Local Politics and a Self-assessment of Political Practice. Perspective of a Neighbourhood Leader in Mexico City on their Political Trajectory by Hélène Combes

“…The analysis presents an alternative vision to other analysts who have emphasized the capture of public funds for electoral purposes by neighbourhood leaders. …”
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Towards a contextual theology of conviviality: Tutu, Bonhoeffer and living musical metaphors by A.M. Coates, J. Kunnuji

“…Bonhoeffer’s metaphor of the “polyphony of life” is a product of his milieu and does not fully capture the conviviality implicit in his Christology (being-for-others). …”
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Nonlinear Free and Forced Vibration Behavior of Shear-Deformable Composite Beams with Shape Memory Alloy Fibers by Ren Yongsheng, Du Chenggang, Shi Yuyan

“…The parametric study is carried out to display the effect of the actuation temperature, the volume fraction, the initial strain of SMA fibers, and the length-to-thickness ratio. …”
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THE PERMISSIBLE INPUT OF BIOGENIC ELEMENTS TO WATER BODIES WITH SLOWED AND MODERATE WATER EXCHANGE by Aleksandr N. Popov

“…We have shown that the permissible input of biogenic matter to water bodies with moderate and slowed water exchange should be determined with the focus on their actually registered trophic level and its permissible changes appointed depending on the types of this water bodies use. …”

Structural appraisal of baja prototype using resistive strain gauges and linear potentiometer by Pabllo Miguel Maia Pires, José Antônio da Silva, Júlio César Costa Campos, Antônio Marcos de Oliveira Siqueira

“…Therefore, the present study seeks to acquire dynamic or static loads and forces, which are present in main and critical components in a BAJA-type prototype, from the KomiKeto Baja Team - UFSJ, aiming to acquire data for the use of boundary conditions in numerical simulations, in addition to dynamic capture of loading cycles for subsequent fatigue analysis. …”
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The Life of Deli Tobacco Plantation's Workers in East Sumatera, 1880-1930 by Ririn Darini, Dyah Ayu Anggraeni

“…Meanwhile the entertainment facilities that they get on plantations such as prostitution, gambling and madat actually make their lives even more difficult.…”
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Scalability and Reliability Determination of Low-Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) Architecture by A. Obayuwana, I. A. Edeoghon

“…This was achieved by modeling LoRaWAN networks as pure and slotted ALOHA networks, with consideration for important characteristics such as the capture effect. The relationship between transmission rates and spread factor was also investigated. …”
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MARKET TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPANIES IN THE SPHERE OF INTELLECTUAL BUSINESS SERVICES by S. Ponomareva

“…Focusing on the growth prospects of the market of intellectual business services management and shareholders of companies in this sphere, as well as potential investors with each passing years will show an increased interest in the development prospects of this business, which will lead to growing needs of management companies to develop not only short-term forecasts of growth in the value of the business, but actualizes the need to develop financial strategies that turn will put forward higher requirements for the information of financial statements and budgets of companies in the sphere of intellectual business services.…”
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Slaves and Captives Between Castile, Granada, and the Canary Islands: Frontier and Judicial Dynamics in the 15th and 16th Centuries by Mirko Suzarte Škarica

“…This activity often included revolts, horseback raids, robberies, death, the capture and enslavement of people, and other notions such as slavery under ›just war‹, which sometimes blurred the margins between slavery and captivity. …”
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A Hybrid Energy Harvester Based on Bowtie Periodic Antenna Surface by Mahmoud Abushab, Thamer S. Almoneef, Muhammad Amin, Omar F. Siddiqui

“…Tested efficiency analysis under various loads demonstrates the feasibility and effectiveness of the hybrid system as it captures the RF and solar energy and converts it into usable electrical energy. …”
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SIRV fractional epidemic model of influenza with vaccine game theory and stability analysis by Qun Dai, Zeheng Wang

“…This approach effectively captured the nonlocal and power-law characteristics of influenza transmission. …”
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Left- versus right-handed badminton slice shots: opposite spinning of the chiral shuttlecock and Magnus effect by Collet, Eric

“…This induces a dissymmetry between left- and right-handed players and the resulting trajectories of the shuttlecock, which were captured in real condition on the badminton court in slow motion at 3700 fps. …”
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THE IMPACT OF TOURISM ON THE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES: EVIDENCES FROM HIDDEN PANEL COINTEGRATION TEST by Süleyman Bolat, Abdulnasser Hatemi-j, Murat Belke

“…The effect of tourism on economic growth is capturing the attention of researchers and policy makers worldwide. …”
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El suelo y su multifuncionalidad: ¿qué ocurre ahí abajo? by Noé Manuel Montaño Arias, María del Carmen Navarro Rangel, Itzel Carolina Patricio López, Eduardo Chimal Sánchez, Jessica Miguel de la Cruz

“…Finalmente, se discute sobre las actuales estrategias y perspectivas para su estudio en México, dado que se trata de un recurso natural no renovable y clave para nuestra seguridad ambiental y alimentaria.…”
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Identifying User Interaction Patterns in E-Textbooks by Santeri Saarinen, Tomi Heimonen, Markku Turunen, Mirjamaija Mikkilä-Erdmann, Roope Raisamo, Norbert Erdmann, Sari Yrjänäinen, Tuuli Keskinen

“…The interaction sequences of the users were captured during the user study. We found several clusters of user interaction types in our data. …”
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Mesoscopic model for tumor growth by Elena Izquierdo-Kulich, José Manuel Nieto-Villar

“…A significant aspect found by the model is related to the predicted values for $\beta$ growth exponent, which capture a basic characteristic of the critical surface growth dynamics. …”
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Conventional Radiography versus Digital Radiography in Endodontic Treatment by Rómulo Guillermo López Torres, Karen Estefanny Álvarez Freire, Kevin Alexis Baños Carrera, Kevin Josue Patiño Sánchez

“…Conventional radiography focuses on the technology and the process of capturing and developing images, which is quite effective in terms of definition, but is conditioned by chemical processes. …”
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Thermodynamic Feasibility of Hydrogen-Rich Gas Production Supported by Iron Based Chemical Looping Process by Grzegorz Słowiński, Adam Smoliński

“…The world research activities in these terms focus on the development of integrated hydrogen and power generating technologies, particularly technologies of hydrogen production from various carbonaceous resources, like methane, coal, biomass, or waste, often combined with carbon dioxide capture. In the paper the thermodynamic analysis of the enhancement of hydrogen production in iron based chemical looping process is presented. …”
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MULTI-PURPOSE OPTIMIZATION OF THE PRODUCT RELEASE PROGRAM by D. A. Alferev, A. E. Kremin

“…The modeling of variability in the preparation of the production program and the selection from possible scenarios of those, which can actually be successfully implemented, has been analyzed by example. …”
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Modeling Repayment Behavior of Consumer Loan in Portfolio across Business Cycle: A Triplet Markov Model Approach by Shou Chen, Xiangqian Jiang

“…The particular TMM can simultaneously capture the phases of business cycles, transition of systematic credit risk of a loan portfolio, and Markov repayment behavior of consumers. …”
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