HOUSING ECONOMY: USE OF INTERLOCKING MASONRY FOR LOW-COST STUDENT HOUSING IN NIGERIA by Y.M.D AYODEJI

“…Research variables investigated include: size of buildings; number of labourers engaged in masonry works; cost of masonry works; curing and setting time for concrete blocks; productive hours of labourers employed; and willingness to use these materials. Some selected buildings observed in the field that have been constructed using mortarless masonry construction systems are presented next. …”
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Deepening the Relationship Between the Need for Epistemic Certainty and People’s Compliance with Social Power: The Moderating Role of Work Unit Tightness by Daniela Di Santo, Alessio Tesi, Antonio Aiello, Antonio Pierro

“…We obtained employee scores on the NCC scale, willingness to comply with harsh social power tactics, and ratings of their perceived work unit tightness. …”
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A Fruit Fly, Anastrepha ocresia (Walker) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritide) by Howard V. Weems

“… This small, orange-brown fly with patterned wings, a banded abdomen, and a somewhat long ovipositor sheath, is one of six species of fruit flies of the genus Anastrepha that occur in Florida, or which have been established in Florida at some time. …”
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Factors influencing preformed metal crowns and prefabricated zirconia crowns by Shuman Deng, Weiwei Dou, Ying Chen, Zhixiao Chen, Ning Song, Qi Gao, Li Zhang, Jing Xie

“…Pearson correlation analysis revealed that “acceptance of the PMC color”, “oral health awareness”, and “parental willingness to use PMCs” were positively correlated (P < 0.05) and that “non-nuclear family status” was negatively related to “parental willingness to use PMCs” (P < 0.05). …”
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Using Animal Retribution Fiction for the Promotion of Environmental Awareness: the Case for a Reinterpretation of Daphne Du Maurier's "The Birds" by Xavier LACHAZETTE

“…Another powerful image is to be found in Daphne Du Maurier's allegorical novella "The Birds" (1952), which focuses on a small Cornish community's fight for survival when organised hosts of winged creatures take to killing humans in the wake of a sudden climate change. …”
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Analysis of factors influencing HPV vaccination intention among Chinese college students: structural equation modeling based on health belief theory by Shi-Yuan Song, Ying Guo, Yi-Hua Li, Zheng Wang, Wei Gao

“…The results of the structural equation modeling analysis revealed that college students’ perceptions of the perceived benefits of the HPV vaccine positively and directly affect their willingness to be vaccinated (β = 0.290, p &lt; 0.001), and perceived severity has an indirect effect on their willingness to be vaccinated (β = 0.198, p &lt; 0.05).ConclusionAlthough college students in ethnic minority areas have a high rate of HPV-related knowledge, their willingness to be actively vaccinated and their positive behaviors need to be improved. …”
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The Relationship between Russian Identity and Political Polarization: The Role of Secure National Identification and National Narcissism by O.A. Gulevich, S.S. Kosimova

“…Participants appraised the extent to which fellow citizens with these views exhibit certain traits; expressed emotions towards them; evaluated their willingness to interact and collaborate on common issues and considered the acceptability of restricting their rights and opportunities. …”
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Investigation on research innovation ability and training demand of clinical nursing staff (临床护理人员科研创新能力及培训需求现况调查) by YAN Xin (闫欣), QI Lixia (祁丽霞), WANG Zheng (王征), WEI Rui (卫蕊), LI Bin (李斌)

“…There was an urgent need for the training of patent innovation, scientific research and other stages; Lack of confidence in the competence of scientific research and innovation; Sufficient understanding of the necessity of carrying out research and innovation ability training; willingness of participating in various forms of nursing research training; Most nurses believed that scientific training and learning is for self-improvement. …”
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Towards a New Euro Crisis? by Paul De Grauwe

“…Abstract There is thus a fundamental credibility issue about the willingness of the ECB to be a lender of last resort in the government bond markets. …”
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Why and How Meet n-3 PUFA Dietary Recommendations? by Olivier Molendi-Coste, Vanessa Legry, Isabelle A. Leclercq

“…However, we show here that, both in collective catering proposed to children and in hospital diet, it is not straightforward to meet such recommendations. Willingness of governments to institute changes, with accountable decisions on catering, nutritional education, and food processing, is required to face our neglected responsibility in promoting balanced diet and consumption of foods rich in essential nutrients in the general population.…”
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Average Harvesting Charges for Florida Citrus, 2002-2003 by Ronald P. Muraro

