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Sci-Hub is a shadow library website that provides free access to millions of research papers, regardless of copyright, [4] by bypassing publishers' paywalls in various ways. [2] [4] [5] [6] Unlike Library Genesis, it does not provide access to books. Sci-Hub was founded in Kazakhstan by Alexandra Elbakyan in 2011, in response to the high cost of research papers behind paywalls (see Serials ...
Alexandra Asanovna Elbakyan ( Russian: Алекса́ндра Аса́новна Элбакя́н, [1] [2] born 6 November 1988) is a Kazakhstani computer programmer ...
Look up sic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Though occasionally misidentified as an abbreviated word, sic is a Latin adverb used in English as an adverb, and, derivatively, as a noun and a verb. [3] The adverb sic, meaning 'intentionally so written', first appeared in English c. 1856. [4] It is derived from the Latin adverb sīc, which ...
The polymorphs of SiC include various amorphous phases observed in thin films and fibers, [3] as well as a large family of similar crystalline structures called polytypes. They are variations of the same chemical compound that are identical in two dimensions and differ in the third. Thus, they can be viewed as layers stacked in a certain sequence.
^ "Cebu Pacific starts Clark Hub on November 8" (Press release). Cebu Air, Inc. 3 September 2008. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2012. Cebu Pacific (CEB), the country's leading airline to the ASEAN, will start operating international flights out of the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) (sic) in Clark, Pampanga starting November 8, 2008.
Nigeria's government is cracking down on illegal mining, making dozens of arrests of unlicensed miners since April for allegedly stealing the country’s lithium, a critical mineral used in ...
Silicon carbide ( SiC ), also known as carborundum ( / ˌkɑːrbəˈrʌndəm / ), is a hard chemical compound containing silicon and carbon. A semiconductor, it occurs in nature as the extremely rare mineral moissanite, but has been mass-produced as a powder and crystal since 1893 for use as an abrasive. Grains of silicon carbide can be bonded together by sintering to form very hard ceramics ...
Standard Industrial Classification. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) was a system for classifying industries by a four-digit code as a method of standardizing industry classification for statistical purposes across agencies. Established in the United States in 1937, it is used by government agencies to classify industry areas.