A tireless scholar: V.I. Semevsky's work at the Department for Self-Education Promotion by S.V. Gavrilov

“…The historian was the permanent secretary of the Department for Self-Education Promotion, kept minutes of meetings, carried out written and spoken consultancy of interested individuals, conducted business correspondence of the Department, became a compiler of the encyclopedic reading program for self-study and the program on Russian history. The main objective of V.I. Semevsky and his associates was formation of a certain worldview within commoner intelligentsia using a variety of methods: organizing public lectures, preparing educational programs on natural sciences and the humanities, publishing. …”
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Clinical and epidemiological characterization of infection associated with ischemic stroke in patients over 60 years of age by Alexis Suárez Quesada, Alexis Álvarez Aliaga, Andrés José Quesada Vázquez, Ezequiel Ernesto López Espinosa, Liannys Lidia Naranjo Flores

“…<strong><br />Conclusions</strong>: The main clinical, epidemiological and microbiological characteristics were observed, among which the most notable were age over 70 years, stroke severity, history of heart disease, and nutritional risk at the time of the onset of the ischemic event.…”
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A new approach of anomaly detection in wireless sensor networks using support vector data description by Zhen Feng, Jingqi Fu, Dajun Du, Fuqiang Li, Sizhou Sun

“…In this article, an improved method on the basis of support vector data description is proposed, which reduces the computational complexity and is used for anomaly detection in energy-constraint wireless sensor networks. The main idea is to improve the computational complexity from the training stage and the decision-making stage. …”
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Investigation of genes expression of the JAK/STAT signalling pathway and AMPs in the presence of Borrelia spirochetes in Ixodes ricinus by Magdalena Szczotko, Sandra Antunes, Ana Domingos, Małgorzata Dmitryjuk

“…The tick Ixodes ricinus is one of the main vectors of the Lyme disease pathogen, the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. …”
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Comparing the Push–Pull Technique to Pressure Bag for Administration of Blood Products: A Prospective Nonblinded Observation Simulation-based Study (CoPP toP Study) by Aaron Jacob Grossberg, Daniel A. Fowl, Brian T. Merritt, George M. Nackley, Jude A. Polit-Moran, Chelsea L. Savona, Sagar C. Galwankar

“…Introduction: Shock is defined as inadequate delivery of oxygen to meet the tissue’s demands. There are four main types of shock: cardiogenic, obstructive, distributive, and hypovolemic. …”
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Communicative strategies and tactics in the speech of Liera Farkash, the heroine of the first season of the TV series Early Swallows by Mariia Bobro, Kateryna Demianiva

“…The present article considers the communicative strategies and tactics in the speech of Lera Farkash, the main character of the TV series Early Swallows,  as well as the linguistic means that facilitate their implementation. …”
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TEACHING COMPUTATIONAL THINKING IN SAUDI ARABIAN SCHOOLS USING SMARTPHONE APPS by Abdullah Alenezi

“…Teachers indicate that their students have shown more concern and engagement mainly when the teacher integrates these apps. Hence, based on the findings of the study, it is evident that incorporating Smartphone applications into the curriculum will lead to a reforming change in the teaching approaches towards efficiency as well as feasibility of the learners. …”
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Zimbabwean communication agencies by Anna Oksiutycz, Abyshey Nhedzi

“…The findings focus on four main topics, namely practitioner profile, agency profile, prevailing professional practices and practitioners’ views on future industry trends. …”
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La quadrature de la bande dessinée by Pascal Krajewski

“…Le troisième « bord » de la bande dessinée pourrait ensuite consister en sa matérialité, car la BD n’est pas abstraite, art ou langage, mais s’incarne dans un objet concret, personnel et domestique, que l’on tient dans sa main et qui répond à certaines caractéristiques éditoriales et factuelles (n’est-elle pas, d’évidence et avant tout, un imprimé ?). …”
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The modern use of hydroxyurea for children with sickle cell anemia by Charles T. Quinn, Russell E. Ware

“…Long-term risks of hydroxyurea for SCA are mainly theoretical but require ongoing surveillance. …”
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The impact of training and retraining of police officers on their competitiveness by Y. Y. Podorozhnii

