What Was the “Devil’s” Body Size? Reflections on the Body Mass and Stature of the Foresta Hominin Trackmakers (Roccamonfina Volcano, Italy) by Maria Rita Palombo, Adolfo Panarello

“…All things considered, we could say that the average body mass (about 60 kg) and stature (about 166 cm) of Foresta trackmakers, who may be individuals of different sexes, fall in the range of the Middle Pleistocene <i>Homo heidelbergensis</i> s.l.…”
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Influence of geometrical parameters of chisel on traction characteristics and resource of domestic ploughshares by D. A. Mironov, I. V. Liskin, S. A. Sidorov

“…This tool meets all main European requirements for quality of soil tillage. A front surface of a ploughshare body has an evolvent form. …”
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In Vivo Disintegration of Four Different Luting Agents by Deniz Gemalmaz, Cornelis H. Pameijer, Mark Latta, Ferah Kuybulu, Toros Alcan

“…The holder was soldered onto the buccal surface of an orthodontic band, which was cemented to the first upper molar in 12 patients, average age 26 years. …”
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Comparison of coseismic velocity changes estimated by cross-correlation of ambient seismic noise for earthquakes in south Korea and Japan by Faisal Umer, Tae Woong Chung, Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Saleem Iqbal

“…This discrepancy was most likely caused by data deficiencies due to prolonged aftershocks or by instability from small-magnitude earthquakes recorded by surface seismometers in Korea. The average velocity decrease between forward and reverse order pairs correlated well with earthquake magnitude, except in the case of the Korean earthquake. …”
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The Chemical Properties and Formation Mechanisms of Shallow Groundwater in the Guohe River Basin, China by Qing Zhang, Liang Li, Weiya Ge, Yunfeng Li, Zongfang Chen, Jian Hua, Yuanzhi Lu, Jingjing Du

“…A hydrogeological survey was conducted, and hydrochemical and hydrogen–oxygen isotopic data of 125 samples of surface water and groundwater were analyzed. The results showed that the total dissolved solid (TDS) content in shallow groundwater was 138–2967 mg/L, with an average of 831 mg/L. …”
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The effectiveness of ulcerative colitis treatment depending on the route of medical drug usage by V. O. Petryna

“…Materials and methods. 38 UC patients with primary lesion of the left side colon (20 men, 18 women) in the disease active phase were recruited into the study. The average age was 32.4 ± 8.1 years with disease duration from 1 to 10 years. …”
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Evidence for Petit‐Spot Volcanism in the Puerto Rico Trench by Nicholas Harmon, William Danforth, Uri Ten Brink, J. Pablo Canales, Shuoshuo Han, Elizabeth Vanacore, Jose‐Luis Granja‐Bruña, Wayne Baldwin, Seth Ackerman, Liam Moser, Elisaveta Sokolkova

“…Up to 34 possible petit‐spot volcanic cones are mapped in the eastern section of the PRT, with an average diameter of 950 m and a mean height of 92 m. …”
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Enhancing Flow Direction in Geothermal Fields Using Sentinel-1 Data for Sustainability Water Management by Utama Widya, Anjasmara Ira Mutiara, Handayani Hepi Hapsari, Indriani Rista Fitri

“…Model evaluation, conducted through a confusion matrix, reveals high performance, with average Overall Accuracy, Kappa Accuracy, User Accuracy, Sensitivity, and Specificity all at 0.98 or above. …”
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Analysis of billet solidification & heat transfer and AlN precipitation on Q420C angle steel by WANG Cheng-yi, CUI Huai-zhou, ZHAO Bin, XIAO Jin-fu, WU Wei

“…After the test, the Q420C steel was successfully produced. The average qualified rate of the rolled products reached 90% and the comprehensive performance index met the needed requirements.…”
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Trends of development and prediction of the doses from the internal exposure of the public of the Russian Federation and its critical groups in the distant post-Chernobyl NPP accid... by G. Ya. Bruk, A. B. Bazyukin, A. A. Bratilova, V. A. Yakovlev

