The Retrospective View and Desire for Stability; A Critique on the Book The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin by Reza Nasiri Hamed

“…In this article, with a brief look at the idea of conservatism, the view of “Corey Robin”, as the author of this book, is reviewed and criticized according to its Persian translation. …”
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Mechanical Harvesting and Tree Health by Richard S. Buker, James P. Syvertsen, Jacqueline K. Burns, Fritz M. Roka, William M. Miller, Masoud Salyani, Galen K. Brown

“…There are benefits to mechanically harvesting a citrus grove. The authors of this publication recommend reviewing other IFAS publications on mechanical harvesting before making a decision about mechanical citrus harvesters. …”
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Acceptance of the initiative on second homes by Christophe Clivaz

“…By placing this decision in the more general context of the debate on the advantages and disadvantages of a resort development model based on the construction of second homes, we first review the role of the Swiss public authorities in managing this issue, a role that until now has been somewhat limited. …”
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Nación e identidad en el teatro de Rogelio Sinán by Maida Watson

“…In his three plays for children, La Cucarachita Mandinga, Chiquilinga and Lobo Go Home, the Panamanian author Rogelio Sinán presents a view of the nation that exemplifies the ideas that Benedict Anderson and Homi Bhabba discuss in their well known books. …”
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THE CONCEPTUAL BASIS FOR THE IMPROVEMENTOF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION AT TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY by Nikolay I. Sidnyaev, Sergey K. Sobolev

“…The article sums up the outcomes of mathematics teachers’ experience and presents the results of scientific-methodical work of the Department of Higher mathematics of Bauman Moscow State Technical University on the problems of training engineering students, implementation of learner-centered educational paradigm, the integration of mathematics in University science education. The authors present a system of theoretical conceptions worked out by a teaching staff of the Department of higher mathematics on engineering education in general and on mathematics as a core subject in engineering training and express their view on the relationship between technical and mathematical education. …”
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Modern problems of bronchial tuberculosis in the world and the Russian Federation: A review by Nikita V. Chumovatov, Ekaterina G. Polushkina, Natalya A. Chernykh, Oksana G. Komissarova

“…According to foreign authors, the prevalence of bronchial tuberculosis ranges from 10% to 40%. …”
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Nambekó-dabadakibá, o lugar onde o facão foi pendurado – o yara chegou - Contato interétnico e reconfigurações territoriais dos Paiter Suruí na Terra Indígena Sete de Setembro, Cac... by Kelli Carvalho Melo, Adnilson de Almeida Silva

“…Our methodological approach refers to the bibliographic review, through the authors (Cassirer, Cunha, Mindlin, Miller, Ribeiro, Sauer, Santos, Lima, Suruí e Almeida Silva, among others), with qualitative and exploratory emphasis with fieldwork (participant research) and interviews in the territory Sete de Setembro. …”
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Development of methodology for assessing the effectiveness of tax control types by E. N. Kolesnikova

“…The risk-oriented approach proposed by the author to assess the effectiveness of certain tax control types differs from existing views and has not been proposed or considered in the scientific literature before. …”
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On Wale Ogunyemi’s Translation of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart into Yoruba, Ìgbésí Ayé Okonkwo: A ‘within-to-within’ Approach of its Challenges by Gabriel Ayoola

“…That is a way of giving back to the society from which the author got inspired. Further, there exists the idea of language retrieval, a process of translation which Isola viewed goes into translation when the novels involved are lexico-semantical and culturally close to each other. …”
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Signal denoising based on the Schrödinger operator's eigenspectrum and a curvature constraint by P. Li, T.M. Laleg‐Kirati

“…Abstract The authors propose an adaptive, general and data‐driven curvature penalty for signal denoising via the Schrödinge operator. …”
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A Probabilistic Damage Identification Approach for Structures under Unknown Excitation and with Measurement Uncertainties by Ying Lei, Ying Su, Wenai Shen

“…Recently, an innovative algorithm has been proposed by the authors for the identification of structural damage under unknown external excitations. …”
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Western Experience in Strategic Planning for National Security by V. P. Nazarov

“…Based on applicability to the Russian environment, the article particularly focuses on the American experience in strategic planning and discusses the origins and nature of the ideologeme of Americentrism that has dominated the American politics since 1990s. The author reveals how important role the use of soft power in specific national interests plays in the government policy for national security purposes and concludes that interrelation and mutual influence between planning and governance are indispensable.Having analyzed the Western practices, the article demonstrates the need to adjust significantly the strategic goal setting, first and foremost in Russia’s essential strategic planning documents.…”
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Héctor Labat Moles, Le capitalisme dominé par la finance après le « shadow banking » : Implications analytiques, d’instabilité financière et macroéconomiques by Héctor Labat Moles

“…The term "shadow banking" spread after the global financial crisis despite lacking any consensual definition. Heterodox authors adopted it without a comprehensive evaluation of its implications. …”
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The Perfect Way to Predict the Severity of Acute Pancreatitis: The Search Continues by Daniel C Sadowski

“…For the purposes of the study, severe pancreatitis was defined by the occurrence of death, intensive care unit admission, surgical intervention or significant symptomatic local complications (necrosis, abscess or pseudocyst). The authors found that the APACHE II and Ranson's scores had a sensitivity of 100% and specificities of 70% and 33% for severe pancreatitis, respectively. …”
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Fibromyalgia: do I tackle you with pharmacological treatments? by Serge Perrot

“…Globally, pharmacological approaches are weakly effective but market authorization differs between Europe and United States. …”
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Review and Critique of the Translation of the Book The Relevance of Natural Science to Theology by Ali Reza Farsi Nezhad

“…The book has been translated by Ali Haqqi as “Relation of Natural Science to Theology”. The author sought to translate the content of the book into Persian, but found the translation so vague, inaccurate, and erroneous that he preferred to criticize the book’s translation in a critical-analytical way instead of criticizing the book’s content. …”
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Visceral and Vascular Imaging Findings of Hypovolemic Shock in Contrast-enhanced Computed Tomography: A Case Report by Vaishali Bodhraj Dhawan, Rakshanda Pravin Agrawal, Gahana Kataria

“…A spectrum of visceral and vascular CT signs has been documented to represent the underlying shock condition. Authors, hereby present a case of 78-year-old male patient, depicting visceral and vascular imaging findings of HS, as observed on a CECT of the abdomen and pelvis. …”
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Review of the Empirical Evidence for Superluminal Particles and the 3 + 3 Model of the Neutrino Masses by Robert Ehrlich

“…A review is given of hypothetical faster-than-light tachyons and the development of the author’s 3+3 model of the neutrino mass states, which includes one tachyonic mass state doublet. …”
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Le faune et la sirène : la situation de Cuvier dans l’économie de The Marble Faun, de Nathaniel Hawthorne by Antoine Traisnel

“…On that “point” – that of Donatello’s ears—the author remains obstinately tight-lipped, having “hoped to mystify this anomalous creature between the Real and the Fantastic […] without impelling him to ask how Cuvier would have classified poor Donatello.” …”
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Social Educational Work with the Pedagogical University Students – Future Social Teachers by Y. A. Makovskaya

“…The paper discusses a model of social teachers’ training for the higher school, and analyzes its approbation in several Ukrainian higher schools. The author accentuates the general pedagogical and special trainingprinciples, applied in the teaching course, and denotes the main criteria of the future teaches’ readiness for professional activity. …”
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