THE TRANSFORMATION PERIODS IN THE RUSSIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS (1991-2016) by D. G. Bdoyan

“…The collapse of the USSR can be considered as the beginning of intensive changes in the relationship between Russia and Turkey. …”
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A Meta-Synthesis of the Integrated Model of Customer Value co-Destruction and Value co-Creation by Zohreh Dehdashti Shahrokh, Vahid Nasehifar, Mohammad Reza Karimi Alavijeh, Yazdan Rahmatabadi

“…Two general issues have been examined and researched in this research, firstly, there is no integrated and comprehensive point of view regarding co-destruction and synergy of value, and secondly, the definition of co-destruction of customer value, which is defined as inefficiency of co-creation, should be changed. …”
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Investigating the Effects of Debt Convergence of Companies on the Speed of Capital Structure Adjustment Considering the Time Horizon by Sayed Mojtaba Ahmadi, Mehdi Agha Beik Zadeh, Afsaneh Soroushyar

“…This mean reversion effect can create contradictions in financial policies and leverage changes - for instance, a company may have an explicit policy to increase debt, yet its debt ratio still decreases and vice versa. …”
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Interactive ethics teaching for students of chemistry by Hay Alastair W.M.

“…Choosing an approach is a regular occurrence for chemists, be it for a new synthesis, a change in production, or out of financial necessity. …”
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Exploring Strategies and Challenges Faced by Novice Teachers in Preparing Students for the Minimum Competency Assessment: a Case Study in Indonesia by Rita Suryani, Naning Pratiwi

“…Indonesia has reformed its assessment system from a national examination to a minimum competency assessment (AKM), focusing on literacy and numeracy skills. Such a change might significantly affect how teachers teach, especially novice ones. …”
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Immunohistopathological Findings of Severe Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions by Mari Orime

“…Although the histopathology of DRESS is nonspecific, the association of two or more of the four patterns—eczematous changes, interface dermatitis, acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis- (AGEP-) like patterns, and EM-like patterns—might appear in a single biopsy specimen, suggesting the diagnosis and severe cutaneous manifestations of DRESS. …”
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CPT-Based Probabilistic Characterization of Undrained Shear Strength of Clay by Mi Tian, Xiaotao Sheng

“…Applying random field theory involves two important issues: the statistical homogeneity (or stationarity) and determination of random field parameters and correlation function. …”
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IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH SEMANTIC MAPPING STRATEGY FOR INDONESIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS by Adelia Puspa, Syahrial .

“…In this classroom action research, the researcher used quantitative data to see the improvement of the students’ reading comprehension, and qualitative data to explain the change in students’ behaviour during the implementation of the strategy. …”
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ARMA Prediction of SBAS Ephemeris and Clock Corrections for Low Earth Orbiting Satellites by Jeongrae Kim, Mingyu Kim

“…Prediction results using the SBAS rate of change information are compared, and the ARMA method yields a better accuracy than the rate method. …”
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Improved Population Intelligence Algorithm and BP Neural Network for Network Security Posture Prediction by Yueying Li, Feng Wu

“…The experimental comparison of different optimization algorithms is applied, and the results show that the network security posture prediction method of this model has the smallest error, the highest accuracy, and the fastest convergence, and can effectively predict future changes in network security posture.…”
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Determination of Hazardous VOCs and Nicotine Released from Mainstream Smoke by the Combination of the SPME and GC-MS Methods by Sudhir Kumar Pandey, Ki-Hyun Kim

“…Nicotine concentrations varied greatly between different cigarettes types of the R brand, whereas such changes were insignificant in the counterpart E brand. …”
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Leading the way – presence of brown bear Ursus arctos, lynx Lynx lynx and grey wolf Canis lupus underlines the integrity and corridor function of the upper Neretva Valley in Bosnia... by Manuela Habe

“…Consequently, further systematic monitoring is recommended to assess the possible impact of human driven environmental changes. …”
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Mutation sexuelle, mutation de langage by Alexandre Taalba

“…Through the story of a young woman whose right big toe changed into a penis, Matsuura Rieko proposes a conception of love and sexuality in terms of gender rather than sex. …”
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Columns Cross-Section Shape Effect on Punching Shear in Reinforced Concrete Flat Slabs by Mohammed Oleiwi

“…Although the cross-section area and the reinforcement area of the columns were fixed while changing the models’ column shapes, it was found, in both buildings, that hexagonal columns performed better than others under punching shear and provided the lowest punching shear ratio. …”
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Informal networks of corruption in contemporary Lithuania: Between practice and interpretation (an attempt to study evolution of blat) by Donatas Brandišauskas

“…I argue that despite some changes, informal relations play a crucial role in many contemporary social transactions in Lithuania and create the environment where corruption can successfully flourish. …”
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S³D Approach: Incremental Professional Development for Fostering Small-Group Discourse by Sarah Quebec Fuentes

“…Overall, the findings demonstrate how through a reframing of starting points and the definition of success, incremental PD supports sustainable changes in a teacher’s practice and student engagement in productive mathematical discourse.…”
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Improving Regional Dynamic Downscaling with Multiple Linear Regression Model Using Components Principal Analysis: Precipitation over Amazon and Northeast Brazil by Aline Gomes da Silva, Claudio Moises Santos e Silva

“…In the current context of climate change discussions, predictions of future scenarios of weather and climate are crucial for the generation of information of interest to the global community. …”
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Estimation of Natural Variability and Detection of Anthropogenic Signal in Summertime Precipitation over South America by Stefanie Talento, Marcelo Barreiro

“…The model can display two different regimes of natural variability of this mode. …”
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Environmental scanning: how developed is information acquisition in Western European companies? by David Benczur

“…These works did not report any major development of Environmental Scanning Systems throughout the years or significant changes due to the Internet. Based on literature the authors establish 7 groups of hypotheses with respect to the influence of external environment, internal structure and development of IT on the Information Gathering activities of firms. …”
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A New Metric for Modeling the Uneven Sleeping Problem in Coordinated Sensor Node Scheduling by Gaojuan Fan, Chongsheng Zhang

“…Monitoring performance and energy constraint are two conflicting aspects in wireless sensor networks. …”
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