substance use and recidivism of intimate partner violence in Peru: A cross-sectional study. by Victor Roman-Lazarte Sr., Enrique Moncada-Mapelli, Maryorie K Galeas-Torre, Luz A Roman, Maricela L Marcelo-Armas

“… # Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted using public data from the Ministry of Women, employing regression based on generalized linear models to calculate crude and adjusted Odds Ratios…”
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Thinning Southern Pines - A Key to Greater Returns by Chris Demers, Michael Andreu, Babe McGowan, Alan Long, Jarek Nowak

“…In addition, thinning provides periodic income, improves access for equipment, recreation and hunting, and creates a generally healthier stand. Thinning is also beneficial for wildlife, especially when combined with prescribed fire or herbicide use to control competing vegetation. …”
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On the Potential of Algorithm Fusion for Demographic Bias Mitigation in Face Recognition by Jascha Kolberg, Yannik Schäfer, Christian Rathgeb, Christoph Busch

“…Although the accuracy of face recognition systems is generally high, they are not without flaws. Many biometric systems have been found to exhibit demographic bias, resulting in different demographic groups being not recognized with the same accuracy. …”
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A diachronic study on the treatment of culture-bound words in Chinese-English Dictionaries (1819–2014): A case study of confucian terms by Jinyan Li

“…However, previous studies have generally exhibited an insufficient treatment of cultural information, particularly of culture-bound words. …”
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Intolerancia, militarismo y confianza del Estado en las políticas represivas: Cuba y Argentina en la primera mitad del siglo XX by Dominic M. Beggan, Riccardo Forte

“…Utilizamos dos casos del siglo XX en AméricaLatina: Argentina entre 1890 y 1930 y Cuba entre 1933 y 1959. La hipótesis generales que existe una relación entre violencia social y a) la tendencia creciente hacia elmilitarismo y la confianza del Estado en las acciones represivas, b) la presencia deuna fuerte desigualdad social, económica y política, y c) el nivel de desarrollo de lasinstituciones democráticas. …”
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Pedia Tricks - Out-of-the-Box Thinking in Paediatric Dentistry by Varsha Sharma, Brahmananda Dutta, Anandamoy Bagchi, Yashshwini Shroff

“…Forehead and Long in their study found that most uncooperative behaviour of the child is due to their strong will and these children are generally confident, persistent and independent. A fruitful method to deal with strong willed children is to violate the causal relationship by some magic tricks from preventive via curative to his/her follow ups visits. …”
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Quasi-Babinet principle in dielectric resonators and Mie voids by Masoud Hamidi, Kirill Koshelev, Sergei Gladyshev, Adrià Canós Valero, Mario Hentschel, Harald Giessen, Yuri Kivshar, Thomas Weiss

“…Here, we show that Babinet's principle can be generalized to dielectric and magnetodielectric systems within certain boundaries, which we refer to as the quasi-Babinet principle and demonstrate for spherical and more generically shaped Mie resonators. …”
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BOARD CHARACTERISTICS AND REAL EARNINGS MANAGEMENT AMONG LISTED NON-FINANCIAL FIRMS IN NIGERIA by Abdulraheem Olayiwola KADIRI

“…The study employed the generalized method of moment (GMM) to estimate its empirical models. …”
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Continuidades y discontinuidades de la movilidad ocupacional en México by René Zenteno, Patricio Solís

“…Los resultados muestran que en términos generales estas tendencias también se observan en el conjunto de las ciudades del país, aunque con algunos matices que no se aprecian en Monterrey; revelan también que las transformaciones económicas y sociales experimentadas en el país durante las últimas décadas han producido efectos negativos en la movilidad social pues, a pesar de la continuidad en la movilidad estructural, se ha acentuado la inequidad de oportunidades laborales.…”
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Entretenir la mémoire des inondations via les repères de crue ? by Alexis Metzger, Franck David, Philippe Valette, Sylvain Rode, Brice Martin, Jérémy Desarthe, Jamie Linton

“…In this article, we are particularly interested in flood markers in France in the modern period (since the nineteenth century). These have generally been intended to serve as a way of reminding people of the possibility of flooding, in order to make them aware of the risk. …”
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Socio-emotional development of children of same-sex parents: achievements and future lines of research by Amanda M. Muñoz-Martínez

