Àrẹ Lekan Àrẹ: A Tribute to a Warrior for all Battles by Toyin Falola

“…In the sky of words your lines are rainbow, brighter than the moon, illuminating beyond the stars. Àrẹ, now that the flute of death blew beyond the seven hills of Ìbàdan, I o ̀ fer an elegy to the man whose impacts shaped our lives, a man whose anvil forged the future we desired. …”
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Arthur et guerre du Saint-Graal : égéries de Fate/ by Marine Massenzio de Haro

“…La licence Fate/ détenue par l’entreprise TYPE-MOON, s’ouvre en 2004 avec le jeu vidéo Fate/Stay night qui offre une réécriture de la quête du graal et propose parmi ses protagonistes une version féminine du roi Arthur. …”
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Automated Observations of the Earthshine by P. R. Goode, S. Shoumko, E. Pallé, P. Montañés-Rodríguez

“…These telescopes observe the earthshine to obtain a global mean terrestrial reflectance utilizing a coronagraph-like design for long exposures of the dark of the Moon and have internal moving parts in the optical train, which presented some design and control problems.…”
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Cold War in Space: Reconnaissance Satellites and US-Soviet Security Competition by Wawrzyniec Muszyński-Sulima

“…It fills the gap in historiography of the Space Race that has inadequately studied military space programs and focused largely on civilian spaceflight, with the Apollo Moon landings being a prime example. It argues that the military satellites employed by both the US and Soviets offered unprecedented amounts of information on the other side and eliminated the issue of lacking intelligence that characterized the early Cold War. …”
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30 years of CNES parabolic flights for the benefit of the scientific community by Rouquette, Sébastien

“…The use of parabolic flights is complementary to other microgravity carriers, and preparatory to manned space missions onboard the International Space Station and other manned spacecraft, around the Earth or beyond, to the Moon for example.The main advantages of parabolic flights for microgravity investigations are the short turn-around time, the relatively low cost, the flexibility of experimental approach, the possibility of direct intervention by investigators on board the aircraft during and between parabolas, and the possibility of modifying the experiment set-up between flights.…”
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The Discovery and Characterization of Minimoon 2024 PT5 by Bryce T. Bolin, Larry Denneau, Laura-May Abron, Robert Jedicke, Kristin Chiboucas, Carl Ingebretsen, Brian C. Lemaux

“…Minimoons are asteroids that become temporarily captured by the Earth–Moon system. We present the discovery of 2024 PT _5 , a minimoon discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System Sutherland telescope on 2024 August 7. …”
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Acer japonicum 'Vitifolium' by Edward F. Gilman

“… Full-moon maple is a small, deciduous tree that reaches 10 to 15 feet in height and width, creating a smooth, rounded canopy (Figure 1). …”
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Landscapes as Narrative Commentary in Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West by Dianne C. Luce

“…Each of these scenes bears a title reminiscent of painted landscapes, such as “Under the Animas peaks” or “Night scene with moon, blossoms, judge.” Each comprises a static composition that slows the violent action and also functions as a prose poem, rich in allusiveness. …”
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Yellow Perils of Robert Heinlein by John Hickman

“…The stereotyping expressed in novels like The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and the dehumanization expressed in novels like Starship Troopers continue to shape the social and political attitudes of non-East Asian Americans both in domestic race and ethnic relations and in international affairs.…”
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From Cybernetics to Systems Theory in the First Space Age by Christian Girard

“…Both fields appeared to tackle the pilot problem head-on, either to shoot a pilot down (cybernetics in World War II) – or to send some to the moon and back (systems engineering and management in the Apollo programme). …”
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Empirical study of Javanese leadership style in Surakarta, Indonesia by Joko Suyono

“…The dominant dimensions in Sukoharjo district were the earth, the sun, the moon and the stars. While the dominant dimensions in Sragen district were the wind, the ocean, the fire, and the clouds. …”
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Audouin Dollfus, astronome du XX$^{\protect \mathrm{e}}$ siècle by Chanetz, Bruno, Broc, Alain, Jung, Philippe

“…In particular, he discovered Saturn’s satellite Janus, determined the composition of the soil on Mars, detected atmospheric residue on Mercury and helped choose the landing site for the Apollo 11 mission, which enabled Neil Armstrong to set foot on the Moon for the first time. He was also a high-flying aeronaut, as he still holds the world record for the highest manned flight in a balloon equipped with an astronomical telescope.…”
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MFBTFF-Net: A Novel Multi-Frequency Brightness Temperature Feature Fusion Network for Global Lunar Surface Oxides Abundance Estimation With Chang'e-2 Lunar Microwave Sounder... by Yu Li, Zifeng Yuan, Sarah Mazhar, Zhiguo Meng, Yuanzhi Zhang, Jinsong Ping, Ferdinando Nunziata

“…Research on lunar oxides abundance has been spotlighted for its great significance in reconstructing the evolutionary history of the moon. In recent years, artificial intelligence technologies have been introduced to map oxides abundance on the lunar surface for their reliability and robustness. …”
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Acer japonicum 'Vitifolium' by Edward F. Gilman

“… Full-moon maple is a small, deciduous tree that reaches 10 to 15 feet in height and width, creating a smooth, rounded canopy (Figure 1). …”
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Hunting system of long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijnii) by Waibem and Saukorem local communities, Tambrauw Regency, West Papua by Tresia Frida Awak, Sepus Fatem, Aksamina Yohanita

“…Hunting time of western long-beaked echidnais normally done after rain, crescent moon, and during night. Eco-tourism development is expected to increase the income of local people as well as reducing hunting pressure of this species.…”
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保护猛禽 美国一家电力公司接受法律制裁 by 贾竞波

