EXCLUSION OF CONTRACTORS IN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS: AN UNREVEALED RISK IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY by Geraldine J. KIKWASI

“…Findings reveal varying trends of exclusion from one year to another. The top nine high risks associated with contractors ‘exclusion are delay of project completion time; increase in project costs; unpleasant reaction from donors or financiers; deferral of organizations strategic plans, mission and visions; development leaping; contractor’s loss of potential staff; contractor’s bankruptcy; contractor’s financial crises; and diversion and misallocation of resources. …”
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Estimation of neutral beam injector power transferred to KSTAR plasmas by Jong-Gu Kwak, J.H. Jeong, S.C. Hong

“…In a long pulse operation, the water coolant temperature is at the steady state condition in longer pulse more than 20s and the coupled neutral beam power to KSTAR plasma during the tokamak experiments is rechecked by using water flow calorimetric method after the experiment. …”
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Research Developments in Generative Adversarial Networks for Image Restoration and Communication by Zhou Peng

“…Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN) is always a popular study topic in artificial intelligence. This paper will analyze the principle of the GAN and introduce the development of the GAN and various derivative models. …”
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Quel territoire pour quelle écologie industrielle ? Contribution à la définition du territoire en écologie industrielle by Juliette Cerceau, Guillaume Junqua, Catherine Gonzalez, Valérie Laforest, Miguel Lopez-Ferber

“…We then submit to discussion a third conception of industrial ecology which appeals to a more systemic definition of the territory and opens a pathway toward a better articulation of is material, organizational and identity dimensions.…”
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Jesus and the Feminine Genius. The Anthropological Relevance of the Encounters of Jesus with Women in the Fourth Gospel by Marc Timmermans

“…Again, the Samaritan woman can serve as an example. She goes back to her town and brings her fellow Samaritans to faith in Jesus (4:39: “Many of that town believed in him”). …”
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Construção social de mercados e as tendências de consumo: o caso do Pavilhão da Agricultura Familiar da EXPOINTER (RS) by Maycon Schubert, Sergio Schneider

“…The article explores the contexts of social construction of markets, focusing on the family farmers’ market at EXPOINTER (Brazil) as research topic. The main goal is to discuss the historical development of this marketplace by using a methodology based on semistructured interviews with key actors, social movements and public officials. …”
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MESLEK YÜKSEKOKULLARININ KARİYER ÇALIŞMALARI İLE ÜNİVERSİTE ADAYLARINA KATKILARI: HARRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ HİLVAN MESLEK YÜKSEKOKULU ÖRNEĞİ - CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNIVERSITY CANDIDATES WITH... by Hasan Bakırcı, İbrahim Hakkı Arslan, Emine Aytar

“…Araştırmada kullanılan veri toplama aracı araştırmacılartarafından geliştirilen 15 soruluk anket formudur. …”
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Review and experimental comparison of speckle-tracking algorithms for X-ray phase contrast imaging by Rafael Celestre, Laurène Quénot, Christopher Ninham, Emmanuel Brun, Luca Fardin

“…X-ray speckles have been used in a wide range of experiments, including imaging (and tomography), wavefront sensing, spatial coherence measurements, X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy and ptychography. …”
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Intermittent Fasting Modulation of the Diabetic Syndrome in Streptozotocin-Injected Rats by Louiza Belkacemi, Ghalem Selselet-Attou, Emeline Hupkens, Evrard Nguidjoe, Karim Louchami, Abdullah Sener, Willy J. Malaisse

“…Intermittent fasting improved glucose tolerance, increased plasma insulin, and lowered Homeostatis Model Assessment index. …”
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Sondage

“…Les affirmations se contredisent, faisant valoir toute la complexité du livre qui ne reste pas moins un objet, une marchandise – certes différente d’une œuvre d’art unique – donc le produit d’une industrie avec ses propres règles. …”
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Effect of fungicides on soil respiration, microbial community, and enzyme activity: A global meta-analysis (1975–2024) by Zikai Wang, Shourong Yun, Yuli An, Liulingqian Shu, Shunjin Li, Kai Sun, Wei Zhang

“…Overall, fungicides inhibit the abundance, diversity, and enzyme activity of soil microorganisms; however, precise control of fungicide dosage is essential to minimize their toxic effects on soil.…”
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The Effect of Intravascular Imaging-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on Coronary Artery Perforation by Yuichi Sawayama, MD, Kenta Sasaki, MD, Narumi Taninobu, MD, Akihiro Ikuta, MD, Kohei Osakada, MD, Shunsuke Kubo, MD, Takeshi Tada, MD, Yasushi Fuku, MD, Hiroyuki Tanaka, MD, Yoshihisa Nakagawa, MD, Kazushige Kadota, MD

