Which Policy Issues Matter in Canadian Municipalities? A Survey of Municipal Politicians by Jack Lucas, Alison Smith

“…And nearly every politician surveyed listed planning, water supply and transportation infrastructure (roads, highways and bridges) as being of deep importance to their communities. …”
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Facilitating access to primary care for people living in socio-economically vulnerable circumstances in Belgium through community health workers: towards a conceptual model by Caroline Masquillier, Theo Cosaert

“…Through their outreaching method, they play a valuable bridging role between the Belgian healthcare system and people living in socio-economically vulnerable circumstances.…”
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Observations of Drifting Snow Using FlowCapt Sensors in the Southern Altai Mountains, Central Asia by Wei Zhang, Jianqiao He, An’an Chen, Xuejiao Wu, Yongping Shen

“…This study provides a paradigm for establishing a field observation network for drifting snow monitoring in the southern Altai Mountains and bridges the gaps toward elucidating the mechanisms of drifting snow in the Altai Mountains of Central Asia. …”
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Fusion’s Location and Quality within the Fixated Segment Following Transforaminal Interbody Fusion (TLIF) by Ahmad Essa, Munder Shehade, Oded Rabau, Yossi Smorgick, Yigal Mirovsky, Yoram Anekstein

“…The fusion’s quality was determined and classified in each area according to Lee’s criteria, as follows: (1) definitive fusion: definitive bony trabecular bridging across the graft host interface; (2) probable fusion: no definitive bony trabecular crossing but with no gap at the graft host interface; (3) possible arthrosis: no bony trabecular crossing with identifiable gap at the graft host interface; (4) definite pseudarthrosis: no traversing trabecular bone with definitive gap. …”
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Kleist vs. Musschenbroek – a difficult way to truth by Jerzy Sawicki

“…One of the reasons for the poor knowledge of Kleist and his experiment is scant scientific literature on the subject and the ignorance of the source texts written by the Cammin explorer. This gap is bridged by a scientific monograph written by the author of the present article. …”
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Design and usage of NiO/g-C3N4/CNTs/TiO2 based nanocomposites as improved supercapacitor for energy storage devices by Nosheen Farooq, Parashuram Kallem, Muhammad Imran Khan, Ashfaq Mahmood Qureshi, Abdallah Shanableh, Aziz Ur Rehman

“…The GCD curve and EIS results also support the conclusion that the NiO/g-C3N4/CNTs/TiO2 electrode material is an excellent candidate with impressive capacitive performance to be used as an energy storing source or supercapacitor because TiO2 contents are available, improving the charge transfer capability linked with CNTs bridged in g-C3N4 interlayered stacked and porous structure, ensuring ion diffusion pathways for better and improved conductivity.…”
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Cationic Lignin Polymers as Flocculant for Municipal Wastewater by Courtney Moore, Weijue Gao, Pedram Fatehi

“…The comparison of theoretical and experimental dosages required for neutralizing the charges of wastewater demonstrated that charge neutralization was the main flocculation mechanism, although a bridging mechanism was also involved for component removals from wastewater. …”
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Influence of rheology in the filtration of leach slurry generated by alkaline pressure leaching of a limestone ore by Md Serajuddin, Anand Rao K, Sulekha Mukhopadhyay

“…The high molecular weight polyacrylamide based non-ionic synthetic flocculant N 100 and non-ionic biodegradable polysaccharide surfactant guar gum formed flocs through the bridging mechanism and gave best flocculation results, and therefore selected. …”
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Insights from the quantitative calibration of an elasto-plastic model from a Lennard-Jones atomic glass by Fernández Castellanos, David, Roux, Stéphane, Patinet, Sylvain

“…Quantitative multi-scale modeling of mechanical properties of disordered materials is still an open challenge. Bridging scales requires an intense dialogue between physics and mechanics to keep track of the complexity of the mechanisms at play, especially when passing from a discrete atomistic description to a continuous one. …”
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Uncovering the genetic links of diabetic erectile dysfunction and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome by Penghui Yuan, Taotao Sun, Zhengyang Han, Yinwei Chen, Qingjun Meng

“…Module analysis depicted that multicellular organismal process and immune metabolic process were enriched. 17 genes were screened in PPI via topological algorithms, and reactive oxygen species as well as interleukin-1 metabolism were regarded as the bridging interactive mechanism. After screening and validation, a hub-CPRG signature consisting of COL1A1, MAPK6, LPL, NFE2L2 and NQO1 were identified and associated miRNA were verified. …”
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The Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship application webinar series: a novel approach to helping applicants succeed by Michelle J. Bartlett, Ellen Ribar, Yingying Zheng, Sasha Amiri, Nicolle Fernández Dyess, Ashley M. Lucke, Heather French

