Identification of Factors Affecting Project Financing Risk by Gholamreza Sharafi, Kiamars Fathi Hafashjani, Faegh Ahmadi

“…Results Financing methods, social risk, contractor risk, construction risk, political risk, design risk, legal risk, financial risk, management risk, customer risk, and sub-contracts are the categories governing the current research. Each item is composed of one or several concepts that represent “features,” “conditions,” and the current or desirable “situation” of the item in the country. …”
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WARFARIN AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN THE ERA OF NEW ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS. ISSUES OF MONITORING THE EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY OF TREATMENT by S. Yu. Martsevich, Y. V. Lukina

“…The use of OAC in AF has an extensive evidence base, which confirms a significant decrease in the number of strokes and total mortality in the context of anticoagulation therapy (ACT) in AF. …”
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A high-duty-cycle transmitter unit for steady-state surface NMR instruments by N. B. Gaikwad, L. Liu, M. P. Griffiths, D. Grombacher, J. J. Larsen

“…Here we demonstrate a novel steady-state surface NMR transmitter with a maximum 93 A peak current. The stability of the transmitter is evaluated on 10 min pulse trains with a duty cycle of 10 %, containing pulses of either 5, 10, 20, or 40 ms duration and low or high current. …”
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ACCELERATED ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION OF PHANTOM «ROZI» BY OS-SART METHOD USING ORDERED SUBSET PROJECTIONS by S. A. Zolotarev, M. M. Mieteeg, A. N. Al-Nadfa

“…One of the popular approaches used to increase the rate of convergence of these algorithms is to perform a correction of the current approximation of the reconstructed object on subsets of the projection data. …”
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The criminal legal aid in China by L. Changhai, V. Sonin

“…Legal assistance in criminal cases is an integral part of the institute of legal aid in China and plays an invalu-able role in ensuring due process, maintaining the balance between prosecution and de-fense, as well as in guaranteeing human rights. This study contains a general description of the current state of criminal legal aid in China, highlights inherent problems of this institu-tion and describes prospects of its development. …”
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IRON CHELATION THERAPY IN THALASSEMIA SYNDROMES by Paolo Cianciulli

“…As there are no physiological mechanisms to excrete the iron contained in transfused red cells (1 unit of blood contains approximately 200 mg of iron) the excess of iron is stored in various organs. …”
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Insights into potential value and sustainable utilisation of pumpkin peel: A review by Guoqiang Zhang, Litai Liu

“…This review highlights the potential value of PL and provides an overview of current utilisation strategies and advances. Overall, this review could provide useful information to promote a complete valorisation of PL and contribute to a more sustainable food system.…”
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Mechanical Response and Structure Optimization of Nanomodified Asphalt Pavement by Wenjun Gu, Yao Tian, Xuanyu Zhang

“…The mechanical response contains the horizontal tensile stress and the vertical compressive stress of SiO2 modified asphalt pavement. …”
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Education and education with values in the face of contemporary challenges by Beata Rola, Jarosław Rola

“…The current reality, with its multidimensionality and challenges related to the increasingly experienced diversity, affects the sense of stability and security among children and adolescents. …”
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Novel probiotic camel milk yoghurt supplemented with inulin: antibacterial, antioxidant and antidiabetic effects by Imen Mahmoudi, Olfa Ben Moussa, Mouna Boulares, Moncef Chouaibi, Mnasser Hassouna

“…In the current study, camel milk was used for developing a new probiotic camel milk yoghurt with commercial prebiotic (inulin). …”
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How real is the long-lasting effect of tumor necrosis factor α inhibitors? Focus on immunogenicity by D.E. Karateev

“…ETN can inhibit both TNFα and lymphotoxin α. ETN contains only the pro- tein identical to human protein. …”
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A Method to Predict Rock Fracture with Infrared Thermography Based on Heat Diffusion Analysis by Nai-Fu Deng, Lan Qiao, Qing-wen Li, Jia-Wang Hao, Shan Wu

“…Our method evenly selects 25 small regions on the observed rock surface and uses the data obtained from these regions to derive the global temperature field which contains no uncertainty. By comparing our method with the real temperature field, the deduced diffusion model proposed in this paper can relatively reflect the real crack initiation under increasing loading. …”
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Seasonal forecasting of Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel, 1912 (Diptera: Tephritidae) in bioclimatic zones of Sri Lanka using the SARIMA model by W. M. C. D. Wijekoon, G. A. S. M. Ganehiarachchi, H. C. E. Wegiriya, S. P. Vidanage

