An Overview of the BALSAC Population Database. Past Developments, Current State and Future Prospects by Hélène Vézina, Jean-Sébastien Bournival

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Evaluating the Role that Monastic Educational Principles Play in Education in Monastic Boy Schooling in Gauteng Province, South Africa by Gradidge Jason, Sepeng Mmalefikane Sylvia

“…Monastic education has a rich history rooted in discipline, community, intellectual pursuits and spirituality. …”
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pneumonia Treated with Lower-Dose Palivizumab in a Heart Transplant Recipient by J. L. Grodin, K. S. Wu, E. E. Kitchell, J. Le, J. D. Mishkin, M. H. Drazner, D. W. Markham

“…Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important community-acquired pathogen that can cause significant morbidity and mortality in patients who have compromised pulmonary function, are elderly, or are immunosuppressed. This paper describes a 70-year-old man with a remote history of heart transplantation who presented with signs and symptoms of pneumonia. …”
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Dynamic Large Deflection Response of RC Beams under Low-Speed Impact Loading by Lu Guo, Renwei Mao, Zhifang Liu, Shiqiang Li, Guiying Wu, Zhihua Wang

“…The “equal area” method based on the deflection history of beams is only used during these derivations to determine the plastic bending moment and the stress distribution of the structure. …”
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Social Strata Differentials in Reproductive Behavior among Agricultural Families in the Krummhörn Region (East Frisia, 1720-1874) by Kai P. Willführ, Charlotte Störmer

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The Influence of Multilingualism on the Works of Vasily Sesemann by Julia V. Sokolova

“…Sesemann’s phenomenon in the history of philosophy, but also opens up opportunities for new research approaches to his work and demonstrates the research potential of his legacy…”
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Numerical Modeling of Seismic Responses and Seismic Measures of Tunnel Crossing a Fault Zone: A Case Study by Lin Li, Liping Xian, Chaofan Yao, Deping Guo, Chengliang Liu

“…The investigation shows that Longxi Tunnel, across a fault zone, was severely damaged during the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, China. In this paper, the dynamic time history analysis method is used to study the seismic response characteristics of Longxi Tunnel and the aseismic effect of seismic measures. …”
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What was Killing Babies in Trondheim? An Investigation of Infant Mortality Using Individual Level Causes of Death, 1830–1907 by Hilde Leikny Sommerseth

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Hypertension Detection Using Passive-Aggressive Algorithm With The PA-I And PA-II Methods by M. Hafidz Ariansyah, Sri Winarno

“…Researchers use machine learning that can explore large amounts of data sets to produce knowledge that is beneficial to science. In this paper, the researchers used the Passive-Aggressive algorithm and the PA-I and PA-II methods to make a model for the diagnosis of hypertension. …”
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Examining the Prospects of Consociational Power-Sharing as a Conflict Resolution Strategy in South Sudan by Israel Nyaburi Nyadera, Michael Otieno Kisaka

“…This paper recognizes the vital nature of the prevailing peace and questions about whether consociational democracy can be propped up during this period of relative peace. …”
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Blurring boundaries: early Sinhala cinema as another Adam’s Bridge between Ceylon and India (1948-1968) by Vilasnee TAMPOE-HAUTIN

“…Conclusively, I will argue that the sense of endangerment to Sinhala culture – whether real or imagined – that gripped a part of the Ceylonese nation, as well as the ensuing 1960s State protectionist policies in favour of ethnic Sinhalese, refer back to how the film industry brings into sharp focus the socio-ethnic and economic malaises that have incessantly borne upon Sri Lanka’s cultural history.…”
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Mapping in the Oiapoque Indigenous Territories by Rosélis Remor de Souza Mazurek

“…Mapping for Territorial Management as conducted here seems to offer the additional and important opportunity to retrieve, remember, discuss and register the history of the community.…”
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La monnaie, la politique et la possibilité d’un mode de développement à nouveau fondé sur le marché intérieur au Brésil et en Argentine by Jaime Marques Pereira

“…The question asked in this paper is whether the acceleration of growth through a redistributive demand policy in Argentina and Brazil during the last decade means an emerging development model that would give back to the internal market the main growth impulse function it had before liberalization. …”
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An Intelligent Method to Identify Effective Factors in Customers' Dissatisfaction in the Insurance Industry using Ensemble Learning by Kamran Balani, Hossein Sadr, Ahmad Edalatpanah, Mahnaz Manteghipour, Mojdeh Nazari

“…In this regard, identifying the effective factors in customer turnover is essential. In this paper, data mining methods are used to predict the factors affecting customer dissatisfaction. …”
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Reduction of Maximum and Residual Drifts on Posttensioned Steel Frames with Semirigid Connections by Arturo López-Barraza, Edén Bojórquez, Sonia E. Ruiz, Alfredo Reyes-Salazar

“…The aim of this paper is to study the seismic performance of self-centering moment-resisting steel frames with posttensioned connections taking into account nonlinear material behavior, for better understanding of the advantages of this type of structural system. …”
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Successful Treatment with Clonazepam and Pramipexole of a Patient with Sleep-Related Eating Disorder Associated with Restless Legs Syndrome: A Case Report by Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Ryohei Yoshimura, Masahiro Takano

“…The patient, a 48-year-old Japanese housewife, first visited our clinic and complained about nighttime eating. She had a history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, sleep apnea syndrome, and depression. …”
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Personalized Music Recommendation Simulation Based on Improved Collaborative Filtering Algorithm by Hui Ning, Qian Li

“…It selects information and similarity relationships based on the user’s history and collects others that are the same as the user’s hobbies. …”
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Câteva considerații asupra receptării protocronismului românesc by Vlad-Ion Pappu

“…The present paper represents a remake, on a wider scale, but far from being exhaustive, of the problem of Protochronism, as originally thought by Edgar Papu (1908-1993), her creator. …”
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Methodological developments in the field of structural integrity analyses of large scale reactor pressure vessels in Hungary by Tamás Fekete

“…However, in the course of technical history there were examples of unusual, catastrophic failures of structures, even resulting in human casualties. …”
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Measuring Migration Status Based on the Place of Marriage Overestimates the Share of Male Migrants in Historical Populations. Evidence From Dutch Marriage Certificates by Matthias Rosenbaum-Feldbrügge, Paul Puschmann

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