Nuclear Industry in the Eyes of Russians: Trust and Its Determinants by I. A. Ankudinov, R. N. Abramov

“…The social dimension of this problem, especially in the reactor-building countries, often remains “behind the scenes”. Russia is one of the oldest countries with a powerful nuclear plant system, but even here the public’s attitude to the “peaceful atom” is ambiguous. …”
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Evaluasi Kebijakan, Kelembagaan, Infrastruktur, Aplikasi, dan Perencanaan E-Goverment di Pemerintahan Kota Batu by Admaja Dwi Herlambang, Mochamad Chandra Saputra, Ridho Fadhlurrahman

“…Berdasarkan hasil penilaian, penerapan e-government di Dinas Kominfo, Bapelitbangda, dan Dinas Pertanian berada pada kategori Kurang. Hasil evaluasi merekomendasikan bahwa prioritas utama yang perlu diperbaiki dalam waktu dekat adalah variabel kebijakan, infrastruktur, dan perencanaan.   …”
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The geographical digital divide in broadband access and governmental policies in Japan: three case studies by Yoshio Arai, Sae Naganuma

“…The challenge of digitizing terrestrial television broadcasting has been behind these policies. Another effective means of extending broadband has been the pressure exerted by local governments (under the national policy scheme) on private cable television companies to bring their services to even the least populated regions. …”
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miR-29c Inhibits Renal Interstitial Fibrotic Proliferative Properties through PI3K-AKT Pathway by Weifeng Feng, Huijun Xie, Jiong Li, Xianxin Yan, Shiping Zhu, Shengyun Sun

“…One of the sources for this matrix is the epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) from the tabular epithelium. The driving force behind it is some profibrotic growth factors such as transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) which is responsible for the formation of collagen in renal fibrosis. miR-29c, which is an antifibrotic microRNA, downregulates renal interstitial fibrosis by downregulating the TGF-β and collagen. …”
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Spatio-Temporal Rainfall Variability and Concentration over Sri Lanka by Uttam Pawar, Pasindu Karunathilaka, Upaka Rathnayake

“…Therefore, the main motivation behind this paper is to examine the spatial and temporal rainfall variability over Sri Lanka by Standardized Rainfall Anomaly Index (SRAI) and Precipitation Concentration Index (PCI) from 1990 to 2019. …”
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The Effect of Autologous Dendritic Cell Immunotherapy on Kidney Function and Endothelial Dysfunction of Patients with Diabetic Kidney Disease (DKD): An Open Label Clinical Trial by Martina Lily Yana, Enda Cindylosa Sitepu, Jonny, Linda Chiuman, I Nyoman Ehrich Lister, Terawan Agus Putranto

“…Further research is needed to understand the mechanisms behind UACR reduction and the long-term impact of this therapy.…”
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Formation of Stripped Stars from Stellar Collisions in Galactic Nuclei by Charles F. A. Gibson, Fulya Kiroğlu, James C. Lombardi Jr., Sanaea C. Rose, Hans D. Vanderzyden, Brenna Mockler, Monica Gallegos-Garcia, Kyle Kremer, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Frederic A. Rasio

“…Galactic nuclei present a conducive environment for high-velocity stellar collisions that can lead to high mass loss, stripping the carbon- and hydrogen-rich envelopes of the stars and leaving behind the enhanced nitrogen cores. TDEs of these stripped stars may therefore exhibit even more extreme nitrogen enhancement. …”
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Estimation of Wind Farm Losses Using a Jensen Model Based on Actual Wind Turbine Characteristics for an Offshore Wind Farm in the Baltic Sea by Ziemowit Malecha, Maciej Chorowski

“…The results demonstrate that as turbine spacing decreases, the velocity deficit behind the turbines increases, leading to significant reductions in AEP and higher energy losses. …”
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The Vanishing Volcanic Geoheritage of a Key Scoria Cone and its Significance in Volcanic Hazard Resilience of the Active Monogenetic Volcanic Field near Al Madinah, Kingdom of Saud... by Karoly Nemeth, Mohammed Moufti, Mahmoud Ashor, Abdulrahman Sowaigh, Turki Hablil, Khalid Abdulhafez, Turki Sehli

“…An initial study of the area in 2012–2013 confirmed that these sites had a significant phreatomagmatic phase in their opening stage, leaving behind characteristic pyroclastic successions likely to be covered by subsequent eruptive products. …”
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Geographic distribution and demographic factors associated with use of a long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) in Ethiopia by Mintesnot Tenkir Teni, Travis Loux, Ness Sandoval, Anne Sebert Kuhlmann

“… Background: Increasing access to and utilization of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) can prevent unintended pregnancies and reduce unmet need for family planning in Ethiopia However, LARC uptake lags behind less effective contraceptive methods. This study aimed to analyze the geographical distribution and demographic factors associated to LARC uptake. …”
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Entrepreneurial strategies for sustainable growth: a deep dive into cloud-native technology and its applications by T. A. Alka, Aswathy Sreenivasan, M. Suresh

