From the Internet of Things to the Objectification of the Human Being: Sociopolitical Construction of Technology and a Critique of Society 5.0 by Cahit Bağcı

“…The Japanese government announced Society 5.0 on November 7, 2016 as a development project with the goal of a technology-themed and human-centered society with the aim of improving human lives. …”
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The Importance of Ecosystem/Watershed Management Knowledge in Environmental Engineering Education by Vedat Yılmaz

“…Therefore, the knowledge and experience of environmental management can not be at the same level. …”
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Cannabinoids: A New Group of Agonists of PPARs by Yan Sun, Andy Bennett

“…An increasing number of therapeutic actions of cannabinoid are being reported that do not appear to be mediated by either CB1 or CB2, and recently nuclear receptor superfamily PPARs (peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptors) have been suggested as the target of certain cannabinoids. …”
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Hybrid intelligence framework for optimizing shear capacity of lightweight FRP-reinforced concrete beams by Iman Faridmehr, Moncef L. Nehdi, Mohammad Ali Sahraei, Kiyanets Aleksandr Valerievich, Chiara Bedon

“…Principal Component Analysis (PCA) has elucidated the intricate interactions among variables, thereby deepening insights into the structural dynamics of FRP-RC beams. …”
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Efficacy of varenicline versus bupropion for smoking cessation: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Ashish R. Patel, Jigar R. Panchal, Chetna K. Desai

“…Hence, it is crucial to identify optimal smoking cessation therapy. To compare the efficacy of varenicline versus bupropion for smoking cessation by performing a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). …”
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A systematic scoping review on the consequences of stress-related hyperglycaemia. by Elena Olariu, Nicholas Pooley, Aurélie Danel, Montserrat Miret, Jean-Charles Preiser

“…Medline, Embase, and the Cochrane Library were searched for publications between January 2000 and December 2015 that reported on SHG and mortality, infection rate, length of stay, time on ventilation, blood transfusions, renal replacement therapy, or acquired weakness.<h4>Results</h4>The search yielded 3,063 articles, of which 43 articles were included (totalling 536,476 patients). …”
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The Impact of Breakwater Type on Hydrodynamic Environment in Semi-Closed Harbor by WU Qiong, LI Mugui, LUO Huan

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<i>In vitro</i> assay of biological activity of a national preparation of macrophage activating factor (GcMAF-RF) by E. V. Levites, S. S. Kirikovich, E. V. Dolgova, A. S. Proskurina, G. S. Ritter, А. A. Ostanin, E. R. Chernykh, S. S. Bogachev

“…In this regard, two areas of therapeutic use of the GcMAF-RF are proposed. The preparation will be in demand in the field of cancer treatment, and, in addition, it can be used in the treatment of a number of neurodegenerative pathologies.…”
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动物园人工湖鸟类管理探讨 by 王兴金

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Investigating the Factors Affecting the Internal Development of Arid Cities (Case Study: Ardakan City) by Mohamadreza Hatafi Ardakani, Mohamadhosein saraei, mohamadmahdi karimnejad, seyed Ali Al_modaresi, Saeideh Moayedfar

“…The rapid growth and horizontal expansion of cities in Iran may be more intense than in many developed and developing countries, as this process deprives most of Iran's historic cities of a monolithic urban structure and presents them with specific problems for balanced and balanced development. …”
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Thin-film heat-sensitive elements on the basis of semimetals for electromagnetic radiation receivers by Mikhail A. Kik, Ilya A. Golokolenov, Aleksandr S. Sigov, Anatoly A. Shilyaev, Vitaly V. Zavyalov, Sergey S. Verbitsky, Aleksey N. Tselebrovsky

“…Samples of bismuth films and bismuth–antimony films were obtained by vacuum thermal spraying. A study was made on the thermoelectric properties of bismuth–antimony thin films in the range from liquid helium temperature to room temperature in order to use these films as a bolometric type sensitive element in the range from infrared to radio frequency. …”
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Settlements of the Serbian Župa/Ottoman nahiye of Topolnica (15th-16th century) by Katić Tatjana M.

“…At the beginning the settlement was called the village of Angeli after the Byzantine family of Angeli, who ruled Thessaly in the 14th century and who, after the Ottoman conquest, settled in Serbia and got estates. …”
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Effect of ubiquitin-specific proteinase 43 on ovarian serous adenocarcinoma and its clinical significance by Qin Li, Wenhao Li, Jiahao Wang, Wenjing Shi, Taorong Wang

“…It postulates USP43 as a novel therapeutic target for ovarian cancer treatment.…”
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Active stabilization of a chaotic urban system by Günter Haag, Tilo Hagel, Timm Sigg

“…The variation of the parameters will vanish after the successful stabilization. Therefore, the system and its parameters are changed during the control process only. …”
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FREE TIME AS A DETERMINANT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CULTURAL CONTEXT by Agata Niemczyk

“…Published GUS data referring to Polish voivodships were used and their availability set the timeframe of the research which covered the years 2005 – 2013. Theoretical considerations describing the relation between free time and economic development were preceded by empirical analyses.…”
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Seasonal Changes and Spatial Variation in Water Quality of a Large Young Tropical Reservoir and Its Downstream River by Teck-Yee Ling, Norliza Gerunsin, Chen-Lin Soo, Lee Nyanti, Siong-Fong Sim, Jongkar Grinang

“…This study shows that the downstream river was affected by the discharge through the turbines, the spillway operations, and domestic waste. Therefore, all these factors should be taken into consideration in the downstream river management for the health of the aquatic organisms.…”
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Describing the Clinical and Laboratory Features and HLA-B Pattern of Adult-Onset Idiopathic Autoimmune Uveitis at a Tertiary Hospital in South India: A Cross-Sectional Study by Jyothi Visalakshy, Sandeep Surendran, Salil Ganu, Kannisha Shah, C. B. Mithun, Vishal Marwaha, Lalitha Biswas, Niveditha Kartha, Gopal Pillai

“…There is a scarcity of information available on clinical and laboratory features of adult-onset idiopathic autoimmune uveitis. Therefore, we conducted a single centre descriptive cross-sectional study. …”
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Les habitants au cœur de la décision by Centre Ressource du Développement Durable (CERDD)

“…La conférence de consensus, réunie pendant ces Assises du développement durable a fait travailler 49 personnes ayant une pratique de la participation : associatifs, syndicalistes, techniciens, experts, universitaires, élus… sur le thème « les habitants au cœur de la décision : les conditions de la participation ». …”
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Synchrotron 3D characterization of arrested fatigue cracks initiated from small tilted notches in steel by P. Lorenzino, J.-Y. Buffiere, S. Okazaki, H. Matsunaga, Y. Murakami, H. Matsunaga

“…These defects consist in small semi-circular slits tilted at 0¢X, 30¢X or 60¢X with respect to the plane normal to the loading axis; all of them had the same defect size, area = 188 £gm, where the area denotes the area of the domain defined by projecting the defect on a plane normal to the loading axis. …”
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Fatigue Delamination Crack Growth in GFRP Composite Laminates: Mathematical Modelling and FE Simulation by Hassan Ijaz, Waqas Saleem, Muhammad Zain-ul-abdein, Aqeel Ahmad Taimoor, Abdullah Salmeen Bin Mahfouz

“…Glass fibre-reinforced plastic (GFRP) composite laminates are used in many industries due to their excellent mechanical and thermal properties. However, these materials are prone to the initiation and propagation of delamination crack growth between different plies forming the laminate. …”
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