An Analysis of the Relationship between Media Consumption and Level of Social Trust among Students of the University of Isfahan by Reza Rahbar Ghazi, Reza Mahmoud Oghli, Zahra Sadeghi Naghdali, Seyad Javad Emamjomehzadeh

“…Today the media is responsible for shaping the minds of people as actors in social spheres. While influencing people's perceptions, the media provide various information, knowledge and attitudes about different topics. …”
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Functionalization of Sodium Magnesium Silicate Hydroxide/Sodium Magnesium Silicate Hydrate Nanostructures Using 2,3-Dihydroxybenzaldehyde as a Novel Nanocomposite for the Efficient... by Asma S. Al-Wasidi, Maram T. Basha, Reem M. Alghanmi, Eida S. Al-Farraj, Ehab A. Abdelrahman

“…In addition, the FE-SEM images revealed that the nanostructures consisted of spheres, cubes, and irregular shapes with an average grain size of 115 nm, and the nanocomposite consisted of spherical conglomerates consisting of needle-like shapes. …”
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Preconditions for volunteers’ participation in social and economic development of communities by O.I. Karyy, Ya.V. Panas

“…The paper identified a number of preconditions (positive experience of volunteerism at the national and local levels; willingness of population of Ukraine to carry on volunteer activity even in the terms of worsening of their material position; positive attitude of the society toward participating of volunteers in making decision in relation to optimization of government authorities’ activities in different spheres; real necessity to take responsibility for the problems solving of own community) that encourage the intensification of the participation of volunteers in supporting social and economic development of local communities. …”
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Drug Repositioning of Metformin Encapsulated in PLGA Combined with Photothermal Therapy Ameliorates Rheumatoid Arthritis by Kim DK, Park JY, Kang YJ, Khang D

“…The present study exploited drug repositioning and nanotechnology to convert metformin, a widely used antidiabetic agent, into an anti-rheumatoid arthritis drug by designing poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA)-based spheres. Moreover, this study also explored the thermal responsiveness of the IL-22 receptor, a key regulator of Th-17, to incorporate photothermal therapy (PTT) into the nanodrug treatment.Materials and Methods: PLGA nanoparticles were synthesized using the solvent evaporation method, and metformin and indocyanine green (ICG) were encapsulated in PLGA in a dropwise manner. …”
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Validation of $$^{99m}$$ 99 m Tc and $$^{177}$$ 177 Lu quantification parameters for a Monte Carlo modelled gamma camera by Giovanni Di Domenico, Simona Di Biaso, Lorenzo Longo, Alessandro Turra, Eugenia Tonini, MariaConcetta Longo, Licia Uccelli, Mirco Bartolomei

“…The geometries used for 2D planar imaging were (1) Petri dish and (2) capillary source while for 3D volumetric imaging were (3) a uniform filled cylinder phantom and (4) a Jaszczack phantom with spheres of different volumes. The experimental results have been compared with the results obtained from Monte Carlo simulations performed in the same geometries. …”
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РОЛЬ ВОЛОНТЕРСТВА У ЗМІЦНЕННІ ГРОМАДЯНСЬКОГО СУСПІЛЬСТВА В УКРАЇНІ (90-ТІ РР. ХХ – ПЕРША ПОЛ. ХХІ СТ.)... by Галина МЕЛЬНИЧУК

“…Thus, the above-mentioned points out the necessity of developing standard provision of volunt- eer services in all spheres of civil society, meeting the requirements of time, while promotion of volunteer movement will contribute to the wider engagement of people in charity activities and become an impetus for social advancement and national development.…”
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La actividad físico-deportiva, una práctica educativa en Mesoamérica The physical and sportive activity, and educational practice in Mesoamérica by Saúl GARCIA BLANCO

“…In the family as well as in the state spheres, parents and teschers show a great interest in the physical formation of the youngster. …”
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The Theory of Lateral Pressure: Highlights of Quantification and Empirical Analysis by Choucri, Nazli

“…The intersection among spheres of influence is the first step in complex dynamics that lead to hostilities, escalation, and eventually conflict and violence. …”
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Diffusional Interactions among Marine Phytoplankton and Bacterioplankton: Modelling H2O2 as a Case Study by Omar, Naaman M., Prášil, Ondřej, McCain, J. Scott P., Campbell, Douglas A.