“…Se presentan algunas conclusiones generales con respecto al desarrollo socioemocional de los hijos criados por familias homoparentales, así como algunas recomendaciones metodológicas para futuras investigaciones en esta área.…”
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Los principios Unidroit en las relaciones comerciales internacionales by Alix Aguirre Andrade, Nelly Manasía Fernández

“…Así mismo, se centra en la naturaleza jurídica, su aplicación como lex mercatoria, las disposiciones generales preceptuadas en 1994, la nueva formulación recientemente presentada en 2004 y la preeminencia que en ellos tienen las distintas expresiones de protección de la actividad comercial, además del tratamiento que reciben en la Convención Interamericana sobre Derecho Aplicable a los Contratos Internacionales y la particular regulación en el ordenamiento jurídico venezolano. …”
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Intercultural competence of Chinese students abroad: An investigation under Sino-foreign Cooperative Education Programs. by Pei Yang, Xiangge Zhao, Xinxin Zhang, Anran Li

“…The results indicate that Chinese students generally exhibit moderately high levels of IC. Language proficiency, intercultural training, and intercultural contact experiences were significantly and positively associated with IC, while gender showed no significant correlation. …”
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Sobre la espacialidad de los procesos electorales urbanos y una comparación entre las técnicas de regresión OLS y SAM by Carlos J. Vilalta y Perdomo

“…Se siguen dos procedimientos generales: primero se calcula el coeficiente de autocorrelación I de Moran para demostrar la espacialidad del comportamiento electoral en el México urbano entre 1994 y 2000; después se comparan dos técnicas de regresión, ols y sam. …”
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The refractory form of gastroesophageal reflux disease: clinical and endoscopical, functional and morphofunctional criteria by M. A. Osadchuk, A. M. Osadchuk, D. V. Balashov, I. M. Kvetnoy

“…Groups of comparison included 30 patients with chronic H. pyloriassociated gastritis and 20 generally healthy patients. Contents of nephro-endocrine cells in mucosa of the esophagus, producing nitric oxide synthase, endothelin-1, melatonin, neurotensin and р53 was determined by immunehistochemical method.Results. …”
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Fashion meets journalism: Mapping and evaluating Australian fashion media by Wylie Shannon

“…This research contributes more generally to the field of media and cultural studies, by developing the three-part producer/text/reader model, which is the standard ‘media studies’ analytical framework. …”
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Ancient Hawaiian house lots and their flora: a review of Great Māhele plant claims with a special focus on Pritchardia (loulu) palms by Brien A. Meilleur

“…This is true for the period immediately after Western contact (1778) and for the decades following the arrival of American and European missionaries in the 1820s and 1830s, and indeed for the 19th century generally. The results of this review are presented here, with those plants claimed in the Native Register and those explicitly claimed near dwellings identified and described. …”
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Trichoscopy in Unveiling the Triad of Netherton Syndrome by H Bangaru, D Ashwini

“…Here, we present a case of a 16-year-old female born to second-degree consanguineous marriage who presented with a history of atopy, generalized xerosis, plaques with serpiginous borders, and double-edged scales over the trunk, upper and lower limbs, lichenification in flexures, sparse eyelashes, and eyebrows predominantly over lateral half was noted. …”
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Incidencia de las tecnologías en la contratación: Marco Legal en Cuba by Lissette Hernández Fernández

“…El proyecto de Decreto-Ley sobre Normas generales para la práctica del comercio electrónico remite al ordenamiento tradicional en todas las cuestiones relativas a la perfección de los contratos, por lo cual resulta contradictorio que el Código Civil es omiso en varias de las instituciones propias de esta fase. …”
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Fricción, (re)concentración y afianzamiento conservador tras las elecciones de 2018 en Paraguay by Juan Mario Solís Delgadillo, Sarah Patricia Cerna Villagra

“…Las elecciones generales de 2018 mantuvieron en el poder al Partido Colorado, una de las pocas maquinarias electorales que se mantienen en la región, su capacidad de ganar elecciones y la homogeneidad del voto a su favor dan muestra de ello. …”
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