European Monetary Union: Badly Prepared for Big Crises by Michael Heine, Hansjörg Herr

“…There is the danger that policy mistakes will lead to long-term stagnation in the EMU or possibly even a great recession.…”
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Lived Religion in English Convents in Exile, 1600 - 1800: Accommodating the Ordinary and the Exceptional within the Rule by Caroline BOWDEN

“…These not only set out in great detail how every part of the day was to be spent but specified the spirit in which both lay sisters and choir nuns were to approach their tasks: all their time was devoted to God in a spirit of humility. …”
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Look-up table predistorter based on non-iterative algorithm and indirect learning architecture for TWTA by WANG Yong1, XIANG Xin1, 2

“…Simulation results show that the predistorter can reduce in-band distortion and spectrum regrowth greatly introduced by the nonlinear effects of TWTA.…”
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Cadastro municipal, subsídios do geoprocessamento para a gestão pública – o exemplo do distrito de Warta, Londrina (PR) by Valmir de França , Ângela Canabrava Buchmann , Elizabeth Aparecida Alves , Alan Alves Alievi, José Paulo P. Pinese 

“…Control of different types of information about lots of rural and urban area of the municipality is of great importance for the planning of public policies aimed at developing local and regional planning. …”
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Study on Quantitative Phase Imaging by Dual-Wavelength Digital Holography Microscopy by Lin Hu, Yunxiu Shui, Yaohui Dai, Haiyu Wu, Gang Zhu, Yan Yang

“…The phase images are acquired without phase unwrapping, which is necessary in traditional digital holographic microscopy; thereby the proposed system can greatly increase the speed of reconstruction. The results of numerical simulation and optical experiments demonstrated that the reconstructed speed increased by 37.9 times, and the relative error of measurement is 4% compared with the traditional holographic microscopy system. …”
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L’apport des copies de Gaignières à la connaissance des archives de l’abbaye de Longpont by Benoît-Michel Tock

“…The publication of the charters of the Abbaye de Longpont in the twelfth century is important, since we know of around 200 acts received by this great monastery. But it is a complex task, given the almost total absence of originals, and the fact that only very partial cartularies exist. …”
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Sustainable Development in international relations theory: its presence or abscence. A proposal for a new paradigm by Sagrario Morán-Blanco

“…Along with the goals and targets set up by the United Nations in the 2030 Agenda, the concept of Sustainable Development has a great significance in the discipline of International Relations, since the beginning of the new century. …”
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Brazilian and Chinese Cooperation in African Agriculture. A Practice-based Study by Frédéric Goulet, Jean-Jacques Gabas, Eric Sabourin

“…In this article we analyze Brazilian and Chinese practices in terms of cooperation in Africa, focusing on the agricultural sector. While a great deal of work has analyzed the engagement of these emerging players from an international relations viewpoint, we develop a practice based analysis, involving the ethnographic observation of cooperation projects and institutions. …”
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A Survey of Interference Suppression in Femtocell Network by Weifeng Lu, Yanchuan Qi, Liwen He, Siguang Chen

“…However femtocell is facing the great challenges of communication interference management as other communication equipment. …”
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Study on Dynamics Simulation of RV Reducer based on Rigid-flexible Coupling by Qiu Tao Du Qungui

“…RV reducer has the characteristics of large transmission ratio, large carrying capacity, high transmission accuracy and stable transmission, so it is of great significance to research its dynamic characteristics. …”
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Le tact au cœur de la parole professorale by Eirick Prairat

“…The first part of this text explores the two great facets of language: language as an instrument of thought and language as an instance that connects us. …”
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Bilateral Free 2nd Toe Pulp Flap for Reconstruction of Soft Tissue Defect in Traumatic Finger Injuries by Jeongseok Oh, Seok Chan Eun

“…Finger reconstruction involves paramount significance of both functional and aesthetic aspects, due to its great impact on quality of life. The options range from primary closure, skin grafts, local flaps, pedicled flaps, and free flaps. …”
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Modelling of the VU budget means alocation by Aleksas Pikturna, Feliksas Ivanauskas, Bogdan Lapcun

“… Quantitative tools for the budget in higher education have appeared in great number in last decade of last century. Two approaches of the mathematical modelling have appeared in higher education: the package model and locally designed model. …”
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Self-locking and Efficiency Maximization Design of a 3K-H Planetary Gear Train by Huang Junpeng, Kong Jianyi, Sun Wei, Xing Xing'ao, Li Baoyi

“…Planetary gear train is mainly used for power transmission, so it is of great significance to study its self-locking and efficiency. …”
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The Rising of “Modern Actinobacteria” Era by Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Vengadesh Letchumanan, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Hooi-Leng Ser, Bey-Hing Goh, Learn-Han Lee

“…Lee LearnHan, who has great expertise and experience in the field of actinobacteria research. …”
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Activated receptors for peroxisomic proliferators. Its role in the atherosclerosis, obesity and high blood pressure. by Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Yosvel Curbelo Pérez

“…PPAR receptors regulate the expressions of a great variety of genes that codify the proteins that are implied in the lipid metabolism, the energetic homeostasis, the cellular differentiation and the formation of tumours. …”
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How to Start a Food Business: Writing a Business Plan by Soohyoun Ahn, Lisa House, Renée Goodrich-Schneider

“…But writing a good business plan is often a challenge and it requires a great amount of effort. This 4-page fact sheet provides guidance on how to write a good food-business plan. …”
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Differential evolution algorithm for identification of structural damage in steel beams by Brunno E. Sobrinho, Gilberto Gomes, Welington V. da Silva, Ramon S. Y. R. C. Silva, Luciano M. Bezerra, Erwin U. L. Palechor

“…This paper proposes a new methodology to detect damage in steel beams using the Differential Evolution Technique based on experimental and numerical data. The results show a great potential of the methodology to solve damage detection problems.…”
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On the peculiarities of experiencing the loss of a spouse by women of different age categories by V. V. Kozyreva, O. Yu. Nikolaeva

“…The specificity of experiencing the loss of a spouse, in particular, is expressed in the fact that not only the individual characteristics of a woman, but also the social and age characteristics of her personality are of great importance.…”
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Organizational Imaginary and Tacit Dimension of Knowledge: a Case Study in a Telecommunications Company by Marcia Caldas Pitrowsky, Isabel de Sá Affonso da Costa, Denise Medeiros Ribeiro Salles

“…The results showed that the lack of organizational intention concerning the collective commitment to knowledge creation, in a manner clearly articulated by senior management, fails to leverage the existing fertile grounds for innovation, having in view the spontaneous commitment shown by its employees with the image of the company, which is great in their point of view.…”
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