Chronic Synthetic Marijuana Use: A Case of First-Onset Seizures as a Withdrawal Symptom by Amber N. Edinoff, Prithvi Doppalapudi, Juliana M. Fort

“…A 44-year-old male with no known past medical history but a known history of daily synthetic marijuana use presented to the emergency department after two witnessed seizures. The patient was admitted to the neurology service, where he was worked up with an MRI with epilepsy protocol and an EEG. …”
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Coleopteran Antimicrobial Peptides: Prospects for Clinical Applications by Monde Ntwasa, Akira Goto, Shoichiro Kurata

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Du coton traditionnel au coton colonial, le coup de force du progrès (Nord-Cameroun) by Christian Seignobos

“…The northern part of the country continued to sustain a very lively weaving craft, using an array of local cotton species and perennial cultivations. Witnessing the excesses perpetuated in Tchad along the forced introduction of cotton in the 1930’s, the colonial administration in Cameroun opposed its arrival on its territory. …”
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Berço manuelino from the wreck of Santiago by Pawel Kardasz

“…Berço manuelino Durr 876 witnessed one of the most famous and tragic maritime disasters of the 16th century, described in numerous accounts. …”
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The analysis of protecting cultural heritage in armed conflicts. Case of the Russian-Ukraine War by Kudzai Cathrine BINGISAI

“…The Russian-Ukraine war has witnessed the destruction of heritage sites, churches and monuments in Ukraine. …”
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Sémantisme du nominal et de la position pré-nominale dans les dénominations de métiers du type high commissioner en anglais contemporain by Marie Turlais

“…Nominal and adjectival properties are thus re-distributed in the studied nominals, which shows that nominals and the pre-nominal position have a specific meaning: it bears witness to the mutual influence of parts of speech in a denomination, which triggers an important integration of the procedural meanings of nouns and adjectives. …”
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The Concepts and Contextualization of Incantations in Nigerian Popular Music: Juju Music as Paradigm by Kayode Olusola

“…This paper concludes that, apart from musicians’ creativity, the culture change witnessed in terms of the use of incantation in juju music in the 1970s, was because of the borrowed creativity influenced by different Yoruba traditional spiritual poetry. …”
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Analyzing energy efficiency strategies and designing and simulation energy efficient systems in buildings by Peyman Afroozeh

“… Green building (also known as green construction or sustainable building) refers to both a structure and the application of processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle: from planning to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition.the past decade has witnessed a rapid increase in the number of studies on GB energy efficiency systems. …”
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Walking in the Brontë Dining-room as Literary Influence by Kate Lawson

“…Scenes of indoor walking in the Brontë novels foreground affective connections between a subject moved to walk by an intense emotional state and an observer who witnesses and interprets the walk and who may act in response. …”
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Examination of Historical Advancement of Corporate Governance in India– Contemporary Issues and Way Forward by Deepika Kulhari

“…From collapse of Wallpaper Group Coloroll in UK, Enron Scandal in US and Satyam Scam in India, all of these countries have witnessed some of the largest Corporate Scams. With the help of good Corporate Governance Policies, a country can protect its economy and investment made therein. …”
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Explaining the Effective Factors on Digital Transformation Strategies in the Telecom Industry of Iran Using the Delphi Method by Jamal Aghayari, Changiz Valmohammadi, Mahmood Alborzi

“…The communications industry is at the forefront of this transformation, both as an industry that is witnessing extensive changes in its market environment and as a major driver of digitalization around the world. …”
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Butterflies, Orchids and Wasps. Polyglossia and Aesthetic Lives: Foreign Languages in The Spirit Lamp (1892-1893) by Xavier Giudicelli

“…I also argue that what we witness in The Spirit Lamp is the creation of a hybrid language based on the setting up of a framework of reference other than British and on the defamiliarization of the English language.…”
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Three Waves of Populism in Latin America by O. V. Varentsova

