Geophysical Surveys at Khirbat Faynan, an Ancient Mound Site in Southern Jordan by Alexandre Novo, Matthew L. Vincent, Thomas E. Levy

“…Located 50 km southeast of the Dead Sea, it is home to one of the world’s best-preserved ancient mining and metallurgy districts encompassing an area of ca. 400 km2. During the past three decades, archaeologists have carried out numerous excavations and surveys recording hundreds of mines and sites related to metallurgical activities that span the past 10 millennia. …”
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Faith, Networks, and the Ballot: Unveiling the Hidden Drivers of Voting Intentions in Indonesia's 2024 Election by Tery Setiawan, Muhammad AS Hikam, Antonius Suhartomo

“…This study investigates the extent to which social network characteristics, religious identity, and past political participation influence voting intentions in Indonesia's 2024 general election, with a particular focus on the implications of religiosity in a predominantly Muslim society. …”
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Review of the Book "Local History of Iran in the Islamic Period until the Seventh Century AH" by Morteza Nouraei

“…The approach in this book, with which the writer has fallen deep into the depths of the book, seeks to revise it, which is in fact, a glimpse into the past of the locality, following the main question on local history through sources. …”
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Coupling Analysis of Hydrometeorology and Erosive Landforms Evolution in Loess Plateau, China by N. N. Cheng, H. M. He, Y. J. Lu, S. Y. Yang

“…Firstly, it shows that annual runoff and sediment discharges decreased obviously although precipitation remained at the same level in the past 50 years (1960–2010). Discharges of annual runoff and sediment decreased by 30%–80% and 60%–90%, respectively. …”
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EFFECTS OF NOSTALGIA PRONENESS ON CONSUMER-BASED BRAND EQUITY: A CASE STUDY ON THE EASTERN EXPRESS by Alpaslan Yüce, Çağlar Samsa, Kamile Meriç

“…Nostalgia refers to individuals' feeling oflonging for past periods and the emotional connection between people's past andpresent. …”
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An Accelerated Successive Convex Approximation Scheme With Exact Step Sizes for L1-Regression by Lukas Schynol, Moritz Hemsing, Marius Pesavento

“…The second performs a simultaneous descent step along both the best response and the past trajectory, thereby finding a two-dimensional step size, also in closed-form. …”
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Determining the diagnostic cut-off on the Chinese version of severity of dependence scale for cannabis by Albert Kar Kin Chung, Cheuk Yin Tse

“…Their demographic data, frequency of cannabis use within the past 30 days, scorings for the C-SDS-C and the severity of CUD at baseline were analyzed.ResultsThe C-SDS-C exhibited high reliability (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.778). …”
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Trends in contemporary parliamentary development and innovative examples of best practices of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia by Vukadinović Slobodan

“…Finally, the paper explores current topics that are at the forefront of global parliamentary development trends in the past year, as well as the most recently published results, particularly those related to the role of parliament in combating climate change and the indicators of a democratic parliament published at the end of 2023.…”
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Voix de revenants dans les Pièces pour danseurs de W.B. Yeats. L’exemple de Ce que rêvent les os by Pierre Longuenesse

“…In The Dreaming of the Bones, written after the turmoil of the 1916 Easter Rising, Yeats presents, following the Noh tradition model, a young rebel fugitive confronted by two ghosts, caught half-way between past and present, dream and reality. The figure of the past coming to haunt the present thus plays as pivotal a role in the fable as the form in which the writing unfolds. …”
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Measuring Migration Status Based on the Place of Marriage Overestimates the Share of Male Migrants in Historical Populations. Evidence From Dutch Marriage Certificates by Matthias Rosenbaum-Feldbrügge, Paul Puschmann

“…We therefore suggest the use of a couple's place of first childbirth as a robustness check to avoid overestimating male migration in the past.…”
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Exploring the distribution and correlates of future self-continuity in a large, nationally representative sample by Hal E. Hershfield, Craig I. Brimhall, Susan Kerbel

“…To explain such behavior, past work has pointed to future self-continuity or the perceived connection between a person’s current and future selves. …”
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Validity of a Sham Dry Needling Technique on a Healthy Population by Daniel M Cushman, Anna Holman, Lee Skinner, Keith Cummings, Peter Haight, Masaru Teramoto

“…Of those who had received dry needling in the past (n = 16), 11 (68.8%) correctly identified their respective groups. …”
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Estimation of the Climate Preference Between Two Lineages of Europe-an Ground Squirrel Using Maximum Entropy Modeling by Sadık Demirtaş

“…This study showed that the two lineages of the European ground squirrel had different geographic distribution patterns for past, present and future periods. More-over, the study will make important contributions to conservation studies such as management strategies, species action plans and translocation.…”
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A comprehensive high pure momentum equity timing framework using the Kalman filter and ARIMA forecasting by Tsumbedzo Mashamba, Modisane Seitshiro, Isaac Takaidza

“…Momentum is a popular factor, which involves buying securities that have shown consistent price appreciation over the past 3 to 12 months or past few years, with the expectation that the trend will continue and reducing exposure to those that consistently declined. …”
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Innovative approach of nomography application into an engineering educational context. by Trevor Blight, Pedro Martínez-Pagán, Leif Roschier, Daniel Boulet, Lorena Yepes-Bellver, Víctor Yepes

“…Nomography is considered a branch of mathematics introduced by Maurice d'Ocagne in 1884 in France. The past century saw nomography grow as a graphical computing method used by scientists and engineers wishing to solve complex problems to a practical precision. …”
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Characteristics of the obstetric patient in critical stage in Cienfuegos province. by Bárbara Lucía Cabezas Poblet, Yoel Valle, María Antonia Cabezas Poblet, Esteban Hernández Barrios, Rolando T. Espín González

“…<strong><br />Results:</strong> 59,1 % of the patients were aged 20-29 years . The patient´s past history was related to hypertension and bronchial asthma. …”
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Socio-economic development of agglomeration territories as an object of strategic management by G. A. Borovkova, D. V. Rodnyansky

“…The agglomerations’ formation has firmly taken place as one of the main strategic goals of our country’s development over the past few years. According to forecasts, almost 80% of GDP growth until 2020 will be provided by agglomerations. …”
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Self-Healing Materials Systems: Overview of Major Approaches and Recent Developed Technologies by B. Aïssa, D. Therriault, E. Haddad, W. Jamroz

“…The development of self-healing materials is now being considered for real engineering applications. Over the past few decades, there has been a huge interest in materials that can self-heal, as this property can increase materials lifetime, reduce replacement costs, and improve product safety. …”
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Research Leadership of the “Priority 2030” Program: Success Factors by A. I. Guseva, V. M. Kalashnik, V. I. Kaminsky, S. V. Kireev

“…The article presents the results of comparative analysis of universities’ activities over the past five years, which won the special grant in the “Research Leadership” track of the “Priority 2030” program. …”
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An Archaic Approach to the poetry of Malik al-Shu'arā Bahār by Parvaneh Valamehr

“…In his poetry, Bahār reflects his deep engagement with the literary traditions of the past. He­ purposefully incorporates archaic words and se­ntence structures. …”
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