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The impact of EU conditionality on democratisation in Turkey: institutional transformation and policy (re)formation of minority rights, freedom of expression, the military and the... by Özkurt, Fatma Zeynep

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Beyond the growth rate of cosmic structure: testing modified gravity models with an extra degree of freedom by Burrage, Clare, Parkinson, David, Seery, David

“…In ‘modified’ gravity the observed acceleration of the universe is explained by changing the gravitational force law or the number of degrees of freedom in the gravitational sector. …”
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Active vibration control of rotating machines by Houlston, Paul Robert

“…In practice, the voltage available imposes a strict limitation on the maximum possible rate of change of control force (force slew rate). This thesis presents a method which removes the aforementioned existing shortcomings of traditional optimal control. …”
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Media reforms in Myanmar and Indonesia: a critical analysis of how power relations and social inequalities are reflected in, impacted by, and shape media reform processes by S. Venkiteswaran, Gayathry

“…In the 2010s, a shift towards political openness began in Myanmar after decades of military rule. While these changes can be described as young or at a nascent stage, the other countries such as Indonesia, have seen remarkable developments in the area of media development and freedoms. …”
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Analytical and numerical studies on impact force profile of RC beam under drop weight impact by Li, H., Chen, Wensu, Pham, Thong, Hao, Hong

“…The effects of global stiffness (by changing the beam span and boundary condition) on the impact force profile are numerically studied by using LS-DYNA. …”
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In the shadow of Chang’an: the space transformation of villages within a cultural heritage site by Ji, Jiahui

“…Furthermore, for the top-down and bottom-up forces, in the process of space transformation, it can be seen how the top-down forces play an overwhelming role, and how the bottom-up forces take actions with limited power to adjust and change the space as China is an authoritarian society full of diverse hierarchical structures. …”
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Analytical study on social change in Tunisia from the pre-colonial period to Arab spring by M. G. Almheiri, Hamda Ghalib, Shuriye, Abdi Omar

“…The research concluded that the change occurs in any given society through one of these ways: law, principle of education and force, and for different purposes, including: Human need for dignity and personal respect, social need for justice and political need for freedom. …”
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Development of 4D-printed shape memory polymer actuators for induced-strain shape change by Alshebly, Yousif Saad

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Substructural Damage Detection With Incomplete Information of the Structure by Li, Jun, Law, S.

“…This paper proposes a substructural damage identification approach without the information of responses and forces at the interface degrees-of-freedom. It is based on the response reconstruction technique using the unit impulse response function in the wavelet domain. …”
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Simulation Based Analysis of Kinematics, Dynamics and Control of Space Robots by Sultana, Shafina

“…It was shown that the acceleration of the Virtual Base (VB) was proportionally equal to the change of its position in inertial space from the applied forces or torques. …”
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Terror, Fear and Individual and Community Well-Being by Aly, Anne

“…In today’s globalised world where climate change, financial crises and international crime form a new agenda of fear, insecurity and fear have become pervasive forces in the everyday lives of individuals and communities. …”
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3D-printed components for quantum devices by Saint, Reece, Evans, William, Zhou, Yijia, Barrett, Thomas J., Fromhold, T.M., Saleh, Ehab, Maskery, Ian, Tuck, Christopher, Wildman, Ricky D., Orucevic, Fedja, Krüger, Peter

“…We introduce additive manufacturing as a production technique of quantum device components with unrivalled design freedom and rapid prototyping. This provides a step change in efficiency, compactness and facilitates systems integration. …”
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3D printed prosthetic hand with grasping and slippage detection for children by Devin, Babu

“…However, a lot of current prosthetic hands are unable to change grasping force independently of visual input. …”
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Model updating and damage detection of frame structures using output-only measurements / Hooman Monajemi by Hooman , Monajemi

“…Since input forces were assumed to be unavailable in OMA, an alternative scaling method based on change in mass was used to normalize mode shapes. …”
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The impact of ethnosectarianism on Iraqi power sharing democracy 2003-2014 by Mantki, Sangar Musheer

“…Since the regime was brought down by coalition forces in 2003, Iraq has been undergoing the process of democratisation through some significant political changes, namely, relatively free and competitive elections, and the freedom to form political and civil organisations. …”
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History of education among the Cambodian Muslims by Mohamad Zain Musa

“…Islam as their religion can freely be practiced together with their traditional Islamic education system for their children. To date this freedom can still be widely seen. This paper discusses the long and winding history of the Cambodian Muslim education; how they keep up with changes and development brought about in the country where the majority of its population is Buddhist. …”
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Privatization of maritime security surveillance and enforcement: a compromise of state sovereignty by Syed Abdul Kader, Sharifah Zubaidah, Abdulrazaq, Abdulkadir. O.

“…One of the most vital engines motivating global economic progress and development in recent times is the freedom to participate in seaborne trade the world over. …”
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Effect of the plastic hinge and boundary conditions on the impact behavior of reinforced concrete beams by Pham, Thong, Hao, H.

“…Varying concrete strength from 20 MPa to 100 MPa does not noticeably change the impact force and displacement but significantly affects the failure mode of the beam.…”
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The impact of instructional interventions on students' learning approaches, attitudes, and achievement. by Edwards, Peta S.

“…The study also attempted to elucidate the major factors affecting student attitudes towards teaching and learning with multiple media and the relationship between students' attitude, achievement and their learning approach.Significant relationships were established in the study between positive attitudes towards microbiology, higher scores for higher level learning approaches and higher academic grades.The major factors that appeared to influence students' attitudes towards microbiology included: (1) students' interest in microbiology; (2) the relevance students perceived microbiology had to nursing; (3) students' perceptions of the quality of the microbiology unit and learning materials, (4) the nature of the pastoral care provided; (5) the availability of independent study options; (6) students' perceptions of the degree of difficulty of the unit; (7) the credit point values for the unit and (8) students' perceptions of overload.In this study, freedom of choice of learning materials and the factors interest in, and relevance of microbiology to nursing practice appear to be major forces associated with increased use of deep approaches to learning by the different student groups. …”
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The perceived impact of social media access on rural communities in al-Ahsa Region, Saudi Arabia by Alsubaie, Abdulrhman Qasei, Novel Lyndon

“…Social media has greatly impacted the Saudi Arabian society that is largely defined by Islamic culture. Social media a force of change and it has transformed how people interact with friends. …”
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