Facebook’s influence on college students’ political participation based on the cognitive and communication mediation model by Erma Janne Cayas

“…In the Philippines, Facebook is one of the most popular social media platforms, and it is used daily for various reasons, such as to know and engage in political issues. …”
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I know better: Self-esteem, egocentrism, and policy learning in the liberalization of Belgian network industries by Stéphane Moyson

“…They shed light on policy actors’ modes of reasoning and are thus an important step in the research agenda on “learning governance”.…”
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Study on Dynamic Load Sharing Performance of Planetary Gears with Flexible Pins for Vertical Mills by Lin Xu, Gao Longfei, Feng Xue

“…The diameter of the pin and the length of the contact line between the pin shaft and the sleeve have a significant impact on the load sharing performance. The reasonable design of the flexible pin structure can improve the load sharing performance of the wheel system.…”
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"Nominata la patata... spuntato il purè" : lexical and phraseological puns in Disney handbooks by Benedetto Giuseppe Russo

“…The paper sheds light on the language-stylistic reasons for the success of the Disney children's handbooks published by Mondadori, starting with the Manuale delle Giovani Marmotte (1969), containing curiosities, information on various subjects, tips, suggested pastimes and experiments. …”
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The Impact of Adopting an Eclectic Spelling Program on Minimizing KAU Engineering Students’ Spelling Mistakes by Khaled Khader Oraby, Salameh Saleem Mahmoud

“…The researchers prepared three main questions related to reasons behind spelling mistakes, suggested solutions and the impact of an eclectic training program on students’ ability to minimize their spelling mistakes. …”
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Effect of Different Renovation Methods on the Productivity of Mid-Forest Meadows as Foraging Areas for Free-Living Red Deer Population by Jędrzej Daszkiewicz, Piotr Goliński

“…Mid-forest meadows are integral to maintaining biodiversity and ecological services in forested landscapes but face degradation due to various reasons. This study evaluated the effectiveness of renovation methods on sward yield and herbage quality in two mid-forest meadows in northwestern Poland (54°10′ N, 16°78′ E), aiming to maintain their function as the foraging areas for the free-living red deer population. …”
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Peter the Great’s “heirs”: power and administration in post-Petrine Russia by N. A. Omelchenko

“…The author examines the reasons for the defeat of the plan of the “supreme leaders”, who proposed to Anna Ioannovna “restrictive points” (“conditions”), formulated by Prince D.M. …”
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Three thousand years of oyster fisheries: a view from Southeast Queensland, Australia by Tam Smith

“…Historical accounts provide insights into observed collection practices in the early colonial period, as well as the persistence of First Nations oystering and other marine resource exploitation in the mid-late 19th century in response to participation in the wider economy of early Brisbane. Reasons for the late nineteenth-early Twentieth century collapse of Southeast Queensland oyster populations are examined and attempts to revive the oyster industry reviewed.…”
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Analysis of Deformation Characteristics of Dikes on Deep Soft Soil Foundations by WU Juan, ZHANG Ming, LI Yansong, HOU Weijian

“…The deformation of dikes directly affects the safety of dikes,especially for dikes on deep soft soil foundations,whose deformation is often large,and thus it is often used as the main evaluation index of dike safety.By the reconstruction project of a dike on soft soil foundations,the finite element numerical analysis model for the typical section of the dike is built,and the deformation of the dike during the completion period and under the characteristic water levels is calculated,with emphasis on analyzing the influence of the water level changes and pressure platform on the deformation characteristics of the dike.The results indicate that the dike settlement is severe,and the severe settlement area is mainly concentrated near the center of the surface layer of the dike foundation,and the soft foundation has a significant impact on the dike settlement.The horizontal deformation is relatively small,mainly concentrated in soft foundations,and the horizontal deformation of the dike body is slight.The pressure platform on the waterside slope and the water level changes near a river have a great influence on the horizontal deformation of the dike.On the whole,the dike design scheme is reasonable,and it is suggested to reserve a sufficient settlement amount at the top of the dike.…”
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Study on the Composite Structure of Aluminum Foam-Filled Thin-Walled Metal Tube to Reduce the Charge Overload inside the Projectile during the Penetration Process by Fudi Liang, Zengyou Liang, Dezhi Deng

