The Path of Systematic Improvement of the Rules for Ships Under Construction in Maritime Law of the People's Republic of China by CAO Xingguo, SUN Ninglu

“…Maritime Law of the People's Republic of China has not established a system of rules for ships under construction, leading to disputes in practice such as whether relevant parties of ships under construction can apply for the limitation of liability for maritime claims, and whether the rules in relation to maritime liens and the marine insurance contract can be applied. The root of the such disputes lies in the fact that the current Chinese Maritime Code is absent on the legal status of ships under construction. …”
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Practices of Protest in the Conditions of the Developing Academic Capitalism by A. E. Geger, S. V. Lyashko, A. V. Klyuev, G. I. Saganenko

“…Based on the data obtained, it is revealed that teachers, experiencing deep deprivation of their social needs – the needs for respect, recognition and honor, are trying to find their place in the modern system, get out of the grip of double pressure, on the one hand, from the administration, which purposefully imposes rating systems and effective contracts, increasing competition between teachers, and on the other hand – students, who are now positioned as clients of universities. …”
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Capital structure of Portuguese hotel firms: a structural equation modelling approach by Fernanda Matias, Leonor Salsa, Carlos Miguel Afonso

“…The results suggest small firms find it difficult to contract loans, which can somewhat limit their growth and performance.…”
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Severe invasive streptococcal infection in a patient with COVID-19: A case report by Yuki Matsuura, Mone Murashita, Takayoshi Oyasu, Akira Kodate, Yoshihiro Sadamoto, Akio Endo, Hisako Sageshima, Takumi Tsuchida

“…A 63-year-old male with a history of hypertension had contracted Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) five days before visiting our hospital and was recovering at home. …”
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Exploring the solutions of tempered (κ,ϖ)-Hilfer hybrid implicit boundary value problem by Abdelkrim Salim, Sabri T.M. Thabet, Ava Sh. Rafeeq, Mohammad Esmael Samei, Imed Kedim, Miguel Vivas-Cortez

“…To derive the results, we employ Banach’s fixed point theorem, which facilitates the demonstration of the existence of solutions under certain contractive conditions. We also utilize a generalized Gronwall inequality to establish bounds and stability criteria for the solutions, thereby ensuring their robustness under perturbations. …”
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Quality evaluation of technical specifications on civil works by Carlos Saldaña, Dayanna Roman, Tito Castillo, Alexis Andrade, Cesar Mora

“…The results show a 39.81% quality of the TS for the analyzed sample, which could cause the increase in cost and term that has been evidenced in many public construction contracts.…”
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Positive and Negative Regulation of Cellular Immune Responses in Physiologic Conditions and Diseases by S. Viganò, M. Perreau, G. Pantaleo, A. Harari

“…When the immune system fails to eliminate or control the pathogen, continuous stimulation of T cells prevents the full contraction and leads to the functional exhaustion of effector T cells. …”
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The compositional behavior of the human T cell receptor repertoire in ovarian cancer compared to healthy donors by Miriam Zuckerbrot-Schuldenfrei, Alona Zilberberg, Sol Efroni

“…The changes in dynamics of the repertoire can be observed in response to disease, with specific clones undergoing clonal expansion and contraction. The data provided here offers a unique view of immune system behavior in health and disease and can be used to stratify OC and HD.…”
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Solvability of Nonlinear Langevin Equation Involving Two Fractional Orders with Dirichlet Boundary Conditions by Bashir Ahmad, Juan J. Nieto

“…Recently, a new type of Langevin equation with two different fractional orders has been introduced which provides a more flexible model for fractal processes as compared with the usual one characterized by a single index. The contraction mapping principle and Krasnoselskii's fixed point theorem are applied to prove the existence of solutions of the problem in a Banach space.…”
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Functional reconstruction of lower eyelid using paramedian forehead flap combined with frontalis muscle and periosteum by Riku Katayama, Takako Fujii, Chie Kanayama, Hisashi Sakuma

“…Electromyography at 1 year postoperatively confirmed neurotization of the transferred muscle, and at 6 months, voluntary contraction of the transferred muscle was observed during eyelid closure. …”
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Evidence-based practices in teaching by Eliza Rybska, Renata Dudziak, Pascal Pollmeier

