Spin polarised quantum conductance in 1D channels by Henry Montagu, Ian Farrer, David Ritchie, Sanjeev Kumar

“…We report the experimental observation of a spin-polarised conductance plateau at e ^2 / h in a clean one-dimensional (1D) quantum wire defined by back-gated, split gate devices on a GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure in the absence of a magnetic field. …”
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Fondation d’une mémoire familiale dans la cité des Namnètes : le mausolée antique des Pellières à Saint-Herblain (Loire-Atlantique) by Frédéric Mercier

“…This mausoleum was built on the summit of the plateau, in order to be seen from the lane and to incorporate the remains of a 2 000-year-old funerary monument in order to ensure the blessing and protection of the ancestors, while settling the family and clan into the domain. …”
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An Evaluation of River Health for the Weihe River in Shaanxi Province, China by Jinxi Song, Dandong Cheng, Qi Li, Xingjun He, Yongqing Long, Bo Zhang

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A myocardial infarction detected in an unusual way by Massimo Barakat, Enrico Bertagnin, Lorenzo Mulazzani, Francesco Galuppi, Sanda Giovanna Nizzardo

“…Serial assays of high-sensitivity troponin I showed a plateau phase (from 15696.4 to 15479.3 ng/L). Echocardiography revealed a left ventricle dilated and severely hypokinetic (ejection fraction of approximately 15-20%). …”
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Temporal and spatial changes of incoming solar short-wave wavelength and long-wave wavelength in the region of Iran by faryad shayesteh, mohammad saligheh, bohloul alijani, amanollah fathnia

“…To study the energy balance of input and output in Iranian plateau, the input and output radiation data of NCEP / NCAR site was used With a resolution of 2.5 * 2.5 *, including 46 cells in Iran,. …”
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Characteristics of Spring Phenological Changes in China over the Past 50 Years by Junhu Dai, Huanjiong Wang, Quansheng Ge

“…The linear trends in spring phenophases were −0.18, −0.28, −0.21, −0.04, and −0.14 days/year for the Northeast China Plain, the North China Plain, the Middle-Lower Yangtze Plain, the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and South China, respectively. The spatial differences in phenological trends can be attributed to regional climate change patterns in China.…”
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Surface mass balance modelling of the Juneau Icefield highlights the potential for rapid ice loss by the mid-21st century by Ryan Nicholas Ing, Jeremy Charles Ely, Julie Margaret Jones, Bethan Joan Davies

“…Plateau icefields are large stores of fresh water, preconditioned to enhanced mass loss due to their gently sloping accumulation areas. …”
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An Analysis of Vegetation Change Trends and Their Causes in Inner Mongolia, China from 1982 to 2006 by Baolin Li, Wanli Yu, Juan Wang

“…In the east of Ordos Plateau, the significant NDVI increase trends were mainly determined by the fencing and planting of grasses and trees on grassland.…”
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Diversity, Abundance, and Foraging Behaviour of Insect Pollinators in Litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) under Hot and Subhumid Conditions by Pooja Kumari, Jaipal Singh Choudhary, Debjani Dey, Mahesh Kumar Dhakar

“…To understand the pollinator’s foraging behaviour and diversity associated with litchi under hot and subhumid conditions, the present study was conducted on the Shahi variety of litchi at the ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Farming System Research Centre for Hill and Plateau, Ranchi (Jharkhand), India. During the flowering period, a total of 19 species of insect pollinators from the orders Hymenoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera, and Coleoptera were observed visiting litchi inflorescences. …”
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Open-world disaster information identification from multimodal social media by Chen Yu, Bin Hu, Zhiguo Wang

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Effects of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors on Urine Albumin to Creatinine Ratio in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients and Medication Care by Dong-Dong Wang, Cun Zhang, Yang Yang, Su-Mei He, Ping Zhu, Xiao Chen

“…Namely, for achieving the plateau period (80% of Emax) of SGLT-2 inhibitors on UACR in T2DM patients, 10 mg/day dapagliflozin (or 100 mg/day canagliflozin) should be taken for at least 1.792 weeks. …”
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Parque das Neblinas: an important reserve for Atlantic Forest bird conservation in Southeast Brazil by Fabio Schunck, Bruno Rennó, Fernando I. de Godoy, Gérard Baudet, Kleber E. Rodrigues, Tomas Sigrist, Marcelo Bokermann

