Black Turpentine Beetle, Dendroctonus terebrans (Olivier) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) by Albert E. Mayfield, Jiri Hulcr, John L. Foltz

“…During the 1950s, black turpentine beetle damaged 37 million board feet of timber and contributed to the financial collapse of turpentine farms. …”
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Real-time helium bubble growth in tungsten by in-situ GISAXS by L. Corso, S. Curiotto, F. Cheynis, P. Muller, E. Bernard, M. Cabie, C. Martin, F. Leroy

“…However, the irradiation by helium (He) of the walls facing the plasma can lead to important damages at the surface and deeper in the bulk, affecting the properties and life span of the materials. …”
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Good news for the city of Africa by P. Verster by A. M. Hoffman

“…Van groot waarde is die feit dat daar nie by veralgemenings en die resultate van ander se navorsing volstaan word nie. …”
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B.J. de Klerk en F.W. de Wet (Reds), Met die oog op God. Voorveronderstellings van die reformatoriese invalshoek op Praktiese Teologie by Martin Laubscher

“…Siende die Suid-Afrikaanse akademiese sisteem veel meer artikels as boeke beloon, was daar vanuit meet ’n nuuskierigheid en waardering by die leser vir hierdie bydrae. …”
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Die onoorskatbare belangrikheid van die inleidingskonsep in die ganse lewe, met besondere verwysing na die preekinleiding by H van Blerk, J S Kellerman

“… Daar is die afgelope dekades baie literêre aandag geskenk aan die praktiese vormgewing van die prediking. …”
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“INFINITO ENQUANTO DURE”: a confiança nas relações amorosas à luz de Anthony Giddens1 by Marcela Zamboni

“…Para tanto, este trabalho será estruturado da seguinte forma: 1) a confiança na alta modernidade; 2) das formas de amar: rupturas e continuidades; e 3) amor e autoidentidade: os manuais de autoajuda e a terapia. …”
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Village Savings And Loan Associations (VSLA) and Socio -Economic Empowerment of Vulnerable People in Kamuganguzi Sub County Kabale District. by Mwijukye, Deus

“…The key findings were; improving the health status of women in families; credit access and socio-economic empowerment of vulnerable people were synonymous with community replacing the damaged property. The conclusion was that village savings and loan associations and socio-economic empowerment of vulnerable people were found to be significantly related. …”
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Hydroelectric simulation of the phreatic water response of mining cracked soil based on microbial solidification by Gao Ying, Ismail Mohd Ashraf Mohamad, Li Tao, Li Bo, Zhang Jiarui

“…These findings provide a reference for restoring aquiclude layers damaged by coal mining.…”
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Application of iron on improving antimony tolerance in Salvia spinosa by Shakiba Rajabpoor, Soghra Kiani, Shokoofeh Hajihashemi

“…The Sb (III) toxicity to plants was much higher than Sb (V), but 300 μM Fe was significantly efficient in reducing Sb damages to Salvia. Altogether, application of Fe could efficiently alleviate the physiological and morphological functions in Sb-stressed Salvia.…”
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Recent trends in studying of alcohol-induced liver disease by I. I. Komkova, M. S. Zharkova, M. V. Mayevskaya

“…Disease risk factors include: amount of taken alcohol, its type, frequency of use, female gender, excessive body weight. Besides damaging effect, in response to admission of alcohol processes of protection and neogenesis of the liver through activation of IL-6, IL-22 receptors, STAT-proteins system are initiated. …”
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Price fluctuations of quail eggs at the farm level and their contributing factors in The Jabodetabek and East Java by Ratu Reni Budiyanti, Vony Armelia, Magfira, Akbar Satria Bahari

“…Quail eggs offer numerous health benefits, including enhancing the immune system, supporting brain growth and development, and repairing damaged cells. Indonesia has key quail egg production centers in East Java, with the Jabodetabek area serving as the primary consumer market. …”
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The real world guide to psychotherapy practice by Alex N. Sabo & Leston Havens (Eds.) by P. M. Heyns

“…Resultate word binne enkele sessies verwag. Daar is ook die eis dat dienste deur laervlakkundiges gelewer moet word en dat antwoorde selfs liewer op die internet gesoek moet word. …”
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Influence of seed moisture content and storage period on germination and biochemical indices: Lallemantia iberica and Lallemantia royleana by Saeideh Maleki Farahani, Alireza Rezazadeh, Arezoo Paravar

“…As a result, the cell membrane of L. iberica seeds was damaged, resulting in an increase in electrical conductivity, hydrogen peroxidase and malondialdehyde contents compared to L. royleana. …”
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Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate reduces sperm motility by decreasing sperm tail energy supply by Xiao-lu Li, Qi-meng Li, Yuan-zhuo Zheng, Die Hu, Xiao-yue Cai, Ke Yin, Yin-yin Qi, Zi yu Cheng, Xia Ning, Yang Cai, Wei Wu, Ting-yuan Lin, Tao Xu, Ling-li Zhao

“…It can impair sperm function through damaging the sperm development process. However, few studies have focused on the sperm tail that is directly related to sperm motility. …”
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Design and Implementation of Automatic GSM Based Fire Alarm System. by Waiswa, Abudallah Mujaasi

“…Fire accident is unplanned and undesirable event that brings damages to social wealth and human life which needs to be prevented at all cost. …”
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Investigating the Causes of Pavement Distresses on Bwankosya Road in Kabale Municipality. by Kigenyi, Luke

“…The above tests and surveys were done to identify the causes of the pavement failures and it was found out that most of the pavement sections were damaged by alligator cracks caused by repetitive heavy loading by the vehicles and also due to poor drainage, inadequate designing and poor quality of the base material.…”
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Evaluating the Effect of Coarse Sand in Mechanical Stabilization of Clay Soil. by Ninyikiriza, Calvero

“…If the clay subgrade had unfavorable properties, such as low CBR, the high swelling when applied to the construction of the road subgrade soil would produce soil that is easily damaged. For that, if used in the construction of CBR value should be towering so that it can withstand a load on it. …”
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Implementasi Simple Reflex Autonomous Smart Mopping The Floor by Asep Kosasih, Faisal Akbar

“…Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membuat prototipe atau model robot peralatan rumah tangga pintar mengepel lantai datar (ubin, tembok, kayu) dengan pendekatan penggunaan perangkat elektronika Arduino dan peralatan komponen elektronika serta mekatronika pendukungnya. …”
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Current Views of Torque Teno Virus (TTV) in Liver Diseases by I. V. Maev, T. I. Karlovich, A. I. Burmistrov, I. A. Chekmazov, D. N. Andreev, V. I. Reshetnyak

“…High TTV dispersion in human population suggests its persistence in the human viriome. Seldom observed damaging effect of TTV on hepatic cells and bile duct epitheliocytes may indirectly suggest its opportunistic pathogenic properties.…”
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Near Junction Integration of Vapor Chamber for Transient Thermal Performance Improvements of SiC Power Module by Wei Mu, Laili Wang, Haoyuan Jin, Borong Hu, Binyu Wang, Jinfeng Zhang, Liang Wang, Teng Long

“…The thermal impedance analysis in the frequency domain highlights VC's strong attenuation effect on medium frequency thermal cycles, which are particularly damaging to power modules. Two case studies are performed to evaluate the thermal performance of VC integrated module in traction inverter applications. …”
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