The Cultural Science of Consumption: Brains, Networks, and Identities by Herrmann-Pillath Carsten

“…The paper goes on to consider the issues raised by this move, by working through the implications of a distinction between the ‘object self’ (or evaluating agency) and the ‘acting self’ (or implementing agency), a distinction that is required to account for apparent failures of choice within an individual. It transpires that ‘dysfunctional’ choices (choices that apparently harm the self) may be evidence of the evolutionary advantage of ‘dual selves,’ allowing for creativity to cope with novelty through open-ended learning. …”
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“Heart Appearance” Infarction of the Pons: A Case Report by Keisuke Ishizawa, Mikiko Ninomiya, Yoshihiko Nakazato, Toshimasa Yamamoto, Nobuo Araki

“…Later, bulbar palsy and tetraplegia became apparent, and he eventually was trapped in locked-in syndrome. …”
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Kinetics of carbothermic reduction of synthetic chromite by Wang Y., Wang L., Yu J., Chou K.C.

“…Kinetics analysis showed that the first stage was controlled by nucleation with an apparent activation energy of 120kJ/mol, while the chromium reduction was controlled by crystallochemical transformation with an apparent activation energy of 288kJ/mol.…”
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The Role of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (PPARs) in Pan-Cancer by Runzhi Huang, Jiaqi Zhang, Mingxiao Li, Penghui Yan, Huabin Yin, Suna Zhai, Xiaolong Zhu, Peng Hu, Jiaxin Zhang, Ling Huang, Man Li, Zehui Sun, Tong Meng, Daoke Yang, Zongqiang Huang

“…The functions of the PPAR family (PPARA, PPARD, and PPARG) and their coactivators (PPARGC1A and PPARGC1B) in maintenance of lipid and glucose homeostasis have been unveiled. …”
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Norme pro-environnementale et participation : entre adhésion et clairvoyance normative (une étude comparée entre habitants d'écoquartier et habitants de quartier ordinaire) by Didier Laugaa, Grégoire Le Campion

“…This clear-sightedness is especially apparant on the issue of local involvement in neighbourhood life. …”
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Manufacturing Strategy for Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes as a Biocompatible and Innovative Material by Hisao Haniu, Naoto Saito, Yoshikazu Matsuda, Yuki Usui, Kaoru Aoki, Masayuki Shimizu, Nobuhide Ogihara, Kazuo Hara, Seiji Takanashi, Masanori Okamoto, Koichi Nakamura, Norio Ishigaki, Tamotsu Tsukahara, Hiroyuki Kato

“…Moreover, cytokine secretion was apparently affected by treatment temperature, but not MWCNT diameter. …”
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Fractional Coins and Fractional Derivatives by J. A. Tenreiro Machado

“…The historical evolution and the main mathematical concepts are discussed, and several analogies between the two apparently unrelated topics are established. Based on the new conceptual perspective, some experiments are performed shading new light into possible future progress.…”
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City of Wars: the Representation of Wartime London in Two Novels of the 1940s: James Hanley’s No Directions and Patrick Hamilton’s The Slaves of Solitude by Jean-Christophe Murat

“…No Directions entretient des liens assez forts avec la rhétorique et les images—alors à très la mode—des Poètes de la Nouvelle Apocalypse (New Apocalyptic poetry) ; l’expérimentation formelle et linguistique y est donc omniprésente, frisant même l’artificiel par endroits. En apparence, The Slaves of Solitude est un roman plus conventionnel ; pourtant sa langue et son univers sont profondément polyphoniques. …”
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Des métamorphoses de l’aura by Alain Naze

“…Si la résorption du caractère expressif de la réalité au sein d’un univers instrumental, pour Pasolini, empêche de recourir encore à la transparence des grands poèmes du cinéma classique, de même que la disparition des grandes figures du narrateur, pour Benjamin, coupe la voie vers la narration en ses formes traditionnelles, pourtant, tous deux s’accordent pour reconnaître que, loin de devoir déplorer cet état de fait, il s’agirait de prendre acte de l’appareillage spécifique de notre époque, notamment en exhibant – à des fins, politiques, de démystification – l’intégration de la technique cinématographique à notre réalité.Des types spécifiques de récit restent donc possibles pour notre époque, signe que le récit en tant que tel est capable de résister à la perte d’autorité de ses formes traditionnelles, qui auraient eu à subir l’apparent dépérissement moderne de l’aura. Si le cinéma n’est certes pas appareil de narration, son esthétique du choc semble malgré tout compatible avec des modalités rénovées du récit, et d’abord avec des modalités assumant le fait que tout effet de naturalité doive dériver d’un surcroît de technique. …”
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Surface Functionality Features of Nanosized Silica Obtained by Electron Beam Evaporation at Ambient Pressure by S. P. Bardakhanov, I. V. Vasiljeva, N. K. Kuksanov, S. V. Mjakin

