"One Hundred False Starts" : l’espace fitzgéraldien ou la quête d’un ailleurs impossible by Pascal Bardet

“…This process takes him to the four corners of the American continent and to Europe and incites him to try and grasp the true meaning of his surroundings. …”
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Du simulacre à la simulation : la vérité de l’artifice dans Galatea 2.2 de Richard Powers by Jean-Yves Pellegrin

“…Drawing the reader into its simulation, the text prompts him to interact with it and to feel caught in its web. …”
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From Spy to Editor – Informants of Elżbieta Sieniawska née Lubomirska (d. 1729), Wife of the Castellan of Krakow by Monika Łękawska

“…Had it not been for their efforts and every attempt to provide the Krakow castellan with news, it is likely that Sieniawska would have had serious problems keeping her knowledge of the country and the world up to date. …”
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Standardised packaging, minimum excise tax, and RYO focussed tax rise implications for UK tobacco pricing. by Rosemary Hiscock, Nicole H Augustin, J Robert Branston, Anna B Gilmore

“…Here we evaluate the impact of standardised packaging, the MET and the RYO focussed tax changes on price and industry profitability.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Nielsen electronic point of sale (EPOS) data (May 2015 to April 2018) were used to calculate real (inflation adjusted) monthly price per stick overall, by cigarette type (FM and RYO) and by seven market segments. …”
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Attention Deficits in Stroke Patients: The Role of Lesion Characteristics, Time from Stroke, and Concomitant Neuropsychological Deficits by Simona Spaccavento, Chiara Valeria Marinelli, Roberto Nardulli, Luigi Macchitella, Umberto Bivona, Laura Piccardi, Pierluigi Zoccolotti, Paola Angelelli

“…Attention impairments are frequent in stroke patients with important consequences on the rehabilitation outcomes and quality of life. The aim of the study was to perform a comprehensive assessment of selective and intensive attention processes in a large population of brain-damaged patients, evaluating the influence of the side and site of the brain lesion, the time from stroke, and the concomitant presence of aphasia or neglect. …”
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Dusung Dati and Dusung Pusaka in a Livelihood Sustainability (Case Study in Ullath Village Maluku) by Jeanee Belthia Nikijuluw

“…However, it did not resolve the whole conflict due to fraud, and in the end, the farmers chose to do other work. …”
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Socioeconomic Characteristics Influencing Level of Awareness of Aflatoxin Contamination of Feeds among Livestock Farmers in Meru District of Tanzania by E. M. Ayo, A. Matemu, G. H. Laswai, M. E. Kimanya

“…Over seventy percent of the farmers had never heard about aflatoxins. Education level, specialization, and period of keeping animals had significant influence on aflatoxin awareness. …”
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The Enormity of Chronic Kidney Disease in Nigeria: The Situation in a Teaching Hospital in South-East Nigeria by Ifeoma I. Ulasi, Chinwuba K. Ijoma

“…The magnitude of the problem of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is enormous, and the prevalence keeps rising. …”
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On the Breeding of Bivoltine Breeds of the Silkworm, Bombyx mori L. (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae), Tolerant to High Temperature and High Humidity Conditions of the Tropics by Harjeet Singh, N. Suresh Kumar

“…The hot climatic conditions of tropics prevailing particularly in summer are contributing to the poor performance of the bivoltine breeds and the most important aspect is that many quantitative characters such as viability and cocoon traits decline sharply when temperature is high. …”
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Multimodal Opera Performance Form Based on Human-Computer Interaction Technology by Lin Wu

“…To give the opera audience a high-quality viewing experience, the immersive theatre performance has been simulated. …”
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Influence of surfactant type on the microstructure, mechanical and thermal properties of phenolic foams by Mohammad Hamid Shadnia, Sajad Rasouli, Mohammad Fasihi

