DOES THE SHADOW ECONOMY AFFECT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT? CASE STUDY OF POLAND AND POLISH REGIONS by Andrzej Buszko

“…The study proved there is a sound negative correlation (-0,636) between the shadow economy and foreign direct investment in Poland, but regional associations between those two variables demonstrated different results. …”
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« LE PAYSAGE SONORE » DE MURRAY R. SCHAFER by Luana STAN

“…In a world where background music (muzak) invades all public places, Canadian musicologist and composer Murray Schafer does an analysis of all types of sounds (natural, artificial, from the old days until today) in his book The Tuning of the World and advances a proposal to create sound museums. …”
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En mode REC[ORD]  by Jean-Jacques Castéret

“…The wave of sound recordings of traditional music and dance that spread throughout France and Europe from the 1960s onwards led to the creation of documentary collections, often decades after the collections were made, and we are now seeking to gain a clearer understanding of their origins and scope. …”
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Nutrition of Florida Citrus Trees, 3rd Edition: Chapter 11. Special Situations by Thomas A. Obreza, Brian J. Boman, Mongi Zekri, Stephen H. Futch, Lawrence R. Parsons, James J. Ferguson, Rhuanito Soranz Ferrarezi, Arnold Schumann

“… The information provided in the 2008 2nd edition is still sound for healthy citrus trees under Florida production conditions. …”
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Some Recent Developments in Adaptive Tuned Vibration Absorbers/Neutralisers by Michael J. Brennan

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La matière des images dans The Duchess of Malfi by Anne-Valérie Dulac

“…Starting from an analysis of the material circumstances of picture-making as shown or described in the play, my contention is that Webster emphasizes the difference between metal crafts and ductile materials, which in turn opens onto a reflection upon time and sound in the creative process, thereby accounting for the pictures’ varying degrees of agency and toxicity.…”
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Nutrition of Florida Citrus Trees, 3rd Edition: Chapter 9. Irrigation Management to Improve Nutrient Uptake by Kelly T. Morgan, Thomas A. Obreza, Davie Kadyampakeni, Said Hamido, Rhuanito Soranz Ferrarezi, Mongi Zekri

“… The information provided in the 2008 2nd edition is still sound for healthy citrus trees under Florida production conditions. …”
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Online Quality Detection System for Gear based on Machine Vision by Xiaojin Wu, Wencheng Wang

“…Finally， the outputted signals of NG and OK are transmitted to the single chip computer to realize the sound-light alarm and sorting. Experiments show that the method has high accuracy and efficiency， and can meet the needs of actual production. …”
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The Scottish National Party (SNP) : A Party of Government in the early 21st Century by Edwige Camp

“…This victory resulted from the gradual building-up of a proper political party able to carry out efficient electioneering with a sound organization and a consistent ideology. This paper attempts to analyse these changes throughout the years and the adaptations they have required in order to respond to the needs of the Scottish polity which has been focused on devolution and social-democracy. …”
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Rugged Resonances: From Music in McCarthy to McCarthian Music by Julius Greve, Markus Wierschem

“…This essay explores the contact zone between the two worlds of music and literature, or sound and fiction, in the context of Cormac McCarthy’s works. …”
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Voix soufflées, voix volées, voix intervocales by Helga Finter

“…The roles of the director and sound designer are then transformed. The analysis is based on a body of productions from the 1970s onwards, including works by Robert Wilson, Lee Breuer and the Wooster Group, and foregrounds the possibilities offered by technology in the treatment and alterations of voice in the theatre.American Theatre, Laurie Anderson, Robert Ashley, body, Lee Breuer, Meredith Monk, technology, theatricality, voice, Robert Wilson, Wooster Group…”
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Honest to God and the South African churches in 2016 by M. Prozesky

“…The research question that gave rise to the present article is how relevant and sound its main ideas are for South Africa, in particular, and for his own church in 2016. …”
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Study on Dynamic Characteristic and Sensitivity Analysis of Stern Bearing based on Harmonic Response Analysis by Shenwen Long, Youqiang Wang, Yabo Zhou, Cong Wei

“…In order to solve the problem of resonance and sound in the running process of water lubricated rubber stern bearing， the dynamic response analysis of stern bearing is carried out based on ANSYS finite element analysis platform. …”
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Simulation Analysis and Experimental Study of the Automobile Synchronous Belt Drive Noise by Shi Yaochen, Li Zhanguo, Li Shuiqing, Zhao Xilu

“…And based on the dynamic response results,the acoustic boundary element analysis model of the transmission system of the automobile synchronous belt is established by the direct boundary element method,the influence law of meshing excitation frequency on the synchronous belt surface sound pressure and field radiated noise is analyzed. …”
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Analysis and Optimization of Clunk Problem in a Vehicle Transmission by Fang Liu, Shuchao Xu, Chenguang Jia, Lele Zhang, Jie Han

“…Through the design of vehicle test， the time-domain and frequency-domain characteristics of clunk signal are studied， and the location of the sound source of the test vehicle clunk is found. …”
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Nutrition of Florida Citrus Trees, 3rd Edition: Chapter 8. Recommended Fertilizer Rates and Timing by Thomas A. Obreza, Kelly T. Morgan, L. Gene Albrigo, Brian J. Boman, Davie Kadyampakeni, Tripti Vashisth, Mongi Zekri, Jim Graham, Evan Johnson

“… The information provided in the 2008 2nd edition is still sound for healthy citrus trees under Florida production conditions. …”
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Adopting a Florida-Friendly Landscape: Steps for Converting a Typical Development Landscape to a Florida-Friendly Landscape by Gail Hansen de Chapman, Jennifer Ramos, Elizabeth A. Felter, Celeste White

“…Felter, and Celeste White, lays out a process of incorporating more trees and plants in three phases, to make a traditional development landscape more environmentally sound and Florida-Friendly. Includes references. …”
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Reputation measurement: a tool for ski station applied to Isère Mountain by Céline Desmoulins

“…Academic scholarship relating to the benefits of reputation for an organisation provides a sound justification for the development of a measurement tool tailored to ski resorts. …”
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Corn wireworm Melanotus communis Gyllenhal (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateridae) by Harsimran K. Gill, Gurminder Chahil, Gaurav Goyal, Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman, Ronald Cherry

“…Their name comes from the clicking sound they make while attempting to right themselves after falling or being placed on their backs. …”
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Focus : Les archives audiovisuelles de la justice by Martine Sin Blima-Barru

“…Thanks to the Law of the 11th of July 1985 as advocated by then Minister of Justice, Robert Badinter, cameras have been allowed into courtrooms, to constitute the memory of the Judiciary through historical video or sound archives, in their entirety, without cuts, additions or editing.This new law broke the ban on filming or photographing trials, which dated back to 1954. …”
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