Macro/Microtesting and Damage and Degradation of Sandstones under Dry-Wet Cycles by Xinrong Liu, Zijuan Wang, Yan Fu, Wen Yuan, Luli Miao

“…In terms of the degradation of mechanical parameters of rock mass in the hydrofluctuation belt of a reservoir bank slope arising from rainfall and the reservoir level fluctuation, the moderately weathered sandstone in a side slope of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region is selected as a research object to carry out “drying-saturation-drying” tests for disks with two thicknesses (h=25 mm, h=50 mm) in different cycles; a spiral CT machine, an ultrasonic velocity meter, and a light Schmidt hammer are utilzed to conduct nondestructive testing on dry-wet cycles; through the Brazilian splitting test, the uniaxial tensile strength of “dry” and “saturated” sandstones under different dry-wet cycles is obtained. …”
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Assessing the unemployment rate as a mediator between SMEs and economic growth by Malik Cahyadin, Heru Irianto, Basem Ertimi

“…As SMEs dominate Indonesia’s industrial structure, this study examines their relationship with economic growth, with unemployment rates as a moderating variable, in West Java, Central Java, and East Java from 2015 to 2022. …”
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Black/White Differences in Perceived Weight and Attractiveness among Overweight Women by Taona P. Chithambo, Stanley J. Huey

“…As expected, Black women reported lower perceived weight and higher attractiveness than White women, despite higher body mass for Black women. Furthermore, race moderated the relationship between BMI and perceived attractiveness; for White women, a negative relationship existed between BMI and attractiveness, whereas for Black women, BMI and attractiveness were not related. …”
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The mediating effect of air pollution on the association between meteorological factors and influenza-like illness in China by Qinling Yan, Robert A. Cheke, Sanyi Tang

“…Results The meteorological factors minimum temperature/maximum humidity moderated by maximum humidity/minimum temperature and pressure directly affect ILI infections, and that some of meteorological factors can also indirectly affect them through air pollutants. …”
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THE STRUGGLE OF IDEAS AND «THE NEW TURKEY» by V. A. Nadein-Raevskiy

“…In spite of many common ideas of contemporary «moderated Moslems» - the supporters of Erdogan and followers of Gulen severe inter-political struggle among them lead to massive attacks against gulenist's "Hizmet" Movement and Nurcilar (Nur movement - the followers of anti-secular cleric Said Nursi). …”
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Prevalence of PsychoSocial Problems and their Risk Factors among School-Going Middle Adolescents: An Exploratory Study by Basheerahamed J. Sikandar, K. Kavitha

“…Pediatric symptom checklist scores and academic performance showed a moderately positive correlation. There is a significant association between psychosocial problems and adolescent characteristics at a P = 0.05 level of significance. …”
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Conceptual and Institutional Aspects of EU Energy Policy (1990-2014) by Y. V. Borovskiy, K. V. Trachuk

“…Over the last decade climate changes has become a cornerstone of EU energy policy and is regarded by the EU as key to moderating energy demand and reducing import dependency.…”
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Forms of phosphorus of vermicompost produced from leaf compost and sheep dung enriched with rock phosphate by Ebrahim Adhami, Sara Hosseini, Hamidreza Owliaie

“…Conclusion Present study showed that vermicomposting helps to enhance the transformation of P from RP into various organic or inorganic P forms, which would be readily or moderately available, thus, increase the availability of P from both RPs.…”
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Does renewable energy reduce energy intensity? A matter of income inequality by Rongrong Li, Zhuang Yang, Qiang Wang

“…By employing the Panel Threshold Model and Unconditional Quantile Regression based on the Re-centered Influence Function, the analysis focuses on the moderating role of income inequality in shaping the impact of renewable energy consumption on energy intensity. …”
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Evaluation of Quality of Life and Care Needs of Turkish Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation by Neslisah Yasar, Semiha Akin

“…The quality of life of transplant patients was moderately affected; the functional well-being and social/family well-being subscales were the most adversely and least negatively affected (12.13 ± 6.88) dimensions, respectively. …”
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Exploring the impact of entrepreneurial orientation and market orientation on entrepreneurial performance in the context of environmental uncertainty by Peng Cheng, Shaoling Wu, Juntao Xiao

