Britain and the Ottoman Empire in the First World War: Clashing Interests of Two Belligerents by İsmail Ediz

“…But since the last quarter of the same century the relations between the Ottoman Empire and Britain started to deteriorate. In addition to developments in European politics, with some political events arising from Ottoman’s own internal dynamics, the relations between the two states had become an area of conflicting interests over time. …”
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Longitudinal Reservoir Evaluation Technique for Tight Oil Reservoirs by Yutian Luo, Zhengming Yang, Zhenxing Tang, Sibin Zhou, Jinwei Wu, Qianhua Xiao

“…In this study, according to the characteristics of longitudinal physical properties of tight oil reservoirs, advanced experimental techniques such as nuclear magnetic resonance, high pressure mercury intrusion, and X-ray diffraction were adopted; the flow capacity, reservoir capacity, ability to build an effective displacement system, and the ability to resist damage in reservoir reconstruction were considered as evaluation indexes; average throat radius, percentage of movable fluid, start-up pressure gradient, and the content of clay minerals were taken as the evaluation parameters. …”
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Constraint Trajectory Surface-Hopping Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Photoisomerization of Stilbene by Yibo Lei, Shaomei Wu, Chaoyuan Zhu, Zhenyi Wen, Sheng-Hsien Lin

“…At this conical intersection, the branching ratio from the present simulation is 48 : 52 (33 : 67) initially starting from trans(cis)-Stilbene in comparison with experimental value 50 : 50. …”
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Collision detection and external force estimation for robot manipulators using a composite momentum observer by Benaoumeur Ibari, Mourad Hebali, Baghdadi Rezali, Menaouer Bennaoum

“…The first observer provides high-precision tracking, while the second one reduces the peak value at the start. Through their complementary roles, the composite observer achieves improved performance in terms of sensitivity and reducing the peaking value. …”
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Effects of Age at Onset and Years of Musical Training on Consonant Recognition in Musicians by Ebtesam Sajjadi, Ahmadreza Nazeri, Ali Mohammadzadeh, Nooshin Sayadi, Saeid Farahani, Ghassem Mohammadkhani

“…Results: The age at onset of musical training significantly predicted consonant recognition in noise (p<0.001, R2= 0.614), while years of musical activity had no significant effect (p=0.055). Conclusion: Early start of musical training seems to improve the ability to recognize consonants in challenging listening environments. …”
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Preparation and Properties of PTFE-PMMA Core-Shell Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites by Diego Antonioli, Michele Laus, Giampaolo Zuccheri, Valerj Kapeliouchko, Maria Cristina Righetti, Luca Boarino, Katia Sparnacci

“…The preparation of polytetrafluoroethylene-poly(methyl methacrylate) (PTFE-PMMA) core-shell particles was described, featuring controlled size and narrow size distribution over a wide compositional range, through a seeded emulsion polymerization starting from a PTFE seed of 26 nanometers. Over the entire MMA/PTFE range, the particle size increases as the MMA/PTFE ratio increases. …”
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Soğuk Savaş Döneminde Türk Dış Politikasının Kimliği: İdeolojinin Sonu mu? by Fulya ÖZKAN

“…The article will make an evaluation of this difference and suggest that Cold War politics played a role because especially following the Second World War, different political ideologies started following a similar trend in their foreign policy visions. …”
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Exploring the phenotypic and molecular diversity of Calendula officinalis L. cultivars featuring varying flower types by Aleksandra Nucia, Tomasz Ociepa, Beata Król, Sylwia Okoń

“…Genetic diversity analyses were performed using start codon target (SCoT) markers. The correlation coefficients between the analysed morphological features of the studied marigold varieties showed a significant positive relationship between plant height, the number of inflorescences per plant and inflorescence diameter. …”
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On the Formulation of the Exchange Field in the Landau-Lifshitz Equation for Spin-Wave Calculation in Magnonic Crystals by M. Krawczyk, M. L. Sokolovskyy, J. W. Klos, S. Mamica

“…In this paper we present the derivation of the two expressions for the exchange field known from the literature. We start from the Heisenberg model and use a linear approximation and take into account the spacial dependence of saturation magnetization and exchange constant present in magnetic composites. …”
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HIV and the Gut Microbiota, Partners in Crime: Breaking the Vicious Cycle to Unearth New Therapeutic Targets by Kishanda Vyboh, Mohammad-Ali Jenabian, Vikram Mehraj, Jean-Pierre Routy

