The Tensile Strength of Loess in Northwest China by Unconfined Penetration Test and the Distinct Element Simulation by Xuyang Wu, Yun Bao, Mingyang Ren, Qingguo Liang

“…The experiment and numerical simulation results show the following: (1) the split angle (α) presents an exponential decrease with tensile strength (σt) and a linear decrease with internal friction angle (φ); (2) K that can be written as tan (2α + φ) is a coefficient to calculate tensile strength, which is equal to 2.00 for remolded loess and 1.50 for undisturbed loess; (3) the distinct element simulation shows that the resisting force by the UP test comes from both tensile stress and shear stress; (4) the tensile fractures and shear fractures appear at almost the same time when the tensile stress is approximately 70% of tensile strength.…”
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Rifampicin in Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections: Acute Kidney Injury with Hemoglobin Casts by Rishi Kora, Sergey V. Brodsky, Tibor Nadasdy, Dean Agra, Anjali A. Satoskar

“…Awareness of this drug complication and its unique timing is important especially among emergency room physicians where patients with AKI may first present. It is equally important for nephrologists and pathologists. …”
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A Low Complexity Near-Optimal Detector Based on Teaching-Learning Algorithm for Massive MIMO by Hamid Amiriara, Mohammadreza Zahabi

“…The proposed TLBO detector, in a limited time, achieves a bit error rate (BER) 10^(-5) in the average signal-to-noise ratio of 12 dB, which is approximately equal to the optimal detector performance, and maximum likelihood. …”
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Al2O3/Al hybrid nanolaminates with superior toughness, strength and ductility by Paul Baral, Sahar Jaddi, Hui Wang, Andrey Orekhov, Nicolas Gauquelin, Alireza Bagherpour, Frederik Van Loock, Michaël Coulombier, Audrey Favache, Morgan Rusinowicz, Johan Verbeeck, Stéphane Lucas, Jean-Pierre Raskin, Hosni Idrissi, Thomas Pardoen

“…Here we show that alumina layers below 100 nm thickness when stacked with aluminum interlayers exhibit exceptional performances including toughness equal to 300 J.m−2 determined by on chip nanomechanics. …”
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The Effectiveness of the Sex Education Package on the Body-esteem in Elementary School Children by Hamideh Zahedi, AmirHoshang mehryar, Nadereh Sohrabi, Maryam Zarnaghash

“…Through random sampling, a total of 30 female students were selected, divided equally into an experimental group and a control group, comprising 15 students each. …”
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An optimal control model with sensitivity analysis for COVID-19 transmission using logistic recruitment rate by Jonner Nainggolan, Moch. Fandi Ansori, Hengki Tasman

“…This implies that equilibrium is stable when R0 is less than or equal to 1, but it is unstable when the value is greater than 1. …”
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Preliminary validation for an online configuration determination method of a thin film buckling under point contact force by Yeoun-Jae Kim, Daehan Wi

“…The overall thin film configuration determination problem is formulated as a constrained optimization problem, involving five variables and five equality constraint functions. Before developing an actual online optimization solver, preliminary numerical calculations, Ansys simulations, and experiments are performed to verify the proposed problem formulation. …”
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Breaking barriers: a commentary on research gaps in cancer and depression among individuals with intellectual disabilities by Lara Carneiro, Rita Vaičekauskaitė, Oliwia Kowalczyk, Katarzyna Ćwirynkało

“…Abstract The European Commission’s Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021–2030 aims to ensure equal opportunities and rights for all individuals, including those with intellectual disabilities. …”
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Wide Voltage Gain Range Enhanced Cubic Boost Converter With Reduced Components Voltage Stress by Vemparala Seshagiri Rao, M. S. Bhaskar, Mahmoud F. Elmorshedy, Dhafer Almakhles

“…Additionally, these converters require switch and load diode ratings equal to the output voltage, which increases switching losses and reduces converter efficiency. …”
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Socialism and the Will to Fail A Critical Review of the Book Socialism: A Failed Idea That Never Dies by Morteza Bahrani

“…For those of us who have stepped forward in the process of progress, the moral imperative is to put aside the socialist temptations of equal distribution. The beginning of our progress is to step on the path of production. …”
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Fuzzy Rules for Ant Based Clustering Algorithm by Amira Hamdi, Nicolas Monmarché, Mohamed Slimane, Adel M. Alimi

