Os mesteirais e o concelho de Lisboa durante o século XIV: um esboço de síntese (1300-1383) by Bruno Marconi da Costa

“…We consider that the marginalization of this social group, when compared to its transient, though remarkable, political insertion in the 13th century, is one of the keys to the understanding of the complex rebellion processes that happened between 1370 and 1383 and their active protagonism in the events that constitute the Avis dynastic crisis in 1383-1385.…”
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Histogenesis of the Oesophagus of Guinea Fowl (Numida meleagris) at Prehatch and Posthatch by Innocent Jonah Gosomji, Sulaiman Olawoye Salami, James Oliver Nzalak, Muhammed Umar Kawu, Emmanuel Vandi Tizhe, Yilzem George Gurumyen, Edward Christopher Dung

“…By the 19th day of embryonic development, the four tunics, tunica mucosa, submucosa, tunica muscularis, and tunica adventitia/serosa, were beginning to differentiate from the mesenchymal cells and also the primordial oesophageal glands appeared as clusters of cells that invaginate from the epithelium. …”
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The influence of cultural factors on the collapse of the Greenland Norse civilization by Ryszard F. Sadowski

“…The understanding of the collapse of ancient civilizations is important for the understanding of very complex process happening in our civilization. The Earth is put in danger due to many reasons and some of them do not change throughout history. …”
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Estimating Body Related Soft Biometric Traits in Video Frames by Olasimbo Ayodeji Arigbabu, Sharifah Mumtazah Syed Ahmad, Wan Azizun Wan Adnan, Salman Yussof, Vahab Iranmanesh, Fahad Layth Malallah

“…However, from distance the visual appearance of an object can be efficiently inferred, thereby providing the possibility of estimating body related information. …”
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Cervical Thymic Cyst in an Adult by Hassan A. Alzahrani, Javeria M. Iqbal, Amani K. Abu Shaheen, Bandar N. Al Harthi

“…The clinical presentation, radiologic imaging, surgical findings, and histologic appearance are all essential components to make the correct diagnosis of this very rare differential diagnosis of cystic lateral neck swelling.…”
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Applying Data Clustering Feature to Speed Up Ant Colony Optimization by Chao-Yang Pang, Ben-Qiong Hu, Jie Zhang, Wei Hu, Zheng-Chao Shan

“…The following statistical feature is observed during the authors’ long-term gene data analysis using ACO: when the data size N becomes big, local clustering appears frequently. That is, some data cluster tightly in a small area and form a class, and the correlation between different classes is weak. …”
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Ultraviolet Radiation and the Slug Transcription Factor Induce Proinflammatory and Immunomodulatory Mediator Expression in Melanocytes by Stephanie H. Shirley, Elizabeth A. Grimm, Donna F. Kusewitt

“…However IL-20 was similarly induced by both stimuli and the NFκB pathway appeared to be important in both circumstances. Further exploration of UVR-induced and Slug-dependent pathways of cytokine induction in melanocytes may reveal novel targets for melanoma therapy.…”
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Accumulare afflizione. Il tempo, la testimonianza e l’indicibile by Barbara Pinelli

“…Through the story of a refugee woman, this article reflects on the interplay between the memory of violence, the structures of time, and the poetics of the expressible and the reticence. What happens to these memory features when they encounter the bureaucratic and humanitarian apparatuses of asylum? …”
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The Assessment of the Management and Attractiveness of Modern Playgrounds from the Points of View of Children and Designers by PODOLSKA Anna, RUSZKOWSKA Patrycja, ORZECHOWSKA-SZAJDA Iwona

“…The results revealed that for children, the most important factor is the functionality of the playground equipment, but they do not pay much attention to their appearance. As opposed to children, aesthetic attractiveness and functional appeal are equally important for designers. …”
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Gene Polymorphisms in Chronic Periodontitis by Marja L. Laine, Bruno G. Loos, W. Crielaard