“…In the 20th century Latin America already witnessed two waves of populism which coincided with significant political transitions, namely a transition from oligarchy to mass politics accompanied by implementation of import substitution industrialization policies, and a transition from authoritarian rule to democracy during the third wave of democratization which triggered neoliberal reforms inspired by Washington Consensus. …”
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KÜRESELLEŞMEYE GENEL BİR BAKIŞ by Ahmet Gökdere

“…İn thıs context, the factors whıch speed up globalısatıon such as the developments ın the trade of goods and Services, foreıgn dırect ınvestments, transnatıonal companıes, prıvatîsatıon and deregulatıon are exanııned The eriticisin arısıng from certam non- governmental organısatıons and Southern hemısphere countrıes are maınly based on the effect of the globalısatıon process on the ever growıng gap between the developed and the developıng countrıes; together wıtlı us effects on the envıronnıent, the comparatıvely lunıted free movement of ıvorkers and the dımınıshmg role of the natıon State Here ıt ıs argued that, althoııgh globalısatıon seems to be an ınevıtable and ırreversıble process, those eritici sms must be taken ınto consıderatıon and that globalısatıon should be regulatedfor the comnıon good oftnanktndBu denli yaygın kullanılmasına, aktif yandaş ve daha aktif karşıtlarının varlığına rağmen, küreselleşmenin anlam ve içerik açısından, bilgili kamuoyunda bile netleştiği pek söylenemez. …”
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(Auto)biography and Authority: Dickens and Forster’s Reconstruction of a ‘National Treasure’ by Isabelle Hervouet-Farrar

“…This paper considers the reconstruction by John Forster of Charles Dickens’s childhood through his use of what is usually called ‘the autobiographical fragment’, a short text dealing with the Blacking Warehouse episode which bears witness to both Dickens’s strict auto-censorship and his tendency to frenetic confession. …”
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"Recalling-ls-Greatest": Personal Memory and Lyricism in Toyin Falola's A Mouth Sweeter than Salt and Counting the Tiger's Teeth by Felicia Ohwovoriole

“…He also details his personal experiences as a witness to the Agbekoya rebellion of 1968-70. In presenting actions in the two self-narratives, Toyin Faiola exploits the resources of indigenous and contemporary African songs, incantatory chants and transliterated version of many lyrics. …”
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The Ecstasy of Communication. Critical remarks on Jean Baudrillard by Pieter Duvenage

“…The point is that with the “… greater mediatization of society … we are witnessing the virtualization of our world.”2 This contribution briefly reconstructs, firstly, two phases in Baudrillard’s intellectual career – phases that shifted from an early neo-Marxist critique of the modern consumer society to a post-Marxist or postmodern view of society (which include engagements with socio-anthropology; psychoanalysis, sociology, semiology and media theory), and eventually ends in a kind of anti-theory with an extreme fatal vision of the world.3 In section 2 the implications of these two shifts in Baudrillard’s intellectual career are contextualized in the field of media and communication studies – and specifically his concept of the “ecstasy of communication”. …”
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Orthodontically Induced External Apical Root Resorption in Class II Malocclusion by Praveen Kumar Reddy Karnati, Priyank Seth, Ahmad Termizi Bin Zamzuri, Payal Tharwani

“…Orthodontic-induced external apical root resorption is one of the idiopathic phenomena as an effect, with force generated through mechanotherapy as the cause and the biological tissues with their diversified variations as witness. It is also classified as iatrogenic as a result of indeterminate application of orthodontic forces with subconscious appreciation of the existing underlying conditions. …”
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Charismatic Leadership in the Middle East and North Africa in the 21 st Century: Regional Specifics and Prospects for the Evolution of the Phenomenon by N. Yu. Surkov

“…The main conclusion of the paper is that the Middle East and North Africa are witnessing the arrival of the third generation of charismatic leaders, who will follow conservative instead of progressive agenda. …”
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Two Chancellors: Metternich and Nesselrode by E. P. Kudryavtseva

“…Austria benefited from this and therefore Nesselrode was called «Russian foreign minister in the service of Austria». However documents witness that Nesselrode being an adept of Metternich’s doctrine wasn’t just a blindfolded follower of all Austrian initiatives. …”
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