Fire in the Wildland-Urban Interface: Reducing Wildfire Risk While Achieving Other Landscaping Goals by Cotton K. Randall, L. Annie Hermansen-Báez, Glenn Acomb

“…It introduces the main principles and compares each to firewise landscaping. It also briefly discusses examples of programs and guidelines that incorporate multiple goals. …”
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Alfalfa Production in Florida by Carrol G. Chambliss

“…Thousands of tons of alfalfa hay are shipped into Florida each year. Thus, occasionally there is interest in growing alfalfa in the state. …”
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THE DIFFERENTIAL CRITERION IN THE FRETTING PHENOMENON by Ştefan GHIMISI

“…Two different expresions are introduced for each of these functions depending on the sliding condition. …”
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Major Asset Classes: A Brief Glossary by Jarrett Tsai, Jorge Ruiz-Menjivar, Martie Gillen

“…But before one can actually make an informed decision on which financial vehicles to select for an investment portfolio or plan, it is pivotal to know about the options available in the market, and to clearly understand the main idea and principles behind each of these investment vehicles. There are entire books written on these topics, but for the purpose of this article, we aim to provide a brief, yet comprehensive glossary of the main financial investment vehicles.  …”
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CRYSTAL STRUCTURES OF TWO PHOSPHONATE SALTS: MONOCYCLOHEXYLAMMONIUM HYDROGEN PHOSPHONATE AND MONOCYCLOHEXYLAMMONIUM PHENYL PHOSPHONATE by MODOU SARR, MOUHAMADOU BIRAME DIOP, MOUHAMADOU SEMBENE BOYE, AMINATA DIASSE-SARR, PHILIPPE GUIONNEAU

“…In this structure, hydrogen phosphonate anions are linked by pairs through O—H···O hydrogen bonds leading to anionic dimers. Each dimer is connected to its two neighbours through cations via N—H···O hydrogen bonds leading to infinite chains which are then connected by N—H···O hydrogen bonds giving rise to a layered structure. …”
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Does the Method of Castration Affect Calf Performance? by Trey Warnock, Matt Hersom, Todd Thrift

“…UF/IFAS researchers recently tested different methods of castration in calves to determine the effects of each method on calf health and performance. This publication presents these results. …”
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Metode Entropy-SAW dan Metode Entropy-WASPAS dalam Menentukan Promosi Jabatan Bagi Karyawan Terbaik di Cudo Communications by Sarwati Rahayu, Ahmad Juang Teguh Gumilang, Oktia Putri Bharodin, Firya Faturahman

“…The right method to serve as a consideration in decision making is the Entropy-SAW method because the value of each alternative obtained greater than the value of each alternative in the method Entropy-WASPAS. …”
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Implementasi Fuzzy C-Means untuk Pengelompokan Daerah berdasarkan Persebaran Penularan Covid-19 by Gibran Satya Nugraha, Ramaditia Dwiyansaputra, Fitri Bimantoro, Arik Aranta

“…The use of Fuzzy c-means as a grouping method to find out how much influence each data has on each cluster. Because the previous methods used on the same object only grouped it explicitly, without paying attention to the effect of one data on the entire cluster. …”
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The Economic Impact of COVID-19 Treatment at a Hospital-level: Investment and Financial Registers of Brazilian Hospitals by Ana Paula Beck da Silva Etges, Ricardo Bertoglio Cardoso, Milena S Marcolino, Karen Brasil Ruschel, Ana Paula Coutinho, Elayne Crestani Pereira, Fernando Anschau, Fernando Aranha, Filipe Carrilho, Giovanna Vietta, Gisele Alsina Nader Bastos, Joanna d’Arc Lyra Batista, José Miguel Chatkin, Juliana da Silva Nogueira, Leila Beltrami Moreira, Luciana Haddad, Maiara Floriani, Marília Teixeira de Siqueira, Patrícia Ziegelmann, Petrônio José de Lima Martelli, Roberta Pozza, Umbelina Cravo Teixeira Lagioia, Carisi Anne Polanczyk, Luciane Kopittke

“…The chief financial officer, the chief medical officer, and hospital executives of each participating hospital provided information regarding investments attributed to COVID-19 patient treatment. …”
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Retrospective comparative survival analysis of ablation plus systemic therapy versus systemic therapy alone for breast cancer liver metastases, stratified by extrahepatic metastase... by Xuxiazi Zou, Hong-Liang Zou, Xuan Luo, Xu-Wei Chen, Wei-Ling Huang, Chao Zhang, Ge Ren, Jin-Hua Huang, Xue Han, Yi-Quan Jiang

