Floating Cities: Xi Xi, Magritte, and the Insouciance of Allegory by Gray Kochhar-Lindgren

“…As Magritte rightfully insists, painting (like writing) is thinking and ekphrastic allegory opens up not only mourning for the passing of all things, but also an enigmatic joy that such a fractured passaging occurs at all, especially in those marvelous moments when cities are hovering as if suspended between the sea and the sky. …”
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Resgatando a política na pesquisa sobre redes no turismo by Dianne Dredge

“…Por meio de uma discussão sobre os vários caminhos da pesquisa sobre redes no turismo, este artigo argumenta que as questões políticas passam através e ao longo dessas vertentes. Em vez de defender um interesse crescente na pesquisa sobre redes na política de turismo como um sub-campo separado, o artigo defende um envolvimento teórico mais profundo com as dimensões políticas da pesquisa sobre redes no turismo. …”
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Heterogeneously integrated light emitting diodes and photodetectors in the metal-insulator-metal waveguide platform by Kwon Kyungmok, Park Junghoon, You Jong-Bum, Yu Kyoungsik

“…We demonstrate heterogeneous integration of active semiconductor materials into the conventional passive metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguides to provide compact on-chip light generation and detection capabilities for chip-scale active nanophotonic platforms. …”
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Fluorescent Thiol-Derivatized Gold Clusters Embedded in Polymers by G. Carotenuto, S. De Nicola, L. Nicolais

“…Owing to aurophilic interactions, linear and/or planar Au(I)-thiolate molecules spontaneously aggregate, leading to molecular gold clusters passivated by a thiolate monolayer coating. Differently from the thiolate precursors, such cluster compounds show very intensive visible fluorescence characteristics that can be tuned by alloying the gold clusters with silver atoms or by conjugating the electronic structure of the metallic core with unsaturated electronic structures in the organic ligand through the sulphur atom. …”
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THE NATURAL STANDPOINT AND SCHÜTZ’S SOCIAL WORLD by Nerija Putinaitė

“… The Natural Standpoint allows for two possible ways of treating the social world: the first, to take it as a finished product for passive investigation, and the second, to take it as a place of action. …”
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PRACTICAL THEOLOGY AS A SNIPPET DISCIPLINE OF “VERBING AND DISPLAYING THE PRAXIS OF GOD” by D.J. Louw

“…It explores the notion of the “praxis of God” as a kind of cohesive factor in a practical teleology, framed by the Christian spiritual paradigm of the passio Dei. It is proposed that an “operative ecclesiology” should contribute to a kind of “spiritual humanism”, focusing on what one can call the “beautification” of life; practical theology as fides quaerens beatitudinem. …”
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Design Issues and Application of Cable-Based Parallel Manipulators for Rehabilitation Therapy by E. Ottaviano

“…Modelling and simulation of both active and passive cable-based parallel manipulators are presented for an application to help older people, patients or disabled people in the sit-to-stand transfer and as a monitoring/training system. …”
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Purity Analysis of Gases Used in the Preparation of Reference Gas Standards Using a Versatile OPO-Based CRDS Spectrometer by Stefan Persijn

“…For this purpose, a versatile CRDS spectrometer has been constructed at VSL based on high-power, continuous wave OPOs covering a very wide wavelength range of 2.3–5.1 µm. Due to the use of passivated materials, the spectrometer is also suitable for the measurement of reactive impurities. …”
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Enhancing the Classical Closed-Loop Algorithm in terms of Power Consumption by Rahman Mirzaei, Seyed Sina Kourehli

“…In this method, responses of an actively controlled building should be much smaller than the responses of the same building controlled by the similar passive control mechanism. This approach leads to a time varying gain matrix, which is not restricted by external excitation but it is related to the selection of a scalar function. …”
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Wartości w świecie dziecka w przekonaniach dorosłych – przyszłych nauczycieli by Marzenna Nowicka

“…Analyses show worrying tendencies in the way of thinking of future teachers about the students: they perceive them as being passive, very dependent on adults, concentrated on themselves, potentially more prone to harm rather than to good. …”
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The active dynamic vibration damper in non-stationary operation of a vibroactive unit by D. V. Sitnikov, A. A. Burian

“…It is shown that the considered vibration isolation system is quite effective in the low-frequency region, including in the resonance region of the passive system, both in stationary and nonstationary modes of vibroactive forces.…”
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Recent Developments and Present Status of Telepathology by K. Kayser, M. Beyer, S. Blum, G. Kayser

“…The technical solutions distinguish active (remote control, live imaging) systems from passive (conventional microscope handling, static imaging), and the performance systems with interactive (on‐line, live imaging) use from those with passive (off‐line, static imaging) practice. …”
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Volumetric and End-Tidal Capnography for the Detection of Cardiac Output Changes in Mechanically Ventilated Patients Early after Open Heart Surgery by Ingrid Elise Hoff, Lars Øivind Høiseth, Knut Arvid Kirkebøen, Svein Aslak Landsverk

“…We measured changes in CO, VtCO2, and EtCO2 during right ventricular pacing and passive leg raise in 33 ventilated patients after open heart surgery. …”
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Time-Varying Impedance Control of Port Hamiltonian System with a New Energy-Storing Tank by Min Zheng, Tangqing Yuan, Tao Huang

“…In order to guarantee the passivity of a kind of conservative system, the port Hamiltonian framework combined with a new energy tank is proposed in this paper. …”
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Sensitivity Analysis of a Physiochemical Interaction Model Undergoing Changes in the Initial Condition and Duration of Experiment Time by EN Ekaka-a, EO Chukwuocha, NM Nafo

“…These results which we have not seen elsewhere are analysed and discussed quantitatively. Keywords: Passivation Rate, Sensitivity Analysis, ODE23, ODE45 J. …”
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The doctor-patient relationship by Héctor Rodriguez Silva

“…Their characteristics and classifications are divided into active or passive, guided cooperation and mutual participation. …”
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Energy Efficient Homes: Landscaping by Terry B. DelValle, Joan Bradshaw, Barbra Larson, Kathleen C. Ruppert

“…Ruppert, describes the important role landscaping plays in modifying the home environment, how to plan, cultivate, and maintain landscapes that are energy efficient, provide wind protection, and contribute active or passive cooling. Includes references. One of an Energy Efficient Homes series. …”
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Voltage-Mode Multifunction Biquadratic Filter with One Input and Six Outputs Using Two ICCIIs by Hua-Pin Chen

“…Moreover, the proposed circuit offers the following attractive advantages: no requirements for component matching conditions, the use of only grounded capacitors, and low active and passive sensitivities. HSPICE and MATLAB simulations results are provided to demonstrate the theoretical analysis.…”
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GENERATION OF DECELERATION PULSES OF THE TROLLEY IN CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS’ DYNAMIC TESTS BASED ON SIMULATIONS AND EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS by ZHE WEI

“… As one of devices for passive safety, child restraint system remains a positive factor in securing the safety of child occupants in vehicles’ collisions. …”
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Food Antimicrobials Nanocarriers by Adriana Blanco-Padilla, Karen M. Soto, Montserrat Hernández Iturriaga, Sandra Mendoza

“…Encapsulation of food antimicrobials control delivery increasing the concentration of the antimicrobials in specific areas and the improvement of passive cellular absorption mechanisms resulted in higher antimicrobial activity. …”
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