Flexural Design and Analysis of Composite Beams with Inverted-T Steel Girder with Ultrahigh Performance Concrete Slab by Wonchang Choi, Youngcheol Choi, Sung-Won Yoo

“…This study intends to improve the efficiency of the composite beam combining a slab made of steel fiber-reinforced ultrahigh performance concrete (UHPC) and a steel girder without top flange. To that goal, the experiment is conducted on 24 composite beams fabricated with varying compressive strength of UHPC, steel fiber content, stud spacing, and slab thickness to evaluate the behavior of the studs and the flexural behavior of the composite beam combining the UHPC slab and the inverted-T steel girder. …”
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Novel features of asymmetric nuclear matter from terrestrial experiments and astrophysical observations of neutron stars by Tsuyoshi Miyatsu, Myung-Ki Cheoun, Kyungsik Kim, Koichi Saito

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Formation and development of the Acquis Communautaire in France, Germany and Switzerland: A comparative legal analysis by N. O. Rastorhuieva

“…On the basis of and through the disclosure of the concept of “acquis communautaire”, the diversity of its understanding within different approaches and the nature of this phenomenon, as well as the study of the formation of the acquis communautaire specifics, it is established that this process took place in the course of formation of the European Communities in the 1950s with the participation of France and Germany on the basis of a combination of liberal market and general social values, and its development took place during the elaboration of the foundations of the mechanism for adoption of a common European policy. …”
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Regulatory role of S1P and its receptors in sepsis-induced liver injury by Bin Wang, Bin Wang, Xiaoyu Wu, Xiaoyu Wu, Jiangfeng Cheng, Jiangfeng Cheng, Junming Ye, Junming Ye, Hongquan Zhu, Hongquan Zhu, Xiaofeng Liu, Xiaofeng Liu

“…Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) is a widely distributed lipid signaling molecule that binds to five sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors (S1PR) to regulate downstream signaling pathways involved in the pathophysiological processes of sepsis, including endothelial permeability, cytokine release, and vascular tone. This review summarizes current research on the role of S1P in normal liver biology and describes the mechanisms by which changes in S1P/S1PR affect the development of liver-related diseases. …”
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Rusçuk Çiftlikleri ve Çiftlik Piyasasında Eski Aktörler, Yeni Figürler by Ahmet İlker BAŞ

“…Çiftlik is the one of the most important debate topics in Ottoman agricultural history. While they are generally evaluated under the topics of landownership and legal status of peasants in the context of centrifugal forces, as a commodity, the exchange of çiftliks in the real estate market does not attract scholars’ attention enough. …”
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A study of the user experience while working with mobile applications cooperating with sports bands by Szymon Czopek, Mariusz Dzieńkowski

“…Then, each participant took part in a survey. Task completion time, eye-tracking indicators (the number of fixations, fixation duration, the number of blinks), users’ evaluation and the level of diagnosed errors were used for comparative analysis. …”
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Thermal Arrest Memory Effect in Ni-Mn-Ga Alloys by A. Rudajevova

“…Interruption of the martensite-austenite phase transformation is connected with the reduction of the sample length after thermal cycle. If a total phase transformation took place in the complete thermal cycle following the interruption, then the sample length would return to its original length. …”
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ردیابی سرولوژیکی و تعیین دامنه میزبانی ویروس مخطط توتون در استان گلستان by سعید نصرالله نژاد, سمیرا شاملی

“…استان گلستان یکی از مهم ترین مناطق کشت توتون در کشور می باشد. ویروس مخطط توتون Tobacco Streak Ilarvirus یکی از ویروس های مخرب توتون بوده که دارای دامنه میزبانی وسیع و گسترش جهانی است. …”
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Spermogram variables analysis in the infertility consultation patients of the Cienfuegos municipality by Mabel Rodríguez Monteagudo, Raidell Avello Martínez, Amanda Avello Rodríguez, Aida María Reyes Pérez

