Brittle crack propagation acceleration in a single crystal of a 3% silicon-Fe alloy by Tomoya Kawabata, Noritaka Nakamura, Shuji Aihara

“…Though it has been reported that the upper limit of the speed of brittle crack propagation is theoretically the Rayleigh wave speed, which is approximately 2,900 m/s in steels, the actual speed of brittle crack propagation in steels is approximately 1,000 m/s and lower. The reason for this difference is due to braking effects during crack propagation, for example, unevenness in the faceting, tear ridges, microcracking, twin deformation and side ligaments, which are the elements that dominate the arresting toughness. …”
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Bladder Tumor in Women with Microscopic Hematuria: An Iranian Experience and a Review of the Literature by Shahin Abbaszadeh, Saeed Taheri, Mohammad Hossein Nourbala

“…Female microscopic hematuria is relevant and deserves evaluations, especially in elderly patients. Patients whose reason for microhematuria would not be diagnosed at the initial evaluations should be followed.…”
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A Particularly Dangerous Case of the Bubble Effect in Transformers That Appeared in a Large Mass of Pressboard Heated by Mineral Oil by Hubert Moranda, Hanna Moscicka-Grzesiak

“…The authors first showed that cyclic heating of a windings model causes the drying of both the insulation paper and pressboard, but the paper dries faster. For this reason, the bubble effect inception temperature can be lower in the pressboard than in the paper. …”
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Study of tomato growers' cultural practices and risks associated with the unreasoned use of chemical inputs in the Adamawa Region, Cameroon by Ramsès Tsala, Zacharie Bounyahré Mounkéné, Gaston Dimitri Amia, Maïmouna Abba, Lucien Tatchum Tchuenteu, Clautilde Megueni

“…Although these inputs have proven beneficial effects, their non-reasoned use, through non-compliance with approved doses, poor management of agricultural chemical packaging, and failure to respect re-entry times after application, can have harmful effects on the environment and the health of living beings. …”
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The “Lieutenant Generation” and the Traditions of MGIMO-University by A. V. Shestopal

“…Thus, we see the coincidence of MGIMO's 70th anniversary and of the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War as far more meaningful than just a reason for formal celebration. The establishment of the groundwork of the MGIMO corporate ethic: exigency and amicability, proactiveness and responsibility, openness to the outside world and firmness in defending one's positions - is inseparably connected with the years of the "lieutenant generation", with its first enrollments and first graduations. …”
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Geopolitical and Economic Aspects of Nuclear Energy by S. Z. Zhiznin, V. M. Timokhov

“…That happens for a number of reasons, including public resistance, that the construction of new NPP and the excess of energy utilities in many markets, which is mainly connected with high market competition in energy markets and low economic indicators of the current nuclear utilities. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Avoiding the Freudian Trap of Sexual Transference and Countertransference in Psychodynamic Therapy by Søren Ventegodt, Isack Kandel, Joav Merrick

“…Freud used intimate bodywork, such as massage, in the beginning of his career, but stopped, presumably for moral and political reasons. In the tradition of psychoanalysis, touch is therefore not allowed. …”
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Breaking the Barriers for Women Participation in Agroforestry in the Context of AfCFTA by Patrick Opoku, Awonlimali Kenneth Ali, Peter Ampadu-Daaduam, Dorothy Asare Akoto

“…Findings showed that women participate in agroforestry mainly for income, job, environmental protection, food security and boundary protection reasons. Challenges they face include lack of access to land, credits, markets and capital. …”
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Identifying Political Risk Management Strategies in International Construction Projects by Tengyuan Chang, Bon-Gang Hwang, Xiaopeng Deng, Xianbo Zhao

“…Moreover, these 27 strategies were clustered into six components, namely, (1) making correct decisions, (2) conducting favorable negotiations, (3) completing full preparations, (4) shaping a good environment, (5) reducing unnecessary mistakes, and (6) obtaining a reasonable response. The 6 components can be regarded as 6 typical management techniques that contribute to political risk management in the preproject phase, project implementation phase, and postevent phases. …”
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Serum salusin levels in diarrhea- and constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome by Elif Tugba Tuncel, Seda Sabah Ozcan, Mehmet Korkmaz, Elif Börekci

