655Val and 1170Pro ERBB2 SNPs in Familial Breast Cancer Risk and BRCA1 Alterations by Stefania Tommasi, Vita Fedele, Rosanna Lacalamita, Michele Bruno, Francesco Schittulli, David Ginzinger, Gery Scott, Serenella Eppenberger-Castori, Daniele Calistri, Silvia Casadei, Ian Seymour, Salvatore Longo, Gianluigi Giannelli, Brunella Pilato, Giovanni Simone, Christopher C. Benz, Angelo Paradiso

“…One of these, Ile655Val, introduces a structural change in the transmembrane region of ERBB2 and has been the focus of debate over its potential role as a susceptibility marker for breast cancer risk. …”
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Regional Exploration and Characterisation of CO2 Storage Prospects in the Utsira-Skade Aquifer, North Viking Graben, North Sea by C. Lloyd, M. Huuse, B. J. Barrett, A. M. W. Newton

“…Other intra-aquifer mudstones were mainly interpreted to act as baffles to flow. Structural traps at the top Utsira and Skade Fms. yield fifteen prospects, with criteria of > 700 m depth and FRT storage capacity of > 5 Mt CO2. …”
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Investigating Fire Collapse Early Warning Systems for Portal Frames by Ming Xie, Fangbo Xu, Zhangdong Wang, Li’e Yin, Xiangdong Wu, Mengqi Xu, Xiang Li

“…In recent years, firefighter accidents and people injured by the collapse of steel structures during a fire have occurred frequently, which has attracted the attention of the National Emergency Management Department and the Fire and Rescue Bureau. …”
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Shaking Table Test for Evaluating the Seismic Performance of Steel Frame Retrofitted by Buckling-Restrained Braces by Tingting Wang, Jianhua Shao, Chao Zhao, Wenjin Liu, Zhanguang Wang

“…At the end of the test, the stiffness degradation rate of the pure frame structure is 11.2%, while that of the buckling-restrained bracing steel frame structure is only 5.4%. …”
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Dynamic capabilities, Marketing Capability and Organizational Performance by Adriana Roseli Wünsch Takahashi, Sergio Bulgacov, Elder Semprebon, Mônica Maier Giacomini

“…As a research method we carried out a survey with 316 IES and data analysis was operationalized with the technique of structural equation modeling. The results indicate that the dynamic capabilities have influence on organizational performance only when mediated by marketing ability. …”
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Social protection management system in the Altai Republic by E. V. Domashova

“…The study considers the structural divisions of the Ministry of Labor, Social Development and Employment of the Population of the Altai Republic and subordinate institutions. …”
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Adoption of Mobile Payments in Brazil: Technology Readiness, Trust and Perceived Quality by Tharcisio Alexandrino Caldeira, Jorge Brantes Ferreira, Angilberto Freitas, Roberto Pessoa de Queiroz Falcão

“…The authors conducted a survey with 402 participants to test the proposed model, analyzing the data via structural equation modeling (SEM). The results showed that trust, usefulness, and perceived quality of mobile payment services directly influence mobile payment acceptance.…”
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Surface Characteristics and Catalytic Oxidation of CO on Silicalites and Silicalites Containing Cobalt, Copper and Silver Oxides by Farid Sh. Mohamed

“…The results obtained indicated that S 1 and S 2 existed as pure phases with structures analogous to those of ZSM-5 and ZSM-11 zeolites, respectively. …”
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Innovation Networks: the Contribution of Partnerships to Innovative Performance of Firms in the Brazilian Electrical-Electronics Industry by Silvye Ane Massaini, Fábio Lotti Oliva

“…The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). As the main findings, we observed that the establishment of collaborative relationships with customers, competitors and universities/research institutions can contribute to organizational and process innovation. …”
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Discretized representations of harmonic variables by bilateral Jacobi operators by Andreas Ruffing

“…They reveal and confirm the observation that discrete versions of continuum Schrodinger operators allow more structural freedom than their continuum analogs do.…”
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La flèche de l’ancienne abbatiale de Saint-Denis : un bilan archéologique by Mathieu Lejeune

“…Surprisingly little information remains about this structure, which was dismantled in an emergency by François Debret in 1837. …”
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The Primary Alteration of Ventricular Myocardium Conduction: The Significant Determinant of Left Bundle Branch Block Pattern by Ljuba Bacharova, Bayes de Luna

“…However, the current understanding of the IVCD’s underlying mechanism is mostly attributed to HP structural or functional alterations. The involvement of the working ventricular myocardium is only marginally mentioned or not considered. …”
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ENDOGENOUS GROWTH MODEL: EVIDENCE FROM EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES by Mahir Hrnjić, Azra Branković

“…The model includes both sides of government finance, taxation and expenditures, with expenditures being grouped into homogeneous categories in order to increase the structural efficiency. We find a positive impact on growth for certain government expenditures such as expenditures aimed at improving human resources, property protection and social investment and a negative one for distortionary taxation. …”
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Valency-Based Topological Properties of Linear Hexagonal Chain and Hammer-Like Benzenoid by Yi-Xia Li, Abdul Rauf, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Ahsan Binyamin, Adnan Aslam

“…Mathematical associations between a particular molecular or biological activity and one or several biochemical and/or molecular structural features are QSPRs (quantitative structure-property relationships) and QSARs (quantitative structure-activity relationships). …”
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Perspectives of International Human Epigenome Consortium by Jae-Bum Bae

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Attributes of a Relationship Management Model for the Public Sector (CiRS Exec) by Júlio Medeiros, Gisela Demo

“…Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses have been used, through structural equation modeling. The measurement model has presented good adjustment and a unifactorial structure scale named ‘Citizen Relationship’, comprising 13 items.…”
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Synchronizability of Multilayer Star and Star-Ring Networks by Yang Deng, Zhen Jia, Feimei Yang

“…In particular, we investigated the synchronizability of the networks under different interlayer coupling strength, and the relationship between the synchronizability and structural parameters of the networks (i.e., the number of nodes, intralayer and interlayer coupling strengths, and the number of layers) is discussed. …”
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Effect of Weld Properties on the Crush Strength of the PWR Spacer Grid by Kee-nam Song, Sang-hoon Lee

“…A spacer grid in PWR fuel is a structural component with an interconnected and welded array of slotted grid straps. …”
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Projectile Balloting Attributable to Gun Tube Curvature by Michael M. Chen

“…Transverse motion of a projectile during launch is detrimental to firing accuracy, structural integrity, and/or on-board electronics performance of the projectile. …”
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Recent Advances in the Total Synthesis of Tetramic Acid-Containing Natural Products by Wen-Ju Bai, Chen Lu, Xiqing Wang

“…With incredible bioactivities and fascinating structural complexities, tetramic acid- (TA-) containing natural products have attracted favorable attention among the organic chemistry community. …”
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