Influence of Concrete Compressive Strength on CFRP Strengthening and Repairing of RC Two-Way Slabs by Mohammed F. Ojaimi, Meyyada Y. Alabdulhady, Kadhim Z. Naser

“…The experimental results revealed that the use of CFRP strips led to an improvement in the average ultimate loading capacity by 16.2% and 6.45% for the strengthening and repairing system, respectively. …”
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Can voluntary adult education reduce unemployment? Causal evidence from East Germany after reunification by Li Kathrin Kaja Rupieper, Stephan L. Thomsen

“…Our identification strategy employs the decentralized expansion of courses, which led to substantial, quasi-random variation in their regional supply. …”
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Determinants of Financial Reporting Quality: Evidence from Local Governments in Sumatera Island by Clara Aurelia, Poppy Nurmayanti, Ulfa Afifah, Doddy Setiawan

“…Using the multinomial logistic regression, this study found that a lower ratio of capital expenditure, smaller local governments, local government in city areas, and local governments led by older and experienced mayor are associated with higher financial reporting quality. …”
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Une revue de laboratoire de l’électronique au diamant : e-Rea et vingt ans de science ouverte by Anne DUNAN-PAGE

“…This evolution has also led to a rethinking of the journal’s environment, with repercussions in terms of teaching and research. …”
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Who Owns the Central Mosque? Ethnic Identity and the Struggle for Spiritual Space in Epe, Southwest Nigeria by Moruff Mudasiru

“…Over time, both groups invested in ethno-religious contestation, which led to open conflict when they were brought together in the same local Council and differed over the ownership of the only Central Mosque in the town. …”
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Extranodal natural killer/T cell lymphoma nasal type simulating osteoradionecrosis with metachronic B lymphoma in the pelvis: Case report by Frida S. Colín-Guadarrama, Violeta E. Flores-Solano, Argelia Berenice-Rodríguez, Víctor H. Toral-Rizo

“…Unfortunately, the nature of this tumor led to the patient’s death. Clinical follow-up of patients with cancer is imperative to mend and/or decrease treatment complications, as well as to identify second primary tumors or the spread of the underlying disease.…”
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Analyzing the Interaction between Islam and Ideology in the Political Thought of Hassan al-Banna and Ayatollah Khomeini by Lokman Cömert

“…The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between Islam and ideology through the thoughts and works of Ayatollah Khomeini and Hassan al-Banna, who led Islamic movements. To achieve this aim, the study will examine the fundamental elements of their political thoughts, ideological approaches, and social impacts. …”
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Body dysmorphic disorder and psychotherapeutic interventions: a systematic literature review. by Pasquale Caponnetto, Manila Caramazza, Grazia Caci, Maria S. Signorelli, Antonino Petralia, Maria C. Quattropani

“…The results confirm that BDD-NET (INTERNET-based CBT) led to significant improvement of symptoms in patients with body dysmorphism. …”
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Steering Parameters for Rock Grouting by Gunnar Gustafson, Johan Claesson, Åsa Fransson

“…Demands on tunnel tightness have increased substantially in Sweden, and this has led to a drastic increase of grouting costs. Based on the flow equations for a Bingham fluid, the penetration of grout as a function of grouting time is calculated. …”
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Pansharpening Techniques: Optimizing the Loss Function for Convolutional Neural Networks by Rocco Restaino

“…The evaluation of the most recognized no-reference image quality measures led to the proposal of a novel criterion, the Regression-based QNR (RQNR), which has not been previously used. …”
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A Portrait of English Student in Learning Approaches: A Case Study for Indonesia And Thai Student by Panuwat Hussanee, Febti Ismiatun

“…With the increasing importance of English as a global language. This has led to a shift in how students approach learning the language, particularly in non-English speaking countries, focusing on Indonesian and Thai students who study in the English Department of the Islamic University of Malang. …”
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Denosumab usage in atypical cemento-osseous dysplasia involving the entire mandible: a case report by Chieh Ling Chiang, Tzu Huan Huang

“…Case Presentation A 45-year-old woman presented to our hospital with progressive, large, destructive COD involving the entire mandible, including bilateral condyles, and associated bony expansion, which led to facial deformity and malocclusion. The patient declined total mandible resection and opted for off-label denosumab use instead. …”
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The effects of state aid policy trade-offs on FDI openness in Central and Eastern European Countries by Marco Schito

“…Scholarship suggests that much of the success of the FDI-led economic growth policies of Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) is due to investment incentives that national governments made available to multinational corporations, particularly in the form of state aid. …”
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Gestion en métapopulation de Propithecus coronatus: une approche originale et multidisciplinaire pour la conservation d’une espèce en danger à Madagascar by Josia Razafindramanana, Delphine Roullet

“…The complete isolation of these groups living in fragmented forests subject to human pressure led to the elaboration of a unique and original conservation strategy, that a separated conservation action plan does not make sense. …”
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Setting new standards for health communication in South Africa by Sonja Verwey, Andrea Crystal

“…After the election health care was entrenched in the constitution through section 27(1) that states that everyone has a right to have access to health seNices. The challenge the ANC led government faces is to balance the maintenance of tertiary care service with the simultaneous upgrading of . primary care seNices. …”
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Russia’s inventive activity in new technological trends by V. V. Narbut

“…Sanctions restrictions led to the reduction of applications for inventions by foreign applicants and weakening of the domestic intellectual property market dependence on foreign intellectual capital. …”
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Effect of Ground Motion Orientation on Seismic Responses of an Asymmetric Stress Ribbon Pedestrian Bridge by Yi Zhang, Wuchuan Pu, Qishuo Zhang, Kaiwen Liu, Hua Dong

“…Numerical results showed that the stress ribbon bridge’s vertical and transverse displacements were sensitive to the excitation of the vertical ground motion. No single orientation led to the most critical values in all response indexes, and the critical orientation was approximately independent of the vertical ground motion. …”
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Forecasting Renewable Energy Consumption Using a Novel Fractional Grey Reverse Accumulation Model by Yipeng Zhang, Huiping Wang

“…Therefore, we propose a novel fractional reverse accumulation, which increases the accumulation coefficient for new data to fully utilize the new information carried by the latest data. This led to the development of a novel grey model, termed the FGRM(1,1). …”
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L’Affaire Charles Lainé (1818), ou comment la police fabriquait un faux-monnayeur by Étienne Hofmann

“…Constant’s efforts, combined with those of the lawyer Odilon Barrot and the Director of Criminal Affairs and Pardons Legraverend, led to Lainé’s sentence being commuted to ten years’ imprisonment.…”
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Patterns of Partnership between Vocational Schools and Industry (Multi Case Study at VHS of Yosonegoro Magetan and State VHS 1 of Doko) by Zustina, Yoto, Heru Wahyu Herwanto

“… In the implementation of partnerships between SMK and industry so far, there are still problems such as the link and match between SMK and the industrial business world which has not yet led to the formation of a synergistic partnership. …”
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