Reading the diplomatic reports of Petras Klimas from Paris by Algis Kasperavičius

“…Klimas cited the words of one influential journalist: "Poland never gives Vilnius to Lithuania. Thus, the actions of the French in this direction would mean the instigation of their ally without any necessity." …”
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Interleukin-1 Receptor-Associated Kinase 4 Deficiency in a Greek Teenager by Panagiota Karananou, Anastasia Alataki, Efimia Papadopoulou-Alataki

“…She was administered with empirical IgG substitution for 5 years until the age of 12 years, and she has never experienced invasive bacterial infections so far. …”
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Patterns of cannabidiol use among marijuana users in the United States by Ji-Yeun Park

“…Prevalence of current CBD use was significantly higher among marijuana users (current users: 40.7 %, past-year users: 32.2 %, ever users: 19.1 %) than among non-marijuana users (non-current users: 5.09 %, non-past year users: 4.38 %, never users: 5.09 %). Females, adults, Whites, and individuals with fair/poor health status were more likely to use CBD than their respective counterparts. …”
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Qualitative study of patients experiences and perceptions of stepping down asthma medication in primary care across England by Chloe I Bloom, Adam Lewis, Jack Middleton

“…Half of these patients with stable asthma, most with asthma for more than 10 years, had never had a discussion regarding stepping down asthma medication. …”
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Investigation on Viscoelastic Poisson’s Ratio of Composite Materials considering the Effects of Dewetting by Huiru Cui, Weili Ma, Xuan Lv, Changyuan Li, Yimin Ding

“…Although the shrink of the bulk element never changes its direction, the ratio of the transverse strain to longitudinal strain may decrease or keep increasing in this stage. …”
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Parasitological, Hematological, and Immunological Response of Experimentally Infected Sheep with Venezuelan Isolates of Trypanosoma evansi, Trypanosoma equiperdum, and Trypanosoma... by Nereida Parra-Gimenez, Armando Reyna-Bello

“…T. evansi caused a chronic disease with undulant parasitemia alternating with some cryptic periods of at least 54 days, with no clinical signs. T. equiperdum, never described as infectious to ruminants, also caused a chronic disease with low undulant parasitemia. …”
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‘Why is it that a photograph always looks clear and sharp, — not at all like a Turner?’ John Ruskin & Perceptual Aberration by Lawrence Gasquet

“…In volume IV of Modern Painters, Ruskin contends that photographs might after all be more on Turner’s side than he and other critics might have first thought: ‘Photographs never look entirely sharp; but because clearness is supposed a merit in them, they are usually taken from very clearly marked and un-Turnerian subjects; and such results as are misty and faint, though often precisely those which contain the most subtle renderings of nature, are thrown away, and the clear ones only are preserved. …”
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Digital empowerment in nursing: A cross-sectional exploration of digital competencies in healthcare services among nurses by Dipali Dumbre, Sheela Upendra, Shital Waghmare, Betsy Sara Zacharias, Pratik Salve

“…The 5-point Likert scale went from frequently (5) to never (1). To determine the factors associated with basic digital competency, a multivariable logistic regression was carried out, with a P value of less than 0.05 considered statistically significant. …”
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Olabiyi Babalola J. Yai (1939-2020): Philosopher, Polymath, Humanist by Sanya Osha

“…He was unfailingly modest and never condescended to me even when he had ample reason to do so. …”
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Scolar, Mufti and Politician – Three “Lives” of Jakub Szynkiewicz by Diliara Usmanova

“…Although Jakub Szynkiewicz never acted as an “armchair” scholar engaged in “pure science”, but rather was a quite politicized person. …”
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Which is the shear force that defines the lamb's sensory acceptance? by Heloísa Valarine Battagin, Yana Jorge Polizer Rocha, Luciana Ruggeri Menezes Gotardo, Letícia Zanichelli de Oliveira, Letícia Aline Gonçalves, Aline Giampietro Ganeco, Susana Cardoso, Ricardo Targino Moreira, Judite Lapa Guimarães, Sarita Bonagurio Gallo, Marco Antonio Trindade

