Modelling seasonal influenza in Israel by Oren Barnea, Rami Yaari, Guy Katriel, Lewi Stone

“…The paper discusses the difficulties in estimating these important parameters especially when the reporting rate of influenza cases might only be known with limited accuracy, as is generally the case. In such situations invariant parameters such as the percentage of susceptibles infected, and the effective reproductive rate might be preferred, as they do not depend on reporting rate. …”
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Conciencia democrática e industria editorial en los primeros años de la Transición española : la Biblioteca de divulgación política by Marta Simó Comas

“…After four decades of dictatorship, prohibition and disinformation Spain’s civil population was characterised for the most part by passivity, and its generally favourable attitude towards the restoration of Democracy was uninformed by ideological convictions or a critical consciousness. …”
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Visual Vertigo, Phantasmagoric Physiognomies: Joseph Roth and Walter Benjamin on the Visual Experience of Architecture by Stefan Koller

“…This paper scrutinises Benjamin’s interest in the urban fabric of nineteenth century Paris, and compares it to contemporary writings on Paris and on (more generally) new forms of urbanism in the journalistic work of Joseph Roth. …”
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От реальности к виртуальному миру и обратно: как язык помог нам в освоении Интернета и что произошло потом (на материале русского и польского языков)... by Ekaterina Starodvorskaia

“…Thus the new realm, such as the physical one, was marked by language signs that determine the nature and the structure of our conception of the Internet which is interpreted generally as a physical space (different types of the latter). …”
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Evaluation of approaches to the regulation of digital film distribution by A. R. Akopyan, A. M. Arakelyan, Yu. V. Vorontsova, V. V. Krysov

“…The article considers approaches to the state regulation of digital film distribution, evaluates them. The paper generalizes them in the form of proposals for anti-piracy regulation, promotion of original content of online cinemas in international markets, as well as for effective interaction of online cinemas with the Ministry of Culture and the Cinema Foundation. …”
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The Use of Regenerative Medicine in the Management of Invasive Bladder Cancer by Matthew E. Hyndman, Deborah Kaye, Nicholas C. Field, Keith A. Lawson, Norm D. Smith, Gary D. Steinberg, Mark P. Schoenberg, Trinity J. Bivalacqua

“…The urinary diversion is generally accomplished through the creation of an incontinent ileal conduit, continent catheterizable reservoir, or orthotopic neobladder utilizing small or large intestine. …”
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Graphing, homotopy groups of spheres, and spaces of long links and knots by Robin Koytcheff

“…We show that, up to knotting, these account for all the homotopy groups in a range which depends on the dimensions of the source manifolds and target manifold and which roughly generalizes the triple-point-free range for isotopy classes. …”
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An Efficient Clustering Algorithm in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Cooperative Communication by Shukui Zhang, Jianxi Fan, Juncheng Jia, Jin Wang

“…Processing the gathered information efficiently is a key functionality for wireless sensor networks. In generally, the sensor networks often use in-network data aggregation and clustering to optimize network communication. …”
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Reliable and robust robotic handling of microplates via computer vision and touch feedback by Vincenzo Scamarcio, Jasper Tan, Francesco Stellacci, Josie Hughes

“…Compared to existing methods, our framework effectively generalizes to different instruments without compromising efficiency. …”
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Evaluation of the Project P.A.T.H.S. Based on Students’ Weekly Diaries: Findings from Eight Datasets by Daniel T. L. Shek, Rachel C. F. Sun

“…Based on an integration of findings from different databases, results showed that the respondents generally (1) had positive views on the program, (2) had positive views on the instructors, and (3) perceived that they had acquired competencies at the societal, school, familial, interpersonal, and personal levels after joining the program. …”
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Reduction EMI of BLDC Motor Drive Based on Software Analysis by Navid Mousavi, Tohid Rahimi, Homayoun Meshgin Kelk

“…The leakage currents of the motors, flow through common ground, will interfere with other equipment because of the high density of electrical and electronic systems in the spacecraft and aircrafts. Moreover, generally there are common DC buses in the mentioned systems, which aggravate the problem. …”
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Student attitudes toward the use of Facebook in higher education: Implications for the learning experience by Marković Marija, Stanisavljević-Petrović Zorica

“…The results indicate that students highly value Facebook for information exchange and sharing academic materials, but are generally cautious about its direct application in learning processes. …”
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Extrapulmonary, bone and intestinal tuberculosis. Case report by Dianelí Lorely Reyes Hernández, Francisco Rey Mérida López

“…Cases with extrapulmonary involvement of a single location are generally reported, but in this case two different tissues are involved. …”
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Osteochondroma of the Scapula in a 12-year-old Girl: An Unusual Case Report by Kunne Bharath Raja, K. L. Jagadishwar Rao

“…Osteochondromas are benign bone lesions composed of medullary and cartilaginous bone covered by hyaline cartilage, generally occurring near the growth plate. They are usually solitary and can be sessile or pedunculated. …”
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Electronic Structure Calculations of A2Ti2O7 (A = Dy, Ho, and Y) by H. Y. Xiao

“…Ab initio calculations have been performed on titanate pyrochlores A2Ti2O7 (A = Dy, Ho, and Y) to investigate their electronic structures. The generalized gradient approximation (GGA) + U formalism has been used to correct the strong onsite Coulomb repulsion between the localized 4f electrons. …”
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Diagnosing the Causes of Failure in the Construction Sector Using Root Cause Analysis Technique by Faiq M. S. Al-Zwainy, Ibrahim A. Mohammed, Ibrahim F. Varouqa

“…Three techniques were used in this study: Ishikawa diagrams, Pareto diagrams, and 5-why techniques. The results were generally identified and diagnosed thirty-five causes of the construction project failure; however, only twenty-three of the causes were the most important. …”
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Treatment of Bullous Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Lihua Duan, Liying Chen, Shan Zhong, Ying Wang, Yan Huang, Yan He, Jie Chen, Guixiu Shi

“…BSLE patients with corticosteroids treatment constantly do not receive a marked improvement, while dapsone generally dramatically improved the skin condition. …”
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MicroRNAs in Postischemic Vascular Repair by Andrea Caporali, Costanza Emanueli

“…More recently, this term has been used to generally indicate the growth and remodeling process of the primitive vascular network into a complex network during development. …”
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Conceptual Aircraft Empennage Design Based on Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Approach by Yaolong Liu, Tianhong Jiang

“…Within a conventional aircraft design process, the horizontal tail and vertical tail are generally sized via volume coefficient methods. In this manuscript, an improved method for conceptual aircraft tail design based on multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) approach with stability and control constraints has been developed. …”
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Uncertainty Estimation in Unsupervised MR-CT Synthesis of Scoliotic Spines by Enamundram Naga Karthik, Farida Cheriet, Catherine Laporte

“…This paper presents a proof-of-concept for generalizing the aleatoric and epistemic uncertainties in unsupervised MR-CT synthesis of scoliotic spines. …”
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