“…It has been established that the training of a police officer is an additional element of his/her professional training, which takes place in parallel with his/her main service activity and is aimed at its improvement. …”
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Primate sympatry shapes the evolution of their brain architecture by Robira, Benjamin, Perez-Lamarque, Benoît

“…The main hypotheses on the evolution of animal cognition emphasise the role of conspecifics in affecting the socio-ecological environment shaping cognition. …”
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Pathological Characteristics, Prognostic Determinants and the Outcome of Patients Diagnosed with Colorectal Adenocarcinoma at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali by Delphine Uwamariya, Déogratias Ruhangaza, Belson Rugwizangoga

“…Mean age of the participants was 54.26 years, the main symptom was rectal bleeding (46.5%), rectal adenocarcinoma NOS represented 40.6%, conventional adenocarcinoma was 60.4%, most tumors were of Grade II (54.5%), most common stage was pT3N0 (20.8%), resection margins were free at 71.3%, lympho-vascular invasion was 49.5% of cases, a high immune response was in 71.3% of cases and of 101cases, and 55.4% were still alive at the end of the data collection, with 29.3% of patients have overall survival of 5 years. …”
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Relationship of Maqasid al-Shari’ah with Usul al-Fiqh (overview of historical, methodological and applicative aspects) by Nur Hasan

“…That’s why to see relationships among maqasid al-shari‘ah and usul al-fiqh, this research uses library research method or literature review by researching the main sources which discusses about relations maqasid al-shari‘ah and usul al-fiqh in terms of historical, methodological and applicative.…”
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Quand les paroles s’envolent : réflexions sur les caractéristiques et la forme phonétique du High Rising Terminal en anglais contemporain by Stephan Wilhelm

“…Hirschberg & Ward 1995, Ladd 1996, Fletcher et al. 2005, Liberman 2006b) insist that the name ‘High Rising Terminal’ implies that the intonation contours favoured by ‘uptalkers’ are mainly high-rises, i.e. rising nuclear tones which start relatively high in the speakers’ pitch range and end at a very high pitch, so that the voice often becomes ‘squeaky’ (Cruttenden 1997). …”
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Faptul magic şi faptul mistic. Prima întâlnire a lui Eliade cu opera lui Evola by Liviu Bordaș

“…This article is the first in a series to offer a historical reconstruction of Mircea Eliade’s relationship with the main representatives and ideas of the so-called “Traditionalist” current (René Guénon, Julius Evola, and Ananda K. …”
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New possibilities of using methylaethylpiridinolum in ophthalmological practice by E.A. Egorov, A.A. Gvetadze

“…The ROS formation is constant and occurs mainly in the mitochondria, but their level is normally low and inactivated by the antioxidant system.…”
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Lexical-Semantic Variables Affecting Picture and Word Naming in Chinese: A Mixed Logit Model Study in Aphasia by Davide Crepaldi, Wei-Chun Che, I.-Fan Su, Claudio Luzzatti

“…The evidence available on this issue is still rather controversial, mainly because of the very complex interrelations between lexical-semantic variables. …”
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Investigating the causes of groundwater leakage in Nahabad Mamsan plain using geomorphic indices based on geo Dualiteh theory by Najmeh Shafiei, Mohamad Ali Zanganeh Asadi, javad jamalabadi, Zeinab Mojarrad titkanlo

“….), can be attributed to The title is one of the main causes of water loss in the region. For this purpose, with the aim of evaluating the tectonic activity of the area, some geomorphic indices such as basin shape index (BS), drainage asymmetry index (AF), inverse topographic symmetry (T), mountain front sinus index (J), hypersonic integral (Hi), Valley Depth Wide Index (VF), River Sinusity Index (S), Longitudinal River Gradient (SL), Relative Tactical Rating Index (Iat), and Hierarchical Anomalies Index (Δa) have been used. …”
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Modernization of the regulation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in the system of normative guidelines for parliamentary reform by Linetskyi S.

“…The purpose of the study is to determine the main directions of modernization of the Regulation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (hereinafter referred to as the Regulation) in the context of the key guidelines of parliamentary reform at the current stage of Ukraine’s development. …”
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