Ethical Issues in Pharmacologic Research in Women Undergoing Pregnancy Termination: A Systemic Review and Survey of Researchers by Christelle Gedeon, Alejandro A. Nava-Ocampo, Gideon Koren

“…The majority of studies were completed by international groups and not in North America or Western Europe. Conclusions. While a majority of respondents to the survey felt that, although research in women undergoing a pregnancy termination is ethically acceptable, 40% stated that it is not likely to be approved by institutional review boards of most North American medical institutions.…”
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Book Review: Decolonizing the Mind (by Sandew Hira) by Patrick Delices

“…By methodically considering Hira’s alternative narrative to dominant Western thoughts and practices, this review will serve as a critical appraisal of his decolonial theory and practice. …”
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Méditerranéïté et romanité en Tunisie : l’inquiétante étrangeté d’un patrimoine by Habib Saidi

“…One is explicit, outward-oriented, aimed at strengthening geopolitical ties with Europe, and meeting the expectations of Western tourists. The other, more subtle, focuses on historical, political, and sociocultural considerations. …”
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ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE AND CULTURE IN POLISH ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS by Krzysztof CZUBOCHA, Amelia OSTAPIUK, Oliwia OSTAPIUK

“…The results of the research indicate that despite the disconnect between the more negative image of organizational climate presented in the literature and the opinions expressed by the surveyed civil servants, large improvements are necessary to make the climate more efficient according to the latest Western standards.…”
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No culture shock? Addressing the Achilles heel of modern Bible translations by S. J. Joubert

“…Without an initial culture shock in encountering a Bible translation modern people are held prisoners by Western translations of the Bible. Therefore, translations should instil a new sensitivity among modern readers to the socio-cultural distance between them and the original contexts of the Bible. …”
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Glycosylation Profile of the Transferrin Receptor in Gestational Iron Deficiency and Early-Onset Severe Preeclampsia by Alejandra María Gómez-Gutiérrez, Beatriz Elena Parra-Sosa, Julio Cesar Bueno-Sánchez

“…TfR1 and HIF-1α were detected by western blot. Immunoadsorption of TfR1 was performed to characterize the terminal monosaccharides by specific lectin binding. …”
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A SCI Analysis Model: Research on Influencing Factors of Local E-Government Responsiveness in China by Shaoqing Tian, Rongrong He, Chongli Huang, Qiong Feng, Fan Jiang

“…The response probability of Northeast China is the lowest, and that of western region is the slowest. The response system and neighborhood effect are the core elements that affect e-government responsiveness. …”
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Digital financial inclusion and economic green growth: evidence from counties covered by China’s national key ecological functional zones by Li Mo, Song Chen, Shenwei Wan, Chen Liang, Ye Ma

“…However, the effect is less significant in western and northeastern regions, as well as in windbreak and sand-fixing zones. …”
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La prensa diaria de la II República en Canarias como fuente documental y recurso para la renovación historiográfica: sus singularidades dentro del sistema informativo español by Julio Antonio Yanes Mesa

“…It was, therefore, an unrepeatable communicative situation reminiscent of the "golden age" experienced by the press of the most developed Western countries before the outbreak of World War I.…”
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Biblical discourses and the subjugation of Africa: A Decolonial-Foucauldian perspective by T. Shingange

“… The Western missionaries and colonialists pushed a similar agenda of subjugating the receptor’s core aspects of life. …”
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First report of Trichopoda pictipennis (Diptera, Tachinidae) for the Canary Islands by Pablo Caloca, Daniel Suárez, Gustavo Peña, Carlos Ruiz

“…It is of Neotropical origin, but it has been introduced throughout the western Palaearctic, probably through exchanges that transported its main host, the 'southern green stink bug' Nezara viridula.Trichopoda pictipennis is reported for the first time from the Canary Islands. …”
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Documentation et conservation-restauration d’un autel bouddhique en bois laqué et doré, provenant du Japon by Violaine Brard

“…Obviously, the new owners of the altar  intervened by repairing damages caused during  the journey of the artefact and by adapting the appearance  to Western aesthetic standards.…”
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Modern Approach to Ureteral Stones by Geert G. Tailly

“…Urolithiasis is a very common affliction of mankind. In western countries incidence is increasing steadily. …”
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Development of Sustainable Rural Tourism by Sandra Kantar, Kristina Svržnjak

“…This paper presents a sociological view of possibilities for the development of sustainable rural tourism in Koprivnica-Krizevci county, which is located in the north-western part of Croatia. The possibilities for developing rural tourism within the concept of sustainable development have been researched through qualitative empirical research interview method. …”
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Guider pour protéger : les sols forestiers dunaires témoins de l’histoire urbaine récente du paysage littoral by Monique Toublanc, Nathalie Carcaud, Véronique Beaujouan, Patrick Moquay, Laurence Robert

“…The Pointe de Gatseau, in the south of the island of Oléron (in the region of Charente-Maritime), is formed on its western coastline by wooded dunes that cannot be dissociated from the urbanisation of the east coast and the development of tourism. …”
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L’insaisissable religion des Taïnos. Esquisse d’anthropologie historique by Giuseppe A. Samonà

“…Having disappea­red shortly after the discovery of the New World, the Tainos today are back in vogue, especially where the zemis are concerned, mysterious multiform objects that had already struck the attention of the earliest Western observers. In this article, these observers, who have too often been overlooked by contemporary anthropology, are revisited in an attempt to draw an outline of what might have been the « religious » thought of the Tainos, the primary characteristic of which is believed to be the cult of the zemis. …”
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Una concepción del tiempo no-lineal en dos lenguas: el maya yucateco colonial y actual y la lengua de señas maya yucateca by Olivier Le Guen

“…This work specifically analyses the metaphors used to talk about time and aims to demonstrate that, at least until recently, the western conception of time has not had an influence on the Maya.…”
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UV-Excited Fluorescence on Riparian Insects except Hymenoptera Is Associated with Nitrogen Content by William D. Wiesenborn

“…I photographed ultraviolet-excited fluorescence of external resilin on insects in 7 orders, 17 families, and 18 genera collected from shrubs and trees alongside the Colorado River in western Arizona, USA. The localized blue-fluorescence characteristic of resilin was emitted by a variety of structures including sutures and wing articulations on Odonata and Diptera and membranous wings, compound eyes, or ocelli on Hemiptera, Neuroptera, and Hymenoptera. …”
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A Shorter Duration of the Indian Summer Monsoon in Constrained Projections by Yifeng Cheng, Lu Wang, Xiaolong Chen, Tianjun Zhou, Andrew Turner

“…Here, we find that models with excessive sea surface temperature (SST) over the tropical western Pacific (WP) during spring and greater surface warming trends over the northern mid‐high latitudes (NMHL) during autumn in the present day tend to overestimate future delays to ISM onset and withdrawal, respectively. …”
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Dangers of Residual Dependency in State-permeated Capitalism: The Case of Brazil during Labor Party Rule by Christian May, Andreas Nölke

“…While it shares a focus on a large domestic market, crucial institutional complementarities and a substantial ability for coordination between state and business, it still suffers from the remaining residual dependency on Western capitalism. From this perspective, Brazil moved into a promising direction during the rule of the Labour Party. …”
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