“…The PN bird community is typical of the São Paulo plateau, with the occurrence of species from coastal lowlands as well as drier areas in the interior, and represents an important area for the conservation of Atlantic Forest birds that is also suitable for bird observation and photography.…”
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Activity Budget and Feeding Ecology of Geladas (Theropithecus gelada obscurus) around Abogedam Church West of Debre Berhan Town, Ethiopia by Dereje Yazezew, Afework Bekele, Hussein Ibrahim

“…Geladas are the most distinctive of Ethiopian endemic mammals, representing the last extant species of primate genus that have a very restricted distribution in the northern Ethiopian plateau. The activity budget and feeding ecology of geladas (Theropithecus gelada obscurus) were studied around Abogedam Church, Ethiopia, from May to October 2014, encompassing dry and wet seasons. …”
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Comparative Genome Characterization of a Petroleum-Degrading Bacillus subtilis Strain DM2 by Shi-Weng Li, Meng-Yuan Liu, Rui-Qi Yang

“…The complete genome sequence of Bacillus subtilis strain DM2 isolated from petroleum-contaminated soil on the Tibetan Plateau was determined. The genome of strain DM2 consists of a circular chromosome of 4,238,631 bp for 4458 protein-coding genes and a plasmid of 84,240 bp coding for 103 genes. …”
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Correction of TRMM 3B42V7 Based on Linear Regression Models over China by Shaohua Liu, Denghua Yan, Tianling Qin, Baisha Weng, Meng Li

“…Although the performance of corrected TRMM precipitation from the LRMs has been increased in Northwest China and Tibetan plateau, the error of corrected TRMM precipitation is still significant due to the large deviation between TRMM precipitation and low-density gauge precipitation.…”
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Le vote suisse pour la limitation des résidences secondaires by Martin Schuler, Pierre Dessemontet

“…L’acceptation de l’initiative, certes avec une majorité très courte, a été une grande surprise ; son empreinte est géographique, dessinant une ligne de séparation très nette entre les cantons alpins et préalpins versus les cantons du Plateau et du Jura. Cet article propose une analyse spatiale de ce vote et le met dans une perspective historique. …”
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OWNERSHIP CONCENTRATION’S MODERATING EFFECT ON DIVIDEND PAYOUT AND TOBIN’S Q OF LISTED CONSUMER GOODS FIRMS IN NIGERIA by Ovbe Simon Akpadaka

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Influence of Structural Shape on Earth Pressure for High-Filled Cut-and-Cover Tunnel with and without Load Reduction Based on Discrete Element Method by Sheng Li, Liangliang Zhao, I-Hsuan Ho, Guixia Ning, Bentian Yu, Changdan Wang

“…In the construction of the Loess Plateau in China, high-filled cut-and-cover tunnels (HFCCTs) had solved the problem of the shortage of land resources. …”
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Research Progress on Responsiveness of Activities of Daily Living Scales of Patients with Stroke by XUE Kaiwen, LIU Xiangxiang, ZHANG Zeyu, WANG Yulong

“…For patients in chronic stage of stroke, their physical function recovery has almost reached a plateau, and their ADL ability recovery mainly focuses on family and social life, but BI, FIM and mRS scale lack evaluation items about family and social life, resulting in poor responsiveness. …”
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PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF GEOLOGICAL TOURISM IN WEST KAZAKHSTAN by Jamilya B. YAKUPOVA, Rysty A. KHALELOVA, Ainur K. KHAIRULLINA, Nursulu S. ZHARMAGANBETOVA, Gulbakhit Zh. ABDUSHEVA

“…A description of the main locations of natural locations of fossils of invertebrate and vertebrate organisms is given, such as the village of Pogodaevo, the Aktolagai Cretaceous Plateau, Akkegershin, the Kara Bala-Kan Temir necropolis, the Koi-Kara, Iman-Kara mountains, the Sululy Kapy gorge, the tracts of the Mangistau region, and places are given storage of fossils, inspection and study of paleontological finds. …”
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