Al2O3/Al hybrid nanolaminates with superior toughness, strength and ductility by Paul Baral, Sahar Jaddi, Hui Wang, Andrey Orekhov, Nicolas Gauquelin, Alireza Bagherpour, Frederik Van Loock, Michaël Coulombier, Audrey Favache, Morgan Rusinowicz, Johan Verbeeck, Stéphane Lucas, Jean-Pierre Raskin, Hosni Idrissi, Thomas Pardoen

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Overcoming the Socio-Economic Challenges to Good Governance: Streamlining Cooperative Governance Model by Bhekabantu Alson Ntshangase, Kaizer Raseane Makole, Steven Kayambazinthu Msosa

“…However, despite numerous efforts and pleas by the Auditor-General of South Africa to responsible oversight structures like provincial governments and the Standing Committee on Public Accounts to curb financial malfeasance, corruption and lack of adequate and proper financial management skills, these pleas have fallen on deaf ears thus undermining cooperative and good governance mechanisms and systems. …”
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ABOUT THE MORPHOLOGY OF BUD SCALES AND CATAPHYLLS OF ULMUS GLABRA HUDS. (ULMACEAE) by I. S. Antonova, A. S. Popova

“…Specific features of plant development and mechanisms ensuring such processes are expressly linked with the  structure of buds and hence the leaf series formed on lateral shoots.Materials and methods. …”
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The Therapeutic Effects and Possible Mechanism of Pranoprofen in Mouse Model of Corneal Alkali Burns by Minting Chen, Abdirahman Abdinasir Gureeye, Yacouba Cissé, Lang Bai

“…HE stain results showed the saline group had obvious corneal structure disorder and the corneal epithelial layer was incomplete as opposed to the pranoprofen group. …”
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ADAPTASI ARSITEKTUR TRADISIONAL RUMAH GAYO BERDASARKAN MEMORI KOLEKTIF by Muhammad Ferah Yosantia, Cut Dewi, Safwan

“…Data was gathered through a literature review and direct observation of the remaining Gayo home structures. In addition, in-depth interviews with essential informants were undertaken. …”
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Assessing the Air Quality Impact of Train Operation at Tokyo Metro Shibuya Station from Portable Sensor Data by Deepanshu Agarwal, Xuan Truong Trinh, Wataru Takeuchi

“…This study examines the vertical and horizontal distribution of PM2.5 and PM10 levels at Shibuya Station, a structurally complex hub in the Tokyo Subway System. …”
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Mechanically stable polymer networks incorporating polymeric ionic liquids for enhanced conductivity in solid-state electrolytes by Sezer Özenler, Nataliya Kiriy, Upenyu L. Muza, Martin Geisler, Anton Kiriy, Brigitte Voit

“…Notably, the introduction of oligo(ethylene glycol) moieties into the PIL structure significantly enhances ionic conductivity and allows for incorporation of a larger amount of the lithium salt compared to the alkyl-substituted analogs. …”
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Mathematics self-belief and mathematical creativity of university students: the role of problem-solving skills by Bright Asare, Yarhands Dissou Arthur, Benjamin Adu Obeng

“…Exploratory factor analysis and reliability analysis were performed using SPSS (v.23), while confirmatory factor analysis and discriminant validity analysis were also performed using Amos (v.23) in this study. A structural equational modeling (SEM) was run in Analysis of Moment Structure (Amos v.23) to analyze the hypothesized path. …”
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Occurrence Characteristics and Threshold Pore Throat Radius of Movable Fluids for Dolomite Intercrystalline Pores of Lacustrine Carbonate Rocks by Shiming Zhang, Xiaojun Zhang, Tingjing Zhang, Yongxian Zheng, Jun Cui, Juerong Fu, Chao Wang, Xiaofeng Yu

“…The reservoir evaluation and classification are restrained by the progress of research on the pore structure and fluid occurrence in dolomite intercrystalline pores of the Paleogene lacustrine carbonate rock in the western Qaidam Basin. …”
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EU fiscal governance and budget consolidation in Visegrád countries by Zh. N. Komissarova, E. A. Sergeev

