Effects of Regional Trade Agreement to Local and Global Trade Purity Relationships by Siyu Huang, Wensha Gou, Hongbo Cai, Xiaomeng Li, Qinghua Chen

“…This analysis shows that the community structure is quite consistent with some trade unions, and the representative RTAs constitute the core structure of international trade network. …”
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Understanding cervical cancer, human papillomavirus (HPV), and HPV vaccine acceptance in college-going students: Institutional-based cross-sectional study from Bihar State by Ekta Krishna, Shreyas Kumar Patil, Santosh Kumar Nirala, Bijaya Nanda Naik, Vijay Kumar, Chanda Mani Singh, Vijay Kumar

“…Background: Cervical cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Indian women, constituting a significant public health problem. Improving knowledge regarding cervical cancer, human papillomavirus (HPV), and HPV vaccines will help in increased vaccine acceptance and prevention of cervical cancer. …”
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Migration Characteristics and Restoration Mechanism of Grout Containing Aggregate in Overburden Fractures Based on CFD-DEM Coupling Model by Yulou Ren, Feng Du, Huanqi Chen, Zijie Hong, Ziyuan Ren

“…Specifically, the mechanical constitutive model of aggregate migration is obtained by mechanical analysis of particles and flow field, and the mechanism of aggregate flow and transport with grout in rock fracture is put forward. …”
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A Numerical Study of Ground Displacement and Stress Conditions of Small and Medium Circular Diaphragm Wall during Excavation by Zun-Qun Xiao, Jian Lin, Dong-Sang Tang

“…In the present study, a dimensional total-stress elasto-plastic FEM analysis was conducted, which was based on the Mohr-Coulomb constitutive model. The model was combined with a practical engineering case in order to investigate ground displacements and stress conditions during the installations of a medium-sized and a small-sized circular diaphragm wall, as well as the subsequent soil excavations within the walls. …”
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On Damage Identification in Planar Frames of Arbitrary Size by I. Fiore, A. Greco, A. Pluchino

“…The natural frequencies obtained by means of the proposed approach are used for the solution of two different inverse problems, which concern the identification of, respectively, the mechanical characteristics of the constitutive material and the location and intensity of the damage. …”
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AN APPRAISAL OF NIGERIA’S FOREIGN POLICY THRUST FROM 1960-2023 by SUNNY MENE PIATE, EMMANUEL SUNDAY, BARILEDUM KIA

“…That this confusion over what constitutes Nigeria’s national interest and the procedure for its realization vividly explains why Nigeria’s foreign policy since independence until date has witnessed enormous cost without any corresponding dividends.  …”
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Importance of New Edible Oil Extracted from Seeds of Seven Cereals Species by Amor Slama, Ammar Cherif, Sadok Boukhchina

“…Cereals constitute a major source of human and animal nutrition. …”
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Sociocybernetics and autopoiesis by Sonja Verwey

“…The purpose of this paper is to initiate dialogue among communication scholars that may resonate with the constructivist epistemology, and which constitutes both cybernetics and postmodernism. We argue that cybernetics in its entirety poses a challenge for the study of organisations from a communication perspective. …”
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The "hypnotic state" and eye movements: Less there than meets the eye? by Etzel Cardeña, Barbara Nordhjem, David Marcusson-Clavertz, Kenneth Holmqvist

“…Whether or not hypnotic responding involves a special state of consciousness has been part of a contentious debate in the field, so the potential validity of their claim would constitute a landmark. However, their conclusion was based on 1 highly hypnotizable individual compared with 14 controls who were not measured on hypnotizability. …”
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Paulus Vladimiri and Stanislaus de Scarbimiria – medieval Krakow law school and the Polish contribution to the formation of the rights of nations by Jacek Grzybowski

“… The formation of medieval national communities constitutes the basis of political and cultural European history. …”
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Phytochemical components and antibacterial activity of two populations of Senecio vulgaris L. essential oils as traditional medicine plant by Fatemeh Hajmoradi, Hamed Fathi, Foozieh Moghadami

