La prescripción de la democracia para impulsar el desarrollo humano: el caso latinoamericano by Jairo Acuña-Alfaro

“…Al hacerlo, argumenta que la experiencia de América Latina sugiere que no existe una causalidad en la relación entre democracia y desarrollo humano, que la contribución de la democracia pasa por medio de sus características multifacéticas, así como por medio de sus atributos individualmente, y que los ciudadanos que viven en ambientes democráticos tienden a ser más educados y saludables que ciudadanos que viven en regímenes no democráticos; sin embargo, no necesariamente, en ambientes más prósperos en términos de ingreso per capita.…”
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SPORTO VADYBININKAMS SVARBIŲ ĮGŪDŽIŲ VERTINIMAS DARBDAVIŲ POŽIŪRIU by Andrius Brusokas, Indrė Knyvienė, Jūratė Martinonytė

“…Taip pat ne mažiau svarbūs asmeniniai įgūdžiai, atsiskleidžiantys per discipliną, iniciatyvos demonstravimą, lyderystę, įtikinėjimą ir pan. …”
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The Maize Corngrass1 miRNA-Regulated Developmental Alterations Are Restored by a Bacterial ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase in Transgenic Tobacco by Ayalew Ligaba-Osena, Kay DiMarco, Tom L. Richard, Bertrand Hankoua

“…Expression of glgC alone or in combination with Cg1 enhanced biomass yield and total sugar content per plant, suggesting the potential of these genes in improving economically important biofuel feedstocks. …”
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Effects of Undernutrition and Predictors on the Survival Status of HIV-Positive Children after Started Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in Northwest Ethiopia by Mulugeta Molla, Fassikaw Kebede, Tsehay Kebede, Assefa Haile

“…The overall mortality rate in this study was determined as 5.4 per 100 child-years (95% CI: 3.6, 5.8). Children with CD4 cell counts below the threshold [AHR=1.6; 95% CI (1.19, 7.85)], advanced WHO clinical stages (III and IV) HIV [AHR=4.5; 95% CI (2.80, 8.40)], and being severe stunting at the beginning [AHR=2.9; 95% CI (1.80, 6.40)] were significantly associated with mortality of HIV-positive children. …”
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Effect of muscle energy technique versus Pilates on functional outcomes among physiotherapy students with non-specific neck pain by Janani Arul, Rachana R

“…Both groups underwent a 3-week intervention, with three sessions per week. Results Both groups showed significant improvements in pain, disability, and neck flexor strength (p < 0.05). …”
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Urbane Erinnerungsorte als „villes-mirages“ in schwedischen Reiseberichten der 1990er Jahre by Thomas Mohnike

“…Le point de départ de nos réflexions est l’ouvrage Slottet som försvann eller hur farmor kom till Öland [Le château disparu, ou comment grand-mère est venue en Öland] de Per Landin. Lors de son voyage à travers des régions que l’imaginaire associait autrefois à l’Allemagne, il tente de considérer les villes comme les témoignages d’une culture balte jadis vivante. …”
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Ascorbic acid alleviates reproductive toxicity of di-(2-ethyl hexyl) phthalate in female Wistar rats by Kalaivani Manokaran, Ravi Sankar Bhaskaran, Jayesh Mudgal, Prabu Paramasivam, Sachin Shetty, Deepak Nayak, Sunitha Carnelio, Vennila Jaganathan, Dharani Abirama Sundari Shanmugam, Karkala Sreedhara Ranganath Pai

“…Methods: Forty female Wistar rats [30 days old, weighing (60±10)g] were randomly divided into five groups (n=8 per group). Group 1 received corn oil (control). …”
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Assessment of Energy Potential and Benefit under the Ground Source Heat Pump Air Conditioning System in Anqing Area of Eastern China by Qing Zhang, Yunfeng Li, Jian Hua, Xiaonan Niu, Lili Hou, Zongfang Chen, Weiya Ge

“…According to the simulation test data of 5 working conditions of 4 geothermal exploration holes in the study area, we can clearly know that the energy cost per square meter of the ground source heat pump is 11.8 yuan for a building of one hundred thousand square meters in which the heat removal power is expected to be 9481 kW in summer and 3070 kW in winter. …”
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Study of the genetic polymorphism of diploid wheat Triticum boeoticum Boiss. using SSR markers by M. A. Abbasov

