Beyond the Convergence-Divergence Divide: Comparing Banking Regulation in Latin America by Mario Schapiro

“…In accordance with this divide, countries tend to either converge toward Basel rules, becoming globally standardized players, or diverge from them, leaving their local institutions untouched, particularly within developmental States. …”
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The Iconography of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: The Symbolic Means in Visual and Design Culture by Arun Mascarenhas

“…Ambedkar’s impact on society, particularly formerly untouchable communities, has been a focal point in understanding the dynamics of caste, politics, and community life in India. …”
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Connectivism, Chaos and Chaoids by Peter Shukie

“…It seems no part of society, culture, economy and human life generally has been untouched as a new sense of chaos emerges. Across all sectors change has been experienced with a mixture of terror and exhilaration as disruption offers opportunity while often creating more oppressive structures than before. …”
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Novel selective adsorption cooling materials for heating cigarettes by Chaojian Li, Xiaojuan You, Hongmei He, Huaibin Shi, Xin Gao, Wei Tang

“…Heated cigarettes are becoming trendy due to their advantage of not burning the tobacco material and thus reducing the amount of harmful ingredients released, while being able to leave the nicotine and tar content of the smoke untouched. However, the high temperature of the smoke as it enters the human mouth can affect the user experience. …”
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Obesity and Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders in Middle East and UAE by Mayank G. Vats, Bassam H. Mahboub, Hassan Al Hariri, Ashraf Al Zaabi, Deepa Vats

“…A pandemic of obesity is sweeping all across the globe and the Middle East region also does not remain untouched by this prevailing pandemic. In fact, as per WHO report, Kuwait has the second highest obesity prevalence followed closely by other Middle East (ME) countries, namely, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (UAE). …”
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The Limitless Zawiya and the Infinite Library. Rethinking the Epistemology of Contemporary Sufism and Digital Islamic Thought by Antonio de Diego González

“…Contemporary Sufism has not been untouched by the digital revolution. Tradition and modernity intersect in the spiritual and esoteric practices of thousands of Muslims in an increasingly globalized world. …”
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Targeting the epigenome with advanced delivery strategies for epigenetic modulators by Sonia Guha, Yogeswaran Jagadeesan, Murali Monohar Pandey, Anupama Mittal, Deepak Chitkara

“…Nonetheless, several epigenetic modulators are untouched for their therapeutic potential through different delivery strategies. …”
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The ‘Nothing Lasts!’ Motif in Stoyan Mihaylovski’s Sonnets by Kalin Mihaylov

“…While this idea, among others in Mihaylovski’s collection, is consistent with ancient philosophical traditions, associated with Horace and his poem ‘Exegi monumentum’, the Bulgarian poet deals with it in an opposite vein: it makes no sense to erect a verbal monument untouched by a human hand. From here the analysis moves on to French Renaissance poet Pierre de Ronsard (1524–1585), as the ‘carpe diem’ motif (another reference to Horace), as well as acedia (a form of sadness or grief, characteristic of the Renaissance sonnet after Petrarch) are present in both Ronsard and Mihaylovski’s works. …”
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The Congress of Mongolologists-Philologists In Ulanbaatar (1959) in the Ideological Contexts of the Cold War by Tatiana I. Yusupova

“…The article is to examine the Congress preparation and holding, focusing on previously untouched its ideological contexts. The article is based on the materials from the Russian Academy of Sciences Archives and publications of Congress participants from the USSR, the UK and the USA. …”
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Godsdiens en Christelike teologie in die skadu van menslike outonomie: wetenskapsfilosofiese verkenninge by W. J. Richards

“…Much solid work has been done in which attention has been paid to the detrimental influence exerted by the spirit of the times, however often without giving any suggestions regarding possible approaches to present day cultural trends. Untouched remained also the questions how to harness culture as such, how to use philosophy and science in the service of reformation and for the solution of practical problems outside the immediate scope of the church as such, while at the same time, even if only indirectly, supporting the aims of the Church. …”
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Qualitative and quantitative evaluations of topography for CAD/CAM all ceramic zirconia after different surface treatments by Sazan M. Azeez, Shatha A. Salih