“…Conclusions: Among patients with BCLM (≤3 tumors, each ≤3 cm), AS provide longer survival compared to systemic therapy alone, even with extrahepatic metastases. …”
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Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter components with obesity in children and adolescents in China: The age-sex disparities and key effect modifiers by Jinling Wang, Xinyi Li, Guannan Bai, Rachel Huxley, Kejia Hu, Jinna Yuan, Xuelian Zhou, Xiaochi Zhang, Ke Huang, Guanping Dong, Wei Wu, Bingyan Cao, Rongxiu Zheng, Chunlin Wang, Haiyan Wei, Yan Liang, Hui Yao, Feihong Luo, Pin Li, Zhe Su, Ruimin Chen, Shaoke Chen, Jingsi Luo, Hongwei Du, Mireguli. Maimaiti, Jianwei Zhang, Yu Yang, Min Zhu, Qi Zhao, Junfen Fu

“…Three-year average concentrations of PM2.5 and five major components were assigned to each participant's address. Multivariable mixed-effects model and weighted quantile sum regression were used to estimate the effect sizes of each component. …”
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Skin autofluorescence as part of the comprehensive assessment of clinical and metabolic status of patients with end-stage chronic kidney disease by Darya Yu. Konovalova, Peter A. Lebedev, Olga V. Ushakova, Elena E. Potyakina, Dmitriy V. Kornilin, Vladimir N. Grishanov, Marina V. Komarova

“…CONCLUSION: Models of SAF determinants in each studied group were proposed. Furthermore, highly significant direct correlations with left ventricular hypertrophy and its negative ejection fraction were established in this group. …”
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Evaluation of filling ability of Guttaflow Bioseal sealer to the simulated lateral canal by scanning electron microscope by Hero Mohammed Zahid, Niaz Hama Ghareeb

“…Three lateral canals were prepared in the coronal, middle and apical thirds in each root (at 3, 6, and 9 mm) using #15 engine-driven reamer. …”
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Developing a master of science in health research ethics program in Northern Nigeria: a needs assessment by Caitlin Bieniek, Fatimah I. Tsiga-Ahmed, Aishatu L. Adamu, Usman J. Wudil, C. William Wester, Zubairu Iliyasu, Muktar H. Aliyu, Elisa J. Gordon, Elizabeth S. Rose

“…Two authors independently read and coded each respondent’s transcript to identify emergent themes that represented each respondent’s answers. …”
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Effect of Apical Preparation on Different Needle Depth Penetration. by Samara Gurgis Essa, Razawa Kareem Saeed, Diyar Khalid Baker

“…Then the canals were prepared using protaper next in continuos rotation according to manufacture instructions with sequence files reached the WL (X1, X2, X3, X4). 4 mL of 5.25% NaOCI was used between each instrument. Three different types of endodontic needles were used. …”
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Evaluation of composite resin microleakage with using different bonding agents by micro computed tomography by Binar Khalis Bilal, Diyar Khalid Bakr

“…Micro computed tomography scanning done for each specimen. Statistical analysis undergone by using descriptive statistic, one-way ANOVA and least significant difference (LSD) tests. …”
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Diversity of frontier processes in Amazonian subnational jurisdictions: Frontier metrics reveal major patterns of human–nature interactions by Guido Briceño, Julie Betbeder, Agnès Bégué, Guillaume Cornu, David Katz-Asprilla, Marie-Gabrielle Piketty, Solen Le Clech, Vinicius Silgueiro, Hélène Dessard, Lilian Blanc

“…The importance and spatial distribution of each archetype varies at a territorial scale depending on colonization history and on the drivers of deforestation and degradation. …”
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Clinical Benefits of Parasternal Block with Multihole Catheters when Inserted before Sternotomy by Vedat Eljezi, Crispin Jallas, Bruno Pereira, Melanie Chasteloux, Christian Dualé, Lionel Camilleri

“…Two parasternal multihole catheters were inserted on each side of the sternum before the surgical skin incision for cardiac surgery and 10 mL of ropivacaine 7.5 mg mL–1 was initially administered in each catheter. …”
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Glimepiride monotherapy versus combination of glimepiride and linagliptin therapy in patients with HNF1A-diabetes: a protocol for a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled t... by Torben Hansen, Tina Vilsbøll, Filip Krag Knop, Alexander Sidelmann Christensen, Heidi Storgaard, Sofie Hædersdal

“…Treatment will be evaluated with continuous glucose monitoring and combined meal and bicycle tests conducted at baseline and at the end of each of the two treatment periods. The primary end point is the absolute difference in the mean amplitude of glycaemic excursions between the two treatments (glimepiride+linagliptin vs glimepiride+placebo) at the end of each treatment period.Ethics and dissemination The study protocol is approved by the Danish Medicines Agency, The Scientific-Ethical Committee of the Capital Region of Denmark (H-17014518) and the Danish Data Protection Agency. …”
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Deformation and strengthening behavior of Al-Cu-based alloys at ambient and elevated temperatures by Mehran Shahhosseininia, Mohammadreza Zamani

“…Fractography, the deformation behavior of each alloy was investigated at fracture surfaces using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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