Design Optimization of Reinforced Concrete Cantilever Retaining Walls: A State-of-the-Art Review by Mansoor Shakeel, Rizwan Azam, Muhammad R. Riaz, Ayman Shihata

“…The in-depth review presents a summarization of all the online publications including research articles, conference papers, and theses to the best of authors’ knowledge on the topic of RC cantilever retaining wall optimization. Geographical trends, regional developments, and prominent journals have been identified. …”
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ISOLATION AND INVESTIGATION OF BACTERIA WITH LIPOLYTIC ACTIVITY FROM HOT SPRINGS IN THE NORTHERN BAIKAL REGION by K. N. Sorokina, A. S. Rozanov, A. V. Bryanskaya, S. E. Peltek

“…We have studied properties of bacterial strains isolated from hot springs in the Northern Baikal region, Baikal Rift Zone, known to have a wide range of growth conditions (pH, temperature, and carbon sources). …”
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Seasonal and Regional Differences in Extreme Rainfall Events and Their Contribution to the World’s Precipitation: GPM Observations by Shailendra Kumar, Yamina Silva, Aldo S. Moya-Álvarez, Daniel Martínez-Castro

“…In the present study, five-year of precipitation features (PFs) datasets, based on Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM), are used to investigate the global and regional characteristics of extreme rainfall events (EREs). …”
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Differentiation of Epileptic Brain Abnormalities among Neurological Patients at Taif Region Using MRI by Nahla L. Faizo, Amani A. Alrehaili

“…This study was conducted to assess the prevalence of epilepsy among different age groups and gender of neurological patients in the Taif region and define the most common brain lesion, affecting epileptic patients living in the Taif city using MRI. …”
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Travellers’ adherence to atovaquone/proguanil malaria chemoprophylaxis after return from endemic areas by Jenny Lea Schnyder, David Cornelis Birkhoff, Myrthe Celine Jarings, Sabine Margot Hermans, Martin Peter Grobusch, Hanna Katrien de Jong

“…Background: According to current guidelines, atovaquone/proguanil (AP) malaria chemoprophylaxis is taken once daily during travel, and continued for seven days after return from malaria-endemic areas. However, pharmacokinetic data and studies on drug-sparing AP regimens suggest that AP could possibly be discontinued upon return without loss of protection. …”
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A Continuous Trust-Region-Type Method for Solving Nonlinear Semidefinite Complementarity Problem by Ying Ji, Tienan Wang, Yijun Li

“…We propose a new method to solve nonlinear semidefinite complementarity problem by combining a continuous method and a trust-region-type method. At every iteration, we need to calculate a second-order cone subproblem. …”
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An Analysis of Tourists’ Use and Assessment of Tourist Infrastructure in the Ivano-Frankivsk and Transcarpathian Regions of Ukraine by Olena Pobihun, Liudmyla Arkhypova, Yaroslava Korobeinykova, Sofiia Kachala, Victoria Hryniuk

“…Information was collected regarding the time spent in the settlements of the Ivano-Frankivsk and Transcarpathian regions when visiting tourist facilities, how to get there, which food and accommodation establishments to choose, how much one is willing to spend, additional services, leisure facilities, etc. …”
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PV Power Forecasting in the Hexi Region of Gansu Province Based on AP Clustering and LSTNet by Xujiong Li, Guoming Yang, Jun Gou

“…First, the affinity propagation algorithm is used to divide the regionally distributed photovoltaic station clusters into different seasons. …”
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Large-scale multiobjective competitive swarm optimizer algorithm based on regional multidirectional search by Xuenan Zhang, Debao Chen, Fangzhen Ge, Feng Zou, Lin Cui

“…However, relying solely on uniform or cluster partitioning of the objective space for sampling, along with two search directions constructed with upper and lower boundaries of global variables, sometimes lacks consideration of regional information. This results in an inefficient search and hinders the global convergence of the algorithm. …”
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Clinical Application of Standardized Cognitive Assessment Using fMRI. I. Matrix Reasoning by Mark D. Allen, Alina K. Fong

“…Functional MRI is increasingly recognized for its potential as a powerful new tool in clinical neuropsychology. …”
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Degrade or Super-Resolve to Recognize? Bridging the Domain Gap for Cross-Resolution Face Recognition by Klemen Grm, Berk Kemal Ozata, Alperen Kantarci, Vitomir Struc, Hazim Kemal Ekenel

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Jason Arthur, Violet America: Regional Cosmopolitanism in U.S. Fiction since the Great Depression by Sarah Dufaure

