Financing Investments in the Future: Pragmatic Solutions Are Needed by Monika Schnitzer, Achim Truger

“…However, they need to be quantified in concrete terms as quickly as possible and designed to ensure legal security in order to send reliable signals for the necessary capacity building, particularly in the construction industry and public administration.…”
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Dual channel routing scheme in ad hoc networks by WANG Qing-hui1, GONG Chang-qing1, WANG Guang-xing1

“…By improving the capacity of ad hoc networks by using multiple channel interfaces,a dual channel routing（DCR）scheme was introduced that proactively maintains all nodes’ location information based on periodic exchanges of location information in one channel.Based on the information,shortest path algorithm was used to find route to destination.Then,source transmitted data packet in another channel.DCR is a hybrid proactive/reactive scheme.Because there is no interference between two channels,the results of simulation show that the scheme can improve networks performance.…”
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Le « Scholarship of Teaching and Learning » (SoTL). Proposition d’un cadre pour l’accompagnement des enseignants par les conseillers pédagogiques by Sandrine Biémar, Amaury Daele, Déborah Malengrez, Laurence Oger

“…This paper presents a review of the literature on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) of teachers in higher education and how faculty developers support building of their capacities in the field. The authors suggest a reflective framework encompassing the different phases of SoTL. …”
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Item-level and Composite-level Interrater Reliability of Functional Movement Screen™ Scores Following Condensed Training in Novice Raters by Brent A Harper, Stephen M Glass

“…Reliability (kappa) was fair for Inline Lunge (0.24 Day 1, 0.39 Day 2), and poor for Hurdle Step (Day 1 -0.01, Day 2 no result) and Rotary Stability (Day 1 -0.03, Day 2 -0.01). …”
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Development characteristics and river blocking outburst analysis of Shadong landslide in the upper reaches of Jinsha River by Shunxiang ZHENG, Jun WANG, Yong YAN, Wen LIU, Heng ZHAO, Junxiang YANG, Xiongan FAN, Yi ZHANG, Meng WANG, Tianbin YU

“…The height of the barrier dam is about 90 m, and the barrier lake capacity is about 1.62×108 m3, with a maximum flood flow of approximately 3535 m3/s and a flood peak height of approximately 14 m at the dam site of the Lava Power Station after the barrier dam failure. …”
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Prognostic Utility of Prechemoradiotherapy Albumin-to-Alkaline Phosphatase Ratio in Unresectable Locally Advanced Pancreatic Carcinoma Patients by Veysel Haksoyler, Erkan Topkan

“…Methods. A sum of 136 LAPAC patients who consecutively underwent definitive CCRT was retrospectively analyzed. …”
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The effects of citral on the intestinal health and growth performance of American bullfrogs (Aquarana catesbeiana) by Xiaoting Zheng, Qiuyu Chen, Xueying Liang, Jingyi Xie, Alfredo Loor, Hongbiao Dong, Jinlong Yang, Jiasong Zhang

“…This study evaluated the effects of varying dietary concentrations of citral, a natural compound from lemongrass essential oil, on the intestinal health, microbiota, antioxidant capacity, and growth performance of juvenile bullfrogs. …”
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Functional heterogeneity of mesenchymal stem cells and their therapeutic potential in the K18-hACE2 mouse model of SARS-CoV-2 infection by Kátia Nunes da Silva, Fernanda Martins Marim, Gisele Vieira Rocha, Zaquer Suzana Munhoz Costa-Ferro, Luciana Souza de Aragão França, Carolina Kymie Vasques Nonaka, Bruno Diaz Paredes, Erik Aranha Rossi, Erick Correia Loiola, Corynne Stephanie Ahouefa Adanho, Rachel Santana Cunha, Mayck Medeiros Amaral da Silva, Fernanda Ferreira Cruz, Vivian Vasconcelos Costa, Dalila Lucíola Zanette, Clarissa Araújo Gurgel Rocha, Renato Santana Aguiar, Patricia Rieken Macedo Rocco, Bruno Solano de Freitas Souza

“…The cells were assessed for their proliferative capacity, immunophenotype, trilineage differentiation, proteomic profile, and in vitro immunomodulatory potential by co-culture with activated lymphocytes. …”
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Multi-level analysis of gut microbiome extracellular vesicles-host interaction reveals a connection to gut-brain axis signaling by Walid Mottawea, Basit Yousuf, Salma Sultan, Tamer Ahmed, JuDong Yeo, Nico Hüttmann, Yingxi Li, Nour Elhouda Bouhlel, Hebatoallah Hassan, Xu Zhang, Zoran Minic, Riadh Hammami

