How to Alleviate Rent-Seeking Behaviour in Performance Appraisal of Government-Paid PPP Projects? Tripartite Evolutionary Game Approach by Junna Lv, Tong An, Xi-ya Tan, Qing Zou

“…The design of a reasonable reward and punishment mechanism must meet the following conditions: (1) the sum of the reward and punishment of all parties is greater than the speculative income; (2) the amount of performance fee withheld for the private investor is greater than the difference between the project operating cost saved and the speculation cost. …”
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Factors contributing to anxiety in adolescents surviving thalassemia major in Indonesia by Henny Suzana Mediani, Novitasari Tsamrotul Fuadah

“…It included a population of 122 adolescent survivors, all of whom were included using a total sampling technique. …”
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Trafficking in cancer: from gene deregulation to altered organelles and emerging biophysical properties by Julie Patat, Kristine Schauer, Kristine Schauer, Hugo Lachuer

“…Intracellular trafficking supports all cell functions maintaining the exchange of material between membrane-bound organelles and the plasma membrane during endocytosis, cargo sorting, and exocytosis/secretion. …”
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Experiences and outcomes of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller women in pregnancy: a scoping review protocol by Mary Higgins, Maggie O’Brien, Brendan Dempsey

“…The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) tool will be used.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval was not required for this protocol as all literature within this scoping review are publicly available. …”
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Experimental and analytical investigation of hydraulic conductivity, energy dissipation, and drag forces in gradually varied flow conditions through rockfill media by Jafar Chabokpour

“…The shear forces along the water surface profile varied generally between 0.2 and 1.0 N/m² for all test runs, depending on the flow conditions and the media characteristics. …”
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Radiation Exposure and Shielding Effects on the Lunar Surface by Daniel Matthiä, Thomas Berger

“…The comparison to model and experimental data from literature showed reasonable agreement to measurements but the analysis of various earlier model results revealed, that substantial differences between the models exist, despite all improvements that have been achieved in recent years.…”
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The Traces of “New Character” in Uzbek Short Story Heroes Based on Two Examples of Uzbek Short Stories of the Present Day by Veli Savaş Yelok

“…This is so because the hero in the work of literature is the tool that reflects the inner and outer world of the people of a specific era. All the nice and ugly things in a person’s life -starting from the person’s lifestyle and continuing to the end of his life- are passed onto the hero’s thoughts and actions. …”
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Estimation of Indole-3-Acetic Acid Production from New Molecularly Characterized Rhizobacterial Strains by Mohammed Ayad Harbawi, Najwa Ibrahim Khaleel Al-Barhawee

“… From different fields in Mosul city, we collected sixteen samples of soil surrounding the rhizosphere zone to isolate and characterize rhizobacterial species based on biochemical tests, 16S rRNA gene primer amplification using PCR and nucleotide sequence analysis, and similarity to global isolates in the gene bank. All isolates were bacilliform, with clear differences in their response to Gram staining and biochemical tests. …”
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Evaluation of Anterior Segment’s Structures in Tilted Disc Syndrome by Ercan Ozsoy, Abuzer Gunduz, Ersin Ersan Demirel, Tongabay Cumurcu

“…A complete ophthalmic examination was performed in both groups. All cases were evaluated by Pentacam. The axial length (AL) of eyes was measured by ultrasound. …”
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Development of functionalized biochar composites for enhanced boron adsorption from aqueous solutions by Sanaz Amirshekari, Saeid Shafiei, Mahboobeh Zahedifar, Hossein Shekofteh

“…Hydroxy-enriched biochar composites (BC (carboxylated biochar), BC-PDA (polydopamine loaded biochar), MBC-PDA (polydopamine loaded magnetic biochar), BC-AlOOH (AlOOH loaded biochar), and BC-ZnCl2 (biochar modified by ZnCl2)) were synthesized specifically for boron adsorption to utilize the superior adsorption capacity of biochar. All adsorbents were synthesized using straightforward experimental techniques from date palm cellulosic fibers as promising lignocellulose feedstock and subjected to various characterization methods. …”
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A lump-integral model based freezing and melting of a bath material onto a cylindrical additive of negligible resistance by Singh U.C., Prasad A., Kumar A.

