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Access to Research initiative begins two year pilot

Students, independent researchers and small businesses can now access many of the world's best academic papers across science, technology, medicine and other disciplines through their local libraries. This is the result of a unique collaboration between librarians and publishers, who have made their journal content available for free to UK libraries under a new initiative, Access to Research.

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Synthesis of some novel benzoxazolinonylcarboxamides as potential  anti-inflammatory agents  

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) represent one of the most extensively utilised classes of pharmaceutical agents worldwide, and have been used in the treatment of pain, nociception, fever and inflammatory diseases, especially arthritis.

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Gizzard mass dynamics of nestling Rooks Corvus frugilegus

In the avian digestive system, the gizzard is of key importance in processing food, but developmental changes of this organ have rarely been studied in nestlings of non-domesticated birds or under natural conditions.

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Evaluation of copper and vanadium concentration in the soft tissue of Tylosurus crocodilus in Bahregan region, Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf is a shallow water body, with an average depth of 35–40 m and an area of about 240 km² which is connected to oceanic waters through the Strait of Hormuz. In recent years, due to various environmental events including the world’s largest oil loss in 1991, ship traffic, oil transportation and other pollution, the region is in crisis.

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Density functional theory study on the mechanism of absorption of CO₂ by the ionic liquid 1‑butyl‑3‑methylimidazolium acetate

The atmospheric concentration of CO₂ has increased unabated primarily due to the CO₂ emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels in large stationary emitters like power plants. The flue gas of power plants contains of the order of 10% CO₂ at near ambient pressure. 

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Eating small: applications and implications for nanotechnology in agriculture and the food industry

Synthesis by direct manipulation of atoms was suggested by Richard Feynman in 1959, although the term "nano-technology" was not coined until 1974 by Norio Taniguchi.

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