“…In this study, we aimed to investigate the cargo capacity of MEVs for bioactive metabolites and their interactions with the host cellular barriers. …”
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Optimizing selenium-enriched yeast supplementation in laying hens: Enhancing egg quality, selenium concentration in eggs, antioxidant defense, and liver health by Longfei Zhang, Jianmin Zhou, Uchechukwu Edna Obianwuna, Cheng Long, Kai Qiu, Haijun Zhang, Xiaolong Qi, Shugeng Wu

“…All of which suggests potential liver toxicity at higher selenium levels. Antioxidant capacity of the birds were significantly enhanced due to dietary supplementation of SY as indicated by increased serum levels of total antioxidant capacity, and activities of catalase, glutathione peroxidase, and superoxide dismutase (P < 0.05). …”
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Effect of Particle Size and Solution Leaching on Water Retention Behavior of Ion-Absorbed Rare Earth by Zhong-qun Guo, Yuan-ming Lai, Jie-fang Jin, Jian-rong Zhou, Zheng Sun, Kui Zhao

“…Results demonstrate that given the same matric suction, soil water content decreases gradually with the increase of particle size and content of coarse particles, thus decreasing water retention capacity of soil accordingly. Given the same volumetric water content, matric suction is inversely proportional to particle size. …”
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Optimasi formula enkapsulasi ekstrak propolis Trigona menggunakan maltodekstrin-gum biji selasih dengan teknik spray drying by Bendi Sabela, Dede Robiatul Adawiyah, Nur Wulandari

“…The antioxidant activity of the optimum product by ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) assay gave an antioxidant capacity of 2394 µmol AAE/kg sample. The optimum EPEP morphologically showed agglomerated particles.…”
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Study on Mechanical Behavior of Fully Encased Composite Slender Columns with High-Strength Concrete Using FEM Simulation by Getinet Melesse, Samuel Jima, Tegegn Asale, Yayesew Moges, Hibretu Kaske Kassa

“…Significant enhancements in the axial load capacity are observed in the case of FEC slender columns than in RC slender columns of the same size and shape. …”
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Effects of supplementing a polyphenol-rich sugarcane extract through drinking water on egg production and quality of laying hens. by Namalika D Karunaratne, Sasmitha De Silva, Minoli Herath, Ruvini Liyanage, Pabodha Weththasinghe, Barana C Jayawardana, Eranga De Seram, Anil Pushpakumara, Mathew Flavel

“…The DPPH assay revealed a significant increase in antioxidant capacity in the PRSE group at week 45 (P = 0.02). The 0.05% PRSE supplementation in drinking water initially enhanced antioxidant capacity but later adversely affected yolk color and thin albumen height.…”
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Stigmas and Petals of Crocus sativus L. (Taliouine, Morocco): Comparative Evaluation of Their Phenolic Compounds, Antioxidant, and Antibacterial Activities by Asmaa Benkerroum, Khadija Oubella, Soukaina Zini, Kaoutar Boussif, Hind Mouhanni, Fouad Achemchem

“…The present study aimed to comparatively evaluate the phenolic content, antioxidant capacity, and antibacterial activity of methanolic extracts of stigmas and petals of Crocus sativus L. from Taliouine. …”
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Brain drain in Emergency Medicine in Lebanon, building locally and exporting globally by Eveline Hitti, Sarah S. Abdul-Nabi, Afif Mufarrij, Amin Kazzi

“…Understanding and addressing the root-causes of out-migration of highly specialized medical workforce is an essential component of addressing local workforce challenges that needs to be coupled with capacity building initiatives for meaningful impact.…”
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Organization of the fight against COVID-19 in a hospital institution. Cienfuegos Province, 2020-2021 by Vivian Isabel Chávez Pérez, Helvia Manuela Reyes Cabrera, Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Lourdes Elena Duany Badell

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong> epidemics of unknown emerging diseases test not only the technical and human capacity of health professionals, but also of all those who make up the scientific community in society.…”
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Pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block versus supra-inguinal fascia iliaca (SIFI) block for functional outcome in patients undergoing hip surgeries – A randomised controlled study by Tanusha Saini, Meenakshi Aggarwal, Udeyana Singh, Mirley Rupinder Singh

“…This study aimed to compare functional outcomes regarding quadriceps muscle strength and weight-bearing capacity between PENG and SIFI blocks after hip surgery. …”
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Sex estimation in a Chilean population by mandibular analysis in cone beam computed tomography images by F. Ceballos, N.F. Deana, N. Alves

“…In ROC Curve analysis the MRH was the variable with the greatest discriminating capacity (AUC = 0.833), MA was the only variable which presented no discriminating capacity (AUC = 0.386) and also presented low quality in model quality analysis. …”
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Compression Performance of Newly Designed Replaceable Tubular Steel Piers by Haifeng Li, Xuehang Zhao, Wei Sun, Zhe Xiong

“…Finally, a design formula is proposed to calculate the axial bearing capacity of newly designed tubular steel piers with constrained LYP steel plates.…”
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