Othering Beings and Being’s Other: A Comparative Study of Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis in Terms of Levinasian Ethical Self by Ali Aghaei, Bahee Hadaegh

“…It is concluded that while in Shakespeare the unethical mostly die, thus ending their torment, the fate that awaits Kane’s characters is much more dire; they are left battered and bruised, corporeal shells of Beings, paralyzed in time and unable to transcend Being towards the Other. …”
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Multimodal lung cancer theranostics via manganese phosphate/quercetin particle by Chong Qiu, Fei Xia, Qingchao Tu, Huan Tang, Yinan Liu, Hongda Liu, Chen Wang, HaiLu Yao, Linying Zhong, Yuanfeng Fu, Pengbo Guo, Weiqi Chen, Xinyu Zhou, Li Zou, Licheng Gan, Jiawei Yan, Yichong Hou, Junzhe Zhang, Huanhuan Pang, Yuqing Meng, Qiaoli Shi, Guang Han, Xijun Wang, Jigang Wang

“…Abstract The diagnosis and treatment of non-small cell lung cancer in clinical settings face serious challenges, particularly due to the lack of integration between the two processes, which limit real-time adjustments in treatment plans based on the patient’s condition and drive-up treatment costs. Here, we present a multifunctional pH-sensitive core-shell nanoparticle containing quercetin (QCT), termed AHA@MnP/QCT NPs, designed for the simultaneous diagnosis and treatment of non-small cell lung cancer. …”
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BRITISH COLONIAL CONQUEST AND POPULATION MOVEMENT IN NORTHERN NIGERIA 1897– 1903 by Umar Zubairu, Mohammed Auwalu, Adamu Babayo Usman

“…The destructive manner in which towns and villages were shelled and lives were brutally killed, using sophisticated weapons put the innocent population in most unsettled conditions. …”
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Oxygen-Loaded Nanodroplets Effectively Abrogate Hypoxia Dysregulating Effects on Secretion of MMP-9 and TIMP-1 by Human Monocytes by Giulia Rossana Gulino, Chiara Magnetto, Amina Khadjavi, Alice Panariti, Ilaria Rivolta, Marco Soster, Monica Argenziano, Roberta Cavalli, Giuliana Giribaldi, Caterina Guiot, Mauro Prato

“…Therefore, OLNs appear as innovative, nonconventional, cost-effective, and nontoxic therapeutic tools, to be potentially employed to restore the physiological invasive phenotype of immune cells in hypoxia-associated inflammation.…”
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A Comparative Study of the Differential Deep Penetration of Energetic Electrons, Protons, and Heavy Ions Into the Low‐L Region by Rui Chen, Hong Zhao, Sam Califf, Cristian Ferradas, Mei‐Ching Fok

“…Abstract Energetic particle deep penetration into low L‐shells (L < 4) impacts the dynamics of the radiation belts and ring current. …”
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Enhanced catalytic performance of 3 %FeCu-HC modified hydrochar for methyl violet 2B removal in the heterogeneous fenton process: Synthesis and optimization by Abderrazzak Adachi, Omar Boualam, Tarik El Houari Salmani, Fatima Moussaoui, Amal Lahkimi

“…In this study, a modified hydrochar from almond shells (AS) codoped with a Fe-Cu bimetal (3 %FeCu-HC) was prepared by hydrothermal carbonization and wet impregnation, followed by pyrolysis. …”
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TO THE FAUNA OF BIVALVE MOLLUSCS OF THE DAGESTAN COAST OF THE CASPIAN SEA by Marina V. Khlopkova, Magomedzagid K. Guseynov, Kais M. Guseynov, Aysha Sh. Gasanova

“…Such feeding characteristics as the composition of food and the ratio of feed components are given. In the study of shells of bivalve mollusks, the following morphological parameters were measured: length (L), height (H), convexity (Con.), in accordance with the most common measurement technique. …”
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Stability and Flame Structure Analysis of a Semi-Industrial Swirl-Stabilized Oxy-Fuel Combustion Chamber System for Biomass by Dominik König, Marcel Richter, Jochen Ströhle, Bernd Epple