“…The number of colonies used in F-ASClass is equal to the number of clusters in dataset. Hence, the partition matrix of dataset founded by artificial ants is given in the second step, to the fuzzy c-means technique in order to assign unclassified objects generated in the first step. …”
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Workplace Discrimination Perceived by Venezuelan Immigrants Settled in Cúcuta, Los Patios and La Parada (Colombia) by María-Antonia Cuberos, Neida Albornoz-Arias, Carolina Ramírez-Martínez, Miguel Ángel Morffe Peraza

“…The study concluded that to address discrimination by employers, culture should be linked to ethics and corporate social responsibility, enabling organisations to successfully raise awareness among their staff, managers and those in charge of human resource management about non-discrimination policies, equal treatment and opportunities, from design to implementation, along with necessary monitoring by Labour Inspecting Offices.…”
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New Aquilariomyces and Mangifericomes species (Pleosporales, Ascomycota) from Aquilaria spp. in China by Tian-Ye Du, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Kevin D. Hyde, Somrudee Nilthong, Ausana Mapook, Dong-Qin Dai, Kunhiraman C. Rajeshkumar, Abdallah M. Elgorban, Li-Su Han, Hao-Han Wang, Saowaluck Tibpromma

“…The study of saprobic fungi is equally important, as it helps in understanding their ecological roles and identifying their hidden diversity. …”
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The effect of molecular structure of chlorin photosensitizers on photo-bleaching of 1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran—the possible evidence of iodine reactive species formation by Kustov, Andrey, Morshnev, Philipp, Kukushkina, Natal’ya, Krestyaninov, Mikhail, Smirnova, Nataliya, Berezin, Dmitry, Kokurina, Galina, Belykh, Dmitry

“…The $\Phi _{\Delta }$ values of four PSs with one or two cationic groups occupying opposite positions in the macrocycle are equal to 0.6, which is nearly identical to the values obtained by the time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy method. …”
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Prevalence of Small Intestine Cestodes in Goat at Pegirian Slaughterhouse Surabaya by Bryan Ahmad Affan Lubis, Setiawan Koesdarto, Eka Pramyrtha Hestinah, Kusnoto Kusnoto, Lucia Tri Suwanti

“…The cestode infections were identified five positive samples (19.23%) in male goat and one positive sample (10%) in female goat, while determined by the ages found three positive samples (17.64%) in under two years old goats and three positive samples (15.78%) in more than or equal two years old goats. The Chi-Square statistical test (p >0.05) showed there was no significant correlation from the race, sex, and ages of goats on the prevalence of Moniezia expansa.…”
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The social costs of pesticides: a meta-analysis of the experimental and stated preference literature by Elvia Rufo, Roy Brouwer, Pieter van Beukering

“…Leaving this information out in valuation studies significantly reduces WTP. Equally important is the need to further harmonize stated and revealed preference valuation research design and reporting to facilitate the application of previous study findings to new policy and decision-making contexts.…”
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Experimental Progress towards Probing the Ground State of an Electron-Hole Bilayer by Low-Temperature Transport by K. Das Gupta, A. F. Croxall, J. Waldie, C. A. Nicoll, H. E. Beere, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie, M. Pepper

“…Experimental data also indicates that the point of equal densities (𝑛=𝑝) is not special.…”
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A Review on the Use of Agriculture Waste Material as Lightweight Aggregate for Reinforced Concrete Structural Members by Kim Hung Mo, U. Johnson Alengaram, Mohd Zamin Jumaat

“…Nevertheless, vast plantation of these agriculture products leads to equally large amount of waste materials emanating from these industries. …”
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Does Indian Commodity Futures Markets Exhibit Price Discovery? An Empirical Analysis by Upananda Pani, Ştefan Cristian Gherghina, Mário Nuno Mata, Joaquim António Ferrão, Pedro Neves Mata

“…The vector error correction model results suggest that both the spot and futures markets are equally efficient in price discovery for the nickel. …”
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Parent-Adolescent Conflicts Viewed from Emotional Independence and Parenting Styles by Vision Vision, Jane Savitri, Jacqueline Tjandraningtyas

“…These changes often lead to parent-adolescent conflicts, facilitating more mature and equal relationships between both parties. Parenting styles in responding to adolescents’ growing need for independence also influence the conflicts. …”
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