Design and characterization of a fractal-inspired multi-frequency piezoelectric energy converter by Davide Castagnetti

“…This work aims to design and investigate a piezoelectric converter conform to a fractal-inspired, multi-frequency structure previously presented by the author. A physical prototype of the converter is built and experimentally examined, up to 120 Hz, in terms of modal response and power output. …”
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Ultrasound-guided high-voltage, long-duration pulsed radiofrequency for the treatment of long thoracic nerve entrapment syndrome: A case report by Juan Liu, Shuhua Dong, Yuna Guo, Baishan Wu

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Thoracic mass as a manifestation of bifid rib by René Gómez-Lainsa, Carlos Leganés Villanueva, Nuria Brun Lozano, María Ángeles López-Vílchez

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A method of summability of Lagrange interpolation by Detlef H. Mache

“…The author uses in this paper a technique from numerical integration (see [9]) to get a discretely defined operator, which is a modification of the Lagrange operator. …”
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Surgical treatment for spinal brucellosis with posterior intervertebral bone-graft fusion and pedicle screw internal fixation by Li Yan, Li Yadong, Shen Linming, Liu Yongming

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The Category of Existential Continuum in the English Biographical References by D. A. Efremova

“…The text manifestation of the category of the existential continuum has, as a whole, an objective character; however subjectivity is expressed in its individual and author's partitioning of the text, a metaphorisation, figurativeness, anecdotism and the functioning of the categories of time and space as a means of the characters’ characteristics.…”
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La Ville-de-Montereau by Muriel Berthou Crestey

“…This designation, long thought to have been invented by the author, is the name for a small boat that was indeed operating in 1840, as proven by a picture recently incorporated in Flaubertian studies. …”
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SUPPORTING CHARACTERS IN THE TALE OF KIEU by Lê Hồng Phong

“…This exploration is intended to discover Nguyen Du's intentions when he forgets, or temporarily forgets, certain supporting characters, including Kim Trong. The author also attempts to correct certain misassumptions of other researchers about some supporting characters in “The Tale of Kieu”.…”
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THE FORMATION OF A UNIFIED INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT OF A BASIC UNIVERSITY by Evgeniy A. Zakharov

“…Analyzes the current state of information technology infrastructure, information scientific-educational environment of the Volgograd State Technical University and Volgograd State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, which form the basis of the information structure of a regional basic university. The author describes the ways of integrating the information systems of the participating universities, the prospects of the development of the University site and the University portal. …”
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ORGANIZATION OF DOCTORAL TRAINING AT VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY by Pranas Baltrenas

“…The goals, peculiarities of organization, scope and content of educational programs, the requirements for applicants are characterized. The author dwells upon the thesis defense procedure. The article is prepared within the framework of TEMPUS project «NETCENG» - New Model of the Third Cycle in Engineering Education Due to Bologna Process in BY, RU, UA. …”
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Faire le mythe. Histoire, récit et transformation en Amazonie by Carlos Fausto

“…The different versions of the Parakanã myth are compared with other Amazonian myths on the origin of the white people, particularly with the story of Aukê, which is known by all Ge-speaking people of Central Brazil. Finally, the author examines some problems related to the notions of myth and history, suggesting the notion of mythic agency in contradistinction with our notion of making history.…”
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Subcutaneous immunotherapy in a patient taking ofatumumab for multiple sclerosis and upadacitinib for atopic dermatitis by Twan Sia, BA, Leeon Bacchus, BA, Stanley Liu, BS, John Leung, MD

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Hierocracia e inovação, dinâmica do conceito na Sociologia da Dominação by Luciano Sathler

“…It makes some considerations about hierocracy as fundamental to the development of Weber’s sociology, as a necessary step to understand what is rationality, modernity, disenchantment of the world and heroic individualism, which are essential elements of the author’s theoretical constructs.…”
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Pour une ethno-trichologie tibétaine by Christian Bromberger

“…Head and body hair: these corporeal excrescences, which can be modified at no great risk, convey four types of information: on sexual statuses and differences between genders, as well as general differences established by societies; on ethnic, social and personal identities; on order and disorder, on the norm and the margin within a society; on the aesthetic trends in a given period. The author sketches the framework of a general ethno-trichology, and includes examples drawn from various cultural contexts. …”
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Na pochybách. Pascal a Descartes by Gachonová, Kateřina

“…An attempt at the relativization of these compartmentalizing poles brings the author of the study to a starting point that is common to Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy and Pascal’s Pensées (Thoughts): the act of skepticism and radical doubt. …”

Malignant adenomyoepithelioma of the breast in a male patient by Jinxiu Ma, Dong Song, Xiaoxiao Dong, Xiaozhen Wang

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External quality control in communication science: by Pieter Fourie

“… In this article, the author gives an overview of how quality control is done in Communication Science at Dutch and Flemish universities. …”
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Comidas del Zopilote by Dominique Raby

“…Using the “multispecies ethnography” perspective, the author underlines how the relations between human beings and the vulture are connected to food and empathy, and how the bird, as cleaner of the world, is involved in the complex network of relations framed by the basic Nahua concepts of working, feeding and loving. …”
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‘Making audible to one a roar of sound where others find perfect stillness’: Soundscape in George Eliot’s The Lifted Veil and the physiological acoustics by Lilia Miroshnychenko

“…The resonant theory informs, in various ways, the soundscape of The Lifted Veil (1859), redefining the function of sound in the text—as a literary device, a means of characterisation, a narrative instrument, and what’s more—a component of the author’s moral imperative of sympathy.…”
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Innovative wire stripper technique for rescue balloon angioplasty after failed thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke: A case report by Chenglin Sun, Huanhuan Feng, Jiaqi Wang, Yaqiong Zhang

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