ULTIMA RATIO DEORUM by Alexis V. Halapsis

“…Any extraordinary event can be explained by the action of internal agents unknown to us, and their ability to alter the reality is not necessarily superior to even our own capabilities. …”
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Stability Analysis of Soil Embankment Slope Reinforced with Polypropylene Fiber under Freeze-Thaw Cycles by Yafeng Gong, Yulong He, Chunpeng Han, Yangfan Shen, Guojin Tan

“…The results show that the addition of fibers improves the cohesion under the action of freeze-thaw cycles, and the internal friction angle is improved in the case of freezing and thawing. …”
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Mosaic of History and Memory in Alexander Motyl’s Novel Fall River by Marta Koval

“…A small Ukrainian-Polish-Jewish community in the provincial Galician town of Przemyślany, where most of the action takes place, becomes a small-scale version of historical and political conflicts of the 1920s-1940s. …”
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IMPACT OF INTERNATIONALIZATION ON THE CAPITAL STRUCTURE OF COMMERCIAL COMPANIES by Joanna Wyrobek, Paul Lane

“…For all these reasons, national governments should take action to help to export companies, or at least monitor the problems that such entities report. …”
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Isolation and Characterization of Potential Antibiotic-Producing Actinomycetes from Water and Soil Sediments of Different Regions of Nepal by Bhanu Shrestha, Dharmendra Kumar Nath, Alina Maharjan, Anju Poudel, Roshani Nhuchhen Pradhan, Sagar Aryal

“…Thus, exploitation of various regions of Nepal for the discovery of an effective antimicrobial agent is helpful in providing a solution to the cost-effective therapy and action against antibiotic resistance.…”
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FOSTERING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION OF NARRATIVE TEXT THROUGH GROUP WORK TECHNIQUE by Alek Alek, Yulianti Sari

“…Related to the test result, there are 20% or 8 students passing KKM in pre action test, 47.5% or 21 students passing KKM in cycle 1 test and 80% or 32 students passing KKM in cycle 2. 2. …”
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Effect of Aloe vera gel on the parotid glands of streptozotocin-induced diabetic albino rats: histological and immunohistochemical study. by Shukria Mohammed Hussein

“…Among several plants, Aloe vera extract has antidiabetic action thereby validating the rationale of its use in medicine. …”
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Deapioplatycodin D inhibits glioblastoma cell proliferation by inducing BNIP3L-mediated incomplete mitophagy by Yu Sun, Guangze Zhu, Renshuang Zhao, Yaru Li, Hongyang Li, Yunyun Liu, Ningyi Jin, Xiao Li, Yiquan Li, Tiemei Liu

“…This study aimed to investigate the effects of DPD on glioblastoma (GBM) cells and to determine its intrinsic mechanism of action. Using a CCK8 assay, it was found that DPD significantly inhibited the growth of GBM cells. …”
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Efficacy of Low-Level Laser Therapy in Reducing Pain in the Initial Stages of Orthodontic Treatment by Manoel Heitor Brito, Cinthya Quagliato Nogueira, Paula Cotrin, Tiago Fialho, Renata Cristina Oliveira, Ricardo Gobbi Oliveira, Samira Salmeron, Fabrício Pinelli Valarelli, Karina Maria Salvatore Freitas, Rodrigo Hermont Cançado

“…Low-level laser therapy is effective in reducing pain severity caused by orthodontic forces activation, and it promotes the analgesic action lasting effect during the most painful feeling time.…”
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Identification and the molecular mechanism of novel duck liver-derived anti-inflammatory peptides in lipopolysaccharide-induced RAW264.7 cell model by Xiankang Fan, Laidi Zhang, Yangying Sun, Changyu Zhou, Qiang Xia, Lihui Du, Zhen Wu, Daodong Pan

“…This study is essential for the screening of anti-inflammatory peptides and the investigation of the mechanism of action.…”
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‘Woman Suffrage Precipice’: The Gender Politics of Laughter in Elizabeth Robins’s The Convert (1907) by Nathalie Saudo-Welby

