Continental drift triggered the Early Permian aridification of North China by Qiang Ren, Shihong Zhang, Mingcai Hou, Dongyu Zheng, Huaichun Wu, Tianshui Yang, Haiyan Li, Anqing Chen, James G. Ogg

“…The NCB’s movement from a tropical wet to a subtropical arid zone corresponds to a lithological change from coal-bearing to red-bed deposits, demonstrating tectonic drift into a subtropical arid zone as the main driver of aridification in the NCB during this period. …”
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SUPPLIER-INDUCED DEMAND AND HEALTHCARE IN LOKOJA by Rabi’u Isah Moh’d, Mathew Ekundayo Rotimi

“…Therefore, this research recommends, among others, that the government should make high education more accessible to the citizens by way of subsidizing tuition fees charged by universities, and providing soft education loans to eligible citizens. …”
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Intersecting Knowledge Fields and Integrating Data-Driven Computational Design en Route to Performance-Oriented and Intensely Local Architectures by Michael U Hensel, Søren S Sørensen

“…The work discussed is produced in the context of the Research Centre for Architecture and Tectonics (RCAT) and the Advanced Computational Design Laboratory (ACDL) at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design.…”
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Line Breaths in Allen Ginsberg’s Poetry by Anna Aublet

“…As Williams delivers this message to his friend Walter Sutton, he condemns what he sees as Allen Ginsberg’s inability to both carve and curb his verse. …”
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The results of a complex study of the Turchu limestone hollow (polje). Western Georgia, Caucasus by Zaza Lezhava, Kukuri Tsikarishvili, Lasha Asanidze, Nino Chikhradze, Tamazi Karalashvili, Davit Odilavadze, Avtandil Tarkhnishvili

“…It is notable that the role of tectonic movements in the origin of the hollow along with the corrosive processes, which had a periodic character, and together with the uplifting of the area caused the lowering of the levels of underground waters and, consequently, the activation of karst processes. …”
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Preliminary Results of Marine Electromagnetic Sounding with a Powerful, Remote Source in Kola Bay off the Barents Sea by Valery Grigoryev, Sergey Korotaev, Mikhail Kruglyakov, Darya Orekhova, Yury Scshors, Evgeniy Tereshchenko, Pavel Tereshchenko, Igor Trofimov

“…Thereby specific features of the regional geology, in particular the fault tectonics, were able to be corrected. These preliminary results open the possibility of inverse problem solving with more reliable geological conclusions.…”
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Tsunami Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy in Ciletuh–Palabuhanratu UNESCO Global Geopark by Isya Herdien Raka Moch, Arrasyid Riko, Ihsan Haikal Muhammad, Fajar Abdul Syahid Muqsitul, Ruhimat Mamat, Herdieni Riksa Ajeng

“…Indonesia’s tsunami-prone areas are primarily located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, where the collision of three active tectonic plates (Eurasia, Indo-Australia, Pacific) results in significant seismic activity. …”
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Geoheritage Values of the Northeastern Carpathians, Transcarpathia, Ukraine by Sandor Gonczy, Gyula Fodor, Natalia Olah, Tibor Nagy, Zsuzsanna Ésik, János Szepesi

“…The aim of our present work is to provide a brief overview and greater publicity about the geoheritage values of Transcarpathia using 45 documented geosites (stratigraphic, volcanic, geomorphological, mineralogical, tectonic) of the Ukrainian State Geological Survey. …”
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Two-stage oxidation of petrogenic organic carbon in a rapidly exhuming small mountainous catchment by Wan-Yin Lien, Chih-Tung Chen, Yun-Hsuan Lee, Chih-Chieh Su, Pei-Ling Wang, Li-Hung Lin

“…Such an oxidative flux was estimated to be 20–35 metric tons of carbon per square kilometer per year, ranking among the greatest levels around the world and highlighting tectonically active islands and the surrounding marine systems as a hotspot of carbon emission.…”
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Aktivitas Daya Hambat Isolat Actinomycetes dengan Lama Fermentasi yang Berbeda terhadap Pertumbuhan Klebsiella pneumoniae by Annisa Nur Insani, Meiskha Bahar, Nunuk Nugrohowati, Retno Yulianti

