RETRACTED ARTICLE: Analytical investigations of propagation of ultra-broad nonparaxial pulses in a birefringent optical waveguide by three computational ideas by Yuanyuan Liu, Jalil Manafian, Gurpreet Singh, Naief Alabed Alkader, Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar

“…These solutions can be significant in the use of understanding the behavior of wave guides when studying Kerr medium, optical computing and optical beams in Kerr like nonlinear media. …”
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Investing in an Olympic agenda: from Rio to Tokyo and beyond by Eduardo Russo, Ariane Roder Figueira, Leonardo Jose Mataruna-Dos-Santos

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Preclinical research models for endometrial cancer: development and selection of animal models by Yang Xue, Wei Shi, Bing Lun, Meilin Kan, Mengling Jia, Yuelin Wu, Li Yang, Li Yang

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Advances in multi-omics integrated analysis methods based on the gut microbiome and their applications by Dongdong Duan, Mingyu Wang, Jinyi Han, Mengyu Li, Zhenyu Wang, Shenping Zhou, Wenshui Xin, Xinjian Li, Xinjian Li

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«The Art of War» by Sun Tzu and main provisions for strategic management by V. M. Fedorov

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The connection between climate change and perinatal mental health by Jennifer L. Barkin, Jennifer L. Barkin, Sanne van Rhijn, Sanne van Rhijn, Chloe M. Johnson

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Cordyceps militaris solid medium extract alleviates lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury via regulating gut microbiota and metabolism by Xiaoya Wang, Kang Zhang, Jingyan Zhang, Guowei Xu, Zhiting Guo, Xiaorong Lu, Chunhua Liang, Xueyan Gu, Liping Huang, Shuqi Liu, Lei Wang, Jianxi Li

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The principles of tactical formation identification in association football (soccer) — a survey by Hadi Sotudeh

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Serialised Translations in the Estonian Newspapers in the Beginning of the 20th Century (1900‒1940) by Aile Möldre

“…The approach, combining book and translation history, is driven by the two issues debated in the media in 1900–1940: the desire to distance from the dominant German and Russian cultural influences and search for a new orientation; the categories of literature serialised in newspapers including the proportion of popular literature (genres like mystery, thrillers, romance, etc.) and the concern of intellectuals about its growth. …”
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Rheumatoid arthritis associated cytokines and therapeutics modulate immune checkpoint receptor expression on T cells by Dana Emerson, Eve Merriman, Pia P. Yachi

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Overcoming or overstepping? Boundary infrastructure for learning in the context of continuous improvement research-practice partnership by Angel X. Bohannon, Caitlin C. Farrell, Spencer Cook

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The impact of public environmental concerns on port sustainability: evidence from 44 port cities in China by Jia Shen, Xiaohong Ren, Zhitao Feng, Jiayun Nie

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Piracy as counter-hegemony by Tanja Bosch

“…The research questions were guided by a desire to explore qualitatively the processes by which consumers in this low-income neighbourhood practise and understand their purchase and consumption of pirated goods, particularly films on DVD. The study found that the consumers of Hanover Park engage in a complicated process of bricolage, often recontextualising what they view to communicate new meanings, appropriating African-American and gang films as a form of political cultural resistance. …”
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Global remapping emerges as the mechanism for renewal of context-dependent behavior in a reinforcement learning model by David Kappel, Sen Cheng

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Coastal moderation of Holocene fire and vegetation change on the Pacific coast of Canada by Maggie E. Duncan, Marlow G. Pellatt, Marlow G. Pellatt, Karen E. Kohfeld, Karen E. Kohfeld

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“Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together”?: the Crisis of the World Sports Movement in the Context of the Pandemic and the Problem of Racism by E. V. Khakhalkina, A. V. Munko

“…The principle of “political correctness” widespread in the West makes it difficult to discuss and deal with historical and colonial traumas, as well as with the crisis in the values of “fair play” in professional sports, caused by its commercialization and politicization.The article concludes that the observed facts stem, among other things, from the revival of the Black Lives Matter movement in the spring of 2020, which spread beyond the borders of the United States, the formation and expansion of the “cancel culture”, as well as the growing influence of social networks and media on world public opinion. The coronavirus pandemic, announced in the spring of 2020, has exacerbated old national problems, and brought to the fore new phenomena in world sports.…”
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Canine parvovirus enteritis: epidemic situation analysis and perspectives by T. S. Galkina, A. К. Karaulov

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Timeout for Contrast: Using Physician Behavior Modification to Reduce Contrast in the Catheterization Laboratory by Robby Singh, Marcel Zughaib

“…As the number of procedures using contrast media continues to rise, the ensuing complications place an ever increasing burden on the healthcare system. …”
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Selection of terminal Piétrain pigs improves vitality and prevalence of congenital defects in crossbred piglets by Wim Gorssen, Wim Gorssen, Carmen Winters, Roel Meyermans, Léa Chapard, Katrijn Hooyberghs, Jaro De Kort, Alice Van den Broeke, Jürgen Depuydt, Steven Janssens, Nadine Buys

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Impact of endometrial thickness and its combined effect with maternal age on singleton adverse neonatal outcomes in frozen–thawed embryo transfer cycles by Jie Wang, Jie Wang, Lina Gao, Lina Gao, Qiaoyun Huang, Qiaoyun Huang, Weihua Jiang, Weihua Jiang, Linjun Chen, Linjun Chen, Shanshan Wang, Shanshan Wang

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