Within Satisfaction and Distress: Characterizing the First Cultural Transition of Young Talented Cameroonian Footballers by Boris Tachom Waffo, Denis Hauw

“…The results suggest several practical implications: informed football stakeholders’ action, strengthen coaches’ training, adjust sport psychologists’ intervention, and build solid preparatory foundation for next transnational African footballers. …”
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Medical Assistance in Dying for Persons Suffering Solely from Mental Illness in Canada by Chloe Eunice Panganiban, Srushhti Trivedi

“…Currently, eligibility criteria for MAiD states that individuals must “give informed consent to receive MAiD, meaning that the person has consented to receiving MAiD after they have received all information needed to make this decision.”[10] Consent requires capability or capacity, which is the ability to understand relevant information, appreciate its potential consequences, and make an informed decision for oneself.[11] Like for many other diseases, disabilities, and conditions, patient capability is determined on a case-by-case basis.[12] Given the stigma surrounding those struggling with mental health, this thorough case-by-case examination of an individual patient’s capability and capacity without prejudice or partiality should lead to equitable and fair treatment. …”
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Crack of a helicopter main rotor actuator attachment: failure analysis and lessons learned by L. Allegrucci, F. De Paolis, A. Coletta, M. Bernabei

“…Microstructural and technological alloy characteristics were verified as well by using metallographic microscopy and hardness testing of the material.Macroscopic fracture surfaces evidences were characterized by the lack of any significant plastic deformations and by the presence of symmetry compared to the servo actuator axis. …”
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Laboratory Tests Using Distributed Fiber Optical Sensors for Strain Monitoring by Rodrigo Moraes da Silveira, Marcelo Buras, André Luiz Delmondes Pereira Filho, Juliana Ferreira Fernandes, Marcos Massao Futai

“…This paper also proposes a methodology for calibrating fiber optic cable deformation. A few manufacturers of fiber optic cables aim at civil engineering applications. …”
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Ryuzo Mikimoto and the Ruskin ‘Relics’ Exhibitions of 1926, 1931 and 1933 by Haruka Miki

“…Attracting about 2,000 visitors, it was the first exhibition in Japan of the nineteenth-century British art critic and social reformer John Ruskin. The exhibits included the first editions of The Seven Lamps of Architecture and The Stones of Venice, the Pre-Raphaelite journal The Germ, and Ruskin’s autograph manuscripts, drawings, photographs and letters Ryuzo collected in Britain in the 1920s, amounting to nearly 150 pieces in all. …”
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Experimental Study on the Uplift Bearing Capacity of Pre-Drilled Planted Piles in Isolated Stone Strata Based on Transparent Soil Technology by Wenli Liao, Qipeng Cai, Xiangyu Guo, Hao Lin, Jiajin Zhou, Shizhuo Su

“…A visualization testing system for pile-soil deformation is developed using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) technology and transparent soil, conducting non-intrusive model tests on pile-planting and boulder-capped piles under different uplift load conditions, and comparing the results with a discrete-continuous coupled three-dimensional numerical model analysis. …”
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Transformations of the Food Practices in Modern Russia: the Institutional and Discursive Determinants by N. N. Zarubina

“…During the period of economic reforms of the 90-th years of the twentieth century, there was a sharp institutional transition from the Soviet system of distribution of the food to the market system. …”
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β-crystals aied greater energy absorbing ethylene–propylene rubber in polypropylene blends for outstanding low-temperature toughness by Ruimiao Liang, Wenwen Yu, Jiahao Shen, Zhiyi Zhang, Zaifu Lin, Jiayi Wang, Lan Jia, Feng Chen, Yonggang Shangguan, Qiang Zheng

“…Observations of remarkable shear deformation and extensive stress-whitening areas on the fracture surfaces of PP/EPR/TMB-5 blends upon impact at −40 °C, as opposed to PP/EPR blends, underpin that the lamellar structure of β-crystals within the composite material efficiently transmits stress further away, facilitating the involvement of more EPR particles in energy dissipation. …”
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Typical and atypical metabolic characteristics of three iridaceae isoflavone components: in vitro and in silico studies by Jifeng Gu, Jifeng Gu, Huishan Zhang, Mei Wang, Yuyang Zhou, Yuyang Zhou, Zhipeng Deng, Rong Shi

“…Furthermore, molecular simulations showed that tectorigenin and irigenin bind to the orthosteric site of CYP isoforms via hydrogen bonds and π-π stacking, whereas irisflorentin is principally bound to CYP1A2 via π-π stacking and hydrophobic interactions.ConclusionCollectively, these Iridaceae isoflavone aglycones can be metabolized by CYP enzymes with typical or atypical kinetic characteristics. …”
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Stability of a Roadway below a Coal Seam under Dynamic Pressure: A Case Study of the 11123 Floor Gas Drainage Roadway of a Mine in Huainan, China by Pingsong Zhang, Yuanchao Ou, Chang Liu, Binyang Sun, Chong Xu