“… This article presents the results of the implementation of the Erasmus Plus project (KA203 financed by the European Union, contract number 2019-1-NL01-KA203-060339) Research in Teacher Education (RiTE). …”
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Levosimendan as Treatment Option in Severe Verapamil Intoxication: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Mirjam Osthoff, Christine Bernsmeier, Stephan C. Marsch, Patrick R. Hunziker

“…Levosimendan, an inotropic agent, that enhances myofilament response to calcium, increases myocardial contraction and could therefore be beneficial in verapamil intoxication. …”
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Cell adhesion and spreading on fluid membranes through microtubules-dependent mechanotransduction by Oleg Mikhajlov, Ram M. Adar, Maria Tătulea-Codrean, Anne-Sophie Macé, John Manzi, Fanny Tabarin, Aude Battistella, Fahima di Federico, Jean-François Joanny, Guy Tran van Nhieu, Patricia Bassereau

“…Unlike SLBs functionalized with RGD peptides, integrin clusters on Invasin-SLBs grow in size and complexity comparable to those on glass. While actomyosin contraction dominates adhesion maturation on stiff substrates, we find that on fluid SLBs, integrin mechanotransduction and cell spreading rely on dynein pulling forces along microtubules perpendicular to the membranes and microtubules pushing on adhesive complexes, respectively. …”
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A new perspective on social sustainability: examining Amazon workers’ working conditions and protests applying computational methods in social sciences by Ali Çelik, Naim Göktaş, Engincan Yıldız

“…It also found that the zero-hours contract, which is characteristic of the gig economy, and the negative externalities it creates, as well as extremely low wages, were among the most significant objections. …”
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Harnessing the power of professional associations to unite the third-space community by Craig Morley, Nicola Grayson

“…We explore the unique difficulties of career progression for those in the third space compared to the more recognised and established routes for academic colleagues, or those who work in professional services who are employed on ‘academic’ contracts. We argue that, in order to overcome these difficulties and make potential career pathways and trajectories more visible, we should conceptualise the third space itself as a collective unity. …”
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Shear Strength Characteristics of Calcium Oxide and Guar Gum Treated Loose Petobo Silty Sand by Yohanes Albrecht Montol, Aswin Lim, Paulus Pramono Rahardjo

“…However, after 24 hours soaking period, the soil behavior returned to the contraction behavior. This behavior is unfavorable in the case of the treated sample below the groundwater table. …”
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Review of the Monograph “LegalTech in the Field of Entrepreneurship” by V. N. Shelmenkov, D. A. Gusev

“…Performing such routine tasks as drafting contracts, document management, issuing licenses, with the help of artificial intelligence, the algorithms of which exclude the possibility of professional error, is no longer a fantasy, but a reality towards which humanity is successfully moving. …”
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Assessing the Feasibility of Cogeneration Retrofit for Heating and Electricity Demands in Marine Diesel Engines by Xianglong Liu, Hao Yang, Zhao Feng, Guang Hu, Zhi Zeng

“…If an electric generator is selected first, the heat recovery after the turbocharger can be used to improve the contract for heating and electricity needs. While the exergy efficiency is selected priorly, cogeneration retrofit for heating and electricity demands can be used for heat recovery without the turbocharger system.…”
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The effects of financial distress on financial performance: An empirical analysis of SMEs in Sheema, Buhweju, Rubirizi, and Bushenyi districts by Mpora, Eliab Byamukama, Bwengye, Anny Katabaazi, Atukunda, Emilly, Ngirababo, Rwusira Dan

“…Specifically, it examined the effects of excessive debt, inadequate capital, poor management practices, unwise expansion, intense competition, litigation, and unfavorable contracts on SMEs. Financial distress, if left unchecked, can lead to bank failures and severely harm the economy, emphasizing the need for close monitoring. …”
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Design of an improved model using federated learning and LSTM autoencoders for secure and transparent blockchain network transactions by R. Vijay Anand, G. Magesh, I. Alagiri, Madala Guru Brahmam, Balamurugan Balusamy, Chithirai Pon Selvan, Haya Mesfer Alshahrani, Masresha Getahun, Ben Othman Soufiene

“…To this end, this paper proposes Smart Contract-based Model Management for machine learning models in a decentralized environment. …”
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