Space frame structures in domestic design practice and their installation methods by S. S. Potasiev

“…The most economical, both in material consumption terms and in the work cost are sparse structures. …”
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2b-RAD genotyping for population genomic studies of Chagas disease vectors: Rhodnius ecuadoriensis in Ecuador. by Luis E Hernandez-Castro, Marta Paterno, Anita G Villacís, Björn Andersson, Jaime A Costales, Michele De Noia, Sofía Ocaña-Mayorga, Cesar A Yumiseva, Mario J Grijalva, Martin S Llewellyn

“…Genomic approaches and next generation sequencing technologies have become powerful tools for investigating population diversity and structure which is a key consideration for vector control. …”
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Medical students’ perceptions of improving physician satisfaction and patient care: a text network analysis approach by Young Gyu Kwon, Myeong Namgung, Song Hee Park, Mi Kyung Kim, Hyo Hyun Yoo, Chan Woong Kim

“…Results The major topics were extracted using latent dirichlet allocation topic modeling. Key terms included “physician,” “satisfaction,” “patient,” “medical practice,” and “experience.” …”
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Legitimacy as a limiting factor of political utility of military power by Milenković Miloš R., Vračar Milinko S.

“…The authors also point to the misuse of the term "humanitarian intervention", which is used to provide legitimacy to military action, most often aggression. …”
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Implementation of the project to strengthen the profile of pancasila students in primary schools by Nadia Rahma, Dea Mustika

“…The results of the research show that the implementation of the Project for Strengthening the Profile of Pancasila Students at SDN 006 Air Molek Satu includes several activities, namely starting from the formation of a team of facilitators. Where the facilitator is formed by the principal as the person in charge while the class teacher becomes the facilitator between phases, then identifying school readiness by preparing modules. and expenditure tools, then selecting character dimensions, determining themes, time planning, carrying out assessments. …”
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Russia and NATO’s ‘Open Door’ Policy in the Post-Bipolar Period by P. Ye. Smirnov

“…In this respect, the ongoing NATO enlargement — primarily by accession of the former Warsaw Treaty allies of the USSR — has become one of the key policy tools for Washington after the breakup of the bipolar system in Europe. …”
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TRANSFORMING SOUTH AFRICA’S UNIVERSITIES OF TECHNOLOGY: A ROADMAP THROUGH 4IR LENSES by Muthoni Masinde, Peter A Roux

“…To this end, a clear roadmap for such a transformation becomes critical. This is the contribution of this paper. …”
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Protocol to Identify Unknown Flanking DNA Using Partially Overlapping Primer-based PCR for Genome Walking by Mengya Jia, Dongqin Ding, Xiaohua Liu, Haixing Li

“…In the subsequent high-temperature (65 °C) cycle, the target single-stranded DNA is converted into double-stranded DNA by the sequence-specific primer, attributed to the presence of this primer complement, while non-target single-stranded DNA cannot become double-stranded because it lacks a binding site for both primers. …”
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Determinants of South African Asset Market Co-Movement: Evidence from Investor Sentiment and Changing Market Conditions by Fabian Moodley, Sune Ferreira-Schenk, Kago Matlhaku

“…The co-movement of multi-asset markets in emerging markets has become an important determinant for investors seeking diversified portfolios and enhanced portfolio returns. …”
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Damage Evaluation of Concrete Bridge with Steel Piers Subjected to Explosive Loads by Sohrab Mirassi, Mohammad Momeni, Ahmad Hosseini Moorderaz

“…Finding solutions for ensuring their safety and implementing rehabilitation measures becomes imperative. This paper delves into a case study on a communication bridge in Kazerun city, focusing on bridges with steel piers. …”
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A Psychometric Study of the Student Evidence-Based Practice Scale S-EBPQ-Arabic Version for Use among Undergraduate Nursing Students by Basmah F. Alharbi

“…Therefore, integrating evidence-based practice into the health professions’ education curriculum has become a pedagogical priority. However, there is a lack of reliable and valid scales to measure students’ evidence-based practice usage, attitudes, knowledge, and skills in Arab countries. …”
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Effects of Delta-Like Noncanonical Notch Ligand 1 Expression of Human Fetal Liver Hepatoblasts on Hematopoietic Progenitors by Jörg C. Gerlach, Robert L. Thompson, Bruno Gridelli, Eva Schmelzer

“…Hepatoblasts express delta-like noncanonical Notch ligand 1 (Dlk1), whose cleaved extracellular domain can become a soluble protein. We assessed the effects of DLK1 gene expression knockdown in cultures of total fetal liver cells. …”
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Discrete Element Study of Particle Size Distribution Shape Governing Critical State Behavior of Granular Material by Mingdong Jiang, Daniel Barreto, Zhi Ding, Kaifang Yang

“…However, in the <i>e-p</i>′ plane, the critical state line (CSL) shifts downward and rotates counterclockwise, as the grading becomes more widely distributed, i.e., the increasing coefficient of span (C_s). …”
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Improving Distributed Decision Making in Inventory Management: A Combined ABC-AHP Approach Supported by Teamwork by Ileana Gloria Pérez Vergara, Julián Andrés Arias Sánchez, Rocío Poveda-Bautista, Jose-Antonio Diego-Mas

“…Inventory management becomes part of a complex system that involves stakeholders from different areas of the company, where each agent has limited information and where the cooperation between such agents is key for the system’s performance. …”
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Patient empowerment: a critical evaluation and prescription for a foundational definition by Antonio J. Varela, Michael J. Gallamore, Noah R. Hansen, Dakota C. Martin

“…The cumulative experience becomes patient empowerment.…”
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Identification of key elements in MRI reporting of intracranial meningiomas based on a nationwide survey of clinical experts in Germany by Torge Huckhagel, Tammam Abboud, Jan Regelsberger, Stefan Rieken, Christian Riedel

“…Abstract While MRI has become the imaging modality of choice for intracranial meningiomas, no radiologic reporting guidance exists to date that relies on a systematic collection of information relevant to the core medical disciplines involved in the management of these patients. …”
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Microplastic contamination and growth pattern of oyster; Crassostrea gigas in a coastline by L. Kasmini, A.S. Batubara

“…Environmental issues, such as microplastics, have become a worldwide concern for its implications for aquatic organisms, especially oysters. …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF ZEN BUDDHISM ON THE FORMATION OF REALISM IN JAPANESE CULTURE: FROM SIMPLICITY TO UNIVERSALITY by Анатолій МЕЛЕЩУК

“…The study demonstrates that the pursuit of simplicity, rooted in Zen practice, transcends cultural boundaries and has become a universal language in the realms of art and design. …”
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Imperfect bipolarity: The ‘third power’ factor in Soviet-American relations in the nuclear field (1958–1968) by V. А. Veselov

“…30 years after the end of the Cold War, bipolar structure still dominates in the nuclear sphere, although certain nuclear powers are closing the gap with Russia and the United States in terms of strategic arsenals and the system of world politics in general is moving towards polycentrism. …”
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A VAN-Based Multi-Scale Cross-Attention Mechanism for Skin Lesion Segmentation Network by Shuang Liu, Zeng Zhuang, Yanfeng Zheng, Simon Kolmanic

“…In recent years, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have brought many achievements and become the consensus in medical image segmentation tasks. …”
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