“…In order to control gas outburst, the gas is predrained by digging a floor gas drainage roadway. To study deformation due to dynamic pressure, the failure characteristics of the floor, and their effect on the stability of the floor gas drainage roadway, a comprehensive monitoring method combining Brillouin optical time-domain reflectometry- (BOTDR-) distributed fiber optics and self-potential exploration was adopted. …”
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Influential Mechanisms of Roughness on the Cyclic Shearing Behavior of the Interfaces Between Crushed Mudstone and Steel-Cased Rock-Socketed Piles by Yue Liang, Jianlu Zhang, Bin Xu, Zeyu Liu, Lei Dai, Kui Wang

“…Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the shear characteristics of the RSCFST pile–soil interface under cyclic vertical loading, particularly in relation to varying deformation levels in the steel casing’s outer profile. …”
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Investigating the potential of diffusion tensor atlases to generate anisotropic clinical tumor volumes in glioblastoma patients by Kim Hochreuter, Gregory Buti, Ali Ajdari, Christopher P. Bridge, Gregory C. Sharp, Sune Jespersen, Slávka Lukacova, Thomas Bortfeld, Jesper F. Kallehauge

“…Three different DTI atlases, spatially aligned to the patient images using deformable image registration, were considered as alternatives. …”
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Content Analysis of Food and Beverage Advertisements on TV, Radio, and Billboards in Iran by Maryam Amini PhD, Delaram Ghodsi PhD, Mehrnoosh Shafaatdoost MSc, Mohadese Borazjani MSc, Maryam Aghayan MSc, Nastaran Shariatzadeh BSc

“…Advertising violation based on Iran’s regulations, Nutrient profile model for the marketing of food and non-alcoholic beverages to children in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, and International Network for Food and Obesity / Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) Research Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS) was reported to be 13%, 74%, and 51%, respectively. …”
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Numerical Analysis on the Storage of Nuclear Waste in Gas-Saturated Deep Coal Seam by Teng Teng, Yuming Wang, Xiaoyan Zhu, Xiangyang Zhang, Sihai Yi, Guowei Fan, Bin Liu

“…As the first step, a coupled heat-solid-gas model with three constitutional fields of heat transfer, coal deformation, and gas seepage that based on three governing conservation equations is proposed. …”
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Skeletal progenitor LRP1 deficiency causes severe and persistent skeletal defects with Wnt pathway dysregulation by Mohammad Alhashmi, Abdulrahman M. E. Gremida, Santosh K. Maharana, Marco Antonaci, Amy Kerr, Shijian Fu, Sharna Lunn, David A. Turner, Noor A. Al-Maslamani, Ke Liu, Maria M. Meschis, Hazel Sutherland, Peter Wilson, Peter Clegg, Grant N. Wheeler, Robert J. van ‘t Hof, George Bou-Gharios, Kazuhiro Yamamoto

“…These abnormalities, which resemble phenotypes associated with Wnt signalling pathways, result in severe and persistent skeletal defects including a severe deficit in hip joint and patella, and markedly deformed and low-density long bones leading to dwarfism and impaired mobility. …”
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Activities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR on Combating Economic Crime in the Middle of 1950s by V. A. Grechenko

“…The original experience of combating economic crime was gained in previous years, but especially specific in this case were the 1950s, when there was departure from Stalin’s criminal policy, when the liberalization of the political regime and economic reforms began. In general, the country had a new political and economic situation. …”
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Research on Deep-Site Failure Mechanism of High-Steep Slope under Active Fault Creeping Dislocation by Yang Liu, Kaiwen Zhang, Denghang Tian, Liming Qu, Yang Liu

“…As the spatial location becomes shallower, the soil displacement gradually becomes smaller. The deformation of the overlying soil is mainly affected by the vertical dislocation of the fracture zone. …”
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Quantifying research hotspots and trends in brucella spondylitis: a bibliometric analysis by Zhangui Gu, Zhangui Gu, Zongqiang Yang, Zongqiang Yang, Le Fei, Le Fei, Daihao Wei, Daihao Wei, Long Ma, Qiang Liu, Jiandang Shi

“…BackgroundHuman brucellosis is the most common bacterial zoonosis worldwide, with brucella spondylitis (BS) being one of its most severe forms, potentially leading to spinal deformity or paralysis. …”
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Comparing sternal versus left-sided chest compressions for thoracoabdonimal injuries and compression biomechanics: A clinical-grade cadaver study by J. Gould, R.A. Marshall, D. French, M. Dyer-Heynen, P. Olszynski

“…During compression, each condition yielded a different pattern of chest wall deformity (standard − regular trapezoid [midline, comparable left–right sides, flat top, and bottom]; left-sided − irregular trapezium [left-sided, unequal sides, leftward sloped top]). …”
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Airway morphology, hyoid position, and serum inflammatory markers of obstructive sleep apnea in children treated with modified twin-block appliances by Jun Duan, Wanyuan Xia, Xuelei Li, Feng Zhang, Fan Wang, Mengwei Chen, Qian Chen, Bing Wang, Bing Li

“…Conclusions Children with OSA (n = 35) were managed using MTBA, which relieved the mandibular retrognathia deformity, widened the upper airway space, moved the hyoid bone forward and upward, and improved the sleep monitoring indicators. …”
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