Macroepibiosis of three species of scallops in the waters of southern Primorye by Artem Yu. Baranov, Irina R. Levenets, Ludmila I. Sabitova, Evgeny B. Lebedev

“…Mean total biomass and settlement density are generally higher in polluted and eutrophic areas where the most of epibionts (algae, cirripedes, serpulid polychaetes, oysters, bryozoans, ascidians) evidently suffer from siltation and prefer to attach to barnacle shells, dead or living, which are raised above the surface of scallop shells submerged into silt. …”
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Catastrophic anthropogenic vegetation changes in the Kiliyan arm of the Danube Delta (Ukraine) by Dmytro Dubyna, Tetiana Dziuba, Liubov Borsukevych

“…The most endangered are meadow and psammophyte vegetation with representatives of the psammophilous-littoral neoendemic floristic complex. …”
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Residue-Specific Structural and Dynamical Coupling of Protein and Hydration Water Revealed by Molecular Dynamics Simulations by Shuai Wang, Jun Gao, Xiakun Chu

“…Our results reveal that protein residues with greater flexibility or solvent exposure are surrounded by more disordered hydration water, akin to bulk water, whereas rigid and buried non-polar residues are associated with structurally ordered hydration shells. Due to their strong hydrogen bonding and electrostatic interactions, charged residues exhibit the most disordered hydration water, while non-polar residues are associated with the structurally most ordered hydration water. …”
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New pea variety ‘Antey’ by N. V. Deynes, A. P. Chebatarev

“…The current paper has presented the characteristics of the new pea variety ‘Antey’ of Altai breeding according to the most important economically valuable and morphological characteristics. …”
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A 10-m vertical displacement on the Romanian Black Sea coast during modern history by Virgil Drăguşin, Nicolaie Alexandru, Mihai Caminschi, Florina Chitea, Vasile Ersek, Alina Floroiu, Liviu Giosan, Georgiana Alexandra Grigore, Diana Hanganu, Maria Ilie, Dumitru Ioane, Cristian Mănăilescu, Marius Mocuţa, Adrian Iulian Pantia, Alexandru Răzvan Petre, Iulian Popa, Gabriela Sava, Tiberiu Sava, Răsvan Stochici, Constantin Ungureanu

“…Abstract Sea level reconstructions in the Black Sea basin and elsewhere rely on the identification of sea level markers and on the understanding of their post-genetic vertical movements. We present here evidence of a fast, bi-directional vertical displacement on the western Black Sea shore at Mangalia, Romania. …”
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Biology of the Hicatee: A Critically Endangered River Turtle of Belize by Venetia Briggs-Gonzalez, Nathan Schwartz, Rebecca G. Harvey, Frank J. Mazzotti

“… The hicatee (Dermatemys mawii) is a Central American river turtle and one of the 25 most endangered turtle species in the world. Over-hunting for meat, eggs, and shells is driving the turtles toward extinction. …”
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The Role of the Tourists in the Karst Dissolution of the Secondary Shapes inside Caves (Case Study: Hamedan Alisadr Cave) by Amjad Maleki, Mohammad Hosayn Ghobadi, Payman Karimi Soltani

“…1- Introduction As the most tourist attracting water cave in the country, Ali Sadr cave, located in Hamadan-Kabdtar Ahang, attracts thousands of internal and external tourists each year. …”
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Biology of the Hicatee: A Critically Endangered River Turtle of Belize by Venetia Briggs-Gonzalez, Nathan Schwartz, Rebecca G. Harvey, Frank J. Mazzotti

“… The hicatee (Dermatemys mawii) is a Central American river turtle and one of the 25 most endangered turtle species in the world. Over-hunting for meat, eggs, and shells is driving the turtles toward extinction. …”
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CORRECTION OF PARTIAL DEFECTS OF THE EXTERNAL EAR by Y.P. Nagirnyi

“…Total loss of the ear is rare, because even in the most severe traumatic injuries of the outer ear some part of it (usually of shells and ear canal) still remains. …”
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Chitin: a comparison between its main sources by Hamzeh Izadi, Homa Asadi, Marjan Bemani

