Atomic-scale understanding of oxide growth and dissolution kinetics of Ni-Cr alloys by Penghao Xiao, Christine A. Orme, S. Roger Qiu, Tuan Anh Pham, Seongkoo Cho, Michael Bagge-Hansen, Brandon C. Wood

“…To this end, we combine experiments with a first-principles-derived, multiscale computational framework that transcends thermodynamic descriptions to explicitly simulate the kinetic evolution of surface oxides of Ni-Cr alloys as a function of composition, temperature, pH, and applied voltage. …”
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Beyond the closed-forest paradigm: Cross-scale vegetation structure in temperate Europe before the late-Quaternary megafauna extinctions by Elena A. Pearce, Florence Mazier, Charles W. Davison, Oliver Baines, Szymon Czyżewski, Ralph Fyfe, Krzysztof Bińka, Steve Boreham, Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu, Cunhai Gao, Wojciech Granoszewski, Anna Hrynowiecka, Małgorzata Malkiewicz, Tim Mighall, Bożena Noryśkiewicz, Irena Agnieszka Pidek, Jaqueline Strahl, Hanna Winter, Jens-Christian Svenning

“…Beta diversity showed high spatial turnover, suggesting composition was shaped by localised factors rather than uniform climatic drivers. …”
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Investigating the Effects of Debt Convergence of Companies on the Speed of Capital Structure Adjustment Considering the Time Horizon by Sayed Mojtaba Ahmadi, Mehdi Agha Beik Zadeh, Afsaneh Soroushyar

“…This mean reversion effect can create contradictions in financial policies and leverage changes - for instance, a company may have an explicit policy to increase debt, yet its debt ratio still decreases and vice versa. …”
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Population dynamics and monitoring applied to decision-making by M. J. Conroy, D. C. Lee

“…In this session, we focus on a subset of studies in which modeling and statistical estimation is explicitly connected to management decision-making. …”
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Optimization of Hybrid Machining of Nomex Honeycomb Structures: Effect of the CZ10 Tool and Ultrasonic Vibrations on the Cutting Process by Oussama Beldi, Tarik Zarrouk, Ahmed Abbadi, Mohammed Nouari, Jamal-Eddine Salhi, Mohammed Abbadi, Mohamed Barboucha

“…Machining Nomex honeycomb composite structures is crucial for manufacturing components that meet stringent industry requirements. …”
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Study on the crack self-healing performance of nano-micro silica modified hydrogel by MA Mengyang, LI Ting, WANG Tie, LONG Yong, SU Ying, YANG Jin

“…This study used nano-micro silica fume to compositely modify hydrogels to enhance their crack self-healing ability. …”
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Using microdata as a basis for long term projections of hospital care spending: the added value of more detailed information by Peter Paul F. Klein, Sigur Gouwens, Katalin Katona, Niek Stadhouders, Talitha L. Feenstra

“…As comparator, we used projections with a composite growth term derived from total spending time trends. …”
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Race and the Inaccuracy of Pulse Oximetry With Hypoxemia in a Pediatric Cardiac ICU by Matthew T. Coghill, MD, Mark A. Law, MD, Lece V. Webb, MD, Ahmed Asfari, MD, Santiago Borasino, MD, MPH

“…This adds to the body of literature that has previously suggested that pulse oximetry, relied upon as a vital sign, may introduce explicit race-related bias into the bedside interpretation of a patient’s clinical state.…”
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Structural strength optimization design of ultra-high-pressure and ultra-wear-resistant pneumatic ball valve opened and closed at large explosion instantaneously using finite eleme... by Xianmei Liu, Mingcun Zhang

“…A transient dynamic model is constructed through an explicit dynamics algorithm to simulate the dynamic response under high-frequency impact loads during the blasting opening and closing process. …”
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Research progress of phosphogypsum-based backfill technology by Qiusong CHEN, Aixiang WU

“…Since 2017, policies have explicitly encouraged the application of phosphogypsum in filling underground gob spaces. …”
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Retrospective trend analysis of biocides in suspended particulate matter of major German rivers by Georg Dierkes, Susanne Schmidt, Christiane Meier, Korinna Ziegler, Jan Koschorreck, Arne Wick

