Images of a nation in crisis by Rodwell Makombe

“…The ANC-led government under Jacob Zuma was perceived as corrupt and gravitating away from the ideals of a democratic state. Underpinned by Bal et al.’s (2009) model of caricature, this article seeks to examine, firstly, how the cartoon, as a medium of expression, pokes fun at its object of caricature, and secondly, how the broader socio-political context of Zuma’s presidency inspired Zapiro’s Lady Justice cartoons. …”
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SIMPLE VISUAL METHOD FOR IMPROVING CONVERGENCE ANGLE OF PROXIMAL WALLS A COMPARISON STUDY DONE ON MODELS by Dragoș Smărăndescu

“…Ideal convergence angle of axial walls is difficult to achieve clinically especially when multiple abutments are prepared for bridges. …”
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Changing our Diagnostic Paradigm Part II: Movement System Diagnostic Classification by Paula M Ludewig, Gaura Saini, Aaron Hellem, Emily K Kahnert, S Cyrus Rezvanifar, Jonathan P Braman, Justin L Staker

“…Diagnosis is pattern recognition that can result in categories of conditions that ideally direct treatment. While pathoanatomic diagnoses are common and traditional in orthopaedic practice, they often are limited with regard to directing best practice physical therapy intervention. …”
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Ultrasound of ankle and foot in rheumatology by Amit Kumar Sahu, Prasan Deep Rath, Bharat Aggarwal

“…High-frequency (7–15 MHz) linear probes with availability of color and power Doppler are ideal for scanning the ankle and foot. Systematic evaluation is the primary requirement for a proper assessment. …”
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Double-UV Photoionizaion Detector with Graphene Oxide-Coated Electrodes by Qi Zhou, Xu Zhang, Xu Ma, Sixiang Zhang

“…The experimental results show that the double-UV detector can improve the overall gas sensing characteristics and provide an ideal detection unit for volatile organic compound (VOC) gas detection.…”
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La gran vida: "La introducción" de Rodolfo Fogwill by Fermín A. Rodríguez

“…En una sociedad donde el ideal de bienestar, felicidad y longevidad se vuelve parte de la vida política, la última novela de Rodolfo Fogwill, La introducción (2016) constituye una indagación formal de las nuevas espacializaciones de la cultura y los nuevos mecanismos de subjetivación y de control que emergen en la novela de nuestro fin de siglo como índices de transformaciones del poder y de las formas de explotación sin las cuales el capitalismo 24/7 no podría funcionar. …”
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PROBLEMS OF NATIONAL (POLITICAL) IDENTITY IN THE CONTEXT OF IDEOLOGICAL DISCUSSIONS IN THE RUSSIAN POST-OCTOBER EMIGRATION by N. Omelchenko

“…The conclusion about the importance of these projects of the ideal structure of the future of Russia for the modern state development of Russia, the search for its new identity, has been made.…”
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A law of meaning by Bernhard Wälchli, Anna Sjöberg

“…This article rejects the canonical ideal of a one-to-one correspondence between meaning and marker and proposes a set-theoretical and optimality-based law for the relationship between meaning and its markers which allows for distinguishing true markers (such as not, no, never for negation) from otherwise associated items (such as negative polarity items as but, any): a meaning is expressed by the set of non-randomly recurrent markers that together are the best collocation of that meaning. …”
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BICO MPPT: A Faster Maximum Power Point Tracker and Its Application for Photovoltaic Panels by Hadi Malek, YangQuan Chen

“…In particular, a novel extremum seeking controller (ESC), which uses a Bode ideal cutoff (BICO) filter in its structure, is designed and tested on a simulated PV array. …”
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Periodic Oscillations in MEMS under Squeeze Film Damping Force by Juan Beron, Andrés Rivera

“…We provide sufficient conditions for the existence of periodic solutions for an idealized electrostatic actuator modeled by the Liénard-type equation x¨+FDx,ẋ+x=βV2t/1−x2,x∈−∞,1 with β∈ℝ+, V∈Cℝ/Tℤ, and FDx,ẋ=κẋ/1−x3, κ∈ℝ+ (called squeeze film damping force), or FDx,ẋ=cẋ, c∈ℝ+ (called linear damping force). …”
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Use of Rituximab in Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Associated with Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas by Claudio Fozza, Maurizio Longinotti