“…While the SLES270 made foam with the highest cell density and the smallest cell size that caused higher compressive strength. The SLES270 led to keeping the foam flexibility even under the fire exposition, and it increased the thermal insulation by 50% while the other samples were turned into fragile foam. …”
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Medication nonadherence and its associated factors in psychiatric patients in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Parthasarathy Ramamurthy, Arya Jayasree, Susan Solomon, Vishnu V. Rudravaram, Vikas Menon, Pradeep Thilakan

“…To conclude, about half of the patients with psychiatric disorders in India are nonadherent to their psychotropic medications. Evidence based interventions to improve medication adherence in these patients need to be developed and implemented proactively keeping in mind the factors associated with MNA.…”
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Crohn’s Disease Diagnosed in a Man with Sarcoidosis: Coincidence or Correspondence? by Krystal Mills, Shaheen Fatima, Norberto Fas

“…Colonoscopy revealed multiple ulcers in the colon, with histology in keeping with newly diagnosed Crohn’s colitis. The patient had a good clinical response to initiation of steroid therapy and a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor.…”
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Mémoire et conditions de travail : analyse d’entretiens auprès d’ouvriers by René Mathieu, Armelle Gorgeu

“…The objective was to analyse their past and present conditions of work and the effect that these had on their health, based on their career trajectories. …”
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RAMIFICATION IN DENTAL PRACTICE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE ANDAWARENESS IN THE SUBJECT OF TOOTH MORPHOLOGY by Namerah Qamar et al

“…The sample size calculated was 310 by keeping proportion 52% and confidence interval 95% and margin of error 5% in open epi. 3.01. …”
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Le désert des héros : récits de vies solitaires dans les séries américaines de fiction by Joseph Belletante

“…The modern day hero is the mirror image of the modern individual who acts and thinks in an endless present tense, poisoned by an “evil” that keeps him from moving forward. In a post-critic perspective, this article offers a portrait of human “states of mind” that will restitute the spectator his symbolic autonomy, through singular solitudes or the loneliness of a group as is shown by four television series that are no longer in production (Friends, The Sopranos, The West Wing and Ally McBeal) in order to allow a global interpretation and that correspond to the main genres of fiction broadcasted by the American network (comedy, drama, and dramedy).…”
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Protecting the Autonomy of Patients with Severe Mental Illness Through Psychiatric Advance Directive Peer-Facilitation by Nicholas Karasik

“…These include a lack of trust, support, and knowledge of PADs, as well as a lack of understanding in completing a PAD.[21] Concerning trust, one study found that 43 percent of patients did not feel they had someone they could trust to help them complete their PAD.[22] Other studies indicated that patients had limited trust in their healthcare professionals.[23] Regarding the lack of support, one survey found that 94 percent of respondents would be unable to complete a PAD without assistance or without a facilitator.[24] Many patients lack knowledge and awareness of PADs, how to complete, and what to include in them.[25] Due to their complex legal nature, over half of the respondents in one survey indicated that they had problems understanding the PAD.[26] Similarly, 79 percent of clients interviewed in one study felt that PADs posed too much of a burden.[27] Through their shared lived experience, peer-support facilitators would be in a greater position to foster trust with patients and create the environment necessary for patients to explore their values and preferences through this process. …”
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The Analytical Approach to Evaluate the Load-Displacement Relationship of Rock Bolts by Jianhang Chen, Shengli Yang, Hongbao Zhao, Junwen Zhang, Fulian He, Shuaifeng Yin

“…Fully grouted rock bolts are widely used in civil engineering and mining engineering, playing a significant role in keeping the stability and safety of excavations. …”
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Are We Overlooking Anatomical Contributions to Dynamic Knee Valgus? by Matt Dewald, Madison Andersen, Laura Higgins, Emma Porter, Alex Wickersham

“…Consequently, athletic performance and injury rehabilitation cueing has primarily focused on keeping the "knees out"…”
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Successful Surgical Treatment of a Brain Stem Hydatid Cyst in a Child by Rahaf Alok, Jaber Mahmoud

“…She also had cysts in her liver and kidney. The cerebral cyst was completely removed without rupture, using gentle water-jet dissection (Dowling’s technique). …”
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