Three-Dimensional Simulation of Seismic Structure–Soil–Structure Interaction for Mid-Rise Buildings near Dense Shallow Sloping Soils Under the Impact of 6 February 2023 Kahramanmar... by Hamza Güllü, Ozan Natur

“…Two identical 10-storey moment-resisting buildings, 40 m thick dense clayey sand, and a 5 m high shallow slope were considered as a reference model and simulated using the direct method in the time domain. The seismic performance of the building was studied at a distance equal to the height of the slope from the crest. …”
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Predicting the Cetane Number of Biodiesel using two AI-Models: the Gradient-based ANN and ANN Optimized by Genetic Algorithm by Hadis Tanha, Fatemeh Bashipour

“…The resulting outcomes revealed that the highest R2 and the lowest MSE were related to the GB-ANN model with two hidden layers, trainbfg learning method and logsig-tansig-purelin transfer function. …”
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Estimating the appearance of shock waves in the cavitation bubble during its collapse by A.A. Aganin, D.Yu. Toporkov

“…With these values, the saturated pressure of vapor of both liquids was equal to 10 bar. The initial radius of the bubble was 500 m. …”
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Gender inequity in employment and wage disparities in Tanzania’s mega construction projects by Felician Andrew Kitole

“…Employing descriptive statistics and the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method, the findings reveal a significant wage gap between men and women, with the total wage gap being 23·74%, and women earning nearly 24% less than men on average. …”
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Relationship Between Breast Cancer Fear and Mammography Self-Efficacy among Women over 40 in Babylon, Iraq by Zaid Abdulabbas, Figen Erol Ursavas

“… Aim:  This study aim to determine the relationship between the fear of breast cancer and mammography self-efficacy of women over the age of 40 living in Iraq.  Method: The research was conducted with 386 women recruited in the main primary health care centers of Hilla I and II sectors from June 1, 2022, to September 1, 2022. …”
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ARABIC- THE VISION OF MODERN MUSLIM THINKERS ABOUT THE REFORMULATION OF ISLAMIC LAW by Saifullah Bhutto, Muhammad Ajmal

“…The issues related to non-Muslims like acceptance of their witness, equality of Muslim & non-Muslim citizens in political & social affairs. …”
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Health indicators and human development: developing a new health governance index with the case of Türkiye by Bircan Kara

“…This study aims to construct a health governance index by analyzing the relationship between health indicators and the Human Development Index (HDI) in Türkiye. Method This study utilizes a logarithmic differencing model to analyze quarterly data from Q1 2002 to Q4 2020. …”
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EFFECT OF VARIED PLYOMETRIC TRAINING IN LAND AND AQUATIC MEDIUM ON ANAEROBIC POWER OF ATHLETES by Raju Biswas, Sandip Sankar Ghosh

“…Aqua-plyometric training with weighted vest is a more effective training method than land plyometric training for improving the anaerobic power of the school athletes.…”
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Transformation of gender stereotypes in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic (on the basis of the sociological research) by Angela Aslanovna Bezrukova, Zalina Auesovna Nagorokova

“…To solve research problems, a structural-functional method, comparative analysis, a socio-gender approach with the use of the principles of consistency, historicism, objectivity have been used, allowing to analyze the nature of modifications in women’s business activity. …”
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Tracking replicating HPV genomes in proliferating keratinocytes by Jonathan R. Shin, Ivan Avilov, Mario Schelhaas, Franck Gallardo, Alison A. McBride

“…The exact method by which HPVs partition to daughter cells is not well understood, and the elucidation of such mechanisms may reveal relevant pharmacological targets to combat persistent HPV infection.…”
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Care perspectives: Mothers of children with disabilities in a peri-urban setting in South Africa by Marcia A. Torres, Chioma O. Ohajunwa

