Robotics as a Support Tool for Experimental Optimisation of Surgical Strategies in Orthopaedic Surgery by Manel Frigola, Manuel Vinagre, Alicia Casals, Josep Amat, Fernando Santana, Carlos Torrens

“…Thus, robotics can constitute an extension of simulators that are based on the high capabilities of computer graphics. …”
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Regulation of Skp2 Expression and Activity and Its Role in Cancer Progression by Chia-Hsin Chan, Szu-Wei Lee, Jing Wang, Hui-Kuan Lin

“…Skp2 forms a SCF complex with Skp1, Cul-1, and Rbx1 to constitute E3 ligase through its F-box domain. Skp2 protein levels are regulated during the cell cycle, and recent studies reveal that Skp2 stability, subcellular localization, and activity are regulated by its phosphorylation. …”
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Early epidermoid carcinoma. A case presentation by Lidia Torres Ajá, Julian Viera Llanes

“…It is a variety of the metaplastic carcinoma constituted by pavement keratinizing cells with an inconstant presence of fusocellular sarcomatoid elements, that reach great volume and frequently present as cystic tumours that may be confused with a breast abscess. …”
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A Painless Restricted Motion of the Thumb: What Etiology? About An Uncommon Tumor in Uncommon Localization by Naoufal Elghoul, Mohammed Benchakroun, Azzelarab Bennis, Omar Zaddoug, Ali Zine, Mansour Tanane, Abdeloihab Jaafar

“…Only three cases have already been reported in adults; our case constitutes the fourth case, which is about a 61-year-old female who presented since 18 months a mass on the ulnar lateral aspect of the thumb. …”
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Un texte autographe inédit de Machiavel : la Minuta di provvisione per la restituzione dei beni agli eredi dei Medici e per la riforma dello stato (projet de décret pour la restitu... by Andrea Guidi

“…In mid-September, Machiavelli – who had served as Secretary in the chancery since 1498, but was about to be dismissed from his office by the Medici – wrote by his own hand a proposal for a constitutional reform. This proposal intended, first of all, to preserve the liberty of the city, by preventing the suppression of the Great Council by the Medici as well as by finding a compromise with the aristocratic faction, which was temporarily leading the new administration.…”
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« Mon compte-rendu n’est que la défense continuée » : étude et analyse des écrits du for privé d’avocats de part et d’autre de la Révolution française à travers l’exemple des Mémoi... by Aurore Sat

“…Those texts, known as “ego-documents” today, are analysed in order to enlighten the history of barristers at a major time of their constitution and structuration in the French “barreau”, before and after the French Revolution. …”
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Influence of Polymorphism on Glycosylation of Serum Amyloid A4 Protein by Toshiyuki Yamada, Jyunji Sato, Kazuhiko Kotani, Masafumi Tanaka

“…Serum amyloid A4 (SAA4) is a constitutive apolipoprotein of high-density lipoprotein. …”
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Numerical Analyses on Deformation and Failure Characteristics of Surrounding Rock of Gob-Side Entry Retention by Roof Cutting by Qunying Wu, Binhui Liu, Jun Yang, Yajun Wang, Kuikui Chen, Yu Cheng

“…To solve this problem, in this paper, the double-yield constitutive model is applied to the whole caving zone to analyze the deformation and failure characteristics of surrounding rock along gob-side entry retaining by roof cutting. …”
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Intestinal Stem Cell Niche: The Extracellular Matrix and Cellular Components by Laween Meran, Anna Baulies, Vivian S. W. Li

“…The cellular microenvironment including the adjacent Paneth cells, stromal cells, smooth muscle cells, and neural cells as well as the extracellular matrix together constitute the intestinal stem cell niche. A dynamic regulatory network exists among the epithelium, stromal cells, and the matrix via complex signal transduction to maintain tissue homeostasis. …”
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Geoheritage of the Sila National Park and surrounding areas (Northern Calabria, Italy) by Francesco Muto, Deborah Biondino, Gino Mirocle Crisci, Giuseppe Luzzi, Stefano Marabini, Piergiorgio Ponte, Fabio Procopio, Gian Battista Vai

