Transparency as a democratic control in citizen councils: The case of the municipality of Leon, Guanajuato, 2009-2012 by José de Jesús Godínez-Terrones

“…From 1989 until 2012 the National Action Party (PAN) governed the municipality. …”
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Swedish School of Library and Information Science 50 years! A multi-colour bibliometric portrait by Gustaf Nelhans, Björn Hammarfelt

“…The documents for the analyses were found in the DiVA – a national publication registry of Swedish universities and in the international citation database Web of Science. …”
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Towards Sophisticated Air Traffic Control System Using Formal Methods by Abdessamad Jarrar, Youssef Balouki

“…This study is based on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) standards and recommendations. …”
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Inside the Black Box: Detecting and Mitigating Algorithmic Bias Across Racialized Groups in College Student-Success Prediction by Denisa Gándara, Hadis Anahideh, Matthew P. Ison, Lorenzo Picchiarini

“…We also evaluate the utility of leading bias-mitigating techniques in addressing this bias. Using nationally representative data from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 and various machine learning modeling approaches, we demonstrate how models incorporating commonly used features to predict college-student success are less accurate when predicting success for racially minoritized students. …”
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Congenital diaphragmatic hernia. by José Muñiz Escarpanter, Liván Veitía Collazo

“…We presented the Good Clinical Practices Guideline for Congenital diaphragmatic hernia, approved by consensus in the 1st National Good Clinical Practices Workshop in Pediatric Surgery (Cienfuegos, Cuba, March 7 – 9, 2002).…”
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Residential special education, market forces and integration: caught between a rock and hard place? by Robin Jackson

“…The reforms implemented following the introduction of market forces, and the 'commercialisation' of care which followed the National Health Service and Community Care Act (1990), brought about far-reaching changes to the provision and financing of health and social care in the United Kingdom. …”

Evaluation of Sea Ice Motion Estimates from Enhanced Resolution Passive Microwave Brightness Temperatures by Walter N. Meier, J. Scott Stewart

“…Such a method has been used for the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) sea ice motion product, based largely on passive microwave imagery. …”
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'n Narratiewe teologiese verkenning van negatiewe koronêre vatomleidingsoperasieuitkomste: 'n chirurgiese hermeneutiek by M. J. Swart, G. J. van Zyl, J. A. van den Berg

“…Fellow cardiac surgeons on a national level are involved by way of a Delphi research model, providing for a collective tracing of God’s involvement in surgical outcomes. …”
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Overview of energy policy in Iran: the proper path to clean energy by Maryam Hasheminejad, Hasan Raei, Abbas Maleki

“… This article evaluates the existing energy policy in Iran, focusing on the nation’s heavy reliance on fossil fuels and the implications of such dependency. …”
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COMPETENCY-BASED STANDARDS OF EDUCATION: PROBLEMS OF IMPLEMENTATION by Ekaterina M. Kuznetsova

“…The new standard does not consider the conclusions of the international project TUNING Russia aimed at implementation of competency-based approach in national systems of higher education. As a possible solution to the defined problems the author suggests to invite employers, alumni and university staff to examine standards of higher education. …”
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The effect of algoritmics government, artificial intelligence, and tax service on tax compliance by Akbari Adha, Rulinawaty Rulinawaty, Faizal Madya

“…Taxes are an essential pillar of countries and nations. It contributes to the country's economic growth and support for sustainable development. …”
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Clinical observations of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer living in the Tambov region by P. G. Berezin, V. V. Milovanov, A. A. Ivannikov, V. A. Kuleshkov, K. M. Nyushko

“…Adherence to treatment regimens in accordance with the National Clinical Guidelines allows to achieve an increase in both overall survival and progression-free survival, as well as to reduce the mortality rate in this category of patients. …”
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Agribusiness through Smart Technology an Approach of Smart Agriculture by Khatereh Bagherzadeh Asl

“…Agriculture is the foundation of India and almost 70% of individuals in our nation rely upon agribusiness. The yield of horticulture ought to be expanded quickly to satisfy the food necessities of populace all through the world. …”
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Measuring Technical Efficiency in Venezuela: The Dual-Purpose Cattle System (DPCS) by Leonardo Ortega, Ronald W. Ward, Chris Andrew

“…In Venezuela, this system represents approximately 90% of total national milk production and around 60% of total milk consumption (Plasse, 1992).  …”
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Engins de pêche dans les collections du Musée de l’Homme by Serge Bahuchet, Pauline Rameau, Nastassia Reyes

“…Nous décrivons 95 objets ou lots d’objets se rapportant aux techniques de pêche, conservés dans les collections d’anthropologie culturelle du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, au Musée de l’Homme : 77 engins de pêche, et des objets accessoires (liés aux embarcations, à la manipulation des prises ou à leur préparation après la capture), recueillis dans 26 pays différents. …”
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Investigation of the digital technologies influence on the process transformation in cinema by Yu. V. Vorontsova, D. N. Koltsov

“…Within the sectoral structure of the national economy, audiovisual industries are parts of the cultural industry. …”
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How Peace Operations Work: Power, Legitimacy, and Effectiveness by Jeni Whalan by Umair Khalid Ameen

“…It provides a detailed examination of case studies such as the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) and the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI), applying a newly developed power–legitimacy framework. …”
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Preventing Foodborne Illness: Typhoid Fever—Salmonella Typhi by Keith R. Schneider, Renée Goodrich Schneider, Rachael Silverberg

“…Typhoid fever is easily controlled and relatively uncommon in the United States, but an estimated 21.5 million people per year are affected by typhoid fever in developing nations including regions in Asia, Africa, and South America. …”
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“Invisible” and “unheard” children in fragile contexts – reflections from field research among the Ba’Aka in the Central African Republic by Urszula Markowska-Manista

“…Despite the fact that the Central African Republic broke free from colonial oppression, since 1960s it has been experiencing internal colonisation and civilising missions by the countries of the Global North so as to be “fruitfully” written in the narrative of national development. Thus, referring to key categories, I discuss postcolonial representations: images and narratives perceived through the perspective of a female researcher who, since 2002, has conducted field research among excluded and marginalised children and young people in fragile (vulnerable) contexts in Central Africa. …”
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Le Pakistan, d’une crise à l’autre by Gilles Boquérat

“…Après soixante années d’existence, le Pakistan est toujours à la recherche d’une concorde organique de la nation. La tentative de sujétion du pouvoir judiciaire par la direction militaire de l’état a plongé le pays dans une crise politique. …”
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