“How ‘ya gonna keep’em down at the farm now that they’ve seen Paree?”: France in Super Hero Comics by Nicolas Labarre

“…However, this efficient codification is not value-free. A study of Justice League Europe, a rare example of super-hero series set in France over a long period reveals that France is consistently depicted as a place of history, while being denied a contemporary significance. …”
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Similarity Requirements for Mixed Convective Boundary Layer Flow over Vertical Curvilinear Porous Surfaces with Heat Generation/Absorption by Kh. Abdul Maleque

“…Similarity requirements for three dimensional combined forced and free convective laminar boundary layer flows over the porous inclined vertical curvilinear surfaces with buoyancy effects and heat absorption/generation effects are investigated theoretically. …”
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MINISTERIAL FORMATION FOR SERVICE: INTEGRATIVE THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION AT JUSTO MWALE UNIVERSITY, ZAMBIA by D.T. Banda, L. Banda, M. Blok, M. Naidoo

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How to Obtain an Aldicarb Application Permit for Florida Cotton or Peanut by Zane J. Grabau, Ethan Carter, Libbie Johnson, Jay Ferrell, Dale Dubberly, Tamara James

“… This publication is intended to guide growers through the process of applying for a free permit to use aldicarb, an insecticide/nematicide subject to particular restrictions because of its highly toxic nature and concerns about groundwater contamination when it is improperly applied. …”
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Is this not colonization?: Framing Sino-South African relations in South Africa’s mainstream press by Allen Munoriyarwa, Albert Chibuwe

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Vibration of Clamped Visco-Elastic Rectangular Plate with Parabolic Thickness Variations by A.K. Gupta, Anupam Khanna

“…The analysis presented here is to study the effect of taper constants on free vibration of a clamped visco-elastic rectangular plate with parabolically varying thickness. …”
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Fever-Associated Supraventricular Tachycardia after 4CMenB Vaccination in an Infant by Erdem Gönüllü, Burcu Topçu, Naci Öner, Ahmet Soysal, Metin Karaböcüoğlu

“…During three months of follow-up, she was free of further SVT attacks. Conclusion. This is the first report of ECG-proven SVT after 4CMenB vaccination. …”
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Impulsive Switching Epidemic Model with Benign Worm Defense and Quarantine Strategy by Jiying Lai, Shujing Gao, Yujiang Liu, Xinzhu Meng

“…Then, sufficient conditions for the global stability of worm-free periodic solution and the permanence of the benign worm are obtained. …”
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Intracystic Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Breast: A Challenging Diagnosis by Vera Ramos, João Fraga, Teresa Simões, Margarida Figueiredo Dias

“…Four years later, the patient is free of disease.…”
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Semiadaptive Fault Diagnosis via Variational Bayesian Mixture Factor Analysis with Application to Wastewater Treatment by Hongjun Xiao, Yiqi Liu, Daoping Huang

“…Results have demonstrated that the proposed strategy can significantly improve the ability of fault diagnosis under fault-free scenario, accurately detect the abrupt change and drift fault, and even localize the root cause of corresponding fault properly.…”
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Electron Beam Synthesis and Characterization of Acrylamide/Acrylic Acid Hydrogels Using Trimethylolpropane Trimethacrylate as Cross-Linker by Gabriela Craciun, Elena Manaila, Maria Daniela Stelescu

“…The purpose of the paper is to present the synthesis and characterization of hydrogels prepared by free-radical copolymerization of acrylamide and acrylic acid in aqueous solutions using potassium persulfate as initiator and trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate as cross-linker, via the radiation technique. …”
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SVEIRS: A New Epidemic Disease Model with Time Delays and Impulsive Effects by Tongqian Zhang, Xinzhu Meng, Tonghua Zhang

“…We prove the existence and global attractivity of the “infection-free” periodic solution and also the permanence of the model. …”
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Migrants' rights: problems remain by N. A. Voronina

“…The author concludes that in the context of COVID-19 pandemic states should provide migrants with free medical care and find effective social support mechanisms. …”
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Precommitted Investment Strategy versus Time-Consistent Investment Strategy for a Dual Risk Model by Lidong Zhang, Ximin Rong, Ziping Du

“…We assume that the company can invest into a risk-free asset and a risky asset. Short-selling and borrowing money are allowed. …”
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O KOM, O KOM, IMMANUEL – VENI, VENI EMMANUEL:

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Uptake of Non-Transferrin Iron by Erythroid Cells by Eugenia Prus, Eitan Fibach

“…The cells were exposed to ferrous ammonium sulfate under Tf-supplemented and Tf-free conditions. Using flow cytometry techniques, we found that both the TfR-deficient mature RBC and their TfR-containing precursors at all stages of maturation can take up non-Tf iron that accumulates as redox-active labile iron and generates reactive oxygen species. …”
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Comparison of outcome and toxicity of postoperative intensity‐modulated radiation therapy with two‐dimensional radiotherapy in patients with soft tissue sarcoma of extremities and... by Jianyang Wang, Yongwen Song, Xinfan Liu, Jing Jin, Weihu Wang, Zihao Yu, Yueping Liu, Ning Li, Hui Fang, Hua Ren, Yuan Tang, Yu Tang, Bo Chen, Ningning Lu, Shunan Qi, Shulian Wang, Yexiong Li

“…Compared to 2D‐RT group, the IMRT group had higher 5‐year local recurrence‐free survival (LRFS) (91.1% vs 80.8%; P = 0.029), distant metastasis‐free survival (DMFS) (80.0% vs 69.7%; P = 0.048), disease‐free survival (DFS) (75.2% vs 59.2%; P = 0.021), and overall survival (OS) (90.2% vs 81.0%; P = 0.029). …”
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Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients with Advanced Colorectal Liver Metastasis: A Survival Analysis from the Randomized Controlled Multicenter Trial LIGRO by Dennis Björk, MD, Kristina Hasselgren, MD, PhD, Bård I. Røsok, MD, PhD, Peter N. Larsen, MD, PhD, Ernesto Sparrelid, MD, PhD, Gert Lindell, MD, PhD, Nicolai A. Schultz, MD, PhD, Bjorn A. Bjørnbeth, MD, PhD, Bengt Isaksson, MD, PhD, Anna Lindhoff Larsson, RN, Magnus Rizell, MD, PhD, Bergthor Björnsson, MD, PhD, Per Sandström, MD, PhD

“…Positive prognostic factors were liver tumor-free status at the first follow-up and rectal primary tumor. …”
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Comparative outcomes of corticosteroids, neuromuscular blocking agents, and inhaled nitric oxide in ARDS: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Zhiyuan Xu, Xiao Liu, Liang Zhang, Xianliang Yan, Xianliang Yan

“…Dexamethasone was identified as the most effective treatment option for increasing ventilator-free days at 28 days compared to conventional therapy and cisatracurium (MD 3.60, 95% CI 1.77–5.43, and MD 3.40, 95% CI 0.87–5.92; SUCRA: 93.2%). …”
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Microwave Ablation of T1a and T1b Renal Masses: A Retrospective Study by Assim Saad Eddin, Karan Rao, Bradford Oliva, Ajmain Chowdhury, Shetty Zubin, Chad Tracy, Brian J. Smith, Sandeep T. Laroia

“…Furthermore, local tumor recurrence was observed in three (6.1%) patients at 2.5, 15, and 25 months postablation. Local recurrence-free probability was 98 and 93% at 1 and 2 years, respectively. …”
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