Developing Intercultural Communication and Cultural Intelligence through Intercultural Musical Contacts by Montassir Hmala

“…To achieve this and drawing on Allport’s (1956) Contact Hypothesis Theory (CHT) and Bennett’s (1953) Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS), a qualitative research design was chosen, with focus group discussions; involving participating students, and semi -structured interviews with three teachers and the high school principal as the main techniques for data collection. The thematic content analysis of the data resulted in the emergence of six main themes: Anxiety/Scepticism, Resistance, Discovery, Appreciation, Openness, and Transformation. …”
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EVALUATION METHODS FOR FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION by Hakan Kırbaş, Neringa Slavınskaıte, Teodora G. Dinova

“…In doing so, literature on evaluation methods of fiscal decentralization is grouped into two main parts: "used methods’ and "new methods".…”
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Fully Pipelined Implementation of Tree-Search Algorithms for Vector Precoding by Maitane Barrenechea, Mikel Mendicute, Egoitz Arruti

“…The computation of this perturbation element, which is known to belong in the class of NP-hard problems, is the main aspect that hinders the hardware implementation of VP systems. …”
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PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION OF JC CONSTITUTIVE MODEL OF AL7050 ALLOY BASED ON OXLEY’S THEORY by WANG Yun, ZHANG ChangMing, ZHANG Yu

“…The average errors of the simulation and test values of the main cutting force and feed force using the custom material model are 4. 79% and 16. 08%,respectively. …”
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Effect of Methylation on Storage Properties of Lacticaseibacillus paracasei as Analyzed by Untargeted Metabolomics by YOU Mingkun, ZHANG Wenyi

“…In the positive ion mode, they were mainly enriched in the biotin metabolism pathway. …”
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Impact of Rapid Urbanization on Shenzhen Water Environment by JIANG Yu, ZHANG Qiuying, LI Fadong, HU Jiangling, LI Caole, WANG Fan

“…The water environment of Shenzhen Bay,one of the key waters in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area,is mainly influenced by the urbanization of the surrounding areas.Water resource protection and water environment governance are particularly important for Shenzhen,a water-deficient city.This paper explores the specific influence relationship between each factor and the water environment in the process of urbanization.The comprehensive water pollution index and Pearson correlation analysis are utilized to analyze the relationship of the changes in population size and industrial structure with the water environment of Shenzhen Bay in urbanization.The research shows that the main pollutants in the water environment of Shenzhen Bay are chemical oxygen demand (COD) and ammonia nitrogen (NH₃-N),and some pollutants come from urban non-point source pollution.The water quality in Nanshan District is good,while that in Futian District is poor,but the overall water quality shows a trend of improvement.The water environment is less affected by population change and more affected by industrial structure change.Therefore,formulating reasonable policies to guide the transformation of the industrial structure is an effective way to improve the water environment of Shenzhen Bay.…”
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“Not the Lover’s Choice, but the Poet’s”: Classical Receptions in Portrait of a Lady on Fire by Benjamin Eldon Stevens

“…By changing certain aspects of the myth – replacing poetry or singing with painting, making both main characters women, and having them alternate between the two main mythic roles – Portrait does not so much update the ancient story as debate its meanings. …”
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Polyaniline/attapulgite-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron for the rival removal of azo dyes in aqueous solution by Hui Xu, Yajuan Zhang, Yong Cheng, Weiguo Tian, Zeting Zhao, Jin Tang

“…Azo dyes removal by nZVI/PANI/APT was mainly due to the reductive cleavage of the N = N of nZVI, while non-azo dyes removal mainly contributes to the adsorption of PANI/APT. …”
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Resiliência dos sistemas indígenas de agricultura itinerante em contexto de urbanização no noroeste da Amazônia brasileira by Ludivine Eloy

“…But, due to competition for access over natural resources, the main strategy is spatial diversification of production units. …”
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The Place of Vocational Pedagogy in Pedagogical Science System by N. V. Ronzhina

“…Therefore, pedagogy incorporates two main spheres: the general and vocational pedagogy, in which the other types of pedagogic knowledge are specified. …”
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Aleitamento Materno Exclusivo e Desmame Precoce by Katia Valéria Manhabusque

“…INTRODUCTION: This study is justified by its academic, scientific and social relevance, whose purpose is to investigate the main outcomes evident in the scientific literature to understand the main reasons that lead mothers to early weaning and non-adherence to exclusive breastfeeding until six months of life. …”
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Biblical Turns of Phrase, Repetition and Circularity in Oscar Wilde’s Salome by Sébastien Salbayre

“…Indeed, in Salome, the extremely short accounts of the beheading of John the Baptist that can be found in the Gospels turn into a sexual tragedy in which lust, perversity and frustration are the main motivating forces behind the characters’ actions. …”
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Mobile Music Distribution: A Multichannel Approach by Marco Furini

“…Several studies state that excessive downloading time and high cost are the main burdens. Motivated by the growth of social and mobile applications, in this paper we propose an approach that aims at reducing both the downloading time and the cost to get digital music when acquired in the mobile scenario. …”
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Représentation de l’espace et du temps dans le modèle situationnel construit par un lecteur by Yves Bestgen

“…A second and equally important objective is determining how the conclusions resulting from empirical research about space and time fit in with the two main views describing the cognitive processes underlying comprehension: the constructivist and the memory-based views.…”
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Service Learning in Russia: Scoping Review by V. S. Nikolskiy

“…The  content  analysis  of  the  materials  made  it possible to identify the main characteristics of the publication array, identify lacunas and propose a programme of further research.…”
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Jonathan Gruber’s “Public Finance and Public Policy”: A Critical Analysis by Mohammad Javad Sharifzadeh

“…The book is one of the most recent textbooks in the field and is used as the main textbook in the public sector economics courses in many universities. …”
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Integration of the Presentation of Educational Material in the Flipped Learning Model by L. M. Manakova

“…In order to ensure the establishment of associative links in the organization of mastering the content of these blocks, it is necessary to integrate the forms of educational material that are used in them. The main result of the study are: an effective way to integrate educational material in an flipped learning is the selection or creation of its forms, organizing the educational activities of students based on the logical analysis of the text in the textbook as the main means of learning. …”
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Engaging electricity consumers in low-carbon development process in the People’s Republic of China by Liangzhe Wang

“…The article discusses the main trends in the development of wind and solar energy in China, and provides numerous tools for leveling the problems associated with connecting renewable energy facilities to the general energy supply system. …”
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Microdebrider-Assisted Rhinophyma Excision by Abdulaziz Abushaala, Marios Stavrakas, Hisham Khalil

“…The procedure was divided in two main steps: scalpel excision of the main bulk of the rhinophyma and then further contouring with the microdebrider. …”
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استخدام طلاب قسم المکتبات والمعلومات بجامعة بنها الفیسبوک Facebook کمصدر من مصادر المعلومات الالکترونیة التى تدعم المقررات الدراسیة... by د. سها بشیر أحمد

“…They also stressed thatFacebook is a source of electronic information that supports courses, W hilenon-users pointed out to Facebook that the main reason for non-use is notto have a computer connected to the Internet, (76%) of non-users ofFacebook stressed that they have a real desire to use Facebook in thefuture and that the main means Which they rely on to obtain the informationthat supports the courses were represented in the library search andinquire from friends…”
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