Comparative Study of Seismic Behavior between Monolithic Precast Concrete Structure and Cast-in-Place Structure by Chao-gang Qin, Guo-liang Bai, Ya-zhou Xu, Ning-fen Su, Tao Wu

“…We doubt whether the monolithic precast concrete structure could be designed as the cast-in-place structure in high seismic intensity area. …”
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The Ethics of Refusal in Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life by Marguerite La Caze, Magdalena Zolkos

“…We argue that Malick complicates the question of what it means to rise in defiance against power by locating Jägerstätter’s refusal not in religious dogma or a position of righteousness, but depicting it as a lived experience infused with affect, hesitation and doubt. We analyze the ethics and politics of refusal in A Hidden Life, focusing on the ways in which Malick depicts the possibility of leading an ethical life in an authoritarian state. …”
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Les agglomérations de Germanie Seconde aux ive et ve s. apr. J.-C. by Raymond Brulet

“…AD and to a drastic reduction of its ascendancy as a town. It is no doubt this situation that explains why the Notitia Dignitatum only mentions for the early 5th c. two civitates in this province. …”
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Is the Iron Silk Road Really So Important? Rail Freight Use on China’s “Silk Road Economic Belt” by P. Bucsky, T. Kenderdine

“…Due to poor governance and logistics transparency, the actual quantity of containers and goods transported is essentially unknowable. The authors doubt the efficacy of the CR Express intercontinental rail system and test its real and possible capacity throughputs. …”
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Accuracy Evaluation of Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) Estimation under Conventional Assumption in Yeşilırmak, Kızılırmak, and Konya Closed Basins, Turkey by Mehmet Ali Hinis, Mehmet Selim Geyikli

“…The doubt in the calculation algorithm of the standardized precipitation index (SPI), which is widely preferred in the evaluation and monitoring of drought, still remains up-to-date because its calculation process is performed in the form of standardization or normalization with a default probability distribution. …”
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REAPING BENEFITS THROUGH EFFECTIVE PEER REVIEW IN A COLLABORATIVE LANGUAGE CLASSROOM by Vaida Misevičiūtė

“…Literature review revealed that many practitioners doubt the value of reflective practice through a process of peer learning and peer assessment claiming the activities are too time consuming and students are not mature enough or lack confidence and motivation to assess peers critically. …”
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Increasing the combat readiness and fighting capacity of police officers to act in extreme situations by I. V. Vlasenko, T. V. T. V. Shevchenko

“…The high level of injuries and the number of cases of death of law enforcement officers, especially in extreme situations, require constant and in-depth research in the field of improving the professional abilities of law enforcement officers. There is also no doubt about the practical significance, all units of the National Police from the stage of professional selection to the system of professional training need improvement and a systematic approach to increasing combat readiness and fighting capacity, qualitative changes in the system of professional training. …”
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Climate extreme indices and its implication on crop production: The case of Mana district, Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia by Biyeshi Ayansa Abdissa, Dessalegn Obsi Gemeda

“…Climate change is manifesting globally, with its effect on agricultural productivity becoming more apparent. There is no doubt that climate change is already affecting the economic development of developing countries. …”
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Książka w środowisku lokalnym i regionalnym by Jacek Wojciechowski

“…In this third culture, the book will no doubt retain its role within the educational and intellectual (reflexive) function, but it should rather change the character, space and the way of its informative effect, while there are many indications that its entertaining and compensative role will be admittedly reduced in various degrees.…”
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Lessons from the High-resolution Spectroscopy of AW UMa and ϵ CrA: Is the Lucy Model Valid? by Slavek M. Rucinski

“…A re-examination of high-resolution spectral monitoring of the W UMa–type binaries AW UMa and ϵ CrA casts doubt on the widely utilized L. B. Lucy model of contact binaries. …”
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Understanding academic help-seeking among first-generation college students: a phenomenological approach by Li Ruihua, Norlizah Che Hassan, Norzihani Saharuddin

“…Most students have a favorable view of seeking help, but many associate it with self-doubt and concerns about peers’ opinions. Subjective norms in help-seeking are shaped by social expectations and pressures, with key influences coming from family, teachers, and peers. …”
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Starożytne źródła antropocentryzmu by Anita Ganowicz-Bączyk

“…Mentioned changes led among other things to the rejection of magic and mythical world-view, in which the Universe was perceived as a harmonious and friendly place to live in. A doubt appeared instead, what the place of man in the world really is. …”
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Guarding the Borders of Japan: Occupation, Korean War and Frontier Controls by Tessa Morris-Suzuki

“…It was a moonless autumn night, and the forested spine of hills above the jagged cliffs of the peninsula was devoid of lights.The boat – a 20-ton wooden vessel called the Hatsushima1 – had left the heavy swell of the open ocean and now moved slowly and quietly through the calmer waters of the Uwa Sea. No doubt the captain believed that his craft’s progress along this remote stretch of Shikoku coastline was unobserved. …”
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Understanding and ad hoc Explanation: A Case of Russell’s Reducibility Axiom by V. V. Tselishchev, A. V. Khlebalin

“…The article examines the common interpretation of the axiom of reducibility in Principia Mathematica according to which the axiom cannot be considered as logical, which casts doubt on the success of the program of logicism. …”
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SEMANTIC SYNCRETISM AS A REGULATOR OF DYNAMIC STABILITY IN THE LEXICAL SYSTEM OF A LANGUAGE by Marina Vas. Pimenova

“…The linguistic nature of a special lexical-andsemantic category (syncretsemia) reflecting the “insoluble” semantic syncretism is demonstrated. Doubt is expressed in the correctness of the “straightforward” model of semantic evolution presented by language historians as an axiom. …”
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Diet-Related Knowledge and Physical Activity in a Large Cohort of Insulin-Treated Type 2 Diabetes Patients: PROGENS ARENA Study by Tomasz Klupa, Michał Możdżan, Janina Kokoszka-Paszkot, Magdalena Kubik, Małgorzata Masierek, Margerita Czerwińska, Maciej T. Małecki

“…There is no doubt that behavioral intervention is crucial for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) prevention and management. …”
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Denoising of Tourist Street Scene Image Based on ROF Model of Second-Order Partial Differential Equation by Xiaofeng Yang

“…Although in the past few decades people have proposed many methods of denoising tourist street scene images, the research on denoising technology of tourist street scene images is still not outdated. There is no doubt that it has become a basic and important research topic in the field of digital image processing. …”
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A case study of Northern Cyprus: The voice of senior academic administrators on education by Ulus Irkad, Bengi Sonyel, Hamit Caner

“…In order to carry out this case study, the views of 14 senior academic administrators were obtained through semi-structured interviews. There is no doubt that in qualitative research semi-structured interviewing is a flexible and powerful tool to capture the voices and the ways in which people make meaning of their experiences (Kvale, 2007). …”
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Nicolai Vasilyevich Ivanov: addition to biography of chekist-transport worker by V. P. Vasilevsky, A. V. Sushko

“…Ivanov makes it possible to cast doubt to the popular postulate that in 1937 all the «old school checklists» were destroyed by J. …”
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Survey of Vegetation cover Changes in Forcados Area of the Niger Delta by Akuro Adoki

“…That some major changes have taken in the biophysical environment around Forcados between 1988 and 2008 is not in doubt from this study. J. Appl. Sci. Environ. Manage. …”
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