Unified Failure Strength Criterion for Terrace Slope Reinforcement Materials by Xuan Fang, Jie Yang, Jia-Ming Na, Zhen-Yuan Gu

“…This paper presents a study on the failure strength criterion of terrace slope reinforcement materials, such as lean cemented sand and gravel (LCSG) material, under a triaxial stress state. …”
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Effects of Surface Roughness on the Locomotion of a Long-Tailed Lizard, Colobodactylus taunayi Amaral, 1933 (Gymnophthalmidae: Heterodactylini) by Elizabeth Höfling, Sabine Renous, Felipe Franco Curcio, André Eterovic, Pérsio de Souza Santos Filho

“…We analyzed the locomotor behavior of a long-tailed, forest floor, and leaf litter lizard, Colobodactylus taunayi, a species that retains the generalized Gymnophthalmidae Bauplan whilst presenting the discrete toe reduction associated with the Bachia-like pattern of limb reduction. …”
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18F−Prostate−Specific Membrane Antigen PET/CT imaging for potentially resectable pancreatic cancer (PANSCAN−2): a phase I/II study by Jisce R. Puik, Thomas T. Poels, Gerrit K. J. Hooijer, Matthijs C. F. Cysouw, Joanne Verheij, Johanna W. Wilmink, Elisa Giovannetti, Geert Kazemier, Arantza Farina Sarasqueta, Daniela E. Oprea-Lager, Rutger-Jan Swijnenburg

“…However, uptake was generally low, not specific to PDAC and no tracer uptake was observed in lymph node or distant metastases. …”
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Échange généralisé : consistance et métamorphoses contemporaines d’un carrefour social (confins himalayens de Birmanie) by François Robinne

“…From the second half of the twentieth century onwards, this vast corpus fueled a theoretical debate initiated by structural anthropology concerning the ‘categories indicative of matrimonial destiny’ around which “generalized exchange” is organised. The seminal works of Marcel Granet (1939), Claude Lévi-Strauss (1947) and Edmund Leach (1954), to name but a few, are considered in what follows in the light of the sudden disappearance—although the result of a long process—of the political systems provoked by the Burmese coup d’état of 1962. …”
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Life quality of diabetic patients by Belkis Mercedes Vicente Sánchez, Gisela Zerquera Trujillo, Dania Peraza Alejo, Eduardo Castañeda Álvarez, Jorge Luís Irizar Hernández, Tiana Bravo Valladares

“…<strong><br />Conclusion:</strong> Even when life quality of diabetic patients is not generally deteriorated, there is a negative disposition towards the disease.…”
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Primary school students’ argumentation skills: expression of arguments by Vaiva Schoroškienė

“…A qualitative analysis of the spoken and written texts indicates that the fourth grade students can use generalized statements (unelaborated secondary statements), they rely on examples and sources. …”
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A Semi-portable Enclosure to Measure Emission Rates from Small Fugitive Sources: Leaf Blower Dust Example by Dennis Fitz, David Pankratz, Sally Pederson, James Bristow

“…The EPA addresses some fugitive emission rates in their AP-42 document and these generally were developed from upwind-downwind sampling. …”
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Phantom-based investigation of block sequential regularised expectation maximisation (BSREM) reconstruction for zirconium-89 PET-CT for varied count levels by Lara M. Bonney, Matthew D. Walker, Daniel R. McGowan

“…Abstract Background Zirconium-89 (Zr-89) PET tracers have become increasingly significant in the field of nuclear medicine due to their 3-day physical half-life, allowing for the study of dynamic biological processes over relatively long timeframes. …”
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Low-activity [18F]-somatostatin receptor (SSTR) imaging using [18F]SiTATE on a long axial field-of-view PET/CT scanner by Nils F. Trautwein, Eduardo Calderón, Pia M. Linder, Gerald Reischl, Philippe Driessen, Wenhong Lan, Andreas S. Brendlin, Thorben Groß, Helmut Dittmann, Martina Hinterleitner, Christian la Fougère, Fabian P. Schmidt, Lena S. Kiefer

“…Abstract Purpose 18F-labelled somatostatin receptor tracers have recently gained popularity due to their better spatial resolution, longer half-life and lower costs compared to 68Ga-labeled tracers. …”
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Complex Analyses of Plankton Structure and Function by Karl E. Havens

