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Lubricant effects on bearing life [PDF]

open access: yes
Lubricant considerations for rolling-element bearings have within the last two decades taken on added importance in the design and operation of mechanical systems.
Zaretsky, Erwin V.
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Biodiesel production from olive-pomace oil of steam-treated alperujo [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Recently interest has been revived in the use of plant-derived waste oils as renewable replacements for fossil diesel fuel. Olive–pomace oil (OPO) extracted from alperujo (by-product of processed olives for olive oil extraction), and produced it in ...
Durán-Barrantes, María de la Montaña   +4 more
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Clinical and Histopathological Assessment of the Field of Cancerization in Human Skin Before and After Treatment With a 1927‐nm Thulium Fractional Laser

open access: yesLasers in Surgery and Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Field cancerization is a major concern in photodamaged skin due to its risk of progression to squamous cell carcinoma. The 1927‐nm thulium laser has emerged as a promising therapy, but its isolated effects on this condition remain underexplored.
Livia Maria Oliveira Salviano   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Validation of agent-based models [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The automatic collection of customer transaction data, through either online shops or reward cards, is producing very large databases which contain much information about consumer behaviour.
Challet, Damien, Krause, Andreas
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Countering Social Information: Low Identity Integration Leads to Nonconformity in Consumption Choices

open access: yesPsychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine how the processing of social information for identity‐driven consumption choices is moderated by individual differences in the psychological management of multiple identities. We specifically show that consumers who experience their multiple identities as more incompatible—or low identity integrators—are less likely to conform to ...
Kathrin J. Hanek, Stephen M. Garcia
wiley   +1 more source

Considerations for Initiation and Maintenance of Foslevodopa/Foscarbidopa for Advanced Parkinson's Disease

open access: yesMovement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background As Parkinson's disease (PD) progresses, motor fluctuations become increasingly difficult to manage with oral medications. Foslevodopa/foscarbidopa (LDp/CDp), delivered as a continuous 24‐h/day subcutaneous infusion, offers continuous levodopa delivery and stable plasma levodopa levels that reduce motor fluctuations. LDp/CDp has been
K. Ray Chaudhuri   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sanitary risk in the handling of home‐prepared enteral formulations: A cross‐sectional assessment of microbiological contamination and food safety

open access: yesNutrition in Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Studies show increased use of home enteral nutrition (HEN) owing to its benefits. However, knowledge about the sanitary risks of handling home‐prepared formulas remains limited despite their high contamination rates. This study aimed to assess the sanitary risks in the handling of home‐prepared enteral formulations by analyzing ...
Marcelly Caroline Pires Fernandes   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The importance of wild meat and freshwater fish for children's nutritional intake in the Congo Basin

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild meat and freshwater fish are widely consumed in the Congo Basin, but in some areas, they are at risk of disappearing due to unsustainable hunting and fishing and changes in their habitat. Wild meat is also at risk of being eliminated from local diets due to potential policy changes such as wild meat bans.
Amy Ickowitz   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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open access: yes
Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Julie Eckelbarger
wiley   +1 more source

Conserving wildlife through demand reduction and supply alternatives: Two experiments in restaurants in Kinshasa

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract High aggregate levels of wildlife consumption in cities in Central Africa highlight the need for solutions that balance wildlife protection, local livelihoods and the relational values between people and nature. This study explores the impacts of demand‐ and supply‐side interventions on wild meat consumption through two randomized control ...
Abdoulaye Cisse   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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