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The fabrication of a Fe-based coated conductor (CC) becomes possible when Fe(Se,Te) is grown as an epitaxial film on a metallic oriented substrate. Thanks to the material’s low structural anisotropy, less stri...
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Open AccessLUNCH—Lung Ultrasound for early detection of silent and apparent aspiratioN in infants and young CHildren with cerebral palsy and other developmental disabilities: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial
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Open AccessMn-induced Fermi-surface reconstruction in the SmFeAsO parent compound
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Photobiomodulation modulates the expression of inflammatory cytokines during the compensatory hypertrophy process in skeletal muscle
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Ultra-wide Band Positioning in Sport: How the Relative Height Between the Transmitting and the Receiving Antenna Affects the System Performance
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Digital Resources Aiding Opportunities for Affiliation and Practical Reasoning Among People with Dementia: A Sco** Review
Persons with dementia face several challenges in daily life and the consequences of the disease can be a threat to live a dignified life. Martha Nussbaum has developed the concept of dignified life for people ...
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Pseudogap Analysis of Normal State Transport Behavior of 11 and 1111 Fe-Based Superconductors
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Intrinsic Ferromagnetic Impurity Phases in SmFeAsO1−x F x Detected by μSR
We report μSR measurements on SmFeAsO1−x F x which helped us to identify the signature of diluted ferromagnetic inclusions, ubiquitous in the iron pnicti...
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A family of proton conducting membranes based on cross-linked poly(vinyl alcohol), PVA, has been synthesized and characterized. The influence of surface-functionalized silica particles on the membrane properti...
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The effect of low temperature cold-crystallization on quenched poly(p-phenylene sulfide) (PPS) amorphous phase behaviour was systematically investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and dynamic...
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We report extended X-ray absorption fine structure measurements at the Mn K edge on La0.25Ca0.75Mn0.92Cr0.08O3 samples. Macroscopically, the Mn substitution induces a short-range charge-ordered state in spite of ...
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Unconventional synthesis of Mg x C y Ni3: Synergic combination of mechanical alloying, SHS and isothermal heating
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The synthesis of BaSn(OH)6 acicular crystals by precipitation at 100 °C from aqueous solutions and their transformation in the perovskitelike compound BaSnO3 was investigated. Single acicular crystals 100–200 μm ...
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Critical care medicine in South America
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The reaction between Fe2O3 (hematite) and Sb2O3 leading to the formation of the rutile-type compound FeSbO4 was analysed by means of DTA and TG, performed under various O2 partial pressures up to 1673 K. The reac...
