The Effect of the Russian Subnational Debt on the Socio-economic Development of the Region by O. I. Larina, N. V. Moryzhenkova

“…Outlines the problem caused by the miscalculations of the regional authorities when conducting its own financial policy, and a more global objective reasons, which are a consequence of the current crisis situation in economy of the Russian Federation and the disparity of economic development. …”
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Understanding the Impact of the Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) Gene on Age-related Macular Degeneration: A Comprehensive Study by Saranya Velmurugan, Rashmi Pauline, Gurudeva Chandrashekar, Langeswaran Kulanthaivel, Gowtham Kumar Subbaraj

“…This review article involved conducting an extensive search across various databases, including Google Scholar, PubMed, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, Scopus and EMBASE, to compile relevant case–control studies and literature reviews from online published articles extracted using search terms related to the work. …”
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Epitaxial growth of transition metal nitrides by reactive sputtering by Florian Hörich, Christopher Lüttich, Jona Grümbel, Jürgen Bläsing, Martin Feneberg, Armin Dadgar, Rüdiger Goldhahn, André Strittmatter

“…As we show TiN layers are compatible and particularly suited as highly conducting, metallic-like buffer layer enabling true vertical conduction without elaborate backside processing. …”
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Trends and issues in multicultural business communications in South A'frica by R Hugo-Burrows Hugo-Burrows

“…It is impossible to know all the variations in business communication in a multicultural business society like South Africa, but businesspeople can and should prepare themselves for those experiences they are most likely to face in employee and customer relations when conducting business in more than one culture. This article probes the possibility of diminishing business miscommunication in South Africa, by focussing on awareness of barriers to multicultural marketing and management communication. …”
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A Logical Hierarchical Hidden Semi-Markov Model for Team Intention Recognition by Shi-guang Yue, Peng Jiao, Ya-bing Zha, Quan-jun Yin

“…To model the team intention as well as the world state and observation, we propose a Logical Hierarchical Hidden Semi-Markov Model (LHHSMM), which has advantages of conducting statistical relational learning and can present a complex mission hierarchically. …”
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Emotional Design of Interior Spaces: Exploring Challenges and Opportunities by Liang Rui, Muhammad Firzan

“…Nvivo 12 software was used for conducting a thematic analysis of the collected transcripts within the context of interview strategy. …”
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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

“…A comprehensive search of the following electronic databases from 1980 to 2021 will be conducted: CINAHL, Embase, MEDLINE, Scopus and Web of Science. …”
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Disrupted Dynamic Functional Connectivity of the Visual Network in Episodic Patients with Migraine without Aura by Heng-Le Wei, Tian Tian, Gang-Ping Zhou, Jin-Jin Wang, Xi Guo, Yu-Chen Chen, Yu-Sheng Yu, Xindao Yin, Junrong Li, Hong Zhang

“…Then, significant regions were selected as seeds for conducting dFC between the visual cortex and the whole brain. …”
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Applying Outdoor Environment to Develop Health, Comfort, and Energy Saving in the Office in Hot-Humid Climate by Rong Chen, Wen-Pei Sung, Hung-Chang Chang, Yi-Rou Chi

“…The major research processes in this study are: (1) measuring indoor air quality and thermal comfort to evaluate the comfort of an indoor environment; (2) implementing questionnaire survey analysis to explore people’s environmental self-perceptions and conducting a meta-analysis of the measurement results for air quality and physical aspects; and (3) constructing an indoor monitoring and management system. …”
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War crimes and spirituality: to prosecute or to forgive and reconcile by Goran Šimić

“…Conducting investigations on war crimes has a clear goal of establishing facts on crimes, perpetrators, and victims. …”
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Loading-Rate Dependence of Rocks in Postfailure Region under Triaxial Compression by Yang Tang, Seisuke Okubo, Jiang Xu, Hailong Zhang, Shoujian Peng

“…To study the loading-rate dependence of four types of rocks in the peak and postfailure regions, the alternative strain rate test method is employed in conducting triaxial compressive tests under different confining pressure and moisture conditions. …”
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Driver Takeover Performance Prediction Based on LSTM-BiLSTM-ATTENTION Model by Lijie Chen, Daofei Li, Tao Wang, Jun Chen, Quan Yuan

