Inevitable Choice for Survival: The Last Ottoman Grand Strategy by Murat TOMAN, Fikrettin YAVUZ

“…Even though Ottoman Empire like all other ones in history, had never used the grand strategy term to define their overall purpose, most empire’s rulers set main objectives, established priorities, allocate resources and followed long term systemic plans in order to establish regional/global supremacy from fourteenth and eighteenth century successfully. …”
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Transgression et subversion : George Jacob Holyoake, Charles Bradlaugh et l’athéisme militant à l’époque victorienne by Jean-Michel Yvard

“…In 1880, when he became an MP, Bradlaugh never stopped professing an atheistic position, which prevented him from occupying his seat in the House of Commons for six years, although he was later re-elected no less than four times. …”
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Characterization of paleodrainages in desert regions of Saudi Arabia multisatellite images with field based study by Mashael M. Al Saud

“…The novelty of this study includes the use of more than one satellite images (optical and microwave) with various spectral and optical characteristics, and this has been supported by field verification to investigate the lithological facies of stuffed materials into the detected paleodrainages, plus the classification performed for the detected paleodrainages and this has never been implemented in previous studies. Hydro-geomorphological-based categorization of these paleodrainages was carried out, indicating the majority of SW-NE trending and the presence of routes, unconsolidated sediments and rocks. …”
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The Delay and Failure of Residential Investment Projects in Iraq: Review by Aya A. Hasan, Abbas M. Burhan

“…However, a lot of residential projects were abandoned or never finished, which seriously concerned the government. …”
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Electronic Cigarettes for Curbing the Tobacco-Induced Burden of Noncommunicable Diseases: Evidence Revisited with Emphasis on Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa by Jobert Richie N. Nansseu, Jean Joel R. Bigna

“…On the whole, if e-cigs were to be introduced in SSA, they should be strictly recommended to current and/or ex-smokers as a method to quit smoking or prevent relapse and never-smokers should be strongly encouraged to avoid using these devices. …”
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Analysing the manipulation of the youths, election violence and democratic retrogression in South Africa by Ibrahim Yusuf Didamson

“…The paper opined that to address this anomaly, there is the need for the South African youths to rediscover themselves by positioning themselves into politics and never expect the government to empower them cheaply. …”
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Surface Characterization of Stainless Steel 316L Coated with Various Nanoparticle Types by Dhiaa J. Aldabagh, Thair L. Alzubaydi, Akram F. Alhuwaizi

“…To date, the coating of SS orthodontic archwires with Nb, Ta, and V using a plasma sputtering method has never been reported. Nanodeposition was performed using a DC plasma sputtering system with three different sputtering times (1, 2, and 3 hours). …”
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Entre dos tierras (Corinto, Grecia, 2019) by Anna Llano Núñez

“…The defile is astonishing, more than 40 m high, and the water appears never-ending, melting into the sky. …”
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At the Origins of Asiaticism: Sugiyama Shigemara’s Manchurian Utopia by Daria Yu. Kurginova, Kenso Yamamoto

“…Like Toyama, Sugiyama was known as a “kuromaku” who never held political office as a “grey cardinal” or participant in “backstage games”. …”
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ISSUES AND CAHALLENGES CONFRONTING STUDENT-MOTHERS ENROLLED FOR NCE PROGRAMME; CASE STUDY OF GOMBE STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, BILLIRI by IDRIS ABUBAKAR, ABUBAKAR BALA, ABDULLAHI AHMED

“…The academic community mainly focuses on success, development, and never-ending competition without providing necessary support. …”
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‘Des mémoires sur la vie de cet illustre philosophe’: George Leman Tuthill’s Unwritten Biography of Diderot by Caroline Warman

“…This essay analyses for the first time two letters written in 1805 by an Englishman, George Leman Tuthill (1772–1835), to Diderot’s literary executor Jacques-André Naigeon (1735–1810), stating his desire to write a biography of Diderot in English and asking to see the unpublished manuscript of Naigeon’s Mémoires sur Diderot. Naigeon never replied, but he kept the letters. They are now in an archive with Naigeon’s manuscript in the Bibliothèque Carnegie de Reims. …”
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Provenancing ancient materials with lead isotopes: overlap uncovered by Sarah De Ceuster, Jurian Hoogewerff, Patrick Degryse

“…Overlap in composition between different possible ore sources is always mentioned as a major limitation in lead isotope studies. However, it has never been comprehensively studied using a multivariate statistical approach. …”
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Monasterium, cella, abbatia… Enquête sur les différents termes désignant les communautés religieuses au haut Moyen Âge (ve-milieu ixe siècle) et leur signification by Michèle Gaillard

“…Finally, the term abbatia holds a special place : it is never used according to specific rules but in many texts it generally designates the office of an abbot ; concerning this term, we have observed an evolution, since the ninth century, to the actual and more concrete meaning of abbey. …”
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Entre dos tierras (Corinto, Grecia, 2019) by Anna Llano Núñez

“…The defile is astonishing, more than 40 m high, and the water appears never-ending, melting into the sky. …”
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Weed Control and Grain Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) Tolerance to Pyrasulfotole plus Bromoxynil by Dan D. Fromme, Peter A. Dotray, W. James Grichar, Carlos J. Fernandez

“…All pyrasulfotole plus bromoxynil combinations controlled Amaranthus palmeri, Cucumis melo, and Proboscidea louisianica at least 94% while control of Urochloa texana was never better than 69%. Pyrasulfotole plus bromoxynil combinations did result in early season chlorosis and stunting; however, by the end of the growing season no visual injury or stunting differences were noted when compared to the untreated check. …”
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Carglumic Acid Contributes to a Favorable Clinical Course in a Case of Severe Propionic Acidemia by Jun Kido, Shirou Matsumoto, Kimitoshi Nakamura

“…The patient did not develop hyperammonemia after receiving carglumic acid and was never hospitalized. Moreover, she did not present with acidosis even during viral infection. …”
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La Montagne dans la poésie lyrique d’Andrew Marvell : variations sur une vision apocalyptique et le locus amoenus by Jean-Pierre Mouchon

“…The theme of mountains plays a minor part in his poems. This is why it has never been tackled by literary criticism. If Marvell mentions mountains in some of his poems it is always with a sense of fright and impending danger. …”
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Abdominal Symptoms and Incident Gallstones in a Population Unaware of Gallstone Status by Daniel Mønsted Shabanzadeh, Lars Tue Sørensen, Torben Jørgensen

“…Symptoms associated with newly formed gallstones have never been studied in a population unaware of their gallstones. …”
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A Challenge to the Obviousness of Equality of Opportunity by Matías Reeves

“…In this sense, I argue that: equality of opportunity is not something necessarily good in itself; it will never be achieved; and, if it were, it is not desirable. …”
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PREVENTION OF INFERIORITY COMPLEX ATTITUDES ACCORDING TO THE QUR'AN by A Asnawiyah, Abd Wahid, Nurullah Amri, Muhammad Hadi Husni

“…Man as a caliph on earth was created by Allah in perfect form, but man is never free from emotional challenges such as the inferiority complex, which can hinder his spiritual and social development. …”
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