“…Chitin is the second most abundant polysaccharide on Earth, after cellulose, and it is mainly obtained from the shells of crustaceans. …”
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Efficacy of deterrents for mitigating human‐polar bear conflict in northern Alaska by Susanne Miller, Ryan R. Wilson, Lindsey S. Mangipane, Nathan Gordon II, Andrew L. Von Duyke, Carla Sims‐Kayotuk

“…All‐terrain vehicles were the most effective deterrent used and were 4–5 times more effective than cracker shells or beanbags. …”
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Organization of Production and Business Processes in Value Chains Based on Applied Scenarios for the Digitalization of Enterprises by Yu. F. Telnov, A. A. Bryzgalov, D. S. Koroleva

“…The proposed methods of constructing production and business processes are based on the use of digital platforms, digital twins (software administrative shells), methods of collecting and processing big data. …”
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Ethnopharmacological Knowledge and Antioxidant Propensities of Argania spinosa L. from Morocco by Mohamed El Yamani, Rachid Ijjouk, Kholoud Kahime, Yahia Rharrabti

“…Argan oil was the most cited argan product used, often consumed raw (97.5%), followed by almonds (22.8%). …”
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Relationship between Patterned Grounds Evolutions and Spatial and Temporal Changes in the Chemical Compounds of SAHL ABAD Playa Salt Flats (Case Study: Khorasan province) by Mahdi Saghafi

“…In these studies, data deficits are one of the most important problems, while the satellite data can be replaced by field observations if it is possible to provide reliable interpretations of the spectrum. …”
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Prospects for the use of geotubes in the mining industry by Victor Kislyakov, Pavel A. Zubov, Aleksandr Kokorev

“…Geotubes have found their application to solve some of the challenges facing the industry. However, in most cases, geotubes are not integrated into technological processes and do not use all the possibilities of their application. …”
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ACTIVATED CARBON (CHARCOAL) OBTAINING . APPLICATION by Florin CIOFU

“…Activated carbon is produced from any organic material with high carbon content: coal, wood, peat or moor coal, coconut shells. The granular activated charcoal is most commonly produced by grinding the raw material, adding a suitable binder to provide the desired hardness and shape. …”
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Reviews and syntheses: A trait-based approach to constrain controls on planktic foraminiferal ecology – key trade-offs and current knowledge gaps by K. M. Edgar, K. M. Edgar, M. Grigoratou, M. Grigoratou, F. M. Monteiro, F. M. Monteiro, R. Barrett, R. Ying, R. Ying, D. N. Schmidt

“…They leave abundant calcium carbonate shells on the seafloor that serve as prime proxies for the physical and chemical attributes of past oceans. …”
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Diet of the Common Eagle Ray, <i>Myliobatis aquila</i> (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Northern Adriatic Sea by Lovrenc Lipej, Riccardo Battistella, Borut Mavrič, Danijel Ivajnšič

“…Altogether we analysed the contents of 122 stomachs of specimens caught as by-catch in the Gulf of Trieste and along the west Istrian coast. Shelled molluscs (N% = 75.17), mainly bivalves and gastropods, were the most prominent prey categories, while crustaceans, sipunculids, echinoderms and polychaets (N% < 10) represented considerably smaller numbers. …”
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Utilization of agricultural residues in ceramic tiles: A review by Yunusu Bwambale, Vianney Andrew Yiga, Michael Lubwama

“…Eight agricultural residues were analyzed, including sugarcane bagasse (SCB), rice husks (RH), wheat straws (WS), corn cobs (CC), coconut shells (CS), coffee husks (CH), palm kernel shells (PKS) and peanut shells (PS) for their suitability as fillers in ceramic tiles. …”
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Antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of the woody endocarp of native and commercial walnuts from Argentina by Ingrid Georgina Orce, Sibila Ivonne Lencina, Gabriela Inés Furque, Emilia Lorenzo, Fiamma Pereyra, Gretel Rodriguez Garay, María Rosa Alberto, Patricia Elizabeth Gomez Kamenoplsky, Mario Eduardo Arena

“…Different extracts from the woody endocarp (shells) were obtained using methanol and ethyl acetate. …”
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