“…The changes made locally in the gut have far-reaching consequences on the other organs of the body starting in the liver, where microbes and their products are normally filtered out, and extending to the blood and even brain. …”
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A Critical Review on the Book Parliament and the Development of the National Economy in Iran by Abrahim Salehabadi

“…In the theoretical explanation of the problem, the book tries to combine the theories of Katozian, Leftovich, and the rentier state by choosing the theory of rational choice as the starting point in order to explain the underdevelopment. …”
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HCCI Intelligent Rapid Modeling by Artificial Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm by AbdoulAhad Validi, Jyh-Yuan Chen, Akbar Ghafourian

“…The model can rapidly predict the combustion probability, thermochemistry properties, and exact timing of the Start of Combustion (SOC). A realization function is developed on the basis of the Sandia National Laboratory chemical kinetics model, and GRI3.0 methane chemical mechanism. …”
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Tracking the transition of sustainable entrepreneurship: from a bibliometric analysis to current research trends and future research directions by Mani Jindal, Mayank Kumar, Nirakar Nath Pandey, Vijayalaxmi Rajendran, Pankaj Dhaundiyal, Priyanshu Sharma, Ramji Nagariya, Chandraketu Singh

“…The study identifies the research to be diversified in six broad themes: ‘sustainable entrepreneurial enterprise’, ‘relationship between social entrepreneurship and the sustainable ecosystem’, ‘publications from different angles’, ‘model, framework, and conceptual papers’, ‘involvement of new entrants’, and ‘influence of financial support’ and ‘green start-ups’. The future research directions will help scholars identify clear research gaps to explore this area further. …”
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Culioli, Adamczewski et la linguistique anglaise by Ariel Laurencio Tacoronte

“…We will try here to identify the basis of Culioli’s theoretical formalization which allowed Adamczewski (1978) to construct his metaoperational grammar of English, a grammar consisting of principles later established by this author as universal, starting from the English be + ing structure. In line with the formalization in linguistics as stated by Culioli, we have incorporated other principles and tools into Adamczewski’s model, such as the part / whole principle or the inference generation principle. …”
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A Critique on the Book The Idea of Literature. From ‘Art for Art’s Sake’ to Writings That Intervene by Hassan Zokhtareh

“…From ‘Art for Art’s Sake’ to Writings That Intervene, the last book by Alexandre Gefen, starts with dedicating the Nobel Prize in Literature to Bob Dylan in 2016 that caused controversial reactions. …”
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The Living Experience as a design content: from concept to appropriation by Carolina Coelho

“…This article aims to analyse the concept of the living experience applied to architecture, throughout the whole building’s lifecycle, from the design brief and spatial conception envisioned by the architect, to its materialization, and finally to the spatial appropriation undertaken by the user(s) - whether as individuals or as a group. Hence, it will start by focusing on the concept’s state of the art for separate authors and study fields, pointing out their approaches to architecture, and it will then refer to authors whom have applied this concept to the architectural design. …”
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Graffiti of Healing: Therapeutic Elements of Hip-Hop Dance among Indian Youth by Tanushree Mishra, Oindrila Mukherjee

“…What started in the 1970s as a mark of protest and revolution, hip-hop dance, with its various sub-categories, has grown over the years and has spread throughout the world prominently among the youth. …”
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Clostridium septicum Gas Gangrene in Colon Cancer: Importance of Early Diagnosis by Sowmya Nanjappa, Sweta Shah, Smitha Pabbathi

“…The majority of deaths occur within the first 24 hours if diagnosis and appropriate treatment measures are not promptly started. We report a case of abdominal myonecrosis in a patient with newly diagnosed colon cancer. …”
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Fatal Balamuthia mandrillaris Encephalitis by Binoy Yohannan, Mark Feldman

“…Immunohistochemical studies and PCR tests confirmed infection with Balamuthia mandrillaris. She was started on pentamidine, sulfadiazine, azithromycin, fluconazole, flucytosine, and miltefosine. …”
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A time frame evaluation of the oral health-related quality of life among patients with head and neck cancer by Raquel D'Aquino Garcia Caminha, Rogério Jardim Caldas, Isabela Camera Messias Bueno, Ana Cláudia Scaraficci, Paulo Sergio da Silva Santos

“…Functional limitation had worsened since radiotherapy started and remained so after its completion, impairing the patients’ quality of life. …”
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