Riding the Waves or Caught in the Tide? Navigating the Evolving Information Environment Insights from the IFLA Trend Report by Anadolu Üniversite Kütüphaneleri Konsorsiyumu ANKOS

“…The Report concerns not only libraries, but also IT industry, technology experts, educators, decisionmakers, lawyers, publishers, content providers and defenders of digital rights. Translated to many languages, the Report had been discussed among experts from many countries for 12 months until it was introduced. …”
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The Motif of Freedom, Human Dignity, and Awareness of a Common Human Destiny between Antiquity and Cervantes by Bojana Tomc

“…However, the humanistic note in his opus is most noticeable in his constant defense of freedom and human dignity and the value of the human being, reflecting the Renaissance concept of the human person. …”
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Analysis of domestic animals brought to clinic of obstetrics and gynaecology department, faculty of veterinary medicine, university of selçuk between 1990-1995 by İbrahim Taşal, Mehmet Uçar, Hüseyin Erdem

“…Pregnancy diagnosis (38.48%) was the most common case and the others were mastitis (15.59%), genital tract examination (11.39%), metritis (7.20%), teat defecls (6.44%), retentio secundinarium (4.74%), ovarian cysts (3.73%), dystocia (2.68%) and ovariohyslerectomie (2.57%), respectively. …”
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Scattering Analysis of a Compact Dipole Array with Series and Parallel Feed Network including Mutual Coupling Effect by H. L. Sneha, Hema Singh, R. M. Jha

“…The current focus in defense arena is towards the stealth technology with an emphasis to control the radar cross-section (RCS). …”
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RESEARCH ON MODELING METHOD OF EQUIVALENT TURNING FORCE MODEL (MT) by WU MingZhou, ZHANG GuangPeng, GOU JianFeng, ZHANG Peng

“…The model is a turning force equivalent model of ideal turning tool with three nonlinear equations with equivalent principal deflection angle, equivalent edge inclination angle and equivalent normal forward angle as independent variables through the turning force experimental data and coordinate transformation matrix obtained by turning once. …”
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Study on the Finite Element Simulation Method of the Belt Skew by Huang Zhuo, Han Fenglin, Yan Hongzhi, Li Peng

“…A belt skew experimental device is designed and the belt skew displacements are recorded when the steering wheel respectively had a deflecting angle of 0. 25° and 0. 5°. The simulation results are consistent with the experimental results,and the effectiveness of the proposed simulation method is proved.…”
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PHILOSOPHICAL-LEGAL CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS REGARDING THE RULE OF LAW AND ITS EVOLUTION. THE CORRELATION BETWEEN POLITICAL POWER, LAW AND THE RULE OF LAW by Iulian NEDELCU, Paul-Iulian NEDELCU

“…And so it becomes postulated, considered by many as a last bastion of defense against abuses of power. Throughout his life, man, an essentially social person, endowed with intelligence, felt the need to live in various forms of association, in which he shared his customs, moral and religious norms or, finally, his interests. …”
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A Train to Hollywood: Porno-Chic in the Polish Cinema of the Late 1980s by Karol Jachymek

“…In my article, I look at some major examples of the porno-chic trend in Polish cinema of the late 1980s and draw on the archival records from the Film Pre-Screening Commission to demonstrate how the political and cultural authorities of the time attempted to co-opt the new “western” trend to improve their standing with an increasingly irate public and to deflate the rising discontent by a supply of an attractive cultural and erotic content.…”
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Immunomodulatory role of phagocyte-derived chloramines involving lymphocyte glutathione by Véronique Witko-Sarsat, Anh Thu Nguyen, Béatrice Descamps-Latscha

“…It is concluded that (i) lymphocytes may play a defensive role against phagocyte-derived oxidative stress by scavenging chloramines, and (ii) as this effect which is mediated by GSH affects lymphocyte proliferative responses, it may help to elucidate the still obscure mechanisms of oxidative stress associated immunodeficiency.…”
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A Critical Review of Weltschmerz Pessimism in German Philosophy by Hamidreza Mahboobi Arani

