Distribution and Health Risk Assessment on Dietary Exposure of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Vegetables in Nanjing, China by Minmin Wu, Zhonghuan Xia, Qianqian Zhang, Jing Yin, Yanchi Zhou, Hao Yang

“…The results showed that the total amount of 16 PAHs was within the range of 60.5~312 ng g−1 (wet weight). …”
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Immunogenicity and Protective Efficacy of a Novel Recombinant BCG Strain Overexpressing Antigens Ag85A and Ag85B by Chun Wang, Ruiling Fu, Zhenhua Chen, Kun Tan, Lingxia Chen, Xindong Teng, Jia Lu, Chunwei Shi, Xionglin Fan

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TESLA GPUs versus MPI with OpenMP for the Forward Modeling of Gravity and Gravity Gradient of Large Prisms Ensemble by Carlos Couder-Castañeda, Carlos Ortiz-Alemán, Mauricio Gabriel Orozco-del-Castillo, Mauricio Nava-Flores

“…We compared the performance results obtained with the GPUs against a previous version coded in OpenMP with MPI, and we analyzed the results on both platforms. Today, the use of GPUs represents a breakthrough in parallel computing, which has led to the development of several applications with various applications. …”
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New CPC Regulation and ECN+ Directive: the powers of national authorities in the fields of consumer protection and antitrust by Claudia Massa

“… National authorities in individual countries are responsible for the enforcement of EU consumer protection and antitrust laws together with the European Commission. This article seeks to define the powers of national consumer and antitrust authorities when enforcing those laws. …”
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Pathology of Measuring and Managing Customer Satisfaction in B2B Companies by Gholamreza Tavakoli, Omid Heidari, Majid Feyz Arefi

“…Sampling was used in both qualitative and quantitative sections; in the qualitative section, 20 people participated in the interview process, and in the quantitative section, 40 people participated in the survey. Data collection tools included a semi-structured interview and a researcher-made questionnaire; its reliability was calculated as α = 0.906 after validation. …”
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Chemically Activated Carbons from Olive Stones — Peculiarities of Pore Structure and Interpretation of Nitrogen Adsorption Data by M.A. Hourieh, M.N. Alaya, F. El-Sejariah, A.M. Youssef

“…Carbons activated with H 3 PO 4 or ZnCl 2 are mainly microporous with the non-micropores representing a small fraction of the total porosity. Although, the nitrogen isotherms are Langmuirian in shape, application of the Langmuir equation led to large monolayer capacities of uncertain confidence. …”
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Limb Pain as Unusual Presentation of a Parietal Intraparenchymal Bleeding Associated with Crack Cocaine Use: A Case Report by Alan Lucerna, James Espinosa, Taimur Zaman, Risha Hertz, Douglas Stranges

“…Here we present a case of a 65-year-old male with complaints of left arm pain and allodynia (specifically light touch to any part of the left arm produced significant discomfort) who was found to have a right parietal lobe intraparenchymal bleed after smoking crack cocaine. …”
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Hubungan Status Gizi Bayi dengan Pemberian ASI Ekslusif, Tingkat Pendidikan Ibu dan Status Ekonomi Keluarga di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Padang Pasir by Aisyah Nilakesuma, Yusri Dianne Jurnalis, Selfi Renita Rusjdi

“…<p>Abstrak<br />Status gizi merupakan salah satu tolak ukur untuk menilai perkembangan kesehatan bayi. …”
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Prediction of the Binding to the Nuclear Factor NF-Kappa-B by Constituents from <i>Teucrium polium</i> L. Essential Oil by Renilson Castro de Barros, Renato Araújo da Costa, Nesrine Guenane, Boulanouar Bakchiche, Farouk Benaceur, Omer Elkiran, Suelem Daniella Pinho Farias, Vanessa Regina Silva Mota, Maria Fani Dolabela

“…All molecules were found to be toxic in at least one model, with some molecules being non-genotoxic (6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13) and others being non-mutagenic (5, 7, 9, 14). …”
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Environmental impact assessment of alternative technologies for production of biofuels from spent coffee grounds by Wilberforce Kisiga, Manimagalay Chetty, Sudesh Rathilal

