Associations of personality traits with actigraphic sleep in middle-aged and older adults by Jill A. Rabinowitz, Yijun Zhou, Diefei Chen, Yiwei Yue, Darlynn M. Rojo-Wissar, Yang An, Sarah Wanigatunga, Jennifer A. Schrack, Vadim Zipunnikov, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Antonio Terracciano, Paul T. Costa, Luigi Ferrucci, Adam P. Spira

“…After further adjustment for BMI, sleep medication use, and sleep apnea symptoms, greater extraversion was associated with shorter total sleep time, and greater openness was associated with shorter average wake bout length. …”
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Back to (a different) emigration? Mobility from Spain and Italy during the economic crisis by CARO, Raquel, CAVASOLA, Silvia, FERNÁNDEZ, Mercedes

“…The main goal of this study is to compare Spanish and Italian emigration mechanisms through secondary sources. We lean toward the hypothesis that both countries, Spain and Italy, could have changed their migration patterns due to the economic crisis. …”
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Višestepena brza regulacija frekvencije u elektroenergetskim sistemima sa neravnomernom distribucijom inercije by Jelena Stojković, Predrag Stefanov

“…Sistemi sa velikim udelom OIE, obično povezanih za mrežu uređajima energetske elektronike, imaju smanjenu inerciju u odnosu na sisteme sa klasičnim sinhronim generatorima i zbog toga su naročito ugroženi u pogledu frekvencijske stabilnosti. …”
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Photography and Archive Fever in Richard Kalinoski’s Beast on the Moon (1995) by Laurence Petit

“…The play, which addresses the 1915 Armenian genocide, revolves around an object which, along with an old coat, works as the one and only familial “archive”, namely a central family photograph whose heads were actually cut out by Aram Tomasian after he witnessed the terrible massacre of his entire Armenian family and fled to America. …”
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La diaspora, instrument de la politique de puissance et de rayonnement de l’Inde à l’île Maurice et dans le monde by Anouck Carsignol-Singh

“…An analysis of the mobilisation of Indo-Mauritians in line with the interests and values of India illustrates the double role of the diasporic factor in the emergence of India as a regional and global power, as a tool of New Delhi’s soft power and Realpolitik.…”
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Evaluación de la Escala de Identidad Étnica en adolescentes mapuche de Chile by Claudio Briceño-Olivera, Julio Tereucán-Angulo, Miguel Galván-Cabello, Horacio Miranda-Vargas

“…El análisis de fiabilidad indicó un alfa ordinal de .90 para la escala total y el análisis correlacional demostró validez externa. …”
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MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION OF SHELL KEY PARAMETERS OF ROTATING BUTT SKIRT AND PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT by GONG HaiXia, LIU Zhe, WANG LiQuan, HOU ShuPing, WANG ChenYe

“…The rotating butt skirt is works in the deep water area of the ocean,In order to solve the safety problem of rotating butt skirt working in deep water,In this paper,fixed skirt,direction skirt,angle skirt was took as the research object.Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm is used to optimize the key parameters of fixed skirt,direction skirt and angle skirt,and we get the optimal parameters of the three. …”
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Regulatory T Cells in Autoimmune and Viral Chronic Hepatitis by Pascal Lapierre, Alain Lamarre

“…The liver can induce the conversion of naïve CD4+ T cells to CD4+ regulatory T cells and induce tolerance to locally expressed antigens. This tolerance mechanism is carefully regulated in physiological conditions but any imbalance could be pathological. …”
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Budget Impact Analysis of Darbepoetin Alfa Every 3 Weeks versus Epoetin Alfa Every Week for Cancer Patients with Anemia due to the Effect of Concomitant Myelosuppressive Chemothera... by November McGarvey, Hairong Xu

“…Per member per year (PMPY) costs for patients with CIA were estimated at $5620 (DA) and $6134 (EA) for 2014. The annual total costs per CIA population (n=1842) were estimated at \$10 352 629 (DA) and \$11 298 798 (EA) for 2014. …”
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A universal panel of STR loci for the study of polymorphism of the species <i>Canis lupus</i> and forensic identification of dog and wolf by A. E. Hrebianchuk, I. S. Tsybovsky

“…The test system was validated in accordance with the protocol of the Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods. A computational tool was developed to automate the analysis of genetic data on the wolf and dog in the forensic examination; two guides were approved for practicing forensic experts. …”
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Exploring and developing diverse potentials and abilities – new perspectives by Wiesława Limont

“…Education should embrace the unique and individualized growth of gifted individuals, with the aim of facilitating their development towards higher values and a complete personality. …”
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Reconocimiento jurídico de una comunidad de bienes en las convivencias de un año by Jorge Abraham Ramírez Palomeque, Marco Antonio Rodríguez Vega, Melissa del Pilar Revolledo Olivos

