Ideological objectives underpinning imbizo as a model of communication and governance by Jeffrey Mabelebele

“…It is further argued in this article that an imbizo is used by government of South Africa for the attainment of four interrelated ideological objectives. • It is a vehicle to advance the political strategy of the ANC. • It is used as an expression of the African Renaissance paradigm. • Imbizo expresses the ideology of African unity. • It is used as a manifestation of participatory democracy …”
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Forgiveness in post-apartheid South Africa by George A Lotter

“…The author concludes that there is a real need for thoroughgoing study of and application to this crucial matter in post-apartheid South Africa but in the end forgiveness can only be attained as a "transcendent gift" from God. …”
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Editorial by Suporte GEPEM

“…Diferentes  temáticas  e  linhas  atuais  de  interesse  da  pesquisa  em educação matemática oriunda de regiões brasileiras distintas compõem este volume: o uso de metáforas em sala de aula, o papel do formador em cursos a distância, a importância da leitura na formação de professores, a aprendizagem matemática na educação infantil, bem como aspectos relacionados à estética da Matemática. …”
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Spatial Heterogeneity in Tropospheric Column Ozone over the Indian Subcontinent: Long-Term Climatology and Possible Association with Natural and Anthropogenic Activities by Gayatry Kalita, Pradip Kumar Bhuyan

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Emotions Guaranteed: On the Kitsch Contract by Thomas Küpper

“…Such assumptions are influenced by aesthetic positions like Kant’s, who claimed that ‘pure’ aesthetic judgments are independent of emotions, a position out of which a traditional defensive attitude towards emotions in the aesthetic sphere emerged. …”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of a mental health literacy module - A randomized controlled trial among school teachers by Vidya Prabhu, Lena Ashok, Veena Ganesh Kamath, Amitha Puranik, Sebastian Padickaparambil, Nikitha Sibil Rebello, Praveen Arhanthabailu, Varalakshmi Chandrasekaran

“…Results: Significant improvement was observed in the intervention arm as compared to the control arm across the domains of knowledge and attitudes and beliefs with an increase in mean knowledge score of 3.34 (95 % CI: 2.14 to 4.55 p < 0.001) and an increase in mean attitudes and beliefs score of 0.95 (95 % CI: 0.42 to 1.49 p < 0.001). …”
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Economic Viability of Metallic Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Fuel in Korea by S. K. Kim, W. I. Ko, Yoon Hee Lee

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Deep learning-based object detection algorithms in medical imaging: Systematic review by Carina Albuquerque, Roberto Henriques, Mauro Castelli

“…Particularly in medical image analysis, DL received greater attention for tasks like image segmentation, object detection, and classification. …”
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Immunotherapy against glioblastoma using backpack‐activated neutrophils by Tatsuya Fukuta, Ninad Kumbhojkar, Supriya Prakash, Suyog Shaha, A. Da Silva‐Candal, Kyung Soo Park, Samir Mitragotri

“…Neutrophil's ability to migrate into the brain was not affected by CAMP attachment, and intracerebral NE/CAMP accumulation was observed in mice‐bearing orthotopic GBM. …”
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Integration of data sets for modelling gender violence and perception of insecurityZenodo by Sandra Lucía Hernández Zetina, Ana Belén Anquela Julián, Ángel Esteban Martín Furones, Carlos Martinez Montes, Santos Fernández Noguerol

“…This format includes both geometric information and associated attributes allowing reusability and analysis in different environments.Additionally, the release of this data allows developing models tailored to specific local contexts and represents a significant advance in open data access as stated in the Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5), especially in relation to indicator 5.2.2. …”
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Sleep Quality and Levodopa Intestinal Gel Infusion in Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot Study by Oriol De Fabregues, Alex Ferré, Odile Romero, Manuel Quintana, José Álvarez-Sabin

“…PSG showed low sleep efficiency. REM sleep without atony was found in 5 patients. After 6 months of LCIG infusion, the percentage of REM sleep decreased as well as the number of arousals especially due to reduction of spontaneous arousals and periodic leg movements during REM sleep, but differences were not statistically significant. …”
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Lietuvos savivaldybių interneto svetainių kokybės vertinimas by Ieva Aladaitienė

“…Responsyvumas yra pasiekiamas tik bendraujant asmeniškai. Šiuo atveju, interakcija yra sąlygota atitinkamos savivaldybės darbuotojo turima kompetencija.…”

Gambaran Laboratorium Leukemia Kronik di Bagian Penyakit Dalam RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Muthia Rendra, Rismawati Yaswir, Akmal M Hanif

“…Secara umum leukemia kronik diklasifikasikan atas Leukemia Granulositik Kronik (LGK) dan Leukemia Limfositik Kronik (LLK). …”
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Physiologically structured populations with diffusion and dynamicboundary conditions by József Z. Farkas, Peter Hinow

“…We also show thatsolutions of the model exhibit balanced exponential growth, that is, our modeladmits a finite-dimensional global attractor. In case of strictly positivefertility we are able to establish that solutions in fact exhibit asynchronousexponential growth.…”
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Branched PLGA derivatives with tailored drug delivery properties by Snejdrova Eva, Podzimek Stepan, Martiska Juraj, Holas Ondrej, Dittrich Milan

“…Despite several shortcomings such as extreme hydrophobicity, low drug capacity, characteristic triphasic drug release pattern with a high burst effect, poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid derivatives are widely used in drug delivery. Most frequent attempts to improve their properties are blending with other polymers or synthesis of block copolymers. …”
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Profile semantyczne przyjaciela i wroga w polsko-, rosyjsko- i niemieckojęzycznym obrazie świata by Roman Gawarkiewicz

“…In the current study, an analysis of the specific connotations attached to the concepts friend and enemy in Polish, German and Russian is performed. …”
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The microbiology, epidemiology, risk factors, and clinical therapy of candidemia in burn patients hospitalized in Velayat Teaching Hospital, Rasht, northern Iran by Zahra Rafat, Davoud Roostaei, Mohammadreza Mobayen, Hamid Salehiniya, Parimah Pournasrolah

“…Conclusion: It seems necessary to pay attention to Candida non-albicans species in antifungal therapy. …”
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MOTIVASI DAN KINERJA PENYULUH TERHADAP PETANI KARET DI KABUPATEN KAMPAR by Rosnita Rosnita

“…In thins case required the efforts of extension to change the mindset of farmers as well as the skills, attitudes and income of farmers through extension activities. …”
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Assessing the Rheological Behavior of Bio-Asphalt Binder with Integrating Biowaste-Derived Activated Carbon by Patil Dipali, Hedaoo Namdeo

“…This increased rigidity from the ATC modification declines the temperature susceptibility of the modified binders.…”
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Phenotypic Characterization, Evaluation, and Classification of Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Accessions in Ethiopia by Berhanu Bilate Daemo, Derbew Belew Yohannes, Tewodros Mulualem Beyene, Wosene Gebreselassie Abtew

“…In conclusion, the various analyses performed indicated the existence of sufficient genetic variability for the characteristics evaluated, which could be attributed to the dissimilar genetic backgrounds of the evaluated accessions. …”
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