Enhancing the Critical Thinking Skills of Grade 8 Chemistry Students Using an Inquiry and Reflection Teaching Method by Nathalie Farah, Zalpha Ayoubi

“…Then we compared the control and experimental group students’ scores on the Critical Thinking Test and the final exam. Findings showed that the experimental group students improved their critical thinking skills significantly, while the control group students’ critical thinking remained the same.…”
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A Method for Determining the Optimal Location of a Distributed Sensor/Actuator by Byeongsik Ko, Benson H. Tongue, Andrew Packard

“…The effect of unimportant modes that do not strongly affect the structural behavior of a system is minimized and the effect of important modes is maximized. The final objective function is expressed as the combinational form of two different objective functions. …”
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Problematyka polityczna w kazaniu by Henryk Sławiński

“…Later in the article the author presents the initial conditions required for the preparation and delivery of political problems in preaching. The final part of the article points out the political context of preaching. …”
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Propuestas para el desarrollo de la internacionalización de los Gobiernos No Centrales (GNC): hacia el fortalecimiento de la paradiplomacia by Mario Edgar López-Ramírez, Jorge Alberto Quevedo-Flores

“…Lo anterior ayuda a clarificar la estructura de la internacionalización de los GNC para generar un análisis sistémico que lleva al desarrollo de una interface entre los distintos actores del proceso. La parte final del trabajo se enfoca en generar algunas propuestas que abonen al desarrollo de la internacionalización de los GNC.…”
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Polyols Prepared from Ring-Opening Epoxidized Soybean Oil by a Castor Oil-Based Fatty Diol by Jing Zhang, Ji Jun Tang, Jiao Xia Zhang

“…It was found that several factors, including reaction time, reaction temperature, and molar ratios between epoxidized soybean oil and castor oil diol, affect structures and rheology behaviors of the final polyols. Proton NMR, FT-IR, GPC, and rheometry results revealed that the hydroxyl functionalities, molecular weight, and viscosity of the polyols could be tailored by controlling the above-mentioned factors. …”
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Triple Positive Solutions for Third-Order m-Point Boundary Value Problems on Time Scales by Jian Liu, Fuyi Xu

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La situación actual del sistema de monitoreo ambiental en la Zona Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México by María Perevochtchikova

“…Asimismo se detectan sus principales avances, limitaciones y otras particularidades y al final se complementa el monitoreo ambiental con la parte social y económica.…”
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Parameter Optimization of Single-Diode Model of Photovoltaic Cell Using Memetic Algorithm by Yourim Yoon, Zong Woo Geem

“…First, 10 single algorithms were considered including genetic algorithm, simulated annealing, particle swarm optimization, harmony search, differential evolution, cuckoo search, least squares method, and pattern search; then their final solutions were used as initial vectors for generalized reduced gradient technique. …”
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Aerodynamic Optimization of an Over-the-Wing-Nacelle-Mount Configuration by Daisuke Sasaki, Kazuhiro Nakahashi

“…Pylon shape is also modified to reduce aerodynamic interference effect. The final wing-fuselage-nacelle model is compared with the DLR F6 model to discuss the potential of Over-the-Wing-Nacelle-Mount geometry for an environmental-friendly future aircraft.…”
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THE RELATION BETWEEN POLITICAL IDEOLOGY AND RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM by Aleksandar Matkovic

“…Within the first four parts, the general characteristics of radical environmentalism, as well as its relationship with the political left-wing, political right-wing and apolitical/anti-political beliefs are analyzed, while the final part is devoted to discussion and general conclusions. …”
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Features of the analysis of fixed assets the organization by S. Larina, Y. Karpenko, E. Chicherova

“…The authors emphasized that the state and the effective use of fixed assets has a direct impact on the final results of the organization. During the analysis of fixed assets identified existing problems defined reserves of increase of efficiency of managing. …”
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Method for the hystopathological analysis of the cervix specimen, obtained through radio surgery by Alfredo B. Quiñones Ceballos, Martha María Chávez Valdivia, Caridad Socorro Castro, Ileana Franco Zunda

“…<strong>Methods:</strong> a flow of coordinated actions was established in the management, on 162 cervix biopsies, from sample taking to final diagnosis during a two years period. <strong>Results:</strong> This method facilitates the interpretation and topographic location of the lesions, in a way that it clears out the forecasting. …”
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La divine comédie dans les Andes ou les tribulations du mort dans son voyage vers l’au-delà by Valérie Robin Azevedo

“…This ritual opens a cycle of exchange between the living and the dead it is only possible when the latter have already concluded their purgatory voyage and have reached their final salvation. In the same way the pathogenic character of the defunct during the funerals must be related to the sins they are charged with in the moment of decease.…”
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Influence of Trust, Time Pressure and Complexity Factors in Judgment and Decision-Making in Auditing by Cleston Santos, Paulo Cunha

“…As a research method, we undertook an experiment, with a 2x2x2 factorial composition. The final sample was composed of 126 independent auditors, distributed in eight random groups. …”
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Talking Local: Florida Consumers' Fresh from Florida Perceptions by Joy N. Rumble, Caroline G. Roper

“… As the final publication of the Talking Local series, this EDIS publication focuses on Florida consumer perceptions of Fresh from Florida. …”
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Development of a scale of teachers’ perceived training quality from the perspective of TPACK by Jielin Yang, Hongju Wei

“…The scale was revised several times on the basis of suggestions from several experts and potential survey respondents, and the final scale featured seven dimensions and 33 items on a five-point Likert scale. …”
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Culture du paysage, gouvernance territoriale et mise en tourisme dans des montagnes rurales de l’Asie méridionale (Népal, Inde, Chine, Laos, Vietnam) by Évelyne Gauché, Steve Déry, Pierre Dérioz, Olivier Ducourtieux, Marie-Anne Germaine, Frédéric Landy, Maud Loireau, Laura Verdelli

“…After having shown how the use of landscape resources leads to the development of a landscape culture via tourism, we will see that the landscape occupies various places in the processes of territorial governance. A final typology will be based on three criteria : consciousness of the landscape, governance process, and tourism expansion.…”
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An Approximate Solution for a Class of Ill-Posed Nonhomogeneous Cauchy Problems by Nihed Teniou, Salah Djezzar

“…We show that regularized problem is well-posed and has a strongly solution. Finally, some convergence results are provided.…”
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Adoption of Biogas Technology to Ordinary Pit Latrines in Uganda. by Kibet Benson

“…An appropriate technology was then selected and the design equations covering the volume of the digester, inlet and outlet chambers were developed considering the shape of the digester. The final layout ofbiogas pit latrine was developed. …”
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Adoption of Biogas Technology to Ordinary Pit Latrines in Uganda. by Kibet, Benson

“…An appropriate technology was then selected and the design equations covering the volume of the digester, inlet and outlet chambers were developed considering the shape of the digester. The final layout of biogas pit latrine was developed. …”
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