“…However, considering that the main pathogenetic mechanism of AHA in course of lymphoproliferative disorders seems to be an antibody production directly or indirectly mediated by the neoplastic clone, this monoclonal antibody represents an ideal therapeutic approach. In this paper we will briefly describe some biological and clinical features of NHL-patients with AHA. …”
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Contemporary Painting as Reflector of Yoruba Cultural Values by Michael Olusegun Fajuyigbe

“…This paper, therefore, examines the re-invention of culture and distinctive cultural ideals in contemporary Nigerian art. Specifically, it pinpoints contemporary Yorùbá paintings as visual markers of the Yorùbá value system. …”
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The Production of Neutral N∗(11052) Resonance with Hidden Beauty from π-p Scattering by Chen Cheng, Xiao-Yun Wang

“…The COMPASS experiment at CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) with pion beam of ≃280 GeV will be an ideal platform for searching the super-heavy resonance with hidden beauty, which is promising for testing the theoretical results.…”
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Quadcopter localization and health monitoring method based on multiple virtual silhouette sensor integration by Jie Hou, Baolong Guo, Juanjuan Zhu, Cheng Li, Wangpeng He

“…In comparison with traditional quadcopter health monitoring methods, the proposed method has advantages on deployment convenience, system robustness, precision expandability, and scenario adaptability, making it an ideal solution for quadcopter monitoring in outdoor scenarios.…”
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Coupling Coordination of Water Governance and Tourism: Measurement and Prediction by Yuqing Geng, Mukasar Maimaituerxun, Han Zhang

“…This study analyzes the correlation mechanism of the water governance-tourism system, constructs the composite and aggregated evaluation system which consists of 5 dimensions and 15 indicators, uses information entropy weight technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution method to evaluate the development degrees of both water governance and tourism growth of the 11 regions in the Yangtze River Economic Zone, analyzes the two subsystems’ relation of coupling coordination temporally and spatially with the coupling coordination degree model, predicts degrees of coupling coordination of the regions for the next 4 years with gray system prediction model, and proposes specific and generalizable countermeasures. …”
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Flourishing of Occidentalism in Iran After Cultural Revolution by Shalaleh ZABARDAST

“…Modernity changed the community interests; it idealized individuality and liberal democracy, and based its main aim on pushing religion to the outskirts of human life. …”
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Automatic Distributed Control Method for Indoor Low-Voltage Electricity Based on Modal Symmetry Algorithm by Han Lian

“…The traditional control method has a low margin of indoor voltage stability, which can easily lead to voltage collapse, and the control effect is not ideal. An automatic distributed control method for indoor low-voltage electricity system based on modal symmetry algorithm is proposed. …”
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OPTIMIZING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PATH PLANNING USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND DYNAMIC MAPPING by Sundaram Arumugam, Frank Stomp

“…RL enables AVs to ascertain ideal routes by persistently adjusting to evolving situations via trial and error, improving real-time decision-making skills. …”
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El discurso geopolítico práctico del gobierno Clinton: de la narcodemocracia al Plan Colombia by Mario Iván Urueña Sánchez

“…La innovación del enfoque propuesto radica en el uso de la teoría de la geopolítica crítica para evaluar los aspectos ideales, institucionales y materiales de la política exterior de Clinton, llegando a la conclusión que dicha reformulación fue más significativa en los dos primeros, mientras que en el último se dio más bien una continuidad operativa.…”
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5D Hyperchaotic Image Encryption Scheme Based on Fibonacci Q-Matrix by Geeta Biban, Renu Chugh, Anju Panwar, Mohammad Sajid

“…The produced algorithm’s experimental evaluation indicates that the entropy, NPCR, and UACI values tend to be ideal values. The numerous analyses indicate that the proposed algorithm has a lot of characteristics like the low correlation of adjacent cipher pixels, strong security, and large key space, which can give high confidentiality in image data.…”
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