The Concept “Res Publica” and Its Reception in Byzantine Law: Transliterations by Yu. Ya. Vin

“…Accordingly, the mediaeval Byzantine jurists felt the need to use the direct reception of the Latin concept “res publica”, in particular “rei publicae causa”. It served as the subject of attention and professional lawyers used this concept to interpret and explain the content of the sources of medieval Byzantine law. …”
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Evaluation of Environmental and Neighborhood Satisfaction Across the Socio-demographic Gradients Using and Geospatial Data by Ntombifuthi Nzimande, Lwando Royimani, Thabo Lephoto

“…This has resulted in urban planning strategies neglecting environmental structures to improve residents’ overall wellbeing as geospatial data allows for objective characterization of these physical, environmental characteristics rather than relying on subjective estimates of the residential determinants. …”
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Overlap of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: Common Mechanisms of Pathogenesis as a Key to Rational Therapy by S. N. Mekhdiyev, O. A. Mekhdieva, O. M. Berko

“…FGID occurs in more than 40 % of people globally, mainly affecting the working-age population in young and middle-aged subjects. At the same time, more than 30 % of patients have a combination of 2 or more functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorders i.e. overlap syndrome. …”
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Patient and parent satisfaction after surgical repair of concealed penis in children by Amr Mehrez, Osama El Gamal, Mohamed Adel Omar, Mohamed Elmaadawy, Salah Nagla

“…Methods The study was carried out on male patients, aged < 18 years, diagnosed with concealed penis. All patients were subjected to repair of concealed penis. Adolescents and parents’ satisfaction were measured 3 months after concealed penis repair by 4 tools including a pre-validated questionnaire to evaluate outcome of the surgical treatment, the pediatric penile perception score for penile morphology, the patient’s global impressions of improvement scale, and rating the satisfaction with the final penile appearance by an expert independent urologist. …”
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Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram Based Discrete Transportation Network Design by Guojing Hu, Weike Lu, Feng Wang, Robert W. Whalin

“…Focusing on improving network capacity under the NDP framework, this paper formulates a bi-level programming model, where at the lower level, flows are assigned to the newly extended network subject to user equilibrium theory, and the upper level determines which links should be added to achieve the maximum network capacity. …”
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The effects of heritage multilingualism on foreign language learning: a comparison of children with typical language development and developmental language disorder by Elena Tribushinina, Betül Boz

“…The participants were primary school children (aged 9–13) acquiring Dutch as the majority language and learning English as a school subject. English skills were measured with a vocabulary test, a grammar test and the Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives (MAIN). …”
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Meta-analysis of risk factors for postoperative lower extremity deep vein thrombosis in patients with gynecologic malignancies by Danzhu Gong, Qi Wang

“…Subsequently, the extracted data were subjected to meta-analysis using STATA software.ResultsA total of twelve studies fulfilling the inclusion criteria were analyzed, encompassing 2,553 cases. …”
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Rate and predictors of response to glucocorticoid therapy in patients of takayasu arteritis at a tertiary level hospital of Bangladesh: A longitudinal study by Farzana Shumy, Ahmad Mursel Anam, Minhaj Rahim Choudhury, Md Abu Shahin, Syed Atiqul Haq, Md Zahid Amin, Sumayia Minhaj

“…After 6 months, one patient (9.1%) remained inactive with prednisolone alone and other subjects received methotrexate. Conclusion: The response to prednisolone is variable in TA. …”
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A Model for Vehicle Routing Problem under Returns and Emission Consideration in B2C E-Commerce Logistics by Sedat Belbağ

“…Furthermore, the cluster-based solution approach causes a considerable decrease in solution time while providing promising solutions.Originality: This study represents a contribution to the existing literature on the subject by considering: i) emission to determine effects on the vehicle routing problem, ii) the postponement of the collection of returned items due to the limited delivery time, iii) proposing the clustering-based solution approach to tackle with larger-sized problems.…”
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The problem of combustion instability in liquid rocket engines by Samir Vekilov, Volodymyr Lipovskyi, Roman Pustovyi

