Dynamic Compressive and Tensile Characteristics of a New Type of Ultra-High-Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) and Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) Fibers Reinforced Concrete by Bashir H. Osman, Xiao Sun, Zhenghong Tian, Hao Lu, Guilin Jiang

“…Based on the macrodamage factor, the traditional nonlinear viscoelastic constitutive model was simplified and improved. The four-parameter constitutive model was obtained, and the influence of these parameters on the performance of fiber concrete was analyzed. …”
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EBV-Infection in Cardiac and Non-Cardiac Gastric Adenocarcinomas is Associated with Promoter Methylation of p16, p14 and APC, but not hMLH1 by Helene Geddert, Axel zur Hausen, Helmut E. Gabbert, Mario Sarbia

“…Background: Epstein–Barr virus (EBV)-associated gastric carcinomas (GC) constitute a distinct clinicopathological entity of gastric cancer. …”
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The Phenomenon of Law and Library Institution by Özer Soysal

“…The 1961 Constitution is the product ofthe necessity for reorganisation. …”
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Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 Activity Is Related to Body Composition, Measures of Adiposity, and Insulin Resistance in Subjects with Excessive Adiposity and Different Degrees of Glucose... by Wellington S. Silva Júnior, Maria das Graças C. Souza, José Firmino Nogueira Neto, Eliete Bouskela, Luiz Guilherme Kraemer-Aguiar

“…However, studies that associate its constitutive activity with body composition, anthropometry, and insulin resistance (IR) are very scarce and included only healthy people. …”
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Complementary sources of financing cultural institutions – economic activity (services, trade, property management), investment of free funds and sponsorship by Bartosz Kołaczkowski, Małgorzata Ratajczak

“…Considerations in individual parts of this article intend to answer the following questions: can these funds constitute a significant source of financing for cultural institutions? …”
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Stratégies territoriales amérindiennes dans un contexte pluri-ethnique : la région de Auaris (Roraima) by François-Michel Le Tourneau

“…Since 1988, the Brazilian Constitution has been fully applied and vast extensions of territory have been recognized as “Indian lands”. …”
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The fabrication of synthetic data promises: Tracing emerging arenas of expectations and boundary work by Louis Ravn

“…Second, it demonstrates that promissory organizations’ reports on synthetic data are generically performative as they circulate widely and constitute a source of authority for various stakeholders. …”
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Bryophytes Floristic Patterns in the Sicilian Aquatic and Humid Habitats—Important Refuges for Biodiversity Safeguarding in the Mediterranean Islands by Patrizia Campisi, Mattia Letizia Marino

“…Overall, the analysis found that, with a total of 224 taxa, this group constitutes 36% of the Sicilian bryophyte flora; it is quite diversified from a taxonomic point of view, being represented by 55 families and 106 genera. …”
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The temporal and embodied structure of the mineness sphere: some phenomenological ideas to frame mental health by Camilo Sánchez Sánchez, Camilo Sánchez Sánchez

“…This conception leads to consider two of Husserl’s phenomenological findings: first, awareness has a temporal structure, and second, temporal experience is constituted from the flow of consciousness. These findings are considered in terms of their constitutive import to subjectivity through the two variables. …”
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Structure and usage do not explain each other: an analysis of German word-initial clusters by Wiese Richard, Orzechowska Paula

“…Only a limited set of cluster properties investigated in the present paper constitutes a relevant predictor of frequency measures. …”
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Research on Fluid Viscous Damper Parameters of Cable-Stayed Bridge in Northwest China by Xiongjun He, Yongchao Yang, Xiang Xiao, Yulin Deng

“…Also, the 1 : 1 full-scale FVD model is made and used in the constitutive relation test. Then the test result of the damping parameters can be got by normal equation method. …”
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“Significant Negatives”: Genre and Ethics in Alice Meynell’s Familiar Essays, 1893–1909 by Rachel O’Connell

“…Meynell’s use of the genre of the familiar essay constituted an exploration of the position of retreat—the refusal to impose. …”
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Effectiveness and Safety of Newer Antidiabetic Medications for Ramadan Fasting Diabetic Patients by Ehab Mudher Mikhael

“…Hypoglycemia is the most common side effects for most glucose-lowering therapies. It constitutes a serious risk that faces diabetic patients who fast during Ramadan (the 9th month in the Islamic calendar). …”
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Indigenous communities and lithium extraction in Argentina: Juridification and action strategies by Deborah Pragier, Mariano A. Novas, Lucas G. Christel

“…In this article, we analyze the strategies deployed by indigenous actors in the face of non-compliance with constitutionally-recognized rights. Based on a study conducted in the communities of Salinas Grandes and Laguna de Guayatayoc between 2009 and 2019, we show that in the face of unfulfilled constitutional rights, indigenous communities have deployed a cumulative and complementary strategy based on their right to self-determination. …”
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The Historical Context and Process of Founding Educational Sciences as an Academic Discipline in Iran by Rouhollah Shahabi

“…It seems that the formation of educational sciences in Iran has taken place on the basis of historical factors including a) The Founding of Darul-Fonun, b) The Socio-cultural changes during the period between the founding of Dar ul-Fonun and the Persian Constitutional Revolution, c) The Persian Constitutional Revolution, and d) Sending of students to Europe. …”
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Conservacionismo y nuevos usos del suelo en el Bajo Amazonas y en la Norpatagonia chilena: una discusión sobre renta territorial y vocación espacial en el contexto del capitalismo... by Luis Fernando De Matheus, Andrei Cornetta

“…This paper aims to discuss theoretically some of the geographical breakdowns related to the processes of conversion of nature and landscape into commodities, whose value is constituted from a contradictory relationship between scarcity and rarity. …”
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Advancing Gender Equality in Muslim Leadership by Fatima Essop

“… Most In the post-apartheid landscape of South Africa, the constitutional promise of equality continues to challenge traditional power structures, particularly within religious institutions. …”
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Acting queerly: Jonah as the implicated subject and vulnerability by G.F. Snyman

“…The essay concludes that the spectacle of the conversion of the Ninevites constitutes a drag performance whilst Jonah’s watching of this drag performance queers himself in as much as he suffers the heat and wind while remaining silent. …”
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LOW CYCLE FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTIONS OF 15CrMoR PARENT MATERIAL AND WELD METAL by MA Kai, WANG ChuanZhi, DONG JunHua, GAO BingJun

“…The OW-II kinematic hardening constitutive model has been used to predict the material ratcheting effect using the experimental data obtained. …”
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A Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm with Gradient Perturbation and Binary Tree Depth First Search Strategy by Xionghua Huang, Tiaojun Zeng, MinSong Li

“…In the sense of the binary tree concept, the three solutions constitute the father-son relationship, and the solution generated throughout the entire search process constitutes the binary tree. …”
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