Forecasting Carbon Emissions with Dynamic Model Averaging Approach: Time-Varying Evidence from China by Siqi Xu, Yifeng Zhang, Xiaodan Chen

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Alleviating the public health burden of hypertension: debating precision prevention as a possible solution by Madeleine J. Samakosky, Shane A. Norris

“…Precision prevention, a tailored health intervention approach utilising individual and population-specific factors – genetic, environmental, and social determinants – offers a potential alternative. …”
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Principles of Preventive Police Activity: Concepts, Content and Their Classification by S. O. Shatrava, H. R. Parkhanov

“…First of all, they are formed and developed in accordance with the contemporary requirements, expectations and needs of members of society and the state regarding the protection of their rights, freedoms and interests within the public and legal sphere; secondly, they determine the social purpose, nature, content and limits of preventive police activity; thirdly, it is obvious that all principles of preventive police activity form an objectively conditioned, normatively fixed, scientifically sound, relatively stable “coordinate system”, the elements of which do not act in isolation but, in a certain interdependence, do not contradict each other and have distinct character in the application of police preventive measures and the implementation of the preventive function by the agencies and units of the National Police of Ukraine. …”
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Partner Choices in Long Established Migrant Communities in Belgium by Emilien Dupont, Amelie Van Pottelberge, Bart Van de Putte, John Lievens, Frank Caestecker

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A conjuntura do Estado e ensino superior na Guiné-Bissau by Arnaldo Sucuma

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¿De qué Ciencia Política estamos hablando? Las potencialidades de un enfoque integrador by Adrián Restrepo Parra, Catalina Tabares Ochoa, Deicy Hurtado Galeano

“…Se reconstruyen las perspectivas disciplinares, las tradiciones teóricas y metodológicas involucradas en el estudio de la realidad política colombiana a partir de las siguientes dimensiones: 1) el objeto de la disciplina —la política— y su relación con el contexto nacional marcado por las dinámicas bélicas y los procesos organizativos; 2) la hibridación disciplinar y el aporte que distintos campos de especialización de las Ciencias Sociales han hecho al análisis de la política; 3) los referentes teóricos involucrados en la lectura de los problemas políticos y 4) los métodos para el análisis político, cuya característica esencial es la diversidad y complementariedad de enfoques cualitativos y cuantitativos. …”
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Cultural Moduses of Students and Their Influence on the Formation of Life Plans by M. A. Golovchin

“…The most common are carriers of “intermediate” modus, which brings optimism regarding the interaction of youth culture and social orders (institutions) formed by economic institutions. …”
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Insurance market as a tool for the development of the socio-economic sphere of Tajikistan by G. A. Yusupova

“…The results of the study can be used in the process of developing a strategy for the development of the national economy and conducting social policy and state regulation of the economy taking into account the features and specifics of the insurance market of the country.…”
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Anodal tDCS over Primary Motor Cortex Provides No Advantage to Learning Motor Sequences via Observation by Dace Apšvalka, Richard Ramsey, Emily S. Cross

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Delving into the Design and Implementation of Specifications Grading Systems in Higher Education by William J. Howitz, Kate J. McKnelly, Renée D. Link

“…Theses, dissertations, conference abstracts, posters, workshops, blogs, opinion pieces, social media exchanges, and content provided on websites were not included. …”
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Reassentamento e direitos sociais das comunidades locais em Moçambique by Teles de Azivedo Artur Manhique

“…O estudo parte do pressuposto de que: (i) o atropelo aos direitos sociais, constituem um factor de pobreza para comunidades locais, ao colocar em causa o acesso a serviços básicos como saúde, educação, rede eléctrica, abastecimento de água, assistência social e outros; (ii) o desenvolvimento não é sinónimo do crescimento económico, uma vez que envolve uma série de melhorias qualitativas institucionais, políticas e socioculturais, com vista a promoção do bem-estar da população. …”
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Fingerprint abnormalities in systemic sclerosis: Results of a single center pilot study by Kodishala Chanakya, Liza Rajasekhar

“…NFIQ = 1 indicates high quality and NFIQ = 5 indicates poor quality FPs. Social difficulties due to fingerprint abnormalities were noted. …”
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A TEI Schema for the Representation of Computer-mediated Communication by Michael Beißwenger, Maria Ermakova, Alexander Geyken, Lothar Lemnitzer, Angelika Storrer

“…The focus of the schema is on those CMC genres which are written and dialogic―such as forums, bulletin boards, chats, instant messaging, wiki and weblog discussions, microblogging on Twitter, and conversation on “social network” sites. The schema provides a representation format for the main structural features of CMC discourse as well as elements for the annotation of those units regarded as “typical” for language use on the Internet. …”
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Efficacy of Virtual Reality Distraction in Reduction of Pain and Anxiety of Pediatric Dental Patients in an Iranian Population: A Split-Mouth Randomized Crossover Clinical Trial by Zahra Bahrololoomi, Javad Zein Al-Din, Nahid Maghsoudi, Samira Sajedi

“…Data were analyzed by Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 25 using the Mann–Whitney and χ2 tests. …”
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¿Cuánto cuesta el cuidado en México? Costo económico e implicaciones para las cuidadoras de personas adultas mayores y no mayores con limitaciones en tres ciudades de México by Sagrario Garay Villegas

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Counterweight cities in South America as an answer to unitarian centralism: Santa Cruz, Guayaquil and Concepcion by Esteban Valenzuela-Van Treek, Claudia Vaca

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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Avoiding the Freudian Trap of Sexual Transference and Countertransference in Psychodynamic Therapy by Søren Ventegodt, Isack Kandel, Joav Merrick

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Developing a DEM and Elucidating through SWAT to Conserve Soil in Kulfo Watershed of Rift Valley Basin, Ethiopia by Melkamu Teshome Ayana, Yechale Kebede Bizuneh, Abera Ermias Koshuma, Aschalew Cherie Workneh, Belete Meketew Ali, Tarun Kumar Lohani

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Assessment of Production and Utilization Practices of Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potatoes (Ipomoea Batatas L.) in Sidama Region, Ethiopia by Miheret Hendebo, Ali Mohammed Ibrahim, Fekadu Gurmu, Hussien Mohammed Beshir

“…According to the index ranking, drought, shortage of planting material, diseases, and insect pests were the most important. Combinations of social, ecological, and economic factors limit the production of sweet potatoes and therefore, a stronger extension system on agronomic practices and credit system should be made accessible to the farmers.…”
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Orientamento attivo nella transizione scuola-università-lavoro by Rossana Sicurello

“…Scegliere l’indirizzo nella scuola secondaria di secondo grado, il percorso universitario, le competenze specifiche da sviluppare o le direzioni verso cui orientare i propri sforzi di apprendimento apparentemente sembrano compiti semplici che interessano tutti i giovani adulti nei momenti di transizione e di passaggio dalla scuola all’università e dall’università al mondo del lavoro, ma non sempre è così: si tratta, infatti, di compiti di sviluppo cruciali per la costruzione della futura identità lavorativa e professionale per cui non sempre le persone sono preparate e/o adeguatamente supportate dal contesto familiare, sociale, culturale che li circonda. Una risposta potrebbe essere l’implementazione di un sistema di supporto allo sviluppo delle Career Management Skills, ovvero quelle competenze e abilità necessarie per la gestione, esplorazione, identificazione e realizzazione delle proprie aspettative a livello personale, formativo e lavorativo. …”
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