Die geheim van die prediking: om mondig te word by J. Cilliers

“…It argues that the voice of the preacher is a factor not to be overlooked in the dynamic structure of communication, and should be cultivated in a theologically responsible manner. The function of the voice of the preacher should, however, not be understood as a new, homiletical moralism, but in its relationship to (a) the salvation works of God, (b) the relational integrity of the preacher, (c) the integration of prayer within the framework of the preacher's theology, and (d) a life of virtue before God. …”
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Mediation in shareholder divorce disputes in closely held companies in Serbia by Tomić Ljubica

“…This type of dispute is accompanied by risks to the existence of companies and the families, if not resolved in a timely manner. Mediation is generally applicable, whereby each particular case requires the assessment of mediation applicability criteria, such as gender and other sources of imbalance between the spouses. …”
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Network resource pricing strategy based on SDN framework by Bin ZHUGE, Yihang QI, Hanwen FU, Weiming WANG

“…A network resource pricing strategy based on SDN framework was proposed to solve the problem of resource overload and network congestion caused by resource requests in the network.Firstly,the user’s needs and consumption patterns were analyzed,and the resource transaction model was determined.Secondly,combined with the spot consumption model and plan consumption,the reservation mechanism under the resource dynamic pricing strategy model was determined.Finally,according to the proposed resource pricing strategy,the resource price was simulated,the results show that by stimulating the user to reserve resources in advance and combining the trust degree and consumption habits of each user with corresponding preferential prices,it is possible to effectively avoid the users from obtaining network resources in a centralized manner.…”
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Design and Implementation of Edible Plant Demonstration Gardens: A Case Study of the Putnam County Extension Edible Garden by Gail Hansen, Joe Sewards, Rebecca Almeida, Andrew Dunn

“…Demonstration gardens are a collection of plants assembled and organized in a manner that allows garden visitors to access and study them. …”
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The problem of quality of electric power functioning of ship electric power systems by D. Yu. Rudi

“…The issue of solving the scientific and technical problem for improving the quality of electric power functioning of ship electric power systems is still not solved, which causes certain difficulties in finding the problem in a timely manner.…”
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The Polyphenol Profile and Antioxidant Potential of Irradiated Rye Grains by Dorota Gumul, Wiktor Berski

“…The irradiation process resulted in an average increase of 10% of the total phenolic content as compared to the raw material, with each of the analyzed varieties reacting in different manners. The amount of tannins increased after irradiation at a constant level regardless of the applied gamma ray doses in the all analyzed rye grain varieties. …”
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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Family and the Immune System: Activators or Inhibitors? by Cristina Maria Failla, Maria Luigia Carbone, Carmela Ramondino, Emanuele Bruni, Angela Orecchia

“…In addition, immune cells express VEGF receptors and/or co-receptors and can respond to VEGFs in an autocrine or paracrine manner. This immunological role of VEGFs has opened the possibility of using the VEGF inhibitors already developed to inhibit tumor angiogenesis also in combination approaches with different immunotherapies to enhance the action of effector T lymphocytes against tumor cells. …”
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An AkNN Algorithm for High-Dimensional Big Data by Zhongwei Wang, Yefang Chen, Siyou Xiao, Jiangbo Qian

“…A new variant of k nearest neighbor queries，which called as all k-nearest neighbor queries（AkNN），is a process to search the k nearest neighbors of each object in a data set.An AkNN query algorithm for high-dimensional big data on the Hadoop system was proposed.Using the banding technique and the p-stable LSH algorithm，dimensionality reduction was performed，then the data was embeded in a Z-order curve.The preprocessed data were continued to be treated on a MapReduce framework in a distributed parallel manner.Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can efficiently handle AkNN queries for large-scale high-dimensional data.…”
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Analysis of the Fractional-Order Delay Differential Equations by the Numerical Method by Saadia Masood, Muhammad Naeem, Roman Ullah, Saima Mustafa, Abdul Bariq

“…The fractional derivative is defined in Caputo manner. The proposed method is simple, effective, and straightforward as compared to other numerical techniques. …”
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Joint sparse model based data reconstruction algorithm for wireless sensor network by Yi-yin LIU, Guo-rui LI, Li TIAN

“…The data of wireless sensor network has strong joint sparse characteristics,by utilizing compressed sensing theory,compressed data by joint encoding,and then reconstructed the data by joint decoding,the sensed data can be gathered with low computational cost.A synchronous subspace pursuit algorithm based on joint sparse model and com-pressed sensing theory was proposed.By utilizing the sparsity of the sensed data,it selected the correct joint subspace and reconstruct the original signal group accurately with fewer observations in a backtracking iterative manner.Com-pared with SCoSaMP algorithm and SP algorithm,the proposed algorithm presents better data reconstruction perform-ance under the conditions of different sparsity and sampling rate.…”
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Utilization of biomass ash generated from combined heat and power generation system as a multi-nutrient source for crops by Tirthankar Mohanty, Subhaprada Dash, Priyabrata Pattanaik, Hara Prasada Tripathy, J.M.L. Gulati, Dilip Kumar Mishra, William Holderbaum

