DEMOGRAPHIC MODERNIZATION OF KABARDIN-BALKARIA: HISTORY AND NOWADAYS PROBLEMS by A. Kh. BOROV, M. M. BERBEKOVA

“…Nowadays in the condition of socio-economic stagnation in the republic the outer centers of development would pull out not mere surplus workforce but – more importantly – the bearers of modern professional competencies depleting the demographic base of Kabardin-Balkaria’s development.…”
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A Detailed Anatomical Description of the Gastrocnemius Muscle—Is It Anatomically Positioned to Function as an Antagonist to the Anterior Cruciate Ligament? by Kevin Thomas, Jason Peeler

“…Our data clearly illustrate that the femoral attachment of the medial head of the gastrocnemius was much different (or more complex) than previously described and that it wraps around the posterior side of the medial femoral condyle and attaches more anteriorly. …”
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The Effect of Shoe Type and Load Carrying on Electromyographic Activity of Lower Extremity Muscles during Stair Ascent and Descent by Nader Farahpour, Mahdi Majlesi, Mohammad Reza Hoseinpouri

“…In stair descent task, the EMG activity of the vastus medialis muscle was greater than that of the vastus lateralis and rectus femoris muscles, which causes the patella to be pulled inward more leading to patellofemoral articular cartilage wear in the long term. …”
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Book Review: Draft Animals in the Past, Present and Future by Claus Kropp and Lena Zoll (eds) by Rena Maguire

“…The domestication and subsequent training of strong animals to pull vehicles was a game changer for humans. Just like the first person who jumped onto a horse and hung on as they veered giddily towards a new horizon, driving and draft meant that humans got places faster – goods could be stored in a vehicle for longer journeys, trade goods became more than what a human could carry on their backs, and land could be ploughed faster and further. …”
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Radiant Futures: Utopian Art as a Phenomenology of Home-Seeking by Jordan Huston

“…This essay examines the imaginative potential of utopian art. Utopian art is more than a representation of a possible future, it calls upon our imaginations to pull us into the act of home-coming itself. …”
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Reconciling editorial independence and public accountability issues in Public Broadcasting Service by Guy Berger, Denis Jjuuko

“… A public broadcaster is pulled in two directions: There is the need to be accountable to the public, and the imperative to be editorially independent at the same time. …”
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Effect of Rotational Speed on Mechanical Properties of AA5083/AA6082 Friction Stir Welded T-Joints for Naval Applications by Guido Di Bella, Chiara Borsellino, Mohamed Chairi, Davide Campanella, Gianluca Buffa

“…Mechanical performance was assessed through pull-out tests and microhardness measurements. The joints fabricated at 500 rpm demonstrated superior mechanical properties, including a more uniform hardness distribution and higher pull-out strength, attributed to optimized material mixing and heat input at this speed. …”
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The role of AI assistants in promoting sustainable Halal tourism in non-Muslim destinations by Duc Sinh Hoang, Dang Thuan An Nguyen

“…By integrating AI solutions, destinations can enhance their attractiveness to Muslim travellers, making halal tourism more accessible, convenient, and appealing. Theoretically, this study extends the Push–Pull framework by incorporating AI as a technological moderator, demonstrating how digital interventions reshape travel motivation and decision-making processes in the context of religious tourism.…”
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Vers une signature spatiale de la vulnérabilité épidémiologique en France : l'exemple de la grippe by Benjamin Lysianuk, Martine Tabeaud

“…This theme was reactivated by the anguishes generated by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) or more recently by the fears of a flu-like pandemic stemming from an avian origin. …”
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La rilevanza delle narrazioni e dei posizionamenti nello studio dell’interculturale by Sara Amadasi

“…Following a non-essentialist approach, this paper focuses on the intercultural rather than the more common label of ‘intercultural communication’ in order to pull away from an established perspective which sees individuals as guided, in their behaviour and choices, by their national and cultural belonging. …”
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The Cunning of Architecture’s Reason by Mark Jarzombek

“…It is this ambivalence that I attempt to deconstruct in order to make it more operational as a theoretical position.…”
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Penerapan Maksim Grice dalam Iklan Jual Beli Gadget pada Komunitas r/AppleSwap: Analisis Pragmatik dan Wacana by Nanang Syaifudin, Hayatul Cholsy

“…These results suggest that adhering to Grice's maxims improves communication effectiveness, fosters trust between sellers and buyers, and promotes transparency in online transactions, contributing to more successful exchanges in the r/AppleSwap community.…”
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Spacing the Post‐Political Critique: Dealing With Politics and Spatial Dissonance in Suburban Planning by Emil Pull, Jørn Cruickshank

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Civil servants' activity regulation in Lithuania 1918-1940 by Jolanta Palidauskaitė, Milda Petrokaitė

“…The draft of this law, together with some other legislation (how to prevent illegal enrichment of civil servants), was discussed, but drastic events of 1940 pulled back the realization of these ideas. Not only practitioners but scholars and lawyers participated in public discussions from 1935-1939, trying to find out how to make the work of bureaucrats more efficient, how to better control and organize their work, prevent the creation of new institutions and offices, etc. …”
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Temporal Trends in Internal vs. External Referrals for TAVR in a Large Academic Center: Patients Characteristics and Outcomes by Aurelie Merlo, Audrey Khoury, Mohsin Shah, Tabitha Linville, John Ikonomidis, Matthew Cavender, John Vavalle, Thomas Caranasos

“…Postprocedure, externally referred patients were more likely to have the procedure under moderate sedation and less likely to be discharged home. …”
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Isolated Femoral Shaft Fracture in Wakeboarding and Review of the Literature by Henrik Constantin Bäcker, Seth Shoap, Gabor Vasarhelyi, Gergely Pánics

“…Due to this trend, injuries related to this sport are likely to become more common. Isolated femoral shaft are rare; however, they occur much more frequently in youth as a result of high velocity events, such as dashboard-related injuries. …”
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Experimental Study on Bonding Properties between Finishing Rolled Rebar and Grouting Material by Jinyan Wang, Yi Zhao, Jimin Li, Changhong Lu, Xiaosan Yin, Yijie Bao

“…The bond strength is the maximum for a relative cover thickness of 3.0, and the difference between the maximum and minimum values is more than 9%. The bonding capacity between rebar and grouting material increases slightly with the increasing rebar diameter, but the bond strength decreases with the diameter, and the difference between the maximum and minimum bond strengths is more than 21%. …”
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Social Media Suicide Watch by Katherine Prothro

“… Photo ID 136328652 © Tobias Knoepfli| Dreamstime.com Abstract Two tragedies illustrate the need to both monitor suicidal ideation more effectively and protect individuals from harmful influences. …”
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Safety of a gastropexy device in infants and young children in percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement by G. Gavallér, M. Bukva, P. Gál, P. Pásztor, A. T. Takács, Cs. Bereczki, D. Szűcs

“…To avoid possible complications arising from pull-through method (pull-through PEG) we began to perform a one-step endoscopic gastrostomy with a gastropexy device (push GT). …”
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Experimental Investigation on Toughness of SFRC and Bond Behavior with Reinforcing Bars by Hongmei Zhang, Zizhao Tang, Jinguang Li, Zheming Hu, Qian Feng

“…The results show that the embedment length more than 5 times the bar diameter causes tensile failure of the reinforcement, while the embedment length of 3 times the bar diameter causes pull-out failure of the reinforcement.…”
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