“…For stable operation using walnut shells as fuel in an air atmosphere, an overall air-to-fuel ratio of 1.57–1.75 and a local air-to-fuel ratio of 0.75–0.95 provide the most stable conditions. …”
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New ecological and taxonomic remarks on Sabinella troglodytes and Nanobalcis worsfoldi (Gastropoda: Eulimidae) living on the “slate-pencil sea urchin” from the Mexican Caribbean re... by Norma Emilia González-Vallejo, Jesús Ángel de León-González

“… Eulimidae is one of the most diversified families among marine parasitic gastropods. …”
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Ten recommendations for scanning foraminifera by X-ray computed tomography by A. Searle-Barnes, A. Brombacher, A. Brombacher, O. Katsamenis, O. Katsamenis, K. Rankin, M. Mavrogordato, T. Ezard

“…Foraminifera preserve their entire ontogeny in their fossilized shells, and much of this life history remains hidden from view under a light microscope. …”
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Impact of Physical Processes and Temperatures on the Composition, Microstructure, and Pozzolanic Properties of Oil Palm Kernel Ash by Ramón Torres-Ortega, Diego Torres-Sánchez, Manuel Saba

“…In recent decades, the global use of ashes derived from agro-industrial by-products, such as oil palm kernel shells, which are widely cultivated in Colombia and other tropical regions of the world, has increased. …”
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Effect of Vanadium Addition on the Wear Resistance and Rolling Contact Fatigue of Cast Class D Railway Wheels by Samuel Carlos Winiarski, Mário José-Bueno, Ana Cecília de Carvalho, Rodrigo da Silva Miranda, Denilson Santos Monteiro, Andrei Bavaresco Rezende, Noé Cheung, Paulo Roberto Mei

“…However, it incurs high maintenance costs, exceeding $1.5 billion annually, with most of this amount allocated to rolling stock maintenance. …”
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Development and Characterization of Biomass-Derived Carbons for the Removal of Cu²⁺ and Pb²⁺ from Aqueous Solutions by Vahid Rahimi, Catarina Helena Pimentel, Diego Gómez-Díaz, María Sonia Freire, Massimo Lazzari, Julia González-Álvarez

“…This research explores the synthesis and application of carbon-based adsorbents derived from olive stones and almond shells as low-cost biomass precursors through carbonization at 600 °C combined with chemical activation using KOH, H₃PO₄, and ZnCl₂ with carbon/activating agent (C/A) ratios of 1:2 and 1:4 (<i>w</i>/<i>w</i>) at 850 °C for the removal of Cu²⁺ and Pb²⁺ ions from aqueous solutions. …”
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Local Community’s Knowledge and Perception towards Freshwater Turtle Conservation in Southern Sumatra, Indonesia by Alma Tiara, Mirza Dikari Kusrini, Arzyana Sunkar, Joko Guntoro

“…Identification was successful for only 8 of the 12 depicted turtle species, and merely one-third of the freshwater turtle eggs were identifiable. The most widely recognized species include the ambiona box turtle (Cuora amboinensis), Malaysian giant turtle (Orlitia borneensis), soft-shelled turtle (Amyda cartilaginea), and black marsh turtle (Siebenrockiella crassicollis). …”
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Design and Construction of an Aquaponics System: A Sustainable Approach to Enhancing Local Food Security in Offa, Nigeria by Rofiat Bunmi Mudashiru, Maryam Yusuf-Olawuyi, Aliyu Tijani, Lateef Umar, Francis Okeke, Oluwabunmi Adeyemi, Ismaila Amototo, Fatai Salaudeen

“…Rice husk and palm kernel shells were filled into the cups to grow the plants (cucumber and pepper). …”
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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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