“…The formed knowledge on the subject of combustion instability phenomena became useful while finding the reason of occurrence of 1 Hz frequency in the developed engine chamber. …”
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Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Seismic Response of Shield Tunnel Spatial End Structure by Yijing Lu, Yongsheng Song, Yanzhen Wang, Jiale Yuan

“…The seismic responses of the tunnel-shaft junction subjected to the seismic motions with rich low-frequency components are much stronger than those of seismic motions with rich high-frequency components. …”
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Reframing the filter bubble through diverse scale effects in online music consumption by Dougal Shakespeare, Victor Chareyron, Camille Roth

“…Abstract The impact of platforms’ algorithmic curation devices on users’ consumption diversity has long since been the subject of debate in popular culture and academia alike. …”
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Exploring barriers to parent-adolescent sexual-risk communication among adolescents in Port Harcourt Nigeria: Adolescents' and parents' perspective. by Chidinma Joycelyn Okpalaku, Chigozirim Ogubuike

“…The quantitative data was analysed using descriptive statistics and chi-square while the qualitative data was subjected to thematic analysis. The mean age of the adolescents was 16.0 ± 1.1 years and 55% were males. 21% of the parents had never discussed sex with their adolescents. …”
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On the master plan conformance with urban reality: A comparative assessment by M. Jahanbani, E. Lashkari

“…The second estimated alternative for the population (with 83.52%) has a high level of conformity. On the subject of land use, conforming and non-conforming uses account for 47% and 23.80% respectively. …”
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Comparison of vertical breast displacement between two different sports bra designs by Parunchaya Jamkrajang, Weerawat Lımroongreungrat

“…Thirty female collegiate athletes (meanage = 22.33 + 2.7 yrs, meanwt 57.3 + 5.9 Kg, BMI= 20.9±1.4) cup size B75 – C70 were volunteered in the study. All subjects were required to walk (3 km/hr), jog (6 km/hr) and run (9 km/hr) on the treadmill for 5 minutes under 3 bra conditions. …”
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Pedagogical responsiveness of mathematics instruction at inclusive secondary schools: A particularistic case study by Leena Ngonyofi Kanandjebo

“…While learners without disabilities struggled with comprehension and effective communication skills, learners with visual and hearing impairments faced a lack of equipment to support the conceptualisation and visualisation of mathematical subject content. The authors emphasise the critical importance of addressing communication barriers and adapting teaching practices to support the learning and inclusion of visually and hearing-impaired learners in mathematics, with an emphasis on mathematical language that promotes a better understanding of mathematical concepts. …”
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Problems of Higher School Didactics: Uncut Pages by R. M. Petruneva, V. D. Vasilyeva, Y. V. Petruneva

“…The article also dwells on psychological problems of Internet content assimilation and “non-contact” interaction between the subjects of the educational process, etc. The most promising areas of didactic research in higher education, including the development of interdisciplinary contacts, are highlighted.…”
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Musculoskeletal Pain Is Associated with Dietary Diversity Score among Community-Dwelling Older Adult: A Cross-Sectional Study by Zahra Tajary, Zahra Esmaeily, Mahshid Rezaei, Shahrzad Daei, Atefeh Eyvazkhani, Marjan Mansouri Dara, Ahmad Reza Dorosty Motlagh

“…A significant association was observed among the quartiles of DDS that most of the subjects with MSP were in the lowest quartile relative to the highest one (p=0.02). …”
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Foreigner in contemporary Japanese state discourse: Constructing differences between the nation and the Other by D. S. Alekseev

“…Therefore, our research question is this: How is the interaction between the nation/national subjects and foreigners portrayed in the Cool Japan discourse, and what characteristics are attributed to both groups? …”
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Adropin and Preptin Levels in β-Thalassemia Major Complications in Babylon Province by Zinah Abbass Ali, Samar Hasan Shammar

“…Materials and Methods: This study involved 100 individuals, separated into two groups: 50 subjects and 50 controls. Commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kits were used to measure cystatin-C, ferritin, insulin, preptin, and adropin, while serum blood urea (B. urea), serum creatinine (S.Cr), and lipid profile along with fasting glucose concentration were calculated by colorimetric kit using the spectrophotometer method. …”
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