Delay-Tolerant, Low-Power Protocols for Large Security-Critical Wireless Sensor Networks by Claudio S. Malavenda, F. Menichelli, M. Olivieri

“…The paper is organized as follows: first we give an overview on delay-tolerant wireless sensor networking (DTN); then we perform a simulation-based comparative analysis of state-of-the-art DTN approaches and illustrate the improvement offered by the proposed protocol; finally we present experimental data gathered from the implementation of the proposed protocol on a proprietary hardware node.…”
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A Review of Methods Applied to Study Airborne Biocontaminants inside Aircraft Cabins by Sandro Tavares Conceição, Marcelo Luiz Pereira, Arlindo Tribess

“…This literature review provides guidance in developing methods and choosing equipment for future studies.This study gathers knowledge developed so far in a common source, serving as a guideline for researchers who work in this area.…”
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Territoires – Identités – Patrimoine : une approche économique ? by Denis Requier-Desjardins

“…We sustain that only qualifications processes of goods and assets in production and consumption give it an endogenous status as a marker of a quality characteristic. Actually qualification processes implies references to heritage and identity. …”
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Sole Native Authority (SNA) and the People at War: A Historical Review of the 1948 Erunkoja tax Riot in Ile-Ife by Abiodun S. Afolabi

“…The article adopts the frustration-aggression theory. Evidence gathered from primary and secondary sources, chief among them being archival sources, interviews, and the use of extant literature. …”
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Numerical analysis of isolated end-flattened steel bars under compression in space trusses by Henrique de Araujo Rosa Cruz, Luciano M. Bezerra, Welington Vital da Silva, Ramon Silva

“…Finally, the analytical formulations that describe the phenomenon from the approach of global and local instabilities incorporated into current normative expressions are applied in a comparison with the results gathered in the numerical approach.…”
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Ending(s), Seriality And Interdiscursivity by Elsa Lorphelin Blaise

“…Thus dismissing the hermetical qualities of the short-story, the collection becomes the place where voices interact, just as it destabilises one of the essential markers of the genre: the strength of the dénouement, and the notion of closure that follows from it.…”
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Copious Podocyturia without Proteinuria and with Normal Renal Function in a Young Adult with Fabry Disease by H. Trimarchi, R. Canzonieri, A. Muryan, A. Schiel, A. Araoz, M. Forrester, A. Karl, F. Lombi, J. Andrews, V. Pomeranz, T. Rengel, E. Zotta

“…In this regard, proteinuria is nowadays considered as an early and appropriate marker of kidney disease and of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. …”
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Merumuskan Visi, Misi, Fungsi Dan Tujuan Pembelajaran Pendidikan Agama Islam by Muhammad Faizul Amirudin, Joni Helandri, Yuyun Cahyani Lusia, Vinny Melina, Riska Destri Dinanti

“…This journal was created using qualitative methodologies, including knowledge-gathering exploratory research. The information and resources needed for this study, which is qualitative in nature, were found through library research. …”
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An Aesthetic Visualization of Ritual Ordering among the Yoruba Drummer: A Medium of Life Celebration by Olusegun Adebolu Oladosu

“… The gatherings among Yoruba people depicting religion, social or political values are usually staged with drumming. …”
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Gut Microbiota in HIV Infection: Implication for Disease Progression and Management by Felix Chinweije Nwosu, Ekaterina Avershina, Robert Wilson, Knut Rudi

“…This review focuses on current knowledge of the complex microbial communities and microbial markers involved in the disruption of mucosal immune T-cells in the promotion of inflammatory processes in HIV infections. …”
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Giant Cell Arteritis Presenting as Scalp Necrosis by Daniel E. Maidana, Silvia Muñoz, Xènia Acebes, Roger Llatjós, Anna Jucglà, Alba Álvarez

“…The presence of this dermatological sign within giant cell arteritis represents a severity marker of this disease, with a higher mean age at diagnosis, an elevated risk of vision loss and tongue gangrene, as well as overall higher mortality rates, in comparison to patients not presenting this manifestation. …”
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Reference Interval of Hemoglobin A1c and Influence of Hematological Parameters on Its Serum Concentration in Dogs by Stephan Neumann

“…HbA1c could be an alternative to fructosamine as a marker for glucose levels over a longer period. In this study, we calculated a reference interval for HbA1c in dogs and investigated the correlation of HbA1c with hemoglobin and different hematological parameters. …”
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Modalité, dialogisme et stratégies discursives by Marion Bendinelli

“…As a consequence, it seems possible to define MAY as a dialogic marker (Bres et Mellet 2009) since it is its intrinsic properties (and not the context) that cause dialogic effects. …”
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An Analysis of Discrete Stage-Structured Prey and Prey-Predator Population Models by Arild Wikan

“…., the population will neither go extinct nor exhibit explosive oscillations) and, moreover, that the transfer from stability to nonstationary behaviour always goes through a supercritical Neimark−Sacker bifurcation. The prey model covers species that possess a wide range of different life histories. …”
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Numerical analysis of isolated end-flattened steel bars under compression in space trusses by Henrique de Araujo Rosa Cruz, Luciano Mendes Bezerra, Welington Vital da Silva, Ramon Silva

“…Finally, the analytical formulations that describe the phenomenon from the approach of global and local instabilities incorporated into current normative expressions are applied in a comparison with the results gathered in the numerical approach. …”
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Thyrotoxicosis Associated with Ustekinumab Treatment for Psoriasis by Bayanne Olabi, Shanti Ayob

“…Biologic treatments have revolutionised the management of psoriasis in recent years; however, data on their safety profile in large populations and long-term effects are being gathered on an ongoing basis. Ustekinumab is a monoclonal antibody that targets interleukin-12/23 used in the treatment of moderate-to-severe psoriasis. …”
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Dynamic analysis and Chaos control in a discrete predator-prey model with Holling type IV and nonlinear harvesting by Karima Mokni, Mohamed Ch-Chaoui

“…Further, it is shown that the model experiences Neimark-Sacker bifurcation (NSB for short) and the periodic doubling bifurcation (PDB) in a small neighborhood of the coexistence fixed point under certain parametric conditions. …”
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Territoires – Identités – Patrimoine : une approche économique ? by Denis Requier-Desjardins

“…We sustain that only qualifications processes of goods and assets in production and consumption give it an endogenous status as a marker of a quality characteristic. Actually qualification processes implies references to heritage and identity. …”
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Contest in Nanai Shamanic Tales by Tatiana Bulgakova

“…It also clarifies the motivation of the initiators of these contests and games: by means of gathering a great number of competitors, such shamans solve their personal spiritual problems, such as the need to overcome their adversaries or find allies in the struggle against their opponents.…”
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Clinical Outcomes of Specific Immunotherapy in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Jiang Chen, Guo Xiao-Zhong, Xing-Shun Qi

“…The effects of specific immunotherapy were compared with those of nonspecific immunotherapy and the meta-analysis was executed with results regarding the overall survival (OS), immune responses data, and serum cancer markers data. The pooled analysis was performed by using the random-effects model. …”
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