Experimental Study on the Influence Mechanism of the Structural Plane to Rockbursts in Deeply Buried Hard Rock Tunnels by Guangtan Cheng, Jian Zhang, Qiang Gao, Chuanxiao Liu

“…The presence of small-scale structural planes in the vicinity of deep tunnels could be one of the major influence factors in triggering rockbursts. …”
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Geografia do trabalho no Brasil by Alexandre Gori Maia

“…Considering the extreme wage inequalities in Brazil, even among members of relatively homogeneous occupational classes, it is also defined a second criterion of classification, the economic stratum, using wage class intervals of the major occupation. The analyses are based on information provided by 2000 Demographic Census, correspondence and cluster multivariate statistical techniques, and on the spatial distribution of municipalities in a coropletic map. …”
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Evaluating Traditional Chinese Medicine and Herbal Products for the Treatment of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus by Yang Xin Zi Xu, Shengyan Xi, Xiaoyan Qian

“…In total, we found three major herbal medicine/herbal products that were associated with glycemic control in gestational diabetes, including Zuo Gui Wan, red raspberry leaves, and Orthosiphon stamineus. …”
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Ex Vivo and in Vivo Administration of Fluorescent CNA35 Specifically Marks Cardiac Fibrosis by Sanne de Jong, Lars B. van Middendorp, Robin H.A. Hermans, Jacques M.T. de Bakker, Marti F.A. Bierhuizen, Frits W. Prinzen, Harold V.M. van Rijen, Mario Losen, Marc A. Vos, Marc A.M.J. van Zandvoort

“…Cardiac fibrosis is a major hallmark of cardiac diseases. For evaluation of cardiac fibrosis, the development of highly specific and preferably noninvasive methods is desired. …”
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Lateral mass intrapedicular screw fixation: A radiological evaluation of screw pullout strength by Kota Kojima, Hiroaki Kanbe, Kenichiro Fukui, Takahiro Endo, Yasuyuki Fukui, Masayuki Ishikawa, Shunji Asamoto

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the screw pullout strength of this new technique to the trajectories of two other major methods, the transpedicular screw (TPS) and lateral mass screw (LMS) methods. …”
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Severe, but not moderate asthmatics share blood transcriptomic changes with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. by Sandor Haas-Neill, Anna Dvorkin-Gheva, Paul Forsythe

“…There is growing recognition of an association between asthma and mood disorders including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD). Although there are several hypotheses regarding the relationship between asthma and mental health, there is little understanding of underlying mechanisms and causality. …”
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Interplay between Epigenetics and Genetics in Cancer by Jae Duk Choi, Jong-Soo Lee

“…In addition, we discuss the collusion between epigenetics and genetics mediated by heterochromatin protein 1, a major component of heterochromatin, in order to maintain genome integrity.…”
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«By the pricking of their thumbs»: farmers’ income dynamics towards sustainable development in rural Ethiopia by Elena Urquía-Grande, Raquel Pérez-Estébanez, Elisa Isabel Cano-Montero, Julián Chamizo-González

“…In rural Ethiopia, agriculture is the major source of income and livelihood. In this study, it is aimed to analyse the association between farmers’ experience, education, gender, cultivation of crop diversity, access to various financial resources and income levels among different villages. …”
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Sex differences in slow-wave electroencephalographic activity (SWA) in adolescent depression by Robert Hoffmann, Roseanne Armitage, Graham Emslie, Jorge Lopez

“…Sleep disturbance, present in more than 90% of major depressive disorder (MDD) patients, are moderated by sex in adult MDD. …”
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Management of a Difficult-to-Treat Diabetic Foot Wound Complicated by Osteomyelitis: A Case Study by Maram Alkhatieb, Hatan Mortada, Hattan Aljaaly

