Synthesis of polyisobutylene-polycaprolactone block copolymers using enzyme catalysis by M. Castano, A. Alvarez, M. L. Becker, J. E. Puskas

“…Hydroxyl telechelic HO-PIB-OH was obtained by living IB polymerization initiated by 2,4,4,6-tetramethyl-heptane-2,6-diol/TiCl4, termination with allyltrimethylsilane and subsequent thiol-ene click reaction with mercaptoethanol. The structure of the hydroxyl PIBs was confirmed by 1H NMR (proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy). …”
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Adaptation of foreign students in the Eurasian Economic Union countries as a factor of demographic security by V. Yu. Ledeneva

“…A new concept has been introduced into scientific circulation – demographic integration, which is considered along with demographic security and means a set of processes and mechanisms that contribute to the harmonious and sustainable inclusion of migrants in the socio-economic structure of the EAEU countries. The article uses the methods of comparative analysis, content analysis of adaptation programmes to assess their experience of integration in the country of reception. …”
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Market concentration in the Galician canned industry: Has it been consolidated through green innovation? by Raquel Fernández-González, Rosa María Ricoy-Casas, José María Lago Cabo

“…This research analyzes the evolution of the market structure of the Galician canning industry using various concentration and market stability indexes. …”
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Inter-organizational collaboration during emergency response: A case study of 2016’s Hurricane Matthew in Haiti by Cyprien GENIE, Muhammad IQBAL

“…The author recommends the use of smart technologies to enhance communication structure, and advocates for a new collaborative culture built on trust and transparency between stakeholders. …”
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Numerical Simulation and Analysis of Gas-liquid Coupled Double-acting Thermoacoustic Refrigeration System by Chi Jiaxin, Xu Jingyuan, Zhang Limin, Li Ping, Luo Ercang

“…The study optimized the size of the system structure and analyzed its performance using numerical simulation. …”
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ANN assisted design of broadband near perfect metasurface absorbers exploiting InAs nanorods for visible light harvesting by Ershad Sharifi, Mohammad Razaghi, Keyhan Hosseini

“…The first absorber exhibits an extremely high average absorption of 99.5% under normal incidence. The second structure provides the highest angular stability by maintaining high absorption above 90% up to an angle of 70o for both transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) polarizations. …”
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Being young and resilient in times of AI, disasters, and crises by Veselin Mitrović

“…Third, when compared with earlier assertions, particular groups may undergo a long-lasting and gradual crisis that diminishes their capacity to anticipate future events, a critical aspect of resilience, and influences the social structure. An exemplary case is the unregulated widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI) by students to complete tasks, which diminishes critical thinking and reduces significant cognitive engagement. …”
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RETRACTED: Analyzing Intention to Purchase Brand Extension via Brand Attribute Associations: The Mediating and Moderating Role of Emotional Consumer-Brand Relationship and Brand Co... by Weijun Bian, Weijun Bian, Gong Yan

“…Data was collected from Chinese university students with the help of questionnaire. Structure equation modeling was applied with the help of AMOS to analyze collected data. …”
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Reduction transformation of nitroaromatic compounds by Zero-valent iron: characterization and QSAR by ZHENG Yu, XU Xiang-yang, CAI Wen-xiang, ZHU Liang

“…The results showed significant quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) between the first-order connectivity index ¹X^v, the forth-order connectivity index <inline-graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="graphic/1008-9209-2006-01-0031-I002.jpg"/>, non-dispersion forces factor Ax and the reductive transformation rate constants.…”
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CHALLENGES OF EVALUATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION by Sunčica Oberman Peterka, Tihana Koprivnjak, Petra Mezulić

“…It is often said that entrepreneurship education is one of the most important development and economic mechanisms. Organizational structure, content, methodology and pedagogy differ from programme to programme, but all of them are created because of similar motives: to stimulate economic development of the environment in which they operate. …”
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Emergence of New Predictors Projecting the Definite Article Variability: Evidence from Nigerian English by Mayowa Akinlotan

“…The study which Akinlotan expands (2017) shows that previously untested predictors of presence/absence of premodification and determiner structure, animacy and class of the head noun, and syntactic function of the NP, account for variability in the definite article usage in our corpus. …”
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Low carbon constraints, innovation driven and carbon neutral technological innovation: empirical evidence based on multiple policy combinations by Yingying Ding, Caifeng Bi, Pingping Sun

“…The “dual pilot” policy facilitates CNTI through three primary mechanisms: increasing research and development investment, promoting the upgrading of human capital structure, and enhancing informal environmental regulation. …”
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Validation of an Inventory of Sensitivity to Ideological Radicalization (ISIR-14) in a Mexican Sample by Julio C. Penagos-Corzo, Isabel Govela

“…Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported a five-factor structure that explained 53.7% of the variance, with excellent model fit indices (CFI = 0.985, TLI = 0.978, RMSEA = 0.033). …”
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Characterization and optimization of SAPO-34 catalysts synthesized by mixed templates in MTO reaction by Sh. Masoumi, J. Towfighi

“…SAPO-34 catalysts were synthesized using a different combination of morphine, tetraethyl ammonium hydroxide (TEAOH) and triethylamine (TEA) as structure-directing agents during synthesis of gel with nominal composition as 1Al2O3:1P2O5:0.4SiO2:2yTEAOH:2xTEA:2(1-(x+y))morpholine:70H2O. …”
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Discrete Max-Focusing by Raphael Bousso, Elisa Tabor

“…Thus the framework we develop here reduces and clarifies the axiomatic structure of semiclassical gravity, eliminating redundancies and fixing ambiguities. …”
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Genetic Aspects of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Pavel O. Bogomolov, Kseniya Yu. Kokina, Aleksander Yu. Mayorov, Ekaterina E. Mishina

“…There is an increase in the incidence of NAFLD in the structure of liver diseases in children and adolescents, which is directly related to the increasing prevalence of obesity. …”
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The effect of vaginal probiotic therapy on the outcome of papillomavirus infection by V. V. Oleynik, E. A. Kremleva, A. V. Sgibnev

“…The probiotic therapy made the structure of HPV outcomes in Lactobacillus-deficient patients similar to that in patients with normal vaginal flora.Conclusion. …”
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The Importance of Social Networks in the Process of Supporting Sustainable Development by MIHAELA IOANA GURĂU

“…Resilience as the ability of a system to annihilate disturbances and to reorganize itself in an attempt to preserve its functions and structure represents, when we talk about sustainability, the relationship between different types of urban hazards, implicitly ecological resilience, resilience of urban and regional economies or of institutions. …”
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Stressful Life Events and Sense of Coherence in College Students: Roles of Coping, Self-Efficacy, and Stress Mindset by Shuang Yang, Hongyu Ma, Xiangping Zhan

“…These findings support the dual-pathway structure of the salutogenic model by illustrating both behavioral and perceptual mechanisms. …”
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Female Demonic Characters in the Myths and Folklore of the Peoples of Western Siberia: Genesis, Functions, Attributes by G. Ch. Fayzullina, M. V. Prokopova, E. N. Ermakova

“…The authors pay special attention to the commonality of mythological motifs, the similar structure of fairy tales, arising on the basis of demonic images of the feminine type. …”
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