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Recent Improvements at Hosokura Lead Smelter and Refinery
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We present possible observing scenarios for the Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA gravitational-wave detectors over the next decade, with the intention of providing information to the astronomy community...
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Effect of Ferrite Grain Size on Local Elongation in a Low Carbon Steel
Effect of grain size on local elongation in low carbon steel was investigated. Ferrite-cementite (FC) steels with various ferrite grain sizes were prepared by using a low carbon steel and static tensile tests ...
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Economic evaluation of a preemptive treatment strategy for invasive fungal infection in neutropenic patients with hematological diseases
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