Sub-Saharan Africa and the World: History of Connections by Lvova Eleonora Sergeevna

“…Today, the attention of the public, businessmen, politicians, scientists is increasingly attracted to Africa, including Tropical (Sub-Saharan) Africa. …”
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Determinants of soybean (Glycine max.) market supply in Northwestern Ethiopia by Takele Atnafu Delele, Almaz Giziew Adugna, Birhanu Melesse Gelaw

“…Although its demand rises quickly for export and local processing, the current production status is much below the market demand. …”
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Field-isolated genotypes of Mycobacterium bovis vary in virulence and influence case pathology but do not affect outbreak size. by David M Wright, Adrian R Allen, Thomas R Mallon, Stanley W J McDowell, Stephen C Bishop, Elizabeth J Glass, Mairead L Bermingham, John A Woolliams, Robin A Skuce

“…Average breakdown size increased with herd size and varied depending on the manner of detection (routine herd testing or tracing of infectious contacts) but we found no significant variation among M. bovis genotypes in breakdown size once these factors had been accounted for. …”
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Effect of gravity on liquefaction behavior by R. Sukhumkitcharoen, J. Koseki, M. Otsubo, T. Morimoto

“…These characteristics are attributed to the stimulated loss of inter-particle contacts and an increased number of unstable particles, resulting in weakened void- and contact-based fabrics against cyclic loading under lower gravity conditions. …”
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Lumpy skin disease in the Middle East – historical and statistical data by Ya. Khatib

“…The risk of LSD spread and penetration into the disease-free countries is increasing every year. Therefore, timely monitoring of the infection spread for the development a strategy for this disease control becomes of current importance. …”
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Catalytic Decomposition of CF4 by Mesoporous Aluminum Coupled with Non-Thermal Plasma by Fenghua SHEN, Yuqin LI, Wanning LIU, Kaisong XIANG, Hui LIU

“…These products deposit on the catalyst surface, leading to pore blockage and a subsequent decrease in CF4 decomposition efficiency after prolonged reaction. …”
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Novel probiotic camel milk yoghurt supplemented with inulin: antibacterial, antioxidant and antidiabetic effects by Imen Mahmoudi, Olfa Ben Moussa, Mouna Boulares, Moncef Chouaibi, Mnasser Hassouna

“…The pH values of samples decreased whereas total acidity values increased throughout 21 days of storage and Limosilactobacillus fermentum CABA16 maintained good viability with counts higher than 107 CFU g-1 at the end of storage. α-Glucosidase and α- Amylase Inhibitions Water-Soluble Extracts were higher than 35 and 55% respectively in probiotic (PY), prebiotic (InY) and symbiotic (SY) camel yoghurts at the end of storage period. …”
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A high-duty-cycle transmitter unit for steady-state surface NMR instruments by N. B. Gaikwad, L. Liu, M. P. Griffiths, D. Grombacher, J. J. Larsen

“…Here we demonstrate a novel steady-state surface NMR transmitter with a maximum 93 A peak current. The stability of the transmitter is evaluated on 10 min pulse trains with a duty cycle of 10 %, containing pulses of either 5, 10, 20, or 40 ms duration and low or high current. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccines in the Pediatric Population: A Focus on Cardiac Patients by Ghena Lababidi, Hossam Lababidi, Fadi Bitar, Mariam Arabi

“…This review also contains current and future perspectives, as well as a section on the cardiovascular implications and related dynamics of pediatric COVID-19 vaccination.…”
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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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ACCELERATED ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION OF PHANTOM «ROZI» BY OS-SART METHOD USING ORDERED SUBSET PROJECTIONS by S. A. Zolotarev, M. M. Mieteeg, A. N. Al-Nadfa

“…One of the popular approaches used to increase the rate of convergence of these algorithms is to perform a correction of the current approximation of the reconstructed object on subsets of the projection data. …”
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The criminal legal aid in China by L. Changhai, V. Sonin

“…Legal assistance in criminal cases is an integral part of the institute of legal aid in China and plays an invalu-able role in ensuring due process, maintaining the balance between prosecution and de-fense, as well as in guaranteeing human rights. This study contains a general description of the current state of criminal legal aid in China, highlights inherent problems of this institu-tion and describes prospects of its development. …”
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Structural and hydraulic changes in grape shoot xylem under different root zone volumes by 伟晴 冯, You-Mei Li, Chen Zhou, Zhao-Sen Xie

“…The results indicate that a decrease in container volume leads to a decrease in shoot growth and xylem vessel size. …”
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Using historical U.S. copper data to consider future copper recovery from post-consumer electronic waste by Andrea Hicks, Michelle Wagner, Colin Fitzpatrick

“…As copper consumption has increased, the grade of copper ores mined has decreased, and the energy required to mine copper has increased. …”
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“Investigating the Synergistic Effects of Curcumin on the Oxidative Stability of Flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum) Oil: A Kinetic Study” by Mahya Azari, Mahsan Karimi, Seyed Mohammad Mazloomi, Mohammad-Taghi Golmakani, Azam Abbasi

“…In the current study, the change in entropy (ΔS) decreases to 1000 ppm curcumin which explains the slower rate of oxidation in this case. …”
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IRON CHELATION THERAPY IN THALASSEMIA SYNDROMES by Paolo Cianciulli

“…As there are no physiological mechanisms to excrete the iron contained in transfused red cells (1 unit of blood contains approximately 200 mg of iron) the excess of iron is stored in various organs. …”
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Insights into potential value and sustainable utilisation of pumpkin peel: A review by Guoqiang Zhang, Litai Liu

“…This review highlights the potential value of PL and provides an overview of current utilisation strategies and advances. Overall, this review could provide useful information to promote a complete valorisation of PL and contribute to a more sustainable food system.…”
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Mechanical Response and Structure Optimization of Nanomodified Asphalt Pavement by Wenjun Gu, Yao Tian, Xuanyu Zhang

“…The mechanical response contains the horizontal tensile stress and the vertical compressive stress of SiO2 modified asphalt pavement. …”
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Education and education with values in the face of contemporary challenges by Beata Rola, Jarosław Rola

“…The current reality, with its multidimensionality and challenges related to the increasingly experienced diversity, affects the sense of stability and security among children and adolescents. …”
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Model of a Photovoltaic Cell for the MatLab/Simulink SimPowerSystems Library by D. I. Zalizny

“…Also, one can carry out a simulation of increasing failures in power plant photovoltaic modules, e.g. simulating of modules efficiency reducing because of their degradation, or simulating of modules series resistance increasing because of the photovoltaic cell internal contacts deterioration. …”
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