A Comprehensive Review of Safety Monitoring Technologies for Concrete Face Rockfill Dams Addressing the Challenges of "Three Highs, One Deep, and One Narrow" by XIAO Sheng, YANG Jie, LU Xi, ZHOU Heng, CHENG Lin, MA Chunhui, TONG Fei

“…It identifies critical monitoring areas, main monitoring items, and common monitoring methods, highlighting that deformation and seepage remain the primary monitoring focuses for CFRDs under "three highs, one deep, and one narrow" conditions. Specifically, high dams require attention to deformation and seepage safety; CFRDs in high seismic intensity zones need enhanced strong-motion monitoring; CFRDs in alpine regions should focus on ice pressure, dam body, and panel deformation; CFRDs on deep overburden layers should monitor foundation settlement, cutoff wall deformation, and anti-seepage effectiveness; CFRDs in narrow valleys should emphasize surface and internal deformation, panel deformation, and rockfill stress. …”
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Missionary Activity of Russian Orthodox Church in the Second Half of the XIX - Early XX Centuries (Vyatka province) by E. N. Nemchaninova, M. Yu. Polovnikova

“…The range and content of the problems of missionary activity, according to the authors, were largely determined by the specifics of the national and confessional composition of the population of the region, the nature of its settlement, as well as unique models of church-state relations that developed at the local level.…”
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“Ecologically camping, eating, drinking wine.” Material and knowledge flows in the Minimum Cost Housing Group’s ECOL Operation, 1971-76 by Lee Stickells

“…For approximately fifty years, McGill University’s Minimum Cost Housing Group (MCHG) has undertaken research on the “human settlement problems of the poor.” This paper focuses on the group’s activities from 1970 to1976, and more specifically the “ECOL Operation” initiated by the group’s first director, Colombian architect and UN consultant Alvaro Ortega. …”
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Research on the Longitudinal Deformation of Segments Induced by Pipe-Jacking Tunneling over Existing Shield Tunnels by Li Luo, Qiuyi Zhe, Weihua Liu, Yabiao Fang, Feng Wang

“…The findings reveal that under same geological conditions, the effects arising from the vertical clearance between the pipe jacking and the shield tunnel are significant. Specifically, when the vertical clearance is reduced from 2.4 m (the diameter of the pipe) to 1.4 m, the maximum vertical deformation at the crown experiences a 14.40% increase, while the maximum differential settlement between the pipe rings escalates by 46.66%. …”
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Prediction of potential occurrence of historical objects with defensive function in Slovakia using machine learning approach by Jana Vojteková, Saeid Janizadeh, Matej Vojtek, Anna Tirpáková, Matej Ruttkay, František Petrovič

“…Abstract In this article, we aim at the prediction of possible locations of already defunct historical objects with a defensive function (HODFs) in Slovakia, which have not been found and documented so far, using three machine learning methods. Specifically, we used the support vector machine, k-nearest neighbors, and random forest algorithms, which were trained based on the following five factors influencing the possible occurrence of HODFs: elevation, distance from a river, distance from a settlement, lithological rock type, and type of representative geoecosystems. …”
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THE ROLE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGIES IN DISPENSARY FOLLOW-UP OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION PATIENTS IN TYUMEN REGION, INCLUDED INTO THE CHRONIC NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE REGISTRY by A. Yu. Efanov, L. V. Kremneva, Z. M. Safiullina, O. V. Abaturova, S. V. Shalaev

“…To assess the influence of sex, type of settlement on the dynamics of risk factors (RF) and treatment adherence in arterial hypertension (AH).Material and methods. …”
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Numerical simulation study of the blasting effects in irregular solution-mined cavities of bedded salt caverns by Wuxing LIANG, Rongrong HU, Fan YANG, Jinyang FAN, Deyi JIANG

“…Meanwhile, the vertical stress and roof settlement index is particularly sensitive in predicting the collapse of cavity roofs. …”
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Dynamic Stability Assessment of Stratified Argillaceous Sandstone Anchorages Under Seismic Load and Dry–Wet Cycles by Wei Chen, Shang Luo, Yupeng Gu, Yushuo Zhang, Jingcheng Zheng

“…With the seismic load and dry–wet cycles combined, the anchorage foundation’s horizontal displacement and vertical settlement increased, the horizontal displacement was nearly doubled, and the shear plastic zone was enlarged. …”
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Impossibility of the forced execution on real estate of Public Enterprises and for-profit corporations established by the Republic of Serbia by MItrović Igor