“…On an example of the Bryansk and Tula regions, we carried out the assessment of the effective purification half-periods of the main dose-forming food products (milk and mushrooms) from 137Cs due to its radioactive decay and natural self-purification and the assessment of the periods of half-reduction of the average annual effective internal doses for the population of the Bryansk region divided on the 137Cs soil surface activity actual in the corresponding year (based on whole body measurements data). …”
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Ecological interactions driving spring dynamics of Aurelia aurita medusae (Linnaeus, 1758) in the western and north-western Black Sea by Vesselina Vasileva Mihneva, Elitsa Slaveva Stefanova, Kremena Blagovestova Stefanova

“…Generalised Additive Models identified mesozooplankton biomass and sea surface salinity as key predictors of jellyfish biomass, while depth significantly influenced abundance and size. …”
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The Effect of Electrospinning Parameters on Morphological and Mechanical Properties of PAN-based Nanofibers Membrane by Haneen S. Al-Okaidy, Basma I. Waisi

“…The fabricated ENMs were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to understand the surface morphology and estimate the average fiber sizes. …”
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Synthesis of magnetite-maghemite nanocomposite adsorbents coated with leaf extract for removal of lead ions from water by Asma Siddiqa, Most. Halima Khatun, M.G. Mostafa

“…The XRD analysis showed the nanocomposite's average size was 16 nm. The adsorbent's surface isoelectric point (point of zero charge, pHpzc) was 6.1. …”
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Effect of Perfluoran on the Morphology of a Red Blood Cell in Acute Blood Loss by V. V. Moroz, I. S. Novoderzhkina, E. M. Antoshina, A. V. Afanasyev

“…The preadministration of low-dose perfluoran before blood loss prevents deformational stress, increases the surface of a red blood cell, and stabilizes its membrane. …”
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Link Availability-Aware Routing Metric Design for Maritime Mobile Ad Hoc Network by Shuaiheng Huai, Tianrui Liu, Yi Jiang, Yanpeng Dai, Feng Xue, Qing Hu

“…In this paper, a mobility model for small unmanned surface vessels based on smooth Gaussian semi-Markovian and a trajectory prediction method for large vessels based on a bi-directional long short-term memory network are proposed to better simulate the nodes’ movement in the M-MANET. …”
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Enhancing Authalic Latitude Calculation for the rHEALPix DGGS by Frane Gilic, Mateo Gasparovic

“…Discrete global grid systems (DGGSs) enable georeferencing spatial data directly on the surface of the ellipsoid by linking data to areal cells with unique identifiers. …”
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Assessment of Winter Season Air Quality in the Marmara Region Using GIS and Air Quality Data by Kazım Onur Demirarslan, Halil Akıncı

“…Marmara Region, one of the 7 geographical regions of Turkey, serves as a bridge connecting Europe and Asia. It has a surface area of approximately 67 thousand km2. When considered as a population, it’s determined that there’re approximately 24 million in total. …”
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Gold Nanoparticles at a Liquid Interface: Towards a Soft Nonlinear Metasurface by Delphine Schaming, Anthony Maurice, Frédéric Gumy, Micheál D. Scanlon, Christian Jonin, Hubert H. Girault, Pierre-François Brevet

“…Optical second-harmonic generation (SHG) is achieved using adsorbed gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with an average diameter of 16 nm at the aqueous solution–air interface in reflection. …”
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Impacts of climate and land use/cover changes on the sustainability of irrigation water in West Africa: a systematic review by Gemechu Fufa Arfasa, Ebenezer Owusu-Sekyere, Dzigbodi Adzo Doke, Justice Aygei Ampofo

“…Climate and LULC changes have a great influence on the hydrological processes which include evapotranspiration, infiltration, surface runoff, groundwater flow, and stream discharge regime. …”
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Study of tribological properties and lubrication mechanism of surfactant-coated anthracite sheets used as lubricant additives by Hailong Liu, Yajing Huang, Yaozhu Wang, Xiaomin Zhao, Danqing Chen, Guohua Chen

“…In addition, compared with base oil, the average coefficient of friction, wear scar diameter, and wear volume of modified oil at a mass fraction of 0.03% span80-coated anthracite sheets decreased by 45.39%, 60.13%, and 95.95%, respectively. …”
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