“…The 1:60,000 scale map provides an overall scheme of the main geological units and tectonic elements constituting the study area, as a synthesis of thematic cartography existing in the literature coupled to targeted investigations and field surveys. …”
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EXPLORING THE IMPORTANCE OF EMOTIONAL QUOTIENT IN CONSTRUCTION: PERSPECTIVES FROM HEALTH AND SAFETY PROFESSIONALS IN SOUTH AFRICA by John Smallwood, Fidelis Emuze, Charissa BLOOMBERG Bloomberg

“… Self-regard, emotional self-awareness, flexibility, problem solving, and stress tolerance, inter alia, constitute attributes that affect how well activities are carried out by individuals. …”
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GENETIC DIVERSITY OF BREAD WHEAT LANDRACES COLLECTED BY SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITIONS IN AFGHANISTAN by O. P. Mitrofanova, P. P. Strelchenko, E. V. Zuev, K. Street, J. Konopka, M. Mackay

“…Hexaploid 42-chromosomal wheat with the genome constitution AABBDD was also attributed to that center. …”
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VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY – SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE TO OVERCONSUMPTION by Aleksandra Burgiel, Izabela Sowa, Jolanta Zrałek

“…Therefore the first aim of this article is to characterize VS as a lifestyle that constitutes the sustainable alternative to overconsumption. …”
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Mandibular Canal Widening and Bell’s Palsy: Sequelae of Perineural Invasion in Oral Cancer by Gopinath Thilak Parepady Sundar, Vishwanath Sherigar, Sameep S. Shetty, Shree Satya, Sourabh M. Gohil

“…Oral submucous fibrosis with oral cancer constitutes a clinicopathologically distinct disease. …”
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Higher-Order Iterative Learning Control with Optimal Control Gains Based on Evolutionary Algorithm for Nonlinear System by Yun-Shan Wei, Xiaofen Yang, Wenli Shang, Ying-Yu Chen

“…Since the updating actions are constituted by the tracking information from several previous iterations, the suitably designed HOILC schemes with appropriate control gains usually achieve fast convergence speed. …”
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Methodological proposal for an optimal management of Social-Ecological Systems in relation to large-scale mining in Peru by Dueñas Militza, Ferrer Jorge

“…Under this proposal, it is considered that design principles and resilience principles guide management of organizations and constitute pillars that strengthen organizational capabilities, the latter being the essence for optimal management of SES. …”
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Multiple Extracranial Metastases from Primary Gliosarcoma in a Patient with Two Previous Different Primary Cancers by T. Capion, J. Hauerberg, H. Broholm, A. Muhic

“…Gliosarcoma (GS) constitutes a minor fraction of primary glioblastoma (GBM), which is the most frequent malignant brain tumor in adults. …”
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A One-Dimensional Fractional-Derivative Viscoelastic Model for the Aquitard Consolidation of an Aquifer System by Ming-hua Huang, Dun Li

“…In order to analyze the phenomena of land subsidence, this study attempts to constitute a more reliable prediction model to simulate the consolidation process of the aquifer system under the drawdown of groundwater. …”
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Limits of deception in Islamic laws of war: the case of civilian disguises in suicide attacks by Fajri Matahati Muhammadin

“…This article explores whether suicide attacks disguising as civilians constitutes as an act of treason in fiqh al-siyar. It is found that such method of attack is not in itself treasonous therefore not in itself impermissible. …”
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A Man in His Forties with Recurrent Cat-Scratch Disease by Sara López-Rueda, Benjamin Valente-Acosta, Adrian Murillo-Zolezzi, Francisco Moreno-Sánchez, Irma Hoyo-Ulloa, Jesús Javier Baquera-Heredia

“…It usually presents with lymphadenopathy and constitutional symptoms that resolve within eight weeks, with, or without antibiotic treatment. …”
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