Experimental study on scour protection method based on EICP with anti-permeation covers by Zhenyuan Liu, Shixia Zhang, Chuangzhou Wu, Danyi Shen, Jiale Zhang, Zhichao Song

“…This method offers environmentally friendly solutions for enhancing sandy seabed stability and has promising engineering applications.…”
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Le bois du Baradat, deux siècles et deux révolutions d’une superbe chênaie de l’Adour by Michel Bartoli, Gilberte Doly

“…Mais l’Administration des forêts, qui voyait dans le Baradat « sans contredit un des plus beaux [bois] qu’il y ait en France » (1824), en accepta le défrichement (1857) et le remplacement par un semis de glands sur 30 hectares, voisins dont les produits furent récoltés en 1980… Messages clés : - Une croissance rapide des Chênes ne déprécie par leur qualité. - En deux révolutions complètes, un historique complet des coupes dans une très petite futaie régulière permet de suivre correctement l’évolution des pratiques et des idées sylvicoles du XVIIe au XIXe siècle. …”
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Selecting the Best Music for the Moment in a Music and Imagery Session by Petra Jerling, Carmen Angulo Sánchez-Prieto, Isabel Solana Rubio

“…Each author told her own story, whilst the others took part actively in a small intervision group as critics, friends, and colleagues. In this way, we acknowledged each other’s processes as clients, therapists, and witnesses. …”
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Mental Images of Nurses with and without Patient with COVID-19: A Metaphor Study by Müjde Moran, Firdevs Ebru Özdemir, Zahide Gül Yazgi Demir, Mualla Yilmaz

“…It was determined that all of the metaphorical perceptions of the nurses regarding the “COVID-19 disease” were negative metaphoric perceptions, and the meanings of the metaphors that were seen as positive metaphors such as marriage, friend, life partner, love, hope under the emotions main theme, and relationship/moods sub-theme were negative when the content was examined. …”
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Development of Multimorbidity Indexes Based on Common Mental Health Conditions by Junko Kose, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Pauline Duquenne, Serge Hercberg, Serge Hercberg, Pilar Galan, Mathilde Touvier, Valentina A. Andreeva, Léopold K. Fezeu

“…We developed mental multimorbidity indexes as epidemiological tools.MethodsParticipants in the French NutriNet-Santé cohort (73.5% women; mean age = 59.5 ± 13.7 years; index development N = 20,000; index comparison N = 7,259) completed self-report questionnaires (2020–2022) regarding depressive symptoms, anxiety, eating disorders, insomnia, alcohol use disorders, cognitive difficulties, and the WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0). …”
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Effects of flaxseed mucilage and water-to-cement ratio on the characteristics of an OPC mortar by Haris Brevet, Emmanuel Petit-Laignel, Adeline Goullieux

“…High W/C ratios affect both fresh and hardened properties of mortars. A high ratio accelerates the setting process and generates more heat released on unmodified mortars while decreasing the induction period. …”
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Isolation of Bioactive Compound in Methanolic Extract of Putat Leaves (Planchonia valida) as Antioxidant by Faizar Farid, Vera Lorensya Br Sembiring, Nelson Nelson, Muhammad Furqon Novryan Saputra, Silvi Ayudiah Putri, Indra Lasmana Tarigan, Madyawati Latief

“… Putat leaves (Planchonia valida) are a plant that is traditionally used by people in the Tanjung Lanjut areas, Jambi as fresh vegetables, and as a traditional medicine to treat skin diseases and restore health. …”
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Consumer Perceptions of Lawn Fertilizer Brands by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn, Michael D. Dukes

“…Consumers’ increased environmental awareness creates a niche opportunity for the fertilizer industry to promote environmentally friendly lawn fertilizers, but in order to effectively exploit it, industry stakeholders must understand consumer purchasing behavior before expending labor, time, and money creating products for sale. …”
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Comparing the Urine Ketone Strip Test and the Handheld Ketone Meter to Diagnose Ketosis in Early Lactation Dairy Cows by Klibs N. Galvão, Achilles Vieira Neto, Gustavo Peña, Joao Bittar, Lucas Ibarbia

“…Ketosis is a common metabolic disease in fresh dairy cows. Clinical and subclinical ketosis (SCK) can cause reduced milk yield, decreased milk protein, reduced reproductive capacity, and increased risk of displaced abomasum. …”
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EpigenomeViewer: A Shiny Web Application for Visualizing Methylation Patterns Across Biological Samples by Nurul Syakima Ab Mutalib