“…It establishes a theoretical model based on the influence pathway of “entrepreneurial orientation—market orientation—entrepreneurial performance”, incorporating environmental uncertainty as a moderating variable. The research focuses on entrepreneurial enterprises in the industrial, agricultural, and service sectors, specifically those established within the last 8 years. …”
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FINANCIAL LITERACY, INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITY AND FINANCIAL INCLUSION OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE OWNERS IN NIGERIA by Abdullahi Adio Babatunde

“…This study examines the effect of financial literacy on financial inclusion as moderated by infrastructural facilities. The study encompasses 11,289 MSME owners in Ondo State, Nigeria, using exploratory research design. …”
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Giant Cell Myocarditis in a Patient With Crohn's Disease, Treated with Etanercept – A Tumour Necrosis Factor-Alpha Antagonist by C Nash, R Panaccione, LR Sutherland, JB Meddings

“…The present report describes a case of a 46-year-old man with clinical and endoscopic evidence of moderately active colonic Crohn's disease who developed congestive heart failure due to giant cell myocarditis. …”
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Exploring Age and Gender Differences in ICT Cybersecurity Behaviour by Dawn Branley-Bell, Lynne Coventry, Matt Dixon, Adam Joinson, Pam Briggs

“…General resilience was also a significant mediator for device securement, password generation, and updating; however, resilience acted as a moderator for proactive checking. Implications of these findings are twofold: firstly, helping to guide the development of training and interventions tailored to different cybersecurity behaviours and secondly informing cybersecurity policy development.…”
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Corrosion properties of aluminized 16Mo3 steel by Karpe B., Prijatelj K., Bizjak M., Kosec T.

“…Chromium-molybdenum steel (16Mo3) is widely used in petroleum, gas, automotive, and construction industries due to its good oxidation resistance and mechanical properties at moderately elevated temperatures. The aim of the research was to evaluate the corrosion susceptibility of 16Mo3 steel in hot rolled and aluminized states. …”
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İkinci Dereceden Meta Analiz by Tunahan Filiz, Metin Kaya, Mustafa Demir

“…İkinci dereceden meta analiz araştırmalarında dikkat edilecek konular; örtüşme problemi, etki büyüklüğü indeksi seçme, etki büyüklüğü birleştirme, meta analizlerin kalitesini belirleme, moderatör değişkenleri belirleme, istatistiksel model seçimi ve etki büyüklüğünü kodlama olarak belirlenmiş ve açıklanmıştır.…”
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Numerical Exploration of Kaldorian Interregional Macrodynamics: Enhanced Stability and Predominance of Period Doubling under Flexible Exchange Rates by Toichiro Asada, Christos Douskos, Vassilis Kalantonis, Panagiotis Markellos

“…The paper illustrates the feasibility and effectiveness of the numerical approach for dynamical systems of moderately high dimensionality and several parameters.…”
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Prevalence of Anemia and Undernutrition of Adolescent Females in Selected Schools in Ghana by Marina Aferiba Tandoh, Abigail Owusuaa Appiah, Anthony Kwaku Edusei

“…Out of the 151 participants, 6.6%, 19.9%, and 23.8% were severely anemic, moderately anemic, or mildly anemic, respectively. Only 2% of the participants were underweight, but the rate of stunting was 26.5%. …”
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Harmony amidst dissonance: unveiling the power of open communication in resolving demarketing dilemmas by Fiona Kigen, Marike Venter de Villiers

“…The study investigates the role of communication openness (CO) as a moderator in the relationship between CD, satisfaction and loyalty. …”
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More than Mounts the Eye: Coleridge, Byron, De Quincey by Marc Porée

“…Thomas De Quincey fait le cheminement inverse dans Recollections of the Lakes and the Lake Poets (1838-1840), lorsqu’il affirme que ces "humbles montagnes", peuplées de montagnards humbles mais d’une grande force morale, bien qu’ayant la préférence de Wordsworth, méritent toute l’attention critique possible.Les deux parties devraient converger autour de la question suivante: pourquoi les romantiques de la première génération ont-ils dû de façon répétée repousser les accusations de modération et d’esprit de clocher, quand il n’était que trop évident de voir que le rang éminent de leurs productions dépassait de loin la prétendue "humilité" de leur cadre indigène ?…”
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