Effect of the epidemiological heterogeneity on the outbreak outcomes by Alina Macacu, Dominique J. Bicout

“…A dilution effect is always observed for all the host populations when their individual $R_{0,i} \lt 1$. …”
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Atraumatic Left Distal Radial Artery Aneurysm by Joseph Maalouly, Dany Aouad, Elias Saidy, Antonios Tawk, Georges Baaklini, Chawki Cortbawi

“…The appropriate management of distal radial aneurysm is almost always surgical.…”
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Experimental Verification of Impact of Sprinkled Area Length on Heat Exchange Coefficient by Petr Kracik, Marek Balas, Martin Lisy, Jiri Pospisil

“…However, experiments (tests) have always been performed under strict laboratory conditions on one to three relatively short tubes and behaviour of the flowing fluid on a real tube bundle has not been taken into account, which is the primary aim of our research. …”
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Asymptomatic Ileal Neuroendocrine “Carcinoid” Tumor Incidentally Diagnosed on Colorectal Cancer Screening Colonoscopy: Does Routine TI Intubation Matter? by Ali Zakaria, Lynna Alnimer, Gregory Byrd, Marc Piper, Michael Raphael, Bradley Warren, Michael Piper

“…Although the ileum is the most common site for GINETs, terminal ileal (TI) intubation is not always completed during routine colonoscopy. With terminal ileum intubation being successful in at least 70% of colonoscopies and the rate of neuroendocrine tumor detection 0.1–1% of those intubations, one critical question remains unanswered: should terminal ileal intubation be considered a part of the definition of a complete colonoscopy? …”
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INCOMPATIBILITY OR CONVERGENCE: HUMAN LIFE AS CAPITAL by N. M. Boichenko, Z. V. Shevchenko

“…The multiplicity of possible cultural conditions that affirm the unconditional value of life indicates that this unconditionality is always relevant rather than absolute. The multiple social identities could be used to add value to the protection of human life, the affirmation of multiple social identities is a means of affirming the unconditional value of human life – it is unconditional in several alternative ways.…”
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Assessment of land cover/land use changes using object-oriented processing of satellite imageries (1985-2015) in the Rozechai Watershed of Urmia by Khadijeh Haji, Abazar Esmali-Ouri, Raoof Mostafazadeh, Habib Nazarnejad

“…Also, because of human activities and natural phenomena, the face of the earth has always undergone a change. Therefore, for optimal management of natural areas, awareness of the ratio of land cover/land use changes is a necessity. …”
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A quantitative model of hierarchical product design by Ferdinand Wöhr, Simon Königs, Max Stanglmeier, Markus Zimmermann

“…It is shown that development time can be reduced significantly by using interval-based requirements if requirements are always broken down immediately.…”
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High-level radioactive waste repository: How Geology combined with societal principles can lead to public acceptance—the German experiment by Schafmeister, Maria-Theresia

“…In any case, generating power from nuclear fission will always produce radiating waste, albeit in small amounts. …”
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Lessons for communication strategies during health emergencies from a COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes and practices study in an informal settlement in Mumbai, India by Supriya Krishnan, Jennifer Spencer, Apurva Tiwari, Sushmita Das, Anagha Waingankar, Sushma Shende, Shanti Pantvaidya, Vanessa D’souza, Armida Fernandez, Anuja Jayaraman

“…However, this awareness did not always result in changes in attitudes and behavior- 66% perceived low or no risk to COVID-19, while 93% did not consider it essential to wear masks in workspaces and 78% did not sanitize their hands before entering workspaces. …”
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Artificial intelligence, media and journalism: Between a good servant and a bad master by Tomić Boban, Bajić Predrag Đ.

“…However, it is crucial to always keep in mind that behind everything is human input, meaning that artificial intelligence is not the creator o f something entirely new but a processor based on available data and information previously stored by humans in online systems, emphasizing the ongoing essential role o f humans in these processes. …”
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Evolutionary Cooperation in Networked Public Goods Game with Dependency Groups by Xuzhen Zhu, Xin Su, Jinming Ma, Hui Tian, RunRan Liu

“…For a moderate enhancement factor, a higher density of interdependency groups can always correspond to a higher cooperative level. However, if the enhancement factor is too high, a high density of interdependency groups can impede the evolutionary cooperation. …”
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A decentralized feedback-based consensus model considering the consistency maintenance and readability of probabilistic linguistic preference relations for large-scale group decisi... by Xian-Yong Zhang, Yi-Yang Zhou, Jian-Lan Zhou

“…Given that the existing consistency adjustment method always destroys the readability of the original PLPR, a definition of complete readability for PLPR, reflected by a reasonable probability distribution of its elements, is proposed. …”
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Adaptive adjustment to the needs of families caring for children and adolescents with physical disabilities in north-eastern Tanzania: a grounded-theory study by Elia Asanterabi Swai, Haleluya Imanueli Moshi, Sia Emmanueli Msuya, Marie Lindkvist, Ann Sörlin, Klas Göran Sahlen

“…Background Family interactions, which are always multi-faceted, are complicated further by family members with disabilities. …”
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Gendered associations of situational and dispositional factors with exclusion from social relations and loneliness in older age by Georgios Pavlidis, Georgios Pavlidis

“…BackgroundStates of exclusion from social relations (ESR) refers to severe social isolation in older age that is not always typified by increased loneliness. Relevant deficiencies in the social network of older persons may be gendered and associated with personality and socioeconomic barriers, with direct implications for older persons’ welfare. …”
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Steganography in Game Actions by Ching-Chun Chang, Isao Echizen

“…The exchange of messages has always carried with it the timeless challenge of secrecy. …”
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«Healthy Personality» of a Modern University Student as a Research Concept by Zh. V. Puzanova, T. I. Larina

“…The issues of physiological and mental health of young people have always remained in the focus of researchers’ attention, however, there are practically no works where the “healthy personality” is considered more broadly, including the features of its functioning in a social context. …”
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Two-Stage Optimization Method for the Bearing Layout of Isolated Structure by Yu Dang, GenXiong Zhao, HongTu Tian, Guobao Li

“…In order to simplify the optimization process, an isolated building is always modeled as a shear-type structure supported on the isolated layer, and the optimal results are the parameters of the isolated layer which could not be used as a practical design of the isolated structure. …”
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Studying indicators of traditional architecture of Shiraz houses in order to provide a suitable model for contemporary housing design in order to use clean energy by tara heidari orojloo, afshin ghorbani param, faramarz hasanpour

“…rchitecture is always influenced by various indicators, the most important of which are climatic and physical-spatial indicators. …”
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General principles of law formed within the international legal system: Foggy or forgotten concept? by Đorđević-Aleksovski Sanja

“…Does the linguistic interpretation of Art. 38 paragraph 1 c) of the Statutes of both the Permanent Court of International Justice and the International Court of Justice (ICJ) support the arguments in favour of the standpoint that this category of principles has always been incorporated in the notion of general principles of law? …”
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Comparison on diagnostic results of clinical, radiological and computed tomography of stifle joint in dogs by Nil Aracı, Mustafa Arıcan

“…However, the taking of the sections, the modernization of the instrument should always affects the visuality.…”
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