“…The study identified that one of the main forces behind disruption is the quick development of new technologies including blockchain, 5G, IoT, quantum computing, and AI. …”
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Shaking Table Test on the Seismic Responses of a Slope Reinforced by Prestressed Anchor Cables and Double-Row Antisliding Piles by Zuo-ju Wu, Zhi-jia Wang, Jun-wei Bi, Xiao Fu, Yong Yao

“…., prestressed anchor cables and double-row antisliding piles) and the reinforced slope under seismic excitations, including amplification effect of internal and surface acceleration of the reinforced slope, distribution and change of prestress of the anchor cable, dynamic response of soil pressure behind the antislide pile, and horizontal displacement of the reinforced slope surface. …”
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Beneath The Same Sky, Different Faiths: Why is Interfaith Marriage Prohibited in Islam? by Baidhowi Baidhowi, Dewi Zahra Setyawati, Yustina Dhian Novita, Veyza Olivia, Armanda N Ardiyanto, Qlarissa Melinda, Hisyam Maliki Akbar

“…This study explores the theological, legal, and sociocultural reasons behind the prohibition of interfaith marriage in Islam, with a focus on its implications for Muslim communities. …”
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VCP downstream metabolite glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P) inhibits CD8+T cells function in the HCC microenvironment by Cheng Cheng, Qingrui Zha, Linmao Sun, Tianming Cui, Xinyu Guo, Changjian Xing, Zhengxiang Chen, Changyong Ji, Shuhang Liang, Shengwei Tao, Junhui Chu, Chenghui Wu, Qi Chu, Xuetian Gu, Ning Zhang, Yumin Fu, Shumin Deng, Yitong Zhu, Jiabei Wang, Yao Liu, Lianxin Liu

“…However, the molecular mechanisms behind this dysfunction remain incompletely understood. …”
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Identification of School’s Roles, Adolescent Access, and Exposure to Information on Adolescent Reproductive Health by Lu'lu Nafisah, Yuditha Nindya Kartika Rizqi, Aisyah Apriliciciliana Aryani

“…One of the main factors behind this problem is the exposure to information about adolescent reproductive health. …”
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Pushing boundaries in the measurement of language attitudes: Enhancing research practices with the L’ART Research Assistant app by Florian Breit, Marco Tamburelli, Ianto Gruffydd, Lissander Brasca

“…We discuss technical and methodological considerations behind the app and illustrate its use with a brief case study of language attitudes across three European communities whose regional/minority languages receive radically different degrees of socio-political recognition: Lombard (Italy), Moselle-Franconian (Belgium), and Welsh (UK). …”
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The effects of PISA on global basic education reform: a systematic literature review by Jian Li, Eryong Xue, Siyuan Guo

“…Few studies have used the transnational academic achievements of PISA as evidence to systematically summarize the primary motivation behind PISA’s participation in global decision-making and the core issues of PISA’s impact on education reform. …”
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Urdu Toxic Comment Classification With PURUTT Corpus Development by Hafiz Hassaan Saeed, Tahir Khalil, Faisal Kamiran

“…To address this gap, we employed an existing labeled Roman Urdu (RU) corpus, which was developed originally for Roman Urdu toxic comment classification, and supplemented that corpus by adding its Urdu equivalent transliterations. The motivation behind such an extension is twofold: firstly, to provide a large comprehensive dataset for the classification of toxic comments in Urdu; secondly, to facilitate bidirectional transliteration between Urdu and RU, however, transliteration is currently outside the scope of this study and is envisioned as a future research direction. …”
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First Year Nursing Students' Coping Strategies in Stressful Clinical Practice Situations by Iwona Bodys-Cupak, Anna Majda, Justyna Skowron, Joanna Zalewska-Puchała, Aneta Trzcińska

“… Performing the social service professions, to which a profession of nurse includes, is considered one of the most stress-inducing jobs. The reason behind this is deep emotional involvement in contact with patient followed by responsibility for human health and life. …”
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ADA-NAF: Semi-Supervised Anomaly Detection Based on the Neural Attention Forest by Andrey Ageev, Andrei Konstantinov, Lev Utkin

“…In this study, we present a novel model called ADA-NAF (Anomaly Detection Autoencoder with the Neural Attention Forest) for semi-supervised anomaly detection that uniquely integrates the Neural Attention Forest (NAF) architecture which has been developed to combine a random forest classifier with a neural network computing attention weights to aggregate decision tree predictions. The key idea behind ADA-NAF is the incorporation of NAF into an autoencoder structure, where it implements functions of a compressor as well as a reconstructor of input vectors. …”
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