“…Methods: Actinomycetes were isolated from soil in Kebun Raya Bogor and grown on Starch Casein Agar (SCA) medium before being fermented in liquid media consisting of 2% of mannitol, 2% of peptone, and 1% of glucose with an incubation time of 6,7, and 8 days. …”
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Digging Into Digital: Investigating the Self-perceived Social Media Competency of Oklahoma Extension Master Gardeners by Brooklyn Evans, Audrey E.H. King, Lauren Lewis Cline, Justin Quetone Moss, Kenna Sandberg

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Immersive Haptic Technology to Support English Language Learning Based on Metacognitive Strategies by Adriana Guanuche, Wilman Paucar, William Oñate, Gustavo Caiza

“…The following steps should be considered for the app design: (1) the creation of a classroom with characteristics similar to a real classroom and different buttons to navigate through the scenarios; (2) the creation of a virtual environment where text, images, examples, and audio are added according to the grammatical topic; (3) the creation of a dynamic environment for assessment in which multiple choice questions are interacted with, followed by automatic grading with direct feedback. …”
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Demystifying early childhood computational thinking: An umbrella review to upgrade the field by Weipeng Yang, Jiahong Su, Hui Li

“…The Bee‐Bot and various LEGO kits were prevalent among CT learning tools, with interfaces ranging from physical buttons to hybrid systems. Efficacy was noted in tangible activities like unplugged applications and robotics in enhancing concrete understanding and competencies in coding, CT, and spatial skills. …”
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Prebiotic Properties and High-Density Culture of Bifidobacterium longum B2-01, a Strain Isolated from the Intestinal Tract of Infants by PENG Yunyan, ZHONG Shuying, LIU Dongmei, XU Xilin

“…The optimal conditions for high-density culture were determined as follows: yeast extract concentration 3.45%, glucose concentration 2.48%, lactose concentration 2.79%, bacteriological peptone concentration 3%, and oligogalactose concentration 2.5%. …”
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Proposal to use LHC general-purpose detectors in “beam-dump” measurements for long-lived particles by Bhaskar Dutta, Doojin Kim, Hyunyong Kim

“…This analysis can be extended to investigate various types of light mediators with couplings to the Standard Model leptons and quarks.…”
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Assessment of Chaves Low-Temperature CO2-Rich Geothermal System (N-Portugal) Using an Interdisciplinary Geosciences Approach by J. M. Marques, P. M. Carreira, L. A. Aires-Barros, F. A. Monteiro Santos, M. Antunes da Silva, P. Represas

“…This paper reviews the results of a multi- and interdisciplinary approach, including geological, geomorphological, tectonic, geochemical, isotopic, and geophysical studies, on the assessment of a Chaves low-temperature (77°C) CO2-rich geothermal system, occurring in the northern part of the Portuguese mainland. …”
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Numerical Analysis of Seismic Site Effects in Loess Region of Western China under Strong Earthquake Excitations by Tuo Chen, Zhijian Wu, Yanhu Mu, Ping Wang, Qiyin Zhu

“…The Loess Plateau is one of the most tectonically and seismically active areas in the world. …”
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The rupture process of the Hualien M7.3 sequence on April 3, 2024 by Zhigao Yang, Huifang Chen

“…The rupture process of the main shock and strong aftershocks is of great significance to the subsequent seismic activity and seismogenic tectonic research. Based on local strong-motion data, we used the IDS (Iterative Deconvolution and Stacking) method to obtain the rupture process of the mainshock and two strong aftershocks on the 23rd. …”
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The model of international relations in the Baltic Sea region: political shifts and current challenges by Zhukovsky I. I.

“…The demise of the USSR and the revision of the Yalta-Potsdam system of international relations led to tectonic changes in the Baltic Sea region: it became apparent that the northern flank, once the most likely battleground between the North Atlantic Alliance and the Warsaw Pact, had a historical opportunity to transform into a region of intensive political, economic, educational and cultural interaction. …”
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Bi-directional extensional control of the Berane Basin formation, northern Montenegro by Stefanović Katarina, Krstekanić Nemanja

“…The structural evolution and the tectonic regimes that controlled the formation of the Berane Basin are not fully understood. …”
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