“…The specific methods reviewed are 1) size spectrum analysis, 2) size-fractionated phytoplankton productivity, 3) size-fractionated zooplankton grazing, 4) plankton ecological transfer efficiency, and 5) grazer effects on phytoplankton community structure. …”
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Identifying Ocean Submesoscale Activity From Vertical Density Profiles Using Machine Learning by Leyu Yao, John R. Taylor, Dani C. Jones, Scott D. Bachman

“…Abstract Submesoscale eddies are important features in the upper ocean where they mediate air‐sea exchanges, convey heat and tracer fluxes into ocean interior, and enhance biological production. …”
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IMPLEMENTACIÓN DE LA POLÍTICA PÚBLICA DE INCLUSIÓN LABORAL DE PERSONAS EN SITUACIÓN DE DISCAPACIDAD EN LA CIUDAD DE POPAYÁN - CAUCA (COLOMBIA) by Paula Andrea Peña Hernández

“…(R) Gracias a la aplicación de la matriz mencionada se logró conocer que cerca de la mitad de las PSD (N=325) no realizan ninguna acción para facilitar la implementación de la política pública, casi la totalidad de los representantes del SEm (N=333), tampoco cumple ninguna acción, y todos los representantes del SEs (N=17) realizan más de una acción. …”
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Stress-Strain Calculation Method of Composite Lining considering the Creep Characteristics of Tunnel Surrounding Rock by Shuancheng Gu, Hengwei He, Rongbin Huang

“…Tunnels are generally designed for a sustained usage of 80 to 100 years, during which the safety of tunnel structures must be guaranteed. …”
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Sources of PM2.5 Oxidative Potential during Haze and Non-haze Seasons in Chiang Mai, Thailand by Pitakchon Ponsawansong, Tippawan Prapamontol, Kittipan Rerkasem, Somporn Chantara, Kraichat Tantrakarnapa, Sawaeng Kawichai, Guoxing Li, Cao Fang, Xiaochuan Pan, Yanlin Zhang

“…The 24-hr ambient PM2.5 samples were collected throughout 2018–2019 and the analyzed OP was compared during haze episodes, which generally occurs in the dry season, and non-haze rainy season in the Chiang Mai-Lamphun basin. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Bamboo Fibers on The Engineering Properties of Laterite Soils in Road Construction. by Kiiza, Obed

“…An experimental study was carried out on the natural and the modified lateritic soil classified as A-2-6(0) and clayey gravel (GC) according to AASHTO and Unified Soil Classification System (USCS) respectively. …”
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Causes of growing middle-to-upper tropospheric ozone over the northwest Pacific region by X. Ma, X. Ma, J. Huang, J. Huang, M. I. Hegglin, M. I. Hegglin, P. Jöckel, T. Zhao

“…Investigation into the drivers of these trends using tagged model tracers reveals that O<span class="inline-formula">₃</span> of stratospheric origin (O<span class="inline-formula">₃</span>S) dominates the absolute O<span class="inline-formula">₃</span> mixing ratios over the middle-to-upper troposphere in the subtropics, contributing to the observed O<span class="inline-formula">₃</span> increases by up to 96 % (40 %) during winter (summer), whereas O<span class="inline-formula">₃</span> of tropospheric origin (O<span class="inline-formula">₃</span>T) governs the absolute value throughout the tropical troposphere and contributes generally much more than 60 % to the positive O<span class="inline-formula">₃</span> changes, especially during summer and autumn. …”
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Vingt années de recherches à Oedenburg (Biesheim et Kunheim, Haut-Rhin) : un bilan by Michel Reddé

“…The left bank is mainly formed by gravel terraces, with very thin soils, and does not appear to have been conducive to antique agriculture. …”
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Jean-Philippe Luis, L’ivresse de la fortune. A.M. Aguado, un génie des affaires by Claude Morange

“…Aguado nació en el seno de una familia navarra, algunos de cuyos miembros se trasladaron a Andalucía para dedicarse al comercio, gracias al cual consiguieron enriquecerse, fundar un mayorazgo y «comprar» un título de nobleza, pasando luego a integrarse en la oligarquía sevillana. …”
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Upper-tropospheric pollutants observed by MIPAS: geographic and seasonal variations by N. Glatthor, G. P. Stiller, T. von Clarmann, B. Funke, S. Kellmann, A. Linden

“…At northern midlatitudes and high latitudes, the biomass burning tracer HCN, but also CO, PAN, and HCOOH, exhibit maxima during spring and/or summer and minima during winter. …”
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