Female Genital Mutilation in Infants and Young Girls: Report of Sixty Cases Observed at the General Hospital of Abobo (Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire, West Africa) by Kouie Plo, Kouadio Asse, Dohagneron Seï, John Yenan

“…The practice of female genital mutilations continues to be recurrent in African communities despite the campaigns, fights, and laws to ban it. A survey was carried out in infants and young girls at the General Hospital of Abobo in Cote D’Ivoire. …”
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Evaluation Method of Floor Heave Damage Degree and a Case Study in Zaoquan Coal Mine, China by Ai Chen, Qing Ma, Xuesheng Liu

“…Complex conditions lead to different floor heave failure laws, and the control technology and strategy should be changed accordingly. …”
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The Vibration Characteristics of Ground of Rock Blasting in Silt-Rock Strata by Tao Yin, Chuanbo Zhou, Changqing Zheng, Jugen Fu, Ziru Guo

“…According to the measured data of blasting vibrations at the sites, the waveform duration of vibration acceleration and the distribution characteristics of dominant frequency of vibration velocity were analyzed, the energy characteristics of vibration velocity were researched by wavelet analysis, and the attenuation laws of vibration velocity were studied by dimensional analysis (DA). …”
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Kinetodynamic Model and Simplified Model of X-Type Seat System with an Integrated Spring Damper by Changcheng Zhou, Leilei Zhao, Yuewei Yu, Fuxing Yang, Song Wang

“…Moreover, the influence laws of kinematic parameters on ρk and ρc were revealed. …”
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The Engineering Pedagogy Evolution: The Foundation and Three Measurements by D. P. Danilaev, N. N. Malivanov

“…Based on the general foundations and laws of pedagogy, three measurements of engineering pedagogy enable to reveal its interdisciplinary strategy in different subject areas. …”
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Cultural work provisions in the Zionist organization «Gekholuts» program documents by I. Yu. Berezhanskaya

“…In connection with the repeal of restrictive laws after February 1917, the political activity of the Jewish population increased significantly. …”
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The neglected governance challenges of solid waste management in Uganda: Insights from a newly created City of Mbarara by Mesharch, W. Katusiimeh, Boaz, Nabimanya, Derrick, Komwangi

“…Findings reveal that the organization of solid waste management is poor exempli ed by weak capacity, poor implementation of laws and regulations, poor record management, misappropriation of funds among others. …”
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Les territoires de l’alcool à Tunis et à Casablanca sous la période des Protectorats (1912-1956) : Des destins parallèles ? by Nessim Znaien

“…The purpose of this article is to show that both cities experienced, during the period of the Protectorate, a change in alcohol consumption practices, resulting in a larger increase in alcohol consumption and the emergence of a new public debate, exemplified by prohibitionist laws.During the interwar period, Tunis and Casablanca were, within their respective countries, the largest centers of drinking establishments, with a dramatic increase in alcohol supply. …”
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On quasi-integrable deformation scheme of the KdV system by Kumar Abhinav, Partha Guha

“…The standard abelianization process based on the inherent sl(2) loop algebra leads to an infinite number of anomalous conservation laws, that yield conserved charges for definite space-time parity of the solution. …”
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On-shell approach to black hole mergers by Katsuki Aoki, Andrea Cristofoli, Yu-tin Huang

“…Using the Kosower-Maybee-O’Connell (KMOC) formalism, we then reproduce the classical conservation laws for momentum and angular momentum after the merger. …”
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Bearing characteristics and continuous–discontinuous numerical analysis of a pressure grouting pile in a calcareous sand foundation by Qifen Cheng, Jianlin Li, Jie Liu, Shifu Qin, Tongqiang Xiong, Ge Zhang

“…On the basis of the field test data, the coupled finite difference method (FDM) and discrete element method (DEM) were applied to explore the settlement characteristics. The force transfer laws in calcareous sand foundations are analyzed using complex network theory. …”
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A Novel Method for Multiattribute Decision Making with Dual Hesitant Fuzzy Triangular Linguistic Information by Yanbing Ju, Shanghong Yang, Xiaoyue Liu

