Making It Count: Pilgrimage and the Enumeration of Publics by Simon Coleman

“…Such “biopolitics of hosting” can play a significant role in mobilising the religious imagination of shrine administrators, especially in contexts of apparently growing secularity. Number can be deployed by professional hosts to represent undifferentiated visiting publics in terms of spiritual possibility. …”
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An example from the world of tsetse flies by John Hargrove

“…Examples are provided of apparently sound pieces of mathematics which, when applied to real data, provide obviously erroneous results. …”
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Ocular Toxicity Secondary to Asclepias physocarpa: The Balloon Plant by Susana Pina, Catarina Pedrosa, Cristina Santos, Bernardo Feijóo, Peter Pego, Cristina Vendrell, Maria João Santos, Isabel Prieto

“…Recovery was fast and apparently complete in less than one month. However, specular microscopy at 6-months follow-up showed an abnormal endothelial morphology as sequelae, suggesting this condition is not as innocuous as it has been suggested.…”
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Phase Transitions of GUP-Corrected Charged AdS Black Hole by Meng-Sen Ma, Yan-Song Liu

“…From the equation of state we find that the GUP-corrected black hole can have one, two, and three apparent critical points under different conditions. …”
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Paediatric Posttraumatic Cyst-Like Lesions: A Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature by R. Jansen, F. van Rooijen, J. P. Toirkens, A. T. Besselaar, J. J. Tolk

“…These asymptomatic, cystic lesions become radiologically apparent 2-4 months after the initial trauma. Conventional radiographs typically show nonexpansile, well-circumscribed lesions in the cortex, proximal to the fracture site. …”
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Analysis of the Electromechanical Coupling Vibration of Belt Drive Mechanism when the Motor Starting by Li Gaofeng

“…When the motor starting,the axis trajectory has apparent change,it shows that the motor is not stable. …”
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Cross-cultural features of tour groups service from Sri Lanka by N. A. Zamyatina, A. V. Zbarskaya, Yu. O. Tsunaeva

“…There are certain special requirements to anticipate needs of guests from any of the countries, at the same time the most apparent differences concern welcoming guests from Asian countries. …”
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Analysis on the status and development of quantum secure communication standardization by Junsen LAI, Bingbing WU, Rui TANG, Wenyu ZHAO, Haiyi ZHANG

“…Quantum secure communication based on quantum key distribution,which can provide theoretically unconditional security,is one of the effective solutions to ensure information security in the future.Recently,the application and industrialization of quantum secure communication in China has developed gradually,the demand for standardization has become increasingly apparent.The worldwide project plan,research status and development trend of quantum secure communication standardization were investigated,the problems and prospects of China’s standardization research were analyzed,and further suggestions to accelerate the standardization development were also proposed.…”
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Activated Carbon as an Adsorbent for the Separation of Low-Molecular Alkyl Halides from Ground Water in the Production of Drinking-Water by A. Roebers, Th. Roncken, R. Hopman, CL de Ligny, B.G. Dekker, J. van der Laan, J.C. Kruithof

“…All samples of activated carbon were characterized by determining the apparent density of the granular and the powdered carbon, and the Fe, Mn, Ca and Mg contents were determined for eight samples. …”
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“H.I.M.’s Armourer Geurk”. Concerning the title of Geurk Eliarov by Levan B. Dvalishvili

“…The inscription hints that Geurk and his sons Karaman and Ephraim apparently held the title of imperial armourers, yet this fact has not been supported by official documentary evidence to date. …”
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Thermodynamics of Various Entropies in Specific Modified Gravity with Particle Creation by Abdul Jawad, Shamaila Rani, Salman Rafique

“…By assuming various modified entropies (Bekenstein entropy logarithmic entropy, power law correction, and Renyi entropy), we investigate the first law of thermodynamics and generalized second law of thermodynamics on the apparent horizon. In the presence of particle creation rate, we discuss the generalized second law of thermodynamics and thermal equilibrium condition. …”
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Issue-Choice, Messaging, and Organizing: A Sociological Approach to Three Ballot Measures in Colorado in 2006 by Guillaume Marche

“…This article examines the coincidence of apparently contradictory ballot measure results in Colorado in 2006 as a case study of the significance of this form of direct democracy for progressive social movements: are ballot measures an opportunity or a hindrance for progressive organizing? …”
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Le livre numérique, planche de salut pour la lecture ? by Vincent Chabault

“…Since the 1990s, the apparent decline of readership among the younger generation, especially among students, has been a source of fierce debate and innumerable studies — all too often based on the printed word. …”
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Towards Taking Kiswahili to the Informal Sector: Developing Peoples’ Kiswahili Oral Proficiency as a Soft Skill to Widen their Economic Prospects by Kabale University

“…This helps to identify the knowledge gap, namely sidelining the informal sector in the promotion and use of Kiswahili in Uganda, hence the relevancy of this research proposal which apparently seeks to intervene by involving the informal sector in Kiswahili language promotion and use in Uganda.…”
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Testing of chickens experimentally infected with A/H9N2 avian influenza virus isolates for their immune responses by O. S. Osipova, M. A. Volkova, S. V. Frolov, D. B. Andreychuk, I. A. Chvala

“…CD4⁺/CD8⁺ ratios were determined with flow cytometry for initial immune status examination and for detection of apparent immune system disorders. Quantitative analysis of peripheral blood lymphocyte subpopulations in chickens revealed changes characteristic of the immune suppression. …”
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Contribution of Latvian Technical Intelligentsia to Development of Terminology Until the Establishment of the Republic of Latvia by Māris Baltiņš

“…The need for technical terms became apparent after the Second Baltic Agricultural Exhibition when difficulties arose in describing the showcased exhibits in Latvian. …”
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Reference Intervals (RIs) of the Bone Turnover Markers (BTMs) in Children and Adolescents: A Proposal for Effective Use by Vincenzo Brescia, Roberto Lovero, Antonietta Fontana, Roberta Zerlotin, Silvia Concetta Colucci, Maria Grano, Angela Pia Cazzolla, Francesca Di Serio, Vito Crincoli, Maria Felicia Faienza

“…Background/Objectives: Bone turnover markers (BTMs) can provide information on the bone growth of apparently healthy children and adolescents or useful results in the diagnosis and monitoring of the disease condition, comparing them with appropriate reference intervals (RIs). …”
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Licenciamento ambiental federal no Brasil: perspectiva histórica, poder e tomada de decisão em um campo em tensão by Aline Borges do Carmo, Alessandro Soares da Silva

“…From this comes that, despite the apparent technical-scientific approach, illustrated by environmental studies in theory underpinning the EIA, decision-making is actually a reflection of the political game that permeates the entire process.…”
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Effect of Hydrothermal Treatment on Dissolution and Physical Properties of Polysaccharides from Tremella fuctiformis by Yeli ZHU, Yihan WANG, Qingyun XIE, Jianwen TENG, Li HUANG, Ning XIA

“…Additionally, the molecular weight of polysaccharides decreased with increasing extraction temperature and prolonged extraction time, the molecular weight distribution range of HWE was significantly broader than that of PHWE, and exhibited a higher apparent viscosity.…”
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Robustness of performance during domain change in an esport: A study of within-expertise transfer. by Joe Thompson, Justin W O'Camb, Robin C A Barrett, Scott Harrison, Mark R Blair

“…The theoretical implications of this apparent interaction effect, and of the apparent resilience of more experienced StarCraft 2 players to transfer costs, are discussed.…”
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