L’embouchure de l'Amazone, macro-frontière géomorphologique : enseignements de 30 années de recherches franco-brésiliennes sur les systèmes côtiers amazoniens by M. T. R. C. Prost, J-F. Faure, C. Charron, H.V. Vargas, V. F. Santos, A.C. Mendes, A. Gardel

“…The Mouth of the Amazon River, considered to be the largest river on Earth, is a geomorphological macro-frontier between two coastal blocks : the Guiana Shield coastal fringe (from Amapa to Venezuela) and the Para/Maranhao block (North Brazil). It also constitutes a vast geological domain that links the Amapa Platform, the Marajo Basin and the Para/Maranhao Platform. …”
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The Origin of Individual Differences in the Course and Severity of Diseases by Sergey N. Rumyantsev

“…Until recently, the origin of this kind of biodiversity was poorly investigated and understood, but advances in immunology — especially in identifying constitutional (genetic) mechanisms of immunity — have contributed to our understanding of the origin of individual diversity in diseases. …”
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Nitric oxide function in atherosclerosis by K. E. Matthys, H. Bult

“…Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory process in the intima of conduit arteries, which disturbs the endothelium-dependent regulation of the vascular tone by the labile liposoluble radical nitric oxide (NO) formed by the constitutive endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). …”
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Buen Vivir or Sumak Kawsay. In Search of New Referential Frame for Public Action in Ecuador by Margarita Manosalvas

“…In regard to the terms buen vivir and sumak kawsay, there arise at least two interpretive options throughout this process, or they are assumed as completely equivalent or one can inquire into the matrix of meanings by which these terms are constituted. In the second case, incommensurability is observed. …”
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La mise en ligne des informations liées aux risques by Anne Peltier, Mathieu Vidal, Sylvia Becerra

“…It questions whether the provision of such information online can constitute a real tool of prevention or is potentially only a useful alibi for public authorities.…”
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Subcutaneous panniculitis as complication of valproate-induced pancreatitis by Michel Tawk, Salim Salloum, Radwan Zeidan, Mirna Fares

“…Medications and drugs constitute a well-known etiology of pancreatitis. Rare signs and symptoms of the disease can occur. …”
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(Un)conventional Methods for Financing the Coalition Plans by Jens Südekum

“…Abstract The new German government plans to increase investment spending considerably, yet without increasing taxes or reforming the debt brake enshrined in the constitution. This article explores the government’s (un)conventional approaches to squaring this circle.…”
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First records of the European free-tailed bat Tadarida teniotis (Rafinesque, 1814) in Slovenia by Primož Presetnik, Ali Šalamun

“…T. teniotis was recorded near Kozina during 11 nights from April to October 2016, but it was rare, with its 38 passes constituting just 0.53% of all bat passes. It was even rarer near Dolenja vas where it was recorded twice only on the hill Veliki Ognjivec — in April and October 2017 — where constituting only 0.0001% of all bat passes. …”
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Researches on Damage Evolution and Acoustic Emission Characteristics of Rocks by Yong Chen, Yugui Yang, Feng Gao, Xiangxiang Zhang

“…Distribution characteristics of the strength and elastic modulus as random variables are illustrated, and the statistical damage model is presented by the authors to formulate analytical constitutive relations for deformation behavior. The comparisons between predicted results and experimental data show that the statistical damage constitutive model could well reproduce the deformation process of rock materials.…”
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Damping Energy Dissipation and Parameter Identification of the Bellows Structure Covered with Elastic-Porous Metal Rubber by Guojian Shen, Min Li, Xin Xue

“…Second, the conspicuous hysteresis loop characteristics were described while the nonlinear constitutive relation was analytically modelled based on the exact decomposition method. …”
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Wybrane koncepcje filozoficzne a działania medyczne dla poprawy jakości życia i urzeczywistniania rozwoju by Sławomir Letkiewicz

“…Constitutional features of ethics in general, in both the descriptive and normative meanings, or deontology, are certainly freedom of choice strictly related to responsibility, the axiological system, etc. …”
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Figurines de terre cuite et questions de muséographie by Violaine Jeammet

“…This article constitutes a chapter in the forthcoming Handbook for Coroplastic Research that is in preparation by an international team of researchers. 1 It details the museological approach to the study of Greek figurative terracottas, both past and present, especially as it is represented by the collection of the Louvre Museum.…”
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The forgotten stent: late complication in a patient with neobladder by Riccardo Autorino, Antonio Maschio, Umberto Pane, Marco De Sio, Luca Cosentino, Giuseppe Quarto, Salvatore Mordente, Ferdinando Di Giacomo, Luigi Santini, Massimo D'Armiento

“…Encrustation constitutes a serious complication of ureteral stent use and can result in difficult stent removal. …”
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Etat et croyance(s) dans la Bolivie « plurinationale » d’Evo Morales by Christine Delfour

“…This represents a radical change compared with the Constitution of 1967 which, in its 3rd article, stipulates that « the State recognizes and supports the Roman Catholic Apostolic religion ». …”
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Nouveaux et anciens espaces de circulation internationale au Maroc by Mehdi Alioua

“…The neighborhoods we studied therefore are constituted of a superposition of varied forms of mobility and migration logics and strategies. …”
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The Greek Vision of America during the Greek War of Independence (1821-1830) by Konstantinos Diogos

“…Moreover, the American Declaration of Independence (1776) and the American Constitution of 1787 influenced the Greek political thought and the formation of the Greek revolutionary constitutions. …”
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Perspective on the role of norms for institutional behavior and policy design in European cross-border regions by Sara Svensson

“…Second, it argues that cross-border regions constitute a promising venue to advance the knowledge of how norms can be studied and understood.…”
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Les aires marines protégées à l’épreuve du sous-développement en Afrique de l’Ouest by Bertrand Cazalet

“…International law has always constituted the «legal base» of the creation and the evolution of the MPA. …”
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The democratization of the revocation of mayors’ terms in Ecuador and Colombia: At the crossroads of local governance by Luis Carlos Erazo, Lorena Chamorro

“…The institutional design that adopts revocations of terms for mayors is analyzed through the reviewal of constitutional documents and regulations in each country. …”
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Processus de gestion des ressources éducatives. Le cas d’enseignants en IUT by Cécile Redondo, Rémi Cadet, Romain Perrier, Béatrice Drot-Delange

“…It also aims to identify what constitutes an educational resource for these teachers. …”
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