Finding allowance distribution for root and connecting rod necks of crankshaft forging according to coordinate measurements by D. T. Safarov, A. V. Chekh

“…The article analyzes various ways to ensure the geometric parameters of forgings in the processes of hot volumetric stamping. …”
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100 Years of palaeo-research and its relevance for transformation and social cohesion in South Africa by Dipuo Kgotleng, Stella Basinyi, Wendy Black, Precious Chiwara-Maenzanise

“…We call for meaningful transformation and social cohesiveness, through measures to counter the wrongs of the past. To do this, we suggest meaningful and socially responsive practices such as equitable funding schemes, meaningful collaboration, and doing away with ‘helicopter research’. …”
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Stakeholder diversity matters: employing the wisdom of crowds for data-poor fisheries assessments by Benjamin L. H. Jones, Rolando O. Santos, W. Ryan James, Samuel Shephard, Aaron J. Adams, Ross E. Boucek, Lucy Coals, Sophia V. Costa, Leanne C. Cullen-Unsworth, Jennifer S. Rehage

“…Abstract Embracing local knowledge is vital to conserve and manage biodiversity, yet frameworks to do so are lacking. We need to understand which, and how many knowledge holders are needed to ensure that management recommendations arising from local knowledge are not skewed towards the most vocal individuals. …”
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Bridging silos through governance innovations: the role of the EU cities mission by Alexandra Buylova, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Jennifer Bergman, Lisa Sanderink, Björn Wickenberg, Cesar Casiano Flores, Kes McCormick, Kes McCormick

“…The literature argues that one of the main obstacles to accelerating decarbonization lies in organizational divisions and other forms of structural silos. One of the possible ways to address these challenges and accelerate transformation is through governance innovations. …”
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Does Caregiver Engagement Predict Outcomes of Adolescent Wilderness Therapy? by Joanna E. Bettmann, Naomi Martinez Gutierrez, Annelise Jolley, Laura Mills

“…However, wilderness therapy programs do not agree on what kind of caregiver involvement is required to improve adolescent program outcomes, nor has research examined different types of family engagement and their impact on adolescent treatment outcomes. …”
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Corpus-Based Reflective Practice for Professional Development: A Collaborative Micro Auto-Ethnography by Olcay Sert, Elisabeth Wulff Sahlén, Thorsten Schröter

“…We address this gap in two ways. Firstly, we describe a research and development project in which we employed a corpus linguistic tool to analyse and reflect on our own lectures, with the ulterior aim of promoting a corpus-based reflective practice (CBRP) model that would help other teachers do the same. …”
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INCOMPATIBILITY OR CONVERGENCE: HUMAN LIFE AS CAPITAL by N. M. Boichenko, Z. V. Shevchenko

“…The multiple social identities could be used to add value to the protection of human life, the affirmation of multiple social identities is a means of affirming the unconditional value of human life – it is unconditional in several alternative ways.…”
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Field-independence as a characteristic of police officers’ vital activity by D. V. Shvets

“…Field-dependence and field-independence are respond through individually unique means of perception, receipt and processing of information, which defines them as typical for the subject ways of solving problems, thinking, perception and memorization. …”
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The influence of the great powers on the national interests of the Republic of Serbia by Božić Sandra

“…National interests and their importance can be categorized in different ways and are most often considered in a practical sense as existential, vital and others. …”
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Mental health services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in high-income countries: protocol for a rapid review by Yu Fu, Dawn Craig, Ge Yu

“…Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruptions to mental health services, forcing the rapid implementation of alternative ways of delivering services alongside a greater immediate, and continuously growing, demand across those services. …”
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Wireless body area network: Architecture and security mechanism for healthcare using internet of things by Arun Kumar, Ritu Dewan, Wisam Subhi Al-Dayyeni, Bharat Bhushan, Jayant Giri, Sardar MN Islam, Ahmed Elaraby

“…Paper will also look at ways to increase security by integrating the CoAP I-DTLS protocol with the Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-256) and utilizing Certificate Authority (CA) improvements. …”
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The role of practical shooting in system of police shooting training: psychological component by V. V. Fedorov, O. B. Piskunova

“…Although much attention has been already paid to the psychological training of law enforcement officers in general and to the use of firearms in the scientific literature, such studies often just outline the problems, but do not suggest the ways to overcome them. The authors of the article aim to analyze the factors influencing the state of psychological readiness of a police officer to use a firearm while performing service duties, and to develop recommendations that should contribute to the formation of a state of psychological readiness, taking into account the specifics of practical shooting. …”
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Effects of ketamine and propofol on muscarinic plateau potentials in rat neocortical pyramidal cells. by Anne S Fleiner, Daniel Kolnier, Nicholas Hagger-Vaughan, Johan Ræder, Johan F Storm

“…Ketamine is an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, while propofol is a γ-aminobutyric-acid (GABAA) receptor positive allosteric modulator, but these mechanisms do not fully explain how these drugs alter consciousness. …”
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La famille choisie toujours d’actualité ? Vers une diversification des formes de liens familiaux pour les minorités sexuelles et de genre au Québec by Marianne Chbat, Geneviève Pagé, Isabel Côté, Martin Blais

“…While many sexual and gender minorities do not always obtain recognition or support from their original or biological family, the chosen family is of particular importance to LGBTQ+ people (Doucet & Chamberland, 2020). …”
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Social contexts and black families' engagement in early childhood programs. by Jane Leer, Imari Z Smith, Zoelene Hill, Lisa A Gennetian

“…Yet, many parents of young children who are invited to participate in home visiting programs do not enroll. This study fills gaps in the literature by examining how the broader social context affects Black families' engagement in home visiting programs. …”
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International Cooperation of the State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM under Sanctions by Veronika I. Murina, Elena V. Zhiryaeva

“…In response to the imposed restrictions, the Corporation is actively developing domestic analogues and looking for ways to cooperate with countries that do not support sanctions.…”
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The extent of western lowland gorilla social relationships within and between groups. by Kristena Cooksey, Jake Funkhouser, Crickette Sanz, Jean Marie Massamba, Thierry Fabrice Ebombi, Prospère Teberd, Gaston Abea, Gaeton Mbebouti, Kathryn Judson, Sean Brogan, Colleen Stephens, David Morgan

“…In this study, we examined the social relationships of four western lowland gorilla groups in the Ndoki landscape of northern Republic of Congo. To do so, we compiled all-occurrence social interaction and silverback nearest neighbor social networks from data collected during daily group follows conducted over several years. …”
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New frequency stability assessment based on contribution rates of wind power plants by SungHoon Lim, KangWon Seo, Jung-Wook Park, Kwang Y. Lee

“…Depending on their characteristics, these units will support the frequency stability in diverse ways. Traditionally, power systems have relied on synchronous generators (SGs), ensuring sufficient inertia and providing ancillary services for frequency stability. …”
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Criminal protection of sexual integrity of a person: some problematic aspects by T. D. Lysko

“…The terminological shortcomings of this expression are considered, the ways of overcoming such problems are determined. …”
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Use of a Sendai virus-based vector for effcient transduction of pinniped fbroblasts by V. R. Beklemisheva, A. G. Menzorov

“…Pinnipeds are representatives of the suborder Caniformia sharing conservative genomes. There are several ways to deliver reprogramming transcription factors: RNA, proteins, plasmids, viral vectors etc. …”
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