Stress-Strain Calculation Method of Composite Lining considering the Creep Characteristics of Tunnel Surrounding Rock by Shuancheng Gu, Hengwei He, Rongbin Huang

“…A common supporting form utilized in contemporary tunnel engineering is composite lining. …”
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GREEK «ΦΥΣΙΣ» AS THE BASIS OF GENDER STEREOTYPES by S. V. Storozhuk, I. M. Goyan

“…Originality lies in the denial of existing idea in contemporary intellectual discourse that the concept «by nature» is a conceptual prerequisite for ensuring gender inequality. …”
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Organisational career conversations: exploring the experiences and perceptions of professional services line-managers in higher education by Sarah Allbeson

“…The study therefore finds that organisational support needs re-evaluation and barriers to career progression for professional services staff are a priority for the sector to address, highlighting that doing so can promote social justice and recognise the impact of social context in contemporary organisational career development practice. …”
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QUR’ANIC INTERPRETATION IN PESANTREN: MECHANISMS AND AUTHORITY OF K.H. MAIMOEN ZUBAIR by Saichul Anam, Nehru Millat Ahamad, Abdur Rahman Nor Afif Hamid, Abdul Karim

“…This research seeks to bridge this gap by uncovering the intricate processes behind his interpretative approach, particularly concerning contemporary themes. Employing qualitative methods with a literature-based analysis, the study reveals that multifaceted dimensions, including historical and psychological contexts shape Mbah Moen’s interpretations. …”
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Characterizing the role of vehicular cloud computing in road traffic management by Iftikhar Ahmad, Rafidah Md Noor, Ihsan Ali, Muhammad Imran, Athanasios Vasilakos

“…Vehicular cloud computing has great potential to change the contemporary vehicular communication paradigm. Explicitly, the underutilized resources of vehicles can be shared with other vehicles to manage traffic during congestion. …”
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Patterns of physical activity in hunter-gatherer children compared with US and UK children by Luke Kretschmer, Mark Dyble, Nikhil Chaudhary, David Bann, Gul Deniz Salali

“…Abstract Contemporary hunter-gatherers are highly active, but little is known about physical activity levels in hunter-gatherer children. …”
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INTERPASSIVITY AS A SUBJECTIVE EFFECT OF MODERN MEDIA-CULTURE: TO THE STATEMENT OF PROBLEM by Olena V. Khodus

“…Methodological base of research of contemporary experience of subjectivity is heuristic "ontological turn" in social theory, which allows to consider the subjectivity not as a reality (given), but as a procedural phenomenon, performativity, which exist in conditions of unstable ontologies, world without guarantees, indirect, thus, mass-media representations. …”
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The Challenge of Implementing Smoking Prevention Measures in Malaysia: An Analysis from a Hadith Perspective by Rahim Kamarul Zaman, Ahmad Sanusi Azmi, Razin Mohamed Rosli, Alia Abdul Rashid

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Strategic priorities and challenges in research software funding: Results from an international survey [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations, 1 not appr... by Daniel S. Katz, Eric A. Jensen

“…Background Research software is increasingly recognized as critical infrastructure in contemporary science. It spans a broad spectrum, including source code files, algorithms, scripts, computational workflows, and executables, all created for or during research. …”
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CAPITAL WITHOUT STATEHOOD: EMPIRICAL STUDIES IN STARAYA LADOGA, KASIMOV AND MYSHKIN by I. Y. Okunev, D. V. Basova

“…Two major territorial bases of stateness are traditionally singled out: nation-building and threats to security or, in other words, mental boundaries marking of "Us" community and actualization of "Others". Contemporary political geography is turning to the study of the third mechanism - internal "Other". …”
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SYMBOLIC LANDSCAPE OF CONSCIOUSNESS: MAN BETWEEN REPRESENTATIONALISM, FUNCTIONALISM AND RELATIVISM by P. V. Kretov, O. I. Kretova

“…The authors substantiated the position of symbol ontologization in the contemporary cultural and philosophical anthropology and the importance of convergence of the symbol concept and philosopheme with the concepts of an object and a thing. …”
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Professional competencies' profile for the Internal Medicine specialist based on integrative medicine by Luis Aníbal Alonso Betancourt, Edilio Silva Velasco, Juan Carlos Baster Moro, Mayelín Cruz Batista

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Training professional competencies in Internal Medicine residents from the integrative medicine approach contributes to develop a more comprehensive vision in the application of diagnostic and therapeutic protocols for the solution of health problems in this service from a contemporary medical worldview.</p>…”
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Quantification and discovery of PCR inhibitors found in food matrices commonly associated with foodborne viruses by Cassandra Suther, Matthew D. Moore

“…Although some studies have been done on PCR inhibitors from foods, many of them are over a decade old and do not investigate inhibition in contemporary one-step RT-qPCR-based detection chemistries. …”
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Understanding the maternal-infant nexus from dental histology and high-resolution compositional biogeochemistry: implications for bioarchaeological research by Alessia Nava

“…Models for the incorporation of trace elements in dental enamel and their correlation with major dietary shifts have been derived from analyses of exfoliated deciduous teeth of contemporary infants whose biological life histories are well known. …”
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Alternative dispute resolution: Mediation as a model [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Naser Sherman, Bashar Talal Momani

“…Background The topic of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in civil and commercial contexts presents a contemporary legal challenge aimed at fostering equitable solutions. …”
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French Loanwords in Canadian English: A Usage-Based Approach by Julie Rouaud

“…Our lexical database of Canadianisms of French origin, extracted from historical dictionaries and works on contemporary Quebec Gallicisms, was verified by other sources, such as a recent Canadian dictionary and a corpus of Canadian English. …”
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Multidimensional Dynamics and Forecast Models of Network Public Opinions Based on the Fusion of Smart Transportation and Big Data by Guojun Sheng, Yi Guan

“…However, with the development of artificial intelligence, the emergence of smart transportation has brought new development to modern transportation, and the application of smart transportation and big data is inseparable. In contemporary society, the widespread use of the Internet allows the public to fully exercise their rights to participate in social management and conduct public opinion supervision, which provides a great impetus for the development of online public opinion. …”
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The paradox of resource-richness: unraveling the effects on financial markets in natural resource abundant economies by Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Kamran Khan, Salman Wahab, Bilal Ahmed, Zhang Jijian

“…Abstract In the contemporary global landscape, understanding the nexus between financial inclusion and natural resource abundance is crucial, especially for resource-rich nations. …”
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Residential building in Čolak Antina Street in Belgrade by Miljković Dejan

“…The integration of this building into the existing historical context was a challenge that was solved by balancing contemporary design with respect for the identity of the settlement. …”
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Weisheit der Völker oder Weisheit auf der Gasse? Nationale Stereotype in polnischen und deutschen Sprichwörtern aus dem 18. und 19. Jahrhundert by Małgorzata Guławska-Gawkowska

“…A comparison of these two sources and a comparison of the excerpted linguistic material with contemporary lexicographic resources confirms the hypothesis that some national stereotypes have survived in German and Polish proverbs to this day although the Polish and German linguistic image of the world presented in them is closely related to the historical background of the period in which these sayings were created. …”
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