Extraction approaches for the isolation of some POPs from lipid-based environmental and food matrices: A review by Carriera Fabiana, Di Fiore Cristina, Iannone Alessia, Maio Monica, Avino Pasquale

“…., polar and non-polar adsorbent phases) could affect recoveries; (iii) the absence of studies investigating the concrete and constant distribution of POPs between extractive solvent/lipid component and solvent/adsorbent phase. …”
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Chloride Ingress in Cement Mortars Exposed to Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans Bacteria by Onesmus Mulwa Munyao, Joseph Karanja Thiong’o, Jackson Muthengia Wachira, Daniel Karanja Mutitu, Genson Murithi, Romano Mwirichia

“…Concrete structures placed in aggressive aqueous environments are vulnerable to degradation. …”
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Maternal Sevoflurane Exposure Causes Abnormal Development of Fetal Prefrontal Cortex and Induces Cognitive Dysfunction in Offspring by Ruixue Song, Xiaomin Ling, Mengyuan Peng, Zhanggang Xue, Jing Cang, Fang Fang

“…Several studies indicated that neurogenesis abnormality may be responsible for the sevoflurane-induced neurotoxicity, but the concrete impact of sevoflurane on fetal brain development remains poorly understood. …”
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TEMPORAL DIMENSIONS OF ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FROM AN UNAUTHORIZED SELLER by Petro D. Guyvan

“…Therefore, the work analyzes theoretical developments in the commented direction and compares them with the practical course of concrete relations when a bona fide purchaser receives an item from a person who was not supposed to alienate the property, but did so voluntarily or involuntarily. …”
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An Artificial Neural Network Based Prediction of Mechanical and Durability Characteristics of Sustainable Geopolymer Composite by P. Manikandan, K. Selija, V. Vasugi, V. Prem Kumar, L. Natrayan, M. Helen Santhi, G. Senthil Kumaran

“…Despite the growing environmental consequences of cement production, geopolymer concrete now has gradually evolved as an ecologically sustainable product. …”
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The process of pain assessment in people with dementia living in nursing homes: a scoping review by Caroline Kreppen Overen, Maria Larsson, Adelheid Hummelvoll Hillestad, Ingela Karlsson, Siren Eriksen

“…We identified several knowledge gaps in the understanding of this process and provide concrete recommendations for further research. The results underpin the importance of pain assessment approaches that incorporate the flexibility to meet residents’ varying and potentially fluctuating ways of communicating pain. …”
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Experience in African swine fever control in the Russian Federation and its value for the other countries by K. N. Gruzdev, A. K. Karaulov, A. S. Igolkin

“…Other ASF infected countries can benefit from the Russian Federation’s experience in ASF control by adapting it to the concrete region with due regard to local social and economic conditions.…”
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Family Profile of Substance Addicted Individuals by Fatmanur Alsancak, Hülya Yıldız, Hüseyin Zahid Kara, Hasan Hüseyin Taylan, Yusuf Genç

“…In this study, the profiles of the families of substance addicts living in Sakarya were revealed by adopting a descriptive screening model, and it was aimed to make some concrete suggestions about this by examining the effects of family characteristics on addicted people. …”
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“Italy System” as a Case of Innovative Economic Diplomacy by R. O. Raynkhardt

“…The author looks into concrete mechanisms of economic diplomacy which basically include measures of national export promotion and assistance to Italian companies in the course of new markets penetration, as well as measures on attraction of foreign direct investment inter alia from developing countries. …”
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Impact of cluster farming on smallholder farmers teff commercialization in Ethiopia by Birara Endalew, Asres Elias, Kumi Yasunobu

“…The findings of these studies can offer comprehensive insights and concrete information that can inform policymakers to support and promote teff cluster farming in Ethiopia.…”
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Ecolinguistic dynamics of English loanwords in Chinese: a case study on terms for cement by Ruifeng Mo, Hao-Zhang Xiao

