Uncertainty, fragility, resilience by Ernesto Antonini

“…This attitude of biological systems to adopt dynamic responses to the perturbative actions of their balance proves to be extraordinarily effective and intrinsically efficient, to the point of proposing itself as a paradigm to be inspired to organize even artificial systems.…”
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Comment accompagner les politiques de gestion urbaine et de décentralisation au Maghreb dans le contexte post-2011 ? Regards croisés d’acteurs de la coopération internationale et d... by Jean-Philippe Bras, Aude Signoles

“…This article is a comparative perspective of interviews carried out with representatives of institutions conducting international cooperation and solidarity actions in the Maghreb. We interviewed our interlocutors on how their institutions have apprehended and analyzed the popular mobilisations of 2011, the political, legal and administrative changes induced by these mobilizations at the local level, the cooperation tools they have maintained or, specifically designed to support change, and on the type and profile of the actors with whom they now cooperate. …”
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Cidades sustentáveis e parques: reflexões teórico-conceituais by Marcos Antônio Silvestre Gomes

“…It has demonstrated that, even after two decades of the signing of Agenda 21, the term sustainable development is widelyused by public and private agents who, with different meanings and intentions, set their discourses and actions to the ideals of urban sustainability, claiming the parks as one of the elements of these practices. …”
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Le « Scholarship of Teaching and Learning » (SoTL). Proposition d’un cadre pour l’accompagnement des enseignants par les conseillers pédagogiques by Sandrine Biémar, Amaury Daele, Déborah Malengrez, Laurence Oger

“…It comprises the different conceptions teachers hold regarding their own professional development and the actions carried out by faculty developers to support them throughout the process. …”
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Pesticide Safety Miniposter: Pesticide Emergencies by Rebecca W. Baldwin, Stephanie K. Hill, Philip Koehler, W. Walker, J. C. Medley

“…This poster introduces new pest control technicians to the general actions to be taken in the event of pesticide exposure. …”
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Cohousing and new dwelling cultures in post-seismic urban planning by Mauro Francini, Rosario Chimirri, Annunziata Palermo, Maria Francesca Viapiana

“…The present contribution, also on the basis of historical-anthropological studies, concerning past community life and current reality, between fragility of the landscape and incongruity of human actions, indicates a return to cohousing as one of the most interesting criteria for the redefinition of urban interventions, opening towards scientific scenarios based on interdisciplinarity, as well as creating an experimental laboratory for planning.…”
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La “belle” ou la Veuve : résistances, rébellions et tentatives d'évasion des condamnés à mort en France au XXe siècle by Nicolas Picard

“…However, a few refused to resign themselves and rejected their situation in words and actions. They sometimes asserted their rights to benefit from better detention conditions. …”
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Dziecięce rozumienie świata – w poszukiwaniu uzasadnień postępowania badawczego by Monika Wiśniewska-Kin

“…First, it allows us to examine the kind of thinking and actions of children which is of an interpretative nature: it reveals not only the child’s personal knowledge, but above all, the ways of understanding, categorising and evaluating an ambiguous and often conflicted reality. …”
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Aging towards walkable futures: insights from a multidisciplinary workshop held in Barcelona, Spain by Enric Vall-Garcia, Laura Delgado-Ortiz, Lisa Alcock, Laura Coll-Planas, José Augusto García-Navarro, Susanne Iwarsson, Josep Maria Jansà, Carl-Philipp Jansen, Sarah Koch, Simon Schwartz, Merja Rantakokko, Adelaida Sarukhan, Willeke van Staalduinen, Lynn Rochester, Judith Garcia-Aymerich

“…Participants identified unmet needs, research priorities and policy actions related to walking in older ages. Conclusions This two-day workshop provided a space for professionals and public to comprehensively discuss walking at older ages. …”
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Historical origin and development of politically motivated criminal offences: Political delicts by Matić Goran D.

