Contemporary Painting as Reflector of Yoruba Cultural Values by Michael Olusegun Fajuyigbe

“…The study traces the origin of painting in Africa, from its earliest forms in African caves, shrines, and palaces, through the colonial and postcolonial eras to the present. …”
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On being uniquely human in the world: a reflection on the contributions of J. Wentzel van Huyssteen by H. Musa

“…Van Huyssteen’s life and work have revolutionised the discussion on human life, the origin of religion, the quest for religion, and the constructive sense of rationality and spirituality as important ways of understanding the meaning and function of human uniqueness in terms of the reality of the image of God (imago Dei) in human beings. …”
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Methodological solutions of oral history and their application in research into Czech evangelical communities in Eastern and South-eastern Europe by Gabriela Krejčová Zavadilová

“… This work deals with the Czech evangelical (reformed religion) communities in Eastern and Southeastern Europe which originated in the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th for economic and social reasons. …”
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GRB 130603B: No Compelling Evidence for Neutron Star Merger by Shlomo Dado, Arnon Dar

“…The near infrared (NIR) flare/rebrightening in the afterglow of the short hard gamma ray burst (SHB) 130603B measured with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and an alleged late-time X-ray excess were interpreted as possible evidence of a neutron star merger origin of SHBs. However, the X-ray afterglow that was measured with the Swift XRT and Newton XMM has the canonical behaviour of a synchrotron afterglow produced by a highly relativistic jet. …”
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Impact of Changes in Accounting Standards in Debt Ratios of Firms: Evidence in Brazil by André Aroldo Freitas de Moura, Antônio Carlos Coelho

“…The research utilizes SARIMAX model and Chow’s (1960) structural break forecast test, controlling for changes originating from the macroeconomic environment as well. …”
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Black Turpentine Beetle, Dendroctonus terebrans (Olivier) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) by Albert E. Mayfield, John L. Foltz

“…This document is EENY-356, one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date September 2005.  EENY356/IN636: Black Turpentine Beetle, Dendroctonus terebrans (Olivier) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) (ufl.edu) …”
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The CDIO-FCDI-FFCD Rubrics for Evaluation of Three-Cycle Engineering Programs by A. I. Chuchalin

“…The FCDI Standards and FFCD Standards were developed for Master’s and Doctoral engineering programs as a result of the CDIO approach evolution and by analogy with the CDIO Standards originally developed for Bachelor’s engineering programs. …”
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Research on Reactive Power Optimization Control Method for Distribution Network with DGs Based on Improved Second-Order Oscillating PSO Algorithm by Youming Cai, Jingmin Liu, Ning Gao

“…With the increasing penetration of distributed generation (DG) in the distribution network, the original network structure of the distribution network has been changed. …”
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Câriye Kökenli Bir Selçuklu Hâtunu: Sultan Melikşah’ın Eşlerinden Tâceddîn Seferiyye Hâtun by Züriye ORUÇ

“…This Seljuk lady of Kipchak origin rejoiced in seeing both her sons advance to the throne following the death of Sultan Berkyaruk and was one of the powerful women of the time. …”
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Places Revisited: Transnational Families and Stories of Belonging by Pihla Maria Siim

“…Interviews were made with immigrants from the former Soviet Union living in Finland and their family members living in the country of origin (in Russian Karelia and Estonia). The aim is to capture the experiences of both family members relocating and those staying put, and to discuss the meaning of place in the identity formation of people living mobile or transnational lives.…”
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Cicada Killer, Giant Ground Hornet, Sphecius hogardii (Latreille) and Sphecius speciosus (Drury) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) by Lionel A. Stange

“…This document is EENY295, one of a series of the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date June 2003. Revised January 10, 2005.  …”
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EPISTEMOLOGY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MODERN BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTIONAL PARADIGM by О. S. Tokovenko

“…Methodological grounds consist of the original principles and conceptual apparatus of evolutionary epistemology. …”
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Region of interest–based segmented tiled adaptive streaming using head-mounted display tracking sensing data by Hyun-Wook Kim, Sung-Hyun Yang

“…The player renders the downsized video as the base layer, which has a quarter of the resolution of the original video, and high-quality video tiles consisting of tiles obtained from the tiled-encoded high-quality video (over 16K resolution) as the enhanced layer. …”
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Southern Pine Coneworm, Dioryctria amatella (Hulst) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) by James R. Meeker

“…This document is EENY-325 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 393), one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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Molecular Dynamics Simulation to Understand the Ability of Anionic Polymers to Alter the Morphology of Calcite by Insil Choi, Il Won Kim

“…The extent of the charge imbalance on the surfaces appeared responsible for the current results, which originated from the deficient number of the coordinating oxygen atoms of carbonate around the surface calcium. …”
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Wood versus Plant Fibers: Similarities and Differences in Composite Applications by Bo Madsen, E. Kristofer Gamstedt

“…The work on cellulose fiber composites is typically strictly divided into two separated research fields depending on the fiber origin, that is, from wood and from annual plants, representing the two different industries of forest and agriculture, respectively. …”
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Le débat sur la forme originale et authentique de la langue vernaculaire dans la communauté malecu du Costa Rica by Carlos Sánchez Avendaño

“…El rechazo hacia tales acuñaciones es generalizado entre los malecus, quienes aducen que su lengua quedó fijada de forma inalterable en el pasado (la época de lo original y auténtico).…”
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False Blister Beetles, (Insecta: Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) by Ross H. Arnett, Jr.

“…This document is EENY-154 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 259), one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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Florida Predatory Stink Bug (unofficial common name), Euthyrhynchus floridanus (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) by Frank W. Mead, David B. Richman

“…This document is EENY-157 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circulars 174 and 242), one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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An Approach to Iron-Deficiency Anemia by Imran Rasul, Gabor P Kandel

“…Other clinical scenarios, including assessment of patients on anti-inflammatory or anticoagulation therapy and patients with bleeding of obscure origin, are also addressed. The present article provides a diagnostic algorithm to iron-deficiency anemia, which describes a more systematic manner in which to approach iron-deficiency anemia.…”
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