“…The salusins that were identified in this study are important because of their ease of collection, sensitivity and reliability. For that reason, the aim of this study was to analyze the importance of the levels of salusin in the blood, an inflammation-related parameter, in the diagnosis and prediction of irritable bowel disease. …”
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Study of the Protection of Aluminum Alloy Surfaces by a Graphene-Modified Fluorocarbon Anticorrosive Coating by Peng Wang, Dayong Cai

“…When 0.8% of rGO was added, the dispersion coefficient was large, and it had a good physical insulation performance. The main reason for the reduction of the corrosion resistance was that the agglomeration of rGO made the aluminum alloy matrix and the external corrosive environment form a highly conductive circuit, thereby accelerating the corrosion of the aluminum alloy matrix.…”
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Future anxiety and the motives for postponing parenthood: generational time perspective and life satisfaction as mediators by Małgorzata Szcześniak, Celina Timoszyk-Tomczak, Julia Łoś, Monika Grzeczka

“…However, little is known about the reasons and relevant mechanisms that are involved in people’s decisions to delay parenthood. …”
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«Islamic Socialism» in Pakistan: Evolution, Implementation and Legacy in Domestic and Foreign Policy by G. G. Makarevich

“…Focused on the tenure of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (1971-1977), the article examines the implementation of the "Islamic socialism" policy and the subsequent reasons for its failure, culminating in a military coup. …”
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Self-Medication among Medical and Nonmedical Students at the University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Zelalem T. Tesfaye, Asrat E. Ergena, Bilal T. Yimer

“…“Knowing the treatment of the disease” was the most frequent reason behind self-medication. Analgesics/antipyretics were the most common categories of medications used, whereas headache was the predominant ailment for which the medications were used. …”
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Assessment of Oxidative Stress by the Estimation of Lipid Peroxidation Marker Malondialdehyde (MDA) in Patients with Chronic Periodontitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Khadijah Mohideen, Krithika Chandrasekar, Saranya Ramsridhar, Chandini Rajkumar, Snehashish Ghosh, Safal Dhungel

“…After analyzing the abstracts of the obtained articles, the articles were excluded for the following reasons: duplicate studies (n = 395) and not relevant to the research question (n = 726). …”
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Tattoo Regret, Complications, and Removal: A Cross-Sectional Study among Tattooed Individuals in Saudi Arabia by Hadeel Mitwalli, Nuha Alfurayh

“…Tattoo removal was mostly due to cultural reasons (74%). Local itching (32%), pain (22.7%), and infection (10.5%) were reported and associated with tattoo regret (P<0.05). …”
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Evaluation of Land Use Changes before and after Iraq and Iran's War (Case Study: Ilam Watershed) by Norodin Rostami, Batol Navrouzi, Taherh Jafari

“…Also, the area of forest land use was changing during various periods, which one of the main reasons of decreases is the destruction of forest during Iraq's war for using woods in order to cook and be warm in cold seasons by people who settled in forests of Ilam's city neighborhood. …”
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Modeling Approach for Determining Equivalent Optical Constants of Plastic Shading Nets under Solar Radiation Conditions by A. M. Abdel-Ghany, I. M. Al-Helal

“…The calculated radiative properties reasonably agreed with measured values.…”
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Comparative Analysis of Mechanisms of Schumpeterian Evolution by Agnieszka Lipieta, Andrzej

“…The motvatons of innovators, and the reason for which innovatons are adopted into the producers’ and consumers’ plans of acton, are also precisely explained in the paper. …”
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INTEGRITY WHISTLEBLOWERS IN THE ROMANIAN LEGAL SYSTEM by Florin STOICA

“…We can understand the reasons behind this encouragement, however, in the Romanian context, we believe that the prioritisation of internal reporting can and must be corroborated with subsequent instrumentation actions a anonymous reports. …”
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