See aprimorate on Wiktionary
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"english": "Higher education in accounting sciences in the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul: a case study",
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"text": "The present work aimed to aprimorate sodium metabisulfite’s dosage in influents containing hexavalent chromium in acid medium (pH = 2), defining Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP) control (set point) and most adequate dosage criterium to be used to produce wastewater with concentrations of hexavalent chromium equal to 0.01, 0.1, 0.5 e [sic, meaning \"and\"] 1.5 ppm.",
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"text": "The next steps will be to analyze the uptake of each PS, even if it is by fluorescence spectroscopy or by fluorescence microscopy, to aprimorate the conditions used for each.",
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"text": "In adults, a physically active lifestyle it’s [sic] related to a decrease in the occurrence of several chronic-degenerative diseases such as a reduction in cardiovascular death index and general. A high quantity of physical activity collaborates to aprimorate the lipid and metabolic profile and decrease the predominance of obesity in both children and adolescents.",
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