Rapid Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections Using Technologies Based on Nucleic Acid Detection by François J Picard, Michel G Bergeron

“…The present article reviews various aspects of the development and validation of nucleic acid-based assays suitable for the detection and identification of bacteria as well as for the detection of associated antibiotic resistance genes. …”
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Activation and Regulation of Cellular Eicosanoid Biosynthesis by Thomas G. Brock, Marc Peters-Golden

“…These mediators are related in that they are all derived from one polyunsaturated fatty acid, arachidonic acid. However, the various eicosanoids are synthesized by a wide variety of cell types by distinct enzymatic pathways, and have diverse roles in immunity and inflammation. …”
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Models and software of study process data analysis by Vytautas Janilionis, Tomas Ruzgas

“…It enables to analyse the relationships and dependencies between various factors (e.g. study areas, faculties, study modules groups, form of studies, credits, weighted averages of the exams grades, grades of study modules or their groups etc.) and use the results for the effective decision-making. …”
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Judicial Independence in Germany within the European Context by Patrick C. R. Terry

“…At a time when judicial independence, or rather the lack of it in various European states, such as Poland or Hungary, is discussed, this seems an opportune moment to briefly reflect on judicial independence as it exists in Germany. …”
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Sensitization of Perovskite Strontium Stannate SrSnO3 towards Visible-Light Absorption by Doping by Hungru Chen, Naoto Umezawa

“…In order to sensitize SrSnO3 toward visible-light activities, the effects of doping with various selected cations and anions are investigated by using hybrid density functional calculations. …”
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Immobilization Technologies in Probiotic Food Production by Gregoria Mitropoulou, Viktor Nedovic, Arun Goyal, Yiannis Kourkoutas

“…Various supports and immobilization/encapsulation techniques have been proposed and tested for application in functional food production. …”
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Giant Resin Bee Megachile sculpturalis (Smith) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) by Kristen C. Stevens, Cameron Jack, James D Ellis

“…Although these bees can be found on various plants, they typically prefer plants that have been introduced from their native area. …”
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A Fast Enhanced Secure Image Chaotic Cryptosystem Based on Hybrid Chaotic Magic Transform by Srinivas Koppu, V. Madhu Viswanatham

“…Compared with existing methods, the proposed method had more robustness to various attacks: brute-force attack, known cipher plaintext, chosen-plaintext, security key space, key sensitivity, correlation analysis and information entropy, and differential attacks. …”
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EPA’s Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) by Frederick M. Fishel

“…Laboratory studies have produced evidence that show various chemicals disrupt the endocrine systems of animals. …”
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Des frontières à l’origine d’identités montagnardes éclatées. L’exemple des anciens États de Piémont‑Savoie by Alexandre Ruelle

“…Embodied in the concept of Piedmont‑Savoy, this dual dimension of the border means that the Alpine region can be seen as a rich laboratory for political experimentation, conducive to the study of various border effects – wars, boundary conferences and mental representations of old boundaries – conditioned by regional dynamics and the vagaries of European geopolitics.…”
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Judiciarisation des personnes itinérantes à Québec : une géographie des pratiques policières répressives au service de la revitalisation by Catherine Chesnay, Céline Bellot, Marie-Ève Sylvestre

“…Our study on the penalization of homeless people in various Canadian cities fits in this broader context of penalization of poverty and homelessness. …”
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Restricted Use Pesticides by Frederick M. Fishel

“…Below this heading may be a statement describing the reason for the restricted classification. There are various reasons which are determined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) why a particular pesticide is classified as restricted. …”
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"You are my rock and fortress". Refuge metaphors in Psalm 31. A perspective from cognitive metaphor theory by A. Basson

“…The competent reader will identify various refuge metaphors being employed by the psalmist. …”
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Getting the Most out of Social Media: Successfully Using Social Media by Jessica C. Fernandez, Joy N. Rumble

“…The series also discusses the various social media platforms and how to use social media strategically and wisely. …”
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Premenstrual Exacerbation of Life-Threatening Asthma: Effect of Gonadotrophin Releasing Hormone Analogue Therapy by Alun L Edwards, M Sarah Rose, Lois E Donovan, Gordon T Ford

“…Variability in the severity of asthma during various phases of the menstrual cycle has been frequently suspected. …”
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CONTENT COMPONENTS OF STUDENTS’ VALUE ORIENTATIONS by I. A. Bakushkin, I. M. Ilyicheva

“…The paper gives results of their empirical research among 1st–3rd year students learning pedagogy. The authors discuss various approaches to the understanding of values and value orientations, their classification in domestic and foreign psychology, the place of values in the structure of the individual, as well as the significance of values in the structure of the individual and the need to allocate a separate group of priority values – universal values. …”
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Volunteer activities as a basis for the formation of youth activity in Russia by E. V. Domashova, E. V. Blagovskaya, T. А. Gonohova

“…The role of volunteer activities in the formation of youth activity is of great importance, since volunteer activity is quite diverse, has different directions, forms that allow young people to participate in the process of social development of society, self-actualize in the development of social and environmental projects, in the prevention of various social problems.…”
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Le programme d’enseignement général à l’université de Stanford de 1935 à 1998 : transmission de substances de référence ou construction de métasubstances ? by Agnès Bouchet-Sala

“…Yet, the purpose of such courses could be less to furnish the mind with some reference substance than to enable students to build a cross-cultural understanding of the various human experiences, or metasubstance. Therefore, it not only questions the choice of the cultural contents, but also the nature of the substance to be transmitted, or in other words, the initial ambition of the General Education Course.…”
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Analysis of Collision Types in Collaborative Robots Using Mechanism Actuated by Pneumatic Artificial Muscle by Dávid Kóczi, József Sárosi

“…In the safety technology of collaborative robots, standards differentiate between various collision types, the identification and differentiation of which are essential for ensuring safe operation. …”
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RESEARCH OF KEY PARAMETERS OF SOCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIETY by L. Davletshina

“…In this scientific work an attempt of a research of the term «social and demographic development of society», rather new to scientific community, is made. Studying of various sources in the area of work gives the chance to suggest that rather wide range of the scientific approaches concerning understanding of the concept «social and demographic situation» was created. …”
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