AN INVESTIGATION INTO CONTRACTORS’ EVALUATION OF RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE JBCC PRINCIPAL BUILDING AGREEMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA by Ayman Othman, Nishani Harinarain

“…Hence, construction contracts have been developed to organise the relationship between project participants and manage associated risks. …”
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Negligible contribution of body density to in-water vertical jump performance in elite male water polo players. by Bence Balázs, Balázs Sebesi, Alexandra Cselkó, Márk Váczi

“…The correlation between the force of the maximum voluntary isometric contraction normalized to body density (1052.13±244.65 N/kg/g/cm3) and the in water vertical jump height only approached the level of significance (p = 0.077). …”
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Transposable Elements and Genome Size Variations in Plants by Sung-Il Lee, Nam-Soo Kim

“…The mean 1C-value in plants is 2.4 pg, and genome size expansion/contraction is lineage-specific in plant taxonomy. Transposable element fractions in plant genomes are also variable, as low as ~3% in small genomes and as high as ~85% in large genomes, indicating that genome size is a linear function of transposable element content. …”
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Penetration of Muamalah Jurisprudence into Indonesian Law by Husni Husni, Miftahul Khairat

“…Meanwhile, in terms of legal substance, the legal norms of muamalah have manifested into various laws and regulations related to economic and social activities, which are basically related to the determination of sharia principles as the main reference for the activities of financial institutions, the use of muamalah contracts in sharia economic activities, and the criminalization of violations of sharia principles.…”
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RESEARCH WORK AT HIGHER MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS IN SIBERIA AT THE END OF THE 50s – THE BEGINNING OF THE 90s OF THE XXTH CENTURY by V. V. PETRIK

“…Forms and methods of interaction in this field of scientific activity, such as scientific and practical associations, interdepartmental laboratories, creative contracts and agreements, participation of scientists in the work of elected academic and higher educational institutions are analyzed. …”
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Usury-Free Capital through Sharia Fintech by Muhammad Fazlurrahman Syarif, Ahmet Faruk Aysan

“…However, the Maliki and al-Shafi'i madhhabs were more open, provided that fintech contracts adhere to Sharia principles. The originality of this study was in the comprehensive and simultaneous analysis of the four madhhabs perspectives, which has not been widely investigated in the context of Sharia fintech. …”
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The concept of civil law incentives by Yu. I. Chalyi

“…The positive enforcement effect of civil law incentives is manifested in the fact that they influence the will of duty-bearers not through the threat of negative property consequences (especially negative personal consequences), but by means of a proposal expressed in the provisions of law or in the terms of contracts to perform a “meritorious” duty (duties) in exchange for receiving an incentive benefit. …”
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Methods to normalize surface electromyography in respiratory muscles: Is it similar between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and healthy people? by Thiago Bezerra Wanderley E Lima, Jessica Danielle Medeiros da Fonseca, Ana Aline Marcelino da Silva, Rayane Grayce da Silva Vieira, Dayane Montemezzo, Matias Otto-Yáñez, Rodrigo Torres-Castro, Mário Emílio Teixeira Dourado Júnior, Vanessa Regiane Resqueti, Guilherme Augusto de Freitas Fregonezi

“…The electrical activity of the sternocleidomastoid (SCM), scalene (ESC), diaphragm (DIA), parasternal (PS), external intercostal (EI), external oblique (EO), and rectus abdominal (RA) muscles were analyzed during maximal inspiratory pressure maneuvers (MIP), maximal nasal inspiratory pressure (SNIP), maximal expiratory pressure (MEP), and maximal voluntary isometric contraction of SCM and ESC (MVICSCM/ESC) and RA (MVICRA) using surface electromyography (sEMG). …”
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Influence of the boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation on temperature and precipitation in South Korea by Yoo‐Rim Jung, Woo‐Seop Lee

“…Suppressed (enhanced) convection to the north of 20°N in the western North Pacific (WNP) promotes the northwestward expansion (eastward contraction) of the WNP Subtropical High in conjunction with a southwesterly (northeasterly) moisture flux anomaly. …”
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Incentive Mechanism Design for Distributed Autonomous Organizations Based on the Mutual Insurance Scenario by Yiguang Pan, Xiaomei Deng

