Can aid foster Africa's attainment of a just energy transition and external debt sustainability? by Kalimanshi Nsakaza, Talumba Ireen Chilipaine

“…The findings also demonstrated that while interest payments on long-term external debt had a negative impact on ODA to African countries, the total external debt stock, mainly for Africa, had a positive and significant effect on the Net ODA received by the continent. …”
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Analysis of Vibration Response Law of Multistory Building under Tunnel Blasting Loads by Runke Huo, Shuguang Li, Zhanping Song, Yoshiaki Fujii, Shan Lei, Jianchao Mao, Sisi Tian, Zizhen Miao

“…Combined with the on-site monitoring data, the wavelet packet program based on MATLAB was compiled to study the vibration response of the four-story masonry building in a typical southwestern mountainous area of China under the blasting load. …”
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An interface-based microscopic model for the failure analysis of masonry structures reinforced with timber retrofit solutions by Fabrizio Greco, Lorenzo Leonetti, Paolo Lonetti, Paolo Nevone Blasi, Arturo Pascuzzo, Giacinto Porco

“…Additionally, the efficacy of the retrofit technique based on timber frame structures is investigated in detail through pushover analyses on a two-story masonry wall representative of real-life masonry buildings. …”
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An interface-based microscopic model for the failure analysis of masonry structures reinforced with timber retrofit solutions by Fabrizio Greco, Lorenzo Leonetti, Paolo Lonetti, Paolo Nevone Blasi, Arturo Pascuzzo, Giacinto Porco

“…Additionally, the efficacy of the retrofit technique based on timber frame structures is investigated in detail through pushover analyses on a two-story masonry wall representative of real-life masonry buildings. …”
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Impact of Stochastically Perturbed Terminal Velocities on Convective-Scale Ensemble Forecasts of Precipitation by Shizhang Wang, Xiaoshi Qiao, Jinzhong Min

“…An idealized supercell storm case was first used to determine the terminal velocity error characteristics for a one-moment microphysics scheme in terms of the terminal velocities from a two-moment scheme. …”
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Engineered Multifunctional Fluorinated Film Based on Semicontinuous Emulsion Polymerization Using Polymerizable Quaternary Ammonium Emulsifiers by Hongzhu Liu, Lingnan Wang, Minhuan Wang, Chuan-Jin Hou, Bin-bin Ye, Zefeng Wang, Jiming Bian

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Lived experiences of life with newly diagnosed advanced cancer – a qualitative interview study by Johanna Swenne, Ricko Damberg Nissen, Torben Frøstrup Hansen, Lars Henrik Jensen, Jens Søndergaard, Mette Stie

“…Results One main theme was identified throughout the analysis: Standing still in the storm. Three sub-themes were identified reflecting varying manifestations innhow doing so, and navigating their challenging circumstances. peace: 1) The urge to take action, 2) Clarity and awakening in the face of reality, and 3) Changed self-perception. …”
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MAN AND LOGOS: HERACLITUS’ SECRET by A. V. Halapsis

“…The philosophical concept of Heraclitus is still a mystery for researchers of his work. The author of the article proposed such a variant of interpretation, within the framework of which different elements of this concept fit into a consistent model. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Modified Initial Abstraction Ratios and Slope Adjusted Curve Number on Runoff Prediction in the Watersheds of Sulaimani Province. by Farhan Ahmad Abdulrahman, Tarq Hama Karim

“… A popular way for describing the link between storm rainfall depth and direct runoff is the curve number (CN) method. …”
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The physics-based deterministic scenarios for earthquake hazards and losses of the Zhujiangkou fault in southern China by Yilong Li, Houyun Yu, Ming Wang, Xiuwei Ye, Kai Liu, Zhenguo Zhang, Wei Zhang, Xiaofei Chen

“…The rupture directivity effect, driven by seismic wave interferences in forward propagation, leads to stark differences in hazards and losses across urban agglomerations, even under similar fault conditions. …”
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Going Down Textual Lane: Ibadan in Text and Thoughts: A Review of Under the Brown Rusted Roofs by Abimbola Adunni Adelakun. Published by Kraftgriots, Ibadan, 2008, 252pp.1 by Kole Odutola

