Auxiliary clitics in Polish by Dorota Jagódzka

“… Polish auxiliary clitics constitute an interesting set of data which draws attention to cross-linguistic differences among Slavic languages. …”
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Cultural Dyphemisms in the Turkish Culture Region by İlhami Durmuş

“…Turkish steppe culture constituted a typical structure with regard to its creation and development. …”
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Trames du delta du Yangzi : recompositions métropolitaines et aménagement des périphéries agricoles de Shanghai, Chine by Étienne Monin

“…We find that, as modernized water and road networks reorganize deltaic space, they constitute a major tool for economical development in the rural peripheries. …”
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Functional characterization of elderly people in the rural community of “Lagunillas”. January-March 2004. by Marly Delgado Navarro, Luz María Díaz Hernádez, Fidelina Bravo Vargas

“…The study gathered a total of 45 old patients who were selected at random, constituting 47% of the universe which is formed by 96 elders. …”
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Duale Autonomie. Zur Rechtsgeschichte des Arbeitsmarktregimes by Gerd Bender

“…Macrocorporatist considerations, which also existed in the context of the constitutional discussion, took a back seat. The article does not provide a history of stability. …”
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A Modified Strain-Rate-Dependent Spring-Mass Model for Response Prediction of Composite Laminates Subjected to Low-Velocity Impact by Qiao Zhu, Zhefeng Yu

“…A modified strain-rate dependent (SRD) spring-mass model was first developed to capture the strain rate effect on response prediction of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) laminates subjected to low-velocity impact (LVI). The constitutive relations of FRP material were modified with the impact-induced strain rate using Yen-Caiazzo’s function in space and time dimensions simultaneously. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Bedrock Sagging Sinkholes in Strain-Softening Rock Induced by Embankment Construction by Zhen Zhang, Zhongda Chen

“…A strain-softening constitutive model was established according to the strain-softening behaviour exhibited by the specimens in the triaxial test. …”
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Home admission assessment in a Popular Council. by Silvia L. Pérez Groupierre, Irene E. Delgado Pérez, Alina Moreno Soca, Rubén Darío García Núñez

“…<strong><br />Results: </strong>Respiratory infections constituted the main cause of admission predominating the 15-59 year-old group with 53, 4% meanwhile 64, 2% belonged to female sex. …”
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L’actualité ou le rapport de force autour de l’objet de valeur de l’Histoire by Anne-Lise Santander

“…Sa dimension performative et perlocutoire est constitutive de sa pratique. Le passé est cependant un objet lacunaire soumis à une tension entre la logique narrative du /parvenir/ et celle du /survenir/. …”
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Ghrelin Protects against the Detrimental Consequences of Porphyromonas gingivalis-Induced Akt Inactivation through S-Nitrosylation on Salivary Mucin Synthesis by Bronislaw L. Slomiany, Amalia Slomiany

“…In this study, using rat sublingual gland acinar cells, we report that P. gingivalis LPS-induced impairment in mucin synthesis and associated suppression in Akt kinase activity were accompanied by a decrease in constitutive nitric oxide synthase (cNOS) activity and an induction in inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression. …”
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Exploring Transformation Through Travel by Means of the Movie The Way by Burhan Çınar, Umut Morkoç, Tuğba Pala Morkoç

“…To analyze the document that constitutes the data source of the research study, a narrative analysis, and a qualitative research design, was followed. …”
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Role of Fractalkine/CX3CL1 and Its Receptor in the Pathogenesis of Inflammatory and Malignant Diseases with Emphasis on B Cell Malignancies by Elisa Ferretti, Vito Pistoia, Anna Corcione

“…Fractalkine/CX3CL1, the only member of the CX3C chemokine family, exists as a membrane-anchored molecule as well as in soluble form, each mediating different biological activities. It is constitutively expressed in many hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic tissues such as endothelial and epithelial cells, lymphocytes, neurons, microglial osteoblasts. …”
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Topical Microbicides for the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV by André Désormeaux, Rabeea F Omar, Michel G Bergeron

“…The development of topical microbicides constitutes one of the most priori tized research areas in the field of prevention of STDs/HIV for the World Health Organization, the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. …”
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Verbal prefixation and realizations of antipassive alternations in Polish by Katarzyna Mroczyńska

“… Various works on transitivity suggest that aspectual notions may constitute semantic determinants of argument realization. …”
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Patterns and clinical presentation of Foreign Bodies in ENT among Sudanese Children in Khartoum state hospitals. by Rana Ahmed Abdelrahman Nasir, Sharfi Abdelgadir Omer Ahmed, Ibrahim Gaffar Ibrahim

“…Male to Female ratio is1.3:1. F.Bs  nose constituted higher percentage in (28%) of cases, F.Bs  inhalations were presented in(24.7%), F.Bs  ear were presented in (24.7%) and F.Bs  ingestion were presented in (22.7%).Regarding the type of inhalations, peanut was presented in (56.8%) of cases and the commonest presenting symptoms was cough in (94%) of patients.                                                                                                                                                                    …”
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A numerical study on predicting bond-slip relationship of reinforced concrete using surface based cohesive behavior by Minhajul Bari Prince, Debasish Sen

“…In addition, measurements of internal stress-strain components and damages of constitutive materials are also difficult in experimental endeavours. …”
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Computational Swarming: A Cultural Technique for Generative Architecture by Sebastian Vehlken

“…By taking advantage of the self-organisational capabilities of computational agent collectives whose global behaviour emerges from the local interaction of a large number of relatively simple individuals (as it does, for instance, in animal swarms), architects are able to understand buildings and urbanscapes in a novel way as complex spaces that are constituted by the movement of multiple material and informational elements. …”
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City-campus, or Educational Space of the City. Methodological Construct by S. A. Smirnov

“…Next, we look at specific cultural and historical forms, such as the Temple, School, Museum, University, etc., which constitute the basic infrastructure nodes of the city space itself. …”
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Alternatives for scientific dissemination in universities by Mabel Rodríguez Moya, Yuleydi Alcaide Guardado, César David Fuentes Rodríguez

“…It is concluded that the university constitutes one of the institutions that can contribute the most to the dissemination of science, and to achieve this it is vital that university professors in their role as researchers develop skills for socializing their researches’ results.…”
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Por una economía orientada hacia la reproducción de la vida by Franz J. Hinkelammert, Henry Mora Jiménez

“…This article suggests that in order to attain this rationality, a criticism of the logic of empirical fetishism is necessary; so too, is a critique of our understanding of reality constituted entirely by market relations. This requires an answer to one critical question: what kind of society do we really want?…”
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