Introduction, issue 72

“…Gas was then seen as a fuel whose place in the energy slate would always lag behind oil. Later, gas was increasingly seen as the transitional fuel that would eventually replace oil as the leading energy source. …”

Effect of Water Management under Different Soil Conditions on Cadmium and Arsenic Accumulation in Rice by Xia Li, Ya Zhou, Lihui Luo, Peng Wang, Rui You

“…In conclusion, the effect of water management on rice Cd and inorganic As varied under different soil conditions, with the change in rice Cd and inorganic As in paddy soil developed from gray-brown alluvium being significantly greater than that in paddy soil developed from weathered shale and slate.…”
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Both Age and Disease Duration are Associated with Clinical Phenotype of Hori’s Nevus in Chinese: A Retrospective Analysis of 497 Cases by Zhong Y, Huang L, Yan T, Chen Y, Yang B, Man MQ

“…The rest (176 cases, 35%) showed slate-grey lesions. Involvement in the zygomatic area was observed in 496/497 subjects. …”
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Petrographic and Geochemical Analyses of Kirana Hills Shield Rocks around Sargodha and Economic Potential by Muhammad Waseem Khan, Syed Abbas Sultan, Iftikhar Alam, Muhammad Saqib Izhar

“…Rhyolites predominate over the basalts/dolerites, andesites, and phyllite/ slate. Rhyolitic rocks are light grey, greenish grey and light brown in color, aphanitic in nature. …”
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Introduction to Objectives of the United States Foreign Policy by Chander Busham Nagar, Per Helberg, Fanny Potkin

“…It has already been proved several times that no government is able to formulate its foreign policy on a clean slate, its policy is always conditioned by its past circumstances. …”
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Tres pizarras con dibujos de época visigoda en la provincia de Salamanca by Manuel SANTONJA, Mercedes MORENO ALCALDE

“…</p><p>ABSTRACT: Along with slate slabs with numeric inscriptions and italic lettering of the visigoth period, well know in the region —Salamanca and Avila basically— and long praised in their historic significance, a new group of figurative scenes springs, which, likewise, seems to offer ample possibilities of interpretation.…”
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En torno a los predicativos descriptivos del sujeto y los "estados" "de estadio" como predicados primarios by María Antonia Martínez Linares

“…I argue that the concept of 'slate' is too broad, that we must consider the aspectual diversity of 'states' and the lexical properties of predicates in order to explain constructions with secondary predicates. …”
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Revisiting Utopia: How a Legacy of Idealistic Plans Resonates with Christchurch’s Rebuild by Jacky Bowring

“…Opportunities to create utopias rely largely on a blank slate, a landscape unimpeded by the inconveniences of existing occupation – or even topography. …”
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THE OPTIMIZATION OF THE REACTOR BLOCK OPERATING PARAMETERS OF UNIT WITH A SOLID HEATING AGENT by A. A. Selivanov, O. V. Afanaseva, A. N. Mrakin, G. K. Zhanaev, A. Yu. Kamaev

“…In the article the questions of optimization of technological parameters of mutual functioning of the system of apparatuses of the reactor block of semi-coking of slate with a solid heating agent (UTT) are considered.…”
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İbn Haldun ile John Locke’un Epistemoloji ile ilgili Bazı Görüşlerinin Karşılaştırılması by Hacer Âşık EV

“…For both thinkers, who have rejected the innatism and accepted the mind as a blank slate at first, the source of knowledge is senses and thought. …”
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Addition, alteration, reconstruction. Three models of adaptive re-use by Marco Russo

“…This ‘new’ generation of Chinese architects, who studied in the USA and Europe, disavows the concept of making a clean slate in order to develop solutions based on the rediscovery of local techniques and materials. …”
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Manganese nodules in Jurassic limestone of the Southern Alps in Slovenia

“…The Fe amount attains up to 1,7 %, in some samples, however, Fe exceeds Mn.At Mangart and at Begunjščica, Mn ore beds occur in a thinner horizon in a sequence of slate, radiolarite and crinoidal limestone. Herein, the amount of MnO reaches up to 60 %.…”
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Le choix des matériaux de couverture : l’exemple des édifices religieux normands du xiie au xviiie siècle by Adrien Dubois, Jean-Baptiste Vincent

“…In 1965, Michel de Boüard suggested, in an innovative reflection on the “roofing materials used in Normandy in the Middle Ages”, to view the Dives valley as a sort of natural border to the west of which slate would have been preferred by the wealthiest builders whereas, for geological reasons, the east would have to be long satisfied by tile. …”
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Geological and Geochemical Characteristics and Genesis of the Laoyingqing Zinc Deposit in Northeastern Yunnan by Jinhang Lu, Hongsheng Gong, Peng Wu, Changqing Zhang

“…This deposit occurs in the interlayer fracture zone of the Huangcaoling Formation slate in the Middle Proterozoic Kunyang Group. In this deposit, zinc is significantly enriched compared to lead, and the sulfur isotopic composition of sphalerite shows δ³⁴S_CDT close to negative values. …”
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Analisis Anomali Magnetik dalam Penentuan Struktur Geologi dan Litologi Bawah Permukaan sebagai Manifestasi Panas Bumi Di Panyabungan Selatan Sumatera Utara by Ratni Sirait

“…Based on the results, it is found that the subsurface geological structure in the AA section is an upward fracture with a susceptibility value of -0.9910 cgs is dolomite limestone, 0.6500 cgs susceptibility is andesite, 0.3360 cgs susceptibility is slate and 0.1030 cgs susceptibility is rock flakes. …”
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¿Shashal o no shashal? Esa es la cuestiónEtnoarqueología cerámica en la zona de Huari, Ancash by Isabelle C. Druc

“…Ceramic production in the Huari region, Ancash, is characterized by the use of ground slate, a temper called shashal, mixed to a yellow clay. …”
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Cardiac hydatid disease: An unusual pathology in an st-elevation myocardial infarction patient by Venkata R. S. Subrahmanya Sarma Palaparthi, D Srinivas, P Raghuram, K Gopalakrishna, G Somasekhar, K Purnachandrarao, M Boochibabu, Y Sasidhar, M Prasad

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Lichen planus pigmentosus-inversus following Langer's lines of cleavage: a rare clinical presentation by Wan-Su Peng, Cheng Tan

“…Skin examination revealed multiple discrete and slate-grey macules distributed over the skin cleavage lines of the submammary and inguinal folds. …”
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<i>Nou</i>, <i>toe</i> en <i>dan</i> as temporele leksikale elemente in Afrikaans by T. van der Merwe

“…They also have the temporal function in common to mark the time-relations between different parts of utterances which refer to a sequence of actions, events or slate of affairs. Each has, however, its own unique features. …”
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Technical and Economic Forecast in Selection of Optimum Biomass and Local Fossil Fuel Application Technology for Thermal Electric Energy Generation by I. A. Bokun, S. S. Severina

“…Calculation results give grounds to assert that it is expedient to burn in the boiling layer – 69 % and 31 % of wood pellets and wastes, respectively and 54 % of peat and 46 % of slate stones. A steam and gas unit (SGU) can fully operate on peat. …”
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