Durability of Modified Expanded Polystyrene Concrete after Dynamic Cyclic Loading by Wenbo Shi, Linchang Miao, Junhui Luo, Jiaqi Wang, Yinan Chen

“…Meanwhile, the strength of EPS concrete had no evident change after durability test. The results of this research had practical significance on using EPS concrete in some long-term cyclic dynamic load engineering.…”
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Corn phytochemicals and their health benefits by Sheng Siyuan, Li Tong, RuiHai Liu

“…More and more scientific evidences have shown that regular consumption of whole grain corn lowers the risk of developing chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and obesity and improves digestive health. …”
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Variation in Likert scale of the mathematics usefulness test by Facundo Juan Pablo Abal, Sofía Esmeralda Auné, Horacio Félix Attorresi

“…Likert scales with more categories increased test reliability at the extreme levels of the trait, but at the expense of compromising the internal structure validity evidences (Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Partial Credit Model of the Item Response Theory). …”
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Exploring the peculiar relationship between higher education quality and internationalization: a discourse analytical and spatial reading of four European university strategies by Hanne Kirstine Adriansen, Lene Møller Madsen, Taina Saarinen, Johanna Waters

“…First, we analyse what quality means in relation to internationalization within the strategies and show that the meaning is often empty; then, we unfold the implicit meanings of this ‘self-evident quality’. With a spatial perspective we analyse how the universities position themselves in the world and how this is intertwined with notions of quality. …”
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CD154: An Immunoinflammatory Mediator in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Rheumatoid Arthritis by Nada Alaaeddine, Ghada S. Hassan, Daniel Yacoub, Walid Mourad

“…Although the etiology of these diseases remains unresolved, several evidences support the key role of CD154/CD40 interactions in initiating and/or propagating these diseases. …”
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Fecal Calprotectin Use in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Beyond: A Mini-Review by Bashaar Alibrahim, Mohammed I Aljasser, Baljinder Salh

“…Given the number of inflammatory disorders affecting the gastrointestinal tract directly and indirectly, coupled with the considerable overlap with functional disorders, it is evident that more useful noninvasive diagnostic tests are required to aid with diagnosis. …”
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Yeast as a Tool to Study Signaling Pathways in Mitochondrial Stress Response and Cytoprotection by Maša Ždralević, Nicoletta Guaragnella, Lucia Antonacci, Ersilia Marra, Sergio Giannattasio

“…In this paper we review experimental evidences of mitochondrial involvement in cytoprotection and propose yeast as a model system to investigate the role of mitochondria in the cross-talk between prosurvival and prodeath pathways.…”
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Hydrochemistry of the Hot Springs in Western Sichuan Province Related to the Wenchuan MS 8.0 Earthquake by Zhi Chen, Jianguo Du, Xiaocheng Zhou, Li Yi, Lei Liu, Chao Xie, Yueju Cui, Ying Li

“…Concentrations of K+ and SO4− of the samples from the Kangding district exhibited evident increases before the Wenchuan earthquake, indicating more supplement of deep fluids under the increase of tectonic stress. …”
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Flexibilité vocale sous influences sociales chez les primates non-humains by Hélène Bouchet, Marion Laporte, Agnès Candiotti, Alban Lemasson

“…However, in contrast with human language, vocal communication in monkeys and apes, our closest living relatives, has long been described as rigid and strongly genetically determined. In recent years, evidences of vocal flexibility under social influences have nonetheless been provided in nonhuman primates. …”
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Multilevel Thresholding for Image Segmentation Using Mean Gradient by Abubakar M. Ashir

“…In addition, a parametric preprocessing approach is also proposed that can be used in image restoration applications. Evidences from the experiments from both visual and standard evaluation metrics show that the proposed methods perform exceptionally well. …”
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Diabetes mellitus: Manejo en la atención primaria de salud by Rubén Darío García Múñez, Alfredo Darío Espinosa Brito

“…</p><p>A review on the main guidelines for the diagnosis, monitoring and control of diabetes mellitus was conducted. Evidences related to the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of this disease in the primary health care were also reviewed, as well as interactions with other medical specialties in order to provide a quality service to these patients.…”
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The biography of cultures: style, objects and agency by Caroline van Eck, Miguel John Versluys, Pieter ter Keurs

“…It is evident that artefacts possess agency; but how do they acquire it, and what role does their material and style play in this? …”
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From Terrorism to Politics, the World Armenian Congresses (1979-1985) by mustafa, sarı

“…Despite all of them, the decisions taken at the congresses, the National Council of Armenian that was created and Armenian Constitution which was declared had historical nature. In addition, it is evident that these congresses also had a role in transporting the Armenian issue into the Political platform.…”
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Storia e significati della Nerezza nel Sud della Tunisia: per una nuova prospettiva by Marta Scaglioni

“…This is particularly evident in the South of the country, where racial regimes are made by social categories which are racialized according to skin colour, origin, and social status. …”
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Survey of geomorphic and morphotectonic indixes to assessment active tectonics in Abdoughi area, North east of Yazd, Central Iran by arash shrbi, Soheyla Beygi

“…The displacement of the rivers, alluvial fans and triangular facets indicate tectonic activity during Quaternary along the faults. The morphotectonic evidences and seismicity data show which Abdoughi area is an active region.…”
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The state and industrialization in Turkey since the nineteenth century by Şevket Pamuk

“…However, it soon became evident that states and government-private sector relations in developing countries show a great deal of variation which is reflected in the different degrees of success with state directed industrialization. …”
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What Must be Considered when to Perform Consumption Analytics with Facebook Posts? by Nelson Siqueira Rangel Netto, Teresa Cristina Janes Carneiro, Marcos Paulo Valadares de Oliveira, Rogério Antônio Monteiro

“…This paper aims to discuss and present empirical evidences about whether online recommendations posted on Facebook can be related with consumption intention of its users. …”
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Law and Politics in FCPA Prosecutions of Foreign Corporations by Elizabeth Acorn

“…This is perhaps nowhere more evident than in the enforcement of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) against non-American corporations. …”
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TRANSFORMATION OF SECULAR LIFE IN THE DIVINE REALITY OF THE MIDDLE AGES by Justinas Karosas

“…Since social differentiation of people is fairy evident in the society which is based on the class hierarchy, it becomes understandable that a feudal structure of people’s life may become universal in the eyes of all member of the society only when its economic nature is ignored. …”
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Asymetria pomiędzy dobrem a złem z perspektywy filozoficznej i moralnoteologicznej by Tadeusz Kuźmicki

“…Despite a preliminary impression that we might deal at this point with certain balance, the analysis of good from three perspectives, nonetheless, enables the obtainment of a different conclusion regarding evident asymmetry between good and evil. This asymmetry of good can be systematically analyzed three-dimensionally through the references to the thought of Thomas Aquinas, to the legacy of Neo-Thomist Josef Pieper, and to the reflections of an influential moralist Eberhard Schockenhoff. …”
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