Iconic Celebration of Charms and Friendship in Poetry: Fálétí’s “Adébímpé Ọ̀jẹ́dòkun” by Michael Oladejo Afoláyan

“…Even the most callous, capable of “eating the head of the tortoise, and drinking cold-heartedly with the empty shell of the diminutive snail” would hear the tragic narrative and snivel. …”
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Ethics of Procuring and Using Organs or Tissue from Infants and Newborns for Transplantation, Research, or Commercial Purposes: Protocol for a Bioethics Scoping Review [version 1;... by Sebastian Porsdam Mann, Joe Brierley, Jerry Menikoff, Trung Nguyen, Brian D. Earp, Dominic Wilkinson, Julian Savulescu, Xiu Lim, Maide Barış, David Shaw, Melanie T Almonte

“…In the case of infants and younger children, however, this concern poses special difficulties insofar as infants and younger children are deemed incapable of providing valid consent. Due to their diminutive size and other distinctive properties, infants’ organs and tissues are seen as valuable for biomedical purposes. …”
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Waste Tire Particles and Gamma Radiation as Modifiers of the Mechanical Properties of Concrete by Eduardo Sadot Herrera-Sosa, Gonzalo Martínez-Barrera, Carlos Barrera-Díaz, Epifanio Cruz-Zaragoza

“…Nevertheless such diminutions (from 2 to 16%) are compensated with the use of high concentration of waste tire particles (30%), which ensures that the concrete will not significantly increase the cost.…”
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Le stress thermique environnemental dans l’espèce bovine : 2. Effets physiologiques, pathologiques, comportementaux, alimentaires, immunitaires et sur la production laitière by Christian Hanzen, Pauline Delhez, Jean-Luc Hornick, Françoise Lessire, Djellel Eddine Gherissi

“…Il entrave le développement néonatal du fait de la réduction de l’ingestion alimentaire et de l’altération du système immunitaire. La diminution de la production laitière est une autre conséquence importante d’un stress thermique qui s’accompagne par ailleurs d’une diminution de la concentration en protéines, matière grasse et lactose du lait. …”
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Recognising the intricate relationship between uric acid and diabetes and its impact on ocular diseases by Soumya Ramani, Smriti Harish

“…A 73-year-old elderly male with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and hypertension, presented to the outpatient department with a diminution of vision in both eyes for 3 months. He also gave a history of a nonhealing foot ulcer, hyperuricemia, and elevated serum creatinine. …”
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COMPUTER SIMULATION GDP DYNAMICS AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR TAX REFORM by V. Antipov

“…The model allowed to justify the gradual diminution of economic growth in the range 2017-2030 if current trends in fundamental characteristics are fixed. …”
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Neuroophthalmic Manifestations of Intracranial Tumours in Children by Megha Kotecha, Sarang Gotecha, Ashish Chugh, Prashant Punia

“…Headache, vomiting, and cerebellar signs were the commonest neurological features. Diminution of vision, diplopia, and strabismus were the commonest ophthalmic symptoms. …”
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Diencephalic Syndrome: A Rare Entity with Its Anaesthetic Management and Post-operative Complications of Diabetes Insipidus and Thrombocytopenia by Sakshi Kadian, Sarin John, Siddharth Chakraborty, Sanjay Agrawal

“…The authors here describe a case of an 8-year-old 10 kg emaciated child who presented with headache, vomiting, rage attacks, decreased weight, and diminution in vision. The child had bilateral optic atrophy; however, hormonal profiles were within normal limits. …”
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Victor Brauner. Atrapulsion, peinture à la caséine sur toile présentant un important réseau de craquelures en cuvette by Cristina Cojocaru Pingeot

“…The conservation treatments lead to a diminution of the canvas and ground distortions, and to the removal of resin residues.…”
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Les effets de l’émigration paysanne dans les Andes équatoriennes : une lecture photographique by Nasser Rebaï

“…Si dans la province de l’Azuay, on assiste à la diminution des superficies cultivées et à la réorganisation des tâches agricoles, on observe par ailleurs l’émergence d’une agriculture commerciale orientée vers le marché urbain régional. …”
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Competing Partisan Regimes and the Transformation of the Voting Rights Act, 1965-2015 by Jesse H. Rhodes

