A proposta da Base Nacional Comum Curricular e o debate entre 1988 e 2015 by Ileizi Luciana Fiorelli Silva, Henrique Fernandes Alves Neto, Daniel Vitor Vicente

“…In this article we analyze the proposals of the Common National Curricular Basis of 2014 and 2015, taking them as public policies and as challenges of Brazilian democracy, set since the enactment of the 1988 Federal Constitution. We then identify the main milestones in the development of national curricular proposals since 1988, focusing on the results after the enactment of the 1996 Law of Guidelines and Bases of National Education – the law that regulates education in Brazil –, as elements to be compared with the two most recent proposals. …”
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Freedom of Expression: what lessons should we learn from US experience? by Ronaldo Porto Macedo Junior

“…Court decisions based on balancing rhetoric is becoming dominant in Brazilian Constitutional court and usually try to avoid some epistemological issues concerning objectivity and moral justification. …”
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Appraising the Effects of Social Media Information during the Electioneering Period in Nigeria by Chieme Azubuike, Nnennaya Grace Nwaubeta

“…The residents of Owerri metropolis constitute the population of this study. The multistage sampling technique was used. …”
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Effect of Earth Ground and Environment on Body-Centric Communications in the MHz Band by Katsuyuki Fujii, Yasuyuki Okumura

“…In the pictures, the electrodes of the wearable devices constitute a closed circuit with the human body and the earth ground. …”
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The Enormity of Chronic Kidney Disease in Nigeria: The Situation in a Teaching Hospital in South-East Nigeria by Ifeoma I. Ulasi, Chinwuba K. Ijoma

“…Death from renal causes constituted 22.03% of medical deaths. Conclusion. The prognosis for CKD patients in Nigeria is abysmal. …”
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Histopathological Spectrum and Immunohistochemistry Expression of Pediatric Solid Malignant Tumors: An Observational Study by Bhumika Patel, Jagadale Kunda, Reena Bharadwaj

“…The mean age is 6.6 years and most commonly presented in 0-5 years of age constituting 30 cases. 35 cases seen were in male patients, and 20 in female patients. …”
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Identification of a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Arf3, the yeast orthologue of mammalian Arf6. by Alison K Gillingham, Sean Munro

“…We find that Yel1 is constitutively targeted to regions of polarised growth in yeast, where it co-localises with Arf3. …”
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Overtourism in urban destinations: the myth of smart solutions by María García Hernández, Josep Ivars Baidal, Sofía Mendoza de Miguel

“…However, the need to generate knowledge that is useful for managing tourist overload constitutes a challenge faced by a growing number of destinations. …”
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Étudier les biens communs par les changements institutionnels : régimes de propriété autour des races animales face à l’innovation génomique by Julie Labatut, Franck Aggeri, Gilles Allaire

“…We show how these commons are not only biological resources, but also rely on informational resources and management structures for producing genetic gain, constituting an “intangible property”. We analyze the co-production of genetic and informational resources, focusing on evolving property regimes and governance structures. …”
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The history of science through the prism of race by Elise K. Burton, Sayori Ghoshal, James Poskett

“…Through these examples, we perceive a big-picture history of science in which its co-constitution with race links localized case studies and imperial narratives across space and time.…”
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Polyphonic discourses in the Hong Kong press: a diachronic analysis of media attitudes towards the One Country, Two Systems policy by Qingyu Gao, Dezheng Feng William

“…Situated in the unique context of Hong Kong, the study sheds new light on the complex and diverse trajectories of discursive shift, which together constitute a “polyphony” of media attitudes.…”
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Rotating antibiotics selects optimally against antibiotic resistance, in theory by Robert E. Beardmore, Rafael Peña-Miller

