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Nature and origin of white efflorescence on bricks, artificial stones, and joint mortars of modern houses evaluated by portable Raman spectroscopy and laboratory analyses
(Elsevier, 2015-02-05)
Bricks and mortar currently constitute one of the most important building materials used in the
construction of most modern facades. The deterioration of these materials is caused primarily by the
impact of numerous ...
Should EFL Teachers Present Vocabulary in Semantically Related Sets?
(2015-01)
[EN] Teaching vocabulary in semantically related sets is common practice among EFL teachers. The present study tests the effectiveness of this method by comparing it to the alternative technique: presenting vocabulary in ...
Crank-Nicholson method for rate equations in powder random lasers
(IOP Publishing, 2015)
In this work, we show the resolution of the rate equations in powder random lasers by using the Crank-Nicholson finite difference method. Light propagation in our powders is described by the model of light diffusion. The ...
Exploring Genetic Factors Involved in Huntington Disease Age of Onset: E2F2 as a New Potential Modifier Gene
(Public Library Science, 2015-07-06)
Age of onset (AO) of Huntington disease (HD) is mainly determined by the length of the CAG repeat expansion (CAGexp) in exon 1 of the HTT gene. Additional genetic variation has been suggested to contribute to AO, although ...
Dietary animal and plant protein intakes and their associations with obesity and cardio-metabolic indicators in European adolescents: the HELENA cross-sectional study
(Biomed Central, 2015-01-21)
Background: Previous studies suggest that dietary protein might play a beneficial role in combating obesity and its related chronic diseases. Total, animal and plant protein intakes and their associations with anthropometry ...
Mechanisms of Toxicity of Ag Nanoparticles in Comparison to Bulk and Ionic Ag on Mussel Hemocytes and Gill Cells
(Public Library Science, 2015-06-10)
Silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) are increasingly used in many products and are expected to end up in the aquatic environment. Mussels have been proposed as marine model species to evaluate NP toxicity in vitro. The objective ...
Prosocial behavior and gender
(Frontiers Research Foundation, 2015-04-14)
This study revisits different experimental data sets that explore social behavior in economic games and uncovers that many treatment effects may be gender-specific. In general, men and women do not differ in "neutral" ...
The Ocean Sampling Day Consortium
(Biomed Central, 2015-06-19)
Ocean Sampling Day was initiated by the EU-funded Micro B3 (Marine Microbial Biodiversity, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology) project to obtain a snapshot of the marine microbial biodiversity and function of the world's oceans. ...
Toward an embodied science of intersubjectivity: widening the scope of social understanding research
(Frontiers Research Foundation, 2015-02-02)
Exploring Game Performance in the National Basketball Association Using Player Tracking Data
(Public Library Science, 2015-07-14)
Recent player tracking technology provides new information about basketball game performance. The aim of this study was to (i) compare the game performances of all-star and non all-star basketball players from the National ...