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Negative / Null Result Report

Why Na Batteries Could Outperform Li Ones

Joël Gaubicher, Philippe Moreau, Marine Cuisinier et al. · 2014 · ECS Meeting Abstracts

Sodium-ion batteries (SIB) are considered as an attractive alternative to lithium-ion batteries (LIB) as they could potentially be much less expensive, safer, and environmentally friendlier[1]. Clearly, one of the major concerns that we…

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Adrenal nodule: does computed tomography outperform chemical shift magnetic resonance imaging in differentiating benign versus malignant?

Noble Charles, Nilkanth Pal, Jeevan Vernekar · 2025 · African Journal of Urology

Abstract Background The radiologist faces the dilemma of characterizing adrenal lesions, especially in oncology patients, as this finding can alter the patient’s management and prognosis. The objectives of this study were (1) to evaluate…

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Invited: Why Na Batteries Could Outperform Li Ones?

Joël Gaubicher, Florent Boucher, Philippe Moreau et al. · 2014 · ECS Meeting Abstracts

Sodium-ion batteries (SIB) are considered as an attractive alternative to lithium-ion batteries (LIB) as they could potentially be much less expensive, safer, and environmentally friendlier[1]. Clearly, one of the major concerns that we…

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What You Find When You Find No One: Finding the Light out of Darkness

LAURA JANISSE, FRANCES DiMARE DAILEY · 2023 · Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference Proceedings

In the past year, our team encountered unexpected friction when recruiting efforts resulted in zero participants for two different user populations on two health projects. For one project, we were searching for women experiencing pain…

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Why is It Possible to Find Meaning in Humankind’s History?

Yury Tomashevich · 2026 · Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences

This paper answers a narrow, quantitative question: Is there meaning in humankind’s history, meaning which can be measured and verified by independent researchers, and why is it possible to find that meaning? A brief critical review of a…

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