“…Results: Monoterpene hydrocarbons were found to be dominated in both populations, with Humulene epoxide II being the primary constituent, constituting 17.87% in the first population and 21.55% in the second one. …”
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Features of Administrative and Legal Regulation of Protecting Forestry Fund Land in Ukraine by R. V. Igonin, M. V. Viktorchuk

“…It has been found out that measures on protecting forestry land are divided into measures directly aimed at the protection of lands and measures related to forests protection. These measures constitute the content of the protection of forestry land. …”
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Peace through Institutions: Woodrow Wilson and the Paris Peace Conference by Burak Küntay

“…The efforts to build and sustain a global order ensuring peace and cooperation in the international community - which ultimately failed with the beginning of a Second World War—constitute telling and timely lessons for world politics today. …”
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Activation of Wnt/β-catenin in neural progenitor cells regulates blood–brain barrier development and promotes neuroinflammation by Dylan J. Sebo, Irshad Ali, Audrey R. Fetsko, Aubrey A. Trimbach, Michael R. Taylor

“…To further test this concept, we generated a transgenic Tet-On inducible system to drive constitutively active β-catenin expression in neural progenitor cells (NPCs). …”
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Numerical Investigation on Charging–Discharging of a PCM Using PV and Thermal Oil for Injera Baking Application by Meseret Alemu Abinet, Abdulkadir A. Hassen, G. Gashaw

“…In Ethiopia, where millions rely on biomass, charcoal, and animal dung for energy, the predominant use is in baking injera, constituting over 50% of energy consumption. This traditional practice adversely affects the health of women and children and hampers education. …”
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A Novel Three-Dimensional Direction-of-Arrival Estimation Approach Using a Deep Convolutional Neural Network by Constantinos M. Mylonakis, Zaharias D. Zaharis

“…This article aims to constitute a noteworthy contribution to the domain of direction-of-arrival (DoA) estimation through the application of deep learning algorithms. …”
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Intracranial desmoid tumor simulating a trigeminal schwannoma: case report and literature review by Beatrice Silva Fernandes, Jessica Fernandes Vasconcelos, Paulo Eduardo Goncalves, Joilson Francisco de Souza Junior, Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel, Arthur Maynart Pereira Oliveira

“…Intracranial DTs are extremely rare and constitute a major diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. …”
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Staging model for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Singapore by Yuan Teck Tay, Josiah YH Chai, Kamilah Bte Shekh Jabin, Kexin Ang

“…In this retrospective cohort study, clinical milestones used for staging were identical to King’s staging: stage 1 corresponded to symptom onset; stage 2A corresponded to diagnosis; stage 2B corresponded to two central nervous system (CNS) regions; stage 3B corresponded to three CNS regions; stage 4A corresponded to requirement of supportive enteric feeding; and stage 4B corresponded to requirement of non-invasive ventilation, of which bulbar, diaphragmatic, upper and lower limb pyramidal involvements each constituted one CNS region. Standardised timings from disease onset (0) to death (1) among Singapore patients with ALS were measured. …”
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Diabetes Mellitus and Pregnancy. Perinatal Results in a 3 years Study. by Cristóbal Torres González, Vivian Vázquez Martínez, Joselin Moreno Torres, Angel Rodríguez Cabrera, Amparo Ocampo Sánchez, Ana López Rodríguez del Rey

“…<strong>Background:</strong> Diabetes constitutes the most frequent medical complication during pregnancy, and it has a direct impact on the perinatal results. …”
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Development and performance evaluation of a modified Africa Bush Mango (<i>Irvingia gabomensis</i>) cracker by R.A. Busari, T.D. Akpenpuun, M.O. Iyanda

“…The tedious nature of this process constitutes a major setback which restricts the production to a very small scale. …”
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