“…The place we sing its praises as aromi ́ ṣá lẹ̀gbẹ lẹ̀gbẹ -The city where water flows in abundance. Let me tell you my story of Ibadan through the eyes of writers and thinkers. …”
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A Web-Based Programme for Person-Centred Learning and Support Designed for Preschool Children with Long-Term Illness: A Pilot Study of a New Intervention by Anna-Lena Hellström, Agneta Simeonsdotter Svensson, Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson, Margaretha Jenholt Nolbris

“…The children found it interesting to communicate with their web teacher using SKYPE. The story about Max and Sara served as a good basis for discussion, and development was found in the learning process. …”
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Lounging Men, Standing Women: Pose and Posture in the Aesthetic Interior by Richard W. Hayes

“…A key moment in Henry James’s 1881 novel The Portrait of a Lady occurs when the story’s heroine, Isabel, enters the drawing room in her Roman palazzo to find her husband Gilbert Osmond seated and their guest Madame Merle standing. …”
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Last digit tendency: Lucky numbers and psychological rounding in mobile transactions by Hai Wang, Tian Lu, Yingjie Zhang, Yue Wu, Yiheng Sun, Jingran Dong, Wen Huang

“…This psychological rounding tendency is more common in online e-commerce payments, in-store purchases, and money transfers between individuals. …”
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Driving Innovation to Support Pupils with SEND Through Co-Production in Education and Research: Participatory Action Research with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Families in England by Michelle Jayman, Sophie Edmonds, Maria Gudbrandsen

“…Five superordinate themes were generated: minding the gaps in school support; my mental wellbeing story; power and influence; getting it wrong: failing CYP and families; and getting it right: from surviving to thriving. …”
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From Bench to Brain: A Metadata-driven Approach to Research Data Management in a Collaborative Neuroscientific Research Center by Marlene Pacharra, Tobias Otto, Nina Olivia Caroline Winter

“…To enable implementation of this schema in active research, open-source applications have been developed that store metadata as local JSON files along with research data and make metadata searchable. …”
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Movilidad residencial en la Ciudad de México by Boris Graizbord, Beatriz Acuña

“…No se trata, por lo tanto, de mostrar el patrón de diferenciación espacial en un momento dado, sino de descubrir las tendencias de cambio que la estructura urbana experimenta a lo largo del tiempo, a diferencia de un corte sincrónico que utiliza variables "stock" para mostrar un patrón de distribución espacial de esas variables.Hemos subdividido la Zona Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México en anillos concéntricos y en zonas o sectores urbanos. …”
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Indigenous Environmental Activism and Media Depiction by Raphaela G O Pavlakos

“…While all public activism engages with some levels of performance, the performance itself and larger narrative being told by the activists is filtered through who is able to tell the story. Here, I use a methodology that I am developing as part of my ongoing dissertation work, Critical Dispositioning, which is an ethical reading praxis designed for settlers to use when engaging with Indigenous literatures. …”
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Lithuanian's book publishing houses in West Europe in 1945-1952 by Remigijus Misiūnas

“…The experience of Lithuanian emigrant book publishing from 1945 to 1952 influenced the later work of Lithuanian publishing houses in Western Europe, North and South America, and Australia. …”
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Improved urban runoff prediction using high-resolution land-use, imperviousness, and stormwater infrastructure data applied to a process-based ecohydrological model. by Jonathan Halama, Robert McKane, Bradley Barnhart, Paul Pettus, Allen Brookes, Kevin Djang, Vivian Phan, Sonali Chokshi, James Graham

“…Modeling large-scale hydrological impacts brought about by site-level green and gray stormwater remediation actions is difficult because urbanized areas are extremely complex dynamic landscapes that include engineered features that, by design, expedite urban runoff to streams, creeks, and other water bodies to reduce urban flooding during storm events. Many urban communities use heavily engineered gray infrastructure to achieve that goal, along with more recent additions of green infrastructure such as rain gardens, bioswales, and riparian corridors. …”
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