“…   Using mathematical models that do not explicitly incorporate the spatial dynamics of pathogen transmission within the ICU or hospital and assuming the antibiotics are from distinct functional groups, we use a control theoretic-approach to prove that one can relax the medical notion of what constitutes an antibiotic rotation and so obtain protocols that are arbitrarily close to the optimum.Finally, we show that theoretical feedback control measures that rotate between different antibiotics motivated directly by the outcome of clinical studies can be deployed to good effect to reduce the prevalence of antibiotic resistance below what can be achieved with random antibiotic use.…”
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The Experimental Studies on Behavior of Ultrahigh-Performance Concrete Confined by Hybrid Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Tubes by Zong-cai Deng, Jiu-ling Qu

“…The stress-strain responses predicted by the existing models are all below the experimental curves; therefore, a new three-stage constitutive model was proposed, which relatively fits the test curves better than the existing models.…”
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The Architecture of Logistics by Negar Sanaan Bensi, Francesco Marullo

“…The first trajectory attempts to define what logistics is and how it operates, focusing on the inherent ambivalence of its apparatus, able to cope with different scales and various temporal dimensions – from barcodes and gadgets to global routes and territorial infrastructures – constituting both a physical and abstract framework supporting, measuring and quantifying movements and actions, thoughts and desires. …”
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Damage Evolution of Concrete Piles Mixed with Admixtures in Marine Corrosion and Freeze-Thaw Environment by Yan Li, Bing Li, Lianying Zhang, Chao Ma

“…Then, based on the theory of damage mechanics, the damage evolution and constitutive model of concrete under the marine corrosion and freeze-thaw environment are established. …”
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Lightweight opportunistic routing forwarding strategy based on Markov chain by Feng LI, Ya-li SI, Zhen CHEN, Li-min SHEN

“…A lightweight opportunistic routing forwarding strategy (MOR) was proposed based on Markov chain.In the scheme,the execute process of network was divided into a plurality of equal time period,and the random encounter state of node in each time period was represented by activity degree.The state sequence of a plurality of continuous time period constitutes a discrete Markov chain.The activity degree of encounter node was estimated by Markov model to predict its state of future time period,which can enhance the accuracy of activity degree estimation.Then,the method of comprehensive evaluating forwarding utility was designed based on the activity degree of node and the average encounter interval.MOR used the utility of node for making a routing forwarding decision.Each node only maintained a state of last time period and a state transition probability matrix,and a vector recording the average encounter interval of nodes.So,the routing forwarding decision algorithm was simple and efficient,low time and space complexity.Furthermore,the method was proposed to set optimal number of the message copy based on multiple factors,which can effectively balance the utilization of network resources.Results show that compared with existing algorithms,MOR algorithm can effectively increase the delivery ratio and reduce the delivery delay,and lower routing overhead ratio.…”
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Stability of a Cosmetic Multiple Emulsion Loaded with Green Tea Extract by Tariq Mahmood, Naveed Akhtar

“…(Theaceae) in concentration of 5%. The formulation constitutes of cetyl dimethicone copolyol and polyoxyethylene (20) cetyl ether as emulsifiers and was characterised and monitored for various physicochemical aspects. …”
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Cambios en la producción y consumo de viandas en Cuba by Norma Helen Juárez

“…The focus of analysis was the use of "viandas", a term constituting a food group composed of various roots, tubers, rhizomes, banana and squash of the genuses Maníhot, discorea, Xanthosoma, ipomoea, solanum, colocasia, musa y cucúrbita. …”
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Integrated Experimental and Numerical Comparison of Different Approaches for Planar Biaxial Testing of a Hyperelastic Material by Andrea Avanzini, Davide Battini

“…Planar biaxial testing has been applied to a variety of materials to obtain relevant information for mechanical characterization and constitutive modeling in presence of complex stress states. …”
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Revisiting ECB’s Technocratic Legitimacy: No Longer Fit‐for‐Purpose? by Dimitrios Argyroulis, Nikolas Vagdoutis

“…This article revisits the technocratic model of legitimacy that the European Central Bank (ECB) has enjoyed since its early period, by exploring the Monetary Policy Strategy statements that constitute the “comprehensive framework” guiding the Bank’s operational decisions. …”
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