Le maïs et la mémoire bioculturelle de Mésoamérique by Víctor M. Toledo, Narciso Barrera-Bassols

“…This extensive territory where maize – which today constitutes the staple food in Mexican and Central American kitchens – finds its origin has become a symbolic point of reference, forming the core nucleus of a cosmic matrix. …”
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Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Complicated by Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene, Bowel Ischemia, Repeated Candidemia, and Bacteraemia by Emeline Masse, Philippe Hantson

“…Later complications included repeated candidemia and bacteraemia despite appropriate therapy; the origin appeared to be diffuse ischemic injury of the gastrointestinal tract. …”
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Una crisis financiera estructural by Pierre Salama

“…Des-de esta perspectiva terminar la crisis requerirá más que una restructuración de la arquitectura financiera, será necesario modificar la desregularización financiera y comercial.The author maintains that the economic crisis that broke out in mid-2008 in industrialized countries and quickly spread to economies throughout the world does not have its origins solely in deregula-tion of the financial market. …”
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INNOVATIVE BEHAVIOR AND EMPLOYEE JOB SATISFACTION IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR by Anes Hrnjić, Amila Pilav-Velić, Irma Đidelija, Hatidža Jahić

“…The results showed that job satisfaction expressed through compliance of challenging tasks, management practices, working conditions, corporate culture, compensation system, and professional competence significantly increases employees´  innovative behavior in the process of creating novel methods, techniques and instruments of labor or finding original solutions for on-going issues and changes in the business environment. …”
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Integrity of Best-Answer Assignments in Large Enrollment Classes; the role of Compulsory Attribution by Kurt Schmitz, Veda Storey

“…However, cheating is regularly confirmed at disturbingly high levels, and commonly used content comparison tools are unsuited to identify original authors of best-answer assignments. This research presents a method to enforce compulsory attribution as a countermeasure to enhance the integrity of best-answer digital assignments. …”
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A Novel Framework for Interactive Visualization and Analysis of Hyperspectral Image Data by Johannes Jordan, Elli Angelopoulou, Andreas Maier

“…Gerbil finds its worldwide use in academia and industry alike with several thousand downloads originating from 45 countries.…”
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Man’s Attitude Towards Nature and Animal Respect Questionnaire (AniRe-Que) by Ján Kaliský, Lada Kaliská

“…The psychometric properties of the author´s original tool named Questionnaire of the Relations between a Man and Animals (further on AniRe-Que) was constructed to assess the relations between a man and animals as natural beings; calculated in the form of an R-score (R as respect). …”
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REAL-TIME KERNEL FUNCTION SYNTHESIS FOR SOFTWAREDEFINED RADIO AND PHASE-FREQUENCY MEASURING DIGITAL SYSTEMS by I. E. Tarasov, D. S. Potekhin

“…Implementation on the PLD was performed with combination of existing IP-cores based on CORDIC algorithm and original developed components. Modelling and implementation are performed with Kintex-7 series PLD. …”
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Dancing to the Bhangra in New York City by Anjali Gera Roy

“…The recognition of Basement Bhangra and DJ Rekha by mainstream media, academia and policymakers signals the claims of desis to the space of New York city through the performance of a vibrant South Asian youth subculture that originated in the villages of Punjab in North India. …”
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Infected Osteoclastoma of the Knee: An Unusual Presentation by O. B. Pattanashetty, B. B. Dayanand, Yogesh Mapari, Monish Bami

“…Giant cell tumor is a benign or locally aggressive tumor of uncertain origin that appears in mature bone, most commonly in the distal femur, proximal tibia which characteristically extends right up to the subarticular bone plate. …”
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Positive Macroscopic Approximation for Fast Attribute Reduction by Zheng-Cai Lu, Zheng Qin, Qiao Jing, Lai-Xiang Shan

“…Its task is to eliminate dispensable attributes and search for a feature subset that possesses the same classification capacity as that of the original attribute set. To accomplish efficient attribute reduction, many heuristic search algorithms have been developed. …”
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A Convex Approach for Trajectory Optimization of Super-Synchronous-Transfer-Orbit Large Launch Systems with Time-Position Constraints by Yuan Li, Ruisheng Sun, Wei Chen, Nan Yang

“…And then, several convexification techniques and their modified strategies are applied to transform the original trajectory optimization problem into a series of convex optimization problems, which can be solved iteratively with high accuracy and computational efficiency. …”
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Study on the Nonlinear Damage Creep Model of the Weak Interlayer by Erjian Wei, Bin Hu, Kunyun Tian, Peishan Cen, Zhen Zhang, Zeqi Wang, Shuxiang Chang

“…By using the self-defined function fitting tool of Origin software and the Levenberg–Marquardt optimization algorithm, the creep test data of weak interlayer are fitted and compared. …”
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Photocatalytic Degradation of Bismarck Brown G Using Irradiated ZnO in Aqueous Solutions by Falah H. Hussein, Ahmed F. Halbus, Hussein A. K. Hassan, Wisam A. K. Hussein

“…The disappearance of the original colored reactant concentrations with irradiation time was monitored spectrophotometrically by comparison with unexposed controls. …”
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Goddess Worship and New Spirituality in the Postmodern World: a Brief Overview by T. V. Danylova

“…The study is based on the ideas of Carol Christ, Margot Adler, Miriam Simos, and Jean Shinoda Bolen. Originality. The rebirth of the Goddess is not a deconstruction of the God. …”
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Craniocerebral trauma characterization in hospitalized patients. Cienfuegos, 2018-2020 by Aymée Marrero Gil, Ernesto López Cabrera

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> craniocerebral trauma was more frequent in male sex and urban origin transitional and schoolchildren. Falls were the most relevant cause and neurological condition was mild in the majority of patients. …”
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Improved Real-Time Traffic Obstacle Detection and Classification Method Applied in Intelligent and Connected Vehicles in Mixed Traffic Environment by Luyao Du, Xiongjie Chen, Zhonghui Pei, Donghua Zhang, Bo Liu, Wei Chen

“…From the experimental results, the improved YOLO model has higher mean average precision than the original YOLO model and can effectively reduce intolerable misclassifications. …”
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Designing Management Methods in Elementary School by Creating Enthusiasm to Promote Learning in Students by Samaneh Hoseinpoorian Chabok

“…Methodology: Current research addresses studies in psychology, happiness, and students' physical and psychological needs, in addition to a literature review and a necessity for a refreshing school environment by library and field study and content analysis methods.Findings: The inefficiency of educational spaces and inappropriate management functions in happiness and cheerfulness creation among the students to better learning caused this research to design educational space by utilizing principal management approaches and compatible design elements in schools.Originality/Value: Educational environments are the most crucial supplier spaces for society's qualitative power and play an essential role in the interaction of humans from mental and psychological perspectives. …”
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WisdomModel: convert data into wisdom by Israa Mahmood, Hasanen Abdullah

“…The results of the proposed model minimize the number of misclassified instances by at least 70% and increase the accuracy of the model minimally by 7%. Originality/value – This research focuses on defining wisdom in practical applications. …”
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Orthostatic Hypotension in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease and Atypical Parkinsonism by Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Johan Lökk

“…Major electronic medical databases were assessed including PubMed/MEDLINE and Embase up to February 2013. English-written original or review articles with keywords such as “Parkinson’s disease,” “atypical parkinsonism,” and “orthostatic hypotension” were searched for relevant evidences. …”
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