Falling sex ratios and emerging evidence of sex-selective abortion in Nepal: evidence from nationally representative survey data by Mahesh Puri, Melanie Dawn Frost, Peter Richard Andrew Hinde

“…Just 325 girls were born for every 1000 boys among the richest urban women.Conclusions The fall in CSRs witnessed post-legalisation indicates that sex-selective abortion is becoming more common. …”
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Experimental Study on the Property Degradation and Failure Mechanism of Weakly Cemented Sandstone under Dry-Wet Cycles by Zhaoyang Song, Lihui Sun, Shouye Cheng, Zhiqiang Liu, Jie Tan, Fangbo Ning

“…The fractal dimension decreases with an increase in the dry-wet cycles and reaches its maximum at 0 dry-wet cycles, which means that 0 dry-wet cycles witness the most complex morphology of fractures within the weakly cemented sandstone. …”
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Unıversal legal standards of sustaınable socıalıty from the context of the rıght to a decent lıfe by M. S. Rahımova

“…When we approach sustainable development, which includes five stages of development from a historical perspective from the context of mutual relations, we witness three directions: ecological, economic and social. …”
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Analysis of algorithms for detecting traffic incidents on highways using stationary vehicle detectors by D. V. Navoi, D. V. Kapski, N. A. Filippova, I. N. Pugachev

“…Manual algorithms or procedures rely on reports from human witnesses. Based on functional characteristics, incident detection algorithms are divided into algorithms for highways and algorithms for street networks. …”
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Single treatment selective laser trabeculoplasty in a Southern African resource-constrained context by Emma J. Pons, Jonathan J. Pons, Elly S. Grossman, Daniel Louw, Merle Werbeloff

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Temporal trends and cohort variations of gender-specific major depressive disorders incidence in China: analysis based on the age-period-cohort-interaction model by Chao Guo, Xiyuan Hu

“…People aged 90–94 years witnessed a 105.4% increase in MDD risk for the overall population, with females and males in this age group experiencing a 75.1% and 103.4% increase, respectively. …”
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Prevalence of alcohol and drug consumption and knowledge of drug/alcohol-related sexual assaults among Italian adolescents by Antonio Villa, Alessia Fazio, Anna Esposito

“…Finally, most students stated to know DFSA phenomenon (77%) and were victims or witness (13%) of a DFSA event. Conclusion: Psychoactive substances consumption remains a serious problem among Italian adolescents. …”
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Osobnost a dílo Matouše Radouše a tvorba renesančních epitafů v Chrudimi by Ondřej Jakubec, Radka Milotová

“…On the other hand, the epitaphs witnessed the interesting confessional situation in the town. …”
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Models of Historical Memory and past Representation of Vilnius University in the 19th-20th Centuries by Alfredas Bumblauskas

“…On the other hand, the different developmental periods witnessed not the "pure" nationalistic models of historical memory - such as the "Polish", "Russian", "Lithuanian", as well as the communist model - but rather a compromise of different models. …”
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Abstract expressionism and its relationship to visual attraction In the designs of modern women's fabrics by Haider Hashim Mammuod Al – Husseini

“… In the midst of the technical and artistic acceleration that we witnessed in our modern world and its development among nations and people. …”
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A novel cyber threat intelligence platform for evaluating the risk associated with smart agriculture by Navod Neranjan Thilakarathne, Muhammad Saifullah Abu Bakar, Pg Emeroylariffion Abas, Hayati Yassin

“…The agriculture sector has witnessed a surge in cyber-attacks targeting smart agriculture solutions despite being a relatively recent addition to the industry. …”
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Declining Trend of Transapical Access for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Aortic Stenosis by Sumit Sohal, Harsh Mehta, Krishna Kurpad, Sheetal Vasundara Mathai, Rajiv Tayal, Gautam K. Visveswaran, Najam Wasty, Sergio Waxman, Marc Cohen

“…The last decade has witnessed major evolution and shifts in the use of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for severe aortic stenosis (AS). …”
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The European Court of Human Rights as Part of Criminal Procedural Legislation of Ukraine by O. S. Rozumovskyi, O. O. Kochura

“…The author has analyzed the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights in regard to the conducted secret (search) actions by law enforcement agencies with further disclosure ob obtained evidence to the defense party; it has been also pointed out that the right to disclose evidence contained in criminal proceedings is not absolute to the defense and may be limited only in cases when there are the interests of national security, information protection or witness protection concerning the methods and forms of law enforcement agencies’ activity. …”
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The Multifaceted Contributions of Community-Based Breeding Program of Bonga Sheep to Flock Dynamics, Animal Performance, and Socio-economic Benefits of Beneficiaries in Kafa Zone,... by Metsafe Mamiru, Aberra Melesse, Aynalem Haile, Tesfaye Getachew

“…About 94.6%, 82.8%, and 81.1% of respondents witnessed the improvement in body size, twinning rate, and survival of lambs, respectively. …”
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Colon Cancer Genetic and Epigenetic Changes, Etiopathogenesis, Risk Factors, Treatment: Literature Review by Gabrielė Ūbaitė, Aurelija Remeikaitė, Justas Žilinskas

“…Colorectal cancer (CRC) ranks as the third leading cause of cancerrelated mortality worldwide. Recent years have witnessed an increase in the incidence of CRC. The main reasons are ageing population, increased consumption of processed food, obesity, genetic predispositions. …”
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Clinical effect of digital 3D printed maxillary protraction combined with alternate rapid maxillary expansion and constriction in the treatment of patients with skeletal Class Ⅲ ma... by LI Gen, WANG Hua, GU Yan

“…Results After treatment, hard tissue measurements of SNA, ANB, Wits, Co-A, and Co-Gn distance increased significantly with a statistical difference, whereas there were no statistically significant changes in SNB, FMA, Occ plane to FH and Y-axis angle. …”
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A scoping review on heat indices used to measure the effects of heat on maternal and perinatal health by Anayda Portela, Debra Jackson, Nathalie Roos, Chuansi Gao, Francesca Conway, Ijeoma Solarin, Chloe Brimicombe, Darshnika Lakhoo

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The Impact of Being Present During Resuscitation on Family Members: A Scoping Review Protocol by Ira Rahmawati, Tamara Page, Lisa Conlon, Frank Donnelly

“…The inclusion criteria include studies evaluating the impact on family members after witnessing the resuscitation of a loved one or being present at the hospital during the event. …”
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Gender, Schaffensprozess und musikalische Analyse. Clara Schumanns Drei gemischte Chöre (1848) by Thomas Wozonig

“…A close reading of the autograph demonstrates that Robert Schumann did non simply correct Clara Schumann’s original version in a unidirectional process of overwriting, but that we can witness a dialogic reworking process. This is exemplified mainly by exploring the various stages in the compositional process and by analytically reflecting the implied compositional concepts against the songs’ biographical and institutional preconditions. …”
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சிந்தனைத் தளத்தில் சுகுமாரனின் வண்டு குண்டு / Thoughts in Sukumaran's Vandu Kundu by முனைவர் ந. இரஞ்சன் / Dr. N. Ranjan

“…However, recent years have witnessed renewed efforts to develop children's literature by resulting in the emergence of diverse literary forms aimed at young readers. …”
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