Entre o comércio e a governação local. Fernão Gonçalves Façanha: um mercador eborense de finais da Idade Média by Joaquim Bastos Serra

“…Despite the crisis and the troubles that have marked much of the time in which he lived, Fernão Gonçalves will experience a process of enrichment and social empowerment, which will progressively bring him closer to the leading group. His route is of great historiographical interest, as it constitutes a good example of someone who knew how to take advantage of the opportunities of a context which was largely favorable to mobility and, to start a process of social ascent based on material wealth, but where the relational framework and political options are equally essential.…”
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Innovative Strategy to Improve Precision and to Save Power of a Real-Time Control Process Using an Online Adaptive Fuzzy Logic Controller by R. Lasri, I. Rojas, H. Pomares, O. Valenzuela

“…The main objective of this paper is to prove the great advantage that brings our novel approach to the intelligent control area. …”
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C.J.A. Vos, L.L. Hogan & J.H. Cilliers (Reds.), Preaching as a language of hope by Johan Janse van Rensburg

“…Die roeping van die kerk om die Woord van God aan ’n wêreld te verkondig wat in ’n skynbare proses van verval is, behoort hoop in ’n verwarde wêreld te bring. Prediking wat nie in staat is om hoop te skep nie, is ontrou aan die aard van die prediking as die kommunikasie van God se antwoord vir die nood van mense. …”
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Perigosas brincadeiras:a infância em Marcelo Mirisola e Furio Lonza by Renan Ji

“…In the midst of a fun inversion of values (which also targets society‘s contradictions and even artistic and intellectual celebrities), Mirisola and Lonza bring the possibility of questioning and rethinking our conception of what is childhood, beyond innocence, colorful toys and ideals of education and subjectivisation.…”
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The first oases in Eastern Arabia: society and craft technology, in the 3rd millennium BC at Hili, United Arab Emirates by Sophie Méry

“…In the peninsula of Oman, the first agricultural oases appeared in the 3rd millennium and developed, bringing profound economic and social change. In the sphere of craft technology, various developments occurred, particularly in the pyro-technologies. …”
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Digital competences and collaborative skills among university students by Sandra Salazar Palomino, Yersi-Luis Huamán-Romaní, Carlos Alfredo Bocanegra García, Zany Sigrid Frisancho Triveño, Yajhayda Bellido Ascarza, Alexis León Ramírez, Calixto Cañari Otero

“…Resulting in the favorite place to use the Internet after home is any place because they have a device (mobile phone), which in the long term would bring consequences to visual and mental health. Despite this negative point, the university is the third favorite place that helps students greatly in academic work. …”
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The conception of the circle of concerned African women theologians: is it African or Western? by R. N. Fiedler, J. W. Hofmeyr

“…Furthermore, by reflecting on the experiences of Mercy Amba Oduyoye and her mother in the context of the men who formed part of their world (their husbands, grandfathers and uncles), we will show how the reinterpretation of oppressive African cultures by men can bring about the liberation of African women. This is in keeping with the agenda of the Circle, namely to liberate women in the church and in society. …”
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Embodying scenes of moral disorder: Bodily gestures as a site of signification in feminist TikTok activism by Sigurdardottir Heba, Rautajoki Hanna

“…We approached these videos as rhetorical arenas for communicating compelling messages with the aim of appealing to the audience. …”
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VIABILITY OF DIDACTIC PRINCIPLES IN CONTEMPORARY PIANO EDUCATION by Stela DRĂGULIN

“… Our paper aims at developing a system of ideas meant to bring about excellence in the performing act, both from the perspective of the performing soloist, and in the light of the educator and trainer of young musicians, endowed with higher professional skills. …”
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ℒ-Fuzzy Cosets of ℒ-Fuzzy Filters of Residuated Multilattices by Pierre Carole Kengne, Blaise Bleriot Koguep Njionou, Daquin Cèdric Awouafack, Luc Eméry Diékouam Fotso

“…Secondly, we introduce the concept of prime ℒ-fuzzy filter and propose some illustrative examples. Then, we bring out their properties and show how they are related to the concept of ℒ-fuzzy prime filter. …”
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Non-communicable Chronic Diseases and the COVID-19 Pandemic by Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés

“…The emergence of this new human infectious disease caused by an unknown pathogen highlights the challenge of emerging infectious diseases and the importance of permanent preparation to deal with them. This environment brings fear, misinformation and many unknowns that remain to be clarified with future research.…”
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Translation as growth: Xiangsheng’s growing trajectory in China and abroad by Ye Tian, Guanpeng Wang

“…This article reviews the development in China and abroad of xiangsheng, or ‘crosstalk’, a Chinese comic double-act that relies on quickfire exchanges and narrative skills on stage. It brings together a blend of scripted material and improvisation whose address to the audience is immediate. …”
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Maquiavel e a Literatura Pop Management: o mundo das incertezas e o convite às fantasias organizacionais by Luis Fernando Tosta Barbato, Mateus Henriques Patrício

“…This article aims at bringing a comparative study of the works The Prince, of Niccolo Machiavelli, and The Servant, of James C. …”
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IMAGE OF A FAMILY IN TEENAGERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE OF LIVING IN CLOSED INSTITUTIONS by S. S. Solonchenko

“…Independence and socialization of teenagers brings to the image of the family a serious and responsible attitude to family relations. …”
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Créer des formes, inventer des faires by Fabienne Wateau

“…Their forms were chosen to render certain anthropological themes in a different format, by exploring their effects, by intending them for certain uses or audiences, by questioning them to bring out possible heuristic avenues. I will discuss the following: my theatrical play that served as a research tool, based on verbatim statements made by my interlocutors, published in On ne badine pas avec le progrès (2016)—a six-minute image montage is attached to it; an ongoing mixed-technique project, based on photograph colourisation linked with words extracted from the field, presented with some initial colour plates; and a retrospective examination of experimental screenings of two films in November 2022. …”
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Jatropha Oil as a Substituent for Palm Oil in Biobased Polyurethane by Mohamad Ridzuan Amri, Syeed Saifulazry Osman Al-Edrus, Chuah Teong Guan, Faizah Md Yasin, Lee Seng Hua

“…Given the potential of vegetable oil PUs in many industrial applications, we expect that they will increase commercial interest and scientific research to bring these materials to the market soon.…”
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A DEA approach for measuring healthcare efficiency in medical, clinical and obstetric specialties by Fabrício da Silva Santos, Susane de Farias Gomes

“…The data used refer to the period from August 2018 to July 2019, in which the specialties of Medical Clinic, Surgical Clinic and Obstetrics were selected to compose the analysis inputs and outputs. The evaluation brings considerations and contributions regarding the public health problem in the state and in the country. …”
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Influence of Styrene-Acrylic Ester Dispersion on the Early Hydration of Cement by Ru Wang, Xiaoxin Shi

“…SAE dispersion inhibits the formation of C4AH13 and thus AFt, and more SAE dispersion brings stronger influence, but it enhances the stability of AFt. …”
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Research on the Heat Dissipation Characteristics of Lithium Battery Spatial Layout in an AUV by Zhaoyong Mao, Shaokun Yan

“…The lithium battery heat dissipation properties not only affect the underwater vehicle performance but also bring some security risks. Based on the widespread application of lithium batteries, lithium batteries in an AUV are taken as an example to investigate the heat dissipation characteristics of the lithium battery spatial layout in an AUV. …”
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An Improved Extended Information Filter SLAM Algorithm Based on Omnidirectional Vision by Jingchuan Wang, Weidong Chen

“…Traditional algorithms bring enormous computational complexity to omnidirectional vision SLAM. …”
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