Assessing Non-Intrusive Wearable Devices for Tracking Core Body Temperature in Hot Working Conditions by Abdullahi A. Ibrahim, Muhammad Khan, Chukwuma Nnaji, Amanda S. Koh

“…Ten male participants performed dumbbell curling exercises at 33 °C and roughly 50% relative humidity, and data from the pill (the criterion standard) were compared to data from two wearable sensors–Slate Safety and Zephyr. Results showed that Slate Safety [Bias (Precision) = 0.20 (0.35) °C) and Zephyr [Bias (Precision) = −0.03 (0.35) °C] recorded bias and precision within acceptable limits. …”
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Event controls on intermittent streamflow in a temperate climate by N. H. Kaplan, T. Blume, M. Weiler

“…Streamflow responses in the slate geology were controlled by soil moisture in the shallow and deep soil layers, while streamflow in the marl geology was primarily controlled by soil moisture in the upper soil layer. …”
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Rock toppling assessment at Mugling-Narayanghat road section: a case study from Mauri Khola landslide, Nepal by Regmi, Amar Deep, Yoshida, Kohki, Nagata, Hidehisa, Pradhan, Biswajeet

“…The Maure Khola landslide that is highly affected by rock toppling falls in Nourpoul Formation and consists of amphibolite, quartzite, and slate/phyllite. It lies at the upper reach of the Simaltal Thrust. …”

Diabase Intrusion-Induced Changes in Shale Pore Structure in Subei Basin: Insights from Mono- and Multifractal Analysis of N₂ Adsorption by Zuxian Hua, Xiaoping Liu, Biao Sun, Tian Liu, Qidong Liu, Hongliang Duan, Shili Liu, Yue Zheng, Wendi Peng, Wenhui Xie

“…The pores of hornfels and slate are mostly oriented and dissolution is obvious. …”
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The <i>Acacia Senegal</i> complex by J. H. Ross

“…A brief account of the present slate of knowledge of the species in the  Acacia senegal complex is given. …”
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On the microfossils of Corycium enigmaticum by A. Matisto

“…The microfossils occur there in carbon-bearing phyllite and in its inclusions, carbon-bearing slate fragments and carbon sacks, which latter Sederholm regarded as remnants of primitive algae and called Corycium enigmaticum.…”
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SACRED COWS: THE MYTHS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL MILITANTS’ SPEECHES by Fábio Angeoletto, Natália da Silva Martins

“…In this paper, we analyze five myths usually current in the speeches of environmentalists: the blank slate myth, the myth of cities as the antithesis of nature, the myth of environmental education as a panacea to environmental problems, and the myth of fragility of nature. …”
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President's Column - New Year &#8212; New Initiatives for the Virginia Library Association by Connie Gilman

“…With the end of the 2011 conference, I was reminded of the opportunity for a fresh start for the Virginia Library Association with the new slate of officers. But this transition is only the beginning, because the direction of VLA only coalesces into visions and goals at the Executive Board Retreat.…”
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Crystal chemistry and electronic properties of the N=2 Ruddlesden-Popper manganates: Unconventional CMR materials by Battle, P, Blundell, S, Cox, D, Green, M, Millburn, J, Radaelli, P, Rosseinsky, M, Singleton, J, Spring, L, Vente, J

“…The crystallography and electronic properties of the Ln(2-x)Sr(1+x)Mn(2)O(7) manganese oxides adopting the n = 2 Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) structure are discussed, focusing on the structural phase diagrams and electronic properties in the vicinity of the Mn + 3.5 oxidation slate and in particular the ease of synthesis of single phases of these materials.…”

THE COLOR OF LAW : A FORGOTTEN HISTORY OF HOW OUR GOVERNMENT SEGREGATED AMERICA / by Rothstein, Richard, author 645027

“…" Widely heralded as a “masterful” (Washington Post) and “essential” (Slate) history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein’s The Color of Law offers “the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation” (William Julius Wilson). …”

Stability Study of the Roof Plate of the Yuanjue Cave Based on the Equivalent Support Stiffness Method by Yongli Hou, Jiabing Zhang, Bin Li, Yifei Gong, Yingze Xu, Meng Wang, Chun Zhu

“…This paper constructed an analytical method of sized slate stability based on the equivalent support stiffness method. …”
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Selected issues concerning the use of Shredded Rubber Waste (SRW) in binder-bound mixtures by Konrad Walotek, Joanna Bzówka, Adrian Ciołczyk

“…The composite consists of unburnt coal-mining slate, shredded rubber waste (SRW), fly ash and CEM I cement. …”
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The Statistical Modelling Regarding the Future of the Diamonds’s Land by Gabriela OPAIT

“…The diamonds have a lot of usages, such as: for to slice the rock, faiance and slate, for to gloss the rock, at making of the chips and hard disks in the computer’s sector, for to create lens used at the equipment weared when the laser is manoeuvred. …”
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The 2014 Atlanta Film Festival (ATLFF) (2014) by Erin Lee Mock

“…Executive director Chris Escobar is clearly aware of the festival’s potential and each of his decisions seem calculated to raise its profile, but, just as importantly, to make it unique among the world’s ever-growing festival slate. These are worthy goals and an admirable approach.…”
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Democracy Still in Motion: The 2013 Election Results in Cuba by Arnold August

“…Particular attention is paid to the longer-term trajectory of decline in the solidity of the ‘united’ or slate vote. Other aspects of change are noted in a process characterised as Cuban ‘democracy in motion’, rather than as a drift towards the liberal democratic model demanded by the U.S. …”
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Blue Skin, Nail, and Scleral Pigmentation Associated with Minocycline by Jose W. Ricardo, Kalee Shah, Kira Minkis, Shari R. Lipner

“…The discoloration varies from blue, slate-gray, or brown, and it typically occurs in a dose-dependent fashion. …”
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A critical analysis of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s African Oresteia by K. Michaelis

“…His portrait of the birth of “modern” Africa is an attempt to narrate the passage from past to present and to salvage "prehistory" through his dream of the unification of the rational, democratic state and the irrational, primal slate of being. It is, however, a dream punctuated by contradictions and paradoxes, a dream which Pasolini will later abandon. …”
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Challenge and Implementation of Content-Centric Networking by Xinggong Zhang, Tong Niu, Zongming Guo

“…CCN is communication architecture that takes content as a primitive,and retrieves content by name,not by host IP again.It builds on publish/subscribe and network-embedded caching with bandwidth-storage tradeoff.Since it is a clean-slate design,there are many issues to be explored.The concepts,characteristics,network model and recent advances of CCN were introduced.The challenges and some key issues CCN faced were also emphasized.In order to demonstrate the feasibility and implementations,two CCN system samples were also presented.…”
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Spinning in Circles: the Production and Function of Upper Palaeolithic Rondelles by Andy Needham, Andy Langley, Hannah Benton, Sam Biggs, Jessica Cousen, Alice Derry, Molly Hardman, Katharine Macy, Dylan Millar, Elena Murray, Fraser Pock, James Rowsell, Marionna Sandin Catacora, George van Oordt, Daniel Veitch-Scoggins, Aimée Little

“…In this article, we discuss experiments on the making of both bone and slate rondelles and their usage.…”
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Post : an audio CD production by Gao, Rongjun, Khiu, Shaun Weixiong

“…Here, the students start from a blank slate and undertake both creative and production roles This project hopes to highlight the much neglected audio component of WKWSCI's academic curriculum.…”
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