Physical functioning outcome measures in the lumbar spinal surgery population and measurement properties of the physical outcome measures: protocol for a systematic review by Alison B Rushton, Jai Mistry, Michael J Lukacs, Katie L Kowalski, Maren Goodman

“…Using a two-staged approach, searches will be performed in MEDLINE, EMBASE, Health and Psychosocial Instruments, CINAHL, Web of Science, Scopus, PEDro and the grey literature from inception until 15 December 2021. …”
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The Śāriputra and Raudrākṣa – On the Identity of the Bronze Drum in the Dunhuang Murals by Minqian Liao

“…The cross-patterned drum is identified as a bronze drum, similar to the Chongyang 崇陽 bronze drum, and linked to the metal classification of ancient Chinese musical instruments. These drums were sacred objects used in rituals to communicate with deities, particularly among southern Chinese ethnic groups. …”
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« Quoiqu’il en coûte ? » by Solène Morvant-Roux, Jean-Michel Servet, André Tiran

“…We argue that these instruments of economic policy are unable to question the existing political and economic order, show a limited capacity for transformation and cannot constitute progressive alternatives to a system still dominated by economic and financial orthodoxy.…”
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Characterization of Photovoltaic Panels by means of Thermograph Analysis by Noe Samano, José Alfredo Padilla-Medina, Nimrod Vázquez

“…Methods of characterization, instrumentation for in situ measurements, defect monitoring, process control, and performance are required. …”
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Management of a Rare Case of Geminated and Fused Central Incisors in the Same Maxillary Dental Arch by Anas Alyahya, Humam Karkoutly, Hussam Milly

“…The complexities of root canal system was handled using suitable shaping instruments and ultrasonic activation tips. Root apexes were sealed with mineral trioxide aggregate plugs. …”
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An Integrated Framework to Achieve Interoperability in Person-Centric Health Management by Fabio Vergari, Tullio Salmon Cinotti, Alfredo D'Elia, Luca Roffia, Guido Zamagni, Claudio Lamberti

“…In order to handle the heterogeneity of relevant information and to overcome the fragmentation of out-of-hospital instrumentation in person-centric healthcare systems, a shared and open source interoperability component can be adopted, which is ontology driven and based on the semantic web data model. …”
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ADVANCEMENT OF CONSULTING SERVICES BASED ON THE USE OF INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS by V. Zhukov, M. Zhukova

“…The problems are shown, the solution of which is directed to use each instrument of integrated marketing communications, as well as the possibilities of their use depending on the type of the market, the type of goods and services, the characteristics of consumer behavior, the market situation…”
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O planejamento territorial no Brasil: efeitos da Política Nacional de Desenvolvimento Regional no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul by Antonio Paulo Cargnin, Aldomar A. Rückert

“…For such purpose the policy and its instruments that have a higher incidence in the territory of state are analyzed: the Program for Promotion of Sustainability of Sub-Regional Spaces (Programa de Promoção da Sustentabilidade de Espaços Sub-Regionais – PROMESO) and the Program for the Development of the Frontier Strip (Programa de Desenvolvimento da Faixa de Fronteira – PDFF). …”
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PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS OF THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY SECTORS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT EFFECT OF ECONOMY AT A SCALE by M. Kuternin

“…It is shown that creation of the effective system of the Russian Federation economy state regulation founded on the use of natural monopolies as the main instrument of competitive economy management requires the use of effect economy at a scale that has to be reflected in the production function of the natural monopolies sector. …”
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La virtuosité comme arme de guerre psychologique by Aurélie Helmlinger

“…At a more local level, the sections—sets of identical instruments—informally compete in games focusing on the difficulty of performance. …”
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Protesto indígena na Colômbia: a Minga em questão by Elizabeth del Socorro Ruano

“…Document analysis, participant observation, and interviews were the instruments used to gather information, which demonstrates that the protests become a political act through strategies that publicly constrain government officials. …”
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Ottoman-French-Armenian Relations Around A French Steamship Navigation Company by Süleyman, UYGUN

“…The most important instruments of expansionist policies of European states after the Industrial Revolution’s were steamship navigation companies. …”
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Realizacja przez administrację publiczną odpowiedzialności w ochronie środowiska by Maciej Jabłoński

“…Ecological safety, which is to be provided by a public authority is a state of the environment that allows you to safely stay in it and use it. The instrument to ensure that safety is the protection of the environment, which acts as a directive interpretation when there are doubts as to the scope of duties, such duties, and how they are implemented.…”
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La política industrial del MAS (2006-2019): una aproximación institucional a los limitantes del cambio estructural en Bolivia by Fernando De-La-Cruz-Prego

“…For this, an analysis is articulated in four levels of industrial policy: normative-strategic, institutional, sectoral policies, and instruments-incentives. In the analysis, it is showed that there are various design and implementation failures at the institutional level (prioritization of primary sectors, absence of public-private partnerships, regulatory overlaps, limited bureaucratic capabilities, or absence of a technological innovation system, among others), that have made it impossible to industrialization and structural change in Bolivia.…”
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Adsorptive recovery of ethylene by CuCl loaded activated carbon via π-complexation by Xiaolong Zhou, Minchao Feng, Hui Niu, Yueqin Song, Chenglie Li, Dongwen Zhong

“…Adsorbent characterization by various modern instruments demonstrated the reduction of CuCl 2 to provide Cu + cation on CSC, which is responsible to form π-complexation bonds for the adsorption of ethylene. …”
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Analyse multi-niveaux de l’économie de la RSE : le cas des entreprises du secteur banane au Cameroun by Thomas Borrell

“…This research, based on a case study, aims at assessing systemic effects of corporate social responsibility (CSR) instruments operated by the firm’s management. Hence, in addition to the “double-effect” principle, the research must take into account that CSR operations impact people beyond the initial target, and besides the whole social structure. …”
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Frontera política, resistencias y solidaridades: el caso de los refugiados de la Guerra Civil Española en Barrancos (1936) by Dulce Simões

“…The Spanish-Portuguese border was an instrument of protection and resistance, which demarcated the lives and deaths of thousands of people during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), despite Salazar having strengthened his control and surveillance. …”
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Les fourches patibulaires en Catalogne au bas Moyen Âge by Flocel Sabaté

“…In a society dominated by the symbolic, the patibulary forks are not only objects – the instrument to apply the death penalty to a non-privileged population –, they also have a significant meaning: they are the symbol of the power that applies it. …”
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Predictive algorithms and criminal justice: expectations, challenges and a particular view of the Spanish VioGén system by Pilar Martín Ríos

“…The irruption in the field of the Administration of Justice of instruments linked to Artificial Intelligence and to the algorithms on which it is frequently based, is a well-known reality. …”
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Perception de la gestion du paysage by Martin Coy, Norbert Weixlbaumer

“…Complex landscape management instruments based on a dynamic, innovative land-conservation paradigm and spatial zoning to provide for graded intensity of protection and human use are being implemented in the newer generation of biosphere reserves and biosphere parks. …”
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