Optical-electrical-acoustic wave multiparameter response characteristics of typical rocks in coal-bearing strata throughout the loading process by Pingsong ZHANG, Chang LIU

“…Methods Using a multiparameter test system, this study synchronously acquired strain measured using distributed optic fibers, electrode current, and compressional wave (P-wave) velocities of rock specimens under uniaxial loading. …”
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Cross-protection against homo and heterologous influenza viruses via intranasal administration of an HA chimeric multiepitope nanoparticle vaccine by Yongqiang Zhao, Jia Liu, Chun Peng, Shuangshuang Guo, Bo Wang, Longping Chen, Yating Wang, Haiwen Tang, Liming Liu, Qi Pan, Shiren Li, Jingyu Wang, Dongni Yang, Enqi Du

“…However, seasonal influenza vaccines often elicit strain-specific immune responses and confer little protection against mismatched strains. …”
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Does the COVID-19 XBB Omicron subvariant signal the beginning of the end of the pandemic? by Jinghao Nicholas Ngiam, Abdurrahmaan Al-Mubaarak, Sebastian Maurer-Stroh, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah

“…The XBB Omicron subvariant is rapidly becoming the dominant strain of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Singapore from October 2022 and is one of several variants circulating globally with the potential to dominate autumn/winter waves in different countries. …”
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SHRINKAGE AND CREEP CHARACTERISTICS OF PALM KERNEL SHELL CONCRETE by ADETUKASI ADESOLA OLAYINKA, IKPONMWOSA EFE EWAEN

“…The maximum total shrinkage strain recorded for 0%, 25% and 50 % PKS content was 0.00102 mm/m, 0.00183 mm/m and 0.00247 mm/m respectively. …”
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Preparing a homily as an important element of pastoral care by Henryk Sławiński

“…Hence, in the pastors’ belief in the important role of the sermon and its reliable preparation, there is an opportunity to improve the quality of the homily. …”
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Land Law Meets the Sea by Ron Harris

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MAGNESIUM ALLOY AZ31B FORMING LIMIT CURVE USING THE NAKAZIMA TEST by AUGUSTIN JITARU, COSMIN CONSTANTIN GRIGORAȘ, GHEORGHE BRABIE, ANA-MARIA ROȘU, LUCIAN-MARIUS ROȘU

“…The settings of the testing equipment have been selected to allow the material to break at different strains: from uniaxial to biaxial stretches. Each specimen represents specific stress in the strain limit diagram. …”
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Citrus Leafminer Parasitoid, Ageniaspis citricola Logvinovskaya (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) by Alison Walker, Marjorie A. Hoy

“… The encyrtid parasitoid Ageniaspis citricola was first imported into Florida from Australia in 1994 in a classical biological control program against the citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton (Hoy and Nguyen 1994a). A second strain of Ageniaspis citricola was introduced into Florida from Taiwan in 1997, although there is no evidence that this second strain ever established (Hoy and Nguyen 1997). …”
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Duncan-Chang Constitutive Model of Vetiver Root and Soil Matrix at Different Growth Stages by WU Ruibin, JI Jinnan, YANG Yuzhe

“…Despite the inability to capture the strain softening phenomenon of individual soil, the stress-strain curve, predicted shear strength indicators, and measured values exhibit a strong correlation (R2>0.91). …”
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