How Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Become Visible by Nicole de Buhr, Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede

“…Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) have been identified as a fundamental innate immune defense mechanism against different pathogens. NETs are characterized as released nuclear DNA associated with histones and granule proteins, which form an extracellular web-like structure that is able to entrap and occasionally kill certain microbes. …”
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Luxure, calme et volupté dans les villes d’eaux françaises à l’âge d’or du thermalisme (Belle Époque et Années Folles) by Marie-Eve Férérol

“…Deux raisons à cela : l’expansion de la morale bourgeoise et l’avenir incertain au tournant du XXème siècle (déferlement de modernité, prémices de la 1ère Guerre Mondial). …”
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Founding Editorial – Forensics and TheScientificWorld by Walter Rowe

“…This has had the beneficial effect of diminishing the reliance of courts on eyewitness testimony and defendant confessions.…”
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The Lithuanianisation of Adam Mickiewicz by Viktorija Šeina

“…As this was in conflict with ethnocultural Lithuanian nationalism, interwar defenders of Mickiewicz’s attribution to Lithuanian literature looked for additional arguments supporting the poet’s Lithuanianness. …”
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Nexuses of critical minerals recovery from e-waste by Abdel Mohsen O. Mohamed

“…., automotive, information technology, aerospace, and defense. Recycling these minerals from electronic waste (e-waste) offers a sustainable solution to meet the growing industrial demand, if done technically effectively and with appropriate process inputs and rewards. …”
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Ewolucja tureckiej polityki bezpieczeństwa by Magdalena Kumelska-Koniecko

“…The last three decades have been a period of restoring relations with countries in the region and building a new security strategy based on the doctrine of deterrence and advanced defense, and, since the civil war in Syria, assertive military activism. …”
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Influence of Material Properties on the Ballistic Performance of Ceramics for Personal Body Armour by Christian Kaufmann, Duane Cronin, Michael Worswick, Gilles Pageau, Andre Beth

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An Epidemic Spreading Simulation and Emergency Management Based on System Dynamics: A Case Study of China’s University Community by Wei Rong, Ping Wang, Zonglin Han, Wei Zhao

“…However, university authorities in such an environment seem to be less cautious in the defence of an epidemic. Currently, there is almost no quantitative research on epidemic spreading and response strategies in universities. …”
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Factsheet: West Sea Crisis In Korea by John McGlynn, Nan Kim

“…Information from South Korea's defense ministry reveals that the South "fired 3,657 times, or over 900 shells per hour," into waters near the Northern Limit Line (NLL).This factsheet was prepared by Nan Kim in conjunction with members of the National Campaign to End the Korean War. …”
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Clearing the forest, adding social struggles: territorialities and alternatives in the Argentinian environmental disaster by Joaquin Ulises Deon

“…Finally, the conclusion is reached that the defense of forests and life, as driven by the socio environmental assemblies is progressively uprooting agribusiness, large scale metallic mining, quarries and real estate development.…”
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Elite Governance, Development, and Public Safety in Nigeria by Johnson Oluwole Ayodele, Jane Adebusuyi

“…Drawing on the values of the conceptual lions (oselu) of Pareto to scare his conceptual foxes (ojelu) vices out of political domination through electoral re-socialization could neutralize elite conspiracy against the majority and boost the capacity of vulnerable Nigerians to initiate and implement development and public safety defenses. It suggests that a true fiscal federalism predicated on ethical reorientation in politics could reinvent Nigeria, and relieve her of the burden of underdevelopment and insecurity into which elite avarice has plunged the country. …”
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Topside Electron Density Modeling Using Neural Network and Empirical Model Predictions by S. Dutta, M. B. Cohen

“…In prior work, an artificial neural network (NN) was developed and trained on two solar cycles worth of Defense Meteorological Satellite Program data (113 satellite‐years), along with global drivers and indices to predict topside electron density. …”
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Revisión y perspectivas de los UAV en la evaluación de la eficiencia energética de los edificios by Kalare Agrasar-Santiso, Jose Antonio Millán-García, Elena Millán-Medel, Alexander Martín-Garín

“…Se utilizan imágenes térmicas para detectar defectos de pérdida de calor. La temperatura de la superficie y la geometría de un edificio se emplean para garantizar una evaluación fiable. …”
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Who is wearing me? TinyDL‐based user recognition in constrained personal devices by Ramon Sanchez‐Iborra, Antonio Skarmeta

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Serbian diplomacy in deterrence by Blagojević Veljko

“…Resume Diplomacy represents the first line of promotion and defense of national interests and one of the sources of power, alongside with military, economic, information and other forms of power. …”
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Em Torno da Viagem Diplomática do Rei D. Fernando II de Portugal a Marrocos, em 1856 by Mohammed Nadir

“…A busca de alianças, coligações e blocos políticos caracterizaram as relações internacionais nesse século e, como tal, cada país passou a recorrer à diplomacia como ferramenta para defender os interesses nacionais, bilaterais e até internacionais. …”
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Polyphonic discourses in the Hong Kong press: a diachronic analysis of media attitudes towards the One Country, Two Systems policy by Qingyu Gao, Dezheng Feng William

“…It normalised the “death” of OCTS and legitimised resistant behaviours as defending its spirit. The study uncovers the deliberate choices of attitudes in news coverage, which reveals the newspapers’ different stances and changing discursive strategies. …”
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Abril y la crisis del régimen. Comentarios al Dossier de Iconos 23 by Pablo Ospina Peralta

“…Teodoro Bustamante es más crítico de los sectores sociales que lo impulsaron sin por eso defender a Gutiérrez. Bertha García, en cambio, no trata la rebelión sino la forma en que el gobierno de Gutiérrez revela aspectos más profundos de la ideología de las Fuerzas Armadas. …”
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John Paul II and Benedict XVI’s concern for the protection of the faithful against the most serious crimes, with particular emphasis on the sexual abuse of minors committed by cler... by Bartosz Trojanowski

“…It is an attempt to argue for the defense of their good names and to oppose the unfounded accusations made against these two authorities. …”
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ÉTICA EMPRESARIAL SOB A PERSPECTIVA DA RESPONSABILIDADE SOCIAL DAS EMPRESAS by Fábio da Silva Veiga, Anna Flávia Azevedo

“…Por fim, mas não menos importante, importa para este debate expor a dificuldade na análise de dados, uma vez que o interesse no lucro é alcançado pelas empresas mesmo quando não se defende abertamente que esta seja a prioridade na organização. …”
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