“…In 2025, the highest predicted B. dorsalis density from the arid zone and the lowest predicted density from the wet zone were recorded. This study contains the first forecasting attempt for B. dorsalis density using the SARIMA approach as well as the application of colour-intensity depiction for its density variation in Sri Lanka, which leads decision makers and stakeholders in economic agriculture to plan the scientific management of B. dorsalis to avoid its current and potential future threat to the country’s fruit industry.…”
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THE DIAGNOSIS TECHNIQUE OF ABNORMAL HEATING OF POWER CAPACITORS by D. I. Zalizny

“…The hardware consists of a microprocessor-based instrument developed by the author, of measuring transformers of current and of temperature sensors. This equipment must be connected to the condenser unit with a rated voltage of 380 V. …”
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Effect of Sheet Resistance and Morphology of ITO Thin Films on Polymer Solar Cell Characteristics by Ram Narayan Chauhan, C. Singh, R. S. Anand, Jitendra Kumar

“…ITO thin films are deposited on glass by RF sputtering at substrate temperature of 70∘C and compare their phase, morphology, optical, and electrical properties with commercial ITO. The films contain smaller nanocrystallites in (222) preferred orientation and exhibit comparable optical transmittance (~95%) in the wavelength range of 550–650 nm, but high sheet resistance of ~103 Ω/□ (the value being ~36 Ω/□ for commercial ITO).The polymer solar cells with PEDOT: PSS and P3HT: PCBM layers realized on RF sputtered vis-a-vis commercial ITO thin films are shown to display a marginal difference in power conversion efficiency, low fill factor, and low open-circuit voltage but increased short-circuit current density. …”
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Monitoring ground temperature and deformation of the cast-in-place footings in permafrost regions on the Qinghai‒Tibet Plateau by Chao-Wei Wang, Yan-Hui You, Bin Yao, Bin Liu, Pei-Heng Guo, Lei Guo, Xin-Bin Wang, Qi-Hao Yu

“…The long-term stability of the cast-in-place footings in permafrost regions has received much attention due to its climate sensitivity. The current research lacks long-term data validation, especially in the context of climate change. …”
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Thrombospondin-I is a critical modulator in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). by Jessica Min-DeBartolo, Franklin Schlerman, Sandeep Akare, Ju Wang, James McMahon, Yutian Zhan, Jameel Syed, Wen He, Baohong Zhang, Robert V Martinez

“…Activation of PPARα pathway was supported by observed decrease in serum lipid levels. Our findings provide important insights into the role of TSP-1 in context of NAFLD/NASH and TSP-1 may be a target of interest to develop anti-fibrotic therapeutics for NAFLD/NASH.…”
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Playing towards Motivation: Gamification and University Students in Physical Activity! by Victor Javier Sotos-Martinez, Salvador Baena-Morales, Manuel Sanchez-De Miguel, Alberto Ferriz-Valero

“…There is currently concern about the decrease in physical activity participation among university students. …”
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Impact of Sustainable Environmental Expenditures Policy on Air Pollution Reduction, During European Integration Framework by Ionel Bostan, Mihaela Onofrei, Elena-Doina Dascălu, Bogdan Fîrtescu, Carmen Toderascu

“…Pursuant to the growth of society, against the boosting of scientific and technological progress, also arises the negative effect of pollution acceleration. In this context, we relate to risks that imply the growth of pollution, especially against nuisance air pollution increase (CO, SO2, NO etc.) with major implications on the growth of greenhouse effect, the melting of the ice fields, respectively the pollution of the soil with nitrates from fertilizers intensively used in agriculture. …”
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Phenotypic and functional changes of NK cells in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia treated with hypomethylating drugs by D. I. Zhigarev, M. V. Khoreva, L. V. Gankovskaya

“…Meanwhile, the origin of this change and its role are important in the context of the disease pathogenesis. Ultimately, a simple description of an increase or decrease in a single receptor expression is not illustrative, since it can lead to uncertain consequences. …”
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