“…<正>据美国鱼和野生动物局（U.S.Fishand wildlife Servic.）电脑新闻组（fws-news）最近传递的消息,美国犹他州一个名叫“月亮湖电力协作公司”（Moon Lake Electric Association,Inc.）的企业.1999年8月12日由于被指控非法杀害受法律保护的猛禽而在丹佛法院接受判决.经美国鱼和野生动物局、科罗拉多州野生动物部及犹他州野生动物资源部的联合调查,这家公司在科罗拉多州西北和犹他州的东部地区架设的动力电线和电杆,对落在其上的鹰类和其它猛禽造成了电击致死.法庭判决该公司要交付罚款和补偿费10万美元,…”
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Space psychology: a comprehensive approach to the future of astronaut wellbeing by Annahita Nezami

“…The commercial spaceflight industry has significantly lowered barriers, enabling government agencies to pursue more ambitious missions to the Moon and Mars in the coming decades. This renewed momentum necessitates a more comprehensive approach to the psychological and wellbeing aspects of human space exploration. …”
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Dent de loup et cœur de cerf : observations sur la place de l’animal dans l’idéologie de la guerre et du sacrifice à Teotihuacan by Nicolas Latsanopoulos

“…The description of faunal remains of the Moon pyramid attests to the unsuspected importance of the grey wolf in the system of beliefs from Classic Central Highlands and seem to prefigure the Postclassic Nahua « eagle, jaguar, wolf » triad. …”
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Variability of plankton communities in relation to the lunar cycle in oceanic waters by Santiago Hernández-León, M. Loreto Torreblanca, M. Loreto Torreblanca, Inma Herrera, Inma Herrera, Laia Armengol, Gara Franchy, Alejandro Ariza, Juan Carlos Garijo, María Couret

“…Chlorophyll a, nanoplankton, diatoms, and mesozooplankton proxies for grazing and respiration peaked between 4 and 6 days after the new moon, followed by an enhancement of the mesozooplankton index of growth between 8 to 9 days after the new moon. …”
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Effects of Duhuo Jisheng Decoction on Calcium Homeostasis and Apoptosis of Chondrocytes under Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress by Qing LIN, Wenyi WANG, Danhong PAN, Yanfeng HUANG, Changlong FU, Jinxia YE

“…Objective:To observe the effect of Duhuo Jisheng decoction on the balance of calcium homeostasis and apoptosis of chondrocytes under endoplasmic reticulum stress(ERS), and to preliminarily explore its mechanism of preventing and treating osteoarthritis.Methods:A steady chondrocyte in vitro culture system was established by using 4-week-old SD rat knee cartilage, and identify the third generation chondrocyte by toluidine blue staining.The 25 μmol/L Thapsigargin(TG)was used to induce chondrocyte in vitro culture to produce endoplasmic reticulum stress(ERS), incubate it in Duhuo Jisheng Decoction(100, 200, 400 μg/mL)for 24 hours after induction.The cells were divided into the blank group, the model group, the low-dose Duhuo Jisheng decoction group, the medium-dose Duhuo Jisheng decoction group, and the high-dose Duhuo Jisheng decoction group.Then morphological changes of chondrocytes were observed respectively by inverted microscope, viability of chondrocyte in each group was examined by CCK-8 method, chondrocyte apoptosis was observed by Hoechst 33342 staining and real-time dynamic changes of intracellular Ca²⁺concentration was examined by double turntable laser confocal microscope.Results:①The morphology of chondrocytes: the cells in the blank group grew in a single-layer paving stone shape, while the cells in the model group increased in a polygonal shape, the pseudopodia increased, the gaps widened, and the number of cells decreased significantly.Compared with the model group, the number of cells in the three dose groups of Duhuo Jisheng decoction(100, 200, 400 μg/mL)increased significantly and the cytoplasm was uniform.The activity of chondrocytes in each group: compared with the blank group, the survival rate of the model group was lower, and the difference was statistically significant(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).The absorbance of each concentration group of Duhuo Jisheng decoction increased with the increase of concentration, and the difference was statistically significant compared with the model group(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).③Apoptosis of chondrocytes: the number of apoptosis in the model group was significantly increased, and the degree of pyknosis of the nucleus was obvious, and some of them were a high density of bright blue or half moon-shaped.The number of apoptotic cells in each dose group of Duhuo Jisheng decoction was significantly reduced, only a few apoptotic cells showed a high density of bright blue or half-moon shape, and the number of apoptosis decreased with the increase of the concentration of Duhuo Jisheng decoction, showing a certain dose-effect relationship.④The changes of intracellular calcium ion concentration: the calcium ion fluorescence intensity of the cells in the blank group was weaker and more uniform, maintaining a stable state.The calcium ion release of the model group was significantly increased, and the fluorescence intensity was enhanced.The fluorescence spectrum showed that calcium sparks were more frequent.Compared with the blank group, the difference was statistically significant(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).Chondrocytes in the medium and high-dose Duhuo Jisheng decoction groups could quickly return to calcium homeostasis, and calcium sparks were significantly reduced.Although there were still some calcium sparks in the low-concentration Duhuo Jisheng decoction group, the fluorescence intensity was significantly weaker than the model group.Conclusion:Duhuo Jisheng decoction has an inhibitory effect on the apoptosis of chondrocyte induced by TG, the mechanism may be that Duhuo Jisheng decoction can alleviate endoplasmic reticulum stress by regulating calcium balance, thus inhibiting the apoptosis of chondrocyte.…”
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