The “Lieutenant Generation” and the Traditions of MGIMO-University by A. V. Shestopal

“…As a new age in the history of Russia was started by the events of 2014, we, the MGIMO alumni pondered deeply both upon the history of our country and upon the history of alma mater. …”
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Simulation-Based Evaluation of Variation in Left-Turn Paths in the Coordinated Intersection Management by Menglin Yang, Hao Yu, Lu Bai

“…The aim of this paper is to investigate how the variation in left-turn paths affects the feasibility and viability of optimal passing schedules, as well as the safety and efficiency of intersection operation. To do this, we start with identifying six typical left-turn paths to represent the variation. …”
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Research of the investment results of pension savings by G. F. Fatkhlislamova

“…The research revealed key trends in the development of the compulsory pension insurance system in exercising the trust management of the state management company Vneshekonombank, non-state pension funds and private management companies using pension savings of citizens over a 13-year period since the start of trust management of pension savings.…”
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Prendersi ‘gentilmente’ sul serio. Un’intima curvatura riflessiva sull’etnografia nella lotta e la co-costruzione di intenzionalità sul campo by Sabina Tosi Cambini

“…Staying inside people's life contexts to understand them and 'act' with them, has also made projects 'flesh': taking their daily lives 'seriously', their hesitations, fears, discontinuities, permanent uncertainty, the intentionality of the anthropologist and of the subjects has changed over time and reciprocally – since the people themselves have taken my proposals 'seriously' –, co-constructing the intentionality itself through paths that are anything but linear. Starting from some 'points of support' deriving from the discussion around dark anthropology and the anthropology of the good (and of resistance), the text develops through cross-references between different times and fieldworks, intertwining biography and ethnography, so the contexts can reverberate in the anthropological reflection. …”
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Health-related quality of life in children with presumptive TB by M.G. Anthony, L.S. Johnson, M. van Niekerk, A. Mfwaze, B. Bavuma, A.C. Hesseling, G. Hoddinott, M.M. van der Zalm

“…This study includes children who started TB treatment and children in whom TB was excluded (symptomatic controls). …”
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Evolution of Residual Stress, Crystal Orientation, and Texture on Preheating Weld Treatment of Low Carbon Steel ASTM A572 Grade 42 by Suratno Adi Saputro, Andoko Andoko, Poppy Puspitasari

“…Preheating is one type of heat treatment on the material prior to starting the welding process by increasing the temperature of the material. …”
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Composite Study of Relationships Between the Characteristics of Atlantic Cold Tongue: Onset, Duration, and Maximum Extent by Dianikoura Ibrahim Koné, Adama Diawara, Benjamin Komenan Kouassi, Fidele Yoroba, Kouakou Kouadio, Assi Louis Martial Yapo, Touré Dro Tiemoko, Mamadou Diarrassouba, Foungnigué Silué, Arona Diedhioune

“…After calculating the start and end dates of the ACT each year, this study investigates potential relationships between early or late onset that may be linked to the maximum duration and extent of the ACT, which is known to influence weather patterns and precipitation in surrounding regions and the West African Monsoon System. …”
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Partner Choices in Long Established Migrant Communities in Belgium by Emilien Dupont, Amelie van Pottelberge, Bart Van de Putte, John Lievens, Frank Ceastecker

“…The main conclusion from this paper is that the partner selection pattern in early 21st century Belgian society still bears the traces of the starting conditions that migrant groups experienced when they first entered the country. …”
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Difficult choledocholithiasis – result of overdue surgical treatment of gallstone disease by S. G. Shapovalyants, T. B. Ardasenov, A. G. Pankov, S. A. Budzinsky, V. S. Veselova

“…Surgical treatment was started with transpapillary operations.Results. In 12 (4,4%) patients transpapillary procedures appeared to be impossible, all of them have been operated by surgically. …”
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Fast Attitude Maneuver of a Flexible Spacecraft with Passive Vibration Control Using Shunted Piezoelectric Transducers by Bassam A. Albassam

“…The control design process starts with deriving the nonlinear partial differential equations of motion for the spacecraft using Hamilton’s principle which accounts for the electromechanical coupling and the presence of resistive or resistive-inductive circuits. …”
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The Influence of Investor Emotion on the Stock Market: Evidence from an Infectious Disease Model by Yutao Chen, Shuzhen Zhu, Haoyuan He

