Working and Living Conditions of Women Migrant Domestic Workers in Istanbul during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Hakan Bektaş, Berrin Oktay Yılmaz, Adviye Damla Ünlü Bektaş

“…Women migrant domestic workers, constituting a significant proportion of international migrant workers, have found themselves particularly vulnerable while grappling with challenges such as health risks and economic and social impacts. …”
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Powder bed fusion electron beam of an oxygen-compatible β-Ti–35.5Nb–2Ta–3Zr alloy: Feasibility and material evaluation by Silja-Katharina Rittinghaus, Sri Bala Aditya Malladi, Marcus Willi Rackel, Daniel Borchert, Hamed Shokri, Karin Ratschbacher, Michael Budnitzki, Bilal Gökce, Eduard Hryha

“…The microstructure was found to be single-β in all samples with low segregation of constitutional elements. Indications of a fibre texture switch, depending on the chosen process parameters, were found.…”
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Troubles with unification: On the real/legal consequences of the decisions of the grand national Assembly of November 25, 1918 by Božić Marko

“…Firstly, it reconsiders the act of Great People's Assembly from the perspective of International Law of that time and, secondly, reexamines its meaning in the context of Provisional constitutional order of the first Yugoslav state. The outcomes of both analysis deny the mainstream narrative of Vojvodina's joining the Kingdom of Serbia. …”
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‘DeltaCAN - A new data set of Canadian Arctic and subarctic coastal deltas’ by Mette Bendixen, Beatrice Roberge, Jenny Park, David Didier, Antoine Boisson, Haley Yorston, Lindsay Trottier, Ashley Hoblyn, Jackie Lee, Sadie MacDonald, Shan Zhao, Lauren Traboulsee, Arthur Rebillard, Lars Lønsmann Iversen

“…Abstract Arctic coasts constitute the critical interface between land and sea, and are subject to rapid changes caused by a warming climate. …”
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Microstructure and Hardness of Cold Work Vanadis 6 Steel after Subzero Treatment at −140°C by Juraj Ďurica, Jana Ptačinová, Mária Hudáková, Martin Kusý, Peter Jurči

“…The microstructure, phase constitution, and hardness of Cr-V ledeburitic tool steel Vanadis 6 subjected to subzero treatment at −140°C and for different soaking times have been investigated. …”
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HIV and the Gut Microbiota, Partners in Crime: Breaking the Vicious Cycle to Unearth New Therapeutic Targets by Kishanda Vyboh, Mohammad-Ali Jenabian, Vikram Mehraj, Jean-Pierre Routy

“…Microbial translocation and their downstream effects such as increased indolamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) enzyme expression and activity create a self-sustaining feedback loop which enhances HIV disease progression and constitute a vicious cycle of inflammation and immune activation combining viral and bacterial factors. …”
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The Power of Fertility and Its Importance for the Concept of Sustainable Development by Zuzanna Jakubowska, Karolina Koza, Wojciech Leder, Aleksandra Owczarczyk, Zuzanna Skorupka, Tomasz Wróblewski

“…The multi-dimensional relations of fertility that may affect its level, constitute an unlimited field of research, study, and analysis. …”
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Retraction notice to “A combination of Newton-Raphson method and heuristics algorithms for parameter estimation in photovoltaic modules” [Heliyon 7 (2021) e06673] by Patrick Juvet Gnetchejo, Salomé Ndjakomo Essiane, Abdouramani Dadjé, Pierre Ele

“…The journal editor assessed the articles and concluded that the data and the results presented by the authors constitute redundant publication. The authors were asked to comment upon these concerns but were unable to satisfactorily address the reason for the similarities. …”
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Unfulfilled promises of diversity: a decolonial assessment of the basic level English education in Nepal by Purna Chandra Bhusal, Raj K. Baral

“…The Constitution of Nepal (2015) designates Nepal as a multilingual country, and the most recent population census of 2021 records that 142 ethnic groups speak 124 languages across the nation. …”
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Fear of dying and death among nursing students by Gabriela de Almeida Mestre, Ana Carolaine de Souza Batista, Júlia de Souza Soares da Silva, Flávia Emília Cavalcante Valença Fernandes, Wilson Cañon-Montañez, Adriana Elena Hernández-Gamboa, Rudval Souza da Silva

“…Future professionals will face biopsychosocial-spiritual demands inherent to the dying process and death, and constitutes a personal and professional challenge in nursing and healthcare.…”
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In-the-Field Authentication of Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) cv: Albariño Using Chlorotype Discrimination and a Single SNP Interrogation by LAMP by Javier Quinteiro, Lara Quinteiro, Angela Díaz-Fernández, Manuel Rey-Méndez, Javier Ibáñez, Emilia Díaz-Losada

