Barite replacement boxwork in the Frasassi caves (Italy)

The Frasassi caves, located in the Sentino River Gorge in Ancona Province (Marche, Italy), contains boxwork in a small zone in the inner part of the cave system where it is closely associated with subaqueous corrosion produced by sulfuric acid speleogenesis.The boxwork consists of barite that replaces calcite spar-filled veins and limestone porosit

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Kilba equational sentences

Kilba, a Chadic language of Gongola State, Nigeria, has a number of enclitic particles which one can reasonably argue function as copulas in equational sentences.Li and Thompson [1977] have described a widespread phenomenon Toy in language history whereby anaphoric elements become copulas.The copular particles of Kilba present a particularly intere

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Help-seeking by male victims of domestic violence and abuse (DVA): a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis

ObjectivesTo understand help-seeking by male victims of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) and their experiences of support services by systematically identifying qualitative and mixed-method studies and thematically synthesising their findings.DesignSystematic Spreads review and qualitative evidence synthesis.Searches were conducted in 12 databases

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Pulmonary scan in evaluating alveolar-interstitial syndrome in ER

Diffuse comet-tail artifacts at lung ultrasound are due to thickened interlobular septa and extravascular lung water.This condition is typical of the alveolar-interstitial syndrome due to pulmonary edema, diffuse parenchymal lung disease or ARDS.Aim of our study is to assess the potential of bedside lung ultrasound to diagnose the alveolar-intersti

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