A Novel Simplified Physical Model Testing Method for Ground Settlement Induced by Shield Tunnel Excavation by Hanzhang Guo, Guangcheng Zhang, Xiongyao Mao, Jianhang Zan

“…Furthermore, based on the proposed testing method, an orthogonal experiment is designed to investigate the influences of the ground loss ratio, burial depth, and stratum condition on the ground settlement during the construction process. The results indicate that the ground loss ratio caused by the gap during construction excavation has a more significant impact than the tunnel burial depth and ground conditions. …”
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Economic and environmental sustainability dimensions of a fashion supply chain: A quantitative model by Eleonora Bottani, Letizia Tebaldi, Isabella Lazzari, Giorgia Casella

“…Main findings Results show that from the economic perspective supply impacts the most, while from the environmental one the most polluting activity is production. …”
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Diagnosis on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda by Jose Manuel Diaz-Sarachaga, Joana Longo Sarachaga

“…Some recommendations were lastly suggested to enhance the application process of the NUA. Social media summary Most countries worldwide show little interest in the application of the New Urban Agenda. …”
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The ‘why’ and the ‘who’ of choosing a rural Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship: medical graduates’ perspectives from a qualitative study by Marley Binder, Hannah Beks, Lara Fuller, Jessica Beattie

“…To address this knowledge gap, rural LIC graduates' perceptions on participating in the program and the medical students most suited to an LIC were explored. …”
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Explainability in machine learning: a pedagogical perspective by Andreas Bueff, Ioannis Papantonis, Auste Simkute, Vaishak Belle

“…IntroductionMachine learning courses usually focus on getting students prepared to apply various models in real-world settings, but much less attention is given to teaching students the various techniques to explain a model's decision-making process. This gap is particularly concerning given the increasing deployment of AI systems in high-stakes domains where interpretability is crucial for trust, regulatory compliance, and ethical decision-making. …”
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An ensemble time-embedded transformer model for traffic conflict prediction at RRFB pedestrian crossings by Md Jamil Ahsan, Mohamed Abdel-Aty, B M Tazbiul Hassan Anik, Zubayer Islam

“…The comprehensive feature selection process ensures the identification of the most significant predictors. …”
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Métodos de geração de colunas para problemas de atribuição Column generation methods for assignment problems by Edson Luiz França Senne, Luiz Antonio Nogueira Lorena, Silvely Nogueira de Almeida Salomão

“…GAP is one of the most representative combinatorial optimisation problems and can be stated as the problem of optimising the assignment of n jobs to m agents, such that each job is assigned to exactly one agent and the resource capacity of each agent is not violated. …”
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Research on the Implementation Effect of Incentive Policies for Prefabricated Buildings Based on System Dynamics: A Chinese Empirical Study by Chunbing Guo, Weidong Yan, Zhenxu Guo

“…The government has issued many PBIPs (including land policy, plot ratio reward policy, fund policy, financial support policy, preferential tax policy, research and development support policy, and construction process management policy) but the implementation effect of PBIP remains to be clarified, especially regarding the research gap from a dynamic perspective. …”
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Investigating the Effects of Nonsolvent Additive and Spinning Conditions on Morphology and Permeation of PAN Hollow Fiber Membranes by Mohammad Ali Ghadiri, Ahmad Beyranvand, Sheida Morsali

“…Moreover, the effects of water as the nonsolvent additive, chemical composition of the bore solution, dope solution flow rate, air gap, coagulation bath temperature, and tensile ratio (take-up speed) were investigated. …”
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INTEGRATING ECONOMY SYSTEMS OF RUSSIAN REGIONS INTO GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS: FACTORS AND CONDITIONS by Marina Volkova, Yurii Yerygin

“…Integration of the Russian economy into GVC is made on the basis of narrowly diversified export items (most of it is raw materials), the large gap between regions regarding the level of integration into GVC and also the integration of Russian companies into GVC on the stages that form relatively small added value. …”
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A voz do cantor eleva a classe: o Grupo de Acção Cultural Vozes na Luta nos anos da revolução, 1974-1976 by Hugo Castro, Ricardo Andrade, António Branco

“…GAC – Vozes na Luta, founded after the coup of 25 April 1974, was one of the most active artistic collectives in the first years of Portuguese democracy. …”
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RESPONSIBILITY AND OBLIVION: GERMANY’S BIG BUSINESS BETWEEN NAZISM AND THE SOCIAL MARKET ECONOMY by Vladislav B. Belov

“…The article highlights the paradox that, despite documented involvement in Nazi crimes, most companies still avoid institutional acknowledgment of guilt. …”
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Marx As Journalist: Revisiting The Free Speech Debate by Padmaja Shaw

“…Marx was a practicing journalist for most of his adult life. He was editor, columnist and special correspondent at different times and his journalistic work provided significant inputs for his later theoretical work. …”
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The Past and Future of Biomarkers in Testicular Germ Cell Tumors by Aditya Bagrodia, Siamak Daneshmand, Liang Cheng, James Amatruda, Matthew Murray, John Lafin

“…Testicular germ cell tumor (GCT) is the most common malignancy in 18- to 40-year-old men. …”
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Analysis of Taxation of Property in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Lejla Lazović Pita, Amina Močević

“… The purpose of this paper is fill in the literature gap and to analyse taxation of property in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH). …”
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The welfare of farmed Nile tilapia: a review by Wasseem Emam, Wasseem Emam, Wasseem Emam, Helen Lambert, Culum Brown

“…Nile tilapia are, by absolute number of individuals, the most farmed species of fish today, yet we know little about how common husbandry practices impact their welfare. …”
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Assessment of the investment attractiveness of the regional economic sectors on the example of the Kirov region by E. N. Nagovitsyna, D. S. Tusin, E. A. Bratukhina

“…It has been revealed that there is a significant gap between regions in terms of investment activity in the Russian economy, which contradicts the principle of a single economic space of the country. …”
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A Practice-Based Research Approach to Selecting Point of View in a Young Adult Fantasy Fiction Novel by Julia OConnor

“…I experimented with different POVs to explore which option best supported a vision for a novel that invited empathy and imagination through three elements: the ‘narrative self’, the ‘self in the story’, and the ‘gap between the two’. I ultimately found a close third-person POV  to be most appropriate, but the research process highlighted the pressures of multiple other influences such as personal preferences and abilities, genre conventions, and authorial intentions. …”
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Synergistic use of multi-sensor satellite data for mapping crop types and land cover dynamics from 2021 to 2023 in Northeast Thailand by Savittri Ratanopad Suwanlee, Surasak Keawsomsee, Emma Izquierdo-Verdiguier, Álvaro Moreno-Martínez, Sarawut Ninsawat, Jaturong Som-ard

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Bias Mitigation in Primary Health Care Artificial Intelligence Models: Scoping Review by Maxime Sasseville, Steven Ouellet, Caroline Rhéaume, Malek Sahlia, Vincent Couture, Philippe Després, Jean-Sébastien Paquette, David Darmon, Frédéric Bergeron, Marie-Pierre Gagnon

“…However, these models also carry the risk of perpetuating or amplifying existing biases toward diverse groups. We identified a gap in the current understanding of strategies used to assess and mitigate bias in primary health care algorithms related to individuals’ personal or protected attributes. …”
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