IMPACTS OF REPLACING THE AMAZON RAINFOREST WITH PASTURE ON SOIL PROPERTIES by Sandra Cátia Pereira Uchôa, Sasha de Souza Farage, José Maria Arcanjo Alves, Carlos Henrique de Lima Matos, Ingridy do Nascimento Tavares, Valdinar Ferreira Melo

“…Soil samples were collected at two depths (0-0.10 m and 0.10-0.20 m) in four representative blocks of 1 ha in each system. Chemical, physical, and biochemical properties, and microbial and metabolic coefficients were analyzed. …”
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Study of evolution for 3D structured surface with nano-balls and walls-like features with thickness variation for WO3 thin films made by spray deposition by Mirela Petruta Suchea, Ioan Valentin Tudose, Cosmin Romanitan, Cristina Pachiu, Marian Popescu, Kyriakos Mouratis, Marina Manica, Stefan Antohe, Stelios Couris, Dragos Gabriel Zisopol, Octavian Narcis Ionescu, Emmanuel Koudoumas

“…In this scope, two different series of WO3 of 11 samples with different thicknesses each, starting from two tungsten peroxide precursor concentrations (0.05 M and 0.1 M) were fabricated by spray pyrolysis and thoroughly characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. …”
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Evaluating the Role that Monastic Educational Principles Play in Education in Monastic Boy Schooling in Gauteng Province, South Africa by Gradidge Jason, Sepeng Mmalefikane Sylvia

“…The principals and two department heads from each school were chosen to provide a thorough evaluation of the role that monastic educational principles play in education in monastic schools. …”
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Effects of uncertainty in the design parameters during the design of horizontal gravity oil, gas and water separators by Abubakar Juma Chilala, Milan Stanko, Oras J. Mkinga

“…Conservative, optimistic, and ultimate design parameters (P10, P50, and P90) were obtained for each scenario. The results of this study provide a method and tool to aid topside design teams while expanding on previous research in the literature regarding separator design.…”
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YouTube as an information source in deep margin elevation: Reliability, accuracy and quality analysis. by Zeyneb Merve Ozdemir, Sevim Atılan Yavuz, Derya Gursel Surmelioglu

“…Initially, 100 videos for each of the three keywords were analyzed. The content categories of these videos were diverse, encompassing educational materials, teaching techniques, advertisements, and other types of content. …”
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New method for cytological evaluation using direct nipple discharge without aspiration by Jiang Zhu, Han Cong, Xiaotong Zhang, Xiaoya Dong, Song Zhao, Chaolu Hu, Jude Ranchu Maimo, Yawen Wang, Kai Zhang, Jianli Wang, Pengyu Li, Rong Ma

“…Following centrifugation to remove blood cells and protein contaminants, the sample of each nipple discharge was analyzed by light microscopy. …”
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An investigation of the dose-dependent safety of bemiparin sodium: A cell culture study by Emre Kubat, Ozer Aylin Gurpinar, Tuna Demirkiran

“…The change in cell morphology was examined at each dilution by direct and acridine orange/propidium iodide staining. …”
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Ja, goed te deunen onze machtige (Psalm 147,1): De zoektocht naar een toonzetting van de Psalmen by A. de Keyzer

“…It is all about facilitating the saying of the psalm verse, consisting of two half verses that are separated and connected by a meditative caesura. Each half verse numbers an amount of pulse moments, mostly three. …”
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Gastric Microbiota in Patients with Dyspepsia: Metatranscriptomic Analysis by Е. А. Kupriyanova, М. I. Markelova, Е. А. Ziyatdinova, D. D. Safina, A. G. Safin, I. М. Alieva, R. К. Zalyalov, R. А. Abdulkhakov, Т. V. Grigoryeva, S. R. Abdulkhakov

“…Two biopsy samples of the gastric mucosa (from the body of the stomach and the antrum) were obtained from each patient. The presence of H. pylori infection was confirmed by PCR; RNA was isolated and then libraries were prepared for metatranscriptomic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene. …”
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Dynamisms of Spirituality Formation in the Biography of Natalia Tułasiewicz by Iwona Jazukiewicz

“…In doing so, she attained a level of maturity in both natural and religious spirituality, enabling her to perceive each event of fate as meaningful and valuable. During the tragic times of war, she managed to find happiness and bring hope to others too in a concentration camp – a place where hope had seemingly vanished.…”
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EFFECT OF REPRODUCTIVE STAGES ON SOME BLOOD METABOLITES IN THE SHOW AND RACEHORSE MARES IN IRAQ by M. A. Abed, T. A. Abdulkareem, W. A. Saleh

