Interrogating the Contestations in Zimbabwe’s New Marriage Law and Arbitration in Family Disputes by Bernard Pindukai Humbe, Fortune Sibanda

“…This study focuses on the new Marriages Act and arbitration in family disputes among the Shona people of Zimbabwe, who happen to be the largest ethnic group constituting about 75% of the Zimbabwean population. …”
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Targeting adipocyte ESRRA promotes osteogenesis and vascular formation in adipocyte-rich bone marrow by Tongling Huang, Zhaocheng Lu, Zihui Wang, Lixin Cheng, Lu Gao, Jun Gao, Ning Zhang, Chang-An Geng, Xiaoli Zhao, Huaiyu Wang, Chi-Wai Wong, Kelvin W. K. Yeung, Haobo Pan, William Weijia Lu, Min Guan

“…ESRRA abrogation results in enhanced SPP1 and decreased leptin secretion from both visceral adipocytes and BMAds, concertedly dictating bone marrow stromal stem cell fate commitment and restoring type H vessel formation, constituting a feed-forward loop for bone formation. …”
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Characterising and reassessing people-centred data governance in cities by Jessica Bou Nassar, Antonio Calleja-López, Darren Sharp, Misita Anwar, Lyn Bartram, Sarah Goodwin

“…The paper proposes a nuanced reassessment of what constitutes PCDG, focusing on whether DG models include people in the emergent benefits of data or merely legitimise their exclusion, the extent to which embedded power dynamics reflect people’s perspectives, the extent to which participation influences decision-making, and the model’s capacity to balance power asymmetries underpinning the landscape in which it is situated.…”
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Investigation on structure stability and damage mechanism of cemented paste backfill under the coupling effect of water-static load by Zhiyi Liu, Deqing Gan, Haikuan Sun, Zhenlin Xue, Youzhi Zhang

“…The strength of CPB varies from 0.3 MPa to 0.8 MPa at the same initial immersion age. The damage constitutive model of CPB under water-static load coupling is established, and the damage mechanism is revealed. …”
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Neural decoding reveals dynamic patterns of visual chunk memory processes by Chantat Leong, Fei Gao, Zhen Yuan

“…Chunk memory constitutes the basic unit that manages long-term memory and converts it into immediate decision-making processes, it remains unclear how to interpret and organize incoming information to form effective chunk memory. …”
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Flavones enrich rhizosphere Pseudomonas to enhance nitrogen utilization and secondary root growth in Populus by Jiadong Wu, Sijia Liu, Haoyu Zhang, Sisi Chen, Jingna Si, Lin Liu, Yue Wang, Shuxian Tan, Yuxin Du, Zhelun Jin, Jianbo Xie, Deqiang Zhang

“…The elevated tricin secretion via constitutive transcription of PopGL3 and Chalcone synthase (PopCHS4) can drive Pseudomonas colonization in the rhizosphere and further enhance poplar growth, nitrogen acquisition, and secondary root development in nitrogen-poor soil. …”
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Starting from Scratch: Experiences from Developing the First Vascular Anastomotic Training Program in North Macedonia Using the Porcine Thigh as a Simulation Model by Eleonora O.F. Dimovska, Gordana Georgieva, Blagoja Srbov, Boro Dzonov, Goran Stevanovski, Sofija Pejkova

“…Microsurgical reconstruction constitutes a fundamental part of plastic and reconstructive surgery. …”
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Influence of Surface Energy Effects on Elastic Fields of a Layered Elastic Medium under Surface Loading by Supakorn Tirapat, Teerapong Senjuntichai, Jaroon Rungamornrat

“…The boundary value problems for the bulk and the surface are formulated based on classical linear elasticity and a complete Gurtin-Murdoch constitutive relation. An analytical technique using Love’s representation and the Hankel integral transform is employed to derive an integral-form solution for both displacement and stress fields. …”
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Automated Classification of Circulating Tumor Cells and the Impact of Interobsever Variability on Classifier Training and Performance by Carl-Magnus Svensson, Ron Hübler, Marc Thilo Figge

“…Application of personalized medicine requires integration of different data to determine each patient’s unique clinical constitution. The automated analysis of medical data is a growing field where different machine learning techniques are used to minimize the time-consuming task of manual analysis. …”
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Mesoscopic Numerical Simulation of Fracture Process and Failure Mechanism of Concrete Based on Convex Aggregate Model by Yijiang Peng, Xiyun Chen, Liping Ying, Ying Chen, Lijuan Zhang

