Flow Characteristics and Experimental Verification of T-Groove Dry Gas Seal Under Different Flow States by Lanxia Zhang, Xuexing Ding, Shipeng Wang, Shuai Zhang

“…The Reynolds equation was solved to obtain a modified turbulent film pressure distribution law that affects gas lubrication. The effectiveness of the calculation program was verified by experimental tests. …”
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Is it possible to do theology without philosophical presuppositions? by D. F. M. Strauss

“…Alongside many other “gods” God would then have to conform to a universal law for “being God”. But since it is only characteristic of created entities that they are subject to the order which God as Creator has set for them, this ultimately entails that grasping God in a concept subjects God to a creational law. …”
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Maxwellian Eye Fixation during Natural Scene Perception by Jean Duchesne, Vincent Bouvier, Julien Guillemé, Olivier A. Coubard

“…Again, the PDF of eye movement amplitude during fixation obeyed Maxwell’s law for each participant and for each scene condition (normal or scrambled). …”
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Genesis of national legislation and scientific thought development regarding criminal liability for perjury by K. A. Romanauskas

“…Based on the social danger of this criminal offence, which is an encroachment on the lawful procedure for the administration of justice, in particular, ensuring the rule of law, legality in the procedural activities of courts, law enforcement agencies, and other institutions entrusted with the enforcement of court decisions, the importance of ensuring a high-quality investigation of these criminal offences has been emphasised. …”
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Predictions of State and County Top Civil Servants Regarding the Abolition of County State Administration Offices: Two Sides of the Same Coin? by Iva Lopižić, Romea Manojlović Toman

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PC Cable-Stayed Bridge Main Girder Shear Lag Effects: Assessment of Single Cable Plane in Construction Stage by Yan-feng Li, Xing-long Sun, Long-sheng Bao

“…A model test and finite element analysis were conducted in this study to determine the distribution law of shear lag effect in the main beam section, a box girder, during the cable-stayed bridge construction process. …”
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Indicativos de gentrificação na cidade de Ponta Grossa, PR: uma análise a partir da relação entre a legislação urbana municipal e as transformações no espaço urbano by Thais Sanson Sene, Lúcia Cortes da Costa, Sandra Maria Scheffer

“…Based on an investigation of the amendments to the previous zoning legislation for the city of Ponta Grossa (Law nº 6.329/1999), the research hypothesis was that the legal amendments, aimed at private investment, functioned as an instrument of access to the use and occupation of land and aimed primarily to serve the interests of real estate capital. …”
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Alternative dispute resolution: Mediation as a model [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Naser Sherman, Bashar Talal Momani

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Calculation of the Instream Ecological Flow of the Wei River Based on Hydrological Variation by Shengzhi Huang, Jianxia Chang, Qiang Huang, Yimin Wang, Yutong Chen

“…Since the modified Tennant method is more suitable to reflect the law of flow, it has physical significance, and the calculation results are more reasonable.…”
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Peculiarities of Representation in Civil Proceedings by K. R. Rezvorovych

“…The relevance of this thesis is evidenced in particular by there that was disclosed such facts as: the content of the institute of representation in civil law and civil process doctrine; the circle of persons who can be representatives in civil procedure. …”
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Experimental Study on Mechanical Properties of Deep Buried Granite under Different Confining Pressures by Jun Zhao, Tan Zhang

“…The deformation and failure law of granite samples revealed in this study has significant reference value for the selection of rock mass mechanical model of surrounding rock stability of underground engineering, the formulation of surrounding rock support countermeasures, and the evolution law of mechanical parameters with damage variables.…”
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Class Action as a Strategy for Saving Waqf Land Assets in Indonesia by Rimanto Rimanto, Kholid Hidayatullah

“…The constructive pattern of saving waqf assets is by looking for legal opportunities or ways that can be taken by the community or community groups, by examining several Supreme Court regulations, the Law of Religious Courts Procedure, and Law Number 41 of 2004 concerning Waqf, as the primary data source. …”
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We Now Have the Tools and Infrastructure to Hold Donors and NGOs in International Development to their Own Legal and Professional Standards by David H. Lempert

“…Keywords: sustainability, dependency, democracy, development, aid, capacity building, international relations, international law, donors, UNDP, World Bank, European Commission, NGOs, foundations. …”
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Investigative genetic genealogy practices warranting policy attention: Results of a modified policy Delphi. by Christi J Guerrini, Louiza Kalokairinou, Jill O Robinson, Whitney Bash Brooks, Stephanie M Fullerton, Sara Huston, Jacklyn Dahlquist, Diana Madden, Norah Crossnohere, Nicola Campoamor, John F P Bridges, Amy L McGuire

“…A technique known as investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) was first introduced to criminal investigations in 2018, and it has since been used by U.S. law enforcement to help identify hundreds of criminal perpetrators and unidentified human remains. …”
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Strengthening Human Rights Protection in Nigeria: Safeguards Under the Police Act 2020 by Ugochukwu Godspower Ehirim, Morrison Ossai, Patrick Chukwunonso Aloamaka, Nwanneka Flora Ehirim

“…The activities of the police remain central to the perception of human rights under municipal and international law according to the policies of the state-party. …”
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Mechanical Constitutive and Seepage Theoretical Model of Water Storage Media Based on Fractional Derivative by Lujun Wang, Yang Wu, Xiaoqian Zhu, Peng Li, Zhiguo Cao, Huan Yang

“…The nonlinear stress-strain constitutive model of the water storage media is established by combining Hooke’s law and the fractional derivative stress-strain model. …”
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THE ROLE OF (ECONOMIC) INSTITUTIONS IN ATTRACTING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Amra Babajić, Mirnesa Baraković-Nurikić

“…Correlation analysis confirmed a positive relationship between FDI and Voice and Accountability and a negative relationship between FDI and Rule of Law, while linear regression indicates that only Rule of Law has a statistically significant and positive impact on FDI in BiH. …”
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Dimensionality of the Challenges of the Institutionalization of the Islamic Banking System by Reza Rahimi

“…Regarding the problems and challenges facing Islamic banking, of course, after nearly forty years since the adoption and implementation of the law on interest-free banking in Iran, many writings, researches and materials have been formed. …”
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The drivers of export product diversification in China: does natural resource endowments matter? by Jabbar Ul-Haq, Hubert Visas, Anatolijs Krivins, Rita Remeikienė, Qazi Muhammad Adnan Hye

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Modeling and Simulation of Cultural Communication Based on Evolutionary Game Theory by Wenting Chen, Bopeng Jin

“…Based on the community network structure and the improved classic network communication model, this paper constructs the susceptible-infected-recovered (SIR) model for the grassroots communication of engineering safety culture and discusses the law of grassroots transmission of engineering safety culture. …”
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