About oxide dispersion particles chemical compatibility with areas coherent dissipation/sub-grains of bcc-alloys in Fe - (Cr, V, Mo, W) systems by Udovsky A., Fabrichnaya O.

“…This concept has been used to formulate a three sub-lattice model for binary FM alloys of the Fe-M systems (M is an alloying paramagnetic element). Physical reason for sign change dependence of the short-range order and mixing enthalpy obtained by QMCs for Fe-(Cr, V) bcc phases has been found. …”
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Carbon Credits Through Wood Use: Revisiting the Maximum Potential and Sensitivity to Key Assumptions by Jari Niemi, Sampo Soimakallio, Elias Hurmekoski, Tanja Myllyviita, Janni Kunttu, Federico Lingua, Tord Snäll

“…However, they were very likely to be considerably lower than forest carbon debits resulting from harvesting additional wood for substitution under all considered circumstances and under a wide but reasonable range of stochastic parameter values. Thus, the result emphasizes the need to reduce overall consumption of goods to mitigate climate change.…”
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Blockchain-Assisted Generation Rescheduling in Imperfect Market Environments by Salman Tariq, Mohamed Shaaban, Hazlie Mokhlis, Nurulafiqah N. Mansor, Hasmaini Mohamad

“…Nonetheless, due to some geopolitical and economic reasons, many developing countries adopted a modestly liberalized version of the power market (imperfect market). …”
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Features of the Behavior of a Plane Axisymmetric Mag-netic Fluid Drop in a Nonmagnetic Solvent and a Uni-form Magnetic Field by V. G. Bashtovoi, A. G. Reks, A. A. Zahadskaya

“…Initially, the axisymmetric volume of the fluid takes an ellipsoidal shape, lengthening along the magnetic field direction. The main reason for this movement is the pressure differences in the magnetic fluid, caused by jumps and nonuniformities of the magnetic field at the interface between magnetic and nonmagnetic media. …”
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Reliability test and revision of stress coping scale for early childhood teachers by Jie Wang

“…Among the three-factor model, the discriminant and convergent validity of the three factors were reasonable. The correlation coefficients of rational thinking, emotion regulation, and support seeking with the two dimensions of help-seeking and cognitive coping in the COPE questionnaire were significantly positive and greater than 0.4, indicated that the correlation between this scale and the standardized scales was high. …”
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Genetic parameters of production and reproduction traits of Mediterranean buffaloes under tropical conditions by Iván A. Cárdenas, Miguel A. Chacón

“… In the tropics, there needs to be more information on Mediterranean buffaloes’ productive and reproductive behavior. For this reason, the zootechnical performance of a herd of Mediterranean buffaloes in Puerto Concha, Zulia state, Ven-ezuela, was evaluated. …”
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L’avenir des ressources génétiques marines au-delà des juridictions nationales : enjeux à l’aube d’un nouveau traité international by Nathan Brison, Christine Frison

“…In addition to the already visible impact of activities such as deep-sea fishing and maritime traffic, the future development of several other activities, particularly the exploitation of gas, oil, mineral resources and genetic resources, raises fears of potential serious damage to the environment of ABNJ. For this reason, on December 24, 2017, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) opened negotiations on a new treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of the ABNJ. …”
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Expansion of a stationary retail trading network in Vilnius and the Vilnius district in 1861-1904 by Aelita Ambrulevičiūtė

“…The weak development of the network during the period of the 1860s-1890s was conditioned by several reasons: in the first decades after the reforms, agriculture hadn’t been commercialized yet, people's purchasing power was weak, and peasant farms just tried to satisfy in-house needs with minimal expenditures. …”
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Germany-Iran Relations in Political-Military Sphere: The Impossible Unlocking of Potential? by V. S. Мirzekhanov, Ph. O. Trunov

“…In the first three cases Germany tries to limit the scale, the character (non-combatant capabilities), geographic area (not in deep regions) of the Bundeswehr usage. One of the key reasons of it is that Germany avoids being drawn into action against the Iranian troops or its junior allies («Hezbollah» in Lebanon, Shia combatants in Southern Iraq). …”
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Patient autonomy and metabolic bariatric surgery: an empirical perspective by Shelly Kamin-Friedman, Nili Karako-Eyal, Galya Hildesheimer

