Composite Sand–Clay Infrastructural Soil Fills: Characteristic Consolidation and Hydraulic Properties by Burcu Dışkaya, Tanay Karademir

“…On the other hand, when montmorillonite clay is loaded, due to highly critical volumetric contraction or dilation characteristics (high compressibility nature of clay), the soil fill composed of sand-clay will significantly consolidate. …”
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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: A telephonic survey in patients with systemic lupus erythematosusxs by Reuben Praharsh Kumar, Sandra Manuel, D Elizabeth, Vineeta Shobha

“…Results: Among 418 (93% women) participants, about 8% had contracted COVID-19 infection in the past. Nearly half had been vaccinated against COVID-19, and 83% had experienced one or more side effects which were largely mild. …”
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Experimental Study on Seismic Compression of Chinese Loess under Cyclic Direct Simple Shear Testing by Qiang Wang, Zhe Zhang, Shengjun Shao, Qian Yang

“…Seismic compression is the accumulation of contractive volumetric strains in unsaturated soil from earthquake shaking. …”
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DIVERSIFICATION OF OIL AND GAS COMPANIES’ ACTIVITIES IN THE CONDITION OF OIL PRICES REDUCTION AND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS by A. V. Sheveleva, L. B. Akieva

“…The methods of price risk management include the creation of commodity reserves, the establishment of a reserve fund, long-term contracts, subsidies from the state and the diversification of activities. …”
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Incentive Mechanism for Inhibiting Developer’s Moral Hazard Behavior in China’s Sponge City Projects by Han Han, Zhuofu Wang, Huimin Li

“…The findings provide reference for government seeking to specify incentive contracts from a theory perspective and curbing developer’s potential moral hazard behavior in Sponge city projects.…”
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Key Design Points of the Reserved Rail Transit Project in Xiong’an New Area Underground Integrated Transportation Hub by LI Heyong, XING Jiayong, MAO Wei

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Insight into the Significance of Hall Current and Joule Heating on the Dynamics of Darcy–Forchheimer Peristaltic Flow of Rabinowitsch Fluid by Ji-Huan He, Doaa R. Mostapha

“…Also, it is revealed that the trapped bolus contracts in size by enlarging the maximum height of stenosis.…”
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Construction of a Multicellular Communication Network Model for Cell Co-Culture Technology and Evaluation of Its Simulation Capability by Yuan-Yuan Geng, Chao Wei, Guo-Fei Chen, Bai-Xia Zhang

“…Results: The outputs generated by the model developed in this study showed that nimodipine inhibited smooth muscle contraction, due to the overload of Ca2+ and the toxicity of excitatory amino acids, and protected neurons and vascular endothelial cells by supporting cell proliferation and inhibiting cell apoptosis. …”
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The concept and importance of settlement agreements in commercial proceedings by M. Ye. Vasylenko

“…The article establishes that a settlement agreement in commercial proceedings is a voluntary agreement between the parties to a conflict to resolve a dispute which arose between them in the course of conducting economic activity or in the course of performance of economic contracts. Such an agreement may be concluded both before the dispute is resolved in court and directly during the court proceedings. …”
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Educational service as an object of civil rights by Y. I. Chalyi

“…The benefits are not capable of perceiving the legal requirements of legislative acts or contracts. Consequently, the educational service should be regarded as the legal behavior of the provider of this service, aimed at forming certain social qualities of the subject of educational influence. …”
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A Review of Current Issues Underlying Colon Cleansing before Colonoscopy by Lawrence C Hookey, Stephen Vanner

“…There is a paucity of hemodynamic monitoring data pre- and postadministration, but the available data suggests that this small-volume osmotic agent could cause subclinical contraction of the intravascular space. Recent case reports suggest an association between nephrocalcinosis and oral NaP ingestion, but to date, these reports have been confined to a single centre. …”
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Cash usage in Poland in 2020: Insights into the role of the COVID-19 pandemic and spatial aspects by Radoslaw Kotkowski, Arkadiusz Manikowski

“…Lastly, it has been noticed that during the pandemic, ownership of contactless payment cards significantly reduced cash usage, most probably due to the fear of contracting the disease by physical contact with surfaces (like cash).…”
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An Investigation of the Association between Transversus Abdominis Myofascial Structure and Activation with Age in Healthy Adults using Ultrasound Imaging by Nathaly Gaudreault, Justine Benoît-Piau, Jan Paul van Wingerden, Carla Stecco, Frédérique Daigle, Guillaume Léonard

“…An ultrasound image of their transversus abdominis, internal oblique, external oblique and associated fasciae was first captured at rest, then during a contraction of the transversus abdominis. Bivariate correlation analyses and hierarchical analyses were performed (significance level: *p* \< 0.05)…”
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An Overview of Football Interpreting in Turkey: A Sample of Interview Analysis by Hasan Kutay Saba, Fatma Demiray Akbulut

“…As a result of the interview, some conditions provided to translators while working in sports clubs, not much known information until now about the first entry of interpreters into the profession, types of contracts in the profession, financial gain, professionalism of this sector, professional association, advantages/disadvantages of the profession and social rights of translators have been revealed.…”
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Impact of Focal Muscle Vibration on Flaccid Upper Limb Motor Paralysis following Acute Brain Disease: A Case Study by Hirotaka Saito, Haruka Kobayashi, Kodai Oba, Yosuke Hamaya

“…However, prior research has been limited by the lack of acute-phase studies and a focus on patients with minimal muscle contraction capability. This report aimed to explore FMV’s efficacy on upper limb motor function in patients with flaccid motor paralysis immediately after acute CNS diseases. …”
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Notary independence in the course of notarial acts by M. Ye. Vasylenko

“…The purpose of notarial acts is to ensure, firstly, the observance and protection of legal rights, freedoms and interests of individuals and legal entities, including those of a tangible and intangible nature, and secondly, the correctness and legality of concluding contracts, confirming documents and providing other legal services as defined by current legislation. …”
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Unilateral baseball pitching: morphological and functional adaptations in the neck muscles by Leila Rahnama, Ceren Acik, Christine Dy, Stefan Keslacy

“…Pitchers exhibited higher neck extensor maximal voluntary contraction compared to controls (p = 0.017, ES = 0.926). …”
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Corporate income tax: Experiences of implementation in the Republic of Serbia by Božić-Miljković Ivana M.

“…As such, companies act in the market, are in the role of buyers and sellers, enter into contracts, own property, incur debts and resolve potential problems in legal disputes. …”
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Blockchain based adaptive federated learning in computational power network by LIU Tianrui, WANG Lianhai, WANG Qizheng, XU Shujiang, ZHANG Shuhui, WANG Yingxiaochun

“…Initially, the data distribution distances of different edge servers were calculated through smart contracts to generate a similarity matrix that guided aggregation. …”
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A Correlation Study of Birthing Ball Technique and Sacral Massage on Maternal and Fetal Well-being Among Parturient Women: A Non-Randomized Clinical Trail by Sundaram Madavan, Bhuvaneswari Gopalakrishnan, Chandrika Anand, Thenmozhi

“…Results: The findings of the study showed that the mutual correlation coefficients of the level of satisfaction, pain perception, anxiety, cervical dilatation, uterine contraction, and fetal heart rate of the control group post-test-2 are given. …”
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