The Art of Bridge Design by Joris Smits

“…It is by virtue of bridges that communities are able to physically connect to new people and to new places that were previously disconnected. However, bridges are more than mere functional assets. A well-designed bridge reflects mankind’s creativity and ingenuity. …”
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Intraocular correction of presbyopia in cataract surgery by A. Zh. Fursova, A. A. Atamanenko, F. K. Rabota, E. I. Dmitrieva

“…Cataract is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide; its prevalence increases with age, ranging from 3.9 % among 55–64 years old to 92.6 % among those aged 80 years or more. Intraocular lenses (IOLs) are used in cataract surgery to replace the natural human lens and/or correct refractive errors. …”
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Heritage in real life: between appreciation and contempt: why are modern Egyptians continuously losing their heritage? by Medhat Wassef

“…This phenomenon could not be seen clearer than in the case of Egypt: for while the UNESCO initiative is achieving positive results in Europe and the developed world, and while more heritage assets are being added to the world heritage list every year, Egypt is facing a continuous decline in its tangible cultural heritage (Hanna, 2013), as "less appreciated" or "undesired" historical sites are continually being demolished by the government or private owners to make way for other functions (Middle East Eye, 2023) & (Zakaria, 2019), and other heritage sites are looted in search of treasures to be sold on the black market (Hanna, 2013). …”
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Cytokinesis in Suspension: A Distinctive Trait of Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Bhavna Rani, Hong Qian, Staffan Johansson

“…These findings distinguish MSCs from fibroblasts (which require adhesion for division), provide a more general stemness feature, and suggest that adhesion-independent cytokinesis is a trait relevant to the post-transplantation survival and tissue homing. …”
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Analysis of pressure-induced deviation of the cricothyroid membrane among pediatric patients by Shoko Fujioka, Yuko Hobo, Yoshifumi Suga, Koji Takano, Yuri Sano, Erika Hosaka, Ayano Kimura, Yukako Abukawa

“…BackgroundsHypoxemia develops more quickly in children than in adults due to their high oxygen consumption relative to their body weight and small functional residual capacity. …”
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Good Brexit, Bad Brexit: Evaluation Through Metaphoric Conceptualizations in British Media by Nelly Tincheva

“…It registers frequencies of source-domain use in UK online media, and traces preferences as to general source-domain semantics. The findings strongly suggest the presence of negative source-domain preferences. …”
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Association patterns of work-family balance, perceived stress and turnover intentions among female medical workers in China (2022–2023): integration network and pathway analysis by Yin Lin, Jia li

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Dynamic Complexity of Positive and Negative Affect in NSSI – A Daily Diary Study by Michaela Bruckbauer-Schwed, Tim Kaiser, Marc Keglevic, Anton-Rupert Laireiter

“…[Results] Compared to controls, individuals with a history of NSSI showed significantly more positive affect and had significantly higher DC in affect in general. …”
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Gold Punning: studying multistable meaning structures using a systematically collected set of lexical blends by Daniel Kjellander

“…From a linguistic perspective, this means that aspects such as phonology, orthography, and semantics constitute variables holding a potential for functionally employed lexical ambiguity [Renner 2015]. …”
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Measuring Localness in E-Commerce Using the Expenses Localness Indicators Model by Georgia Parastatidou, Vassilios Chatzis

“…The results of the presented examples indicate that a company’s localness increases as it spends more of its expenses on local financial entities and vice versa. …”
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A Critical View on Brevity by Mostafa Sharifi Abnavi, Zahra Rahimi

“…The artistic or rhetorical perspective relates to its impact and aesthetic functions in the text, and the structural perspective refers to the way the concise phrase is organized. …”
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Gastric Polyps and Atrophic Gastritis by I. Yu. Kolesnikova, A. S. Novikova

“…A largely similar aetiopathogenesis of gastric polyps and chronic atrophic gastritis warrants the H. pylori diagnosis and a more detailed patient control for chronic gastritis grading and staging, functional insufficiency of gastric mucosa and the severity of hyperplastic and dysplastic change. …”
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The catching up of the Hungarian economy in the European Union and Hungary’s falling behind among the post socialist member states by Gábor Gulácsi, Ádám Kerényi

“…For decades Hungary, like the other post-socialist Central-Eastern European countries, followed a general policy of establishing and strengthening the institutions of democracy and a market economy. …”
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Evaluating the Quality of Psychotherapy Conversational Agents: Framework Development and Cross-Sectional Study by Kunmi Sobowale, Daniel Kevin Humphrey

“… Abstract BackgroundDespite potential risks, artificial intelligence–based chatbots that simulate psychotherapy are becoming more widely available and frequently used by the general public. …”
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Using Virtual Reality Recreation Therapy to Enhance Social Interaction and Well-Being in Homebound Seniors by Jonathan J. Foo, Keng Hao Chew, Peggy Lim, June Tay, Carol Hok Ka Ma

“…The insights and observations gathered from this pilot study will serve as a foundation for designing a more robust study for deploying the VR recreation therapy programme in senior care.…”
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SEMIOLOGICAL MEANS OF SCIENTIFIC AND PEDAGOGICAL COGNITION by Victoria V. Dobrova

“…The methodological basis of the study is the research techiques of pedagogical semiology and cognitive linguistics: content analysis, system-structural analysis, comparative analysis, method of interpretation, which allows to understand more deeply the functioning of the language of pedagogical science, to form and convey pedagogical meanings, to fix pedagogical phenomena in the language. …”
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Ensuring Cybersecurity in the Context of Digital Economy Development by I. A. Sheremet

“…In that context, it is necessary to address more specifically challenges and threats associated with the digitalization process in the economic sphere.The paper examines key approaches to the definition of the phenomenon of ‘digital economy’ as well as the most promising directions for global information infrastructure development in general and its hardware/software elements in particular. …”
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Modulation of calmodulin lobes by different targets: an allosteric model with hemiconcerted conformational transitions. by Massimo Lai, Denis Brun, Stuart J Edelstein, Nicolas Le Novère

“…In this work, we sought to understand the general principles underlying calmodulin modulation by different target proteins, and to account for simultaneous effects of multiple competing targets, thus enabling a more realistic simulation of calmodulin-dependent pathways. …”
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Assessing changes in frailty status in an elderly population: Analysis of results from the SFGE tool. by Edoardo Carnevale, Michele Bisogno, Edoardo Trebbi, Clara Donnoli, Fausto Ciccacci, Fabio Riccardi, Paola Scarcella, Giuseppe Liotta

“…Improvement is more frequent in pre-frail individuals, while worsening is predominantly found in robust individuals. …”
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Financial Mechanism for the Development of Islamic Business in the Russian Federation by H.A. Youssef

“…Purpose: in modern conditions in Russia there are regions with a large proportion of the Muslim population that implement initiatives for the development of Islamic business, however, the functioning Islamic business model practically does not differ from the traditional model of Russian entrepreneurship, only individual elements and principles, types and forms of entrepreneurial activity based on principles of Sharia, Islamic banking is being promoted more actively. …”
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