Collaborative Planning for the Future of Water Resources in Central Florida: Central Florida Water Initiative by James H. Fletcher, Tatiana Borisova

“…Over the past 80 years, Florida's population increased four times, from approximately 5 million to more than 20 million people. …”
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Perinatal Programming of Childhood Asthma: Early Fetal Size, Growth Trajectory during Infancy, and Childhood Asthma Outcomes by Steve Turner

“…Understanding the nature and timing of factors which influence antenatal growth may give important insight into the antecedents of early-onset asthma with implications for interventions.…”
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Fejk – „fabuła z zamiarem oszukania” by Łukasz Małecki

“…While misinformation and propaganda have existed since ancient times, their importance and influence nowadays – in the age of social media – is still not clear. …”
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Leadership by the Spirit in Pentecostalism: by M.S. Kgatle

“…The practices of pneumatocracy in early Pentecostalism, the early church, and contemporary times are explored in detail. A transformational pneumatocracy is proposed to address current leadership challenges in the African context. …”
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Title not available by Lilya Avetisyan, Agnieszka Parlińska

“…The paper presents possibilities of the use of leasing as an instrument of financing of innovation activities. At present times the issue of search of new ways of financial provision for innovation activity, which is the main factor of competitiveness of the enterprises, is of a particular importance. …”
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A Cultural Project of Control: The Foundation of Calcutta Madrassa and the Benares Sanskrit College in India by Mahmut İzgi

“…In the beginning of the seventieth century, British merchants made serious effort for gaining a share form the lucrative commercial activities in India with the help of the British East Indian Company. In the earliest times, the trade was the main activity of the Company’s servants but due to the political condition of the subcontinent such as the breakdown of the Mughal authority and political struggle of the local powers, the Company began to appear as a political figure. …”
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Historical Evolution of Spatial Abilities by A. Ardila

“…Contemporary city humans might be using spatial abilities in some new, conceptual tasks that did not exist in prehistoric times: mathematics, reading, writing, mechanics, music, etc. …”
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Le courage qu’il faut aux rivières (Emmanuelle Favier) : trans·former le genre et la sexualité by Camélia Paquette

“…Sexuality is present throughout their journey, inseparable from their identity quest for recognition. At times the quest is positive, a way and a space of (re)taking possession of oneself through an erotic gaze, thourgh onanism that reminds the body of the female organs or thourgh restorative sexual partnership. …”
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Is It Worth Switching from Natural Service to Artificial Insemination? A Comparison of Reproductive Performance and Profitability in Dairy Herds by Klibs N. Galvão, Eduardo S. Ribeiro, Jose Eduardo P. Santos

“…This 3-page fact sheet presents the results of papers that compared the reproductive performance and profitability of dairy cows submitted to natural service or a combination of timed AI and natural service. Written by Klibs N. …”
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Designing for Policy Success by Mallory E. Compton, Joannah Luetjens, Paul ‘t Hart

“…Amidst the general mood of skepticism about the problem-solving capacity of governments in the face of ‘wicked problems’, it is easy to overlook that at times governments do manage to design and implement public policies and programs quite successfully. …”
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The beginnings of the Order of Saint John in Jerusalem, or: Muristan revisited by Dorothee Heinzelmann, Jürgen Krüger

“…But as a result of later changes and destruction only a few remnants of the medieval building stock have survived and are largely unexplored until today.In an interdisciplinary research project the development of the Muristan from antiquity to modern times is being investigated. Archival records are being re-evaluated, preserved and accessible architectural remains are documented and analysed by methods of building archaeology. …”
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The Caffeine Content of Energy Drinks in accordance with the Information on the Package Label by Said Kudema, Claus Thomas, Helena Ngowi

“…Approximately 28.1 milligrams per 100 milliliters (mg/100 ml) of caffeine was present in the Mo energy drink brand, which was nearly 1.5 times the caffeine concentration listed on the product label. …”
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Gait Planning of Lower Extremity Exoskeleton Climbing Stair based on Online ZMP Correction by Zhenzhong Yu, Jintao Yao

“…Firstly， the movement model of the lower limbs climbing the stairs is established， the kinematics analysis is performed， and the lower limb joint trajectory planning is performed by using the 5 times B-spline curves. Secondly， the online ZMP correction is used to adjust for large errors between the actual and planned ZMP trajectories caused by unstable disturbances in the wear process. …”
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Of Women, Wine and Salt: Revisioning the Home in Harriet Prescott Spofford’s Detective Fiction by Stéphanie Durrans

“…Although Harriet Prescott Spofford appears to have given up the genre of detective fiction in the late 1860s, she actually used it as the foundation for works in which suspense, sudden revelations and unexpected final twists serve her investigation of various social ills, especially those affecting the place and condition of women in the society of her times. This paper examines three detective stories written by Spofford between 1859 and 1868 in an attempt to retrace the birth and development of her chief detective figure, from the wine cellar in which he is figuratively born to the dark depths of the cellar where he is left stranded at the end of the last tale. …”
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Value of Humanized Nursing under Emergency Green Channel on Gastrointestinal Function Recovery in Patients with Acute Intestinal Obstruction after Operation by Siqi Luo, Yan Wang

“…It is the key to ensure that emergency patients receive timely, standardized, efficient and thoughtful medical services, improve the success rate of rescue, and reduce medical risks. …”
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Primary sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis by Swati Mishra, Kuldeep Chaudhary, Swati Tyagi, Pratibha Mishra, Vatsala Misra

“…We present here a case of a 32-year-old male who presented with complaints of being unable to pass stools, vomiting (3–4 times), and abdomen pain for 4 days. This case is considered worth mentioning due to its rarity, lack of identification of secondary causes, and diminutive mention of histopathological aspect.…”
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La magica romanza della serendipità. Sul campo, l’accidentale e il sapere antropologico by Mara Benadusi

“…In the conclusions, I will propose a reflection on disaster research to show the anthropological limitations implicit in the “magical romance of serendipity” in times of crises and catastrophes.…”
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On the shoulders of giants (part one): inspiring residential child care by Keith White

“…The second paper in the series, which will be published in the next issue of the Journal, will focus on the life of Pandita Ramabai, an extraordinary woman who lived an extraordinary life in extraordinary times. Reflections on the life and work of Ramabai in terms of the principles of practice will be discussed with a view to inspiring residential child care staff in their everyday work.…”

Blister Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Meloidae) by Richard B. Selander, Thomas R. Fasulo

“…Florida has 26 species, only a small fraction of the total number in the U.S., but nearly three times that in the West Indies (Selander and Bouseman 1960). …”
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Teachers under the Third Republic in the constant trap of political manipulation by Bogusław Śliwerski

“…They were trusted and respected by politicians for the creative liberation of school education and of institution management from the arrogance and orthodox pressure of the ruling party of the times of real socialism, and together with the systematically regained state power over them, which, as in People’s Poland, systematically since the mid-1990s were reduced them to the level of the precariat and the education and upbringing of young generations enslaved by ideology. …”
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