“…The obtained silica samples are featured with relatively low apparent density and high content of oxygen and hydroxyl groups on the surface making these materials promising for specific applications.…”
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Fungal phoenix rising from the ashes? by M.J. Wingfield, M.P.A. Coetzee, P.W. Crous, D. Six, B.D. Wingfield

“…They were also identical to isolates of this species previously discovered in the Company Gardens in South Africa and introduced from Europe apparently by the early Dutch Settlers. Armillaria mellea is alien and apparently invasive in Cape Town, fruits profusely and has the potential to spread to sensitive native forests on the foothills of the City.…”
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Longstanding Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis of More Than 20 Years by Hugh J Freeman

“…In the future, treatment of EGE may involve monoclonal antibody agents that target the specific biological effects of the eosino-phil, apparently central to this unusual inflammatory process.…”
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The Intramolecular Pressure and the Extension of the Critical Point’s Influence Zone on the Order Parameter by Jose Luis Rivera, Homero Nicanor-Guzman, Roberto Guerra-Gonzalez

“…The liquid phases within the apparent critical influence zone show low densities, making them behave internally like their corresponding vapor phases. …”
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Expression of atherosclerosis-associated genes in peripheral blood of drug-naïve hypertensive subjects with newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus by Nikolay Stoynev, Ivanka Dimova, Blaga Rukova, Savina Hadjidekova, Dragomira Nikolova, Tsvetalina Tankova

“…Conclusion: The presence of arterial hypertension in subjects with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes tends to increase the expression of CD44, ITGA5, ITGB2, PPARA and RXRA in the peripheral blood.…”
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Laboratory-scale photomineralization of n-alkanes in gaseous phase by photocatalytic membranes immobilizing titanium dioxide by Ignazio Renato Bellobono, Rodica Stanescu, Cristina Costache, Carmen Canevali, Franca Morazzoni, Roberto Scotti, Riccardo Bianchi, Emilia Simona Mangone, Giulia de Martini, Paola Maria Tozzi

“…The whole volume of irradiated solution was 4.000±0.005 L, the ratio between this volume and the geometrical apparent surface of the irradiated side of the photocatalytic membrane was 3.8±0.1 cm, and the absorbed power was 0.30 W/cm (cylindrical geometry). …”
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Water-Cement-Density Ratio Law for the 28-Day Compressive Strength Prediction of Cement-Based Materials by Siqi Li, Jinbo Yang, Peng Zhang

“…The water-cement-density ratio law includes both the water-cement ratio and relative apparent density of the cement-based material. Relative apparent density of the cement-based material is an important one of all the factors determining the compressive strength of the cement-based material. …”
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Impact of the abolition of copayments on the GP-centred coordination of care in Bavaria, Germany: analysis of routinely collected claims data by Werner Maier, Antonius Schneider, Lars Schwettmann, Ewan Donnachie, Martin Tauscher, Roman Gerlach, Klaus Linde, Michaela Olm

“…Secondary outcomes were the number of ambulatory emergency cases and apparent ‘doctor shopping’.Results After the abolition, the proportion of coordinated patients decreased from 49.6% (2011) to 15.5% (2016). …”
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About inter-university cooperation in culturological studies by A. I. Gelyaeva, M. CH. Kremshokalova

“…The paper is focused on the significance of cross-cultural research in the context of formation of the Russian identity and the special role of regional higher school science in this field. It points the apparent inconsistency of the existing forms and levels of inter-university cooperation of humanitarian studies with the challenges of time and demands of Russia’s development towards consolidation of the society and cultural and technological ascension.…”
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Thermal buffering-controlled temperature variation between Mg–Al-rich rocks and migmatites by Samantha March, Martin Hand, Laura Morrissey, David Kelsey

“…These thermally contrasting samples are separated by ~ 1500 m, with no apparent intervening faults or shear zones to explain the apparent difference in peak metamorphic conditions. …”
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The Influence of Solvents on the Liquid-Phase Adsorption Rate of n-Hexane in 5A Molecular Sieves by Cao Jun, Shen Benxian

“…The results obtained indicate that the effect of the solvent on the adsorption rate decreased in the sequence toluene > methyl cyclohexane > iso-octane. The apparent diffusivity coefficients and the apparent diffusional activation energies for the adsorption of n-hexane in 5A molecular sieves in the presence of different solvents were obtained by fitting the data to the kinetic model and the Arrhenius expression. …”
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