“…Due to the cognitive defects of the blockchain protocol in terms of intelligent contracts and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), it is often unclear as to how to make decisions about the evolution of blockchain applications. …”
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Gender Balance of University Professors: European Experience and Its Relevance for Russia by S. A. Baykov

“…Comparison of the specifics of the spheres of higher education in the studied countries: R&D expenditures in the field of higher education and the working conditions of teachers (average salary, mobility, a specificity of contracts, hours worked, career opportunities) made it possible to identify the level of competition in universities. …”
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Impact of the Reduction of VAT Rate on Southeast Coastal Real Estate Enterprises by Yu Liu, Linghui Kong, Yanhua Zhang

“…Combined with the problems in the process of policy implementation, this paper puts forward that those enterprises should make scientific and reasonable tax planning, pay attention to the management of purchase and sales contracts and the mode of cooperation with upstream enterprises, regulate taxation to reduce tax-related risks, improve the management level of enterprises, and establish an industry finance integration system. …”
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Non-invasive Physiotherapeutic Approaches in Biliary Dyskinesia by Elena Costescu, Gabriela Calin, Vlad Țîrlea, Mihaiela Camelia Țabrean

“…The pathology can be the result of an improper response to hormonal stimulation, hypoactivity of the nerves that innervate the gallbladder or ineffective contraction of the sphincter of Oddi. The application of a non-invasive physiotherapy treatment with interference current, aiming to stimulate the motility of the gallbladder walls, resulting in a physiological activity but also an increase in the pain threshold. …”
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The influence of workload on muscle fatigue, tissue properties, and postural stability in older and younger workers. by Julien Ducas, Janny Mathieu, Michael Drouin, Stéphane Sobczak, Jacques Abboud, Martin Descarreaux

“…Measurements taken at the beginning and end of the workday included lumbar muscle endurance, maximal voluntary contraction, disc height and postural stability. Age groups were compared using repeated measures ANOVA across the two measurement times. …”
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MILITARY RULE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM: THE GAMBIA’S EXPERIENCE OF COMBINING THE INCOMPATIBLES UNDER THE AFPRC/ APRC ADMINISTRATIONS (1994-2017) by ABOUBACAR ABDULLAH SENGHORE

“…Under the period of study there were a lot democratic contractions and incompatibles that played out in The Gambia Second Republic that tagged the country as a country with democratic concerns. …”
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Modelling of business processes of engineering companies at the stages of the life cycle of an investment and construction project by V. I. Paskanny, A. A. Lapidus

“…Due to the fact that an engineering company coordinates the work of design and contracting organizations, suppliers of material and technical resources, the effectiveness of its organizational structure largely determines the efficiency of all participants in an investment and construction project.Materials and methods. …”
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Efficiency of shape memory alloy seismic restrainers for several conditions of bridge joints by Mohamed Hamdy El-Feky, Atef Eraky, Alaa M. Sharabash

“… Movement joints are needed in bridges to accommodate longitudinal expansion and contraction. Enough joint width needs to be available to accommodate not only longitudinal expansion but also expected movements of joints during earthquakes. …”
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Walking coral: Complex phototactic mobility in the free-living coral Cycloseris cyclolites. by Brett M Lewis, David J Suggett, Peter J Prentis, Luke D Nothdurft

“…High-resolution time-laps captured the biomechanics of forward motion that appeared driven by three key factors: tissue inflation, which increased contact surface area for lift and friction; the ventral foot/pads, adjusting substrate interaction/friction; and the contraction and twisting of lateral peripheral tissues, which propelled the coral forward in a coordinated manner resembling the pulsed swimming motion of jellyfish. …”
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Mathematical Modelling of the Transmission of Ebola Virus in Human Populations in Uganda. by Nkamuhabwa, Jolly

“…Individuals are born susceptible to Ebora disease in such a way that everybody in the population is capable of contracting it.…”
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Stochastic Modelling of the Dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 Epidemic: An Africa Perspective by Rasaki, Olawale Olanrewaju, Nafiu, Lukman Abiodun, Abdisalam, Hassan Muse, Thierno, Souleymane Barry

“…It was carved-out from the SIERD model, that the rate of contracting the virus in Africa during each individual contact is 36.61%, while the rate in the Central, Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western parts were estimated to be 21.73%, 62.43%, 72.45% and 16.43 respectively. …”
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