CAFTA and U.S. Sugar by Andrew Schmitz, Troy G. Schmitz, James L. Seale, Jr.

“…The agreement was put into law in 2005. Under the agreement the Dominican Republic will eliminate their sugar tariffs over a 15-year period. …”
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Entering the field: initiating liturgical research in an African Independent Church (AIC) by C. Wepener, M. Barnard

“…In Ritual and Liturgical Studies, AICs and their abundance of rituals is still a rather under-explored field of research with several reasons making it a difficult area to access. …”
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Dose-dependent esomeprasole antisecretory effect: results of long-term intragastric pH monitoring by S. A. Kurilovich, Ye. A. Chekalina, A. V. Belkovets, L. V. Scherbakova

“…Median pH, both time with various pH values and area under pH distribution curve, percent of this time with values from 1,0 to 10,0 per day before and after esomeprazole administration were estimated. …”
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Management of Nematodes and Soil Fertility with Sunn Hemp Cover Crop by Koon-Hui Wang, Robert McSorley

“…Sunn hemp suppresses weeds, slows soil erosion, and reduces root-knot nematode populations (Rotar and Joy, 1983). When plowed under at early bloom stage, nitrogen recovery is the highest. …”
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Culture of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in India and Turkiye by Nayan Mitra

“…This becomes even more complex under the context of mandated versus voluntary CSR. …”
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Development status of electrocatalytic hydrogenation of biomass small molecules and prospects for industrial production by Yuchen Lei, Fuhai Zhang, Wenbin Zhang, Wei Zhao

“…Electrocatalytic hydrogenation (ECH) directly uses hydrogen from water and operates under mild conditions (e.g., ambient temperature and pressure), which plays an important role for upgrading biomass small molecules and avoids substantial CO2 emission. …”
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome Diagnosis: Should There Be Alertness to Cancer? by A. A. Sheptulin, N. L. Jahaya, A. V. Sedova

“…It has been recently shown that CRC can proceed under the “mask” of IBS. However, colorectal and rectal tumours are often found in patients younger than 50 years old in the absence of hereditary predisposition to CRC and “anxiety symptoms”. …”
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Bimetallic synergy in supported Ni–Pd catalyst for selective hydrogenolysis of C–O bonds in epoxy resins by Yanze Huang, Yukari Yamazaki, Katsutoshi Nomoto, Hiroki Miura, Tetsuya Shishido, Xiongjie Jin, Kyoko Nozaki

“…Here, we report a robust CeO2-supported Ni–Pd bimetallic catalyst (Ni–Pd/CeO2) for the hydrogenolysis of C–O bonds in epoxy resins under 1 atm of H2. Benefiting from its heterogeneous nature, Ni–Pd/CeO2 can be reused for several times. …”
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Torus knots and generalized Schröder paths by Marko Stošić, Piotr Sułkowski

“…We determine generating functions of such paths, located in a region determined by a type of a torus knot under consideration, and show that they encode colored HOMFLY-PT polynomials of this knot. …”
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Predictive modeling and optimization of SI engine performance and emissions with GEM blends using ANN and RSM by Farooq Shaik, D. Vinay Kumar, N. Channa Keshava Naik, G. Radha Krishna, T. M. Yunus Khan, Abdul Saddique Shaik, Abdulrajak Buradi, Addisu Frinjo Emma

“…Furthermore, Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was utilized to optimize the engine’s performance, identifying the optimal operating conditions of 2992.9 rpm engine speed and an E20-equivalent GEM blend. Under these conditions, the engine exhibited a brake thermal efficiency (B_The) of 34.63%, a brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) of 243.7 g/kW-hr, and minimal emissions of 1.5% CO, 108.13 ppm HC, and 1211.8 ppm NOx, with an overall desirability of 0.820, indicating a highly favorable combination of performance and emissions characteristics.…”
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Maximum-likelihood Regression with Systematic Errors for Astronomy and the Physical Sciences. I. Methodology and Goodness-of-fit Statistic of Poisson Data by Massimiliano Bonamente, Yang Chen, Dale Zimmerman

“…We show that the Poisson deviance, which is the usual goodness-of-fit statistic and that is commonly referred to in astronomy as the Cash statistics, can be easily generalized in the presence of systematic errors, under rather general conditions. The method and the associated statistics are first developed theoretically, and then they are tested with the aid of numerical simulations and further illustrated with real-life data from astronomical observations. …”
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Local and global stability analysis of HIV/AIDS by using a nonstandard finite difference scheme by Amjid Hussain Morani, Maha Mohammed Saeed, Muhammad Aslam, Atif Mehmoud, Ali Shokri, Herbert Mukalazi

“…The NSFD method effectively captures the dynamics of HIV propagation under various scenarios, providing valuable insights into HIV/AIDS progression. …”
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Geneza i ujęcie przestępstw z powodów dyskryminacyjnych w polskim prawie karnym by Andrzej Pasek

“…The author emphasizes that these provisions set a further course in the treatment of discriminatory behavior under Polish criminal law and perpetuated its criminalization. …”
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DIGITALIZATION OF KEY PROCESSES IN THE WOOD PROCESSING COMPANIES by Dražana Gašpar, Ivica Ćorić, Mirela Mabić

“…Companies from that industry are under more pressure than ever to use digital innovation to adapt to rapidly shifting markets, lead the charge in the energy transition, and speed up the implementation of Industry 4.0. …”
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A data-driven modeling method for secondary frequency regulation characteristic of thermal power units by LI Zhijun, SHA Qianli, YAN Xinrong, YAN Gangui, ZHU Lin, FANG Zheng, LI Junhui

“…Using multiple sets of secondary frequency response curves under similar regulation intensities， the least squares method is applied to extract the response features of secondary frequency regulation. …”
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Hypergamy reconsidered: Marriage in England, 1837-2021. by Gregory Clark, Neil Cummins

“…There is also ancillary evidence that physical attraction cannot have been the significant determinant of matching in marriages in any period 1837-2021, based on the very strong correlation observed in underlying social status for marital partners throughout these years.…”
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THE AVENGING GOD OF NAHUM AS COMFORTER OF THE TRAUMATIZED by K Spronk

“…Instead of focussing on the more common reference to prophets such as Jeremiah who helped people cope with the traumatic experience of the Babylonian exile, I will pay attention to the very different message of Nahum to the Judeans who suffered under Assyrian tyranny. This prophecy is less popular and often condemned for the way in which it portrays YHWH as a violent god. …”
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Początkowe stadia życia ludzkiego według św. Pawła by Andrzej Muszala

“…They also express a conviction, that every human life is under God’s special protection from the very beginning. …”
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Biblical discourses and the subjugation of Africa: A Decolonial-Foucauldian perspective by T. Shingange

“…In Africa, the Americas, and Asia, missionaries promulgated colonial ideologies through the transmission and reception of biblical discourses. This was done under the guise of civilisation, Christianisation, and evangelisation of Africans who were and are still perceived and portrayed as primitive, savages, and pagans. …”
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Brief Exposition of Religious Experience in Semitic Religion by Ahmad Nabil Amir, Tasnim Abdul Rahman

“…It firstly discusses its underlying approach as enshrined in classical religious thought concerning its meta-religious principle, methodology and traditional framework. …”
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