The impact of digital technologies on modern society. An example of a social credit rating system in China by A. P. Klimovich

“…A critical analysis of the foundations of the system from the point of view of Western democracy values has been carried out. An overview of development prospects of the studied system and the assessment of the risks associated with it have been made. …”
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Methodological aspects of forensic commodity examination of live animals by N. V. Krivoruchko, T. M. Menshykh

“…To assess the value of domestic animals and individual heads of farm animals, it is advisable to use a comparative approach, which consists in finding out the market value of similar animals at the time of the study. …”
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TiO2 Nanocoatings with Controllable Crystal Type and Nanoscale Topography on Zirconia Implants to Accelerate Bone Formation by Nan Li, Zhichao Liu, Guanqi Liu, Zhi Wang, Xianwei Guo, Chuanbin Guo, Jianmin Han

“…Various investigations into the coating surface morphology, topography, wettability, and chemical composition were carried out using scanning electron microscopy, white light interferometry, contact-angle measurement, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. …”
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Impact of Ramadan Fasting on Metabolic Syndrome Criteria: Among Treated Hypertensive and Diabetic Females of Halabja by Halgord Ali Farag

“…Method This prospective observational study was carried out in a group of 73 female patients with MetS aged (20-45) years were evaluated week before and after Ramadan month having hypertension and diabetics of more than 2 years. …”
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AID PROHIBITION AS A TOOL OF THE U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: DE JURE AND DE FACTO by V. I. Bartenev

“…The President, however, is entitled by law to waive most of the norms out of political or strategic considerations. This helps the U.S. government impose restrictions selectively but does not eliminate a hypothetical risk of aid suspension that can refrain a recipient government from certain domestic or external actions. …”
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Spatial Ecology and Movement of Ornate Box Turtles in the Escalating Drought Conditions of the Great Plains Ecoregion by Rachel E. Weaver, Thanchira Suriyamongkol, Sierra N. Shoemaker, Joshua T. Gonzalez, Ivana Mali

“…While some turtles initially moved out of the burned area and returned within a month, others remained inactive within a small portion of the burned area. …”
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Prevalence, Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern and Associated Factors of Streptococcus pyogenes among Pediatric Patients with Acute Pharyngitis in Sidama, Southern Ethiopia by Alemitu Beyene Gebre, Demissie Assegu Fenta, Abel Abera Negash, Betelihem Jima Hayile

“…Data were analyzed using SPSS version 25, and P value of <0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Result. Out of 213 throat swabs cultured, 22 (10.3%) with 95% CI (6.6–14.6%) were S. pyogenes positive. …”
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Application of international energy efficiency standards for energy auditing in a University buildings by V. Shcherbak, L. Ganushchak-Yefimenko, O. Nifatova, P. Dudko, N. Savchuk, I. Solonenchuk

“…Constructing energy profiles by a hierarchical clustering method demonstrated that 68% of the campus buildings belong to a 5^th class out of 7, i. e. being highly energy intensive. Following the DGNB (German Sustainable Building Council) approach to evaluate energy efficiency has enabled to eliminate 17% of the G category classrooms (extra energy intensive) from the University heating facilities. …”
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Sources of Civil and Sports Law as a sub-branch of Civil Law of Ukraine by O. A. Morhunov, I. V. Lysenko, A. M. Lysenko

“…Systematization of civil sports legislation should be carried out through codification. This is explained by the presence of a large number of sources of Sports Law, which contain conflict of laws rules and do not always meet international requirements and standards, as a rule, they are of a general nature. …”
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History of Turkish Air Force Aviation School and the Process of Transition to Air Force Academy by Osman YALÇIN

“…In 1929, aviation school turned out to be an academic institution as well. On October 1, 1951, Air Force Academy was established in Eskişehir. …”
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The external validity of machine learning-based prediction scores from hematological parameters of COVID-19: A study using hospital records from Brazil, Italy, and Western Europe. by Ali Safdari, Chanda Sai Keshav, Deepanshu Mody, Kshitij Verma, Utsav Kaushal, Vaadeendra Kumar Burra, Sibnath Ray, Debashree Bandyopadhyay

“…The XGBoost classifier performed consistently better (out of seven ML classifiers) on all the datasets. …”
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Urban Green Spaces in Brazil: Challenges and Opportunities in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic by Romero Gomes Pereira da Silva, Cláudia Lins Lima, Sterling D. Quinn, Aneta Afelt, Anne-Elisabeth Laques, Carlos Hiroo Saito

