomes in women with diminished ovarian reserve: a randomized controlled trial by Sonia Sadeghpour, Morteza Ghasemnejad-Berenji, Farzad Maleki, Tahereh Behroozi-Lak, Robabeh Bahadori, Hojat Ghasemnejad-Berenji

“…Method We put 68 women with DOR who were going through ART into a randomized controlled trial. Starting on the fifth day of their menstrual cycle, we gave them either 3 mg of Melatonin or a placebo every day before stimulating their ovaries. …”
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Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Encephalitis as Paraneoplastic Manifestation of Germ-Cells Tumours: A Cases Report and Literature Review by Claudia Geraldine Rita, Israel Nieto Gañan, Adriano Jimenez Escrig, Ángela Carrasco Sayalero

“…There is a wide spectrum of clinical features starting by a viral-like prodrome, followed by symptoms such as psychosis, aggressive behaviour, memory loss, seizures, movement disorders, and autonomic instability. …”
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Automated graph-based detection of quantum control schemes: Application to molecular laser cooling by Anna Dawid, Niccoló Bigagli, Daniel W. Savin, Sebastian Will

“…We discover laser cooling schemes for YO, C_{2}, OH^{+}, CN, and CO_{2}, including surprising schemes that start from highly excited states or do not rely on a strong main transition. …”
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Les dérives d’un système : Le scandale de Clairvaux en 1847 by Dominique Fey, Lydie Herbelot

“…Starting from June 13th, 1847, a local republican newspaper Le Propagateur de l’Aube publishes a series of articles which are going to make speak about them. …”
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Research Progress and Governance Prospect of Marine Biodiversity Conservation Synergistic Response to Climate Change by LIN Ruijuan, JIANG Yuhuan, CHEN Fenggui, TAN Hongjian, ZHANG Jiwei

“…This study aims at promoting a systematic understanding of the international research progress and frontier trends in this field. Firstly, this paper starts from the key concepts and policy orientation of marine biodiversity protection in response to climate change, and further summarizes the overall research progress, content framework and development trend in this field. …”
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A New Case of DRESS Syndrome Induced by Sulfasalazine and Triggered by Amoxicillin by Francesco Girelli, Simone Bernardi, Lucia Gardelli, Bruna Bassi, Gianluca Parente, Alessandra Dubini, Luigi Serra, Maurizio Nizzoli

“…Drug Rash Eosinophilia Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a systemic hypersensitivity reaction characterized by exfoliative dermatitis and maculopapular rash, lymphadenopathy, fever, eosinophilia, leukocytosis, and involvement of internal organs as liver, lung, heart, and kidney; the disorder starts within 2–6 weeks after taking a drug with an incidence that ranges from 1/1000 to 1/10000 exposures. …”
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The attitude of the police officers of the RS Ministry of Interior Affairs to alcohol and drug addicts by Milovanović Anatolij

“…The scientific contribution in this paper is the analysis of empirical research, which is the starting point in the adoption of new legal regulations in the application of repressive measures against these persons.…”
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Seed Production and Seed Sources of Organic Vegetables by Jennifer Bonina, Daniel J. Cantliffe

“…The commercial seed sector is starting to provide a more diverse selection of cultivars, yet there are still many hybrids that are not yet available. …”
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Analysis on Time Window of Shared Parking in Hospitals Based on Parking Behaviors by Qin Chen, Peng He, Jun Chen

“…A case study is conducted and suggests that start and end point of a certain time window can be influenced by external factors.…”
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« Fruitières comtoises » by Alain Mélo

“…This entrepreneurial model really started to spread in the seventeenth century. But it was not before the 1880s that the whole production of Gruyère de Comté was organized. …”
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