Association of a BACE1 Gene Polymorphism with Parkinson’s Disease in a Norwegian Population by Johannes Lange, Kristin Aaser Lunde, Camilla Sletten, Simon Geir Møller, Ole-Bjørn Tysnes, Guido Alves, Jan Petter Larsen, Jodi Maple-Grødem

“…The aim of this study was to investigate whether candidate polymorphisms in five genes (ADAM10, BACE1, BACE2, PSEN2, and CLU) involved in the APP processing pathway affect PD risk in a population-based cohort of patients with incident PD and control subjects from the Norwegian ParkWest study. Results. We found an association of rs638405 in BACE1 with increased risk of PD, thus providing a novel link, at the genetic level, between amyloid-beta pathology and PD.…”
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Green innovations in urban landscape: opportunities to use Slovakia's experience by N. V. Maksymenko, M. Bihuňová

“…The scenarios of transformation of open space into a sustainable multifunctional city park are investigated. The project on the use of green and blue infrastructure elements in the construction of the Nivy bus station in Bratislava is analyzed and the availability of green infrastructure elements in Slovak cities is assessed. …”
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Determination of Optimal Sample Plot Dimension for Measuring Species Diversity of Plants in Beach Forest Ecosystem by Siddiq Nurkholis, Yanto Santosa, Iwan Hilwan

“…The data was collected in Ujung Kulon National Park using various dimensions of sample plots ranging from 2 m × 2 m to 150 m × 50 m. …”
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Spectroscopic Characterization of Eoholocene Bones Found in a Cave in Northeast Brazil by P. V. Oliveira, M. S. S. Viana, O. A. Barros, P. T. C. Freire, F. I. Bezerra, S. B. S. Gusmão, B. C. Viana, J. H. Silva

“…Here, X-ray fluorescence, X-ray diffraction, and infrared spectroscopy analyses were carried out in Early Eoholocene fragments of bones collected from the subsurface at Gruta do Urso Fóssil, Ubajara National Park, northeast of Ceará State in Brazil. It is suggested a lower degree of decomposition, a preservation of the original mineral composition, along with some incidence of encrustation, and the occurrence of different animal species are analyzed. …”
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Les jeux d’eau du parc de Saint-Cloud. Des premières créations à la magnificence du parc mise en scène par Étienne Allegrain by Solveig d’Aboville

“…Taking advantage of these advantages, the successive owners of the château have created many water features since the late sixteenth century, each wishing to make the park a reflection of their taste and their social success, whether real or projected. …”
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Un jardin japonais botanique et médicinal de création récente by Manon Paul-Traversaz, Serge Krivobok, Michel Sève

“…Special attention has been paid to the layout of the space and the features of the existing landscape and park. Recently added to the Dominique Villars Botanical Garden, this space contains close to a hundred Japanese botanical, ornamental and medicinal species.…”
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Un nouveau cas de sépultures multiples à Troyes, Place de la Libération (Aube, Moyen Âge) by Cécile Paresys, Dominique Castex, Cédric Roms, Isabelle Richard, Stéphanie Degobertière

“…The excavations carried out before the construction of an underground car park in the center of Troyes enabled a thorough study of six burial pits containing over a hundred individuals. …”
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A MULTICRITERIA DESCRIPTION OF RULES FOR PUBLIC PROCUREMENT by MALIŠA ŽIŽOVIĆ, MILUTIN ŽIVKOVIĆ

“…The proposed method will be the case of the of Parking service (PC) from Belgrade (service of overhaul of the devices) will show a possible way of selecting the best alternative bids, taking into account previously adopted criteria. …”
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Mobile stance-taking in nature: an exploration of gaze patterns during assessments of objects in nature by Barbara Laner

“…The analysis is based on a corpus of 10 hiking pairs who walked through the Black Forest National Park while wearing mobile eye-tracking glasses to record their gaze behavior and verbal practices. …”
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Material Pacification: How a Conflict Over Paving Uganda’s Tourism Road Got Accidentally Resolved by Christine, Ampumuza, Martijn, Duineveld, René, van der Duim

“…Starting from an Actor-network Theory (ANT) inspired relational perspective on object formation and material agency, this article analyses the controversies about plans to pave the Ruhija road through Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda). Based on interviews, ethnographic observations, and analysis of relevant documents, we examine the multiple ways in which the Ruhija road is enacted and objectified in conservation, tourism, and planning practices. …”
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A Prediction Method of Tensile Young's Modulus of Concrete at Early Age by Isamu Yoshitake, Farshad Rajabipour, Yoichi Mimura, Andrew Scanlon

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Dopamine Appetite and Cognitive Impairment in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder by Jonathan Williams, Eric Taylor

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Recent Progress in TiO2-Mediated Solar Photocatalysis for Industrial Wastewater Treatment by Tong Zhang, Xiaoguang Wang, Xiwang Zhang

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An Improved Equation for Predicting Compressive Stress in Posttensioned Anchorage Zone by Young-Ha Park, Moon-Young Kim, Jong-Myen Park, Se-Jin Jeon

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Magnetic field control over the axial character of Higgs modes in charge-density wave compounds by Dirk Wulferding, Jongho Park, Takami Tohyama, Seung Ryong Park, Changyoung Kim

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The Impact of HIV and Malaria Coinfection: What Is Known and Suggested Venues for Further Study by Sarah Hochman, Kami Kim

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Viscosity Measurements of Dilute Poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) Aqueous Solutions Near Theta Temperature Analyzed within the Joint Rouse-Zimm Model by Jana Tóthová, Katarína Paulovičová, Vladimír Lisý

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A Neural Network Nonlinear Multimodel Ensemble to Improve Precipitation Forecasts over Continental US by Vladimir M. Krasnopolsky, Ying Lin

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Vibration Analysis of Rectangular Plates with One or More Guided Edges via Bicubic B-Spline Method by W.J. Si, K.Y. Lam, S.W. Gong

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Scaled RTLS BRDF model extended to high zenith angles by Alexei Lyapustin, Yujie Wang, Sergey Korkin, Crystal Schaaf, Weile Wang, Zhuosen Wang

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