UN SECRETARY-GENERAL NORMATIVE CAPABILITY TO INFLUENCE THE SECURITY COUNCIL DECISION-MAKING PROCESS by D. G. Novik, V. A. Plotnikov

“…The outcomes of the analysis show that the main instrument of such kind is the UN Charter Article 99. …”
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Measurement of Quality of Life III. From the IQOL Theory to the Global, Generic SEQOL Questionnaire by Soren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick, Niels Jorgen Andersen

“…If eight simple questions can accurately rate the quality of life as well as its depth, we have found an instrument of immense practical scope.…”
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Reduction of absorption of Ta2O5 monolayers through the suppression of structural defects by employing an appropriate ionic oxygen concentration by Lin Wang, Weili Zhang, Ruijin Hong, Kun Wang, Menglei Wang, Qinmin Wang, Kui Yi, Jianda Shao

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Evaluation of the effect of SmearOFF on Smear Layer Removal and Erosion of Root Canal Dentin by Sohela Fakher Mahdi, Diyar Khalid Bakr

“… Background and Objectives: Root canal instrumentation produces a smear layer that covers the root canal walls and may have adverse effects on endodontic treatment. …”
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Proposal for a predictive scale of cognitive impairment in adult patients with neurocysticercosis by Jorge Luis Anaya González, Francisco López-Muñoz, Erlen Carmona Alvarez-Builla, Adriana Edit Miniet Castillo, Laudelina Moreira Tusell

“…<strong><br />Conclusion</strong>: the proposed instrument has an acceptable prognostic accuracy; it is simple, reproducible and requires little time for its application. …”
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High-Temperature Environmental Protection Metal Material 3D Printing Equipment Development and Process Research by Jiaofei Huo, Guangpeng Zhang

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Novel Statistical Analysis Schemes for Frequency-Modulated Thermal Wave Imaging for Inspection of Ship Hull Materials by Ishant Singh, Vanita Arora, Prabhu Babu, Ravibabu Mulaveesala

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Best practice guidelines for professional nurses to provide self-management support to adults with tuberculosis-human immunodeficiency virus coinfection: A scoping review. by Eric Tornu, Portia Jordan, Michael McCaul

“…Five of the guidelines recorded <60% across all six domains of the AGREE II instrument. One high-quality guideline scored >60% in all AGREE II domains but was informed by outdated evidence produced between 1977 to 2010. …”
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Recent advances of nanovaccines on cancer theranostics by Xiaobing Yuan, Xiaobing Yuan, Xiaobing Yuan, Tianyou Xu, Mubashir Hussain, Bin Liu, Jianwei Zhu, Jianwei Zhu

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Reliability and Concurrent Validity of a Markerless, Single Camera, Portable 3D Motion Capture System for Assessment of Glenohumeral Mobility. by Ofra Pottorf, Daniel Vapne, Jamie Ghigiarelli, Kaitlyn Haase

“… # Results The intrarater reliability between the two instruments for glenohumeral motions yielded an overall ICC of 0.82 (95% CI: 0.74-0.88) indicating good reliability for both instruments. …”
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ANALYSIS OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FLEXIBLE WORK ARRANGEMENTS, WORK LIFE BALANCE AND EMPLOYEES’ EFFICIENCY: EVIDENCE FROM BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA’S (BiH) IT SECTOR by Ognjen Riđić, Adnan Avdibegović, Senad Bušatlić

“…In the initial phase of data collection, quantitative survey instrument was adopted based on the original one from Mount Holyoke University. …”
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AirStrum: A virtual guitar using real-time hand gesture recognition and strumming technique by Beulah ARUL, Shashank PANDA, Tushar NAIR

“…The existing guitar simulation programs require additional devices such as Electromyography (EMG) controllers, or Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)-based recording devices. …”
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Psychometric properties of the nursing start-up attitude scale in Iranian nursing students by Iman Jafari, Mehdi Jafari-Oori, Abbas Ebadi

“…However, measuring these attitudes accurately requires robust and validated instruments. The Nursing Start-up Attitude Scale is a valid and reliable instrument specifically designed to measure nursing students' attitudes towards start-ups. …”
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Using Inverse Distance Weighting to Determine Spatial Distributions of Airborne Chemical Elements. Case Study: Douala, Cameroon by Joseph Magloire Fossokeng Mouafo, Claudiu Tănăselia, André Nana Yakam, Jules Richard Priso, Mohammed Ketata, Alexandru-Ionut Petrisor

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Optical, X-Ray Diffraction, and Magnetic Properties of the Cobalt-Substituted Nickel Chromium Ferrites (CrCo𝑥Ni1−𝑥FeO4, 𝑥=0,0.2,0.4,0.6,0.8,1.0) Synthesized Using Sol-Gel... by Sonal Singhal, Santosh Bhukal, Jagdish Singh, Kailash Chandra, S. Bansal

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Propellant Slosh Force and Mass Measurement by Andrew Hunt, Richard Foster-Turner, Ross Drury

“…We have used electrical capacitance tomography (ECT) to instrument a demonstration tank containing kerosene and have successfully demonstrated that ECT can, in real time, (i) measure propellant mass to better than 1% of total in a range of gravity fields, (ii) image propellant distribution, and (iii) accurately track propellant centre of mass (CoM). …”
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Crayfish optimization based pixel selection using block scrambling based encryption for secure cloud computing environment by Vikas K. Soman, V. Natarajan

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Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Assessment of Quality of Endodontic Treatment and Prevalence of Procedural Errors in Mandibular Molars by Ahmad Nouroloyouni, Amin Salem Milani, Ata Etminan, Sara Noorolouny, Elham Tavakkol, Hesam Mikaieli Xiavi, Nazila Ghoreishi Amin

“…The frequency of underfilling, missed canals, overfilling, voids, apical perforation, transportation, ledge formation, broken instruments, root fracture, strip perforation, root resorption, and periapical lesions was 34.8%, 17.4%, 16.8%, 14.3%, 7.3%, 6.1%, 4.3%, 3%, 1.2%, 0.6%, 5.5%, and 46%, respectively. …”
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High-strength Au–Au bonding for temperature and pressure integrated sensor by Mimi Huang, Yong Xia, Xiangguang Han, Yi Gao, Shuai Chen, Zeyu Cui, Cheng Zhang, Yushan Gao, Zhixia Qiao, Yang Lv, Xiaowei Hou, Chenying Wang, Ping Yang, Libo Zhao

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The current state of the quality of homeopathic clinical research by Patricia M. Herman, Cindy C. Crawford, Margaret A. Maglione, Sydne J. Newberry, Paul S. Amieux, Kimberlee Blyden-Taylor, Raheleh Khorsan, Marcia Prenguber, Elizabeth Rice, Andy Shollar, Tiesha Tyson, Nazanin Vassighi, Ian D. Coulter

“…They recommended the use of reporting guidelines to improve all types of validity, the identification of exemplar studies to help guide researchers to improve internal validity, and, given the limitations of the instruments available to measure external and model validity, that these instruments be validated and configured to provide summary scores. …”
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