Characterization of Scoria Rock from Kisoro As an Aggregate in Concrete. by Ayebale, Sam

“…The test results on the engineering properties of scoria revealed that the material is suitable to be used as a fine aggregate and coarse aggregate as they were found to be acceptable by ASTM standards these are particle size distribution, shape classification, fineness modulus, silt content and organic impurities. …”
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The Design and Construction of an Automatic and Android Controlled Change Over Switch. by Turyasingura, Gideon

“…Arduino is used as the controller to the entire system. Relay controlled by the Arduino are used to switch power supply between the different sources to load depending on the availability and priority. …”
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Development of the residual knowledge tests on the general course of physics for the students of the National Research University MPEI by Irina V. Mursenkova, Olga I. Lubenchenko, Konstantin M. Lapitsky

“…Teaching a general course of physics in a technical university is aimed at developing a holistic system of knowledge and skills in future engineers. Monitoring the quality of the educational process and checking the assimilation of physical knowledge in students are important components of the educational process. …”
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Tectonometamorphic evolution of a subduction plate interface at the base of the Mirdita Ophiolite (Bajram Curri, northeastern Albania) by Madeline Richter, Kilian Pollok, Kujtim Onuzi, Kamil Ustaszewski

“…Abstract The Western Vardar ophiolite, a thrust sheet of oceanic crust and mantle obducted onto the Adriatic passive margin in the Late Jurassic, crops out along the entire Balkan Peninsula. The Mirdita Ophiolite forms the northern Albanian segment of this unit. …”
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The mcpC mutant of Salmonella enteritidis exhibits attenuation and confers both immunogenicity and protective efficacy in mice by Lu Zhang, Li Chen, Xuqiang Zhang, Yang Li, Qingfeng Zheng, Yun Li, Ning Li, Qiumei Shi, Yanying Zhang, Tonglei Wu

“…The ΔmcpC offers strong immune protection in mice, providing a solid foundation for the development of genetically engineered attenuated live vaccines against SE.…”
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Investigating the Suitability of Partial Replacement of Basalt with Scoria as a Base Course Material for a Flexible Pavement. by Wambei, Allan

“…This study aims at evaluating the applicability of Scoria gravel as an alternative base course material in flexible pavements through blending with Basalt by modifying the physical and mechanical engineering properties of scoria. They are two types of scoria in Uganda with probably different properties that is black and red Scoria. …”
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WOMEN SELF-HELP GROUPS IN Community DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL SENATORIAL DISTRICT OF CROSS RIVER STATE by LAZARUS BASSEY ABONOR, AUGUSTINE EZE BASSEY, BRIAN OBUE EYANG

“…Merely providing economic and social backingfor poor people in rural area, especially the women, has beenadjudged very useful in reducing poverty in rural communities.The Provision of necessarysupport or credit facility to the women helps to empower them, botheconomically and socially, as well as the entire community.Thiswork is therefore placed on this background to determineany association between Self-helpGroups (SHGs) and social and economic empowerment of people in the rural areas of the Senatorial District, and the rural women in particular, and to recommend appropriate waysto effectively improve the functioning of SHGs to improve the social andeconomic well-being of the people in rural area. …”
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Worker Protection Standard: Respirators by Frederick M. Fishel

“…In late 2016, the EPA released the revised “How to Comply Manual” to provide an updated resource. The entire document is posted on their website at https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-09/documents/htcmanual_final.pdf. …”
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IMF B y influence on fast earthward convection flows in the near-lunar magnetotail by T. C. Liu, T. Pitkänen, S. Nilsson, A. Kullen, J.-S. Park, M. Hamrin, W. S. Shang, H. Z. Wang, S. T. Yao

“…We find that the magnetotail B y with in the same direction as IMF B y dominates the entire region. The IMF B y influence is hemisphere-independent, but shows a dusk-dawn asymmetry with the IMF B y effect being weaker in the premidnight region than in the postmidnight region. …”
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A hammerhead ribozyme selects mechanically stable conformations for catalysis against viral RNA by Man Lu, Zhiqiang Cao, Luoan Xiong, Hongying Deng, Kangkang Ma, Ning Liu, Yanding Qin, Shen-Bo Chen, Jun-Hu Chen, Yao Li, Yijin Liu, Zhongbo Yu

