Assessing the irrigation water requirement and irrigation water use at a house scale in Las Vegas Valley by Rubab Saher, Thomas Ott

“…The assessment included modeling the irrigation water requirement at 3 m spatial resolution at a daily daytime time scale. Using historical data from the Las Vegas Valley District and the recommended irrigation rates from local water authorities, we estimated the irrigation water use. …”
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China’s Aviation Industry: From Follower to Competitor in the Global Aerospace Market by Marina S. Reshetnikova, Ivan A. Kochergin, Sergey S. Shvets

“…The analysis of the industry has shown that the Chinese aviation industry in a short historical period was able to overcome the technological lag and reach the level of world leaders in a number of areas. …”
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An ensemble prediction approach to weekly Dengue cases forecasting based on climatic and terrain conditions by Sougata Deb, Cleta Milagros Libre Acebedo, Gomathypriya Dhanapal, Chua Matthew Chin Heng

“…Every year, 50-100 million people get infected by the dengue virus across the world. Historically, it has been most prevalent in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. …”
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Słowo - obraz - pamięć w labiryntach komiksu by Grażyna Gajewska

“…However, in the late 1990s these depictions increasingly started to develop into something of much different nature. …”
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Evaluating the Hepatoprotective Potential of Ginger Ethanolic Extract Against Lambda-Cyhalothrin-Induced Toxicity in Male Rats by Mustafa Q Mustafa, Zainab JM Jawad

“…Body weights were ‎recorded at the start, and at ‎‎4, 8, and 12 weeks into the treatment. …”
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Mapping mycological ignorance – checklists and diversity patterns of fungi known for West Africa by Meike Piepenbring, Jose G. Maciá-Vicente, Jean Evans I. Codjia, Carola Glatthorn, Paul Kirk, Yalemwork Meswaet, David Minter, Boris Armel Olou, Kai Reschke, Marco Schmidt, Nourou Soulemane Yorou

“…Investigation of fungi in West Africa started just over two centuries ago and it is still in an early pioneer phase. …”
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Measurement the Physiological Properties of Water Pipe Smokers in Shekhan Distract by Abdullah. M. Al-Saiegh, Turki Sabri Haji, Jihan Saado Ahmed, Alaa Azzo Aslo, Firas Faris Khalaf

“…The results showed an increase in the rate of (Blood pressure, Inspiratory Flow Rate, Heart rate, Hemoglobin) and rates higher after smoking as follow for Blood Pressure after smoking systolic was141.9±6.021 and diastolic 91.75 ±4.459 While the inspiratory flow rate reading after smoking 963.5 ±96.624, the heart rate reading after smoking was  83.27 ±7.84 while the hemoglobin the reading was 15.68 ±0.87 as recorded after finishing smoking . …”
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Narratives of change: how climate change narratives have evolved since the 1970s by Zarina Kulaeva

“…All this facilitates a holistic approach, and from a 50-year historical perspective, this study traces an evolutionary line of narratives and identifies the critical points of climate governance.…”
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Evaluation of the role of hydroxychloroquine as a lipid profile improving and glucose adjusting drug in Egyptian females with inactive rheumatoid arthritis by Aliaa O. El-Hady, Mai M. Kamel, Yasmin T. Mosaad, Maha A. Ali, Soad S. El Molla

“…All the patients have been evaluated at the start of the trial, after 3 and 6 months. Lipid profile, fasting blood sugar (FBS), anthropometric parameters and systolic and diastolic blood pressure were assessed. …”
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Kořeny teorie spravedlivé války: od Platóna ke Grotiovi by Jiří Hutečka

“…With little space for deep analysis, it tries to list the most important authors and their contributions to development of the theory, while putting their thoughts into historical contexts. In this way, the text starts with basically realist attitudes towards warfare in classical Greece (as exemplified by Thukydides), then moves to Plato's and Aristoteles' first efforts to connect warfare with morality (and with their utterly ethnocentric interpretation of it). …”
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The Effect of Zinc Supplementation on Glycemic, Weight, and Blood Pressure Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Double‐Blind Randomized Controlled Trial by Mehrab Sayadi, Sara Javadpour Nowbandegani, Fatemeh Balaghi Inalou, Bahman Nazemzadegan, Shirzad Javidi Alsaadi, Mohammadreza Eskandari, Matin Sepehrinia