“…The results of our study show that when the influence rate of investor mutual communication increases or when the emotional calm rate decreases, investor emotions will start to diffuse, leading to an increase in the probability of either a serious stampede or zealous overbuying in the stock market. …”
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Scale-up of CHO cell cultures: from 96-well-microtiter plates to stirred tank reactors across three orders of magnitude by Anne Neuss, Thomas Steimann, Jacinta Sofia Tomas Borges, Robert Dinger, Jørgen Barsett Magnus

“…However, process development usually starts in even smaller cultivation vessels like microtiter plates or shake flasks. …”
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Priority directions of innovative development in oil and gas complex at the Siberian Federal District by Vladimir Linnik, Yuri Linnik

“…In particular, it has been found, that in order to overcome successfully the challenges, facing the oil and gas industry, it is necessary to implement a number of technological and managerial reforms in the shortest possible time, including the development of competencies in the field of integrated design, starting with the reservoir model and ending with the economic justification for the development of the field using advanced equipment and technologies in projects. …”
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Les lacs d’Hanoï, quelle place pour une pièce urbaine endémique ? by Martin Jaillais Neliaz

“…In addition to these two functions the lakes started to play a role as public spaces in the beginning of the 20th century with their redevelopment which was planned throughout the city. …”
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Progress in devulcanization of waste tire rubber: Upcycling towards a circular economy by Zaheer ul Haq, Teng Ren, Xinyan Yue, Krzysztof Formela, Denis Rodrigue, Xavier Colom Fajula, Tony McNally, Dong Dawei, Yong Zhang, Shifeng Wang

“…It explores the intricacies of ground tire rubber as a starting material, structural evolution of ground tire rubber during the devulcanization process and the associated challenges in achieving efficient devulcanization while retaining desirable mechanical properties. …”
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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Using the DynamX Sirolimus-Eluting Bioadaptor: 12-Month Clinical and Imaging Outcomes by Mark Webster, Douglas Scott, Madhav Menon, Dougal McClean, Seif El-Jack, Gerard Wilkins, Scott A. Harding

“…We evaluated the safety and efficacy of this novel implant with imaging follow-up at 6-months, the time point when the bioadaptor starts to uncage. This prospective study enrolled 44 patients with up to two de novo lesions at seven centers in New Zealand treated with the DynamX Bioadaptor. …”
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Big Data Analytics for the ATLAS EventIndex Project with Apache Spark by Álvaro Fernández Casaní, Carlos García Montoro, Santiago González de la Hoz, José Salt, Javier Sánchez, Miguel Villaplana Pérez

“…The ATLAS EventIndex was designed to provide a global event catalogue and limited event-level metadata for ATLAS experiment of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and their analysis groups and users during Run 2 (2015-2018) and has been running in production since. The LHC Run 3, started in 2022, has seen increased data-taking and simulation production rates, with which the current infrastructure would still cope but may be stretched to its limits by the end of Run 3. …”
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Estimating Conveyance Efficiency and Maize Productivity of Traditional Irrigation Systems in Usa River Catchment, Tanzania by Humuri K. Haymale, Karoli N. Njau, Frederick C. Kahimba

“…Interventions to minimize water losses starting at the furrow’s intakes are urgently required in the current trend of the increasing demand for water resources for food production and schemes performance. …”
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Clinical Course of Untreated and Treated Chronic Hepatitis B in Pregnant Patients: A Prospective Study by Yasemin Nadir, Ayse Batirel, Ayse Yasemin Karsidag, Fatma Kaya Narter, Ahmet Nadir

“…As a result, we successfully prevented perinatal HBV transmission by close monitoring of participant pregnant women and starting antiviral therapy when needed. …”
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Local Path Planning for Unmanned Surface Vehicle Collision Avoidance Based on Modified Quantum Particle Swarm Optimization by Guoqing Xia, Zhiwei Han, Bo Zhao, Xinwei Wang

“…An unmanned surface vehicle (USV) plans its global path before the mission starts. When dynamic obstacles appear during sailing, the planned global path must be adjusted locally to avoid collision. …”
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