La maritimité sous les Tropiques : les contributions d’une étude réalisée à Fortaleza (Ceará) by Eustogio Wanderley Correia Dantas

“…In this coastal city, a local elite fascinated by the new maritime practices produces the same territories and maintains the same desires as in the West. …”
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Leadership as a female political characteristic in Serbia by Vuković Ana

“…This paper points out the dialectical interweaving of this cause with another often underestimated cause: worse political leadership characteristics among certain members of the (female) political (sub)elite. The issue is the dialectical connection of these two causes, with the effect of a feedback loop of negative synergy: the weaker presence of women in political institutions leads to fewer opportunities for gaining political experience and a more limited pool for staff recruitment, which is why some female politicians have weaker characteristics needed for political leadership; on the other hand, this handicap of theirs strengthens patriarchal prejudices against women and further strengthens the reduced presence of women in political institutions. …”
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The influence of cultural factors on the collapse of the Greenland Norse civilization by Ryszard F. Sadowski

“…It seems that the collapse of the Greenland Norse civilization was the choice of the Norse’s elite. The leaders kept the society in a risky balance in order to rule over them, but finally, the fragile equilibrium was shattered and caused the collapse.…”
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Pionieri in paradiso by Simonetta Grilli, Fabio Mugnaini

“…The stories of these «protogentrifiers » in many ways anticipate the arrival of an elite group (comprising prominent figures from politics, culture, entertainment, and finance) who, starting in the late 1990s, will invest significant funds to purchase and renovate farmhouses, transforming them into aesthetically valuable house that represent high social status, thus leading to a radical process of gentrification in the area. …”
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Anjouan (Comores), un nœud dans les réseaux de l’océan Indien. Émergence et rôle d’une société urbaine lettrée et marchande (XVIIe-XXe siècle) by Sophie Blanchy

“…Several factors helped the makabaila make the island a commercial hub, including logistical maritime access and development of towns, which were both economic and intellectual centres producing elite ideology. Unlike that of other Comorian people, the makabaila ethos was linked not to territory but to networks. …”
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Kinematics Analysis and Multi-objective Scale Synthesis of a New Three Translation Parallel Mechanism by Jianyuan Liu, Jianlin He, Zhixiong Jian, Junguo Gao

“…Finally，a multi-objective optimization design model is established，with elite retention strategy of rapid and dominate the multi-objective optimization algorithm （NSGA-Ⅱ），the scale synthesis of the structural parameters is carried out，a set of Pareto optimal solutions are obtained by optimization. …”
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Fundamental Dilemmas Concerning the Constitutional Arrangements for the Formation of the Government in the Republic of Slovenia by Rudi Kocjančič

“…In Slovenia, even twenty years after the adoption of its Constitution, the amendments to the constitutional arrangements for the appointment of ministers represent one of the fundamental constitutional dilemmas of the political elite and experts on constitutional law. The following two variants are most topical: according to the first variant, following the example of the German constitution, ministers would be appointed by the president of the republic on the proposal of the president of the government, elected by the National Assembly; according to the second variant, the National Assembly would elect the president of the government together with the submitted candidate list of ministers. …”
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La Regeneración y los remates de renta pública en Cartagena 1886-1896 by Jhon Clemens Tejedor Guzmán

“…Damos a conocer con los documentos encontrados como se dieron los remates de renta y su distribución entre los sectores de elite. También las relaciones y pactos que se forjaron alrededor de reconocidas personalidades de la vida pública local, poseedoras de ciertas partículas de control fiscal dentro y fuera de las instituciones administrativas distritales de la ciudad-puerto.…”
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Dans l’ombre du prestige. Établissements de bains isolés et micro-stations thermales des Pyrénées occidentales by Viviane Delpech

“…This study distances itself from the association between thermalism and the elite to demonstrate instead how curative waters which, despite their apparent modesty in comparison to their more illustrious neighbours, have played a prominent and timeless role for local communities from a medical, economic, social, and even political viewpoint.…”
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Upper Extremity Deep Vein Thromboses: The Bowler and the Barista by Seth Stake, Anne L. du Breuil, Jeremy Close

“…Most cases of effort thrombosis occur in young elite athletes with strenuous upper extremity activity. …”
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UNVEILING THE ROOTS OF ENDURING COMMUNAL CONFLICTS IN NIGERIA: INDIGENE-SETTLER RIVALRY AND THE PATH FORWARD by MICHEAL GODWIN OKOLIKO

“…This article examines the underlying factors contributing to intra/inter-communal conflicts arising from indigene and settler rivalries in Nigeria, utilizing the lens of elite theory. By comprehensively analyzing these factors, a deeper understanding of the intricate dynamics at play is gained, allowing for the identification of potential avenues for meaningful intervention. …”
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Active Safety Planning Method for Transportation Network Design by Hongzhi Lin

“…A genetic algorithm (GA) with elite strategy is proposed to solve the bilevel model. …”
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Determination of Damage in Reinforced Concrete Frames with Shear Walls Using Self-Organizing Feature Map by Mehdi Nikoo, Łukasz Sadowski, Faezehossadat Khademi, Mohammad Nikoo

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Believing After Darwin: the Debates of the Metaphysical Society (1869–1880) by Catherine Hajdenko-Marshall

“…The members of the Metaphysical Society were all well-known members of the Victorian elite who held a variety of religious and political views. …”
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Definition of a thermal comfort rating scale for mountaneering boots by Eleonora Bianca, Francesca Dotti, Ada Ferri

“…This study investigates the thermal insulation and moisture management of three types of mountaneering boots and simulated hiking activities under controlled environmental conditions with two elite athletes. Temperature and humidity were determined with six wireless probes placed on the most exposed parts of the foot (hallux, middle toe, little toe, dorsum, ankle and sole). …”
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Crossing the lines of tradition: the innovative building techniques of Early Iron Age and Orientalizing period Etruria by Paul M. Miller

“…Over the last century, subtler discussions of Etruscan participation in pan-Mediterranean elite culture have replaced explanations for architectural change that tout cultural colonization by ‘the Orient’. …”
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Democracia e desconfiança by Edinilson Donisete Machado, Luna Stipp

“…O populismo ressurge com mais vigor, alimentando o antagonismo entre o povo (bem) contra a elite (mal). Nesse contexto através do método indutivo e análise bibliográfica o objetivo do presente artigo foi resolver a seguinte questão: Como o populismo pode ser um reflexo da desconfiança da sociedade atual manifesta no antagonismo e como a própria democracia auxiliou seu renascimento e aprimoramento?…”
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Investigation of the vocational experience periods of the UEFA champions league winner team head coaches by Bahadir Bayarslan

“… The aim of this research is to investigate how long it takes to turn success into a competency for the elite football coaches who won the UEFA Champions League Finals, taking into account the importance of their professional experience. …”
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El mascarón arquitectónico preclásico de la Estructura 3 de Chacté, Guatemala by Carlos Morales-Aguilar, Daniel Salazar Lama, Ivan Šprajc, Richard D. Hansen

“…Chacté represents a part of this development by constructing a ceremonial center with large plazas and elite buildings. The site was also linked to the great center of El Mirador by a 4 km-long causeway. …”
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OIL HIGHER EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENT IN TATARSTAN REPUBLIC by Rasima M. Rakhimova, Marat R. Minkin

“…The formation of petroleum engineering elite and the corresponding infrastructure became a direct consequence of commercial operation start of large oil fields in the south-east of Republic in 1950s. …”
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