Effect of Ursodeoxycholic Acid Alone and Ursodeoxycholic Acid Plus Domperidone on Radiolucent Gallstones and Gallbladder Contractility in Humans by Ilyas Tuncer, Mustafa Harman, Yasar Colak, Ismail Arslan, M. Kursad Turkdogan

“…After 12 months of treatment, stone dissolution was found in 9 (40.9%) of the patients in group I and 7 (38.8%) of the patients in group II. …”
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Toxicity of Anethole and the Essential Oils of Lemongrass and Sweet Marigold to the Parasitic Mite Varroa destructor and Their Selectivity for Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Workers an... by Qodratollah Sabahi, Mollah Md. Hamiduzzaman, Juan S. Barajas-Pérez, Jose M. Tapia-Gonzalez, Ernesto Guzman-Novoa

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Morphological and genetic polymorphism of the introduced population of <i>Prunus pumila</i> L. in Chelyabinsk Province by M. S. Lezin, S. V. Asbaganov

“…In individual cases, a weak connection of separate markers with leaf blade edge serration, stone surface structure, plant habitus, and geographic origin of the genotype was detected. …”
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Effect of Epoxy Resin Emulsion on the Mechanical Properties of Oil Well Cement-Based Composites by Miao He, Jianjian Song, Mingbiao Xu, Lei He, Peng Xu

“…The compressive strength of cement stone decreases with the increase in resin content. …”
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Sustainable Agricultural Management of Land Using Technology for Soil and Water Conservation within the Central Rift Valley, Central Ethiopia by Tesfaye Birhan, Wondimagegnehu Tekalign

“…The most widely implemented physical measure was terracing, followed by stone bunds. The farmers practiced traditional waterways, furrows, check dams, terracing, and stone bunds as traditional conservation practices. …”
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La gestion de l’eau à Bibracte (Saône-et-Loire), avant et après la Conquête romaine by Laetitia Borau

“…Built around the turn of this era, this stone basin was sealed with clay. It encompassed a surface of about 18 m2. …”
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Weed Management in Plums by Jeffrey G. Williamson

“…HS93/WG020: Weed Management in Stone Fruit Tree Crops (Nectarine, Peach, and Plum) (ufl.edu) …”
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Two new species of the genus Veraphis Casey (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) from Korea by Ui-Joung Byeon, Jong-Seok Park

“…Two new species, Veraphis odaesanensis sp. nov. and Veraphis myeonggiensis sp. nov., of the ant-like stone beetle, are described from the Korean Peninsula. …”
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Applied research note: Predicting carcass portion weights for purebred turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) lines using a 2D imaging system by Shai Barbut, Emily M. Leishman, Ryley J. Vanderhout, Benjamin J. Wood, Christine F. Baes

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Bouveret’s Syndrome as a Rare Life-Threatening Complication of Gallstone Disease—A Surgical Problem: Two Case Reports by Nebojsa S. Ignjatovic, Ilija D. Golubovic, Miodrag N. Djordjevic, Marko M. Stojanovic, Daniela A. Benedeto Stojanov, Jelena S. Ignjatovic, Jelena D. Zivadinovic, Sonja Golubovic

“…The radiological examination showed oval filling defects in the duodenal bulb consistent with Bouveret’s syndrome, with the largest stone measuring approximately 6 cm in diameter. An enterotomy was performed for stone extraction and was followed by cholecystectomy and duodenal repair with omentoplasty. …”
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Unveiling the Original Polychromy of Archaic Architecture: The Gigantomachy on the West Pediment of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi (6th c. B.C.) by Giasemi G. Frantzi, Georgios P. Mastrotheodoros, Panayiotis Theoulakis, Sotiria Kogou, Athanasia Psalti, Hariclia Brecoulaki