“…AD, with the smallest total weighted score (160), was the most environmentally friendly biomass‐to‐fuel processing route, while HTL, with the biggest total weighted score (893), was the worst. …”
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Enhancing bioactive compound stability of stinging nettle (Urtica dioica L.) leaves via advanced packaging techniques by Mia Dujmović, Mia Kurek, Zdenko Mlinar, Sanja Radman, Nevena Opačić, Sandra Voća, Jana Šic Žlabur

“…The highest content of total phenolic compounds (635.8 mg/100 g) and caffeoylmalic acid (469.75 mg/100 g) and the highest antioxidant capacity according to the ABTS method were found in samples stored in BOPP and 5% O2 and 5% CO2 for 7 days.…”
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Assessment of Spoilage Microbiota of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) during Storage by 16S rDNA Sequencing by Guangqing Du, Yuanming Gai, Hui Zhou, Shaoping Fu, Dawei Zhang

“…Here, the changes in the total bacterial colony and total volatile base nitrogen (TVB-N) during the storage of rainbow trout were investigated. …”
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Influence of the Sodium Titanate Crystal Size of Biomimetic Dental Implants on Osteoblastic Behavior: An In Vitro Study by Saray Fernández-Hernández, Javier Gil, Daniel Robles-Cantero, Esteban Pérez-Pevida, Mariano Herrero-Climent, Aritza Brizuela-Velasco

“…The results show that as the cooling rate increases, the size of the crystals decreases (from 0.4 μm to 0.8 μm) except for the case of 115 °C/h, when the rate is too fast for crystalline nucleation to occur on the surface of the titanium. …”
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La géographie légendaire d’un « camp royal » éthiopien du XVe siècle. Histoire d’une construction mémorielle by Marie-Laure Derat

“…An analysis of genealogies collected in the field helps us understand how space and memory were brought together to create this legendary royal camp. These genealogies present two important periods in local history: first of all, the settlement of a Christian king in the area, who founded the Mesḥāla Māryām church in the mid-15th century, and secondly the reconquest of the area in the late 17th century by Gērā after a neighboring sultanate’s imam had waged a jihad with, as consequence, human migrations that reshaped the religious and political landscape for more than a century.…”
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Interrogativas parciales con coordinación de palabras interrogativas en español: una aproximación desde CORPES XXI by Marian Alves-Castro

“…Los resultados obtenidos pueden tomarse como punto de partida de estudios teóricos o para el diseño de estudios de corte experimental que se puedan acometer en el futuro.…”
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Critical information quality dimensions of conversational agents for healthcare by Caihua Liu, Guochao Peng, Shufeng Kong, Chaowang Lan, Haoliang Zhu

“…Understandability and trustworthiness were the two top concerns for the information quality of the agents from the participants’ perspective in this study. …”
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Low Citrate Synthase Activity Is Associated with Glucose Intolerance and Lipotoxicity by Yosra Alhindi, Lobke M. Vaanholt, Mustafah Al-Tarrah, Stuart R. Gray, John R. Speakman, Catherine Hambly, Bader S. Alanazi, Brendan M. Gabriel, Arimantas Lionikas, Aivaras Ratkevicius

“…During HFD feeding, glucose tolerance of mice decreased progressively and to a greater extent in B6.A females compared to B6 females, with males showing a similar trend. …”
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Age of detection of congenital hearing loss in South Africa: A systematic review by Mukovhe Phanguphangu, Khomotjo Kgare, Andrew J. Ross

“…Results: Ten studies, with a total of 1501 children, were included in this review. …”
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Postlecture Evaluation of a Positive Youth Development Subject for University Students in Hong Kong by Daniel T. L. Shek

“…In conjunction with other evaluation findings, the present findings strongly suggest that students had positive perceptions of the attributes and benefits of “Tomorrow's Leaders.”…”
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ALIGNING STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES TO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OBJECTIVES IN CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FIRMS by Frank Boateng, De-Graft Owusu-Manu, Michael Adesi, Erika Parn, David John Edwards

“…This imbalance has culminated in several high-profile corporate scandals orchestrated by top management – consequently, this research seeks to establish a nexus between strategic corporate objectives and corporate governance objectives within construction professional service firms. …”
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