“…He examines the major defenders of pessimism (Philipp Mainländer, Eduard von Hartmann, and Julius Bahnsen) and its chief critic, especially Eugen Dühring. …”
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Intravenous Immunoglobulins: Mode of Action and Indications in Autoimmune and Inflammatory Dermatoses by Lyubomir A. Dourmishev, Dimitrina V. Guleva, Ljubka G. Miteva

“…For decades, IVIGs have been administered for treatment of infectious diseases and immune deficiencies, since they contain natural antibodies that represent a first-line defense against pathogens. Today their indication has expanded, including the off-label therapy for a variety of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. …”
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A Review of the Physiological and Immunological Functions of Biliary Epithelial Cells: Targets for Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis and Drug-induced Ductop... by Chih-Te Wu, Paul A. Davis, VelImir A. Luketic, M. Eric Gershwin

“…These then suggest a myriad of potential roles for BEC in defense from invading microorganisms as well as the pathogenesis of diverse immunologically driven diseases such as primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), graft-versus-host disease, and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). …”
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An Analytic Contemplation of the Conspicuous Vicissitudes in the Histomorphology of Corpuscles of Stannius of a Freshwater Catfish Mystus tengara (Hamilton, 1822) due to the Exposu... by Nilanjana Chatterjee, Baibaswata Bhattacharjee

“…This can be explained as the defence mechanism of the fish against ZnS nanoparticle induced hypoxia and environmental acidification. …”
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A. Pinzani. Towards a Kantian Argument for a Universal Basic Income / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev by A. V. Nekhaev

“…The paper defends that it is possible to offer a Kantian argument for justifying the introduction of Universal Basic Income (UBI). …”
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A review of recent advancements in the impact response of fiber metal laminates by Vijayan Muniyan, Vishnu Vijay Kumar, Indran Suyambulingam, Suganya Priyadharshini, Divya Divakaran, Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa, Suchart Siengchin

“…The findings presented herein contribute to the development of lightweight, impact-resistant FML components for aerospace, automotive, and defence applications.…”
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Localizing Energy Sources and Sinks in Plates Using Power Flow Maps Computed From Laser Vibrometer Measurements by J.R.F. Arruda, P. Mas

“…In the proposed method, the operational deflection shapes measured over the surface of the structure are curve-fitted using a two-dimensional discrete Fourier series approximation that minimizes the effects of spatial leakage. …”
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Influence of Soil-Structure Interaction on the Seismic Response of a Continuous Bridge with Friction Pendulum System by Bing Li, Chong Fu, Guolong Liu, Wei Wei, Junfa Duan, Bin Wang

“…SSI was modelled using the soil resistance vs deflection nonlinear springs (following p-y curves). …”
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The Typology and Corruption Susceptibility in Forestry Sector in Indonesia by Eko Novi Setiawan, Ahmad Maryudi, Gabriel Lele

“…This research found six typologies of corruption in the forest sector in Indonesia, i.e. 1) transactive corruption, 2) extortive corruption, 3) investive corruption, 4) nepotistic corruption), 5) defensive corruption, and 6) supportive corruption. …”
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Research on selective trust-path search and aggregation in distributed environment by Yan-lin QIN, Xiao-ping WU, Jian-xin GAO

“…Current trust models based on reputation had some disadvantages in characterizing recommendation credibility and dealing with Trust-Path Search and aggregation.To solve these problems,an updating algorithm for recommendation credibility was proposed considering factors of time decay,recommendation inosculation and success transaction rate.Furthermore,a selective search-algorithm for trust-path in distributed environment was presented.The algorithm uses recommendation credibility,evaluation similarity and trust-path length as its control parameters and can evade malicious nodes directly in the process of searching.It can also stop the search for unnecessary trust-paths and execute the search for paths containing valuable recommendation.Lastly,trust aggregation method was given by using an advanced combining algorithm in D-S theory of evidence.Simulation results show that compared with existing trust models,the proposed model is more robust on defending attacks of various malicious nodes.…”
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Bridge Assessment and Health Monitoring with Distributed Long-Gauge FBG Sensors by Chunfeng Wan, Wan Hong, Jianxun Liu, Zhishen Wu, Zhaodong Xu, Shu Li

“…Static and dynamic testing results show that distributed long-gage FBG sensing technique can obtain not only the global information such as bridge deflection and natural frequency, but also the local parameters such as strain and modal macrostrain to detect damage of the bridge. …”
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