“…Special emphasis is placed on legal regulation in terms of applying these regulations only to certain legal entities, more specifically, those which were not established by the Republic of Serbia. …”
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National and local patriotizm in spatial dimension: case of Podolia, Ukraine by Oleksiy Gnatiuk

“…Indicators for local patriotism assessment are as follows: presence of small motherland, love and proud of the settlement (topophilia), preferable consumption of local products, and support for local sports teams. …”
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Political Order and Nomadic Life in Iran: From the Afsharid Period to the End of the Qajar Dynasty by Shahram Gholami, Siavash Gholipour

“…By the end of the 18th century, nomadic lifestyles had significantly increased, whereas in the final decades of the 19th century—specifically, at the close of the Qajar era—they declined in favor of sedentary living. …”
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An Overview of the Burial Complexes and Human Skeletal Remains from the Markula Hillfort (Ochamchira District, Republic of Abkhazia) by Albert G. Yurkov

“…It is worth noting a factor reflecting the specificity of ancient Abkhaz sites, which finds confirmation in modern ethnography. …”
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Study on the Mechanical Properties and Design Parameters of Floor Slabs Waste Subgrade Filler by Chenglin Shi, Yong Wang, Chunli Wu, Wenzhu Song

“…When performing on-site compaction testing, it is proposed that the upper roadbed adopts the sand replacement method according to the different layers of the FSW subgrade and the settlement discrepancy method should be adopted for other parts. …”
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Local Features of Ballads in Northeast Siberia: Plots of ‘The Mother-in-Law Held Captive by Her Son-in-Law’ and ‘Prince Volkonsky and the Gatekeeper’ by O. I. Charina

“…This article aims to clarify the characteristics of the ballad genre among other works in Northeast Siberia (in Yakutia and a separate settlement in the Magadan region). It examines the local features of ballad song variants recorded from long-time residents of Northeast Yakutia. …”
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The Concept “Improvement” (“βελτίωσις” – “βελτίωμα”) of Byzantine Documents: The Preliminary Survey by Yury Vin

“…The standard, at first glance, formulaic clauses of acts acquired a special meaning when the settlement of private law problems, crossing the conventional boundaries of public administration, covered the sphere of public law. …”
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Examining the Causal and Heterogeneous Influence of Three-Dimensional Urban Forms on CO₂ Emissions in 285 Chinese Cities by Weiting Xiong, Yedong Zhang, Jingang Li

“…Utilizing the built-up area dataset from the Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) project and the carbon emission dataset from the China City Greenhouse Gas Working Group (CCG), we examine a causal and heterogeneous effect of three-dimensional urban forms on CO₂ emissions—specifically urban height, density, and intensity—in 285 Chinese cities. …”
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High-resolution analysis of red deer (Cervus elaphus) management units in a Central European region of high human population density reveals severe effects on genetic diversity and... by Julian Laumeier, Corinna Klein, Hermann Willems, Gerald Reiner

“…With high sampling density and identical methodology, detailed information on AMUs can be obtained and the degree of vulnerability of individual AMUs as part of the overall population can specifically be validated. Such data can help improve future wildlife management.…”
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Application of real-time rendering technology to archaeological heritage virtual reconstruction: the example of Casas del Turuñuelo (Guareña, Badajoz, Spain) by Esther Rodríguez González, Josep R. Casals Ausió, Sebastián Celestino Pérez

“…The excellent architectural preservation of the Casas del Turuñuelo building is an extraordinary example to assess the usefulness of applying video game engines to heritage reconstruction. This settlement is one of the first known examples of this technology being applied to heritage, specifically, to the virtualisation of an archaeological site under excavation. …”
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Consolidation characteristics of compacted clayey soils treated with various biomass ashes by Muhammad Abu-Bakr Jamil, Kimitoshi Hayano, Yoshitoshi Mochizuki, Cong Li

“…These results suggest that adding PKSA or RHA can expand the load range that exhibits elastic settlement and may reduce the consolidation settlement. …”
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The Setting-Up Measure to Support Generational Renewal in Agriculture: The Italian Experience by Francesco Licciardo, Roberto Henke, Francesco Piras, Barbara Zanetti

“…However, despite successive reforms of the European Union Structural Funds, efforts to encourage young people to enter the agricultural sector remain largely focused on agricultural and rural policies, specifically on the First Settlement scheme. This paper highlights the role of the European Union’s rural development policy in supporting and encouraging generational renewal in agriculture. …”
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