“…Conclusions: IVI-guided PCI may help prevent PCI-related CAP, especially in the setting of chronic total occlusion PCI and PCI for moderate or severe calcification.…”
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Sucrose-Sweetened Drinks Reduce the Physical Performance and Increase the Cardiovascular Risk in Physically Active Males by Raianne dos Santos Baleeiro, Aparecida Patricia Guimarães, Perciliany Martins de Souza, Rafael da Silva Andrade, Karina Barbosa de Queiroz, Daniel Barbosa Coelho, Emerson Cruz de Oliveira, Lenice Kappes Becker

“…The cardiorespiratory response to exercise (VO2max) (48.15 ± 10.42 vs. 40.98 ± 11.20), peak heart rate (186.64 ± 8.00 vs. 179.64 ± 6.28), total exercise time (15.02 ± 1.57 vs. 14.00 ± 2.18), and mechanical work (15.83 ± 4.53 vs. 13.68 ± 5.67) decreased after eSSBd intake (all values expressed in initial mean ± DP vs. final). …”
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Estudios Culturales en México: notas para una genealogía desobediente by Mario Rufer

“…Una genealogía desobediente de los estudios culturales en México supone una historización de las condiciones de posibilidad y de forclusión de lo que se articula o no en torno al significante de los estudios culturales en un país con unas trayectorias intelectuales como las mexicanas. …”
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Wehrl entropy and entanglement complexity of quantum spin systems by Chen Xu, Yiqi Yu, Peng Zhang

“…Unlike other quantities used to evaluate this complexity (e.g. the degree of entanglement between a subsystem and the other particles), the WEPP does not necessitate the division of the total system into two subsystems. We further demonstrate that many-body pure entangled states can be classified into three types, based on the behavior of the WEPP in the limit $N \rightarrow \infty$ : states approaching that of a maximally mixed state, those approaching completely separable pure states, and a third category lying between these two extremes. …”
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REJECTION OF DOGMA by Henrikas Zabulis

“…As early as that period, under the conditions of Stalinist dogmatism, he managed to think and behave in a tolerant and farsighted way. Later on, his ability to question everything what was officially accepted in the Marxist theory has formed a gighly original school of the University philosophers, which attracted strong enough criticism of official institutions, but made a great impact on academic youth. …”
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Asymptomatic Lymphocytic Interstitial Pneumonia with Extensive HRCT Changes Preceding Sjogren’s Syndrome by Hazlyna Baharuddin, Mohammad Hanafiah, Syazatul Syakirin Sirol Aflah, Mohd Arif Mohd Zim, Shereen Suyin Ch’Ng

“…LIP was diagnosed based on high-resolution computed tomography and lung biopsy, but treatment was not initiated. …”
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Photocatalytic Activity of Hierarchically Structured TiO2 Films Synthesized by Chemical Vapor Deposition by Heon Lee, Sung Hoon Park, Young-Kwon Park, Sun-Jae Kim, Byung-Hoon Kim, Jaehong Lee, Sang-Chul Jung

“…In the initial CVD stage, small particular crystals were formed, above which sequential growth of layers of columnars with increasing size took place, forming hierarchical structure. The hierarchically structured TiO2 film exhibited much higher photocatalytic activity than unhierarchically structured TiO2 film. …”
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Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale as a predictor of adverse outcomes among older adults undergoing aortic valve replacement: a protocol for a systematic review by Rose Galvin, Ahmed Gabr, Catherine Peters, Margaret O'Connor, Aoife Leahy, Elaine Shanahan, Tadhg Prendiville, Laura Quinlan, Anastasia Saleh, Ivan Casserly

“…The quality of the evidence will be determined using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation tool.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval is not required for this study as no primary data will be collected. …”
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Periodontitis and systemic inflammation as independent and interacting risk factors for mortality: evidence from a prospective cohort study by Christiane Pink, Birte Holtfreter, Henry Völzke, Matthias Nauck, Marcus Dörr, Thomas Kocher

“…This study examines the independent and reciprocal associations of periodontitis and low-grade systemic inflammation with all-cause and CVD mortality in a large-scale cohort. Methods A total of 3047 participants from the prospective, population-based Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP-START) were followed for a period of 13.0 ± 2.4 years. …”
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