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Assessment of Tailings Ponds by a Combination of Electrical (ERT and IP) and Hydrochemical Techniques (Linares, Southern Spain)
Accumulated mine waste in certain locations in the abandoned mining district of Linares-La Carolina (southern Spain) contain high levels of metals. Therefore, in recent years, many of these tailings ponds have...
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Ecotoxicological Biomarkers in Multiple Tissues of the Neotenic Ambystoma spp. for a Non-lethal Monitoring of Contaminant Exposure in Wildlife and Captive Populations
Amphibians are the most threatened vertebrate group with a third of currently known species endangered with extinction, as a result of climate change, habitat loss, disease-introduced exotic species, and pollu...
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Open AccessAchievement of Sustained Net Plasma Heating in a Fusion Experiment with the Optometrist Algorithm
Many fields of basic and applied science require efficiently exploring complex systems with high dimensionality. An example of such a challenge is optimising the performance of plasma fusion experiments. The h...
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Open AccessEffects of hypertonic saline (7.5%) on lactate clearance compared with normal saline (0.9%) after on pump cardiovascular surgery. a randomized controlled trial
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Collective Excitations of an Imbalanced Fermion Gas in a 1D Optical Lattice
The collective excitations that minimize the Helmholtz free energy of a population-imbalanced mixture of a 6Li gas loaded in a quasi one-dimensional optical lattice are obtained. These excitations reveal a rotoni...
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Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) plasma levels at oocyte retrieval and IVF outcomes
The aim of our study was to ascertain the influence of hCG levels at oocyte pick-up on IVF outcomes, and their relationship with clinical parameters.
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Digestive enzyme activity during early larval development of the Cuban gar Atractosteus tristoechus
The ontogenesis of digestive enzymes (proteases, amylases, lipases, and phosphatases) in Cuban gar Atractosteus tristoechus was determined in larvae between 5 and 18 days after hatching (DAH). Variations in speci...
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Topological complexity and the dynamics of coarsening
Coarsening or Ostwald ripening occurs in a vast array of two-phase systems. Coarsening results in a decrease in the interfacial area per unit volume and a concomitant increase in the size scale of the interfac...
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The morphological evolution of dendritic microstructures during coarsening
The coarsening process in systems consisting of spherical particles in a matrix has been studied extensively. In contrast, coarsening in systems that possess both positive and negative curvature, such as those...
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Morphophysiological studies on alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) larval development as a basis for their culture and repopulation of their natural habitats
Natural populations of alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) have declined recentlydue to the effects of commercial and sportfisheries. Aquaculture represents a short-termalternative to restore natural populations...
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Development of an API 5L X-70 grade steel for sour gas resistance pipeline application
An API 5L X-70 grade steel for large diameter pipeline application with sour gas resistance was developed by electric arc furnace processing, furnace ladle treatment, vacuum degassing, ladle treatment, and con...