“…Series solutions associated with short times for time variant growth of the frozen layer and rise in interface temperature between the additive and the frozen layer are obtained. For all times, numerical solutions concerning the frozen layer growth with its melting and increase in the interface temperature are also found. …”
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A Design Procedure and Control Method for Improving Efficiency of a Family of Resonant Converters Over Wide Operating Conditions by Jasem Shahsevani, Reza Beiranvand

“…Experimental results clearly show that its efficiency exceeds 96% under all operating conditions.…”
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Varennes-sur-Seine (Seine-et-Marne), la Justice : l’ensemble funéraire aristocratique de La Tène finale et les aménagements gallo-romains by Jean-Marc Séguier

“…The material consists mainly of a large number of amphora remains (over 3,250), almost all of them Dr. 1 Italic, as well as 44 coins, while the ceramics and metal instrumentum are very discreet. …”
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Physicochemical Characterization and Thermodynamic Studies of Nanoemulsion-Based Transdermal Delivery System for Fullerene by Cheng Loong Ngan, Mahiran Basri, Minaketan Tripathy, Roghayeh Abedi Karjiban, Emilia Abdul-Malek

“…Thermodynamic study showed that the enthalpy was positive in all xanthan gum and beeswax concentrations indicating that the formation of nanoemulsions could be endothermic in nature. …”
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HTLV-1 bZIP factor induces T-cell lymphoma and systemic inflammation in vivo. by Yorifumi Satou, Jun-Ichirou Yasunaga, Tiejun Zhao, Mika Yoshida, Paola Miyazato, Ken Takai, Kei Shimizu, Koichi Ohshima, Patrick L Green, Naganari Ohkura, Tomoyuki Yamaguchi, Masahiro Ono, Shimon Sakaguchi, Masao Matsuoka

“…HTLV-1 encodes an antisense transcript, HTLV-1 bZIP factor (HBZ), which is expressed in all ATL cases. In this study, we show that transgenic expression of HBZ in CD4+ T cells induced T-cell lymphomas and systemic inflammation in mice, resembling diseases observed in HTLV-1 infected individuals. …”
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Characteristics of the State Bureau of Investigation’s territorial departments’ powers by R. I. Bohdanov

“…It is argued that in the current context, the State Bureau of Investigation is beginning to play an increasingly important role in ensuring the proper functioning of all other state institutions. It is emphasised that the work of the State Bureau of Investigation directly depends on the quality and effectiveness of the powers of its territorial offices. …”
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Cloud-Integrated Meteorological Parameter Prediction by Leveraging Multivariate Statistical Time Series and GANs by Archana Rout, Biswa Ranjan Senapati, Debahuti Mishra

“…The comparative analysis demonstrates the superior performance of the CVAR model over other models, as measured by the normalized mean square error (nMSE) and normalized root mean square error (nRMSE) for a single parameter (2.12, 0.3) and (1.21, 0.24) for both the cities, in forecasting all the specified meteorological parameters.…”
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Prevalence of Zoonotic Gastrointestinal Helminth Parasite among Dogs in Suryabinayak, Nepal by Punya Ram Sukupayo, Semsal Tamang

“…The samples from pet dogs were collected from the ground immediately after voiding with the help of the owner, whereas stray dogs were caught by using a dog catcher, and the samples were collected directly from the rectum by using a gloved index finger. All collected samples were examined under a microscope using sedimentation and flotation techniques. …”
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Infantile myofibromatosis treated by mandibulectomy and staged reconstruction with submental flap and free fibula flap: a case report by Alexandra Maby, Benoit Guay, François Thuot

“…Our patient showed a very high level of mandibular destruction resistant to all mandibular sparing treatment strategies requiring segmental mandibulectomy and complex reconstruction. …”
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Assessment of the Awareness of Public Health Officers on Food Safety Legislation Governing School Feeding Program and Quality of Maize From School Suppliers in Turkana County by Charles Mannara, Lucy Gicuku Njue, George Ooko Abong’

“…The results indicate that only 8.6% of PHOs in Turkana county were aware of the ministry school meal safety guidelines, while 91.4% were unaware of local food safety laws or specific policies that exist for school food. 94.3% of the PHOs pointed out that they struggle to fulfil their duties due to resource limitations such as lack of funding and technical skills as well as logistical obstacles which were vast distances. Also, all the officers indicated that the county lacked a food safety testing facility. …”
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