Innovative Seismic Microzonation Maps of Urban Areas for the Management of Building Heritage: A Catania Case Study by Glenda Abate, Simone Bramante, Maria Rossella Massimino

“…These studies have been generally related to free-field conditions. The present paper shows innovative seismic microzonation maps based on a large-scale estimate of soil-structure interaction (SSI) effects on design accelerations for some areas characterized by a high seismic risk in Catania, Italy. …”
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NORMALISATION OF THE DRIVE PRECISION OF METAL-CUTTING MACHINES by Irina A. Klenova, Dmitry A. Rudikov, Svetlana N. Kholodova

“…The presented complex helps to reveal the role of the rounding error of the output criteria in the formation of the general relative error and provides a basis for its possible reduction. …”
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Papillomavirus in cervicovaginal smears of women infected with human immunodefficiency virus by Edenilson Eduardo Galore, Maria José Cavaliere, Neuza Kasumi Shirata, Maria de Fátima Araújo

“…It has been described that women infected with the human immunodeffciency virus (HIV) present more frequent cytological abnormalities in cervicovaginal smears, generally related to infection by human papillomavirus (HPV). …”
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Chitosan/Polyvinyl Alcohol/Tea Tree Essential Oil Composite Films for Biomedical Applications by Jorge Iván Castro, Carlos Humberto Valencia-Llano, Mayra Eliana Valencia Zapata, Yilmar Joan Restrepo, José Herminsul Mina Hernandez, Diana Paola Navia-Porras, Yamid Valencia, Cesar Valencia, Carlos David Grande-Tovar

“…Morphology and energy-dispersive (EDX) analysis after the immersion in simulated body fluid (SBF) exhibited a light layer of calcium chloride and sodium chloride generated on the material’s surface, which is generally related to a bioactive material. Finally, the biocompatibility of the films was comparable with porcine collagen, showing better signs of resorption as the amount of TTEO was increased. …”
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Quartz Tuning Fork Sensor-Based Dosimetry for Sensitive Detection of Gamma Radiation by Nadyah Alanazi, Abdullah N. Alodhayb, Atheer Almutairi, Hanan Alshehri, Sarah AlYemni, Ghadah Alsowygh, Sabaa Abdulmawla, Khaled Shamma, Hamad Albrithen, Muthumareeswaran Muthuramamoorthy, Aljawhara H. Almuqrin

“…This study generally relates to nuclear sensors and specifically to detecting nuclear and electromagnetic radiation using an ultrasensitive quartz tuning fork (QTF) sensor. …”
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Development of Two-Dimensional Visibility Estimation Model Using Machine Learning: Preliminary Results for South Korea by Wonei Choi, Junsung Park, Daewon Kim, Jeonghyun Park, Serin Kim, Hanlim Lee

“…The RF-based model was trained using gridded visibility data, as well as meteorological and air pollution input variable data, for each location in South Korea, which were characterized by complex geographical features and high air pollution levels. Generally, relative humidity was the most important input variable for the visibility estimation (average mean decrease accuracy: 35%). …”
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ZNF92, an unexplored transcription factor with remarkably distinct breast cancer over-expression associated with prognosis and cell-of-origin by Mohammad Kamran, Udayan Bhattacharya, Mohamed Omar, Luigi Marchionni, Tan A. Ince

“…These features distinguish ET-9 from existing breast cancer prognostic signatures that are generally related to proliferation and correlate with outcome in lymph-node negative, ER-positive, HER2-negative breast cancers. …”
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Potential of Advanced Oxidation as Pretreatment for Microplastics Biodegradation by Kristina Bule Možar, Martina Miloloža, Viktorija Martinjak, Matija Cvetnić, Hrvoje Kušić, Tomislav Bolanča, Dajana Kučić Grgić, Šime Ukić

“…However, it has serious drawbacks, generally related to the rather low removal rate and often insufficient efficiency. …”
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Spatial Patterns and Short-term Changes of Coral Assemblages Along a Cross-shelf Gradient in the Southwestern Lagoon of New Caledonia by Mehdi Adjeroud, Emeline Poisson, Christophe Peignon, Lucie Penin, Mohsen Kayal

“…Assemblage composition was generally related to habitat, even though some mid-shelf and fringing reef assemblages resembled those observed on other habitats. …”
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An empirical study on computer literacy among Bachelor of Accountancy graduating students in Malaysian public higher institutions / Siti Noor Hayati Mohamed Zawawi and Rashidah Abd... by Mohamed Zawawi, Siti Noor Hayati, Abdul Rahman, Rashidah