“…Urban green spaces of over 625 m2 were mapped in 117 municipalities, the total area of 4170 km2 representing 37.4% of the urban spaces analyzed in the five  metropolitan regions. Out of these 117 municipalities, 49 had data available concerning demands of green spaces in the pandemic context. …”
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Cytogenetic impact of gamma radiation and its effects on growth, yield and drought tolerance of maize (Zea mays L.) by Walaa M. Al-Sayed, Hanaa H. El-Shazly, Awatif I. El-Nahas, Ahmed A. A. Omran

“…So, this study was carried out to investigate the cytogenetic effects of gamma radiation and drought stress on maize SC131 genotype, focusing on chromosomal aberrations in seedling root meristems induced by varying doses of gamma irradiation (50, 100, 150, 200, and 250 Gray) and drought stress imposed by 10% polyethylene glycol (PEG). …”
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The relationships among positive coping style, psychological resilience, and fear of falling in older adults by Siqi Liu, Han Xiao, Peiyao Qi, Mi Song, Yuan Gao, Hongying Pi, Qingqing Su

“…Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out from July 2023 to December 2023. There are 202 older adults from a tertiary hospital in Beijing, China, participated in this study. …”
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Phytosanitary monitoring of the narrow-leaved lupine collection of VIR in the northwest of Russia by R. A. Abdullaev, M. A. Vishnyakova, G. P. Egorova, E. E. Radchenko

“…Mycological examination of the affected leaves was carried out on potato sucrose agar medium under laboratory conditions. …”
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Investigation of the Aquifer Protective Capacity and Groundwater Quality around Some Open Dumpsites in Sapele Delta State, Nigeria by Julius Otutu Oseji, James Chucks Egbai, Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Okolie, Etebefia Chris Ese

“…Nine Schlumberger arrangements of vertical electrical soundings (VES) were carried out with a maximum electrode separation of 500 m, and obtained data were interpreted by partial curve matching and computer iteration using Win Resist software. 2D survey using nine dipole-dipole stations was also utilized to give resistivity map of the dumpsites, while standard laboratory methods were used to analyze the groundwater. …”
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Molecular dynamics simulation dataset for xSiO2−yB2O3−(1−x−y)Na2O glassesMendeley Data by Michel Mama Toulou, Paul C.M. Fossati, Cindy L. Rountree

“…Additionally, multiple simulations can be setup to homogeneously sample large sections of the phase diagram.MD simulations were carried out to model glasses of different chemical compositions xSiO2−yB2O3−(1−x−y)Na2O where x and y vary from 0 mol% to 100 mol% in 5 mol% increments and x + y ≥ 50 %. …”
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Morphological and agronomic characteristics of winter rye cultivars in connection with their resistance to lodging by N. A. Nabatova, E. S. Parfenova, E. I. Utkina, M. G. Shamova, E. A. Psareva, M. N. Zhukova

“…Experiments were carried out in 2017–2020 at the Federal Agricultural Research Center of the North-East (FARC North-East), Kirov. …”
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PROFESSIONAL-PEDAGOGICAL REFLECTION OF STUDENTS: RESULTS OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH WORK by M. N. Dudina

“…The non-parametric Mann-Whitney U-criterion test was applied when processing the data obtained during the questionnaire to compare average values of independent samples of respondents.Results and scientific novelty. The carried out analysis of dynamically changing external and internal (objective and subjective) allowed the author to emphasize the factors that influence students’ motivation to pedagogical activity, desire to realize themselves in it, and aspirations to study “through all life”. …”
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Study on the safety distance determination model for natural gas wells in Ordos Basin subsidence areas of coal mining by Wen Wang, Yang Zhang, Shuang Gong, Junqi Lei, Jiandong Ren, Yanxiong Ding, Xiaowei Lu

“…Based on the distributed optical fiber monitoring principle of the BOTDR technology, on-site monitoring of the simulated monitoring well GX1 within the safety distance was carried out. The results indicated that the maximum strain change values of the outer casing and inner production casing of the simulated monitoring well GX1 were 836 με and 766 με, respectively, far less than the maximum ultimate tensile strain value of the overlying rock at the same depth position. …”
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