Contribution to the knowledge of early geotechnics during the 20th century: Laurits Bjerrum by G. Guillán-Llorente, B. Muñoz-Medina, A. Lara-Galera, R. Galindo-Aires

“…In addition, having lived through the Nazi occupation of Denmark, he was predisposed to be against the misuse of authority and established an open structure for the institute from its inception. …”
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Beyond buzzwords: fostering interdisciplinary and collaborative global health research in Germany and beyond by Maeve Cook-Deegan, Kerem Böge, Walter Bruchhausen, Mizeck Chagunda, Medha Chaturvedi, Meral Esen, Johanna Hanefeld, Beate Kampmann, Carsten Köhler, Charlotte Köhler, Francis Osei, Clarissa Prazeres da Costa, Eva Rehfuess, Thirumalaisamy P. Velavan, Nora Anton, on behalf of the GLOHRA Steering Committee**

“…Objective This article suggests pathways for empowering researchers to operate beyond their disciplinary silos and strengthen partnerships across sectors and countries. The authors identify barriers and enablers of operations from a nascent research network in Germany, trusting that this experience can inform other initiatives seeking to stoke interdisciplinary and collaborative global health research. …”
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Preface by Nikoletta Hendrik

“…Finally, we would like to express our gratitude to the authors and reviewers of the current volume. We believe it takes us a step closer to an adequate understanding of the influence of Stoicism. …”
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Parents’ views and experiences of raising babies born with cleft lip and palate: a qualitative study by Delaram Alinezhad, Farnoosh Mohammadi, Mohammad Javad Kharazifared, Mahdia Gholami, Sarvin Sarmadi, Samaneh Razeghi

“…This study aims to provide a deeper understanding for authorities to better support these parents by exploring the views and experiences of Iranian parents raising babies with cleft lip/palate through qualitative research. …”
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A Proposed Keyword Taxonomy for Operations Management Research by Juan A. Marin-Garcia, Julien Maheut, Pilar I. Vidal-Carreras

“…Design/methodology/approach: A systematic review of encyclopedias and glossaries in the field was conducted, mainly based on Hill (2012, 2019). The three authors employed an iterative process to define and validate the first-level terms, contrasting them with sources such as Gass & Fu (2013), Helms (2006), and the APICS thesaurus. …”
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The Epistemological Status of Charisma in Historical Macrosociology by D. V. Kataev, V. O. Kalinina

“…To define the scientific content of charisma, the authors propose to thematize it in historical macrosociology. …”
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Meta-Analysis of the Therapeutic Effects of Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Rodent Models of Hemorrhagic Stroke by Conglin Wang, Bo Yan, Pan Liao, Fanglian Chen, Ping Lei

“…Standardized mean differences (SMDs) and confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using a random-effects model. Three authors independently screened the articles based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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The impact of vitamin D on breast cancer treatment: Literature review by Fedosenko Mariia

“…Numerous studies have been published on the protective effects of vitamin D on breast cancer and other malignancies, risk of development, and treatment outcomes, in particular, increasing the sensitivity of tumors to systemic therapy, survival, and prognosis. Methods: The authors analyzed and systematized research data on the predictive effect of vitamin D on the prognosis and course of breast cancer, the manifestation of its "non-classical" effects in preclinical and clinical studies, and assessed the possible practical application of the results obtained at the molecular-cellular level. …”
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Gestation complications in women with metabolic syndrome: pathogenesis, diagnosis and prevention (literature review) by L.P. Shelestova, L.F. Ushullu

“…No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.…”
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MONITORING AND ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE DURING SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT by Oleksandr Sharyhin, Vasyl Fedorets, Oksana Klochko

“…This practical tool offers means to track and evaluate student progress throughout the project lifecycle, enabling timely feedback and intervention as needed. The authors provide recommendations for interpreting the results and utilizing the proposed performance metrics. …”
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Common Space as Threshold Space: Urban Commoning in Struggles to Re-appropriate Public Space by Stavros Stavrides

“…Shared spaces, open to newcomers, are spaces defined neither by a prevailing authority that supervises their use, nor by a closed community that controls them by excluding all ‘outsiders’. …”
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TURKEY’S FOREIGN TRADE AS A DRIVER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT by N. R. Masumova

“…Huge investment pipeline project "Turkish stream" is freezed, the work of intergovernmental authorities is stopped, certain agricultural goods originated from Turkey is banned to the territory of the Russian Federation. …”
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Features of regulating property and non-property relations between ex-spouses by Khodak S.

