Prediction of the Impact of Bank Failure Risk on Micro-Credit in Iran: An Artificial Intelligence Approach by Reza Taheri Haftasiabi, Yusef Mohammadzadeh, Ameneh Naderi

“…On this basis, policy makers are recommended to focus on the financial stability of banks, increasing their resilience to economic shocks and reforming macroeconomic structures to avoid restricting access to microcredit and its negative impact on the economy.…”
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Experimental Study on Compressive and Flexural Performances of Polypropylene Fiber-Reinforced Concrete by Yimeng Wei, Yuan Qin, Junrui Chai, Chengyong Xu, Yue Zhang, Xianwei Zhang

“…Plain concrete (PC) has the disadvantages of easy cracking and low resistance to deformation. In practical engineering, steel fiber or polymer fiber is usually selected to improve the tensile and crack resistance of concrete. …”
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Scythianism and Eurasianism: Tracing Russian strategic culture by Malešević Matija

“…Their significance becomes particularly pronounced on the threshold of tectonic international changes and apocalyptic forecasts that can no longer be remedied through "political reforms", but solely through systemic changes. Similar to the period before the First World War, an avantgarde strategic culture emerges as a suitable solution, especially taking into account the dispersion of global power in the collective West.…”
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Load Calculation of Limit Pair of Sun Gear on the Roadheader Cutting Reducer by Yin Ming, Li Haifei

“…The Software Solid Works Simulation is used to conduct finite element statics analysis against the 3D model,so as to obtain the deformation of spline tooth of first- stage sun gear,which shall be brought into the calculation model to calculate the axial force suffered by the sun gear.Finally,other factors influencing the axial force are analyzed and the function expression of general axial force endured on the output end of the first- stage and second- stage sun gear is obtained,which shall be displayed in the MATLAB programming graph. …”
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Neurophysiology of Drosophila Models of Parkinson’s Disease by Ryan J. H. West, Rebecca Furmston, Charles A. C. Williams, Christopher J. H. Elliott

“…Firstly, Drosophila models are instrumental in exploring the mechanisms of neurodegeneration, with several PD-related mutations eliciting related phenotypes including sensitivity to energy supply and vesicular deformities. These are leading to the identification of plausible cellular mechanisms, which may be specific to (dopaminergic) neurons and synapses rather than general cellular phenotypes. …”
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Experiment and numerical analysis of prestressed unequal-walled rectangular concrete-filled steel box beams by Qi Su, Guangyuan Fu, Jian Yang, Siping Li

“…Parametric analysis (based on the validated finite element model) of the effects of the filling ratio and prestress level on the bending performance revealed that PURCFSB beams have good bearing capacity and deformation performance.…”
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Bearing Characteristics of Moso Bamboo Micropile-Composite Soil Nailing System in Soft Soil Areas by Zhihe Cheng, Yousheng Deng

“…The results showed that the bamboo pile can effectively control the horizontal deformation of the side wall of the foundation pit and the ground surface settlement, achieving a relatively satisfactory supporting effect. …”
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Pathology Survey on a Captive-Bred Colony of the Mexican Goodeid, Nearly Extinct in the Wild, Zoogoneticus tequila (Webb & Miller 1998) by Alessio Arbuatti, Leonardo Della Salda, Mariarita Romanucci

“…The absence of infectious or parasitic diseases, as well as the low incidence of diseases potentially related to environmental alterations or nutritional disorders such as spinal deformities, suggests the adequacy of breeding management techniques of Z. tequila for its conservation and reintroduction in to the original habitat in the near future.…”
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Enhancing Asphalt Mix Performance through the Incorporation of Crumb by Herish Jaf, Asmaa Abdulmajeed Mamhusseini

“…The maintenance of an important balance between stability and flow is of utmost importance in the Marshall mix design process, as it guarantees that the asphalt mixture possesses the necessary durability to endure the load and movement of traffic without experiencing undue deformation.…”
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Impacts of Cyclic Loading and Unloading Rates on Acoustic Emission Evolution and Felicity Effect of Instable Rock Mass by Mingwei Zhang, Qingbin Meng, Shengdong Liu, Deyu Qian, Nong Zhang

“…Results show that increasing loading and unloading rates resulted in decreasing total AE rings in the entire rock deformation and failure process. Increasing loading rate decreased the AE rings at loading stages, and increasing unloading rate decreased the AE rings at unloading stages in the same cycle. …”
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Governance Factors and Electricity Service Delivery in Kabale Municipality. by Orishaba, Patrick

“…Suggestions included reforms like corporatization, separate utility from ministry, clear accounting framework, private participation/ownership, and tariff adjustments. …”
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Effect of Midsole Compliance on Oxygen Consumption and Perception of Effort and Comfort during running by Kai Biedermann, Gian-Andri Baumann, Christina M. Spengler, Fernando G. Beltrami

