A Dynamic Analysis of a Flexible Rotor in Ball Bearings with Nonlinear Stiffness Characteristics by Dong-Soo Lee, Dong-Hoon Choi

“…For dynamic behavior analysis of the nonlinear rotor-bearing system, a transfer-matrix method is iteratively used until the bearing displacements and the shaft displacements at every bearing location converge to the same values. …”
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Ben Franklin, America’s Postage Stamp Star — on the Wane? by François Brunet

“…The evolution of the Franklin figure — the most common postal image, along with George Washington — is then detailed, showing how the traditional image prevailed until the 1950s, before being progressively displaced by a more cultural and, lately, intellectual image of the nation’s “electrizer”.…”
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Isolated Bilateral Congenital Iris Sphincter Agenesis by Aparna Rao

“…Examination revealed bilateral absence of sphincter and 6.5 mm pupil in both eyes in the undilated state. Results. Accommodation was poor in both eyes. …”
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Duas Capelas Laterais medievais do Convento de S. Francisco de Tavira by Marco Sousa Santos

“…The purpose of this brief note is, above all, to call attention for the need to carry on a more rigorous study of the formal elements of these two chapels, particularly the heraldic signs existing therein, some of them not even identified up until now, extraordinary testimonials from medieval Tavira. …”
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Mariano Rajoy selon El Jueves by Nadia Duchêne

“…The aim of this paper is to study the Leader of the Spanish Government’s media representation, Mariano Rajoy, during the period of his mandate from 2011 until 2015 through the front page of the satirical magazine El Jueves. …”
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L’émigration péruvienne en Espagne entre 1985 et 2017 : de la réalité à la fiction by Nicole Fourtané

“…This paper brings to light, first, the political and socioeconomic context of Peru and Spain to explain the extent of the migratory attraction of this country on the Peruvians. Until 2005, Spain offers favorable integration possibilities: regularization of illegals, obtaining possibility of Spanish nationality. …”
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Untangling a case of dapsone-induced acute liver injury by V Meghana, Divya Ravindran, Umapathy Pasupathy

“…This case study involves a 9-year-old female patient presenting with fever and acute liver injury, in which the intake of dapsone was not revealed until much later. We discuss how the diagnosis was made and the successful outcome following prompt treatment. …”
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La fabrique des héros. Usages politiques de Francisco Morazán en Amérique Centrale au XXe siècle (1942-1992) by Catherine Lacaze

“…Then we analyse the 1942 commemoration and finally we describe the changes in the political uses of the figure until the bicentenary of his birth in 1992. The objective is here to determining to what extent the cult of Morazán became more popular during the XXth century, putting emphasis on a comparative perspective at the Central America scale (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica).…”
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Preventing Foodborne Illness: Cyclospora cayetanensis by Gerald Sigua, Keith R. Schneider, Renée M. Goodrich, Michael J. Mahovic, Rajya Shukla

“… Cyclospora cayetanensis is a microscopic, intestinal protozoan parasite first reported in 1979 that has been known as cyanobacterium-like, coccidia-like, and as cyclospora-like bodies (CLB). It wasnt until 1993 that it was officially characterized as Cyclospora cayetanensis. …”
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In the name of the father? by Diogo Faria

“…Prince João assumed some protagonism in the life of the kingdom of Portugal from 1471 onwards, when he was part of the army that conquered Arzila (North Africa), and successively increased his preponderance in governance until the end of the life of his father, King Afonso V. …”
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APPLICATION OF SYSTEM ANALYSIS IN ORDER TO MONITOR GRAIN SILOS by MOHAMED NAJEH LAKHOUA

“…In fact, the OOPP method constitutes a tool of a global system modeling that allows us to analyze a difficult situation by a hierarchically decomposition until attainment a basic level allowing to an operational planning. …”
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ASPECTS OF THE HARMONY OF CULTIC CHOIRS FROM OEDIPUS BY GEORGE ENESCU by Constanţa CRISTESCU

“…It shows that the modal structures that Enescu uses are found in the diatonic and chromatic harmony of the ancient modal system, having continuity in the modal systems of Byzantine succession, until today. Also it is demonstrated the use by George Enescu of the ancient system of modulation (metabolos), used in the harmonic plane, integral, horizontal and vertical through innovative solutions. …”
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Masculinization on tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) by natural hormone steroid agent from bee resin through artificial diet by Dinar Tri Soelistyowati, Agus Oman Sudrajat, Harton Arfah

“…Treatment of bee resin dose is 0.6; 1.2; 1.8; 2.4; 3.0 feed ml/kg compared to Control (0 ml/kg diet) were given  during 28 days at larva age 7 day in aquarium, then transferred to the farm ground until age 12 weeks. Average of masculine phenotype percentage increased significantly (P…”
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O conceito de lei revisitado. Reflexoes a proposito del Tratado constitucional europeu by Maria Lúcia Amaral

“…By using here the term law, the Convention that drafted the Treaty has chosen to appropriate a concept that until now has been exclusively a state-centered concept. …”
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First discovery of the genus Enicopus Stephens (Coleoptera, Dasytidae) from China by Jialin Miao, Haoyu Liu, Junbo Tong, Xingke Yang, Yuxia Yang

“…This genus primarily inhabits south-central Europe, with certain species extending into west Asia; however, it has not been reported in China until now.The genus Enicopus Stephens, 1830 is reported for the first time from China, following the discovery of E. …”
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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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A Case of an Infantile Lingual Leiomyomatous Hamartoma by Thomas Z. Gao, Austin Schafer, Abdulrahman Althubaiti, Bonita Fung, Charles Elmaraghy

“…The patient was monitored until the age of 9 months, at which time the mass was surgically excised. …”
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In Vitro Contracture Test Results and Anaesthetic Management of a Patient with Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy for Cardiac Transplantation by Frank Schuster, Carsten Wessig, Christoph Schimmer, Stephan Johannsen, Marc Lazarus, Ivan Aleksic, Rainer Leyh, Norbert Roewer

“…In vitro contracture test results of two pectoralis major muscle bundles of the patient suggest that exposition to triggering agents does not induce a pathological sarcoplasmic calcium release in the lamin A/C phenotype. …”
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Healthy Eating for Elders: Food Storage Guide by Jennifer Hillan

“… If you don’t shop for groceries often, you probably try to buy food that will last until your next trip to the store. To help you learn how much to buy, here are storage guidelines for some perishable foods. …”
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The University of Buenos Aires Third World Institute (1973-1974) by Julieta Chinchilla

“…This work aims to cover the brief experience of the “Manuel Ugarte” Third World Institute, created in 1973 in the University of Buenos Aires. this study’s objective is to shed light on a forgotten experience and, in particular, to understand the circumstances that, during this moment of history, opened conduits of intellectual exchange and the study of social processes in countries that until then had been of little interest within the national university’s programs. …”
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