“…The Gigantomachy depicted on the west pediment of the Late Archaic temple of Apollo at Delphi marks a significant milestone in early Greek architectural sculpture. Crafted from porous stone and enhanced with plaster and paint, the surviving fragments differ markedly from the marble figures of the east pediment of the same temple. …”
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La villa gallo-romaine d’Entre Deux Cours à Laquenexy (Moselle) : bilan de trois opérations de fouille préventive et d’une campagne de prospection géophysique by Gaël Brkojewitsch, Sébastien Jeandemange, Guillaume Asselin, Valentina Bellavia, Pierre Caillat, Amélie Corsiez, Laurent Forelle, Sophie Galland, Linda Herveux, Marc Leroy, Sandrine Marquié, Paul Merluzzo, Alexia Morel, Cécile Pillard-Jude, Ludovic Trommenschlager, Julian Wiethold

“…The archaeological finds unearthed during the different excavations (iron tools, small metal objects, stone-made objects) have been studied extensively. …”
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Evaluation of marginal accuracy of polyetheretherketone and zirconia copings fabricated using computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing technique: An in vitro study by Manish Jangade, Ranu Sharma, Nishanth A. Sudharson, Raj Jain, Shailendra Kumar Sahu, Anurag Dani

“…Materials and Methods: Thirty stone dies were created from silicone impressions of the metal die and poured using type-IV dental stone. …”
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Experimental research on resource utilization of iron tailings powder in backfilling engineering by Guo-Hua Yuan, Yun-Shi Yao, Pu-Gang Zhang, Wei-Guo Hao, Kun-Peng Huang, Jin-Li, Qing-Fang Shang

“…Using iron tailings powder near the goaf of in Shanxi, comparative experiments were conducted to evaluate the the flowability, stone rate, strength, and water stability of newly mixed SITP under different types and dosages of curing agent, and mixing methods. …”
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Diagnosis of Distal Cholangiocarcinoma after the Removal of Choledocholithiasis by Yasuhiro Ito, Takeshi Kenmochi, Tomohisa Egawa, Shinobu Hayashi, Atsushi Nagashima, Yuko Kitagawa

“…All patients in Group A had gall bladder stones, compared with 7 patients (19%) in Group B (P<0.01). …”
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Benefit Evaluation of Different Allocation Modes of Soil and Water Conservation Measures in Ta-pieh Mountains Area by ZHOU Jie, TIAN Pei, WU Yijin, JIA Tinghui, SHEN Chenzhu

“…For example, the benefits of sediment reduction in stone ridge terrace + chestnut were better than those of runoff reduction; (3) Vetiver and vetiver contour hedgerow were the best measures for soil and water conservation in this study, and the comprehensive benefit of vetiver contour hedgerow reached 70%. …”
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Optimization of construction costs and energy consumption during the operation period of residential buildings (Case study: common residential buildings in Tehran) by Meysam Zekavat, Mansoureh Tahabaz, Mohammad Reza Hafezi

“…Research variables, type of exterior wall (pottery or Leica), exterior (stone or brick), type of window glass (plain or low emission), type of gas between the layers of window glass (air or argon) and the ratio of the window to the south front surface (15 % -30% -45% -60%) were built. …”
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Study of the mechanical properties of mortars based on organic binders used in the reproduction of outdoor artworks by Alba Cerezo, Xavier Mas-Barber, Stéphane Kröner

“…This work focuses on the characterization of organic resin bound mortars, used in reproductions of sculptural and ornamental stone exposed outdoors. The specimens were prepared from two commonly used organic binders in the scope of Culture Heritage Conservation/ Restoration, natural aggregates of crushed Tosca Rocafort limestone and three different additives. …”
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Sépultures privilégiées dans la cité des Pictons : l’espace funéraire de Jaunay-Clan (Vienne) by Maxence Segard, Rémi Corbineau, Cécile de Seréville-Niel, Antoinette Rast-Eicher

“…The surrounding enclosure and the stone pedestal undoubtedly correspond to the final construction of the burial. …”
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Stoppard’s chaomedic wit by Élisabeth Angel-Perez

“…The Stoppardian new problem play elects complexity as its thesis and conveys a message which is both conservative and iconoclastic: I will examine here, in the wake of other critics, how paradox, which is the foundation stone of Chaos mathematics, shapes all the components of the play—down to Stoppard’s epigrammatic style which, in my opinion, is both Newtonian and chaotic and becomes in turn a metaphor for chaos theory.…”
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