“… Introduction Advanced Footwear Technology (AFT) enhances running economy, which is partly attributed to midsole foam properties such as high resilience (the ability of a material to absorb and recover energy under elastic deformation) and high compliance (the tolerance of a material to deformation). …”
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Effectiveness and Safety of Preoperative Halo Gravity Traction-Assisted Posterior Spinal Fusion Surgery for Severe and Rigid Scoliosis: A Comparative Matched-Cohort Study by Yangpu Zhang, Bo Han, Jianqiang Wang, Yuzeng Liu, Yiqi Zhang, Yong Hai, Lijin Zhou

“…Halo-gravity traction (HGT) continues to be a vital tool in managing severe spinal conditions, offering a nonsurgical or preoperative approach to address spinal deformities. However, the correction effect that HGT can achieve for severe and rigid spinal deformity is currently unclear and the impact of HGT on the selection of spinal osteotomy grade was still unknown. …”
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CHARACTERISTICS OF CYTOPROTECTIVE EFFECT ON THE GASTRIC MUCOSA OF CRYOPRESERVED PLACENTA EXTRACT UNDER WATER-IMMOBILIZATION STRESS by Illia Koshurba, Fedir Hladkykh, Mykola Chyzh

“…According to the degree of modulation of the activity of both total NOS and its individual isoforms, the study showed that preventive five-day administration of esomeprazole is inferior to the effectiveness of CEP. …”
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De l’agglomération antique de Cassinomagus au village de Chassenon (Charente) : un bilan des connaissances by Lucie Carpentier, Sandra Sicard

“…The following centuries were little documented by archeology and our primary source of information relative to them come from historical research dating to the 10th c. …”
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Clinical validation of an artificial intelligence-based decision support system for diagnosis and risk stratification of heart failure (STRATIFYHF): a protocol for a prospective, m... by Prithwish Banerjee, Guy A MacGowan, Frans H Rutten, Iacopo Olivotto, Petar M Seferović, Jonathan Mant, Djordje G Jakovljevic, Oscar Fernandez, Josep Darbà, Nduka C Okwose, Jose Zamorano, Duncan Edwards, David Sinclair, Lazar Velicki, Amy Groenewegen, Lars S Maier, Dimitris Fotiadis, Sarah Jane Charman, Annamaria Del Franco, Maria Tafelmeier, Andrej Preveden, Cristina Garcia Sebastian, Amy S Fuller, Anne Pauline Nelissen, Petros Malitas, Aikaterini Zisaki, Zoran Bosnic, Petar Vracar, Fausto Barlocco, Marta Jiménez-Blanco Bravo, Nenad Filipovic, Bano Fatima, Williams Kate, Fornaro Alessandra, Milovancev Aleksandra, Ascanio Meritxell, Aguera Ainoa, Pičulin Matej, Flis Borut, Boucharas Dimitrios, Manousos Dimitris, Tsiknakis Manolis, Kassiotis Thomas, Sustersic Tijana, Milicevic Bogdan, Hobbs FD Richard, Kaagman Onno

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Comments on: “Early High-Titer Convalescent Plasma Therapy in Patients with Moderate and Severe COVID-19” [Transfusion and Apheresis Science 61 (2022) 103321] by Seyed Reza Hosseiniara

“…Eshghi, who chaired the ethics committee, is also listed as one of the corresponding authors of the article.16 Detailed information regarding Dr. Eshghi's role can be found in the "Credit Authorship Contribution Statement" section.1 This dual role raises important questions about potential conflicts of interest, which could lead to a biased review of the research proposal and ultimately undermine the credibility of the findings in the eyes of the public.Given these considerations, the assertion that convalescent plasma therapy is beneficial for Iranian patients with moderate COVID-19 is, at the very least, questionable. …”
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Nécropoles multipolaires et élaboration d’un nouveau modèle socio-politique au premier âge du Fer : réflexions à partir des sites du Camp de l’Église Sud à Flaujac-Poujols (Lot) et... by Antoine Dumas

“…Following a brief overview of the general contextual informations for these two sites (geographical and physical location, history of prior study, etc.), the first part of this work is dedicated to the internal analysis of each cemetery. …”
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The burden of acute respiratory infection attributable to fine particulate matter brought by dust storms among children under 5 years of age in low- and middle-income countries by Hong Lu, Mingkun Tong, Ruohan Wang, Ning Kang, Xueqiu Ni, Jianyu Deng, Jiajianghui Li, Pengfei Li, Tianjia Guan, Tong Zhu, Tao Xue

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Lightweight YOLOv8s-Based Strawberry Plug Seedling Grading Detection and Localization via Channel Pruning by CHEN Junlin, ZHAO Peng, CAO Xianlin, NING Jifeng, YANG Shuqin

“…However, through meticulous fine-tuning, the model's feature expression capabilities were restored, compensating for the information loss caused by pruning. Experimental results demonstrated that the fine-tuned model not only maintained high detection accuracy but also achieved significant reductions in FLOPs (86.3%) and parameter count (95.4%). …”
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