“…Category 1 influences included intentional attempts to induce people, through arguments and reason, to accept the attitudes advocated by the persuader in support of the surgery. …”
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Like objects or like subjects? Effects of student–robot interaction (SRI) and mathematical ability on students learning outcomes by Segun Michael Ojetunde, Umesh Ramnarain

“…This constitutes the major reason why the study investigated the effects of student–robot interaction and mathematical ability on students' learning outcomes, particularly among Nigerian high school students where the robotics curriculum is at the early stage of implementation. …”
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How Fast Is Recovery of Impaired Glucose Tolerance after 21-Day Bed Rest (NUC Study) in Healthy Adults? by Martina Heer, Natalie Baecker, Stephan Wnendt, Annelie Fischer, Gianni Biolo, Petra Frings-Meuthen

“…An individually tailored and intensified training regime is mandatory in patients being in bed rest to get back to normal glucose metabolism in a reasonable time frame.…”
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Exploring the perspectives of new-in-practice specialists about the Health Advocate role: “I didn’t even know where to start” by Jacqueline Dorothy Cochrane, Nancy Dudek, Kelsey Crawford, Lindsay Cowley, Kori A LaDonna

“…In turn, participants grappled with lack of preparation, waning motivation, feelings of futility, lack of value for advocacy and need for self-preservation. For these reasons, they questioned whether system-level advocacy should be expected of all physicians. …”
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Fatigue crack growth in additive manufactured products by A. Riemer, H. A. Richard, J.-P. Brüggemann, J.-N. Wesendahl

“…The second fundamental aim of this work was to demonstrate the possibilities of the SLM process. For that reason, the individually tailored bicycle crank was optimised regarding its weight and local stresses and finally manufactured using the SLM system. …”
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Legal support of corporate legal relations: priority in terms of imperative or discretionary nature by Yu. M. Zhornokui

“…It is clearly crystallised in relation to certain organisational and legal forms of corporate entities. For objective reasons, it is less evident in relation to a public joint-stock company. …”
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Legitimacy as a limiting factor of political utility of military power by Milenković Miloš R., Vračar Milinko S.

“…In the post-Cold War era, determined by the strong influences of globalization and the information revolution, it can be seen that military power fails to produce the expected political effects or at least those effects that could be produced in the past. One of the reasons why is that so, the authors find in the deficit of its legitimacy. …”
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Photovoltaic Farms: Economic Efficiency of Investments in South-East Poland by Joanna Żurakowska-Sawa, Arkadiusz Gromada, Anna Trocewicz, Adrianna Wojciechowska, Marcin Wysokiński, Anetta Zielińska

“…The sensitivity analysis shows that, regardless of the adopted scenario, investments in solar thermal power with the level of support that took place under the 2007–2013 financial perspective were reasonable long-term investments. In the least favorable scenario (conservative) included in the analysis, the discounted payback period ranged from 8.1 to 22 years. …”
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Levetiracetam Induced Behavioral Abnormalities in a Patient with Seizure Disorder: A Diagnostic Challenge by Oluwaseun Ogunsakin, Terence Tumenta, Scarlet Louis-Jean, Ayesha Mahbub, Peterson Rabel, Tolu Olupona, Shaheen Alam

“…Though, the drug has a convenient dosing regimen and is relatively well tolerated, neuropsychiatric side effects can emerge beyond the initial titration period and may be the most common reason for drug discontinuation. Levetiracetam has been reported to cause varying degrees of psychiatric adverse effects including behavioral disturbance such as agitation, hostility and psychosis, and mood symptoms and suicidality. …”
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Patient Preference for Once-Weekly Dosing in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Japan by Rohini Sen, Alan L. Shields, Koichiro Atsuda

“…The most commonly cited reasons for QW preference were (1) “less burdensome because they didn’t have to take it every day” (47.8%), (2) “less psychological burden” (14.6%), and (3) “forget to take it less often”(12.5%). …”
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TRANSFORMING SOUTH AFRICA’S UNIVERSITIES OF TECHNOLOGY: A ROADMAP THROUGH 4IR LENSES by Muthoni Masinde, Peter A Roux

“…Among these universities, are the six universities of technology (UoTs), which, for historical reasons, the transformation project presents unique challenges and opportunities. …”
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