“…In this study, the mathematical expressions were first gained about the axial buffering force generated by the thin-walled metal tube, aluminum foam, and the composite structure of aluminum foam-filled thin-walled metal tube when they were impacted by the high-speed mass block through reasonable assumptions and stress analysis. During the experiment on the high-speed projectile penetrating reinforced concrete target, the acceleration curve of the charge and the projectile body were obtained. …”
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Challenges of Older Adults in India: A Qualitative Study of Institutional Care, Preferences and Government Initiatives by K Annapuranam

“…As demographic shifts occur, understanding the reasons for the choice of care is crucial. In-depth interviews conducted with fifteen older adults, mostly retired government officials, reveal that many opted for institutional care as a result of negligence, disregard, and abuse by family members. …”
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Figuring Out Fertilizer for the Home Lawn by Laurie E. Trenholm, Joseph B. Unruh

“… Applying the correct amount of fertilizer to your home lawn is critical for two reasons. The first is that the health and vigor of your lawn depends upon applying the right amount of fertilizer, with too little or too much fertilizer causing problems for the growth, appearance, and health of your lawn. …”
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Information Security Management in Small Public Sector Organizations: Requirements and Design of a Procedural Approach by Frank Moses, Kurt Sandkuhl

“…In this context, this article analyses the requirements of the NIS-2 Directive and complements them with the obstacles and reasons for success in the introduction of ISMS in small public sector organizations (SPSO). …”
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FOREIGNIZATION AND DOMESTICATION IN THE MINISTERIAL WEBSITE LOCALIZATION by Ely Hayati Nasution, Roswita Silalahi, Vivi Adryani Nasution

“…This research aims to identify the translation strategy involved under foreignization and domestication reference in the official website localization of Ministry of Health of Republic of Indonesia, to find out the most dominant translation strategy used, and to analyze the reasons to what extent foreignization and domestication applied, by referring the classifications proposed by Venuti (2008). …”
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Construction of an Integrated Positive Youth Development Conceptual Framework for the Prevention of the Use of Psychotropic Drugs among Adolescents by Tak Yan Lee

“…This paper first reports the subjective reasons for adolescents' drug use and abuse in Hong Kong and reviews the theoretical underpinnings. …”
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Horizontal Coalition Stability Analysis of Supply Chain Entities Based on Sequential Game by Shizhao Wang, Yong Luo

“…For example, if the sensitivity coefficient T of the market price is fixed, dealers’ coalition tends to be stable with the increasing of the substitution rate k in a reasonable range; the supplier’s optimal wholesale price is constant with and without dealer’s coalition, but dealers’ coalition causes demand to decrease, which leads to the decrease of the supplier’s profit too. …”
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Performance of Secondary Schools in Rukungiri District by Alphonse, Byamukama

“…Lack of motivation by teachers and students, delayed fee payment and remittance of teachers' due allowances, inadequate teaching materials, limited strategies to improve academic performance by school authorities, and students' level of discipline were said to be some of the main reasons why schools performed averagely and poorly at UCE. …”
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Influence of Crucible Thermal Conductivity on Crystal Growth in an Industrial Directional Solidification Process for Silicon Ingots by Zaoyang Li, Lijun Liu, Yunfeng Zhang, Genshu Zhou

“…The crucible thermal conductivity is varied in a reasonable range to investigate its influence on the global heat transfer and silicon crystal growth. …”
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Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Melatonin in Secondary Traumatic Brain Injury by Mariusz Sieminski, Michalina Reimus, Maria Kałas, Ewelina Stępniewska

“…Due to these properties, it is very reasonable to consider melatonin as a potential therapeutic molecule for TBI treatment. …”
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Dynamic Reliability Prediction of Bridges Based on Decoupled SHM Extreme Stress Data and Improved BDLM by Xueping Fan, Yuefei Liu

“…Bridge health monitoring system has produced a huge amount of monitored data (extreme stress data, etc.) in the long-term service periods; how to reasonably predict structural dynamic reliability with these data is one key problem in structural health monitoring (SHM) field. …”
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