“…This webinar series provides needed education to fellowship candidates, bridges the gap between candidate knowledge and program director expectations, is generalizable to other specialties, and can be replicated with minimal resources.…”
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A New 1D Ni (II) Coordination Polymer of <i>s</i>-Triazine Type Ligand and Thiocyanate as Linker via Unexpected Hydrolysis of 2,4-<i>Bis</i>(3,5-dimethyl-1<i>H</i>-pyrazol-1-yl)-6-... by Kholood A. Dahlous, Saied M. Soliman, Matti Haukka, Ayman El-Faham, Raghdaa A. Massoud

“…One of the thiocyanate groups acts as a bridging ligand between metal centers, leading to a one-dimensional polymeric structure that extends along the <i>c</i>-direction. …”
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Effect of Hydrophilic Polyurethane on Interfacial Shear Strength of Pisha Sandstone Consolidation under Freeze–Thaw Cycles by Wenbo Ma, Ke Yang, Xuan Zhou, Zhengdong Luo, Yuefei Guo

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Phytochemical fingerprint and biological activity of raw and heat-treated Ornithogalum umbellatum by Aytül Uzun Akgeyik, Emine Yalçın, Kültiğin Çavuşoğlu

“…Similarly, the antimutagenic activity of the extract, which reduced the bridges by 56.1%, decreased to 0.74% after heat treatment and almost lost its antimutagenic activity. …”
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Five Days Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor Treatment Increases Bone Formation and Reduces Gap Size of a Rat Segmental Bone Defect: A Pilot Study by Marietta Herrmann, Stephan Zeiter, Ursula Eberli, Maria Hildebrand, Karin Camenisch, Ursula Menzel, Mauro Alini, Sophie Verrier, Vincent A. Stadelmann

“…Although in this pilot study no bridging of the critical defect was observed, significantly improved bone formation by G-CSF treatment was clearly shown.…”
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The Role of Mealtimes in Fostering Language Development and Aligning Home and School Learning: Protocol for a Multi-Method Study of Preschool Children in Rural Kenya and Zambia by Henriette Zeidler, Claire Farrow, Megan Jarman, Grace Koteng, Barnabas Simatende, Danielle Matthews, Haatembo Mooya, Laura R Shapiro, Pamela Wadende

“…The relationship between parents and teachers is closest in preschool settings, providing a valuable opportunity to build bridges between home and school. In this protocol paper, we outline our planned methods for identifying beneficial home and school behaviors. …”
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From Propaganda to Public Diplomacy: Did Exchange Programs bring down The Cold War? by Labinot Hajdari

“…Through a sophisticated strategy of using common bridges among people as a connection such as science, music, sports, and education exchange programs, considered at that time to be entirely divided from the political sphere, the United States as the leading Western democracy managed to get into the hearts and minds of the Soviet people. …”
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Comparative Study of the Effects of Curcuminoids and Tetrahydrocurcuminoids on Melanogenesis: Role of the Methoxy Groups by Shilpi Goenka

“…Herein, a comparative study of six curcumin derivatives (PC, DC, BDC, THC, THDC, and THBDC) was undertaken to identify their effects on melanogenesis with the goal of elucidating the structure–activity relationships (SARs) focused on assessing the two regions of the parent curcumins’ structure: (i) the hydrogenation of the two double bonds bridging the phenyl rings to the β-diketone moiety, and (ii) the effect of the ortho-methoxy substituent (-OCH₃) on the two phenyl rings. …”
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Failure Prevention in Large-Diameter Water Pipelines Using Reliability-Centered Maintenance by James Geisbush, Samuel T. Ariaratnam

“…Results can include significant property damage, adjacent damage to infrastructure such as roads and bridges resulting in transportation delays or shutdowns, adjacent structural damage to buildings resulting in loss of business, service disruption to a significant number of customers, loss of water, costly emergency repairs, and even loss of life. …”
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Form of Supplemental Selenium Affects the Expression of mRNA Transcripts Encoding Selenoproteins, and Proteins Regulating Cholesterol Uptake, in the Corpus Luteum of Grazing Beef C... by Sarah N. Carr, Benjamin R. Crites, Joy L. Pate, Camilla H. K. Hughes, James C. Matthews, Phillip J. Bridges

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