The Millenium of Lithuania: Two Eliminated Alternatives by Alfredas Bumblauskas

“…These two dates are related not only by the fact that they are reflections of the defeated historical tendencies, but also by the fact that neither of them appears in the models of the historical memory of Lithuania. …”
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Do doctors in dispensing practices with a financial conflict of interest prescribe more expensive drugs? A cross-sectional analysis of English primary care prescribing data by Ben Goldacre, Carl Reynolds, Anna Powell-Smith, Alex J Walker, Tom A Yates, Richard Croker, Liam Smeeth

“…Dispensing practices can vary in the number of patients they dispense to; we, therefore, additionally compared practices with no dispensing patients, low, medium and high proportions of dispensing patients. …”
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Minimum Water Requirement Method for High-Performance Sulphoaluminate Cement-Based Materials by Hong-ping Zhang, Pei-kang Bai, Jian-hong Wang, Yan-li Dong, Yun-shan Han

“…According to the closest-packing theory and on the basis of the minimum water requirement test, the influence of mineral admixtures on the minimum water requirement was evaluated for sulphoaluminate composite system paste. …”
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Comparative study of DRASTIC-LU and radioactive isotope approaches for assessing groundwater vulnerability to pollution: the case study of Abuja, North Central Nigeria by Mary Nsikanabasi Etuk, Priscilla E. S. Lartsey, Raphael Maduka, Chinero Nneka Ayogu, Igwe ogbonnaya

“…Finally, the application of a dual approach involving the combination of the two is best for vulnerability assessments. This study therefore proposes the need for policymakers to adopt combined methodological approaches for sustainable groundwater management.…”
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Compaction Quality Inspection Method of Soil-Rock Filled Embankment Based on Continuous Compaction Control Technology by Zhuoling He, Junyun Zhang

“…Affected by the site construction conditions, the measurement passes of the Taihang Expressway K8 + 105 ∼ K8 + 341 (K8 worksite) in the Taihang Expressway did not meet the requirements of data analysis, and the quantity of the control points was insufficient so that the linear correlation between the dynamic deformation modulus () and the vibratory compaction value (VCV) was not strong. Therefore, the target value of VCV cannot be used to diagnose the Ev d compaction quality of soil-rock filler. …”
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Vibration Suppression Method of a Hydraulic Flexible Manipulator based on the System of Piezoelectric Feedback Driven by Luo Tianhong, Miao Changbin, Xu Xiangyang, Ma Xiangyu, Li Fuying

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Significance of immune factors in Crohn's disease development by D. S. Stavtsev, T. A. Astrelina, O. V. Knyazev, T. V. Pukhlikova

“…Main histocompatibility complex (MHC) plays the leading role in immune response as well as in development of CD, therefore occurrence of disease is related to changes at genetic level. …”
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Social innovations to increase health coverage: evidence from a crowdsourcing contest in Ghana by Joseph D Tucker, Phyllis Dako-Gyeke, Phyllis Awor, Emmanuel Asampong, Kwabena Opoku-Mensah, Philip Teg-Nefaah Tabong

“…Therefore, policymakers, the government and development partners should support the scale-up of such innovations.…”
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Synapsis and recombination of autosomes and sex chromosomes in two terns (Sternidae, Charadriiformes, Aves) by A. P. Lisachov, L. P. Malinovskaya, A. V. Druzyaka, P. M. Borodin, A. A. Torgasheva

“…The mammals show high karyological variability, which strongly influences the recombination patterns. Therefore it is important to study recombination rate and distribution in more karyologically stable taxa, such as reptiles and birds. …”
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Le Songe d’une nuit d’été de Benjamin Britten : Nouvel éclairage scénique de l’héritage shakespearien by Maéna Py

“…He thus managed to create an innovative dramatic art capable of paving the way for other theatrical dramatic arts and for a different reading of Shakespeare’s plays, both in the opera and the theatre. …”
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Understanding the Dynamics of Transition of the Women’s Movement in Armenia: Challenges for Democratic Representation and Increasing Political Influence by Olga Azatyan

