Experimental Study to Determine the Failure Criteria of Concrete at Its Early-Age by Hongyan Ding, Lei Zhang, Puyang Zhang

“…The delay of theoretical advancement in this field resulted into a mismatch between the rough theories and the advanced algorithms, which were adopted for the estimation and analysis of early-age concrete structures. …”
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The Politics of Language in Constructing Civil Identity: Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina by T. I. Popadeva

“…Drawing on constructivist social theories, the author summarizes Bosnian linguistic practices and examines them through the prism of symbolic interactionism and negative feedback systems. …”
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HIV/Aids policy by Paul Schutte

“…Thus, our objectives are the following: to describe a few theories briefly in order to provide a theoretical perspective on policy; to discuss the South African policy on HIV/Aids and the Aids council system in the North-West; to describe the situation at local and provincial levels, with the local level envisaged as the site where policy is implemented; and to provide insights into the way in which communication is working or not working between provincial and local levels, as far as effective policy formulation and implementation are concerned. …”
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RECONCILING SCIENCE AND RELIGION BASED ON THE COMMON GOOD: REMEDY FOR ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM AND PATH TOWARD DEMOCRACY Author links open overlay panel by Aulia Shifa Hamida, Rahma Larasati, Sutan Akbar Kemal Syarief Putra Wibisana

“…This article offers a new synthesis of these relations based on the dialectical concept of two theories related to science and religion. Based on fiqh and the concept of maslahah, which have been the foundation for applying Islamic law, this article shows the positive relationship and the need for reconciliation between science and religion (Islam). …”
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Hooks, Lines, and Sinkers: How Active Galactic Nucleus Feedback and Cosmic-Ray Transport Shape the Far-infrared–Radio Correlation of Galaxies by Sam B. Ponnada, Rachel K. Cochrane, Philip F. Hopkins, Iryna S. Butsky, Sarah Wellons, N. Nicole Sanchez, Cameron Hummels, Yue Samuel Lu, Dušan Kereš, Christopher C. Hayward

“…The far-infrared–radio correlation (FRC) is one of the most promising empirical constraints on the role of cosmic rays (CRs) and magnetic fields in galaxy formation and evolution. While many theories have been proposed in order to explain the emergence and maintenance of the FRC across a gamut of galaxy properties and redshift, the nonlinear physics at play remain unexplored in full complexity and within a cosmological context. …”
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Theoretical Organization of Motivations to Attend First Aid Education: Scoping Review

“…Linking theory to motivations ideally helps develop future research in the field from psychological and sociological perspectives.  …”
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Presenting Iran's new economic diplomacy model with an export approach for neighboring countries with an emphasis on cultural and media diplomacy capacities by sekhavat kheirkhah, sayed Ali Tabatabai Panah, Alireza Soltani, Hamid Reza Shirzad

“…Communication and media theories In studying the theories related to the media and especially social networks, we come across three important theories; Giddens' construction theory believes: the actions of people affect structures (Giddens, 2005). …”
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Mobilização para além das fronteiras: semelhanças transnacionais dos movimentos sociais de origem virtual pelo mundo by Luciana de Oliveira Leal Halbritter, Maria Inácia D\u2019Ávila Neto

“…On the basis of this analysis, it proposes hypotheses to explain the phenomenon and points to possible developments in theories of social movements.…”
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Book review: Kravchenko S. A. “Sociology of Digitalisation: university textbook” by N. N. Meshcheryakova, L. A. Vasilenko

“…It introduces students to the most modern and advanced sociological theories and concepts.…”
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Pre-service teachers’ beliefs about teaching English to older adults: The case of motivation by Agata Słowik-Krogulec

“…Only half of the respondents attended the elective course and MA seminar “Older adults and SLA”, but both groups completed the same open-ended questionnaire, the aim of which was to explore pre-service teachers’ subjective theories regarding older adults’ motivation to learn foreign languages in later life, and to examine the extent to which they were affected by the content of the course. …”
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Rethinking Economics Education: Student Perceptions of the Social and Solidarity Economy in Higher Education by Asier Arcos-Alonso, Itsaso Fernandez de la Cuadra-Liesa, Amaia Garcia-Azpuru, Mikel Barba Del Horno

“…Utilizing a free-association questionnaire and Iramuteq software analysis, the findings reveal a strong demand for a more inclusive educational framework that incorporates heterodox economic theories, especially the SSE. This research contributes to the discourse on integrating SSE into economics and business courses as part of university social responsibility (USR), highlighting its unique social values.…”
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ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN KADUNA STATE: THE IMPLICATION FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT by Abdullahi Umar, Abubakar Abdullahi Muhammad, Awwal Muhammad Shafiu, Abdulrahim Mahmud Dogara, Amina Lawal

“…The study used the political legitimacy and effectiveness theories. The concept of political legitimacy is inextricably intertwined with the issues of political change, regardless of whether governments, political systems, or institutions comply with the traditional standards of legitimacy as subscribed in a democratic process of free and fair elections. …”
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The Interval Parameter Optimization Model Based on Three-Way Decision Space and Its Application on “Green Products Recommendation” by Mingxia Li, Kebing Chen, Caiyun Liu, Baoxiang Liu

“…The interval concept lattice theory, a new method of mining objects based on interval parameters, can more accurately deal with uncertain information than the classical concept lattice theory. …”
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Risk communication for disaster prevention and management in the rural communities of Mangu local government in Plateau state, Nigeria by Desmond Onyemechi Okocha, Michael Faloseyi, Amaka Cynthia Obiorah

“…The theoretical framework for this study is the protection motivation theory and the extended parallel process model. Both theories explain how individuals behave when exposed to disaster threats and how risk communication can influence responses in threatening situations. …”
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Comparison Study on the Exact Dynamic Stiffness Method for Free Vibration of Thin and Moderately Thick Circular Cylindrical Shells by Xudong Chen, Kangsheng Ye

“…Comparison study on free vibration of circular cylindrical shells between thin and moderately thick shell theories when using the exact dynamic stiffness method (DSM) formulation is presented. …”
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Co-creation as a Methodology to Integrate Mental Health and Psychosocial Support and Peacebuilding by Yvonne Sliep, Marian Tankink, Friederike Bubenzer

“…The co-creation process fosters transformative learning and acknowledges local wisdom and practices as well as existing theories and skills. The process includes exploring the context and current situation of a given country, as well as how participants would like to see integration unfold in the short and long term, acknowledging that integration can take on many forms. …”
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Embedding Feynman integral (Calabi-Yau) geometries in weighted projective space by Jacob L. Bourjaily, Andrew J. McLeod, Cristian Vergu, Matthias Volk, Matt von Hippel, Matthias Wilhelm

“…Abstract It has recently been demonstrated that Feynman integrals relevant to a wide range of perturbative quantum field theories involve periods of Calabi-Yau manifolds of arbitrarily large dimension. …”
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The Sounds of Horseshoe a Zoopoetic Reading of Yılkı Atı by Abbas Sayar by Özlem Akyol

“…In this article, then, Yılkı Atı will be explored under the light of zoopoetic theories.…”
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DYNAMICS OF MEDIA AND SOCIETY INTERACTION IN COMMUNICATIVE SPACE by D. I. Chistyakov

“…The author bases on reflection of sociological theories and discourses of late modern and postmodern and thus shows the transformation of media and their audience on the society’s way to the postmodernity. …”
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A Data Mining-Based Model for Evaluating Tennis Players’ Training Movements by Hang Chen

“…This paper aims to conduct a systematic theoretical analysis of tennis players’ training movements based on theories and methods such as system science theory and social network analysis. …”
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