“…The analysis revealed 83 alleles, 7.5 alleles per locus on the average. The values of expected (HE) and observed (HO) heterozygosity varied within 0.00–0.74 and 0.17–0.89, respectively, the average indices being HO = 0.13 and HE = 0.52. …”
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Assessing Romania's progress towards Sustainable Development Goals 8, 9, 10 and 12: a comparative analysis in the EU context by Irina Puiu

“…Romania has made notable progress in reducing unemployment and increasing gross national income per capita, contributing to positive trends in economic growth. …”
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Improvement in Explicit Prediction of Water Quality Using Wavelet-Based LSSVR and M5pRT by Rashmi Bhardwaj, Aashima Bangia

“…Therefore, it is necessary to keep a check on essential water quality components that include acidic/basic nature of water. As per the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the drinkable water should have a pH level ranging from 6.5 to 8.5. …”
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Identification of Potential Herbal Inhibitor of Acetylcholinesterase Associated Alzheimer’s Disorders Using Molecular Docking and Molecular Dynamics Simulation by Chandrabhan Seniya, Ghulam Jilani Khan, Kuldeep Uchadia

“…Molecular docking of 500 herbal compounds, against AChE, was performed using Autodock 4.2 as per the standard protocols. Molecular dynamics simulations have also been carried out to check stability of binding complex in water for 1000 ps. …”
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Stress in autism (STREAM): A study protocol on the role of circadian activity, sleep quality and sensory reactivity. by Clara C Gernert, Christine M Falter-Wagner, Valdas Noreika, Barbara Jachs, Nazia Jassim, Kathryn Gibbs, Joaquim Streicher, Hannah Betts, Tristan A Bekinschtein

“…Embracing an individualized methodology, we aim to collect 14 days of data per participant from 20 individuals with autism diagnoses and 20 without. …”
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Attention-based interactive multi-level feature fusion for named entity recognition by Yiwu Xu, Yun Chen

“…Abstract Named Entity Recognition (NER) is an essential component of numerous Natural Language Processing (NLP) systems, with the aim of identifying and classifying entities that have specific meanings in raw text, such as person (PER), location (LOC), and organization (ORG). Recently, Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have been extensively applied to NER tasks owing to the rapid development of deep learning technology. …”
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Characteristics of chicken production systems in rural Burkina Faso: A focus on One Health related practices and food security. by Michel Dione, Guy Ilboudo, Abdoul Aziz Ouedraogo, Sidonie Aristide Ima, Brice Ouedraogo, Theodore Knight-Jones, Assèta Kagambèga, Robyn Alders

“…Crop farming was reported as the main income-generating activity carried out by chicken producers (79.5%). Seveny six per cent of households sold chicken to local markets. …”
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Heavy metal elimination from industrial wastewater using natural substrate on pitcher irrigation by Negar Nourmahnad, Kamran Asgari, Najmeh Samadi

“…The pitchers were irrigated with treated industrial wastewater (from steel factory) 60 times (1500 cc per each irrigation event) over a period of six months. …”
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Impact of Different Solar Trackers on Hydrogen Production: A Case Study in Iran by Ali Mostafaeipour, Mehdi Jahangiri, Hamed Saghaei, Afsaneh Raiesi Goojani, Md. Shahariar Chowdhury, Kuaanan Techato

“…At the price of $29.33 per kilogram, the scenario involving the use of a vertical axis tracker would also be most suitable for the production of hydrogen. …”
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Synthesis of Specific ZnF Based Nanoparticles (ZnFe2O4): Antimicrobial Properties, Surface Characteristics, and Adsorption Activity for AB 29 Textile Dye by Ferda Gönen, Gökhan Tekinerdoğan

“…At these experimental conditions, the adsorbed dye amount per unit mass of adsorbent and the percentage dye removal were determined as 1489.79 mg·g−1 and 98.83%, respectively. …”
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Transtelephonic Electrocardiographic Transmission in the Preparticipation Screening of Athletes by Theodoros Samaras, Savvato Karavasiliadou, Evangelia Kouidi, John N. Sahalos, Asterios Deligiannis

“…The mean total time for recording, storing, and transmitting the ECG was four minutes per subject. It was found that the success rate for transmission at first attempt was similar for both fixed and mobile networks, that is, 93% and 91%, respectively. …”
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An agent-based model of patient flow to improve operating room efficiency by Seyedeh Raahil Mousavi, Mohammad Mehdi Sepehri, Esmaeil Najafi

“…Making time even for one additional operation per day significantly increases the operating room income. …”
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