An Experimental Study of Seepage Properties in Crushed Sandstone and Mudstone by Qi-Le Ding, Shuai-Bing Song

“…When the axial displacement of specimen A (1 : 0) increases from 10 mm to 30 mm, the compression rate (ratio of axial displacement to original specimen height) increases from 9.5% to 28.6%, and the permeability decreases by 83.8% to 1.534 × 10−13 m2. …”
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The role of Saudi women in advancing environmental sustainability: a case study of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by Mubarak Saad Aldosari

“…There are also priorities like increasing the scope of involvement, improving policymakers' understanding of factors affecting women’s participation and developing holistic initiatives that address roles in greater detail. Originality/value – This study’s distinctive contribution resides in its correlation analysis, which uncovers associations between women’s contributions, policy changes and the requirement for subtle interpretations. …”
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The Unwritten Endings: A Deep Dive into the Story Completion Method in Management Research by Berivan Tatar

“…To address this gap, this article focuses on the conceptual and methodological origins of the story completion method and provides a synthesis of story completion research in management literature. …”
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Multi-AGV multitask collaborative scheduling based on an improved ant colony algorithm by Yazhen Zhu, Qing Song, Meng Li

“…Second, in the pheromone update stage, the method of calculating the pheromone increment in the traditional ant colony algorithm is modified. The original distance influence factor is changed to a time influence factor, which ensures that all tasks still have the minimum running time when calculating a collision-free path. …”
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Mechanisms of Action of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease by Sitong Yi, Qingwei Cong, Ying Zhu, Qiumin Xu

“…MSCs are multipotent stromal cells that originated from mesoderm mesenchyme, which have self-renewal and multipotent differentiation capability. …”
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The Operational Strategy of the Curriculum Based on Job Characteristics and Its Impact on Labor Market Outcomes by Mostafa Heidari Haratemeh

“…After becoming unemployed, workers from certain jobs need more time to find a new job.Originality/Value: Finally, the research approach can be used to evaluate curricula in all curricula in vocational schools and technical centers that try to prepare people with labor market skills.…”
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The Role of Dopamine in Impulsivity and Substance Abuse: A Narrative Review by Connor J Plaisance, Lloyd F Ledet III, Nicholas J Slusher, Charles P Daniel, Zachary Lee, Bradley Dorius, Sonnah Barrie, Tomasina Q Parker-Actlis, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Sahar Shekoohi, Alan D Kaye

“…Discovery as a key player in the development of addiction dates to the 1950s, with a study performed by Olds and Milner on rats placed in a Skinner box. Their original discovery is part of the beginning of what would become the search into the main mechanistic source of addiction, and how exactly it works at a cellular, physiological, and psychological level. …”
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Characterization of Various Honey Samples from Different Regions of Morocco Using Physicochemical Parameters, Minerals Content, Antioxidant Properties, and Honey-Specific Protein P... by Badiaa Lyoussi, Meryem Bakour, Redouan El-Haskoury, Hamada Imtara, Christophe Hano, Katarína Bíliková

“…In this work, we evaluated the good quality, authenticity, and content in bioactive molecules of twenty-two Moroccan honey from different botanical origins and geographical areas. For that, the following analyses were determined: the content in total protein and especially the major royal jelly protein (apalbumin 1), the analysis of total acidity, free acidity, lactonic acidity, pH, ash, Pfund, electrical conductivity, and moisture. …”
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Investigating the Causal Relationship between Poverty and Corruption in the Middle Eastern Countries (Granger-Hsiao, Toda and Yamamoto Causality Approach in Panel Data) by Hadis Piri, Aziz Maraseli

“…This unilateral causality relationship is confirmed unilateral in both causality approaches.Originality/Value: The study showed that by providing proper training, the government could prevent corruption and increase public awareness by creating educational bases at the level of countries and providing easy access to them for the general public. …”
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Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter in River Water by Conventional Methods and Direct Sample Analysis-Time of Flight-Mass Spectrometry by T. Garrido Reyes, J. Mendoza Crisosto

“…It is concluded that dissolved organic matter found in the water of the river from the site of minor human impact (Rucalhue) has a predominantly natural origin, with a high content of aromatic carbon, in contrast to dissolved organic matter found in the waters of the sites that have higher human impact (Laja and Concepción), characterized by a greater molecular size and higher organic carbon content. …”
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WILL TO TRUTH AND GENDER STUDIES by D. Y. Snitko, O. P. Varshavskyi

