Strengthening of Damaged Masonry Walls Using Engineered Cementitious Composites: Experimental and Numerical Analysis by S. M. Renuka, I. P. Mervin Sanjith

“…The suggested models were shown to be capable of predicting the common behaviour of masonry units.…”
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Storytelling in Pregnancy and Childbirth: An Integrative Review of the Literature by Zahra Mahdavi, Leila Amiri-Farahani, Sally Pezaro

“…Background and Objectives. Storytelling is a common and popular way of conveying events, culture, ideas, and information. …”
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Comparison of Lesion Detection and Quantification in MAP Reconstruction with Gaussian and Non-Gaussian Priors by Jinyi Qi

“…The prior distribution of the unknown image plays an important role in MAP reconstruction. The most commonly used prior are Gaussian priors, whose logarithm has a quadratic form. …”
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Specific Central Nervous System Medications Are Associated with Temporomandibular Joint Symptoms by John K. Drisdale III, Monica G. Thornhill, Alexandre R. Vieira

“…There is evidence of association between bruxism and the increasingly common central nervous system stimulants prescribed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), as well as the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) often prescribed for depression or anxiety. …”
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Qarar in International Oil and Gas Contract by Mohammad hossein Esfandiarpour, Ahmad Shaabani

“…In other word, according to the oil and gas professionals’ course of conduct such risks could be waived and consequently, the common risks of these contracts can not affct their validity totally.…”
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Phadiatop Infant in the Diagnosis of Atopy in Children with Allergy-Like Symptoms by Ragnhild Halvorsen, Åsa Jenner, Else Marie Hagelin, Magnus P. Borres

“…Allergy-like symptoms such as wheezing and eczema are common in young children and an early diagnosis is important to initiate correct management. …”
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Defining and measuring suspicion of sepsis: an analysis of routine data by Charles Vincent, Bethan Page, Matthew Inada-Kim, Imran Maqsood

“…Urinary tract infection was the most common diagnosis and lobar pneumonia was associated with the most deaths. …”
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Incisor Malocclusion Using Cut-out Method and Convolutional Neural Network by Muhamad Farhin Harun, Azurah A Samah, Muhammmad Imran Ahmad Shabuli, Hairudin Abdul Majid, Haslina Hashim, Nor Azman Ismail, Syiral Mastura Abdullah, Aspalilah Alias

“…This condition leads to poor performance of vital functions such as chewing. A common procedure in orthodontic treatment for malocclusion is a conventional diagnostic procedure where a dental health professional takes dental x-rays to examine the teeth to diagnose malocclusion. …”
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Ethical Considerations of Influencing Behavior Using Computer Technology by Michael Bailey, Richard Hill, Albert Brown

“…Material and Methods: The method of this research is a philosophical analysis based on the use of common theories of moral philosophy and philosophy of technology. …”
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Foreign Language Mediation Activities in the Dialogue of Cultures by E. V. Voevoda

“…In 2001, in order to synchronize the national curricula, the Council of Europe adopted CEFR - Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment which presents descriptors of the six levels of language proficiency. …”
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Monte Carlo Simulation of the Gamma-Ray Transmissions for the newly Designed Shielding Blocks used in Radiotherapy by Nuray Yavuzkanat, Hazal Burcu Saraç Kürem

“…For this reason, Cerrobend block (lipowitz alloy), which is made specifically for each patient, are commonly used in the hospitals. In the clinical application, the acceptable level of the gamma-ray transmission for Cerrobend blocks must be less than 5%. …”
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Insect size responses to climate change vary across elevations according to seasonal timing. by César R Nufio, Monica M Sheffer, Julia M Smith, Michael T Troutman, Simran J Bawa, Ebony D Taylor, Sean D Schoville, Caroline M Williams, Lauren B Buckley

“…Body size declines are a common response to warming via both plasticity and evolution, but variable size responses have been observed for terrestrial ectotherms. …”
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Methods and approach to the interdisciplinary and cross-cultural Arctic Alaska Salmon Workshop: critical self-reflections from fisheries scientists by Elizabeth D. Lindley, Peter A.H. Westley

“…In Arctic Alaska, Pacific salmon are known to have occurred for at least a century, but in recent years appear to be increasingly common. With the goal of holistically understanding and describing these changes in a way that equitably considers Indigenous, local, and western knowledge, we share our experience and methodologies in facilitating the Arctic Alaska Salmon Workshop. …”
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Generation Algorithm of a Novel Platform Attached Support Structure for FDM-Fused Deposition Modeling by Ning Lv, Yunxu Li, Yujing Qiao

“…The proposed algorithm is encapsulated into the slicing engine and compared with three common initial layer structures for conducting part printing comparison experiments. …”
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Theory of Elementary Contribution to Profit Transformation in the Concept of the Company and a Platform for the Realization of Islamic Banking by Sayed Amrollah Hoseini, Mohammad Zarei Mahmoudabadi

“…It means combining rights and properties in a way that cannot be.distinguished. which may be achieved due to optional means such as contract, menstruation, mixing or coercive means such as inheritance, mixing and the like.In this case, the matter is limited to those cases in which the combination is possible.Therefore, things like the company's debt, interests, actions and credits, which are ironically common in today's economy and banking, are out of the scope of the company. …”
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An accurate and robust FFT-based solver for transient diffusion in heterogeneous materials by Gélébart, Lionel

“…Discrete Trigonometric Transform are used to implement non-periodic boundary conditions, and a finite difference (FD) scheme recently proposed by Finel is advantageously compared to the common hexahedral FD scheme. “Accurate” refers to two properties: accurate in term of locality with a small size of Finite Difference pencil to capture fluctuations around material heterogeneities, and accurate in term of precision with the absence of spurious spatial oscillations (at least in the reported cases with well-separated inclusions). …”
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THE EFFECTS OF COVID19 PANDEMIC UPON TOURISM: A SAMPLE FROM THE CITY OF KARS by Ethem Topçuoğlu, Erdoğan Kaygın

“…The results revealed that dismissals from hotels and restaurants were common, the business experienced a serious loss of income, they needed support from the government to recollect and at least one year was required to turn back to conditions before. …”
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Secukinumab-Induced Inflammatory Bowel Disease in a Patient Treated for Chronic Plaque Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis: A Case Report and Review of the Role of Novel Biologic Age... by K. M. Darch, T. L. Holland, L. J. Spelman

“…Chronic plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are common autoimmune inflammatory conditions, often existing as comorbidities that have a significant impact on a patient’s quality of life. …”
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A Method of Transoral Finger Dissection for a Giant Epiglottic Lipoma by Toshizo Koizumi, Katsunari Yane, Toshiaki Yamanaka, Tadashi Kitahara

“…Subcutaneous lipomas that occur in the trunk and proximal extremities are commonly dissected by low-invasive method. However, a standard surgical method for lipomas of the epiglottis has been absent. …”
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Multiple small bowel GIST as GI manifestation of neurofibromatosis type I: A case report by Habtamu Tsegaye, Adamu Tigabu

“…Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most common GI tumour in NF1 patients. In NF1-associated GIST, KIT and PDGFRA mutations are frequently absent and imatinib is ineffective. …”
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