“… Tomando en consideración en estos tiempos, en los cuales, en esta realidad social, se presenta muchos cambios en atención a los distintos aspectos inmersos a la familia, pues bien, ésta última es en esencia la base fundamental de la sociedad dicha situación concerniente a aspectos económicos sociales y sobre todo jurídico. …”
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Methylobacterium populi VP2: Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterium Isolated from a Highly Polluted Environment for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Biodegradation by Valeria Ventorino, Filomena Sannino, Alessandro Piccolo, Valeria Cafaro, Rita Carotenuto, Olimpia Pepe

“…The use of microorganisms to accelerate the natural detoxification processes of toxic substances in the soil represents an alternative ecofriendly and low-cost method of environmental remediation compared to harmful incineration and chemical treatments. …”
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Mitochondrial DNA barcoding of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) in Thailand. by Tanawat Chaiphongpachara, Tanasak Changbunjong, Sedthapong Laojun, Teerayoot Nutepsu, Nantana Suwandittakul, Kewarin Kuntawong, Suchada Sumruayphol, Jiraporn Ruangsittichai

“…To resolve this problem, we collected mosquito species across Thailand to gather genetic information, and evaluated the DNA barcoding efficacy for mosquito species identification in Thailand. A total of 310 mosquito samples, representing 73 mosquito species, were amplified using mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) primers. …”
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Characterization of Metakaolin from Wassa Kaolin and Its Potential as Adsorbent for the Regeneration of Used Engine Lubrication Oil by Ralph Kwakye, Albert Aniagyei, Bright Yaw Vigbedor, Jonathan Osei-Owusu, Bonface Yeboah Antwi, Anthony Selorm Kwesi Amable, George Edusei, Bright Kwakye-Awuah

“…The current study is on the production and characterization of metakaolin together with its adsorbent properties for the purification and regeneration of spent lubrication oil. …”
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Self-Emulsifying Drug Delivery Systems (SEDDS): Transition from Liquid to Solid—A Comprehensive Review of Formulation, Characterization, Applications, and Future Trends by Prateek Uttreja, Indrajeet Karnik, Ahmed Adel Ali Youssef, Nagarjuna Narala, Rasha M. Elkanayati, Srikanth Baisa, Nouf D. Alshammari, Srikanth Banda, Sateesh Kumar Vemula, Michael A. Repka

“…While challenges such as scalability and excipient toxicity persist, emerging technologies and multidisciplinary collaborations are paving the way for next-generation SEDDS. …”
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Accumulation Studies at a High Elevation Glacier Site in Central Karakoram by Christoph Mayer, Astrid Lambrecht, Hans Oerter, Margit Schwikowski, Elisa Vuillermoz, Nicola Frank, Guglielmina Diolaiuti

“…Incursions of the South Asian monsoon (SAM) occur sometimes during the summer months accompanied by strong precipitation but play a minor role for the total accumulation amount. Dust layers found in the snow pits show a rare earth elements signature which indicates that the dust very likely originates from the arid regions of western China and Central Asia. …”
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Edge computing business model and key solutions for its landing and deployment by Yuan ZHAO, Bing XIN, Hongyuan MA, Lifeng CHEN

“…Edge computing is an innovation of network architecture and business model for operators.5G edge computing node is composed of 5G UPF and edge computing platform.It can be deployed at different levels of the network based on the demand for bandwidth,delay and local streaming.In the perspective of 5G application scenarios,depending on edge computing can meet the customer needs of differentiated vertical industries and seize the market opportunities,which is a sharp tool for operators to enter the vertical industry.The business model,billing scheme,landing deployment strategy and scheme of edge computing deployment were mainly studied,including business scenario,infrastructure,hardware system,site selection methodology,construction scheme,peripheral networking scheme,etc.…”
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Subwavelength Plasmonic Waveguides and Plasmonic Materials by Ruoxi Yang, Zhaolin Lu

“…With the fast development of microfabrication technology and advanced computational tools, nanophotonics has been widely studied for high-speed data transmission, sensitive optical detection, manipulation of ultrasmall objects, and visualization of nanoscale patterns. …”
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Silicon Powder-Based Wafers for Low-Cost Photovoltaics: Laser Treatments and Nanowire Etching by G. Jia, J. Plentz, A. Gawlik, A. S. Azar, G. Stokkan, M. Syvertsen, P. A. Carvalho, J. Dellith, A. Dellith, G. Andrä, A. Ulyashin

“…As-cut wafers and those with high-quality thin Si layers deposited on top of them by e-beam have been subjected to laser irradiation to clarify typical trends of structural modifications caused by laser treatments. …”
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