Initiating agri‐environmental collaboration at landscape scale requires bridging structures, regional facilitators and addressing the expectations of actors by Stefan Schüler, Isabelle Arimond, Annika Hass, Menko Koch, Jule M. Huber, Volker Ruwisch, Manuel Bartens, Tobias Plieninger, Catrin Westphal

“…We find that establishing bridging structures (for an equal exchange of ideas and experiences), identifying and involving regional facilitators (to promote the participation of farmers and other actors) and addressing the expectations of actors (e.g. regarding administrative burden) can jointly support the establishment of collaborative initiatives in agriculture. …”
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Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of teaching philosophy to children on students' critical thinking by Leila Mirzaei, Zahra Golizade

“…The results of this research showed that the effect size of the random model summary was equal to 1.00, which is statistically significant and indicates the positive effects in philosophy to children in developing their critical thinking skills.Therefore, it is suggested that teaching philosophy for children should be included in formal education programs.…”
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Confronting the First-Level Digital Divide in the Digital Age: A Comparison Between Public and Private University Students in Turkiye by Cem Koray Olgun, İsa Demir, Cihad Özsöz

“…This is significant because as higher education opportunities in Turkey are spread all over the country many students do not have equal access to ICT tools. This study analyzed the effects of the first-level digital divide in Turkey by using a quantitative method.…”
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The bearing capacity based on standard penetration test by Widiarso Dian Agus, Qadaryati Nurakhmi, Winarno Tri

“…The stability of building construction or series is not only determined by the upper circuit but the stability of the lower series in this case the foundation plays an equally important role in maintaining the stability of the structure. …”
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A Novel Approach to Density Near-Zero Acoustic Metamaterials by Milan Sečujski, Norbert Cselyuszka, Vesna Crnojević-Bengin

“…In this study we show that its application can be extended to achieving propagation of sound waves at a frequency where its effective density equals zero. This effect can be exploited in a range of applications where extremely low phase variation over long physical distances is required, such as energy tunneling or tailoring the acoustic radiation phase pattern in arbitrary ways. …”
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Understanding the Role of Refugees' Entrepreneurship Motives and Challenges in Integration: Evidence From the Food Industry by Ibrahim Cifci, Ozan Atsız

“…As a result of the analysis, beyond the previous studies' findings, three interconnected fundamental relations emerged from the main dimensions' sub-categories, which contribute to a better understanding of the role of refugees' entrepreneurship motives and challenges in their integration into the host society: (1) the relation between the market accessing challenge, citizenship desire, and social equality, (2) the relation of cultural proximity and the attitude of host people in building social bridges and, (3) the relation between refugees' mental health problems and resilience in entrepreneurship achievements. …”
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Optimizing the graft size in the Evans osteotomy to minimize the calcaneocuboid joint pressure by highly realistic in-silico analysis by Luca Quagliato, Youngbin Lim, Yunjeong Choi, Kyoung Min Lee, Sewon Kim, Taeyong Lee

“…The developed FEA model was validated by comparing the in-vivo pressure distribution on the foot plantar with the in-silico results, resulting in a low deviation equal to 7.8%, and with the deformed foot shape caused by the body weight in static standing position measured by a high-precision lidar scanning, for an average shape error of 5.3%. …”
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GENDER STRATEGIES AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP by N. V. Кhamitov, D. D. Dandekar

“…Constructiveness here means not only gender equality, but also gender partnership. Originality. …”
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Distribution of Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes in Canada: Results from the LCDC Sentinel Health Unit Surveillance System by RK Chaudhary, M Tepper, S Eisaadany, Paul R Gully

“…In Winnipeg, Manitoba, subtype 3a (47%) was more prevalent than subtype 1a (37%), and, in Guelph, Ontario, both subtypes 1a and 3a had equal (40%) distribution. The prevalence of subtype 3a was significantly higher in injection drug users (27%) than in nonusers (10%) (P<0.005). …”
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Balancing nutrition for successful reproduction in ruminants by Yitong Ding, Xinyue Liu, Yueming Guan, Zimu Li, Mengcheng Luo, Duanqin Wu, Lan Ye, Liu Guo, Leli Wang, Yongjuan Guan

“…In the context of ruminants, a well‐balanced and nutrient‐rich diet is equally crucial for achieving peak reproductive performance. …”
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Effect of ECAP process on deformability, microstructure and conductivity of CuCoNi alloy by Grzegorczyk B., Rusz S., Snopinski P., Hilšer O., Skowronek A., Grajcar A.