“…Abstract Ribozymes, widely found in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, target nucleic acids and can be engineered as biotechnical tools or for gene regulation or immune therapy. …”
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Field Data Report for the First Microwave Water and Energy Balance Experiment (MicroWEX-1), July 17 - December 16, 2003, Citra, Florida by Kai-Jen Calvin Tien, Jasmeet Judge, Larry W. Miller, Orlando L. Lanni

“…This document is Circular 1470, one of a series of the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, Agricultural Research Station, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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State of the art and new directions using DNA and other molecular markers in forensic entomology by David Haymer

“… In parallel with the entire field of forensic science, forensic entomology has been dramatically transformed through the incorporation of DNA and other molecular markers into its practices. …”
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The Lutheran “convivial economy” as a Christian economic heterodoxy: significance, components, and proposals to the current socio-economic order by P. Kopiec

“…Usually, they are rather critical towards global neoliberal capitalism when pointing out its disastrous consequences for entire societies and cultures. An example is the “convivial economy”, a concept developed within the Lutheran World Federation for the past eight years. …”
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Using Hydrogen Peroxide for Rocket Fuel Tank Pressurization: Innovations, Advantages, and Challenges by Mykhailo Vorobei, Mykola Bondarenko

“…Future research directions focus on improving catalyst efficiency, developing advanced materials, and integrating H₂O₂ systems with hybrid and liquid rocket engines. This comprehensive analysis underscores H₂O₂'s potential to revolutionize rocket fuel tank pressurization, paving the way for more efficient and sustainable space exploration technologies. …”
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The relationship between water production rate and resistivity in sand-based porous materials under two-phase fluid flow and its application by Weibiao Xie, Weibiao Xie, Qiuli Yin, Qiuli Yin, Xueping Dai, Xueping Dai, Yang Fan, Pan Zhang, Pan Zhang

“…Accurately predicting the water production rate of multiple-phase fluid flows through porous rock is important for many engineering and geological applications. Taking into account irreducible water and capillary tortuosity, the equivalent rock element model from previous studies has been improved. …”
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Erratum to ‘Role of nanotechnology in neurosurgery: A review of recent advances and their applications’ [World Neurosurgery: X (22C) (2024)100298)] by Javed Iqbal, Evan Courville, Syed Faraz Kazim, Michael Kogan, Meic H. Schmidt, Christian A. Bowers

“…These nanoparticles exhibit significant potential in medicine, including in imaging techniques and diagnostic tools, tissue-engineered constructs, drug delivery systems, pharmaceutical therapeutics, and implants. …”
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Field Observations During the Tenth Microwave Water and Energy Balance Experiment (MicroWEX-10): from March 1, 2011 through January 5, 2012 by Tara Bongiovanni, Pang-Wei Liu, Karthik Nagarajan, Daniel Preston, Patrick Rush, Xueyang Duan, Guanbo Chen, Robert Terwilleger, Alejandro Monsivais-Huertero, Roger De Roo, Jasmeet Judge, Ruzbeh Akbar, Mary Morris, Olivia Williams, Lindsey Marks, Courtnay Cardozo, Mahta Moghaddam, Anthony England

“…Most current models capture the biophysics of moisture and energy transport and of crop growth and development pretty well. However, model estimates of soil moisture in the root zone diverge from reality due to accumulated errors in initialization, forcings, and computation. …”
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Water Use for Seepage-Irrigated Watermelon with Plastic Mulch in Florida by Sanjay Shukla, Niroj K. Shrestha

“…Shrestha, and published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, August 2014. …”
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USING COAL AS A PRESSURE INSTRUMENT OR ENERGY WEAPON by Teodora LAZAR, Mila Ilieva OBRETENOVA, Marius Daniel MARCU, Adina TATAR, Nicolae Daniel FITA, Dragos PASCULESCU

“…The emergence of energy dynamism around the world manifested by the lack of finite primary energy resources (oil, natural gas, coal and uranium) and/or electricity to final consumers and the wish of the world's major energy powers to own and control the entire world energy chain for the purpose of using primary energy resources or electricity as a possible energy weapon or pressure instrument in the context of blackmail and profitability, it makes this paper of great importance and relevance, especially in the new context of military instability on the background and due to energy causes. …”
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Brat – ojciec – matka. Specyfika braterstwa minoryckiego by Wiesław Block

“…Structurally, the work is divided into two parts, the first of which describes the maturation of Francis’ attitude of being a brother (awareness of being a “brother” to entire humankind), while the second dwells upon the figure of mother, which is the prototype of fraternal relationships, according to the mind of Francis. …”
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