A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE FOREIGN POLICY OF GEORGIA-2016: THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR RUSSIA by A. A. Tokarev, A. S. Dyogtev, A. R. Margoev

“…In addition, the potential of the Eurasian integration of Georgia is not equal to zero, and it is supported by around one fifth of the population. …”
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Welfare state, social policy and social sustainability, within the context of the permacrisis by Nikos Papadakis, Stylianos Ioannis Tzagkarakis

“…IntroductionSustainable development is based on three interrelated and equally important pillars; the environmental, the economic and the social. …”
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The Evidence-Based Argument in Peer Disagreement by Elif Kütükcü

“…According to conciliationism, when there is a peer disagreement, the parties should give equal weight to each other's beliefs, lower their confidence in their own beliefs or suspend their judgments on the issue in question. …”
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Modified Weights-of-Evidence Modeling with Example of Missing Geochemical Data by Daojun Zhang, Frits Agterberg

“…If the CI assumption is satisfied, estimated LR coefficients become approximately equal to WofE contrasts and the two methods produce similar results; additionally, bias then is avoided in that the sum of all estimated posterior probabilities becomes approximately equal to the number of observed discrete events. …”
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Contract for Public Procurement in Terms of Private Law by O. L. Zaitsev, S. V. Yasechko

“…Namely, the basis for payment is a report on the results of public procurement during the procurement of goods, works or services, and the cost of procurement should have been equal to or have exceeded the amount of UAH 200,000. …”
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Social justice and inequality in the mirror of public opinion: Dynamics and specifics by N. D. Kolennikova

“…The article describes the relationship between a pessimistic perception of the situation and social justice and ill-being (not only material), noting that social justice in the Russian public consciousness is associated with two demands - for equality of income and living standards and for equality of non-material opportunities, including implementation of meritocratic principles. …”
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Evaluation Uncertainty in the Volume of Oil in Place in Mishrif Reservoir by Loay Khamees, Farah Abdulrazzaq

“…A histogram was created with bin values ranging from 3300 to 3700 and with Bin step equal to 25 and the normal distribution for these bins was calculated to estimate P10, P50, and P90 values.…”
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A Critique of the Theory of Civil Liability of Aviation Operators: Focusing on Iranian Law and Jurisprudence and International Regulations by Ahmed Mozafari, Majid Banaeioskoei

“…In domestic and international flights, it is equal to 16600 Sdr and in front of Iranian passengers in international flights, it is equal to 16600 Sdr. …”
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Survival analysis of conservative vs. dialysis treatment of elderly patients with CKD stage 5. by Roman Reindl-Schwaighofer, Alexander Kainz, Michael Kammer, Alexandra Dumfarth, Rainer Oberbauer

“…The time to event analysis however showed, that although survival was initially superior in the hemodialysis group, hazards crossed thereafter. Time to equal risk was 2.9 months and 1.9 months for female and male patient aged 65, respectively, and decreased to one month in the very elderly aged 95. …”
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Rural Indigenous entrepreneurship: Emerging Field in Iranian Rural Research by Ali Akbar Anabestani, Mehrshad Toulabi Nejad

“…Unlike Western-style entrepreneurship, rural native entrepreneurship shows elements of equality-equality, collective/kinship activity, and emphasis on available cultural values ​​and natural resources. …”
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Design a Dual Polarizations MIMO Antenna Based on Decoupling Elements for 5G Smart-Phones by Haider Saad, Mahmood F. Mosleh, Raed Abd-Alhameed

“…The first one (S11, S22, S44, S55) equals 3.44GHz while the second (S33) equals 4.33GHz. …”
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Hybrid Simulated Annealing-Evaporation Rate-Based Water Cycle Algorithm Application for Medical Image Enhancement by Eyob Mersha Woldamanuel

“…The performance of the proposed algorithm was compared to histogram equalization (HE), low contrast stretching (LCS), contrast-limited adaptive histogram equalization (CLAHE), particle swarm optimization (PSO), accelerated PSO (APSO), and the water cycle algorithm (WCA). …”
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Are medical school preclinical tests biased for sex and race? A differential item functioning analysis by Esther Dasari Dale, Mohammed A. A. Abulela, Hao Jia, Claudio Violato