“…There are also evidence that the level of basic and advanced computer literacy of male students are significantly higher than female students; those who owned computers are significantly more computer literate in terms of basic and advanced computer literacy than those who did not own computers; and finally, previous computer experience is not generally related to computer literacy achievement, except for self-efficacy computer literacy level.…”
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Metabolic Syndrome and Military Policemen’s Quality of Life by Romário Teixeira Braga Filho MD, PhD, Argemiro D’Oliveira Júnior PhD

“…Military police, whose main activity in Brazil is the maintenance of public order and the prevention of crimes and transgressions of the laws, is mostly composed of men; it is also a risky and stressful profession generally related to poor quality of life. Considering that risk factors for disease and death from cardiovascular causes—including the multiple risk factor metabolic syndrome—are mostly related to lifestyle and associated with impaired quality of life, this study aims to provide a theoretical basis for other studies about the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among police officers. …”
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Acanthamoeba sp.: un caso de queratitis no relacionada con el uso de lentes de contacto Acanthamoeba sp.: a case report in a non-contact lens wearer by Claudia Menghi, María C Caride, Claudia Gatta

“…<br>Acanthamoeba sp. keratitis is generally related to wearing contact lenses, and, to a lesser extent, to contaminated water. it is characterized by reduced visual capacity and the presence of severe ocular pain. …”
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Paradigmatic Issues in State-of-the-Art Research Using Process Data by Phil Winne

“…I argue propositions about validity need more nuance. Bounds on generalization related to so-called ecological validity are rarely empirically justified. …”
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Evaluation of the dependence of radiomic features on the machine learning model by Aydin Demircioğlu

“…Feature selection methods were, in general, relatively unstable (0.58; range 0.35–0.84). The features selected by different models varied largely (0.19; range 0.02–0.42), although the selected features themselves were highly correlated (0.71; range 0.4–0.92). …”
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AN analytical study of the fashion of the Ottoman women in the turkish dramatic work (Qusem Sultan )and benefiting from it in creating contemporary clothing designs by Heba Salama

“…The historical Dramatic is a witness to an era of all ages Its details, therefore, historical costumes were of great importance in embodying the historical events in the historical Dramatic because they are generally related to a specific time period. During which to achieve the visual form to design the appropriate costume for the dramatic work the historical Turkish drama has a great impact on the recipient due to its artistic richness as well as in the field of fashion and its complement. …”
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Microevolutionary processes analysis in the Lithuanian genome by Laura Pranckėnienė, Alina Urnikytė, Vaidutis Kučinskas

“…Our results show that going through all the landscapes of the relative fitness on each chromosome, the general relative fitness background pattern remains the same in analysed generations. …”
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Alcune osservazioni a proposito della formazione del bibliotecario by Maurizio Vivarelli

“…Partendo da una riflessione sulle profonde trasformazioni che stanno investendo il mondo delle biblioteche accademiche e di ricerca, il contributo affronta alcune questioni di carattere generale relative alla formazione e all’aggiornamento professionale dei bibliotecari. …”
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Religion and fertility ideals, intentions and behaviour: A comparative study of European countries by Dimiter Philipov, Caroline Berghammer

“…We find that all measures of religiosity are in general related to a higher ideal number of children, higher odds to intend another child and higher expected and actual number of children. …”
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Determination of salivary urea and uric acid of patients with halitosis by Faezeh Khozeimeh, Nakisa Torabinia, Shirin Shahnaseri, Hooman Shafaee, Seyed Amir Mousavi

“…The origin of halitosis may be related to both systemic and oral conditions, but a large percentage of cases, about 90%, is generally related to an oral cause. The aim of this study was to compare the concentration of urea and uric acid in patients with halitosis and people without halitosis. …”
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TECTONIC AND CLIMATIC CONTROL ON DEPOSITION OF SEEP-CARBONATES: THE CASE OF MIDDLE-LATE MIOCENE SALSOMAGGIORE RIDGE (NORTHERN APENNINES, ITALY) by ANDREA ARTONI, STEFANO CONTI, ELENA TURCO, SILVIA IACCARINO

“…Seep-carbonates are generally related to hydrocarbon seepage on continental margins. …”
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