“…By building a takeover scenario and conducting experiments in the driving simulation experimental platform under the human–machine co-driving environment, the relevant state indicators in the 15 s per second before the takeover request is sent are extracted from three perspectives, namely, driver state, traffic environment, and personal attributes, as model inputs, and the level of takeover performance was labeled; the hybrid LSTM-BiLSTM-ATTENTION algorithm is used to construct a driver takeover performance prediction model and compare it with other five algorithms. …”
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Curbing the trade in pangolin scales in China by revealing the characteristics of the illegal trade network by Fei Xi, Xiaoran Chao, Shibao Wu, Fuhua Zhang

“…Abstract Globally, pangolins are the most heavily trafficked mammals and China is one of the main destinations for their scales and meat. Conducting separate studies on the characteristics of the illegal trade in pangolin meat and in scales in China will provide a basis for devising more targeted protection strategies and actions. …”
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Effect of extraction method on antioxidant activity and phytochemical content of purple okra extract supplements by Ni’maturrohmi Miftahul, Damayanthi Evy, Rimbawan Rimbawan

“…Future research is expected to optimize extraction methods, exploring solvent combinations, conducting in vivo studies on the therapeutic potential of purple okra, and examining its molecular mechanisms.…”
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Model Test Study on Overburden Failure and Fracture Evolution Characteristics of Deep Stope with Variable Length by Xinfeng Wang, Youyu Wei, Heyong Yuan, Yiying Zhang, Qiao Zhang, Wengang Liu

“…The development height of water conducting fracture zone of the reverse knife handle working face with the inclined length changing from large to small is slightly larger, the degree of overburden damage is high, and the fracture development is relatively sufficient.…”
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A moisture differential technique for extraction and maintenance of imported fire ant colonies under laboratory conditions by Farhan Mahmood Shah, Ikhlas A. Khan, Abbas Ali

“…Maintenance of laboratory colonies consisting of all life stages in plastic bottles using this new method mimics the field populations that are required to conduct behavioral bioassays.…”
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Defining the Optimal Level of Pressure Fluctuations at Pressure Control Management Strategy for Reducing Water Losses in Water Networks by Talha İbrahim Arduçoğlu, Furkan Boztaş, Mahmut Fırat

“…Leaks are directly related to pressure, and many public institutions and researchers are conducting management studies on pressure parameters. …”
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The thermoelectric conversion efficiency problem: Insights from the electron gas thermodynamics close to a phase transition by I. Khomchenko, A. Ryzhov, F. Maculewicz, F. Kurth, R. Hühne, A. Golombek, M. Schleberger, C. Goupil, Ph. Lecoeur, A. Böhmer, G. Benenti, G. Schierning, H. Ouerdane

“…The detrimental effects of lattice phonons on performance can be mitigated, but achieving a high thermoelectric power factor remains a major problem because the Seebeck coefficient and electrical conductivity cannot be jointly increased. The conducting electron gas in thermoelectric materials is the actual working fluid that performs the energy conversion, so its properties determine the maximum efficiency that can theoretically be achieved. …”
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Simulating the air quality impact of prescribed fires using graph neural network-based PM2.5 forecasts by Kyleen Liao, Jatan Buch, Kara D. Lamb, Pierre Gentine

“…This framework determines that March is the optimal month for implementing prescribed fires in California and quantifies the potential air quality trade-offs involved in conducting more prescribed fires outside the peak of the fire season.…”
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A Flexible Framework Integrating Digital and Social Competences in Vocational Education Across Diverse Contexts by María José Hernández-Serrano, Joe Cullen, Barbara Jones, Noelia Morales Romo

“…It was piloted in five countries (UK, Sweden, Germany, Italy, and Spain) to provide a flexible, and needs-based competence framework for VET teachers working with vulnerable learners. After conducting a literature review and a needs assessment of VET teachers and learners, a flexible three-domain framework is presented, with pathways and training methods that account for the so-called poly-contextual skills that combine digital and social skills. …”
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