“…Conclusion: Mothers of children with disabilities experience isolation and stigmatisation, are often alienated from accessing community structures on an equal basis with others, creating a barrier to caregiving for these mothers. …”
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Multidimensional Particle Separation by Tilted-Angle Standing Surface Acoustic Waves—Physics, Control, and Design by Sebastian Sachs, Jörg König, Christian Cierpka

“…For this active separation method, a tailored acoustic field is used to focus and separate particles on stationary pressure nodes by means of the acoustic radiation force. …”
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Longitudinal Analysis of Honey Bee Colony Health as a Function of Pesticide Exposure by Susan E. Kegley, Rosemarie Radford, Timothy J. Brown, Jeff Anderson, Darren Cox, Steve Ellis, Geoffrey W. Marcy

“…Normalization of each chemical concentration to the maximum observed for that chemical provided an equal weighting for each chemical, even though their relative occurrence in the environment and their effective toxicities might differ. …”
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OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN ISOTOPE VARIATIONS IN A RECENTLY FORMED MASSIVE ICE AT THE MOUTH OF THE AKKANI RIVER, EASTERN CHUKOTKA by Yu. K. Vasil'chuk, Ju. N. Chizhova, A. A. Maslakov, N. A. Budantseva, A. C. Vasil'chuk

“…The ice is full of bubbles. The main method of the research was the analysis of isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen within the stratified ice body, and also relationships between them as well as ratios between the deuterium excess and δ2Н. …”
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The Impact of Agricultural Land Use Patterns on Natural Vegetation, Plant, and Livestock Diversity in the European Union by Zsuzsanna Bacsi, Péter Szálteleki, Gabriella Bánhegyi

“…The preservation of natural heritage is a global concern nowadays, which is equally important for climate resilience and for sustainable resource use. …”
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PRACTICAL ESTIMATION OF BUSINESS PARTNERS RELIABILITY by E. Pavlova

“…That’s why for all the characteristics «a provision» must be included into corporate information system and all the characteristics of the assessed counteragents must be included into information system obligatory. Before applying the method of balanced expert estimations the article suggests the criteria ranking i. e. each criterion must be taken the assessment and given the grade. …”
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Prospering the ASEAN Community: How Micro-Region Becomes a Driving Force Prosperity in Indonesia’s Border Area? by Fitrisia Munir, Yanyan Mohammad Yani, Rendi Prayuda, Artha Yudilla, Dini Tiara Sasmi

“…This research strengthens the existing literature by discovering that the collaboration of sub-state actors between countries in the border region has played a big role in encouraging the border community to advance and compete in the international arena, and ASEAN has become an institution encouraging and guaranteeing equal development for people in the border areas.…”
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Reinterpreting Justice in Al-Farabi’s Political Philosophy: Relevance to Contemporary Islamic Human Rights Thought by Syukri, Adenan, Syahminan

“…Rather than assuming full compatibility, the study interrogates the tension between Al-Farabi’s virtue-based, hierarchical model of justice and contemporary demands for equality, intersectional rights, and democratic participation. …”
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The impact of Anchor, a home visitation programme for maltreated children, on child developmental and behavioural outcomes by Shi Hua Chan, Jean Yin Oh, Li Ming Ong, Wen Hann Chow, Oh Moh Chay, Salam Soliman, Lourdes Mary Daniel, Pratibha Argawal, Charmain Samantha Tan, Jun Lin Sai, Joanne Ferriol Especkerman, Rehena Sultana, Cong Jin Wilson Low, Sita Padmini Yeleswarapu

“…At baseline, 92 (73.6%) children were at risk of developmental delay and 25 (31.7%) children aged equal to or more than 18 months had behavioural concerns. …”
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Impact of Cooking Techniques on the Dietary Fiber Profile in Selected Cruciferous Vegetables by Karolina Nowak, Sascha Rohn, Michał Halagarda

“…It can therefore be concluded that, when considering dietary fiber content, both processes can be equally well chosen as a thermal treatment for cruciferous vegetables.…”
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