Local Management and New Public Management by Irena Bačlija

“…In the context of this ever demanding environment functions local administration that has to be reformed in order to conform with the elements of this environment. …”
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Low-Power On-Chip Energy Harvesting: From Interface Circuits Perspective by Shuang Song, Dehong Wang, Mengyu Li, Siyao Cao, Feijun Zheng, Kai Huang, Zhichao Tan, Sijun Du, Menglian Zhao

“…More importantly, the ever more complex and highly efficient energy harvesting systems enable long-term continuous monitoring in inaccessible environments without needing to change the battery. …”
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Preparing students for diverse careers in the poultry industry by Elizabeth L. Karcher, J. Marcos Fernandez, Christine Z. Alvarado, Nada Tamim, Drew Benson

“…Symposium Summary: Careers in the poultry industry are ever evolving to address global challenges and include collaborations with others from diverse backgrounds and cultures from around the world. …”
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Therapeutic applicability of helminths in autoimmune diseases – literature overview by Jacek Zwiernik, Tomasz Arłukowicz, Beata Zwiernik, Tomasz Matyskieła, Marta Gimeła-Dargiewicz, Agnieszka Rakowska, Beata Januszko-Giergielewicz, Ewa Rotkiewicz

“…The overview of analysed reports demonstrates that as medical knowledge on the cells and mediators participating actively in inflammatory processes accumulates, clinical trials focus on ever more specific areas concerning the pathomechanisms of autoimmune diseases. …”
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Design of a mass-customization-based cost-effective Internet of Things sensor system in smart building spaces by Sanguk Park, Sangmin Park, Jinsung Byun, Sehyun Park

“…In this era, it is more important than ever to design a highly scalable Internet of Things infrastructure by mass customization for cost-effective production of exponentially increasing numbers of Internet of Things systems to provide more intelligent service in smart spaces. …”
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Energy dependence of ϕ(1020) meson production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN SPS by Rozpłochowski Łukasz

“…Notably, this work represents the first-ever measurements of ϕ production in a mid-sized system at SPS energies.…”
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Using "Ag in the Classroom" curricula: Teachers' awareness, attitudes and perceptions of agricultural literacy by Cynthia L. Malecki, Glenn D. Israel, Elena Toro

“… Florida's residents are more dependent than ever on agriculture, but for many the relationship is invisible. …”
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The crime prevention quadrant plan in Chile by Patricio Moreno-Herrera

“…The findings suggest that the synergies derived from the interconnected systems within a Chilean police station contribute to its viability within the ever-evolving police environment. However, the study also discusses certain limitations of VSM in assessing interpersonal interactions within complex organizations. …”
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Simple Graphic Scales, Complex Bodies: Exploring the Impact of House Measurements on Gender Roles by Lesly Yanely Noguerón Maldonado

“…Whether it is a room, an apartment, an anti-refuge, or a domain, these dynamics are ever-present. This research presents a quantitative analysis of the representation of gender roles in anthropometry and ergonomics manuals commonly used in design and architecture. …”
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Jesus Christ, a compassionate companion: Christological reflections in the time of the HIV/AIDS pandemic by E. S. Mligo

“…In this instance, the article critiques the “cult of normalcy” ever embraced by the church that excludes those it considers to be abnormal and includes those it considers to be normal. …”
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Les documentaires politiques de Robert Greenwald : définir des nouvelles pratiques militantes à l’ère d’Internet by Delphine Letort

“…Brave New Films relies on its website to promote an alternative informational space, calling for Internet viewers’ collaboration to help broadcast the films and stir up public debates on issues that hardly ever hit the other media headlines.…”
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Cultures and politics in the present-day Alps by Bernard Debarbieux

“…More than ever before, the Alps are affected by increasingly varied and powerful flows and equally by the multiplication of initiatives designed to strengthen or regenerate the idea of “locality” (place). …”
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Kognitiewe orientasie as determinant van verbruikersbesluitneming by Freddie Crous, G. Benecke, J. P. R. Joubert

“…A significant negative correlation was how ever found between field dependence and a rational consumer orientation. …”
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Citrus Reset Management by Stephen H. Futch

“…Today, tree replacement is more important than ever since overhead and production costs are escalating and a full stand of productive trees is essential to maximize production and profits. …”
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Contact avec le français et registres de l'occitan moderne (XVIe-XVIIIe siècle) by Jean-François Courouau

“…Studies of modern Occitan literature, which hardly ever take an interest in the phenomenon of francisms, would undoubtedly have much to gain by taking into consideration borrowings from Occitan to French as indicators of registers.…”
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Facts about Farm to School by Samantha Ward, Lauren Headrick, Karla Shelnutt

“…Recent requirements for more fruit and vegetables in the National School Lunch Programs have made the F2S program more popular than ever. The University of Florida is committed to the Farm to School program and is working closely with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to connect farmers to schools. …”
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The tourism image of Estonia in Spain: a formulative approach by Katlin Savva, Arta Antonovica, Javier de Esteban Curiel

“…We are living in an environment, where information flow is freer than ever. Nowadays everyone has access to global news and can make their own conclu-sions based on the perceived image. …”
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"Narrative Cloggers": Notes on Description and Subversion in Nicholson Baker’s Fiction by Françoise Sammarcelli

“…The essay focuses on three of Baker’s novels and comments on the evolution in Baker’s work between 1988 and 2003, from the exuberant description of objects in The Mezzanine (1988), to a more intimate rehistoricizing of the object as a trace of the narrator’s experience as a family man in Room Temperature (1990), to the repeated encoding of daily life as an ever-renewed mystery in A Box of Matches (2003).Dwelling on the various strategies at work in Baker’s descriptions (such as his frequent experiment with conjunction and disjunction, or his particular use of metaphor and metonymy), this paper also shows how the humorous defamiliarization of the visible contributes to the resistance of the texts. …”
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Resource Scheduling for Cloud Data Center Based on Data Mining in Smart Grid by Songtao Peng

“…Since the wide use of virtual technology,the resource use rate in cloud data center has been improved effectively than ever before.However,there is still a large space for improvement due to the resources usually are pre-started and pre-allocated by the user demand rather than the actual needs.In order to allocate available resource more accurately,two algorithms were proposed to meet the needs of the daily use in most of time.The available virtual resources would be arranged according the forecast using the algorithms of hierarchical composition of loading and the peek resources needs would be dynamic allocated using the algorithms of stochastic equilibrium and queuing theory.The results of experiment via the system based upon above theories show that the solution provides a kind of very effective advanced means for the optimal use of resources and energy saves.…”
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