Intertidal Oyster Reef Mapping and Population Analysis in West Galveston Bay, Texas by Marc H. Hanke, Amanda Hackney, Susan A. Heath

“…Through ground truthing, reefs were found to be either shell rakes, consisting of piled shell with minimal three-dimensional structure and oysters, or true intertidal reefs with high reef structure and oyster abundance. …”
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GEOECOLOGY OR LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY. WHAT ARE THESE: GEOGRAPHY'S SUCCESSES OR ITS CRISIS? by V. A. Shalnev, V. V. Melnichuk

“…The realities of modern geographical reality, including the teaching of geographical shell and landscapes, were hardly used in this approach. …”
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Renormalization of general Effective Field Theories: formalism and renormalization of bosonic operators by Renato M. Fonseca, Pablo Olgoso, José Santiago

“…Abstract We describe the most general local, Lorentz-invariant, effective field theory of scalars, fermions and gauge bosons up to mass dimension 6. …”
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Universe 2.0: Black holes? No. Black stars! by Johannes Böhm-Mäder

“…General relativity does not support a passable horizon hosting an infinitely concentrated mass in vacuum. …”
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Masses and Quadrupole Deformations of Even-<i>Z</i> Nuclei Within a Triaxial Relativistic Hartree–Bogoliubov Model by Qin Zhou, Zhipan Li

“…The mean-field results underestimate the binding energies of most open-shell nuclei, with an initial root–mean–square (rms) deviation of 2.56 MeV for 1223 even-Z nuclei. …”
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Encapsulation of Phase Change Materials Using Layer-by-Layer Assembled Polyelectrolytes by Qiangying Yi, Gleb B. Sukhorokov, Jin Ma, Xiaobo Yang, Zhongwei Gu

“…In this work, an environmentally friendly and low cost approach, layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly technique, was applied to build up ultrathin shells to encapsulate the PCMs and therefore to regulate their changes in volume when the phase change occurs. …”
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The Role of Recombination Types in Efficiency Limits of Radial p n junctions based on Si and GaAs by Jo`shqin Sh. Abdullayev, Ibrokhim B. Sapaev, Sardor R. Kadirov

“…Using both analytical and computational modeling techniques, we examine the effects of doping concentration, core and shell radius, and external voltage on charge carrier behavior and recombination mechanisms. …”
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Sulfonated Schiff base immobilized on magnetite-chitosan as an efficient nanocatalyst for the synthesis of xanthene derivatives by Mohammadhossein Alijafari Taheri, Moslem Setoodehkhah, Mohsen Moradian

“…Abstract The present study aims to develop and enhance a magnetic heterogeneous catalyst with a core-shell structure, Fe3O4@CS/SSB (Fe3O4@Chitosan-Salicylaldehyde-5-sulfonate), by immobilizing a chitosan-based Schiff base complex on the surface of magnetite. …”
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Economic viability assessment of European flat oyster restoration on offshore windfarm infrastructure by Jacobs Pascalle, van der Hiele Tony, Heringa Jouke, Verbeeke Gabrielle P., Tonk Linda, ter Hofstede Remment, van Houcke Jasper

“…The aim of this study was to provide insight into the most cost-effective deployment options to create a European flat oyster reef in an offshore wind farm in the North Sea. …”
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FORMATION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE IN THE INFORMATION TRAINING ENVIRONMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION AND THE PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM by Alla B. Nisilevich, Ekaterina V. Strigova, Olga V. Haritonova

“…Besides, as a methodological basis of the information training environment the principles of social constructivism are analyzed. The training Moodle shell program entirely meets requirements of educational process and the virtual educational environment as well, and it is also the most sensible modern system of distance learning as a whole and to foreign languages in particular.…”
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Optimization of approaches to the treatment of mild to moderate ulcerative colitis by S. S. Belous, O. V. Knyazev