“…The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and the Slovak Republic run different consolidations as to scale, structure and measures taken, though one could highlight some similarities. …”
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Comparative Study on Two Types of Nonpillar Mining Techniques by Roof Cutting and by Filling Artificial Materials by Enze Zhen, Yubing Gao, Yajun Wang, Siming Wang

“…A numerical simulation analysis reveals the following findings: RCPR changes the surrounding rock structure of a gob-side entry, optimizes the surrounding rock stress environment, and belongs to active pressure-relief entry retaining; the GERF does not adjust the surrounding rock structure of a gob-side entry and belongs to passive pressure-resistance entry retaining; and the surrounding rock of a gob-side entry is significantly affected by pressure. …”
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Development of a Brief Assessment Tool to Evaluate Early Low Nutrition Risk in Community Elderly: Creation of the Tool and Examination of Its Reliability and Criterion-related Vali... by Shoji Shinkai, Miki Narita, Hiroshi Murayama, Akihiko Kitamura, Yoshinori Fujiwara

“…Item analysis was conducted on the 34 common items, and items were selected based on the following criteria: adequate pass rates and discriminative power, no gender and regional differences, and a certain level of commonality based on factor analysis. Next, the factor structure of the candidate items was examined through exploratory factor analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis was conducted as the final scale structure. …”
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The Factors Influencing the Choice of Takaful by Corporate Policyholders by Majid Nili Ahmad Abadi, Leili Niakan, Mahsa Heidari Ahmadi

“…The number of primary factors is 3, which are categorized into 7 categories under the headings of innovation and technology, marketing and advertising policy, human resources, financial factors, external and control factors, organizational structure and ideological factors. In order to determine the importance of weighting criteria for companies, the best-worst (BWM) method was used, the TOPSIS method was used to determine the weight of sample insured companies, and the WASPAS-Fuzzy method was used to rank the factors affecting the choice of Takaful insurance. …”
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Machine learning and AVO class II workflow for hydrocarbon prospectivity in the Messinian offshore Nile Delta Egypt by Nadia Abd-Elfattah, Aia Dahroug, Manal El Kammar, Ramy Fahmy

“…Spectral decomposition helps delineate the fairway boundaries and structural features, while Amplitude Versus Offset (AVO) analysis is used to validate gas sand anomalies. …”
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Gravity and Remote Sensing Methods as a Solution in Identifying Geothermal Reservoirs on Volcanoes by null Wiyono, Salman Hamja Siombone, Sukir Maryanto

“…The form of continuity of the straightness or fault structure is obtained by processing Landsat-8 multispectral image data in the form of 567 band composite and DEM SRTM data form of 3D topographic modeling. …”
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Assessing universal competencies of students of non-linguistic specialties by Yulia B. Drobotenko, Natalia A. Nazarova

“…The purpose of the paper is to present the concept of universal competencies in a meaningful and structural way and to determine the possibilities of the case-testing method in their evaluation. …”
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Scaling up computational thinking skills in computer-assisted language learning (CTsCALL) and its fitness with language learners’ intentions to use virtual exchange: A bi-symmetric... by Amir Reza Rahimi, Ana Sevilla-Pavón

“…The result of the symmetric phase of the study validated the five-dimensional structure of CTsCALL and the four-dimensional structures of ITTEF in VE and CALL. …”
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Numerical Analysis on the Load Sharing Performance of Long-Short CFG Pile Composite Foundation Subjected to Rotation of Adjacent Retaining Wall by Bantayehu Uba Uge, Yuancheng Guo, Yunlong Liu

“…The stress and displacement boundary conditions of excavation retaining structures affect the deformation mechanism and movement of the retained soil mass. …”
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Use of BIM with Modular Construction in Future Construction Techniques by Ali Ünay, Asena Soyluk, İlayda Omurtay

“…With BIM and the modular construction method, physical conflicts between the structural system and its mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems can be easily identified early in the design process, and resolution can be expedited. …”
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Genotypic variability in the functioning of photosystem II in leaves of covered and naked oats by E. M. Lisitsyn, S. A. Churakova, G. A. Batalova

“…The existence of significant differences was shown between covered and naked oats according to six of the nine evaluated structural and functional parameters of the PSII leaf functioning. …”
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