“…However, carriage rates of the rare (𝑅)-allele of any polymorphism varied considerably among studies and most of the studies appeared under-powered and did not correct for other risk factors. …”
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Quenching-Chemiluminescence Determination of Trace Amounts of l-Tyrosine Contained in Dietary Supplement by Chemiluminescence Reaction of an Iron-Phthalocyanine Complex by Takao Ohtomo, Shukuro Igarashi, Yoshitaka Takagai, Osamu Ohno

“…The chemiluminescence (CL) signal immediately appeared when a hydrogen peroxide solution was injected into an iron-phthalocyanine tetrasulfonic acid (Fe-PTS) aqueous solution. …”
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Identifiability and Identification of Trace Continuous Pollutant Source by Hongquan Qu, Shouwen Liu, Liping Pang, Tao Hu

“…Accidental pollution events often threaten people’s health and lives, and a pollutant source is very necessary so that prompt remedial actions can be taken. In this paper, a trace continuous pollutant source identification method is developed to identify a sudden continuous emission pollutant source in an enclosed space. …”
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Acetylated distarch adipate quinoa starch in tomato ketchup: Modification process and functional charactristics by Seyed Mehdi Zakeri, Mazdak Alimi, Shirin Shokoohi, Seyed-Ahmad Shahidi

“…In ketchups prepared with the selected modified starch apparent viscosity, color, textural parameters (i.e. firmness, cohesiveness and adhesiveness) remarkably improved as the sample containing 100% modified quinoa starch appeared most ''shear-thining'' while its physical stability was equal to the commercial modified starch. …”
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Biophysical and spectroscopical insights into structural modulation of species in the aggregation pathway of superoxide dismutase 1 by Vijay Raj Tomar, Shilpa Sharma, Soumik Siddhanta, Shashank Deep

“…The rapid onset of oligomerization happens above critical non-native dimer concentration. …”
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Business philosophy during digital transformation in wartime conditions. The case of Ukraine in critical perspective by Yaroslav Pushak, Nataliia Trushkina, Vitaliy Flyak, Iryna Bezpalko

“…In the case of Ukraine, the war situation happened since February 2022 makes the situation of domestic enterprises difficult, as they must now adapt to the requirements of a war economy. …”
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Idiomatic Expressions in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban by Mutiara Amalia, Evert H. Hilman, Evi Jovita Putri

“… The paper argues that the quality of idiom translations depends on the appropriate strategy used while translating them because idiomatic expressions cannot be translated from their words. …”
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Pattern Recognition of the Vertical Hydraulic Fracture Shapes in Coalbed Methane Reservoirs Based on Hierarchical Bi-LSTM Network by Zhaozhong Yang, Chenxi Yang, Xiaogang Li, Chao Min

“…Pattern recognition of the hydraulic fracture shapes is very important and complex for the refracturing design of coalbed methane (CBM) wells. In this paper, we explore a new idea by regarding the pattern recognition process as understanding what a CBM reservoir “says” during hydraulic fracturing. …”
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The Responses of the Quantitative Characteristics of a Ramet Population of the Ephemeroid Rhizomatous Sedge Carex physodes to the Moisture Content of the Soil in Various Locations... by Buhailiqiemu Abudureheman, Huiliang Liu, Daoyuan Zhang, Kaiyun Guan, Yongkuan Zhang

“…The strong morphological plasticity of the species appears to be ecologically important for the maintenance and dominance of this species in the dune habitat.…”
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Evaluating the Use of Printed Resources Based on the Principle of Least Effort: A Study at Razi University by Amin Zare, Soleiman Shafiei, Mohsen Jafari

“…Statistical analyses, including Pearson’s correlation and multivariate regression, indicated that the principle of least effort significantly predicts printed resource usage.Conclusion: The principle of least effort appears to be a valid framework for understanding students' resource usage behaviors. …”
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Influencing Factors for the Instability and Collapse Mode of the Goaf Structure in a Gypsum Mine by Zhaowen Du, Zhihe Liu, Rui Liu, Sheng Wang, Faxin Li

“…These results show how different factors affect the instability and collapse of the goaf structure, which are of great significance for predicting and preventing this from happening.…”
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