“…Abstract The lamb meat tenderness acceptance threshold has been little studied and has never been evaluated for the Brazilian population. …”
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Halévy, fugue d’école und basse donnée by Birger Petersen

“…The concluding glance at an exercise designed by Halévy – a basse donnée from 1842 – also shows the close connection in this repertoire between counterpoint on the one hand and scheme-oriented movement on the other, which never exclude each other.…”
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INVESTIGATING RISKS IN DEPENDENCE PRODUCING DRUGS USERS AMONGSUB-POPULATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTES IN KARACHI;.A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY by Shamsul Arfin Qasmi et al

“…Results: Out of 445 respondents, 273 (61.3%) had never used any psychoactive substance, 97 (21.8%) had tried at least one, 34(7.6%) had used at least two, 23(5.2%) had tried three, while 18 (4%) had tried four or more psychoactive drugs in their life time. …”
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Première observation d’un comportement de Leaf Swallowing chez des chimpanzés vivant en captivité à la Réserve Africaine de Sigean, France by Nathan Cazelles-Durand, Ulrich Maloueki, Lyna Rachid, Marielle Beltrame, Fanny Juillard, Désiré Musuyu-Muganza

“…All these individuals were presumed naive to LS because this behaviour had never been observed in this population before the study. …”
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Dominant Arm Internal and External Rotation Strength is Related to Arm Pain in Youth Baseball Players by Jeffrey Paskewitz, Fred Breidenbach, Philip Malloy, P Michael Eckrich, Ryan Zarzycki

“…Players self-reported their arm pain frequency during throwing as never, rarely, sometimes, often, or always. The relationship between reported arm pain frequency during throwing and shoulder ROM and strength measurements was examined…”
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Acceptance of Mass Drug Administration for Prophylaxis against Lymphatic Filariasis in a Tribal Endemic Area: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study by Asmit Agarwal, Vikas Maharshi

“…Results: Of 101 participants, majority were aware of the disease (92.1%), its vector (74.3%), at least one disability caused (87.2%), and governmental scheme of MDA (69.3%). Two-thirds never received and 85.1% did not receive MDA within 1 year. 68.3% refused of distribution of MDA to their doorstep. …”
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Are Women More Risk Averse? A Sequel by Christos I. Giannikos, Efstathia D. Korkou

“…Unlike the original study, which also included married couples, the new study focuses exclusively on single-headed (never-married) households. This eliminates ambiguity about the actual financial decision maker in households, enabling a clearer assessment of individual gendered behavior. …”
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To destroy or not? A Cognitive Linguistics exploration of Yahweh’s (un)willingness to destroy Israel in Deuteronomy by Izaak J.L. Connoway

“…The study found that when שׁמד and אבד are used for future judgement for idolatry once Israel crosses the Jordan (e.g. Dt 4:26), they never refer to the annihilation of Israel. Although the judgement described there does involve severe casualties, the focus is on being removed from Canaan rather than the nation being annihilated. …”
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Deep Interest-Shifting Network with Meta-Embeddings for Fresh Item Recommendation by Zhao Li, Haobo Wang, Donghui Ding, Shichang Hu, Zhen Zhang, Weiwei Liu, Jianliang Gao, Zhiqiang Zhang, Ji Zhang

“…Second, since the items are fresh, many of them have never been exposed to users, leading to a severe cold-start problem. …”
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The Semantics of the Absurd: On German ‘Hermetic’ Poetry and Political Commitment after 1945 by Marko Pajević

“…Paul Celan, Ingeborg Bachmann, Ilse Aichinger, Günter Eich and Nelly Sachs are the household names associated with this poetics. While it was never necessarily mainstream, it was arguably the most innovative poetic strand of its time and in the long run a key factor in shaping a modern German culture that could come to terms with its past and overcome authoritarian structures. …”
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