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Applicability of the Waste Fibres in Cement Paste

Medžiagotyra, 2013
Fibres produced from waste catalyst together with commercially available polypropylene fibres were incorporated into ordinary Portland cement paste. The effects of fibre content as well as a mix of different type of fibres on mechanical and physical ...
Regina KALPOKAITĖ DIČKUVIENĖ, Irena LUKOŠIŪTĖ, Kristina BRINKIENĖ, Arūnas BALTUŠNIKAS, Jūratė ČĖSNIENĖ   +4 more
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MELEGROS: Monolithic Elephant‐Inspired Gripper with Optical Sensors

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
MELEGROS is a monolithic, elephant‐inspired soft gripper integrating 3D‐printed optical sensors within a pneumatically actuated lattice. Simulation‐guided design decouples tactile and proprioceptive sensing. Characterized through grasping tests, MELEGROS can reach, scoop, and grasp, showcasing a paradigm where fully embedded sensing and continuous ...
Petr Trunin, Diana Cafiso, Anderson Brazil Nardin, Trevor Exley, Lucia Beccai   +4 more
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Proverbs with the Word »Bee« in English, Italian, Lithuanian and Slovenian

Annales, Series Historia et Sociologia
The article presents a cross-linguistic contrastive analysis of proverbs featuring the word ‘bee’ in English, Italian, Lithuanian, and Slovenian, aiming to explore common semantic fields, culture-specific features, the proportion of shared proverbs and ...
Melita Lemut Bajec, Judita Giparaitė, Helena Bažec   +2 more
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Effect of Modifying Additives on Mechanical Properties of Refractory Concrete

Medžiagotyra, 2012
This experimental study presents the results of the combined effect of micro fibre and micro silica content on physical and mechanical properties of refractory concrete after exposure to high temperatures.
Regina KALPOKAITE-DICKUVIENE, Kristina BRINKIENE, Algis MAKSTYS, Jurate CESNIENE, Violeta MATULIONIENE   +4 more
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The Use of Sports Apps for Engaging in Physical Activity

Baltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences, 2021
Background. As healthy lifestyle and physical activity become more relevant, sports apps are receiving more attention as one of the most convenient tools for monitoring one’s physical condition.
Silvija Baubonytė, Karolina Deliautaitė, Kristina Mejerytė Narkevičienė, Irena Valantinė   +3 more
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cross-linguistic patterns of metadiscourse: Disciplinary similarities and section-based differences

Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühingu Aastaraamat
This study examines metadiscourse markers across a corpus of Estonian and Lithuanian journal articles in the field of linguistics. We aim to 1) compare the global use of all the metadiscourse markers across the languages and texts, making distinctions ...
Djuddah A. J. Leijen, Helen Hint, Helena Lemendik, Baiba Egle, Anna Ruskan, Christer Johansson   +5 more
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Motor performance is preserved in healthy aged adults following severe whole-body hyperthermia

International Journal of Hyperthermia, 2019
Healthy aging is associated with a progressive decline in motor performance and thermoregulatory efficiency. Functional consequences of severe whole-body hyperthermia on neurophysiological functions in healthy aged men have not been investigated.
Marius Brazaitis, Henrikas Paulauskas, Nerijus Eimantas, Laura Daniuseviciute, Gintautas Volungevicius, Albertas Skurvydas   +5 more
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Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Climate‐Friendly Food Production: The Role of Production Method Information and Social Norms

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether information about production methods and social norms can increase consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) a price premium for food produced using climate‐friendly farming methods. A randomized survey experiment was conducted with 1568 respondents across Denmark, Lithuania, and Spain, who were assigned to one of four ...
Kassa Tarekegn Erekalo, Tove Christensen, Sigrid Denver, Marilena Gemtou, Spyros Fountas, Søren Marcus Pedersen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cytosolic Phosphoenoylpyruvate Carboxykinase Deficiency: Clinical, Biochemical, and Genetic Features of Five Non‐Finnish Patients

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cytosolic phosphoenoylpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK‐C) is an essential, rate‐limiting enzyme in the gluconeogenesis pathway. PEPCK‐C deficiency presents with hypoglycaemia, hyperlactataemia and hepatopathy, and was first reported in association with bi‐allelic PCK1 variants in 2014.
Isaac Bernhardt, Polona Le Quesne Stabej, Claire Hart, Mark De Hora, Sarah Hulley, Mark Anderson, Harry G. Leitch, Hugh Lemonde, Bryony Ryder, James Davison   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source