A Comparative Study of Hybrid Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference Systems to Predict the Unconfined Compressive Strength of Rocks by Annabelle Graham, Emma Scott

“…The precise estimation of Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) in rock samples is paramount for the effective planning and execution of mining and civil engineering projects. However, the inherent variability and discontinuity within rock masses present challenges in obtaining accurate physico-mechanical data. …”
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Les relations ville-port à Rio de Janeiro : entre difficultés et perspectives de développement by Bertrand Cozic

“…Until today, Port Authorities, the city, private actors and civil society have not formulated a real concerted development project including the City and the Port. …”
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La « juste mémoire* » ? by Rose Duroux

“…Pues con razón declara Santos Juliá que la Guerra Civil ha sido el acontecimiento de la historia de España «que más pasión y debate ha suscitado, que más papel y esfuerzos ha consumido».…”
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The Impact of Suicide Attacks on Voting Behavior: The Case of November 2015 Early Elections by Ceren Yegen

“…These attacks aiming at destroying countries and citizens, and targeting civilians or state institutions, have been the current agenda in Turkey with cases such as Suruc Attack and Ankara Railway Station Attack following the June 7, 2015, elections and the Syrian Civil War. These attacks, which deeply affect the citizens and harm the country, can also have an impacton political behaviors such as social practices. …”
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Structural Dynamics Analysis and Optimization of an Oil-Free Piston Air Compressor Based on Vibration and Noise Characteristics by Xiaoqing Sun, Yi Shen, Lai Yang, Huafang Liang

“…Air compressors play an important role in energy, mining, civil engineering, and transportation engineering. …”
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Antifascismo en Latinoamérica a través de los lentes violetas by Eleonora Ardanaz

“…El objetivo de este artículo es rastrear y recuperar la historiografía vinculada al antifascismo de los últimos años, sobre todo en Latinoamérica y especialmente vinculada a la perspectiva de género, poniéndola en diálogo con las dimensiones nacionales y con las problemáticas con las que se imbrica, haciendo foco en las reacciones, las contribuciones y las vinculaciones con la guerra civil española como campo de batalla y encuentro de la cosmovisión del antifascismo. …”
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The legal, political and military scans: from Volume 10. Law, Politics, Militaria, Technology by Saveria Rito

“…Enriched with a wealth of photographs, Volume 10 is devoted to seven of the above-mentioned seventy scans and has led to the identification of more than 1,500 editions pertaining to the classes of Ius Canonicum, Ius Civile, Ethica, Oeconomica, Politica, De principatu, De re aulica, Moralia varia, Sententiae, Proverbia, Rhetorica, Poetica, Historica, De re Militari Architectura et Mechanicis. …”
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Aspectos de la eficacia del contrato de maternidad subrogada respecto de las obligaciones de la madre sustituta durante el periodo de gestación by Hugo Garces Garces, Diana Carolina Gaona García

“…Se proponen algunas alternativas que brinden soluciones a los problemas jurídicos que se pueden suscitar en el cumplimiento de los acuerdos de maternidad, como la inscripción del niño en la Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil.…”
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Public and Service Activity of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine: Current Issues by O. V. Dzhafarova, O. O. Mozhovyi

“…It has been proved that public and service activity of public administration authorities is really possible and actually feasible under the condition of creation and functioning of optimal normative, material and resource, organizational base for its guaranteeing (availability of legislative and other normative and legal documents, functioning of specialized service centers for providing administrative services with the staff of qualified civil servants and electronic databases, etc.). …”
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Co-creation as a Methodology to Integrate Mental Health and Psychosocial Support and Peacebuilding by Yvonne Sliep, Marian Tankink, Friederike Bubenzer

“…The integration of peacebuilding and mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) is a new field that is receiving increased attention from policy makers, local and international civil society organisations and donors. The authors conducted pilot studies in four countries over a 4-year period using a co-creation process. …”
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A Unique Source for Innovative Longitudinal Research: The POPLINK Database by Annika Westberg, Elisabeth Engberg, Sören Edvinsson