“…<br /><strong>Results</strong>: regarding the concentration, it highlighted that the values oscillated in a wide range, from 0 to 350 mmol / L-1, with a mean of 89.1; while the mobility of the spermatozoa showed very low values, even some with 0%. Total mobility (fast mobility plus slow mobility) was 57.7%. …”
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Sheikh al-Qaraḍāwī’s Independent Reasoning (Ijtihād) in Reformulating Contemporary Islamic Criminal Jurisprudence within the Framework of the Modern State by Gaber Mohamed

“…First, it traces al-Qaraḍāwī’s ijtihād in criminal jurisprudence topics. Second, it examines his legal reasoning in light of his stated principles of ijtihād and his objective of adapting Islamic law to fit within the framework of the modern state. …”
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Peran Self-Compassion terhadap Dimensi-dimensi Kualitas Hidup Kesehatan pada Remaja Panti Asuhan by Annisa Zahra Kawitri, Ratih Arruum Listiyandini, Rina Rahmatika

“…However, self-compassion did not have significant influence toward health-related quality of life on the dimension of social support and peers. …”
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The Historian and the Source: Some Contemporary Problems in Holocaust Historiography by Nerijus Šepetys

“…Importantly, these are questions not only of today’s historical scholarship, but of the Jewish scholars who survived the Catastrophe immediately after the war. …”
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Ophthalmologists’ and patients’ perspectives on treatments for diabetic retinopathy and maculopathy in Vietnam: a descriptive qualitative study by Tunde Peto, Nathan Congdon, Lynne Lohfeld, Hoang Tran, Katie Curran, Van Thu Nguyen, Tung Thanh Hoang, Hue Thi Nguyen, Quan Nhu Nguyen, Catherine Dardis, Hoang Huy Tran, Anh Tuan Vu, Mai Quoc Tung

“…Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data.Results In total, 10/24 (41.7%) ophthalmologists were female, and their median age was 41 years (range 29–69 years). …”
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Derivation of Asymptotic Dynamical Systems with Partial Lie Symmetry Groups by Masatomo Iwasa

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Les trames vertes pour les citadins : une appropriation contrastée à Marseille, Paris, Strasbourg by Sandrine Glatron, Étienne Grésillon, Nathalie Blanc

“…The debates between the participants allowed us to evidence that what they imagine is part of an environmental esthetic and reveals a relationship with nature which are different from one town to another. Nevertheless, everywhere, urban dwellers’ representations of nature and natural continuities reveal the importance of senses. …”
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Poland’s Position on the Investment Development Path by Katarzyna Żak

“…The analyses indicate that since 2008, Poland has been moving towards the third phase of the IDP model in a slow but steady manner.…”
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A Case of Heterotopic Ossification in Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma Type 2 by Facundo Davaro, Elizabeth Davaro, Amna Qureshi, Lindsay Lombardo

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Bioinformatics Analysis, Prokaryotic Expression and Biological Activity of Lysin from Vibrio parahaemolyticus Phage vB_VpP_1 by ZHANG Defu, YANG Wenjing, LIU Ke, LIU Qingqing, BAI Wutong, LI Fan, LÜ Xinran, BAI Xue, TAN Xiqian, LI Xuepeng, LI Jianrong

“…The amino acid sequence and structure of gp32 were analyzed by various tools such as Expasy. Primers were designed using Primer 5.0 software and cloned into the pET-28a(+) vector for prokaryotic expression. …”
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Influence of pH modifiers on the dissolution and stability of hydrochlorothiazide in the bi- and three-layer tablets by Blatnik Sandra Urek, Dreu Rok, Srčič Stanko

“…The demographic shift toward older population increases the use of combination therapy as polypharmacy. …”
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High-Affinity Detection of Alpha-Synuclein by Aptamer-Gold Conjugates on an Amine-Modified Dielectric Surface by Xuemei You, Subash C. B. Gopinath, Thangavel Lakshmipriya, Dingan Li

“…Interdigitated electrode (IDE) biosensors are efficient tools for detecting various analytes and were chosen in this study to detect alpha-synuclein on amine-modified surfaces by using antiaptamer-alpha-synuclein as the probe. …”
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