A Novel Excavation and Construction Method for an Extra-Long Underwater Tunnel in Soft Soils by Jian Wu, Zhifang Zhou, Wenjun Xia, Haixiao Wang, Zhongqiang Fang

“…However, the safety of the foundation pit and the environmental impact during excavation are of great concern, especially for tunnels that pass through lakes and/or rivers. …”
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The Evolution of Digital Building Logbook: Exploring Building Information Gathering Systems to Boost Building Maintenance and Renovation by Martina Signorini, Mario Claudio Dejaco, Sonia Lupica Spagnolo

“…However, a common model is absent, varying greatly based on the country and category of building. …”
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Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence Multimedia Courseware in Classroom Teaching Application by Yu Chen, Zhong Chen

“…Through flexible and interactive course interaction, students are more convenient and more independent to learn but also reduce the teacher’s time cost and greatly play the advantages of distance education, and the English teaching mode of artificial intelligence multimedia courseware is very popular with students. …”
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Russian Foreign Ministry and the Reorganization of Russian Orthodox Churches Abroad in 1860-s by V. O. Pechatnov, V. V. Pechatnov

“…This reorganization was undertaken in context of the “Great reforms” of Alexander II and aimed at rationalization of the previous system of subordination of those churches to civil and ecclesiastical authorities in St. …”
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Entropic imprints on bioinformatics by Ismail Mageed

“…Undoubtedly, entropy has a great imprint, which has already changed the way we should think of Bioinformatics based on its multi-faced nature, whether being looked at from an angle of physics, information-theoretic, thermodynamical, chaotic-led approach, and a bird-eye view of a computing perspective. …”
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Identification of a Multicriteria Decision-Making Model Using the Characteristic Objects Method by Andrzej Piegat, Wojciech Sałabun

“…In the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method and similar methods, when a new alternative is added to the original alternative set, the evaluation base and the resulting evaluations of all objects change. A great advantage of the COMET is its ability to identify not only linear but also nonlinear multicriteria models of decision makers. …”
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The Attitude of Children and Parents Towards Children Influencers by Izabela Kołaszewska, Agnieszka Kacprzak

“…Studying the impact of infl uencers on children is of great importance not only for marketers, but also for parents responsible for upbringing their off spring. …”
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SOCIAL PROTEST MOVEMENTS IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN by S. B. Druzhilovsky

“…The author analyses the most important factors that influence social activity during periods of exacerbating internal tensions in Iran. Great importance is attached to the Shia clergy ́s role in leading protest movements in the country before the Islamic revolution. …”
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Digital divide: how is Indonesian public service affected? by Edy Sutrisno, Mala Sondang Silitonga, Rima Ranintya Yusuf, Alih Aji Nugroho

“…Such inequality in access and competence of nations in digital technology is one of the great stumbling blocks erected in the way of the Indonesian government to carry out various programs. …”
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Characterization of Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis by Niovis Sosa Barberena, Roberto Angel Polo Amarante, Sandra Nancy Mendez Rogríguez, Mabel Sosa Barberena

“…<strong>Background:</strong> Cienfuegos has a high prevalence of chronic kidney disease, which is a health problem of great social and economic impact. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to characterize patients with chronic kidney disease receiving hemodialysis. …”
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The Characteristics of Air Quality Changes in Hohhot City in China and their Relationship with Meteorological and Socio-economic Factors by Qingchun Guo, Zhenfang He, Zhaosheng Wang

“…The results provide the information of great importance for the management of air quality in Hohhot City.…”
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Cell–Cell Interaction of Macrophages and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in the Synthesis of Leukotriene B4 by M. Zou, C. Anges

“…Incubation of vascular SMC with various numbers of AM in the presence of IL-1β (5 units/ml) and TNFα (10 units/ml) induced a great increase of LTB4 synthesis in comparison with the detectable levels of LTB4 produced by macrophages alone. …”
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SARS and MERS as learning tools for addressing the 2019-nCoV epidemic: A mini-review by Udit DAVE, Ashwin PALANIAPPAN

“…Heightened sanitation measures with regards to waste disposal in healthcare clinics and in areas of mass transit are also of great importance. The 2019-nCoV is a concern for many different countries and govern- ments of all levels due to its negative effects on public morale, national economies, and health standards and outcomes. …”
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Melioidosis: A Rare Cause of Liver Abscess by Peter Franz M. San Martin, Catherine S. C. Teh, Ma. Amornetta J. Casupang

“…Diagnosis of melioidosis, a known “great masquerader,” relies heavily on culture studies. …”
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Choosing Periodontology for Specialty Specialization: Perspective of Dental Undergraduate Students by Prabhati Gupta, Zoya Chowdhary, Vikas Singh, Aashima Bajaj, Disha Gupta, Monika Loitongbam

“…Background: The attitudes of dental students to study a particular specialty of dentistry in post-graduation are of great importance as these facilitate workforce planning in the dental sector. …”
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Biomechanics of Heading a Soccer Ball: Implications for Player Safety by Charles F. Babbs

“…The results suggest heading is usually safe but occasionally dangerous, depending on key characteristics of both the player and the ball. Safety is greatly improved when players head the ball with greater effective body mass, which is determined by a player�s size, strength, and technique. …”
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A New Variational Assimilation Method Based on Gradient Information from Satellite Data by Bo Zhong, Yun-Feng Wang, Gang Ma, Xin-Yuan Ma, Lu Yang

“…However, there are various observational biases in satellite data, including a random bias brought about by complex weather systems and a systematic bias caused by the instrument itself, which greatly influence the quality of satellite data. A gradient information assimilation method is proposed in this paper to eliminate systematic bias. …”
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The Czechoslovak Crisis of 1948 in the Perception of American Diplomats and Media by A. V. Zorin

“…Based on archival documents and newspapers articles, the research studies these events through their perception by American media and diplomats, whose opinions and interpretations had great and decisive importance for the US public opinion and its government official reaction. …”
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Unilocular adipocyte and lipid tracer for immunofluorescent images by Elizabeth K. Johnston, Tal Dassau, Nickia A. Muraskin, Rosalyn D. Abbott

“…This makes PixCell an appealing tool for use in both the clinical and pre-clinical setting, while greatly enhancing and streamlining the user experience of analyzing lipid sizes.…”
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Optimization of Clinical Nursing Management System Based on Data Mining by Yongxia Chen

“…The clinical nursing work based on the establishment and improvement of the clinical nursing system breaks through the traditional nursing work model, which has achieved the advantages of full traceability, practical operation, comprehensive analysis, and individual error correction of nursing work, and greatly improves the nursing quality and work efficiency of nurses. …”
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