Securing Human Rights on the Post-Soviet Space by R. A. Kasyanov, E. A. Torkunova

“…The most prime example is Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), the youngest integration institution in the world which unites five countries willing to construe their relationship on a stronger basis than the proposed format of cooperation within the Commonwealth of the Independent States. …”
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Forecasting the Number of Visitors of the Museums and Ruins by Using Time Series Analysis: The Case of Turkey by Mustafa Agah Tekindal, Semanur Öztemiz

“…Originality: The findings can also allow comparative studies, in which the issues about physical and digital users are compared, for museums and ruins which are willing to convert their content to digital platforms. …”
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Mid-term outcomes of moderate-severe cystocele repairing with autologous fascia lata harvested through a small incision by Bo Yu, Junfang Yang, Qingyang Nie, Kun Zhang, Jinsong Han, Yiting Wang

“…Patients were evaluated by subjective perception of vaginal bulging, physical examination, Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory (PFDI-20) Questionnaire, patient satisfaction, Patient Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I) scores, regret rate, willingness to recommend, complications, and harvesting site issue. …”
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On using a non-probability sample for the estimation of population parameters by Ieva Burakauskaitė, Andrius Čiginas

“…We consider two modeling scenarios: with an assumption that the willingness to participate in the voluntary survey does not depend on the survey variable itself and that such a variable does contribute to whether the individual responds or not. …”
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Palynological studies of Maastrichtian to paleocene sediments exposed at Okpekpe, western flank of Anambra Basin, Edo State, Nigeria by N.S. Igbinigie, A.H. Akenzua-Adamczyk

“…., Monosulcites perspinosus, Retistephanocolpites williamsi, Echiperiporites estalae, Dodoneaviscosa, Echitriporite strianguliformis, Periretipollis spinosus, Marginipollis concinnus, Cupaniedites sp., Gleicheniidites senonicus Andalusiella polymorpha and Andalusiella sp was noticed. …”
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Activation of Melanocortin Receptors MC1 and MC5 Attenuates Retinal Damage in Experimental Diabetic Retinopathy by S. Rossi, R. Maisto, C. Gesualdo, M. C. Trotta, F. Ferraraccio, M. K. Kaneva, S. J. Getting, E. Surace, F. Testa, F. Simonelli, P. Grieco, F. Merlino, M. Perretti, M. D’Amico, C. Di Filippo

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Martin Codax: a história que a música conta by Manuel Pedro Ferreira

“…The author discusses the most recent and relevant contributions, namely by William Paden. Then he tries to ascertain which musical traits in these cantigas might point to an earlier style of women's song symbolized by the “boyfriend” and related keywords. …”
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El objeto Z. Zukofsky en la poesía argentina by Matías Moscardi

“…El segundo momento sucede en 2010, cuando Sergio Raimondi compone una Caja Hipermedial para el sitio de Bazar Americano a partir de un poema de William Carlos Williams, cuyas palabras son hipervínculos que reenvían a textos de Zukofsky –ensayos y poemas— traducidos por el propio Raimondi. …”
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Artistes espagnols au Salon d’automne de 1920 by Cristina Rodriguez Samaniego

“…This article wills to analyse the artistic and cultural relationship between France and Spain about 1920, when a group of Catalan artists where invited to exhibit their works in a special room of the Salon d’Automne. …”
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Survivre par l’écrit chez les ecclésiastiques rouennais du XVe siècle by Vincent Tabbagh

“…Their tombs were often modest, there were few inscriptions, but the canons had their names inscribed in an obituary in order to obtain singing in the cathedral choir on the anniversary of their death, while amongst the elite clergy the sophistication of wills and the gift of books expressed the development of a self consciousness which was directly linked to the quest of salvation by memory and prayers of the living.…”
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On the value of advanced information about delayed rewards by Alejandro Macías, Armando Machado, Marco Vasconcelos

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Życie rodzinne jako forma doświadczenia religijnego by Dariusz Tułowiecki, Anna Czyżkowska

“…   Religious experience is an extremely important aspect of sociological and psychological research on religiosity. Psychologist William James laid the foundations for the research activities by analysing his own experiences and those of other emotionally hypersensitive people. …”
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Futurs enseignants en stage au pays des Massaïs : from Me to We ? by Eva Lemaire

“…It highlights the difficulty in balancing respect for their Kenyan counterparts’ culture, a desire to implement change by presenting new teaching methods and a willingness to minimize cultural variance. This article also questions the risk of misinterpretation when students face struggles with their teaching, putting the onus of this struggle on cultural issues when their lack of experience in teaching might be involved, as this practicum is often their first teaching experience. …”
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A Security Data Forwarding Mechanism for Sparse Social Sensor Networks by Xin Guan

“…Traditional sparse social sensor networks (SSSNs) assume that nodes are willing to help others with packet forwarding. However, real application scenarios, such as civilian SSSNs, often observe selfish behaviors. …”
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Waterlettuce Weevil Neohydronomus affinis Hustache, 1926 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Telmah Telmadarrehei, Carey R. Minteer

“…Even though waterlettuce was documented by explorer William Bartram in Florida before 1765 (plants-archive.ifas.ufl/plant-directory), it is listed as a class II prohibited aquatic plant in the State of Florida. …”
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Une Afrique indienne ? De l’exotisme au syncrétisme chez Leo Frobenius et Leni Riefenstahl by Antoine Menant

“…On ne saurait cependant en conclure à une identité des conceptions philosophiques : c’est ce constat qu’impose une mise en parallèle avec le Varuna de Willibald Hentschel.…”
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Florida Peaches: A Perfect Snack by Joy N. Rumble, Kara Harders, Kathryn Stofer

“…In 1952, a stone fruit breeding program started at the University of Florida with a goal of breeding trees which would produce peaches and nectarines to grow in Florida (Olmstead, Chaparro, Anderson, Williamson, & Ferguson, 2016). In recent decades, horticulturalists have developed peach varieties requiring fewer chill hours. …”
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The Pollyanna Effect: The role of positive personal and group identity defense mechanisms by T.A. Nestik

“…</strong> In the context of increasing hard-to-control climatic, military, economic and technological threats, research aimed at identifying the psychological mechanisms underlying the willingness of individuals and groups to positively evaluate themselves, their group and the world is becoming increasingly important. …”
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Trust evaluation routing protocol to enforce cooperation in mobile ad hoc networks by Zhi-jun XU, Qi HU, Yu-jun ZHANG, Xin-ming YE

“…Mobile ad hoc networks(MANET)were based on the assumption that all participants cooperate and forward packets for others.Unfortunately,selfish nodes might be not willing to cooperate and refuse to forward packets.A trust evaluation routing protocol based on DSR (TDSR) was proposed to enforce cooperation and encourage forwarding packets in MANET.The trust value was used to evaluate packet forwarding behaviors.The nodes with low packet forwarding rate were excluded by the node and path trust evaluation.These nodes must wait some time for recovery.Simulation results show that TDSR has obviously higher packet delivery ratio than DSR in face of non-cooperated nodes at the expense of the performance degradation on the delay.…”
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Influential mechanism of green consumption on the realization of ecological products value in China by Jingbo Shao, Jingbo Shao, Chengzhi Cai

“…The GC level of the study area is significantly different and the national GC level is 0.311; (2) From the regression results of the econometric model, GC has a significant positive effect on the EPVR, and has passed a series of robustness tests; (3) From the analysis of the influential mechanism, GC further affects the EPVR by affecting the supply willingness of EP, the advancement of industrial structure and the rationalization of industrial structure. …”
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