“…Firstly, to solve the situation where the membership degree and the nonmembership degree of an element to a triangular linguistic variable, the concept, operational laws, score function, and accuracy function of dual hesitant fuzzy triangular linguistic elements (DHFTLEs) are defined. …”
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Corruption in the digital bureaucratic service system (media studies in disclosure of corruption cases) by Ai Nunung, Latifah Latifah, Dian Candra Fatihah

“…In the implementation of the bureaucratic system, the media plays a very vital role as part of enforcing corruption laws and encouraging service personnel to act in a manner that is trustworthy, honest and responsible for their work.…”
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Chemical Recruitment for Foraging in Ants (Formicidae) and Termites (Isoptera): A Revealing Comparison by Klaus Jaffe, Solange Issa, Cristina Sainz-Borgo

“…This evolutionary analogy suggests that chemical mass recruitment is constraint by fundamental physical dynamic laws. Artificial intelligence including “mass intelligence” and “ant intelligence”, emulates mass recruitment in interacting virtual agents in search of optimal solutions. …”
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Assessment of Forestry Extension Service Delivery among Rural Farmers Living around Awi Forest Reserve in Cross River State, Nigeria by E. D. Udoh, B. I. Ogar, I. E. Ema, E. O. Samson

“…Farmers expressed satisfaction with campaigns against forest fires (mean = 3.58), forest management practices (mean = 3.35), and information on forestry laws (mean = 3.34). However, dissatisfaction was recorded for training on agroforestry (mean = 2.77), seedling distribution (mean = 1.75), and budding and grafting (mean = 1.54). …”
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Repeated axial compressive performance of GCFST columns: Test investigation and numerical analysis by Cun Hui, Jianwei Zhang, Yun Cao, Xiang Chen, Ran Hai

“…The results indicate that under different length-diameter ratios, the variation trends of the load–displacement curves for the specimens are slightly different, while the stiffness degradation curves present similar variation laws. The design parameters have significant effects on the bearing capacity, average compressive force, and energy dissipating capacity of the specimens. …”
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Molecular Identification and Traceability of Illegal Trading in Lignobrycon myersi (Teleostei: Characiformes), a Threatened Brazilian Fish Species, Using DNA Barcode by Alexandre dos Santos Rodrigues, José Henrique Souza Galdino Brandão, Jamille de Araújo Bitencourt, Ricardo Jucá-Chagas, Iracilda Sampaio, Horácio Schneider, Paulo Roberto Antunes de Mello Affonso

“…Even though the Brazilian laws prohibit the fisheries of threatened species, L. myersi is occasionally found in street markets, being highly appreciated by local population. …”
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Complex spatio-temporal features in meg data by Francesca Sapuppo, Elena Umana, Mattia Frasca, Manuela La Rosa, David Shannahoff-Khalsa, Luigi Fortuna, Maide Bucolo

“…A novel procedure has been developed to extract this parameterfrom time series when the system’s structure and laws are unknown. The implementationof the algorithm was proven to be general and computationallyefficient. …”
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Open Space Worship: A Religious Identity of the Johane Masowe Chishanu Church in Zimbabwe by Phillip Musoni, Paul H. Gundani

“…These congregations, being in Zimbabwe and other countries,are recognizable by their white garments and gatherings in open spaces for church services.The practice of congregating in open spaces has been condemned by city fathers, town planners,and government autho-rities guided by health policies and by-laws (Lubinda 2015; Ncube 2016). In spite of these condemnations, the JMCC has continued to use available open spaces for its services. …”
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Mechanism of mineral phase transformation in preparing aluminum alloy by electrolysis of molten salt from aluminum alloy dross by Zhengping Zuo, Wenfen Wu, Jianbo Zhang, Zhanbing Li, Fengqin Liu, Shaopeng Li

“…By combining theoretical calculations and experiments, this paper reveals the migration behavior and transformation laws of toxic and valuable elements in AAD during hydrolysis, calcination, and electrolysis. …”
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