“…Simultaneous identification of the chlorotype and the interrogation of a single SNP using a portable device have allowed the first discrimination in-the-field of grafted grapevines, without appreciable ampelographic characters, as belonging to the valuable “Albariño” cultivar. This methodology constitutes a valuable tool for cultivar discrimination and can be efficiently implemented in the traceability of valuable grapevine genetic resources.…”
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Attainment of the Right Theory; A Window to the Justifiability of judges' Supervision on Ordinary Laws by Amirhossein Alizadeh, Ghasem Alizadeh

“…The problem is that the judge, in the position of hearing the case and invoking the rule of law, which may have a dual source in the constitution and the ordinary, can act as the basic supervisor of the ordinary law and set it aside? …”
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Ecotoxicological evaluation in aquaculture in state park Serra do Mar-SP, Nucleo Itariru by Bruno Galvão de Campos, Denis Moledo de Souza Abessa, Mauro Cornacchioni Lopes, Newton José Rodrigues da Silva

“…Moreover, toxicity tests seem to constitute a tool to evaluate environmental quality in aquaculture.…”
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The Origins, Specificity, and Potential Biological Relevance of Human Anti-IgG Hinge Autoantibodies by Randall J. Brezski, David M. Knight, Robert E. Jordan

“…Human anti-IgG hinge (HAH) autoantibodies constitute a class of immunoglobulins that recognize cryptic epitopes in the hinge region of antibodies exposed after proteolytic cleavage, but do not bind to the intact IgG counterpart. …”
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A Review of Article "Alms-giving" in Encyclopedia of the Quran by Seyed Abdolrahim Hosseini, Seyyed Mohammad Musavi Moqaddam, Omolbanin Soleymani Baghshah

“…The most important issues and themes that have been criticized and reviewed in the view of the authors of the article include the essence and the constitutive elements of sadaqah (charity), the ideal donation and its aspects in the view of the Holy Quran, the relationship between piety and donation, the synonymous concepts of sadaqah, the status and the aspects of sadaqah, the semantics and the conditions for the payment of zakat, and the process of formation of the institution of sadaqah and its distribution. …”
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Modeling Temperature and Pricing Weather Derivatives Based on Temperature by Birhan Taştan, Azize Hayfavi

“…Temperature indices are mainly measured as deviations from a base temperature, and, hence, the proposed model includes jumps because they may constitute an important part of this deviation for some locations. …”
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Emergent Self‐Adaptation in an Integrated Photonic Neural Network for Backpropagation‐Free Learning by Alessio Lugnan, Samarth Aggarwal, Frank Brückerhoff‐Plückelmann, C. David Wright, Wolfram H. P. Pernice, Harish Bhaskaran, Peter Bienstman

“…The system is compact, robust, and straightforward to scale up through the use of multiple wavelengths. Moreover, it constitutes a unique platform to test and efficiently implement biologically plausible learning schemes at a high processing speed.…”
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Experiences and academic alternatives of the University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos during COVID-19 by María Aurelia San Juan Bosch, Rubén Darío García Núñez, Norma Mur Villar, Arelys Falcón Hernández, Alexis Díaz Brito

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> developed experiences and alternatives of teaching rearrangement have had the purpose of guiding appropriately to act safely and proactively in complex circumstances and for which there was no history; they constitute a stimulus for incorporating alternative scenarios, using remote technology, digital resources and a reinforcement of medical education social mission. …”
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Beyond the Definitions of the Phenotypic Complications of Sickle Cell Disease: An Update on Management by Samir K. Ballas, Muge R. Kesen, Morton F. Goldberg, Gerard A. Lutty, Carlton Dampier, Ifeyinwa Osunkwo, Winfred C. Wang, Carolyn Hoppe, Ward Hagar, Deepika S. Darbari, Punam Malik

“…Although the molecular lesion is a single-point mutation, the sickle gene is pleiotropic in nature causing multiple phenotypic expressions that constitute the various complications of sickle cell disease in general and sickle cell anemia in particular. …”
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Low-RCS, Circular Polarization, and High-Gain Broadband Antenna Based on Mirror Polarization Conversion Metasurfaces by Liang Zhang, Changqing Liu, Chun Ni, Meng Kong, Xianliang Wu

“…The improvement in gain is achieved by using a Fabry–Perot cavity, which is constituted by the ground of the antenna and the PCM. …”
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