“…For this purpose, SPM from the German Environmental Specimen Bank was used for a retrospective trend assessment of a broad spectrum of biocides in integrated SPM samples (yearly composite) in six large German rivers between 2008 and 2021. …”
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Exploring the capabilities of hyperspectral remote sensing for soil texture evaluation by Mohammad Hosseinpour-Zarnaq, Mahmoud Omid, Fereydoon Sarmadian, Hassan Ghasemi-Mobtaker, Reza Alimardani, Pouya Bohlol

“…Hyperspectral remote sensing provides a broad range of spectral bands with up-to-date, cost-effective, and spatially explicit resolution for smart agriculture and environmental management. …”
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Dynamics of a plant-herbivore model with toxin-induced functional response by Ya Li, Z. Feng

“…Traditional functional responses for plant-herbivore interactions donot take into account explicitly the effect of plant toxin.However, considerable evidence suggests that toxins set upper limitson food intake for many species of herbivorous vertebrates. …”
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Bifurcations in a Model of Criminal Organizations and a Corrupt Judiciary by G. S. Harari, L. H. A. Monteiro

“…The impact of the rate constants related to judges’ co-optation and ex-convicts’ recidivism on the population composition is explicitly examined. This analysis reveals that the proposed model can experience backward and transcritical bifurcations. …”
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D’André Bazin à Amédée Ayfre, les circulations du personnalisme dans la cinéphilie chrétienne by Mélisande Leventopoulos

“…En revenant sur les liens intellectuels unissant André Bazin à Amédée Ayfre, l’article entend démontrer le rôle central d’Amédée Ayfre pour la composition d’une critique personnaliste de cinéma. …”
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Afforestation as a mitigation strategy: countering climate-induced risk of forest carbon sink in China by Yuan Cao, Deyu Zhong, Rong Shang, Qihua Ke, Mingxi Zhang, Di Xie, Shutong Liu, Chensong Zhao, Randongfang Wei

“…This study provides a spatially explicit assessment of carbon sequestration potential through afforestation and offers science-based guidance for the design of targeted forest policies in China.…”
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Truth in Fiction is Truth Infection: A Study of Emma Donoghue’s Room by Ahlam Ahmed Mohamed Othman

“…Donoghue’s fictional universe is comprised of several possible fictional worlds: a metafictional world that implicitly directs the model reader’s attention to the process of fictive composition, a “superfictional” world that takes the shape of moments of enlightenment, a “subfictional” world that houses the author’s beliefs and memories that are not in focal awareness, and a “nonfictional” world that houses the author’s repressed thoughts that are hidden. …”
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Curiosités de l’observation photographique by Yogan Muller

“…When working on an assignment, although they are focusing on the landscape, photographers are entirely engaged in the field of photographic composition, albeit with a trained and highly instrumented eye. …”
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Clinical outcomes of pharmacological therapies for heart failure in Black vs. White populations: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of heart failure treatment by Yujia Li, Huilin Tang, Wenxi Huang, Wei-Han Chen, Shao-Hsuan Chang, Jiang Bian, Mustafa M. Ahmed, Stephen E. Kimmel, Jingchuan Guo

“…White population.MethodWe included randomized controlled trials (RCT) of HF pharmacological therapies with explicit strata of Black or White adults in the primary or secondary analysis. …”
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Cultural Humility: A Collaborative Approach to Recruiting Patients with Deliberate Self-Harm into a Multi-Hospital Randomized Controlled Trial by Suzanne H. Brownhill, Garry J. Stevens, Trent E. Hammond, Richard Baldacchino, Rose Maposa, Bonyface Makoni, Aviva Sheb'a, Jagadeesh Andepalli, Anita Kotak, Olav D'Souza, Azadeh Atashnama, Anish Thayil, Alison Jones

“…The findings of this multidisciplinary consultation informed a composite model of knowledge exchange and the development of educational briefing/ orientation modules that make explicit team members’ roles and responsibilities to foster group member participation and enhance patient recruitment. …”
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