“…Intragroup analysis showed that weight and body mass index increased in the intervention group; however, these changes were not significant in comparison to the control group. Also, diastolic blood pressure significantly increased in the control group; however, changes in systolic blood pressure were not significant in both groups. …”
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Editorial by Michael Rose, Jonathan M. Hoffmann

“…Since the girl’s child would not exist if it had not been born at that time, it could not blame its mother for its bad start in life, as long as it has a life worth living. …”
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Protección del Patrimonio en Valparaiso (Chile): Proyecto "MAR VASTO" Heritage protection in Valparaiso (Chile): The "Mar Vasto" project by Maurizio Indirli, Minchel Sotero Apablaza

“…Being the city declared patrimony of the humanity by, UNESCO in 2003, the following main outcomes have been achieved: to evaluate the impact of main hazards (earthquake, tsunami, fire, and landslide); to provide a vulnerability analysis for three historical churches San Francisco, Las Hermanas de la Divina Providencia, La Matriz, comprised of various materials (masonry, concrete, wood, and adobe) and located in different city areas); to carry out an architectural and vulnerability analysis for a pilot building stock in the Cerro Cordillera historic area; to suggest guidelines for future urban planning; and to develop a GIS digital data base (well organized, user-friendly and easy to be implemented in the future), providing hazard maps and scenarios. …”
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Ecological reef restoration: consumptive and nonconsumptive interactions among common North Sea predators and European oysters by Julius A. Ellrich, Clemens Kozian-Fleck, Markus Brand, Bérenger Colsoul, Bérenger Colsoul, Bernadette Pogoda, Bernadette Pogoda

“…Oyster reefs are biodiversity hotspots with multiple ecosystem functions and services that are declining worldwide. Historic populations of European oysters (Ostrea edulis) have been decimated by overfishing and are nowadays considered functionally extinct in European waters. …”
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Regarder au-delà des élections : l’historicité complexe de la participation politique dans la Libye contemporaine by Chiara Loschi, Chiara Pagano

“…In the aftermath of the Gaddafi regime’s fall, when the NATO-backed National Transitional Council proclaimed the start of the country's transition, in August 2011, a growing concern emerged about the future institutional configuration of Libya and the need to designate new authorities through elections. …”
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Black Boarding Academies as a Prudential Reparation by Roy Brooks

“…Fortunately, there is a wide range of available sources. Historically, boarding schools have a poor reputation in educating children of color, especially Indigenous Americans. …”
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Black Boarding Academies as a Prudential Reparation by Roy Brooks

“…Fortunately, there is a wide range of available sources. Historically, boarding schools have a poor reputation in educating children of color, especially Indigenous Americans. …”
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Study of Acid-Base Indicator Property of the Selected Natural Food Colour Source Juice Beetroot (Beta Vulgaris), Tomato (Solanum Lycopersicon) And Carrot (Dacus Carota). by Akorabirungi, Hillary

“…BCT were cut into small pieces, grinded to remove the juice and boiled in 1000cm3 of distilled water, filtrated using a filter funnel to obtain the juice indicators. …”
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Association between sleep duration and hypertension in southwest China: a population-based cross-sectional study by Yu Guo, Liming Li, Zhengming Chen, Qiang Sun, Pei Pei, Xianping Wu, Ningmei Zhang, Xiaofang Chen, Guojin Luo, John S Ji, Xiaoyu Chang, Xiaofang Chen*

“…Sleep duration was assessed by a self-reported questionnaire.Main outcome measures Hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure ≥140 mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg, or prior physician-diagnosed hypertension in hospitals at the township (community) level or above.Results The prevalence of hypertension was 25.17%. …”
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