“…POPLINK allows for a large array of longitudinal studies, such as social mobility, migration, fertility, mortality, civil status, kinship relations, diseases, disability and causes of death. …”
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Sulla (ri)articolazione della “marocchinità” nel Marocco contemporaneo, tra festivalizzazione del dissenso giovanile e revival sufi by Michela Buonvino

“…This type of communication serves to strengthen and promote specific "civilizing processes" that include particular "disciplines of belonging" to the nation and the community of believers.…”
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Do majority shareholder control deviation results in financial constraints? by Igor Bernardi Sonza, Alberto Granzotto

“…Theoretical/methodological/practical contributions: the main implication of the research is to reveal idiosyncratic sources of credit in Brazil, since the majority shareholder control deviation (MSCD) reflects the weak legal protection for minority shareholders and creditors (civil law). This research helps capital market investors in countries with weak legal protections to choose companies that are concerned about governance issues, as well as companies to understand that such deviations can be harmful to corporate debt. …”
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Manufacture and characterization of lightweight sand-plastic composites made of plastic waste and sand: Effect of sand types by Salih Mekideche, Mansour Rokbi, Zine El Abidine Rahmouni, Resego Phiri, Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa, Suchart Siengchin

“…Recycled plastics are among the waste sought for several civil engineering applications. In this work, various plastic-bonded sand composites based on polypropylene waste and silica sand were produced to serve as building materials in many construction applications. …”
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Digitalization of public administration: expert reflection on problems and challenges by E. I. Boev, V. V. Zotov, L. A. Vasilenko

“…The experts were representatives of public authorities at the federal, regional and local levels, state corporations, civil society structures, business structures, the scientific community, as well as the Russian Regional Management Center. …”
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La educación informal y la narrativa violenta contra las mujeres en los videos musicales by Beatriz Adriana Gaytán Villalpando

“…Se sitúa el análisis en un contexto patriarcal feminicida donde las cifras oficiales no se acercan a las que informan los medios de comunicación o las organizaciones civiles. Se debe mencionar que es importante analizar de qué manera son interiorizados los videos musicales y su gran alcance en la población; gracias a las plataformas digitales y su influencia en algunas personas que los consumen en su vida diaria, se puede afirmar que el video musical, desde una mirada pedagógica, es una herramienta didáctica por excelencia en la educación informal y con ella “aprenden” muchos mexicanos a conducirse. …”
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O direito contratual comparado em nova perspectiva: revisitando as diferenças entre os sistemas romano-germânico e de common law by Mariana Pargendler

“…Desta análise surge um padrão claro, mas até então negligenciado. O sistema de civil law impõe mais limitações ao conteúdo das obrigações contratuais, valorizando o papel da boa-fé como standard de conduta obrigatório e impondo um maior número de cláusulas de natureza cogente. …”
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Private Enforcement and Market Regulation by Sara Landini

“…The main instruments of private enforcement are therefore considered: civil liability, termination of the contract, nullity of the contract, injunction. …”
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What was Killing Babies in Hermoupolis, Greece? An Investigation of Infant Mortality Using Individual Level Causes of Death, 1861–1930 by Michail Raftakis

“…Given the scarcity of cause of death data both at the individual and aggregate level in Greece roughly prior to the 1920s, the availability of such data in the draft death registers (for sporadic runs of years in the second half of the 19th and early 20th century) and the civil registration (from 1916 onwards) in Hermoupolis provides a deeper understanding of the history of cause-of-death reporting in the country. …”
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Le contrôle du corps des femmes à travers l’histoire. Essai de mise en perspective de la question de la santé sexuelle et reproductive des femmes dans le monde arabe by Sophie Bessis

“…This control is exercised according to particular modalities in different civilizations but always aims to control female sexuality so as to ensure the reproductive function for the benefit of the group of males. …”
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