Science in 2008: the First Manifestation of the Crisis by Tatiana Ratay, Svetlana Martynova

“… The paper covers the problem of the impact of the world financial crisis on the science sector and contains the analysis of current state and tendencies of S&T potential development in Russia. …”
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Design of an Automatic Defect Identification Method Based ECPT for Pneumatic Pressure Equipment by Bo Zhang, YuHua Cheng, Chun Yin, Xuegang Huang, Sara Dadras, Hadi Malek

“…In this paper, in order to achieve automatic defect identification for pneumatic pressure equipment, an improved feature extraction algorithm eddy current pulsed thermography (ECPT) is presented. The presented feature extraction algorithm contains four elements: data block selection; variable step search; relation value classification; and between-class distance decision function. …”
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PRACTICE OF INFLIXIMAB TREATMENT OF A PATIENT WITH SEVERE POLIARTICULAR JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS by T.V. Sleptsova, E.I. Alexeeva, T.M. Bzarova, K.B. Isaeva, R.V. Denisova, E.V. Mitenko

“…This article contains observation of severe poliarticular variant of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, resistant to glucocorticoid treatment and classic immunosuppressive therapy. …”
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Complex latency dynamics of biological neuron model under effect of electromagnetic induction by Ali Calim

“…It has been shown that the timing of first spikes is an effective information carrier and delay in the first spike contains more neuronal information compared to subsequent spikes. …”
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Recycling of Disposable Face Mask: Experimental Studies on Different Types of Polymer Mixture by Indah Widiastuti, Danar Susilo Wijayanto, Urfan Nabila

“…The blend, which contains recycled PET, showed the lowest percentage of shrinkage. …”
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Stillbirth in term and late term gestations in Stockholm during a 20-year period, incidence and causes. by Hanna Åmark, Christina Pilo, Ingela Hulthén Varli

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>The incidence of stillbirth has decreased marginally or remained stable during the past decades in high income countries. …”
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Climate change and the size of glaciers in the Kuznetsky Alatau Mountains between 1975 and 2015 by M. M. Adamenko, Ya. M. Gutak, V. A. Antonova

“…These climatic changes did cause corresponding reactions of glaciers in the area. The analysis of current changes in the glacio-nival systems demonstrated that different morphological types of glaciers reacted to the current climate change in different ways. …”
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The transcriptional activator LdtR from 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' mediates osmotic stress tolerance. by Fernando A Pagliai, Christopher L Gardner, Lora Bojilova, Amanda Sarnegrim, Cheila Tamayo, Anastasia H Potts, Max Teplitski, Svetlana Y Folimonova, Claudio F Gonzalez, Graciela L Lorca

“…The causal agent of Huanglongbing disease, 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus', is a non-culturable, gram negative, phloem-limited α-proteobacterium. Current methods to control the spread of this disease are still limited to the removal and destruction of infected trees. …”
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Botulinum toxin treatment of lower extremity spasticity by S. E. Khat’kova, M. A. Akulov, O. R. Orlova, D. Yu. Usachev, A. S. Orlova, L. V. Krylova

“…The article reviews the current concept of lower extremity spasticity, which is a frequent disabling consequence of stroke. …”
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Problems of updating the Investment atlas of a subsoil user with reliable information on metallic and non-metallic mineral resources by A. P. Vasylenko

“…There continues to be a significant reduction (and even absence) of budget funding and a significant decrease in the volume and types of exploration work for almost all types of minerals. …”
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Transformation of World Automotive Industry by P. P. Sushkevich

“…The Republic of Belarus considers an automotive industry as one of key industries for its economy and its efficiency has a high dependency factor pertaining to speed of innovation emergence and implementation that is strategically important aspect of increase in competitiveness both on current sales markets and on potential ones. The paper pays a special attention to two main trends arising in the course of forming a new industrialization: increase in environmentally-friendly fuel systems and digital transformation. …”
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Factors of Financial Imbalance in the Compulsory Pension Insurance System: the Case of Russia by A. l. Safonov, Yu. V. Dolzhenkova

“…The regression in the payment of insurance premiums led to a conundrum in Russia, when an increase in wages resulted in the decrease of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation’s income. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Wood Charcoal Dust as Partial Replacement for Cement in Plain Concrete. by Akankunda, Lindah

“…The increasing demand for cement, driven by the current construction boom, has escalated its production, making it a critical component in concrete. …”
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Antioxidative and Antimelanoma Effects of Various Tea Extracts via a Green Extraction Method by Yihui Chen, Jyun-Yin Huang, Yichi Lin, I-Fan Lin, Yi-Ru Lu, Li-Heng Liu, Hui-Min David Wang

“…Tea (Camellia sinensis) contains high level of antioxidant elements and is a well-known beverage consumed worldwide. …”
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Effect of <i>Enterococcus hirae</i> GS22 Fermentation-Assisted Extraction on the Physicochemical and Bioactivities of Sea Cucumber Intestinal Polysaccharides by Xiqian Tan, Xiaoqing Wang, Fangchao Cui, Ali Zeshan, Dangfeng Wang, Xuepeng Li, Jianrong Li

“…The sea cucumber intestine (SI), a secondary product from sea cucumber processing, contains polysaccharides as one of its active ingredients, and fermentation is an effective method for extracting bioactive substances from food by-products. …”
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Linear Polymer Cathode Materials for Highly Efficient Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries: Is the High Active Sites Density Necessary? by Yiyang Dai, Yao Yao, Liang Feng, Zhenglong Qiu, Min Deng, Qiang Peng

“…This is attributed to the competition effect between neighboring active sites, which leads to decreased utilization of active sites. As a result, the Zn//TABQ‐DHBQ batteries with ZnI2 electrolyte additive have exhibited high specific capacities of 618 and 360 mAh g−1 at the current densities of 1 and 10 A g−1, along with a high energy density of 678.6 Wh kg−1 (1 A g−1). …”
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Laboratory assays do not consistently indicate under processing of soybean meal that negatively impacts broiler performance by K.M. Bowen, L.E. Knarr, E.A. Lynch, E.B. Estanich, A.K. Renner, H.B. Krishnan, J.S. Moritz

“…Soybean meal (SBM) has a high crude protein content and an excellent amino acid profile; however, it contains several antinutritional factors that have been shown to hinder bird performance. …”
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ANALYSIS OF MODELS OF EARLY DEBT REPAYMENT IN THE Generalized CREDIT TRANSACTIONS by Y. E. Kasimov, A. N. Kolesnikov

“…So in the uniform schemes of repayment of consumer credit each payment contains the same part of principal amounts and the total interest. …”
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Effect of ethanolamine as a steel corrosion inhibitor in realkalization of carbonated concrete by Yunyun Tong, Jiong Wang, Jinjian Ye, Mengya Li, Jianyue Sun, Ziwei Li, Shengtian Lin

“…The cathodic exchange current density decreased from 4.9 μA/cm2 to 2.3 μA/cm2, showing a decrease in the corrosion rate. …”
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Efficient utilization of high CO2 landfill-gas for syngas generation: Ultra-rich combustion pathways study in porous media reactor via CFD simulation by Mohammadreza Mohammadpour, Amirreza Mohammadpour, Mehdi Ashjaee, Ehsan Houshfar

“…The current investigation explores the possibility of extracting syngas from low-calorific value landfill-gas rich-combustion with pure O2, which contains a considerable amount of CO2 in its composition as an effective strategy in CO2 utilization. …”
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