Application of Citizen Science to Sheep as a Model to Sensitize Young Citizens to Biodiversity, Animal Welfare and the Social Utility of Research by Sara Moscatelli, Anna Paniccià, Elisa Palmioli, Laura Del Gobbo, Francesca Mercati, Paola Scocco

“…The analysis of the data from the MPT showed that the didactic methodology used was effective and improved the position of most children by bringing them into higher science evaluation groups.…”
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The Religious Work of Beverly Jenkins’s Black Historical Romance by Jeania Ree V. Moore

“…From Maria Stewart to Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and beyond, Black chroniclers have written Black history with the sacred aim of rehabilitating Black historical consciousness: rewriting the past to empower the present and reimagine the future. …”
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Social exclusion as a side effect of machine learning mechanisms by A. G. Tertyshnikova, U. O. Pavlova, M. V. Cimbal

“…The development of neural network technologies leads to their integration in decision-making processes at the level of such important social institutions as healthcare, education, employment, etc. This situation brings up the question of the correctness of artificial intelligence decisions and their consequences. …”
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Modelling HIV superinfection among men who have sex with men by Xiaodan Sun, Yanni Xiao, Zhihang Peng

“…While superinfection ofthe resistant strain makes resistant strain more likely to be sustained.The findings suggest that superinfection induces the complicateddynamics, and brings more difficulties in antiretroviral therapy.…”
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L’Observatoire photographique de l’A 89 : une démarche abandonnée au bord de l’autoroute by Pierre Enjelvin

“…It retraces the different stages of the operation which was conceived as a joint effort involving a steering committee, academics, students in landscape architecture and geography, and photographers, in order to define a method for interpreting the images produced during seven years and to bring the results of this work (photographic series and compared interpretations of these series) to the knowledge of the partners of the A89 Photographic Observatory via an Internet site. …”
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GREAT EURASIAN POWER IN THE WHIRLWIND OF CHANGE: RUSSIA’S MISSION IN THE 21st CENTURY by A. V. Torkunov

“…The third part presents an overview of the Russian approach towards tong-term international stability, distributional international justice and mutual respect.The author concludes that profound change in the international system did not bring considerable alteration in the Russian strategic culture and strategic vision. …”
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Support System for Tunnelling in Squeezing Ground of Qingling-Daba Mountainous Area: A Case Study from Soft Rock Tunnels by Xiuling Wang, Jinxing Lai, Rodney Sheldon Garnes, Yanbin Luo

“…Tunnelling or undertaking below-ground construction in squeezing ground can always present many engineering surprises, in which this complicated geology bring a series of tunnelling difficulties. Obviously, if the major affecting factors and mechanism of the structure damage in these complicated geological conditions are determined accurately, fewer problems will be faced during the tunnel excavation. …”
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SECONDARY TEACHERS’ AND STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF DISTANCE EDUCATION IN SCIENCE: FOCUS ON LEARNER-CENTERED, ACTION-ORIENTED, AND TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING by Aaron A. Funa, Renz Alvin E. Gabay, Kathy Lorraine Esdicul, Maricar S. Prudente

“…The shift from conventional, face-to-face classroom teaching to distance education is a complex process that brings various challenges. To better understand the impact of this transition, the researchers examined the perceptions of secondary science teachers (n = 42) and students (n = 137). …”
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Pathogenesis of Functional Biliary Pain and Pharmacology of Trimebutin by E. L. Bueverova, O. Yu. Zolnikova, N. L. Dzhakhaya, A. V. Sedova, V. Т. Ivashkin

“…The initial appeal to surgeons with a complaint of pain in the epigastrium or right hypochondrium may lead to unjustified surgical intervention that does not bring relief to the patient's suffering. The consequences of cholecystectomy also have an anatomical and physiological justification for the occurrence or preservation of biliary pain. …”
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Information Support of Foreign Policy by O. A. Melnikova

“…Modern international relations present new challenges and threats ofcross-border nature, which fall within the area of information security. This brings issues of informational influence on international policy to the fore. …”
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Effect of Moisture on the Macro Failure Characteristics of Weakly Consolidated Mudstone: Mesomechanism by Jiahui Xu, Guichen Li, Haoyu Rong, Mohamed Elgharib Gomah, Changlun Sun, Jinghua Li, Suhui Zhang

“…Mudstone, whose significant characteristic is water-weakening, widely exists in all kinds of geotechnical engineering, which brings great security risks to engineering safety. …”
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An interdisciplinary method for assessing IPM potential: case study in Scottish spring barley by Stacia Stetkiewicz, Ann Bruce, Fiona J. Burnett, Richard A. Ennos, Cairistiona F. E. Topp

“…Together, these diverse sources of information give a more complete view of a complex system than any individual source could and allow the identification of IPM methods which are robust, practical, and not already in widespread use in this system. Bringing together these sources of information may be of particular value for policy and other decision makers, who need information about strategies which are both practical and likely to have a large positive impact. …”
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Methods of Measuring ‘Soft Power’ by S. I. Belov

“…The author emphasizes that the outlined measures could bring expected results only if the notion of ‘soft power’ becomes more conventional and fully operational. …”
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A Novel Sparse Array for Localization of Mixed Near-Field and Far-Field Sources by Yinsheng Wang, WeiJia Cui, Yuxi Du, Bin Ba, Fengtong Mei

“…Then, we can estimate the range of the near-field source in the mixed source using a one-dimensional spectral search through estimated DOAs, and in the mixed sources, the near-field and far-field sources are classified by bringing in the range parameter. …”
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Factors Influencing BIM Adoption for Construction Enterprises in China by Ruixue Zhang, Yuyan Tang, Liang Wang, Zeyu Wang

“…BIM, as a new information technology tool, provides an intelligent digital representation of buildings to support diverse activities and brings about a wide range of benefits throughout the life cycle of projects. …”
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Evaluation Method for Vibration Measurement on Casing in Aeroengine: Theoretical Analysis and Experimental Study by Lanlan Hou, Shuqian Cao

“…Measurement locations need to reflect the vibration of the rotor sufficiently, while complex structures of the aeroengine bring many excitation sources. This paper presents an evaluation methodology for vibration measurement on casing in the aeroengine. …”
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Automated class diagram elicitation using intermediate use case template by Shweta, Ratna Sanyal, Bibhas Ghoshal

“…This reduces the total number of extraction rules and hence, brings down the extraction complexity. The class diagrams extracted from use case description templates of different domains using proposed technique show more accuracy in terms of completeness and correctness when compared with the state of the art approaches.…”
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Activating/Mobilizing Intersectional Assets: Racial Justice-Focused School Leadership Systems That Center Students of Color and Privilege Their Interests by Ung-Sang Albert Lee

“…Efforts to build more participatory leadership systems must consider how the unique assets that Students of Color bring to bear are positioned and leveraged within such leadership systems, the kinds of structures and practices that facilitate the meaningful participation of Students of Color in school leadership, and how the interests of Students of Color are privileged through their participation in school leadership. …”
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Essop Pahad by Letlhokwa Mpedi

“…It was in this time that Essop clung to the promise of a free and democratic South Africa. As the Greek tragedian Aeschylus once said: ‘I know how men in exile feed on dreams.’ …”
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Integrating the contribution of museums for building peaceful and inclusive society and promoting justice by Li Xiang, Tanot Unjah, Sharina Abdul Halim

“…Hence, the paper will bring a completely new meaning to the mission of museums as more dynamic institutions committed to the achievement of SDGs.…”
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