“…When observed through early historical epochs, the development of the criminal legal protection of the religious and social values of the society, and subsequently of the state, as a social creation, has nonetheless indisputably shown, despite all perceived anomalies of the power elites' action, how politics manifested in terms of social and political repression, sometimes having both religious and ideological tint, has been finally subjected to law after all. …”
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Dapsone Alters Phenotypical and Functional Properties of Human Neutrophils In Vitro by Sara Rakočević, Vanja Mališ, Ljiljana Kozić, Anđela Dubovina, Marija Drakul, Dejan Bokonjić, Miodrag Čolić, Dušan Mihajlović

“…Despite its widespread dermatological use, the pharmacological actions of dapsone remain poorly understood. Here, we examined how different aspects of neutrophil functions are affected by dapsone. …”
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Sign Language Recognition Based on CNN-BiLSTM Using RF Signals by Yajun Zhang, Yuankang Wang, Feng Li, Weiqian Yu, Congcong Wang, Ying Jiang

“…Secondly, to accurately delineate the start and end points of sign language action signals, we propose an improved version of the Varri signal segmentation algorithm called Varri+ to effectively optimize the segmentation of sign language actions. …”
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Making the most of existing research: an evidence gap map of the effects of food systems interventions in low-income and middle-income countries by Birte Snilstveit, Ingunn Gilje Storhaug, Charlotte Lane, Nick Moore, Mark Engelbert, Thalia Morrow Sparling, Amber Franich, Heike Rolker

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Influence of Team Ability on Physical and Tactical Performance According to Playing Position in Spanish Soccer LaLiga. by Carlos Lago, Ezequiel Rey, Roberto López del Campo, Ricardo Resta, Yixiong Cui, Miguel Ángel Gómez Ruano

“…The following variables were considered: total distance covered (TD) covered by players, distance covered at high intensity (HIR; >24.0 km · h−1),  number of efforts made at high-intensity running (N of HIR), Average Speed (AvSpeed, km · h−1), Offensive Volume (Off Vol): sum of passes, shots, and dribbles executed by the player; Defensive Volume (Def Vol): sum of recoveries, clearances, opponent attack interruptions, and blocked shots executed by the player; and (iii) Game Volume (Game Vol): sum of offensive actions and defensive actions. The variable team quality was established by running an automatic clustering model (two-step) that identified 4 groups of teams: Best teams (ranked from 1st to 6th position), intermediate-higher ranked (from 7th to 11th position), intermediate-lower ranked (from 12th to 15th position), and lower ranked teams (from 16th to 20th position). …”
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Pretreatment With Fragments of Substance-P or With Cholecystokinin Differentially Affects Recovery From Sub-Total Nigrostriatal 6-Hydroxydopamine Lesion by S. Nikolaus, J. P. Huston, R. K. W. Schwarting

“…The neuropeptide substance P is known to have mnemogenic and reinforcing actions and can exert neurotrophic and regenerative effects in vitro as well as in vivo. …”
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Mapping provider and consumer voices using the AACTT framework: a focus group study of advance care planning by Lisa Guccione, Stephanie Best, Sonia Fullerton, Sanchia Aranda, Jill J. Francis

“…To effectively address these complexities, it is crucial to first identify the specific roles and actions required at each stage of the intervention. …”
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Grafiti: exposición de la religiosidad de las pandillas de San Luis Potosí by Jaime Bernal Boyzo

“…This leads to the conclusion that these gangs, through this religious connection, try to cleanse their criminal actions in order to find a kind of divine acceptance that contrasts with the rejection they receive by the society around them. …”
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A comprehensive review of massive transfusion and major hemorrhage protocols: origins, core principles and practical implementation by David Silveira Marinho, Denise Menezes Brunetta, Luciana Maria de Barros Carlos, Luany Elvira Mesquita Carvalho, Jessica Silva Miranda

“…Although these bundles of actions represent a paradigm change, essential aspects such as their historical evolution, theoretical foundations, terminology and operational elements have yet to be well explored. …”
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III International Scientific and Practical Conference “Eagles of the Palearctic: Study and Conservation”, September 24–29, 2023, Almaty Resort Sanatorium, Almaty, Kazakhstan by Igor V. Karyakin, Elvira G. Nikolenko

“…All Eurasian species of eagles are more or less rare, so saving them requires the combined efforts of countries where the birds breed, migrate and winter. Planning protective actions requires studying the status of the bird populations, as well as negative factors affecting them. …”
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Clinical characteristics of catatonic symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorder by LI Yongmei, HE Jieqiong, XING Yipei, LIU Xinghua, ZHU Huilin, DENG Hongzhu, ZOU Xiaobing

“…All six core motor symptoms were commonly reported in the positive group， with “requiring prompts to complete actions” being the most reported， followed by “immobility， getting stuck， slowness in movement， and problems stopping actions once started”. …”
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