Plea Bargain Law and the Fight Against Corruption in Nigeria: Between Punishment and Protection by Olowu Olagunju Folorunso Folorunso

“…Unlike previous studies, the study argued that plea bargain law has become a shield for corrupt public officials and that the fight against corruption in Nigeria was selective as many alleged officials were exonerated. …”
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A Carrier Class IoT Service Architecture Integrating IMS with SWE by Dongliang Xie, Chao Shang, Jinchao Chen, Yongfang Lai, Chuanxiao Pang

“…Also sensor web enablement (SWE) framework is adopted to shield the heterogeneity of different WSNs. MUSE consists of two key entities—MUSE Enabler and MUSE Gateway. …”
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FE Simulation of Transmission Tower by Boshra Eltaly, Amen Saka, Kamel Kandil

“…They are commonly used to support the phase conductors and shield wires of a transmission line. Also the accurate prediction of tower failure is very important for the reliability and safety of the transmission system. …”
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THE SCALE OF CORPORATE BANKRUPTCIES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC by Katarzyna Boratyńska

“…The research shows that in 2021, in comparison to the previous year, there were 65.8% more bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings, but most of them (82%) werecarried out in the form of simplified restructuring procedures for approval of the arrangement in-troduced as part of the anti-crisis shield. The basis of the study was state public aid spent to support businesses in coping with the negative economic and social consequences triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.…”
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Nobility and domestic conviviality in the paintings of archduchess Maria Christine by Michael Yonan

“…Eighteenth-century transformations to the family concept affected all families, including those of high social status; despite being monarchs, royal families could not shield themselves from larger social changes affecting family definitions in general. …”
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Picturebooks and politics: Israeli children’s picturebooks during the shift from pre-state to statehood by Yael Darr

“…Other cultures try to exempt children from taking any public interest and shield them within the home and family, distant from what is regarded as the aggressive public arena. …”
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Microwave Tomography for Brain Imaging: Feasibility Assessment for Stroke Detection by Serguei Y. Semenov, Douglas R. Corfield

“…The MWT imaging of deep brain tissues presents a significant challenge, as the brain is an object of interest that is located inside a high dielectric contrast shield, comprising the skull and CSF. However, high performance, nonlinear MWT inversion methods produced biologically meaningful images of the brain including images of stroke. …”
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Automatic classification of mobile apps to ensure safe usage for adolescents. by Hanadi Hakami

“…To effectively leverage the fast internet, accurately classifying Mobile Applications (M-APPs) is crucial to shield adolescents from inappropriate content, including violent videos, pornography, hate speech, and cyberbullying. …”
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Parametric Study of High-Efficiency and Low-Emission Gas Burners by Shuhn-Shyurng Hou, Ching-Hung Chou

“…Moreover, the addition of a shield can achieve a great increase in thermal efficiency, about 4-5%, and a decrease in CO emissions for the same burner (swirl flow or radial flow).…”
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Numerical Analysis on Reinforcement Range of a Closed Steel Sleeve against Collapse by Qing-Feng Yin

“…Before the shield machine begins to excavate, the end of the station structure often requires extensive soil reinforcement to ensure construction safety. …”
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Monitoring and Analysis of Ground Settlement Induced by Tunnelling with Slurry Pressure-Balanced Tunnel Boring Machine by Hyunku Park, Ju-Young Oh, Dohyung Kim, Seokbue Chang

“…Detailed ground settlement monitoring was carried out for the initial stage of down-track tunnelling in order to estimate trough width factor and volume losses including face, shield, and tail losses. In addition, using the gap model, prediction of volume loss and ground settlement was carried out with consideration of the ground condition, TBM configurations, and actual operation data. …”
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L’huile de carapa chez les Wayãpi de Trois Sauts by Adèle Thomas, Barthelemy Miso, Pierre-Michel Forget, Marie Fleury

“…Three species have been identified in the Guiana Shield region, including two in French Guiana. On the Haut Oyapock, preliminary floristic inventories have highlighted the existence of a large population of Carapa guianensis Aubl., the seeds of which are used by the Wayãpi to produce oil. …”
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Adopting Cross-Dressing: A Strategy for Coping with Loss for a Bisexual Man by Abidah R. Delu, Budiawan

“…Coping mechanisms refer to psychological strategies employed by the subconscious mind to shield individuals from feelings of anxiety, social repercussions, and unmanageable circumstances in the immediate present. …”
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Christianity and medical science: A historical quest for remedy in time of epidemics by V.U. Iheanacho

“…It does so more specifically through the lens of Catholic religious tradition and practices, in order to highlight a few instances when the Catholic Church partnered with science to shield human beings from nature’s threat of extinction. …”
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Trigona corvina: An Ecological Study Based on Unusual Nest Structure and Pollen Analysis by David W. Roubik, J. Enrique Moreno Patiño

“…We found that the nest of Trigona corvina (Apidae; Meliponini) consists mainly of pollen exines from bee excrement, forming a scutellum shield encasing the colony. A 20-year-old nest (1980–2000) from a lowland Panama forested habitat was sawed in half longitudinally, and a 95 cm transect was systematically sampled each 5 cm. …”
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Untitled by Terrence A. Brooks

“…The only naturally occurring limit to web page modification may be difficult Web page source code. Tools that shield Web readers from the complexity of HTML are being introduced. …”
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Application of Artificial Freezing Method in Deformation Control of Subway Tunnel by Jie Li, Jinke Li, Yuancheng Cai, Dingyi Wu, Chunxia Guo, Wencai Zhao, Kunjie Tang, Yuhang Liu

“…Then, through engineering examples, the reinforcement effect of AFM in the four aspects of subway connecting passage, shield inlet and outlet, interval tunnel, and damage repair is introduced. …”
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Dynamic Characteristics of the Helical Planetary Transmission System considering the Installation Error of Shaft by Hongfei Zhai, Junjian Hou, Zhanpeng Fang, Yanqiu Xiao, Lei Yao, Liangwen Wang

“…The helical planetary transmission system (HPTS) is widely used in wind power, hydropower, and shield machine, which operating conditions are extremely complicated, and the existence of component installation errors will result in response deviations to the theoretical design. …”
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Numerical Analysis of Pipelines Settlement Induced by Tunneling by KunYong Zhang, Jose Luis Chavez Torres, ZhenJun Zang

“…The relationship between each parameter and surface settlement was determined by the grey relational analysis method to analyze each parameter’s sensitivity to the settlement of the pipeline, which can provide a reference for emphasis and methods of shield tunneling support. Finally, a formula of the settlement relationship between the maximum surface settlement and pipelines deformation was proposed for different pipe-soil relative stiffness. …”
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Recurrent pregnancy loss: etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment by Zlatko Kirovakov, Elitsa H. Gyokova, Nadezhda H. Hinkova, Emiliana I. Konova

“…In relation to pathophysiological processes associated with the condition, the findings showed that different etiological factors affect different gestational processes, such as alteration of the structural and nanomechanical abnormalities of the platelets and disruption of the ANXA5 protective shield that prevents adverse pregnancy outcomes. Also, acquired uterine structural defects such as submucosal uterine leiomyomas, endometrial synechiae, and polyps disrupt the implantation and embryonic development processes, which can result in recurrent miscarriages. …”
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