“…Diabetic ulcers are a major health issue worldwide, causing significant economic burdens and affecting both the patient and the society as a whole. …”
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A Clinical Retrospective Study of Recurrent Painful Ophthalmoplegic Neuropathy in Adults by Cheng Li, Xinyi Huang, Xiao Tan, Yannan Fang, Jianhua Yan

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Considerations for ethics review of big data health research: A scoping review. by Marcello Ienca, Agata Ferretti, Samia Hurst, Milo Puhan, Christian Lovis, Effy Vayena

“…In this study, we conducted a scoping review of the literature using five databases to identify and map the major challenges of health-related big data for Ethics Review Committees (ERCs) or analogous institutional review boards. …”
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COG 11.3 New Features by Heinrichs David, Lent Edward, Lee Chuck

“…This paper describes the major new features available in COG 11.3 including: (a) updated nuclear data libraries; (b) updated activation data; (c) advanced LLNL Fission Reaction Event Yield Algorithm; (d) new time-tagged list-mode detector feature; (e) new spontaneous fission source feature; (f) new alpha and deuteron particle transport; (g) updated electron transport (implementing EGS5 with internal electron library generation using PEGS5); (h) three new estimators for the effective delayed neutron fraction; (i) new input pre-processor options for user-friendly generation of three-dimensional rectangular and triangular lattice geometries; (j) new parallel-processing capabilities for the inverse reactor period and CritDetVR features using MPI; (k) a new imaging detector feature; and (l) details of the modernized COG website at https://cog.llnl.gov. …”
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Developing an Islamic Educational Environment for Elementary School/Madrasah Ibtidaiyah - Age Children by Hilmi Mizani, M. Ramli

“…In the community, mosques were built with congregational prayers, Friday prayers, tarawih prayers, eclipse prayers, Qur'an education, learning together with Shaikh, receiving and distributing Zakat, and commemorating major Islāmic holidays, and the community also maintained morals of children, thus causing disobedience…”
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Bidding Strategies for Energy Storage Participation in Electricity Market Considering Uncertainty of Wind Power and Carbon Trading by ZHANG Xianwen, YIN Gaowen, SHEN Feifan, HUANG Sheng, WEI Juan

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Evaluation of Teacher Training Needs in Engineering Pedagogy by D. Gormaz-Lobos, C. Galarce-Miranda, H. Hortsch

“…Several universities offer the IGIP curricula and work on various projects  related to majoring in engineering education and pedagogy in Russian Higher Education Institutions. …”
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Identifying Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of the Phenolic Extracts and Mineral Contents of Virgin Olive Oils (Olea europaea L. cv. Edincik Su) from Different Regions in... by Ayhan Dağdelen

“…Phenolic composition was also varied according to location and hydroxytyrosol and tyrosol were determined as major phenolic compounds. Fourteen pathogenic bacteria and two fungal strains were used to determine the antimicrobial activity. …”
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Rural Households’ Vulnerability to Food Insecurity and Its Determinants in North Shewa Zone of Ethiopia by Debebe Cheber, Fekadu Beyene, Jema Haji, Tesfaye Lemma

“…In addition, logistic regression model results revealed that extension service, early warning information, agricultural technology, and crop diversity were the major factors affecting (negatively) households’ vulnerability to food insecurity. …”
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RESOLVING CONTRACTOR COMMITMENT CHALLENGES IN PROJECT DELIVERY BY USING CONCETPUAL SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODELS by Olatunji Ayodeji AIYETAN, Dillip DAS

“…However, their lack of commitment is argued to be one of the major barriers against successful project delivery. …”
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POLAND’S “EASTERN POLICY”: FROM “UKRAINE, LITHUANIA, BELARUS” TO THE «EASTERN PARTNERSHIP» by Anna V. Chernova

“…Increasing integration of the Polish “Eastern Policy” into the EU’s framework necessitated touching upon Moldova as well as Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, which were invited along with Ukraine and Belarus to participate in a major European initiative– the “Eastern Partnership”. …”
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