“…The participants were chosen because of their willingness to provide their harvesting charges. The survey will continue as long as there is adequate participation. …”
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Economic evaluation of tranexamic acid for the treatment of acute gastrointestinal bleeding: a cost-effectiveness analysis using data from the HALT-IT randomised controlled trial by Ian Roberts, Vipul Jairath, Alec Miners, Jack Williams, Haleema Shakur-Still, Nuha Bazeer

“…No-TXA was 64% likely to be cost-effective at a £20 000 willingness-to-pay threshold, while TXA was 36% likely to be cost-effective.Conclusion Though inexpensive, TXA administration for patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding is unlikely to be cost-effective.…”
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POSSIBILITIES AND APPROACHES OF TEACHING OF HISTORY OF RUSSIA TO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS (THROUGH THE EXAMPLE OF HISTORICAL MATERIALS ON THE AGRARIAN QUESTION AND OF THE RUSSIAN SOCI... by Sergei N. Folomeev

“…For a comprehensive and balanced study of the mentioned topics the author suggests to introduce to the students all the groups of recommended sources - the classics of Marxism, of the representatives of the Bolshevik and the Menshevik wings of the RSDLP, the program documents of the Russian and German Social Democrats on this issue, the views of K. …”
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Insect Pests of Grapes in Florida by Oscar Liburd, Gisette Seferina, Scott Weihman

“…Some of the common insect pests attacking grapes in Florida include: grape root borer, glassy-winged sharpshooter, grape flea beetle, grapevine aphid, grape leaffolder, grape curculio, and grape phylloxera. …”
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Business Development of The Ecotourism of Javan Gibbon: A Marketing Mix Strategy at Gede Pangrango National Park by Fandawa Saputra, Tutut Sunarminto, Harnios Arief, Khairiyah Kamilah

“…The offered package adjusted to the willingness to pay of local and foreign tourist that ranged from IDR500,000 to IDR1,000,000. …”
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Personal prerequisites for the psychological safety of Russian students in close intercultural interaction by E. V. Egamberdieva, N. A. Tsvetkova

“…The students – Russian citizens who attributed themselves to other ethnic groups, have: a normative version of the development of the five basic characteristics of a “normal” personality; an average overall level of tolerance and authoritarianism as well as self-actualisation; an adequately high level of belief in the fairness of the world, their good fortune and ability to control events; activity as a leading component of subjectivity; a willingness to establish a social distance with other ethnic groups that facilitates dialogue. …”
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Glow-Worms, Railroad-Worms (Insecta: Coleoptera: Phengodidae) by Marc Branham

“…Males of these species are not larviform, but instead resemble other beetles, though their first pair of wings (elytra) are less then half as long as their hind wings and the males of most species have very elaborate, feather-like antennae. …”
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The Sustainability of Knowledge-Sharing Behavior Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior in Q&A Social Network Community by Xin Feng, Lijie Wang, Yue Yan, Qi Zhang, Liming Sun, Jiangfei Chen, Ye Wu

“…It is very important and urgent to explore the factors that affect users’ willingness to share knowledge. In response to this problem, this paper builds a theoretical model of the factors that are affecting users’ willingness to share knowledge and uses questionnaire research methods to conduct research design and collect sample data and uses methods such as correlation analysis and structural equation modeling to verify the model and hypothesis. …”
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Opinion Expression Dynamics in Social Media Chat Groups: An Integrated Quasi-Experimental and Agent-Based Model Approach by Siyuan Ma, Hongzhong Zhang

“…The opinion dynamic is driven by two variables, people’s perceived peer support and willingness of opinion expression. The perceived peer support influences the willingness of opinion expression, and the willingness influences the dynamics of real opinion-expression. …”
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Pharmacodynamic Modeling of Warfarin Dosing Algorithm for Cardiovascular Patients in Indonesia: A Tailored Method to Anticoagulation Therapy by Putriana NA, Latarissa IR, Rusdiana T, Rostinawati T, Akbar MR

“…Therefore, this research aimed to evaluate the impact of clinical and genetic factors on warfarin dose adjustment and to develop a dosing algorithm for patients with cardiovascular disease.Patients and Methods: A total of 77 research subjects were selected using consecutive sampling based on the inclusion criteria of cardiac outpatients on warfarin for ≥ 3 months with PT-INR data, complete medical records, and willingness to participate. Exclusion criteria included vitamin K use and inability to follow up. …”
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