“…The crop residue was mixed separately in a proper manner to obtain a consolidated composite sample for each crop. …”
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Investigating the Concept of “Progressive Development of Law” In the System of International Human Rights Law and Comparing It with the General International Law by Amirhossein Mohebali

“…While in international law, progressive development brings to mind the concept of establishment and creation of rights.Examining keywords such as "progressive development of rights" and identifying and explaining their exact meaning in the subject area will have the benefit that human rights obligators, who are the governments in most cases, understand the nature and scope of their obligations correctly and implement them in a timely manner and in accordance with the protectionist goals of human rights.By explaining the characteristics of international law and international human rights law, The present study works on the semantic difference of the term "progressive development of rights" in international human rights law and in the field of general international law, and the alternatives to progressive development in international human rights law and what they mean.Examining keywords such as "progressive development of rights" and identifying and explaining their exact meaning in the subject area will have the benefit that human rights obligators, who are the governments in most cases, understand the nature and scope of their obligations correctly and implement them in a timely manner and in accordance with the protectionist goals of human rights.By explaining the characteristics of international law and international human rights law, The present study works on the semantic difference of the term "progressive development of rights" in international human rights law and in the field of general international law, and the alternatives to progressive development in international human rights law and what they mean.…”
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Main Directorate of the National Police in Kharkiv Region by D. V. Slynko, L. I. Kalenichenko

“…It required the parties to act per legis actiones, i.e. without resorting to violence, in a lawful manner, on legal grounds, in a lawful manner. Compliance with the legislative form of legal proceedings guaranteed the legality and formality of the claimant’s (plaintiff’s) claims and the absence of elements of analogy in the claim and provided for the occurrence of only the consequences specified in the law. …”
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Marked point process variational autoencoder with applications to unsorted spiking activities. by Ryohei Shibue, Tomoharu Iwata

“…Spike train modeling across large neural populations is a powerful tool for understanding how neurons code information in a coordinated manner. Recent studies have employed marked point processes in neural population modeling. …”
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An Assessment on Balkan Historiography by Abdulkadir Macit

“…This study deals with the process of historiography in the Balkans in a comprehensive manner. These issues are discussed through more than four hundred historiographers and historical sources, mostly based on historiographical studies available in Turkish and taking into account the activities of the Ottoman Empire, a dynasty of six centuries. …”
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Calpain 2 promotes Lenvatinib resistance and cancer stem cell traits via both proteolysis-dependent and independent approach in hepatocellular carcinoma by Xiaolu Ma, Kaixia Zhou, Tianqing Yan, Ling Hu, Suhong Xie, Hui Zheng, Ying Tong, Heng Zhang, Yanchun Wang, Zhiyun Gong, Cuncun Chen, Yanan Tian, Lin Guo, Renquan Lu

“…Mechanistically, we strikingly discovered that CAPN2 exerted its function by both enzyme-dependent and enzyme-independent manner simultaneously: activating β-Catenin signaling through its enzyme activity, and preventing GLI1/GLI2 degradation through direct binding to YWHAE in an enzyme-independent manner, which disrupting the association between YWHAE and GLI1/GLI2 to inhibit YWHAE-induced degradation of GLIs. …”
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Effect of Combination Therapy of Canagliflozin Added to Teneligliptin Monotherapy in Japanese Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Retrospective Study by Yoshiro Fushimi, Atsushi Obata, Junpei Sanada, Yuichiro Iwamoto, Akiko Mashiko, Megumi Horiya, Akiko Mizoguchi-Tomita, Momoyo Nishioka, Yuki Kan, Tomoe Kinoshita, Seizo Okauchi, Hidenori Hirukawa, Kenji Kohara, Fuminori Tatsumi, Masashi Shimoda, Shuhei Nakanishi, Tomoatsu Mune, Kohei Kaku, Hideaki Kaneto

“…Taken together, canagliflozin as add-on therapy to teneligliptin improves glycemic control in a Δglucagon-independent manner and reduces UAE in a ΔsBP-dependent manner in Japanese subjects with T2DM.…”
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Human endometrial stem cell-derived small extracellular vesicles enhance neurite outgrowth and peripheral nerve regeneration through activating the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway by Mojdeh Salehi Namini, Nima Beheshtizadeh, Somayeh Ebrahimi-Barough, Jafar Ai

“…Our results demonstrated that small EVs significantly increased neurite outgrowth, proliferation, and migration in PC12 cells in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, the analysis of western blots showed increased expression of the PI3k/AKT signaling pathway in PC12 cells exposed to hEnSC-derived small EVs in a dose-dependent manner. …”
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N-Alkyl-Substituted Isatins Enhance P2X7 Receptor-Induced Interleukin-1β Release from Murine Macrophages by Ronald Sluyter, Kara L. Vine

“…ATP caused rapid IL-1β release in a concentration-dependent manner, and this process was completely impaired by the P2X7 antagonist, AZ10606120. …”
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Bébédjia (sud du Tchad), un espace sous pression by Lieugomg Médard, Sama Ozias

“…Instead of settling the conflicts in a friendly manner, traditional and public authorities encourage and instrumentalise them.…”
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