“…The control group (GA) left untouched while the other twenty-seven specimens were subjected to standardized wet grinded with a coarse diamond rotary instrument. …”
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SOCIAL PROTEST IN INDIA by S. I. Lunev

“…There are different categories of social protest in India: peasant movements; scheduled castes' (Dalits, the former untouchables) movements; anti-corruption movements; environmental movements; backward caste movements; women's movements; tribal movements; industrial proletariat movements; students' movements; middle class movements; human rights movements. …”
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Inequalities in complete childhood immunisation in Nepal: results from a population-based cross-sectional study by In Han Song, Elizabeth Palley, Madhu Sudhan Atteraya

“…Similarly, multivariate analysis revealed that children from the previously untouchable caste (OR 0.58; CI 0.33 to 0.99) and the Terai caste (OR 0.54; CI 0.29 to 0.99) were less likely to be fully immunised than children from the high Hindu caste.Conclusion Given Nepal’s limited resources, we suggest that programmes that target the families of children who are least likely to be fully immunised, specifically those who are not only poor but also in financial crises and ‘underprivileged’ caste families, might be an effective strategy to improve Nepal’s childhood immunisation rates.…”
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Wartime activities of the Vavilov Institute by I. G. Loskutov

“…In the harsh reality of the winter in 1941–1942, the daily bread rationing was cut down, and hunger raged in the city, killing tens of thousands of city residents, including VIR employees who kept the stored seeds and tubers untouched. The most difficult part was preserving the potato collection. …”
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Effects of Repeated Cisplatin and Monosodium Glutamate on Visceral Sensitivity in Rats by Yolanda López-Tofiño, Laura López-Gómez, Marta Martín-Ruíz, Jose Antonio Uranga, Kulmira Nurgali, Gema Vera, Raquel Abalo

“…In a second cohort, rats treated with cisplatin or saline also received MSG (4 g/L) in their drinking water, and visceral sensitivity was evaluated on week 6. Finally, the untouched distal colon was obtained from a third cohort of animals one week after treatment to assess immunocyte infiltration. …”
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Black Orpheus by Hlonipha Mokoena

“…As many have pointed out, contrary to the popular perception that Africa was untouched by Cold War politics, the period was actually one of “hot wars” all over the continent. …”
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Bioavailability study of enantiopure (S)-Equol in CD(SD)IGS rats by Seethakallu Ramachandraiah AnandaKumar, Mukund Handral, Srinivas Seekallu

“…However, the pharmacokinetic study on the enantiopure (S)-Equol in male and female rats under graded doses remain untouched, and the study concentrates on the same. …”
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From non-human to human primates: a translational approach to enhancing resection, safety, and indications in glioma surgery while preserving sensorimotor abilities by Matteo Gambaretti, Matteo Gambaretti, Luca Viganò, Luca Viganò, Matteo Gallo, Giovanni Pratelli, Tommaso Sciortino, Lorenzo Gay, Marco Conti Nibali, Alberto Luigi Gallotti, Alberto Luigi Gallotti, Leonardo Tariciotti, Luca Mattioli, Lorenzo Bello, Lorenzo Bello, Gabriella Cerri, Gabriella Cerri, Marco Rossi, Marco Rossi, Marco Rossi

“…We also detail how these techniques allowed the acquisition of new data on the properties of areas and tracts underlying sensorimotor control, in turn fostering the design of new tools to navigate within cortical and subcortical areas, that were before deemed to be “sacred and untouchable.”…”
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AI augmented edge and fog computing for Internet of Health Things (IoHT) by Deepika Rajagopal, Pradeep Kumar Thimma Subramanian

“…Previous surveys related to healthcare mainly focused on architecture and networking, which left untouched important aspects of smart systems like optimal computing techniques such as artificial intelligence, deep learning, advanced technologies, and services that includes 5G and unified communication as a service (UCaaS). …”
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Providing an Anti-Marketing Model to Prevent Criminal Behaviors in Online and Digital Businesses by Ghasem Zarei, Younes Nikkhah

“…It seeks to address the gaps in the extant literature that have remained almost untouched by researchers.   Methodology This research uses a qualitative, applied, and exploratory approach. …”
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