“…It is necessary to increase the level of legal literacy of the population on issues of legal regulation of property and personal non-property relations of former spouses, to promote the formation of a culture of peaceful resolution of conflicts.Recommendations have been developed to improve the work of state authorities and local self-government bodies in providing assistance to ex-spouses in solving their problems. …”
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Verbal and Nonverbal Languages in Online Thesis Examinations: An Illocutionary Act Study by Hastari Mayrita, Yundi Fitrah, Amirul Mukminin, Sunda Ariana, Marzul Hidayat, Fortunasari Fortunasari

“…The research findings showed that, 1) Type of constative illocutionary act namely ascriptive, informative, assertive, responsive, retractive, assertive, confirmative, and disputative; The directive illocutionary acts namely requestees, questions, requirements, prohibitive, permissive, and advisories; Commissive illocutionary acts namely promises; and the illocution acts of acknowledgment. 2) Subsequent findings; Verbal language in constative acts was found verbs to inform, assess, confirm, respond, convey, admit, question, observe, justify, presume with theory, speculate, reject or accept, report, object to, and clarify; directive acts was verbs to instruct, command, direct, require, suggest, encourage, warn, propose, advise, plead/ask, affirm,  authorize, give opportunity, allow, ask and interrogate, and prohibit; commissive acts was verbs to 'make a promise and agree'; and the act of acknowledgment has the verbs to 'greeting', 'introduce oneself', 'thank', 'apologize', and the verb of 'hope'. …”
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Food environments in the Pacific region and efforts to improve them: a scoping review by Sela Ki Folau Fusi, Clara Gómez-Donoso, Kathryn Backholer, Jennifer Browne, Megan Ferguson, Adrian J Cameron

“…Studies were included if they meet the eligibility criteria. Two authors independently reviewed the title and abstract of identified articles. …”
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Katar of Hindustan: the dagger of tiger hunters (composition, structure and properties) by Kamil S. Haydakov, Dr. Dmitry A. Sukhanov

“…The oldest bloomery process is found to be used on three blades from the 16th and 17th centuries, while crucible process is seen on seven blades dated to the 18th and 19th centuries. Moreover, the authors believe that in some cases, in addition to the traditional forging of blades from crucible ingots, Indian smiths could obtain a cast billet directly in the form of a blade by casting low-carbon white iron into sand molds with subsequent refinement by forging. …”
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Causal Link between Ventricular Ectopy and Concussion by J. Patrick Neary, Jyotpal Singh, Jonathan P. Christiansen, Taylor A. Teckchandani, Kirsty L. Potter

“…The patient was then prescribed Amiodarone 200 mg, and his ventricular ectopy and concussion symptoms completely resolved simultaneously within days. To the authors’ knowledge, our study is the first to show a direct link between observable and documented cardiac dysregulation and concussion symptomology. …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF ETHNO-NATIONAL LOBBIES ON THE US FOREIGN POLICY: HISTORY OF THE UKRAINIAN DIASPORA by I. D. Loshkariov, D. A. Parenkov, A. A. Sushentsov

“…Proceeding from the fact that ethnic lobbies in the US are able to overcome the institutional system of checks and balances, the authors try to establish the extent and limits of the influence of the Ukrainian lobby.The given lobby is based on a small-numbered Ukrainian diaspora in the US, which was formed as a result of four waves of migration from the territory of modern Ukraine, due to various reasons. …”
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Alloreactivity of Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells and Other Cellular Therapies: A Concise Review by Kiran Shah, Nirali Shah, Fatameh Ghassemi, Carolyn Ly, Teena George, Carla Lutz, Huseyin Sumer

“…The area has been further strengthened with the approval of Chimeric Antigen Receptor added on T cells (CAR-T) therapies by the regulatory authorities USA’s Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), European Medical Agency (EMA), the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), and in many countries in 2017 to treat hematological cancers. …”
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The use of ethanol as contrast enhancer in synchrotron X-ray phase-contrast imaging leads to heterogeneous myocardial tissue shrinkage: a case report by Gabriel Bernardino, Àngels Calvet-Mirabent, Hector Dejea, Eduard Guasch, Anne Bonnin, Patricia Garcia-Canadilla

“…To overcome this limitation, the use of ethanol as contrast agent has been proposed to enhance image contrast of soft tissues through dehydration. Some authors have shown that ethanol shrinks and hardens the tissue too much, also causing small tissue ruptures due to fast dehydration. …”
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