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Ovine Paratuberculosis: A Seroprevalence Study in Dairy Flocks Reared in the Marche Region, Italy by Attili Anna Rita, Ngu Ngwa Victor, Preziuso Silvia, Pacifici Luciana, Domesi Anastasia, Cuteri Vincenzo

“…In order to fulfil the seroprevalence gap on Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection in ovine dairy farms of Marche region (central Italy), a stratified study was carried out on 2086 adult female sheep randomly chosen from 38 herds selected in Ancona and Macerata provinces. 73.7% flocks resulted infected by a commercial ELISA test (Pourquier, France), with a mean seroprevalence of 6.29% of sampled sheep in both provinces. …”
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Usos comunes de plantas comestibles en la región de Coquimbo, Chile by Eduardo Antonio Jaime Muñoz

“…El presente estudio de caso se relaciona con la importancia de las plantas comestibles presentes en el valle de mostazal, comuna de Monte Patria, provincia del Limarí, Región de Coquimbo. El objetivo del trabajo es identificar y reconocer las plantas de uso comestible en el valle de mostazal. …”
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Providing a model of emotional and rational appeals in video marketing based on social networks by Moohan Mohammadi, payam paslari, saeed moradpour, sadegh masjoodi

“…The emergence of the Internet, as the top technology of the 80s, has significantly affected marketing and its sub-branches, especially video marketing (Sheldon, 2013), and one of these effects is the intersection of video marketing and social networks or Social Media (Luo et al, 2013).Social media, which are equivalent to the term social networks in this study, are one of the most important known components that increasingly involve almost all aspects of human life, from education to business (Alalwan et al, 2017); despite the differences that Wikipedia has made between the network and social media (Bennett, 2013).Many things have been mentioned about the importance of the impact of social media on marketing; for example, it has been stated that if the customer cannot first get help from the information available on social media to make a decision, then in the second step, he will go to search engines, and this shows the position of social media in the behavior leading to customer purchase (Jameel, 2023). For this reason, the function of various types of emotional and rational appeals as two key parameters in the effectiveness of video marketing in social networks will be the subject of this study, and we will try to find the answer to the question: Is there any significant difference between emotional and rational appeals in the effectiveness of video marketing or not?…”
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Carbon emission effects of land use change in Nanchang, West of Central China Region by Shuai Fu, Bingxian Xu, Yuxin Peng, Ciyi Huangxiong, Xiuxiang Li

“…The adjustment and optimization of energy consumption structure and the improvement of human-land policies in Nanchang from the perspectives of optimizing land use layout and structure, rationally controlling population size, and advocating low-carbon lifestyle are conducive to the construction of ecological civilization and sustainable development of Nanchang.…”
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Evaluation of PE Films Having NIR-Reflective Additives for Greenhouse Applications in Arid Regions by Syed K. H. Gulrez, Ahmed M. Abdel-Ghany, Ibrahim M. Al-Helal, Saeed M. Al-Zaharani, Abdullah A. Alsadon

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Macro-anatomic, cross-sectional anatomic, and computerized tomographic examination of anal region in dogs by Cüneyt Tunahan Maviş, Memduh Gezici

“…<b>Aim: </b>The aim of the study is to examine the anatomical structures of anal region in dogs via different anatomical examination methods and to present an approach to the region in terms of three perspectives. …”
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Awareness of Breast Cancer Screening among the Medical and General Population of the North Region of Cameroon by Richard Tagne Simo, Erika Myriam Baiguerel, Armel Hervé Nwabo Kamdje, Paul Faustin Seke Etet, Mohamadou Ahmadou, Charlette Nangue, Phelix Bruno Telefo

“…This work is aimed at assessing breast cancer awareness in the North Region of Cameroon. Participants were selected in six health centers surrounding the rural area of Garoua, North Region, Cameroon, and administered a questionnaire aimed at assessing their awareness about breast cancer risk factors and screening. …”
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THE IMPACT OF INNOVATION ON FIRM SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN SME FROM THE WEST REGION OF ROMANIA by Cristian-Dan BIRIȘ

“…The study was conducted at small and medium-sized enterprises level from the Western Region of Romania. This research is structured in 5 parts: 1) an introduction illustrating the general context of the business environment in the Western Region of Romania and the opportunity to conduct this type of research; 2) a literature review illustrating the state of knowledge and other similar research conducted on this topic; 3) description of the methodological process of conducting empirical research by using the questionnaire as a method of collecting data from the regional business environment; 4) analysis and discussion based on empirical research following the aspects identified by applying the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) method; 5) conclusions. …”
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