Regional inequality and well-being of households in Kazakhstan: district- level analysis by A. Kudebayeva, A. Sätre

“…The methodology consists of the evaluation generalized entropy indexes on rural/urban, regions and districts level. …”
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Estimation of Rock Burst Grades Using Rock Mass Strength by Yalei Wang, Jinming Xu, Junshuai Xu, Chuanjiang Zhong

“…In this work, the actual rock bursts occurred in a railway tunnel project in Western China, and the σcm (rock mass strength) was calculated by the generalized Hoek–Brown criterion. According to the actual situation of rock bursts, a modified rock burst estimation criterion using the ratio of σcm to σmax (maximum geostress) was proposed. …”
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The Impact of the Internet on Relational Goods: Empirical Evidence from European Countries by Keziban Altun Erdoğdu

“…Relational goods that make people feel satisfied and content are generally produced/consumed in positive family and friendship connections. …”
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Investigation of Hydrogeochemical Characteristics and Quality of the Water Resources in Şiran (Gümüşhane) District Center, Turkey by Ümmühan Semiz, Mehmet Ali Gücer, Selçuk Alemdağ

“…The water resources in the study area are generally classified as Ca-Mg-HCO3 type carbonated (Ca+Mg>Na+K), and generally their weak acids are more than strong acids (HCO3>SO4+Cl). …”
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Comparative testing of vaccines based on viruses of genetic lineages G1 and Y280 for their potency against low pathogenic avian influenza H9N2 by S. V. Frolov, L. O. Scherbakova, N. V. Moroz, V. N. Irza, V. Yu. Kulakov

“…While low pathogenicity of the agent does not allow demonstrating the vaccine protective properties by the direct methods generally used for potency assessment (e.g. morbidity and mortality), the indirect methods were used: determination of antigenic relatedness of the strains, level of the postvaccinal homologous and heterologous humoral immunity, analysis of the virus genome synthesis inhibition (reduction) in vaccinated birds following their challenge. …”
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Strength Characteristics and Failure Mechanism of Granite with Cross Cracks at Different Angles Based on DIC Method by Xu Wu, Liyuan Zhang, Jinglai Sun, Qifeng Guo, Jiliang Pan, Jun Gao

“…The engineering rock mass is generally composed of the rock matrix and structural plane and is an anisotropic inhomogeneous geological body. …”
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FIRMS’ FINANCIAL AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATION WITH EARNING MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: A META-ANALYSIS APPROACH by Fatima Abdul Hamid, Chaabane Oussama Houssem Eddine, Abdullah Mohamed Ayedh, Abdelghani Echchabi

“…The analysis permits this research to accumulate and assimilate the results of previous literature, and their generalization to a wider range of settings. The results showed that all corporate governance and financial characteristics variables have a significant association with earnings management practices.  …”
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Rapid Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections Using Technologies Based on Nucleic Acid Detection by François J Picard, Michel G Bergeron

“…Bacterial identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing methods used in clinical microbiology laboratories generally require at least two days. This long delay often forces physicians to treat patients presumptively with broad-spectrum antibiotics. …”
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Neutrosophic Clustering Algorithm Based on Sparse Regular Term Constraint by Dan Zhang, Yingcang Ma, Hu Zhao, Xiaofei Yang

“…Neutrosophic clustering is the generalization of fuzzy clustering and has been applied to many fields. …”
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Savoirs experts vs savoirs territoriaux by Tarik Dahou, Francesca Marin, Hicham Masski, Mohamed Naji

“…The marine protected areas’ (MPAs) management is generally supposed to be based on the sharing of local and scientific knowledge. …”
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On the System of Diophantine Equations x2-6y2=-5 and x=az2-b by Silan Zhang, Jianhua Chen, Hao Hu

“…In this paper, we extend this result and put forward a generalized method which can completely solve the family of systems of Diophantine equations x2-6y2=-5 and x=az2-b for each pair of integral parameters a,b. …”
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CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PECULIARITIES FOR HIGHLY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL TRAINING by Evgeniya I. Muratova, Stanislav I. Dvoretsky, Alexander Yu. Ivanov

“…The authors suggest a generalized algorithm for postgraduate curriculum development within competency format and give recommendations on how to form the list of professional competencies. …”
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Writing research differently by Margaret Malone, Jourdan Davis, Stephen Muecke, Karen Schwartz, Chantal Trudel, Liz Weaver

“…Together, they demonstrate that coherence and cohesion – clarity – come in more shapes and forms than generally admitted, and can be welcoming frameworks for the rarely admitted: hope, sustenance, complexity, conflict and change. …”
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Characteristics of a calcite "limestone"-marble from Macedonia, used as flux material by Hristova E., Jancev S.

“…It was concluded as follows: - calcite (CaCO3) is a major mineral component (cca 80-90 %) prevailing in the marble over the other minerals - dolomite is generally of minor importance (cca 10-20 %) in the rock - quartz, micas graphite, pyrite represent typical accessories. …”
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Algae in the aerophytic habitat of Račiške ponikve cave (Slovenia) by Janez Mulec, Gorazd Kosi

“…Nostocales indicates that flora in Račiške ponikve cave is generally exposed to low photo flux. In the twilight zone of the cave, coccoid cyanobacteria prevailed. …”
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The first record of the Asian elm aphid Tinocallis (Sappocallis) takachihoensis Higuchi, 1972 (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in the European part of Russia by Alexander I. Gubin, Vladimir V. Martynov, Tatyana V. Nikulina, Natalya I. Bulysheva

“…The overall harmfulness of the species is generally low; however, in certain cases, it has the potential to form localized populations with high densities, resulting in significant suppression of host plants.…”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Some Trivalent and Tetravalent Derivatives of 2- Hydroxy-1-naphthoic Acid by Deepti Joshi, T. K. Joshi

“…The prepared compounds generally obtained as coloured solids and amongst them those containing isopropoxy groups were found to be hygroscopic. …”
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Delayed-Onset Seizure in a Mild Quetiapine Overdose: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature by Jason A. Chen, Katherine M. Unverferth, Erick H. Cheung

“…Here, we report the case of a patient who developed a generalized tonic-clonic seizure 28 hours following ingestion of 1,400 mg of quetiapine. …”
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On Some Properties of Multiplicative Topological Indices in Silicon-Carbon by Abid Mahboob, Sajid Mahboob, Mohammed M. M. Jaradat, Nigait Nigar, Imran Siddique

“…In this paper, we compute the first and second multiplicative Zagreb indices (M1G and (M1G)), generalized multiplicative geometric arithmetic index (GAαIIG), and multiplicative sum connectivity and multiplicative product connectivity indices (SCIIG and PCIIG) of SiC4−Im,n and SiC4−IIm,n.…”
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Coín en época andalusí, centro administrativo y militar de la Algarbía malagueña by Francisco Marmolejo Cantos

“…Without falling into generalities, one will witness how the border moves back to the advancing Christian troops and how the Andalusī population retreats and focuses on the Kingdom of Granada.…”
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