“…Her novel The Convert, in which laughter is explicitly linked to performance and action, is stimulating material for an investigation of the part played by humour in women’s empowerment. …”
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Health among youth and young adults born in the nordic countries to immigrant parents- a scoping review by Naima Said Sheikh, Guido Philipp Emmanuel Biele, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Marte Karoline Råberg Kjøllesdal

“…Further studies on the reasons for this are warranted to elucidate possible action points.…”
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Therapeutic alliance in a stepped digital psychosocial intervention for breast cancer patients: findings from a multicentre randomised controlled trial by Aida Flix-Valle, Joan Carles Medina, Arnau Souto-Sampera, Alejandra Arizu-Onassis, Eva Juan-Linares, Maria Serra-Blasco, Laura Ciria-Suárez, Guillem Feixas, Cristian Ochoa-Arnedo

“… Background Action mechanisms of therapeutic alliance in stepped and digital interventions remain unclear. …”
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Unveiling the Multifaceted Driving Mechanism of Digital Transformation in the Construction Industry: A System Adaptation Perspective by Mengqi Yuan, Wenfei Zang, Long Li, Ziwei Yi

“…Through the lens of system adaptability, this study proposes a multifaceted model to examine the DT effectiveness and unveil the driving mechanism. (1) An extensive literature review, action research, and the nominal group technique identified 21 determinants, which were categorized into a technological–organizational–environmental (TOE) framework to analyze the construction industry’s DT determinants from multiple dimensions. (2) This research utilizes data from 272 respondents collected through field research, with a survey designed to measure the relationships among variables. (3) Structural equation modeling (SEM) through Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOSs) has been used to analyze the hypotheses and analyze the impact of determinants from various dimensions on DT and examine their influence pathways. …”
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Sugarcane waste products as source of phytotoxic compounds for agriculture by Dandara A. Luz, Anne C. C. Gomes, Naomi K. Simas, Otavio A. Heringer, Wanderson Romão, Betina P. O. Lovatti, Rodrigo Scherer, Paulo R. Filgueiras, Ricardo M. Kuster

“…The set of analyzes provided evidence that the synergistic action between fatty acids and phenolic compounds was of paramount importance for greater phytotoxicity of fractions. …”
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Multifeature extraction based MobileViTv3 model for fish feeding behavior recognition from video streaming by Zheng Zhang, Menglu Chen, Qingsong Hu, Yanbing Shen

“…The MFE block is designed by improving ActionNet, with the frequency channel attention (FCA) and multi-head self-attention (MHSA) mechanisms. …”
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Drivers of innovation value: simulation for new drug pricing evaluation based on system dynamics modelling by Qian Xing, Wendi Cheng, Wei Wang, Chunlin Jin, Haiyin Wang

“…Sensitivity analysis highlights that factors like combination therapies, faster mechanisms of action, and novel therapeutic parts notably influence the value dimension. …”
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Investigating challenges and opportunities to achieve SDG 6: a study of Benin City, Nigeria by Ruth Ogbonmwan, Furat Al-Faraj

“…Although the Federal Government has put in measures such as the National Action Plan (NAP) to ensure that the objectives of SDG 6.1 and 6.2 are achieved, the findings of the study however have shown that there are still problems of accessibility, acceptability, availability, affordability, and quality. …”
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Effects of asiaticoside on the model of gestational diabetes mellitus in HTR-8/svneo cells via PI3K/AKT pathway by Zhilan Hu, Ya Long, Xiangyue Li, Zhiqin Jia, Mingyan Wang, Xuemei Huang, Xiaolan Yu

“…This study aims to explore the effect of AS on the cell model of GDM and the action mechanism of the PI3K/AKT pathway.Methods The GDM model was established in HTR-8/Svneo cells with a high glucose (HG) medium. …”
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Triiodothyronine activates THRβ to promote PGC1α expression alleviating PQ-induced pulmonary fibrosis by Wenbo Chen, Zhengguang Geng, Haixia Luo, Zhaoyuan Huang, Yufen Yang, Xun Luo, Bao Fu, Zhi Liu, Xiaoyun Fu

“…The aim of this study was to examine whether there was a deficiency of TH in mouse lung tissue after PQ administration, and to explore the effect of T3, and potential mechanisms of action, in alleviation of PQ-induced pulmonary fibrosis. …”
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