“…In conclusion,  some blood metabolites differ according to reproductive stages and mare types and can considered for diagnosing diseases and determining nutritional requirements for each type and reproductive stage. …”
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Evaluation of volatile safety in children's play mats based on non-targeted screening and risk prioritization by Shuang Liang, Haoyang Shi, Yinhui Yang, Qing Zhang, Zhijuan Wang, Qing Lv

“…The 20 significantly different substances were recognized by partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA), while the characteristic substances in each type of play mat were determined through clustering heat map and Venn diagram. …”
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A Practical Cache Partitioning Method for Multi-Core Processor on a Commercial Safety-Critical Partitioned RTOS by Taeho Kim

“…Additionally, we developed a cache partitioning guide tool to decide the optimal cache partition for each application. This research demonstrated that shared L2 caches could cause severe performance degradation up to 88% using the WindRiver VxWorks 653 on the PowerPC T2080 processor. …”
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Three dimensional analysis of dental arch form and dimensions in a sample of Kurdish students in Hawler Medical University. by Barzan Mahmood, Bayan Hassan

“…Conclusions: Based on the anatomical arches differences between genders in Kurdish students, it is suggested that each patient's pretreatment arch form, width, and depth during orthodontic treatment be considered according to gender. …”
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Exponential distribution of wave-driven near-bed water speeds under short-crested waves: a case study in the eastern Gulf of Riga, the Baltic Sea by Maris Eelsalu, Laura Piho, Juris Aigars, Loreta Kelpšaitė-Rimkienė, Vitalijus Kondrat, Maarja Kruusmaa, Kevin E. Parnell, Asko Ristolainen, Ilona Šakurova, Māris Skudra, Maija Viška, Tarmo Soomere

“…We quantify this variability in terms of near-bed water speed using an array of nine high-resolution hydromast devices for recording pressure and water velocity in the range of 0.12â1 m/s mounted at a distance of 10 m from each other on a rigid rectangular frame of 20 Ã 20 m in approximately 4 m deep water and 700 m from the eastern shore of the Gulf of Riga near Skulte (Latvia) in AugustâSeptember 2022. …”
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Dry eye disease treatment improves subjective quality-of-life responses in patients with AMD, independent of disease stage. by Nehal Nailesh Mehta, Ines D Nagel, Akshay Agnihotri, Anna Heinke, Lingyun Cheng, Dirk-Uwe Bartsch, William R Freeman, Maria-Laura Gomez

“…From this cohort, 40 eyes with stable dry AMD (early, intermediate, or late stages) were included. Each participant completed the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) and Standard Patient Evaluation of Eye Dryness Questionnaire (SPEED) before treatment and at a 6-month follow-up. …”
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The role of salivary antioxidant level in polycystic ovary syndrome women under assisted reproductive technology treatment: A case-control study by Narges Gholizadeh, Maryam Koopaie, Ashraf Aleyasin, Atousa Mortazavi Milani, Marziyeh Aghahosseini, Mohammad Javad Kharrazifard, Mohadeseh Bahmaee

“…Materials and Methods: This case-control study was conducted on 80 women in 2 groups including normal participants as control and PCOS groups (n = 40/each). Serum and salivary antioxidant levels such as saliva superoxide dismutase (SOD), saliva anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), serum SOD, serum total oxidant status, and serum AMH were measured. …”
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Introducing youth to clinical research: Development and pilot implementation of a children’s activity book by Renee Cadzow, Andy Strohmeier, Erin Carnes, Teresa Quattrin

“…Participants were asked to indicate whether they agreed, disagreed, or were not sure about each of the statements and if they would ever want to be part of a research study. …”
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Canal configurations of mandibular anterior teeth in Erbil city by CBCT by Azhin Mustafa Goran, Fareed Hanna Rofoo

“…Mandible anterior teeth including six teeth for each of 388 central incisor, lateral incisor and canine were analyzed in the database. …”
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Citrus Diseases Exotic to Florida: Citrus Tristeza Virus– Stem Pitting (CTV-SP) by Kuang Ren Chung, Ronald H. Brlansky

“…Background information for each exotic citrus disease will be presented in a series of fact sheets to: 1) provide a basis for evaluating exotic pathogens that may pose potential risks to Florida citrus; and 2) create a decision-making framework to prevent their introduction and spread. …”
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