“…These small diffusional spheres around cells mean that direct cell-to-cell exchange of H₂O₂ is unlikely in oligotrophic habits with widely spaced, small cells; moderate in eutrophic habits with shorter cell-to-cell spacing; but extensive within phytoplankton colonies.…”
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Finite volume simulations of particle-laden viscoelastic fluid flows: application to hydraulic fracture processes by Fernandes, C., Faroughi, S. A., Ribeiro, R., Isabel, A., McKinley, G. H.

“…Two case studies were simulated using this solver, to assess the accuracy and robustness of the newly developed approach for handling particle-laden viscoelastic flow configurations with $$O(10^5-10^6)$$ O ( 10 5 - 10 6 ) rigid spheres that are representative of hydraulic fracture operations. …”
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Energy absorption of reticulated foams filled with shear-thickening silica suspensions by Bettin, Giorgia

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Stability of proteins within biodegradable microspheres by Fu, Karen, 1967-

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Mechanical characterisation and modelling of statistically representative granular materials subjected to impact loading by De Cola, F

“…Two new efficient algorithms for the geometrical packing of spheres, able to concurrently assign total number of particles and radii distributions, are proposed. …”

Attack strategies in birds of prey by Brighton, C

“…Not only does this provide new insights into animal behaviour and evolution, but this research has many applications in engineering, where there is a wide and growing interest in vision-based approaches to guidance and control in both civil and military spheres.</p>…”

Forging foam: Metal thresholds at the 1925 Paris Exhibition by O'Mahony, C

“…The sensorial and political conceptualisation of &#x2018;anthrospheres&#x2019; proposed in the last volume pf Peter Sloterdijk&#x2019;s Spheres trilogy, Foams (2016), offers a framework through which to examine how the sensoriality of metalwork, both during manufacture and use as metal thresholds, forged an interdisciplinary, collectivist pedagogy at the heart of the engaged design practice of Ecole de Nancy. …”

Self-government and self-defence in South Africa: the inter-relations between British and Cape politics, 1846-1854 by Kirk, T

“…But it is also evident in many other spheres of government, and insistently raises the question of that British intentions really were and how far Ministers managed to achieve them. …”

Hypersonic modelling and testing of space debris during planetary entry by Donaldson, N

“…Modern space debris demise codes often utilise an "object-oriented" approach to modelling intricate spacecraft during atmospheric entry, whereby simple geometric shapes such as cuboids, spheres, and cylinders are used to represent electronics, tanks, reaction wheels, etc. …”

From phosphate to refugees: the offshore refugee boom in the Republic of Nauru by Morris, J

“…Instead, activist campaigns reinforce the mainland consumer disinterest that leads to the extension of human trading economies into new consumption spheres. Based on the propensity for governments to outsource industrial operations, I suggest that alternative framings are necessary to combat the ease with which industrial processing modulates to new extraction sites.…”

Classifying spaces of low-dimensional bordism categories by Steinebrunner, J

“…We also explicitly describe an infinite loop space map B(Cob₁^red) → Q(Σ² CP^∞₊) and use it to derive combinatorial formulas for rational cocycles on Cob₁^red representing shifted Miller-Morita-Mumford classes κi ϵ H²ⁱ⁺²(B(Cob₁); Q)</p> <p>The third part concerns the classifying space of the surface category Cob₂ and its subcategory Cob₂^χ≤0 subset of Cob₂ that contains all bordisms without disks or spheres. We show that, after passing to a refinement Cob₂ → Cob₂ , the classifying space of the surface category is BCob₂ &sime; S¹ - proving that a conjecture of Tillmann becomes true in this setting. …”

Bioinspired Cyclic Dipeptide Functionalized Nanofibers for Thermal Sensing and Energy Harvesting by Daniela Santos, Rosa M. F. Baptista, Adelino Handa, Bernardo Almeida, Pedro V. Rodrigues, Ana R. Torres, Ana Machado, Michael Belsley, Etelvina de Matos Gomes

“…The micro/nanofibers contain self-assembled nano-spheres embedded into the polymer matrix, are wide-band gap semiconductors with <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>4.0</mn><mo> </mo><mi>eV</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> band gap energy, and display blue photoluminescence as well as relevant piezoelectric and pyroelectric properties with coefficients as high as <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>57</mn><msup><mrow><mrow><mtext> </mtext><mi>CN</mi></mrow></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo> </mo><mn>35</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mrow><mn>10</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>6</mn></mrow></msup><mo> </mo><msup><mrow><mi>Cm</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup><msup><mi mathvariant="normal">K</mi><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, respectively. …”
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