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Rheological Properties and Age-Related Changes of the Human Vitreous Humor

open access: yesFrontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2018
The vitreous humor is a fragile, transparent hydrogel situated between the lens and the retina, occupying 80% of the eye's volume. Due to its viscoelastic behavior, the vitreous serves as a mechanical damper for the eye, absorbing impacts, and protecting
Nguyen K. Tram   +3 more
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The activities of the “Torgsin” system in Ukraine in the years of 1931–1935

open access: yesPrzegląd Nauk Historycznych, 2020
The paper studies the activities of the All-Union Association “Torgsin” in Ukraine between 1931 and 1935. It proves that the Soviet state needed to mobilize financial resources for implementing the industrialization programme and, therefore, sought ...
Viktoriia Tanasiuk
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Male Defendants’ Attractiveness and Trustworthiness on Simulated Judicial Decisions in Two Different Swindles

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
The present study aimed to examine the effects of male defendants’ facial appearance (attractiveness and trustworthiness) on judicial decisions in two different swindles.
Qun Yang   +6 more
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Quantifying wedge-tailed shearwater (Ardenna pacifica) fallout after changes in highway lighting on Southeast O'ahu, Hawai'i.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2022
Attraction to artificial light at night (ALAN) poses a threat to many fledgling seabirds leaving their nests for the first time. In Hawai'i, fledgling wedge-tailed shearwaters disoriented by lights may become grounded due to exhaustion or collision ...
Jennifer Urmston   +2 more
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The ”People’s home” is falling down, time to update your view of Sweden

open access: yesSociologisk Forskning, 2017
Swedish society is changing profoundly. The egalitarian, solidaristic ”People’s Home”, which has attracted widespread progressive admiration internationally, is being eroded and dismantled.
Göran Therborn
doaj   +1 more source

Inference on the Nature and the Mass of Earth's Late Veneer from Noble Metals and Gases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Noble metals and gases are very sensitive to the late accretion to the Earth of asteroids and comets. We present mass balance arguments based on these elements that indicate that 0.7E22-2.7E22 kg of extraterrestrial bodies struck the Earth after core ...
Allègre   +81 more
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Defining and conceptualizing outcomes for de-implementation: key distinctions from implementation outcomes

open access: yesImplementation Science Communications, 2020
Background Increasingly, scholars argue that de-implementation is a distinct concept from implementation; factors contributing to stopping a current practice might be distinct from those that encourage adoption of a new one.
Beth Prusaczyk   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adaptation of an exercise intervention for pregnant women to community-based delivery: a study protocol

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2020
Introduction Despite well-established guidelines and benefits to exercise, the majority of pregnant women in the USA fail to meet recommended activity levels.
Aline Andres   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Why does the Jeans Swindle work?

open access: yes, 2013
When measuring the mass profile of any given cosmological structure through internal kinematics, the distant background density is always ignored. This trick is often refereed to as the "Jeans Swindle".
Falco, M.   +3 more
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The origin of planetary impactors in the inner solar system [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
New insights into the history of the inner solar system are derived from the impact cratering record of the Moon, Mars, Venus and Mercury, and from the size distributions of asteroid populations. Old craters from a unique period of heavy bombardment that
Ito, Takashi   +4 more
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