“…The theoretical and practical position of this article reveals the peculiarities of the development and effective political adaptation of the women's community in the context of European integration of Armenian society. …”
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Experiences of Students with Disabilities Enrolling in Higher Education: A Qualitative Study in the United Arab Emirates [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Fatma Refaat Ahmed, Richard Mottershead, Nabeel Al Yateem, Syed Azizur Rahman, Ahmad Rajeh Saifan, Shahd Mohammed Elabed, Vidya Seshan, Alounoud Mohamed Al Marzouqi, Mini Sara Abraham, Heba Hesham Hijazi, Janisha Kavumpurath, Jacqueline Maria Dias, Ahmed Mahmoud Sallam, Muhammad Arsyad Subu

“…Results We found four themes that emerged from this study: (1) perceptions about the university, (2) socialization and integration, (3) barriers to the university journey, and (4) support for the journey. …”
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Primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus: Comparison between a Chinese cohort and Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data by Qin Xiao, Haifan Xiao, Shuyu Ouyang, Jinming Tang, Baihua Zhang, Hui Wang

“…Results There were more Chinese SCCE patients with regional stage disease (41.6%) and surgery was the principal local therapy (78.1%), while 51.7% of U.S. patients was at advanced stages and tended to receive radiotherapy as the main therapy (45.2%). …”
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Clinical Manifestation, Histopathology, and Imaging of Traumatic Injuries Caused by Brazilian Porcupine (Sphiggurus villosus) Quills by Lívia M. Araújo Jorge, Fred Bernardes Filho, Fabrício Lamy, Laila Klotz A. Balassiano, Loan Towersey, Roderick Hay, Marco Andrey C. Frade

“…Once the spines are lodged in tissue, the microscopic backward-facing deployable barbs at the tips cause trauma if anyone tries to remove them. Local haemorrhage and an inflammatory response to the contaminated foreign body occur. …”
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A New Method for E-Government Procurement Using Collaborative Filtering and Bayesian Approach by Shuai Zhang, Chengyu Xi, Yan Wang, Wenyu Zhang, Yanhong Chen

“…Nowadays, as the Internet services increase faster than ever before, government systems are reinvented as E-government services. Therefore, government procurement sectors have to face challenges brought by the explosion of service information. …”
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Hybridization-based discovery of novel quinazoline-2-indolinone derivatives as potent and selective PI3Kα inhibitors by Changqun Liu, Yuening Cao, Yi Zuo, Chaozheng Zhang, Senmiao Ren, Xin Zhang, Chuanqi Wang, Yingjie Zeng, Jie Ling, Yilan Liu, Zixian Chen, Xiujun Cao, Zhengzhi Wu, Chuantao Zhang, Jun Lu

“…Conclusions: This study presented a new avenue for the development of PI3Kα inhibitors and provided a solid foundation for novel QHIDs as potential future therapies for the treatment of NSCLC.…”
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Base station sleep mechanism based on power consumption and energy cost balance by Dongsheng HAN, Bing ZHENG, Zhixiong CHEN

“…Deploying dense network in 5G system increases the number of nodes,which leads to a sharp increase in power consumption of wireless communication system,aggravates the economic burden of mobile network operator and exacerbates the emission of CO₂.Therefore,considering the number of candidate base station (BS) group and the relative position of the BS supplied by new energy,a comprehensive power consumption model in wireless communication system was investigated in terms of the power consumption and economical level.A base station sleep algorithm based on power consumption and energy cost balance was proposed to achieve a tradeoff between them,which selected candidate groups according to the corresponding power consumption and then determined the active group by choosing the cheapest ones.Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can significantly reduce energy cost of communication bases system although it leads to a negligible increase in power consumption.…”
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Attitudes and practices of exercise among pregnant mothers in Singapore by Yin Ru Tan, Kok Hian Tan, Fei Dai, Hak Koon Tan, Lay Kok Tan

“…Almost all (99.0%) participants thought that exercise was beneficial in pregnancy. Only 31.6% of them engaged in any moderate or vigorous leisure-time PA (LTPA) and they were active for a median of 120 min/week. …”
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Resilience and Resistance Among Migrant Male Domestic Workers in South Africa by David du Toit

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Design of Network Service Transmission with LDPC Coding in Space Laser Communication by ZHANG Xiaole, TAN Xiaochuan, LI Zhe

“…The functions of each module are clearly divided, and the state machine is used in the design of the module. Therefore, the problems in the design process can be quickly located, and the development efficiency is very high. …”
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