H∞ Networked Cascade Control System Design for Turboshaft Engines with Random Packet Dropouts by Xiaofeng Liu, Xu Sun

“…The sufficient robust stable conditions are derived via the Lyapunov stability theory and linear matrix inequality approach. Simulations illustrate the effectiveness of the presented method.…”
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The transition of food systems towards sustainability: The role of digitalization by Gianluca Brunori

“…Challenges such as the risk of exacerbating inequalities and the necessity for comprehensive governance to mitigate negative effects are discussed. …”
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Shearing of guidewire coating by the tip of the electrocautery dilator during endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage by Koichiro Mandai, Takato Inoue

“…Despite the successful one-step gallbladder puncture and tract dilation using a fine-gauge electrocautery dilator, significant resistance was encountered during guidewire manipulation, ultimately revealing a peeled-off coating of the guidewire at the dilator tip. …”
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Finite-Time Synchronization of Uncertain Complex Dynamic Networks with Nonlinear Coupling by Yiping Luo, Yuejie Yao

“…By employing some analysis techniques like matrix inequalities, suitable controllers can be designed based on the obtained synchronization criteria. …”
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CHRISTIANITY AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA:

“…The article traces some of the reasons why this retreat of the church into the periphery has occurred in a post-1994 situation where inequality, unemployment and poverty still prevail. …”
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The Power of Perspective. Discrimination Against Men by Virág Véber

“…It is important to see the system of gender value judgments and inequalities as affecting men as well. The gender problem should be seen in the social context of society as a whole; a change of perspective is important to have and an integrated solution should be found. …”
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Improving Public Policy for Children: A Vote for Each Child by Robert H. Pantell, Maureen T. Shannon

“…is increasing intergenerational inequity reflects political decisions where children lack a voice. …”
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Suppression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced neutrophil adherence responses by essential oils by Shigeru Abe, Naho Maruyama, Kazumi Hayama, Hiroko Ishibashi, Shigeharu Inoue, Haruyuki Oshima, Hideyo Yamaguchi

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Convergence Analysis of Iterative Learning Control for Two Classes of 2-D Linear Discrete Fornasini–Marchesini Model by Kai Wan

“…This paper first investigates convergent property of two iterative learning control (ILC) laws for two kinds of two-dimensional linear discrete systems described by the first Fornasini–Marchesini model (2-D LDFFM with a direct transmission from inputs to outputs and 2-D LDFFM with input delay). …”
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30 Years after Reunification, Gross Domestic Product has Served its Purpose as an Indicator by Oliver Holtemöller

“…On the other hand, if one looks at important welfare indicators such as consumption opportunities, life expectancy, leisure time and income inequality, living conditions in East and West Germany are more similar than the gross domestic product per inhabitant suggests. …”
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Lugares de reunión, boni homines y presbíteros en Valdevimbre y Ardón en la Alta Edad Media by Fernando Luis Corral

“…This fact reports us about the increasing social inequality produced inside these peasant communities.We will also explore changes in location of meeting places chosen to solve conflicts between community members and the ones of some ecclesiastical institutions and aristocracy as a way to better know the political side of the relationship between the mentioned peasant communities and those power elites and, through them, with the Astur-leonese central power.…”
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A Benders Decomposition Algorithm for the Passenger Train Service Planning by Song Pu

“…In addition, we analyze the computational complexities of the model and develop a Benders decomposition algorithm with valid inequalities to solve this problem. Finally, our model and algorithm are tested on a real-world instance of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway line. …”
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To kneel or not to kneel: Appropriating a religious and sport symbol for racial justice in South Africa by D. Andrew

“…This article intends to investigate critically the use of the symbolism of kneeling, its socio-political and religious implications, how it is appropriated to address racism and other inequalities in sport, and how it can become a symbol in the process of achieving racial justice. …”
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Calculus Rules for V-Proximal Subdifferentials in Smooth Banach Spaces by Messaoud Bounkhel

“…In 2010, Bounkhel et al. introduced new proximal concepts (analytic proximal subdifferential, geometric proximal subdifferential, and proximal normal cone) in reflexive smooth Banach spaces. …”
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Sexualité préconjugale, souillure et reconstruction de soi. Les adolescentes au prisme d’une politique du corps féminin en Tunisie by Meryem Sellami

“…The field work conducted with teenage girls that cut their bodies or forces themselves to throw up supports this hypothesis and reflects singular ways to address gender inequalities related to sexuality, notably through the recourse to the sacred.…”
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Crescere nella migrazione. Generi e sessualità fra gli adolescenti di origine straniera by Federica Tarabusi

“…Giving voices to the children of immigrants, the empirical data helps us to deconstruct, through the lens of sexuality, gender and bodily practices, essentialist ideas and stereotypical representations attached to the so-called second generations as well as to discuss the role play by structural inequalities and exclusionary processes in shaping their experience of being adolescents.  …”
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UNIVERSITY MARKETING IN AN AGE OF DIGITAL GLOBALIZATION by I. V. Alyoshina

“…The guidelines for the development of university marketing in line with digital transformation at the internal and external levels of university management have been proposed: the transition from university rankings to the ranking of people (employees and university students) as a response to the trends of individualization, personalization and networking, the emphasis on intra-university marketing in comparison with external one, the strengthening of intellectual knowledge-valuable promotional tools in comparison with advertising. …”
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Miejsca kultury w antropologii i etnografii edukacyjnej by Hana Červinková, Tomasz Woźniak

“…The author points out three primary areas in which anthropology of education enriches our understanding of education and learning: 1) investigations of diversity of educational practices in different sociocultural contexts; 2) critical examination of cultural practices and structures of inequality and exclusion vis-à-vis minority subjects in the educational process; 3) positioning of participatory research approaches and engagement as legitimate methodological and scholary standpoints. …”
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CEDAW and Women’s Intersecting Identities: A Pioneering New Approach to Intersectional Discrimination by Meghan Campbell

“…Under CEDAW, if sex and gender is one of the bases for the discrimination, it is necessary to examine how other identity and factors contribute to gender discrimination and inequality. …”
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Delayed Mental Nerve Neuralgia following Chin Augmentation by Ineke Wever, Sang Hwang, Sim Choroomi, William Mooney

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