“…If for the methodology of gender studies it is inherent to proceed from the contextuality and value foundations of knowledge, then in this paper gender is considered directly from the being-in-world, human presence. Originality. The distinction between will-to-truth and will-to-knowledge, conducted for the first time by Michel Foucault, is used as a method by which the ontological demand of sex (gender) is revealed. …”
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Pathophysiologic Mechanisms of Insulin Secretion and Signaling-Related Genes in Etiology of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Zahra Shaaban, Arezoo Khoradmehr, Amir Amiri-Yekta, Fariborz Nowzari, Mohammad Reza Jafarzadeh Shirazi, Amin Tamadon

“…Despite the finding that the genetic origin of PCOS is well demonstrated in previous twin and familial clustering studies, genes and factors that can exactly explain the PCOS pathophysiology are not known. …”
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Research on the Fast Charging Strategy of Power Lithium-Ion Batteries Based on the High Environmental Temperature in Southeast Asia by Qin Zhang, Yuyang Yu

“…To lower the <i>Tmax</i> of the battery during the charging process, a charging rate limit was imposed on the temperature range above 48 °C based on the original fast charging strategy. The <i>Tmax</i> decreased by 0.85 °C when charging with the optimized fast charging strategy.…”
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Speedup signing: pre-rejection sampling towards dilithium by Lianglin Yan, Ming Luo, Mingsheng Wang

“…To prove security, we propose the c-selected MLWE problem, a variant of MLWE that can offer the equivalent security as original MLWE. Applying these two techniques to Dilithium, we obtain an advanced signature scheme with better efficiency, and without any other losses except some pre-computations. …”
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Knowledge integration capability, innovativeness, and entrepreneurial orientation on business performance by Helisia Margahana, Dyah Sugandini

“…The ability to integrate knowledge has a relatively small impact on the performance of SMEs, and it is better if the influence of this knowledge can be analyzed further to get better results. Originality/value – This study adds entrepreneurial orientation as a determinant of the ability to integrate knowledge in one model analyzed to predict SMEs' performance after the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Performance Evaluation of Turkish Ports: Integrated Fuzzy Entropy- Fuzzy MARCOS Analysis by Özlem Karadağ Albayrak

“…This method can provide a more accurate evaluation of the performance level of ports and its use in the planning and effective use of port investments.Originality: This research fills the gap in the literature in three ways: (1) Evaluatee the application of triangular fuzzy numbers to the panel data, which will provide effective inferences about the performanse level of the selected ports, (2) Evaluated a weighting approach using Entropy method that takes into account the distances of triangular fuzzy numbers consisting of real numbers instead of linguistic expressions, (3) An Entropy-based MARCOS method is proposed for solving the Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) problem involving the performanse analysis of Turkish ports.…”
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The EU Nitrates Directive: A European Approach to Combat Water Pollution from Agriculture by Gert J. Monteny

“…The aim of this directive is to sustainably protect ground and surface waters from pollution with nitrogen (nitrate) originating from agriculture. Agriculture is, on an EU level, the largest single source of nitrate (runoff, leaching) pollution, although households and industries also contribute to some extent. …”
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Jerk forms dynamics of a Chua’s family and their new unified circuit implementation by Wei Xu, Ning Cao

“…Analysis of the Lyapunov exponent spectrum, eigenvalues of the original three‐order, four‐order Chua systems and their Jerk forms, and the same values demonstrate the equivalent of the systems for both structures. …”
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POR UMA PSICOLOGIA BRASILEIRA RACIALIZADA: CONTRIBUIÇÕES DE CIDA BENTO E LÉLIA GONZALEZ by Hilana Sousa Ferreira, Anne Beatriz Nogueira Saraiva, Aluísio Ferreira de Lima

“…Resumo A colonialidade, entendida desde a proposição original de Anibal Quijano e a sua apropriação realizada por autoras feministas da América Latina e do feminismo negro interseccional, é a aplicação, em larga escala, de um projeto colonial com pretensões universalistas que faz uso do racismo e do patriarcado para legitimar e produzir vidas para o capitalismo. …”
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Experimental Study on Mechanism of Graphene Oxide-Modified Coral Sand Cement Mortar to Resist Sulfate Erosion by Bin Chen, Jianlin Zhang, Yanlin Zhao, Yiwei Lu

“…Coral sand cement mortar increases resistance to sulfate attack, which graphene oxide inhibits the formation of new dissolution pores and the expansion of original pores.…”
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