“…Lingering liberal Democratic influence in Congress, coupled with conservatives’ fears of violating the norm of racial equality, obstructed Republican diminution of federal voting rights enforcement via legislation. …”
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Green magnetically separable molluscicide Ba–Ce–Cu ferrite/TiO2 nanocomposite for controlling terrestrial gastropods Monacha Cartusiana by Abdullah A. Alamri, Mohamed A. Ayyad, Hossameldin G. Mohamedbakr, Usama A. Soliman, Majed Y. Almashnowi, Jia Hong Pan, Elsayed T. Helmy

“…Application under natural field conditions through the bait technique showed a significant satisfactory population diminution after 14 days of exposure, as the mean percentage of diminution was 72.2% compared to the recommended pesticide Neomyl SL 20%, which poses a 74.27% reduction. …”
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Grandeur et décadence des femmes peintres entre la fin de la monarchie et la première moitié du XIXe siècle by Vera de Ladoucette

“…Based on a quantitative and qualitative study, this article aims to demonstrate the importance of the self-portrait to woman artists, which was a passport to the Salon in the eighteenth century, then observe the gradual diminution of their role, highlighted by a radical transformation in the way they represented themselves. …”
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¿Cómo se duerme a un bebé en la Amazonía? Apropiación del villancico chachapoyano Niño Manuelito como canto de cuna en varios grupos de la red Ucayali-Amazonas by Alejandro Prieto Mendoza

“…Finally, I discuss a second type of common traits proper of the lullaby as a musical genre such as diminutives, reduplications, the topic of a potential danger, and repetitions.…”
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Identify and prioritize architectural and cultural indicators based on the application of technology in the age of globalization (Case Study: Tehran City) by Mino lafafchi, Mozian Dahashi Sharif, Iraj Etesam

“…The usage of technology includes removing boundaries, flexibility and diminution of distances. This can be investigated not only in the physical dimensions but also in various cultural aspects. …”
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CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT UPON WATER RESOURCES IN THE BUZĂU AND IALOMIŢA RIVER BASINS by RODICA PAULA MIC, CIPRIAN CORBUŞ, ARISTIŢA BUSUIOC

“…Pour les sous-bassins de plaine, la diminution d’écoulement est survenue pendant hiver et printemps.…”
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Effects of Geometrical Parameters on Stress Wave Propagation across the Rough Joint by Chen Xin, Tan Wenhui, Wang Peng

“…It revealed that the transmission coefficient decreased with the diminution of JMC, and it increased with the scattered distribution pattern as the similar trend for each JMC set. …”
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Epidemiology, Prognosis, and Evolution of Management of Septic Shock in a French Intensive Care Unit: A Five Years Survey by Nicolas Boussekey, Juliette Cantrel, Lise Dorchin Debrabant, Joachim Langlois, Patick Devos, Agnes Meybeck, Arnaud Chiche, Hugues Georges, Olivier Leroy

“…Morbidity improved with time (diminution of septic shock complications, increase of the number of days alive free from mechanical ventilation and vasopressors on day 28), concomitant to an evolution of the management (earlier institution of all replacement and medical therapies and more initial volume expansion). …”
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Soins de suivi gynécologique : quelles dynamiques territoriales depuis l’élargissement des compétences des sages-femmes ? by Thomas Karnycheff, Véronique Lucas-Gabrielli, Julien Mousquès, Guillaume Chevillard

“…Les résultats mettent en évidence que l’élargissement des compétences des sages-femmes dans le suivi gynécologique s’accompagne d’une meilleure accessibilité territoriale, d’une diminution des inégalités territoriales et d’une amélioration du recours aux soins avec toutefois des variations selon les types de territoires.…”
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Pharmacotherapy, adverse drug reactions, and factors associated with clinical outcome in primary open-angle glaucoma by Anushree Dayanand, Sushma Muraraiah, S. Karthik Raja, Nishat Sultana Khayoom

“…Background: Glaucoma is a chronic, progressive optic neuropathy caused by a group of ocular conditions which lead to damage of the optic nerve with progressive diminution of vision. Medical management is currently the primary line of treatment in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). …”
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