“…The study deals with the influence of various variants of severe plastic deformation in the Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP) process on the microstructure, microhardness, and conductivity of CuCoNi alloy. …”
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Improved QRD-M Detection Algorithm for Generalized Spatial Modulation Scheme by Xiaorong Jing, Mingyue Wang, Wei Zhou, Hongqing Liu

“…Simulation results show that the improved QRD-M detection algorithm provides similar performance to maximum likelihood (ML) with the reduced computational complexity compared to the original QRD-M algorithm, and the optimal value of parameter M of the improved QRD-M algorithm for detection of the GSM scheme is equal to modulation order plus one.…”
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A Comparison of Selected Modifications of the Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm by Michala Jakubcová, Petr Máca, Pavel Pech

“…In the first strategy, the entire swarm population is considered as one unit (OC-PSO), the second strategy periodically partitions the population into equally large complexes according to the particle’s functional value (SCE-PSO), and the final strategy periodically splits the swarm population into complexes using random permutation (SCERand-PSO). …”
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Antimicrobial activity of chitosan /corn starch film incorporated with starch nanocrystals /nettle essential oil nanoemulsion for Eleutheronema tetradactylum fillet preservation by Hamed Ahari, Fatemeh Kalateh-Seifari, Shima Yousefi

“…This study aimed to estimate the effects of chitosan/ corn starch (CH/ CS equal 62:38) film in combination with nettle essential oil nanoemulsions (0.41 wt% NEONEs) and starch nanocrystals (6 wt% SNCs) on the microbial and qualitative characteristics of the Eleutheronema tetradactylumfillets during refrigeration storage (4 ± 1 °C). …”
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Photocatalytic Degradation of Bismarck Brown G Using Irradiated ZnO in Aqueous Solutions by Falah H. Hussein, Ahmed F. Halbus, Hussein A. K. Hassan, Wisam A. K. Hussein

“…P.D.E. reached 95.76% for Bismarck brown G after 50 minutes of irradiation at 293.15 K P.D.E. was found to increase with increasing temperature and the activation energy of photocatalytic degradation was calculated and found to be equal to 32±1 kJ mol-1.…”
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A Comparison Study on Co- and Counterrotating Dual-Rotor System with Squeeze Film Dampers and Intermediate Bearing by Fei Wang, Gui-Huo Luo, Shu Yan, Hai-Tao Cui

“…It was found that the critical speeds of the corotating system were equal to or slightly higher than those of the counterrotating case due to the gyroscopic moments. …”
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An Orderly Untangling Model against Arching Effect in Emergency Evacuation Based on Equilibrium Partition of Crowd by Lianghai Jin, Mingzhang Xiang, Shu Chen, Xiazhong Zheng, Ruojun Yao, Yangao Chen

“…The number of each batch crowd is calculated under the condition that the time of entering the evacuation passageway is equal to the time of crossing over the evacuation passageway. …”
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Micellar Enhanced Spectrofluorimetric Method for the Determination of Ponatinib in Human Plasma and Urine via Cremophor RH 40 as Sensing Agent by Hany W. Darwish, Ahmed H. Bakheit, Ali Saber Abdelhameed, Amer S. AlKhairallah

“…There is a linear relationship between the fluorescence intensity of PTB and its concentration over the range 5–120 ngmL−1, with limit of detection and limit of quantification equal to 0.905 ngmL−1 and 2.742 ngmL−1, respectively. …”
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Synchronization of Two Non-Identical Coupled Exciters in a Non-Resonant Vibrating System of Linear Motion. Part II: Numeric Analysis by Chunyu Zhao, Hongtao Zhu, Tianju Bai, Bangchun Wen

“…The torque of frequency capture results from the torque of coupling cosine effect, which is equal to the product of the coupling kinetic energy, the coefficient of coupling cosine effect, and the sine of phase difference of two exciters. …”
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Assessing taxpayers’ satisfaction with tax administration e-services by Lidija Hauptman, Nika Vetrih, Alenka Kavkler

“…Gender differences do not exist, as male and female taxpayers are perceived to be equally satisfied with the e-service. The results suggest that improving tax information’s usability, clarity, and security increases taxpayers’ confidence and satisfaction. …”
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