“…Conclusions The validity of score-based inferences, particularly for group comparisons, requires test items to function equally across test-taker groups. In the present study, we found DIF of some items for sex and race in three content areas. …”
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The Effect of PT Link and Waterbath Antigenic Retrieval Procedures On The Expression of Common Receptors In Breast Cancer Cases by Ahmed Abdelbadie, Elsadig Ahmed Adam, Manar Abdelrahman

“…PT link weak expression 13 cases (26%), moderate expression 15 cases (30%), overexpression 4cases (8%); yet, the total number of negative cases and positive cases was equal for both methods (p-value 0.035). Conclusion: Antigen retrieval methods were found to affect the expression of common receptors in breast cancer. …”
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Flow Mechanism and Strength Characteristics of Textile Reinforced Concrete Mixed with Colloidal Nano-SiO2 by Ping Xu, Rui Shi, Chao Wang, Yuhao Cui, Minxia Zhang

“…The compressive strength and flexural strength of TRC matrix show a trend of increasing and then decreasing as the amount of CNS increases, and the compressive strength reaches the maximum at each age (7 d, 14 d, 28 d) when CNS and silica fume replace 5% cement by 1 : 4 equal mass. The flexural strength reaches the maximum at each age (7 d, 14 d, 28 d) when 5% cement is replaced by CNS and silica fume with 3 : 7 equal mass. …”
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Designing a multi-period multi-stage supply chain network under uncertainty by Maryam Hemmati, Masoud Rabbani, Mohammad Reza Mehregan

“…Fixed deterioration rate (expiration date) is considered.Methodology: To perform the research calculations, GAMS software and the combined method of Bander's analysis and Lagrange coefficient were used, and based on the data, results were obtained, and the relative weight of the stability of the solution (ω) was equal to 0.5 and the relative weight of the stability of the model was (ω) equal to 5000 has been developed to meet the proposed objectives. …”
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Runoff Simulation Study of Ganjiang River Basin Based on Distributed Time-varying Gain Hydrological Model and CN05.1 Precipitation Data by ZHONG Qi, FU Xiaolei, JIANG Xiaolei, ZHANG Yuchen, HU Leyi, ZHANG Liping

“…Additionally,the paper evaluates the applicability of the distributed time-variant gain hydrological model (DTVGM) and CN05.1 precipitation data in simulating runoff in the Ganjiang River Basin.The results show that:① CN05.1 precipitation and station interpolated precipitation exhibit similar variation patterns over multiple years,with a high spatial distribution correlation and a mean correlation coefficient (R) of 0.90.The correlation between CN05.1 daily precipitation and interpolated daily precipitation is also high,with a root mean square error (RMSE) of less than or equal to 7.52 mm and an R value greater than or equal to 0.81.② Using CN05.1 precipitation and station interpolated precipitation data,the flow of six hydrological stations,including Xintian,in the Ganjiang River Basin is simulated from 1961 to 2009.The simulated flow generally exceeds the measured flow during high flow periods,indicating that the model overestimates the simulation of large flows.③ The accuracy of runoff simulation based on CN05.1 precipitation is high, whether for daily or monthly runoff, with better performance in simulating monthly runoff compared to daily runoff.Therefore,the DTVGM model and CN05.1 precipitation data are highly applicable for runoff simulation in the Ganjiang River Basin.…”
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Robust Clustering Using Hyperdimensional Computing by Lulu Ge, Keshab K. Parhi

“…Harnessing the similarity results among query hypervectors, this paper proposes four HDC-based clustering algorithms: similarity-based k-means, equal bin-width histogram, equal bin-height histogram, and similarity-based affinity propagation. …”
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GENDER INFLUENCE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES SYSTEM: A STUDY OF BABCOCK UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS by VICTOR A. ADESIYAN, BABAJIDE JACOB, SEIGHA SONIA GESIERE, WOLE-TAIWO OLAYINKA

“…While institutional policies support gender equality, government policies are ineffective; teaching content and socio-economic factors also influences students’ academic performance. …”
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Approaches to the development of durum wheat cultivars (Triticum durum Desf.) with wide variability of the growing season by P. N. Malchikov, M. G. Myasnikova

“…The cause is that one cannot develop a universal cultivar that would be equally effective in utilization of environmental resources and equally responsive to precipitation at different stages of plant growth, to temperature backgrounds, and to the hot wind pattern. …”
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