“…Ulcerative colitis is an autoimmune disease of the colon, manifested by the development of non-specific inflammation of its mucous membrane with a mandatory lesion of the rectum. The most common in clinical practice is left-sided ulcerative colitis, a mild or moderate attack. …”
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PURIFICATION OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS OF SPENT FUEL ASSEMBLIES BY COLD CRUCIBLE INDUCTION MELTING by M. Yu. Kalenova, A. V. Dmitrieva, I. V. Kuznetsov, А. М. Koscheev, O. E. Budin, A. S. Schepin

“…Actinides steel shell and bottom product contamination was predicted using computer modeling. …”
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Preparation of SDF-1α-loaded electrospun coaxial microspheres and their study on promoting migration and differentiation of dental pulp stem cells by Wenjie Feng, Chao Li, Qun An, Shaojing Shi, Yuanfei Wang, Guanfan Lu, Degang Sun

“…IntroductionRoot canal therapy (RCT) is the most common treatment for pulpitis or pulp necrosis. …”
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Compromise-free scaling of qubit speed and coherence by Miguel J. Carballido, Simon Svab, Rafael S. Eggli, Taras Patlatiuk, Pierre Chevalier Kwon, Jonas Schuff, Rahel M. Kaiser, Leon C. Camenzind, Ang Li, Natalia Ares, Erik P. A. M. Bakkers, Stefano Bosco, J. Carlos Egues, Daniel Loss, Dominik M. Zumbühl

“…Abstract Across leading qubit platforms, a common trade-off persists: increasing coherence comes at the cost of operational speed, reflecting the notion that protecting a qubit from its noisy surroundings also limits control over it. …”
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Inverse design of face-like 3D surfaces via bi-material 4D printing and shape morphing by Yi-Hung Chiu, Yu-Ting Huang, Mao-Chuan Chen, Yi-Xian Xu, Yu-Chen Yen, Jia-Yang Juang

“…Shape morphing from two-dimensional (2D) to three-dimensional (3D) structures enables novel fabrication approaches beyond conventional methods but often requires costly tools. Here, we demonstrate a low-cost, bi-material four-dimensional (4D) printing approach to fabricate human face-like 3D gridshells from 2D grids. …”
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Application of Honeycomb Structures in Key Components of Space Deployable Structures by Yang Yang, Fan Wang, Jieshan Liu

“…Firstly, the column structure of the honeycomb is equivalent to an orthotropic cylindrical block-shell structure. According to the bending theory of an orthotropic cylinder, the expanded honeycomb structure equivalent to an orthotropic cylindrical block-shell structure is deduced. …”
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The conservation status of the freshwater and terrestrial turtles of Mexico: a critical review of biodiversity conservation strategies by Rodrigo Macip Ríos, Rebeca Ontiveros, Saúl López-Alcaide, Gustavo Casas-Andreu

“…We searched for the imperiled level or protection status of each taxon according to the IUCN Red List, CITES appendices, the 25 most endangered freshwater turtles and tortoises, and the protection lists issued by the Mexican Government. …”
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FEATURES OF DIGITALIZATION OF RELATIONSHIPS IN THE INDUSTRIAL MARKET by A. V Zheregelya

“…However, the issues of security, protectability, stability, continuity, integrity and reliability of operations and work with information are of particular importance, which makes high demands on the digital shell of the enterprise.…”
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Constraints on Heavy Neutrino and SUSY Parameters Derived from the Study of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay by Andrei Neacsu, Sabin Stoica

“…For derivation, we use new values of both phase space factors (PSFs) and nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) calculated with numerical codes developed recently, as well as the most recent experimental lifetimes. The NMEs are computed with a shell model (ShM) code for  48Ca,  76Ge, and  82Se nuclei, while at present similar ShM results are available only for the first nucleus. …”
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Multielement Imaging Reveals the Diagenetic Features and Varied Water Redox Conditions of a Lacustrine Dolomite Nodule by Yuke Liu, Wenyuan He, Jinyou Zhang, Zhenwu Liu, Fazi Chen, Huajian Wang, Yuntao Ye, Yitong Lyu, Zhiyong Gao, Zhichao Yu, Lina Bi, Shuichang Zhang

“…Here, we reported the multielement imaging results of a lacustrine dolomite nodule with the host black shale from the Songliao Basin, northeast of China. …”
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