“…A multistage linear damage constitutive model that can describe nonlinear behavior of concrete under mechanical stress was proposed. …”
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Whey Protein Lycosome Formulation Improves Vascular Functions and Plasma Lipids with Reduction of Markers of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Prehypertension by Ivan M. Petyaev, Pavel Y. Dovgalevsky, Victor A. Klochkov, Natalya E. Chalyk, Nigel Kyle

“…The reduction of plasma triglycerides and cholesterol fractions and almost two-fold decline in C-reactive protein (CRP) and inflammatory oxidative damage (IOD) levels as well as an increase in nitric oxide (NO), tissue oxygenation (StO2), and flow-mediated dilation values constitute the most significant benefit/outcome of the treatment with the combined formulation of whey protein and lycopene. …”
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Vibration Analysis of Typical Flat Plate Ship Structures Through a New Method by Shuo Li, Yuhang Tang, Jiangtao Liu, Haichao Li, Xuhong Miao

“…The typical flat plate is a basic structural unit that constitutes the main structures of the hull, such as the cabin, bow and stern, double bottom, superstructure, etc. …”
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Analysis of the Influence of Cracked Sleepers under Static Loading on Ballasted Railway Tracks by Laura Montalbán Domingo, Clara Zamorano Martín, Cristina Palenzuela Avilés, Julia I. Real Herráiz

“…For a better understanding of the phenomenon, the finite element method constitutes a useful tool to assess the effects of cracking from the point of view of structural behaviour in railway track structures. …”
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Adhesion-induced roof collapse of a rectangular micro-groove under applied pressure by Fan Jin, Jiayao Hu, Fan Xia, Zhigeng Fan

“…Comparison of theoretical, numerical, and experimental results demonstrates that both size effect and constitutive nonlinearity of the stamp on the self-collapse contact width are not obvious for shallow grooves but become prominent for deep grooves, so that the obtained analytical solution is limited to shallow grooves due to its assumptions of half-plane and linear elasticity adopted for the stamp. …”
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Urgent and Nonurgent Presentations to a Psychiatric Emergency Service in Nigeria: Pattern and Correlates by Increase Ibukun Adeosun, Abosede Adekeji Adegbohun, Oyetayo Oyewunmi Jeje, Olufemi Oyeleke Oyekunle, Modupeola Olugbemisola Omoniyi

“…Only 29.1% of the presentations constituted an “emergency” 10.9% were “urgent,” while 60% were “nonurgent.” …”
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Parameter Analysis on Hardening Soil Model of Soft Soil for Foundation Pits Based on Shear Rates in Shenzhen Bay, China by Yanbin Fu, Siyue He, Sizhan Zhang, Yong Yang

“…The hardening soil (HS) model is the most commonly used constitutive models of soft soil of foundation pits of PLAXIS software in numerical analysis, and its parameters are prerequisite for accurate calculation. …”
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High-fidelity annotated triploid genome of the quarantine root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne enterolobii by Marine Poullet, Hemanth Konigopal, Corinne Rancurel, Marine Sallaberry, Celine Lopez-Roques, Ana Paula Zotta Mota, Joanna Lledo, Sebastian Kiewnick, Etienne G. J. Danchin

“…The resulting triploid genome assembly spans 285.4 Mb with 556 contigs, a GC% of 30 ± 0.042 and an N50 value of 2.11 Mb, constituting a useful platform for comparative, population and functional genomics.…”
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Integrated-Hybrid Framework for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Microscopic Traffic Flow Modelling by Ammar Jafaripournimchahi, Yingfeng Cai, Hai Wang, Lu Sun, Jiancheng Weng

“…Focusing on the realization of the car following behavior of CA vehicles, the driving system (vehicle control system) and the vehicle mechanical system are modeled separately and linked by throttle and brake actuators model. The IH model constitutes the key part of the Full Velocity Difference (FVD) model considering the mechanical capability of vehicles and dynamic collision avoidance strategies to ensure the safety of following distance between two consecutive vehicles. …”
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Development of Tax Procedural Law and Sectoral Case Law in Selected Countries by Tjaša Vozel

“…An empirical study of the case law of the Administrative, Supreme and Constitutional Courts in selected period further showed that errors were mainly detected in relation to substantial violation of procedural requirements rather than incorrect application of substantive law. …”
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Predictive Assessment of the Antiviral Properties of Imperata cylindrica against SARS-CoV-2 by Frank Eric Tatsing Foka, Hazel Tumelo Mufhandu

“…The omicron variant and its sublineages are highly contagious, and they still constitute a global source of concern despite vaccinations. …”
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