“…However, researchers often face challenges in visualising and analysing methylation data because of limited accessibility to user-friendly software that integrates interactive visualisation with bioinformatics analysis. …”
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Modeling Compressive Strength of Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) Using Novel Optimization Algorithm of AOA by Francisca Blanco, Ye Woo

“…Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) has been widely utilized in construction projects and academic research due to its environmentally friendly components, such as fly ash and superplasticizers, which reduce water requirements. …”
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Development of a novel wireless telemetric brain stimulator for behavioral studies in rodents by V. Milner Paul, Jijo Francis, Smriti Menon, Loitongbam Surajkumar Singh, Adarsh V. Parekkattil, Shuma Adhikari

“…Although continuing advances in the field have made significant breakthroughs, most brain simulators remain too expensive for general clinical applications We developed a user friendly, cost effective, multi-channel wireless brain stimulator that delivers output with high precision. …”
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Influence of Relative Humidity and Aging on Morphology and Chemical Composition on Biomass Burning Particle by Titinan Utavong, Thunyapat Thongyen, Surat Bualert, Parkpoom Choomanee, Saranarat Kongkeaw, Tanawan Rattanapotanan, Jitlada Phupijit, Suteekan Maneejantra, Nitchakarn Changplaiy

“…The FPM changed from non-uniform and aggregate shapes in fresh particles into chain aggregates in 9 h-aged particles. …”
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Halodule uninervis extract facilitates the green synthesis of gold nanoparticles with anticancer activity by Nadine Wehbe, Joelle Edward Mesmar, Riham El Kurdi, Ali Al-Sawalmih, Adnan Badran, Digambara Patra, Elias Baydoun

“…The use of plant extracts in the biosynthesis of AuNPs has emerged as an eco-friendly, inexpensive, and nontoxic approach. In the present study, the ethanolic extract of Halodule uninervis (HUE) was used for the first time in the green synthesis of AuNPs. …”
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Optimizing fly ash and rice husk ash as cement replacements on the mechani-cal characteristics of pervious concrete by Navaratnarajah Sathiparan, Daniel Niruban Subramaniam

“…Replacing cement with fillers while being environment-friendly contributes to the performance enhancement of conventional concrete. …”

Economic Management within the Cossack Frontier in the Second Half of the 19th Century (Based on the Example of the Don and Azov Cossack Troops) by Petr A. Kolpakov, Ivan Yu. Yurchenko

“…Construction required the establishment of brick factories, such as the one built in the Azov Cossack Army to restore buildings damaged during Anglo-French bombardments in the Crimean War of 1853-1856. …”
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Florida Peaches: A Perfect Snack by Joy N. Rumble, Kara Harders, Kathryn Stofer

“…Lastly, we will leave you with recommendations to keep your Florida peaches fresh as long as possible. …”
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Rubric Design: A Designer’s Perspective by William Furman

“…An “Ah-ha” moment, “that is what I’m looking for” utopia for the fresh-minted instructor. While rubrics provide the possibility for solving the complexity of some teaching problems, like many fuzzy oases we have come to know rubrics as a thinly veiled tools that are as useful as they are well designed. …”
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¿Es homogéneo el desempeño bioclimático de las mayores economías del mundo? by Álvaro Umaña Quesada

“…Lamentablemente, durante el 2018, las emisiones mundiales volvieron a aumentar, lo cual indica una necesidad de grandes esfuerzos para reducirlas y frenar el calentamiento global a 1.5 °C. Considerando los efectos de la pandemia ocasionada por el coronavirus, en el 2020 por primera vez veremos un decrecimiento en las emisiones mundiales. …”
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Desiccation as a suitable alternative to cold-storage of phyllosphere samples for DNA-based microbial community analyses by Emily Smenderovac, Karelle Rheault, Marie-Ange Moisan, Caroline Emilson, Élodie Brazeau, Marie-Josée Morency, Patrick Gagné, Vincent Maire, Erik Emilson, Lisa Venier, Christine Martineau

“…Abstract The study of microbial communities of the plant phyllosphere in remote locations using DNA-based approaches is limited by the challenges associated with their preservation in the field and during transportation. Freezing is a common DNA preservation strategy, but it may be unsuitable for leaf samples, or inaccessible in some locations. …”
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