“…The loanwords for cement are ranked by vitality values in descending order—ShuiNi (水泥/water mud): 3.221, YangHui (洋灰/foreign ash): 2.350, ShuiMenTing (水门汀/water-gate concrete): 1.385, HongMaoNi (红毛泥/red-hair clay): 1.202, and ShiMinTu (士敏土/sticky soil): 0.879. (3) The endangerment of the loanwords results from the synergistic interaction between external (nature, society, culture, psychology) and internal (sound, form, meaning, grammar) environments. …”
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Training of future primary school and computer science teachers in the structure of information systems by O. Ihnatenko, V. Tolmachov, A. Ryabko

“…Based on the analysis of the possibilities and concrete potentials of using information technologies, the expediency of their introduction into personal and professional development of future primary school specialists was determined, the principal conditions for their use and for the developed teacher in the educational information system were highlighted. …”
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A Theoretical Incinerator Design for Treatment of Biomedical Wastes Generated from Local Hospitals in Baghdad by Ahmed H. Hadi, Basim A. Hussain, Mais J. Mohammed, Wasnaa J. Mohammed, Abdullah F. Abdurazak

“…The required cement and water are determined for resulting ash to produce concrete suitable for hot weather countries. The results show that incineration has the less costs in construction and operational costs among other modern technologies with a decreasing waste mass to 91.5%. …”
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Concerning the system of principles of scientific knowledge for the State power digitization by Emin Najafli

“…The principle of scientific objectivity, applied to the sphere of state power digitalization, acquires some new features, in particular, provides for the consideration of such a variety (form) of digitalization as an objective process that takes place in terms of both promoting and resisting by elements of this process, which takes place in conditions of both assistance and resistance to it by various actors in this process, which makes it difficult to predict the concrete results of the corresponding transformation of state power. …”
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Study on the Effect of Mineral Particle Sizes on the Spectral Characteristics of Sound and Vibrations in Rock Drilling by Zhantao Li, Sui Wang, Jicheng Wang, Chunxia Song, Bin Chen

“…Several drilling experiments were conducted on concrete specimens of different aggregate sizes. By using an indoor signal acquisition and analysis system, data from the sound waves and vibrations were collected, the characteristic signals were extracted, and the spectral characteristics of the sound and vibrations of different aggregate sizes were identified. …”
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Hybrid Evaluation Method of Bridge Bearing Capacity by Pengzhen Lu, Said M. Easa, Ying Wu, Zhenyi Qi, Yizhou Zhuang

“…First, we present a detailed evaluation of the bearing capacity for a repaired pre-stressed concrete continuous-beam bridge following a ship collision. …”
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圆形钢管混凝土柱轴压承载力及承载力组成研究 by 陈立康, 黄远

“…为了研究相互作用下圆形钢管混凝土（circular concrete-filled steel tube，CCFST）柱中钢管和混凝土各自的承载力贡献，通过ABAQUS中的VUMAT子程序导入一种新的混凝土材料本构，建立了能够反映CCFST柱中钢管和混凝土相互作用的三维有限元模型，并通过试验数据验证了模型的荷载位移曲线、钢管和混凝土各自的荷载变形曲线以及侧向变形曲线。…”
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Quality of care for chronic conditions: identifying specificities of quality aims based on scoping review and Delphi survey by Grace Marie V. Ku, Willem van de Put, Deogratias Katsuva, Mohamad Ali Ag Ahmed, Megumi Rosenberg, Bruno Meessen

“…The group endorsed our specifications and several participants gave contextualised interpretations and concrete examples. Chronic conditions pose specific challenges underscoring the relevance of tailoring quality of care aims. …”
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On the Experimental Determination of Poisson’s Ratio for Intact Rocks and Its Variation as Deformation Develops by Lu Dong, Hongfa Xu, Pengxian Fan, Zhichou Wu

“…In this paper, in order to explore the behavior of Poisson’s ratio, uniaxial compression tests according to The International Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering are performed on standard specimens of granite, marble, red sandstone, carbonate rock, coral concrete, etc. According to the results, Poisson’s ratio, both the secant Poisson’s ratio and tangent Poisson’s ratio, increase with the externally applied stress. …”
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AADL Extension to Model Classical FPGA and FPGA Embedded within a SoC by Dominique Blouin, Daniel Chillet, Eric Senn, Sébastien Bilavarn, Robin Bonamy, Christian Samoyeau

“…These levels are exposed in detail and illustrated on a concrete example of FPGA device. The design space exploration of an application deployment using this model is also presented.…”
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