Experimental and numerical study on the flexural performance of reinforced laminated bamboo lumber beams with prestressed GFRP bars by Haitao Li, Dong Yang, Ben Chen, Sarah Mohrmann, Rodolfo Lorenzo, Kun Zhou, Feng Shen

Inhibition of GPR68 induces ferroptosis and radiosensitivity in diverse cancer cell types by Leif R. Neitzel, Daniela T. Fuller, Jessica Cornell, Samantha Rea, Carolina de Aguiar Ferreira, Charles H. Williams, Charles C. Hong

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Innovation as a way of increasing the competitiveness of the economy by Stojković Hadži Strahinja, Kastratović Edita, Stanković Ljiljana

“…Innovation emerged as a subject of major research in the second half of the twentieth century, so that researchers observe this period as the beginning of the development of innovation studies. …”
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An Interview with Professor Dieter Birnbacher: Reflections on Ethical Universality by Hanna Schudy, Dieter Birnbacher

“…She is a doctoral student at the University of Wroclaw and a DAAD scholarship holder. The interview was conducted in December 2011 at the Heinrich Heine Universität, Duesseldorf. …”
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Cow Math—Using Weaning Weight to Estimate Cowherd Productivity by Phillip Lancaster, John Arthington

“…Identifying and culling the cows within the herd that are less efficient at producing a weaned calf in the environment and management system used on the ranch can be a powerful tool to improve the revised herd. …”
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OOxytetracycline Hydrochloride (OTC-HCl) Application for Control of Palm Phytoplasmas by Brian W. Bahder, Ericka E. Helmick

“…LY, introduced into Florida sometime in the first half of the 20th century, has been causing decline of over 30 species of palm (Harrison and Elliott 2015).  …”
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Coursebook Dependency in Secondary and Tertiary-Level EFL Teachers by Ozlem Ozen Tosun, Emrah Cinkara

“…Data collected from 324 language teachers working in secondary and tertiary-level EFL programs revealed that the scale is a valid and reliable instrument with five sub-scales to measure the dependency construct; the majority of the participants were medium dependent while high and low dependent teachers comprised less than half of the participants in total.…”
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W co i czym się bawić? Wskazówki w zakresie organizacji zabaw, wykonywania i wykorzystywania zabawek dziecięcych na ziemiach polskich w drugiej połowie XIX i na początku XX wieku –... by Monika Nawrot-Borowska

“…The temporal scope covers the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. …”
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Prophets at loggerheads. Accusations of adultery in Jeremiah 239-15 by W. Wessels

“…The research also entertains the relation with the next set of verses (23:13-15) which explicitly mentions the worship of Baal, the vegetation god, as reason for the disloyalty. …”
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Naudé, Piet J., Neither Calendar nor Clock. Perspectives on the Belhar Confession by Martin Laubscher

“…Die Belhar Belydenis sou ’n droogte van meer as 300 jaar in die Gereformeerde kerke van Nederlandse oorsprong verbreek; en die verskyning van bogenoemde werk is die eerste – in Engels – ná Dirkie Smit en Daan Cloete se 1984 vertaalde boek, A moment of truth (ook deur Eerdmans). …”
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Rice Beetle, Dyscinetus morator (Fab.) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) by Robert E. Woodruff

“… he rice beetle, Dyscinetus morator (Fabricius) (Figure 1), is a common beetle in the eastern half of the United States, and it is one of the most ubiquitous species taken in blacklight traps during much of the year. …”
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Design of Low Power and Low Noise Instrumentation Amplifier for Biopotential Acquisition: A Review by Nahmil Koo

“…It analyzes the causes of input impedance reduction and explores associated boosting techniques. The sources of half-cell potential are investigated, along with DC servo loops (DSL) and methods for improving their settling time and noise performance. …”
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Sistem Rekognisi Citra Digital Bahasa Isyarat Menggunakan Convolutional Neural Network dan Spatial Transformer by Mohammad Alfiano Rizky Mahardika, Novanto Yudistira, Achmad Ridok

“…Abstract Sign language is very important for a group of people, namely the deaf or dumb. To be able to communicate with people who are mute or deaf, people who are not mute or deaf require sign language to be able to understand the intentions or thoughts of those who are mute or deaf. …”
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Optimising compensatory growth in pastoral beef production systems: insights into feed efficiency, body composition, carcass characteristics and meat quality attributes by J.M. Clariget, G. Banchero, A. Saravia, S. Luzardo, G. de Souza, D.A. Kenny, K. Keogh, A.K. Kelly

“…Eighty steers (BW: 444 ± 39 kg, age: 18 ± 1 months) were blocked and randomly assigned within block to either an optimal (0.6–0.7 kg/day) or suboptimal (0.3–0.4 kg/day) growth rate, during 97 days of backgrounding. Following, half of the steers in each group were finished on a forage diet while the other half were finished on feedlot-based diet. …”
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Respirable Particles and Gas Contaminants Emissions from a Desktop Laser Cutter and Engraver by Kevin O’Neill, Xinyi Niu, Jun Wang, Runcheng Fang

“…This study aimed to evaluate the concentrations of respirable particles, sub-half-micron particles, VOCs, and carbon monoxide (CO) that are emitted during laser cutting or engraving processes. …”
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Diurnal and Daily Variations of PM2.5 and its Multiple-Wavelet Coherence with Meteorological Variables in Indonesia by Nani Cholianawati, Tiin Sinatra, Ginaldi Ari Nugroho, Didin Agustian Permadi, Asri Indrawati, Halimurrahman, Meta Kallista, Moch Syarif Romadhon, Ilma Fauziah Ma’ruf, Dipo Yudhatama, Tesalonika Angela Putri Madethen, Asif Awaludin

“…Meanwhile, the investigation on the extreme rise of PM2.5 in Pontianak due to peatland forest fires using HYSPLIT shows that emission from the surrounding area significantly raises the maximum half-hourly in Pontianak to 700 μg m−3.…”
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Metallized Sol–Gel coatings on ceramic glazes with photocatalytic activity by Guillermo Monrós, Carolina Delgado, José Antonio Badenes, Guillem Monrós-Andreu, Mario Llusar

“…Fe2O3 coatings show moderate photocatalytic activity, with a half-life period of 146 minutes for the optimal sample.…”
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Circulating tumor DNA for surveillance in high-risk melanoma patients: a study protocol by Magnús P.B. Obinah, Sarah A. Al-Halafi, Karin Dreisig, Tim S. Poulsen, Christoffer Johansen, Thomas Litman, Stig E. Bojesen, Estrid Høgdall, Annette H. Chakera, Lisbet R. Hölmich

“…Results and Interpretation: For validation purposes, we conducted a small pilot study using blood samples from 10 patients who had experienced recurrence and had a clinically confirmed BRAF V600E mutation. Detection of BRAF V600E ctDNA using ddPCR varied from 0/5 (0%) in DNA harvested from 4 mL plasma, to 3/5 (60%) in DNA from 8 mL of plasma. …”
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The impact of obesity: a narrative review by Benjamin Chih Chiang Lam, Amanda Yuan Ling Lim, Soo Ling Chan, Mabel Po Shan Yum, Natalie Si Ya Koh, Eric Andrew Finkelstein

“…However, people with obesity may not perceive their weight to be a significant problem and less than half of patients with obesity are advised by their physicians to lose weight. …”
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Facts About Fluoride by Anne Kendall

“…Due to water fluoridation, almost one-half of American children have never had a cavity in their permanent teeth. …”
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