Persuasion as a Communication Tool by Laura Gorham, Ricky Telg, Tracy Irani

“…Think about a time when you wanted your parents to do something for you, such as buy you a special birthday gift, let you stay up late, or go out with your friends. Your attempts at persuasion probably focused on communicating specific reasons why your parents should take the action you wanted. …”
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DIE REIS GAAN INWAARTS- DIE KUNS VAN STERWE IN KREATIEWE WERKE VAN KAREL SCHOEMAN by Ferdi Kruger

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The Non-Existent May Cycle: Methods, Colonial Texts and Epigraphy by Péter Bíró

“…Several authors used this particular model to interpret diverse social and political patterns attested in Mesoamerican civilisations. In this paper, I examine Colonial Yukatek documents and epigraphy in order to look for the existence of such a cycle. …”
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Unusual symptoms reveal a rare splenic lymphoma: a case report of PS-DLBCL with neck and shoulder pain as the initial presentation by Shifu Hu, Yuanyuan Hao, Xiangyu Liu, Hanbo Liu

“…This report highlights the diagnostic dilemmas in atypical presentations, where neck and shoulder pain may be the only early sign of a neglected spleen rupture, lacking typical symptoms of the underlying disease. …”
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The Review of compression stocking in sports market by Inmaculada Aparicio-Aparicio, Jose Luis Sanchez-Jimenez, Ignacio Catala-Vilaplana, Pedro Perez-Soriano, Clara Carrion-Gonzalez

“… Sport companies offer a diversity in compression garments according to its purpose. Athletes use these garments to recover/improve their performance. …”
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Aerosol Modulation of Ultraviolet Radiation Dose over Four Metro Cities in India by A. S. Panicker, G. Pandithurai, G. Beig, Dongchul Kim, Dong-In Lee

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Dielectric properties and thermal stability of popular 5G polymers at terahertz frequency range by Yanchun Shen, Jinlan Wang, Dongshan Wei, Jiankui Gao, Yi Shi

“…., have become hot and gained much attention due to their excellent dielectric properties, good thermal stability and low costs. …”
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Problem-based learning in developing students’ communicative skills and creativity in teaching English for specific purposes by Jolita Šliogerienė, Irena Darginavičienė, Jelena Suchanova, Dalia Gulbinskienė, Viktorija Jakučionytė

“…Despite some negative attitudes on the part of some students, problem-based learning remains a valuable tool in English for specific purposes education, supporting the development of language and professional skills. …”
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Is There a Link between Mitochondrial Reserve Respiratory Capacity and Aging? by Claus Desler, Thomas Lau Hansen, Jane Bruun Frederiksen, Maiken Lise Marcker, Keshav K. Singh, Lene Juel Rasmussen

“…Oxidative phosphorylation is an indispensable resource of ATP in tissues with high requirement of energy. …”
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Numerical Analysis on the Ground Vibration Isolation of Duxseal by M. Gao, S. P. Tian, R. He, Y. Wang, Q. S. Chen

“…The performance of Duxseal in isolating ground vibration is relatively stable along the distance away from the vibration source, while the amplitude attenuation ratio bounces upward when the distance away from the vibration source increases for the WIB isolation system.…”
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Involvement of p38 MAPK and MAPKAPK2 in promoting cell death and the inflammatory response to ischemic stress associated with necrotic glioblastoma by Soo Yeon Kim, Miaolu Tang, Stephen Y. Chih, Jessica Sallavanti, Yan Gao, Zhiqiang Qiu, Hong-Gang Wang, Wei Li

“…MK2) signaling axis and the unfolded protein response signaling components activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4) and inositol-requiring enzyme 1 (IRE1α) in driving ischemic tumor cell death. …”
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Quand le pèlerin chrétien est-il devenu touriste ? by Bonneau Michel

“…Les récits dont on dispose à partir du IVe siècle montrent que le pèlerin n’accordait aucune place au monde profane qui l’entourait, entièrement tourné qu’il était vers le lieu sacré à atteindre. Les comportements vont progressivement évoluer à partir du XIIIe siècle et au XIVe siècle, les pèlerins s’intéressant de plus en plus au monde réel qui les entoure. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Bicyclol Treatment for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Results of a Cohort Study by I. Yu. Pirogova, S. V. Yakovleva, T. V. Neuymina, S. P. Sinitsyn, V. S. Chulkov, T. N. Shamaeva

“…During Bicyclol treatment, a decrease in the following indicators was observed: ALT, AST, GGT, CRP by 30 % or more, glycated hemoglobin (–10 %) and HOMA-index (–24 %), cholesterol (–12 %), LDL (–19 %), triglycerides (–31 %), atherogenic coefficient (–22 %). A decrease to the1st stage of fibrosis was observed in 30 patients (44 %), steatosis regression to the 1st stage was noted in 57 patients (85 %). …”
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Technology of estimating nitrogen dioxide and carbon dioxide emissions by large industrial centers of Western Siberia by A.A. Lagutin, N.V. Volkov, E.Y. Mordvin, V.V. Sinitsin

“…The results of the work are quantitative estimates of the content of nitrogen dioxide in the atmosphere and lower troposphere of Western Siberia; the annual cycle and interannual variability of NO2 in the troposphere, obtained using data from the TROPOMI/Sentinel-5P spectroradiometer; a technology for obtaining quantitative estimates of CO2 emissions from large industrial centers of the region.…”
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Le campane della propaganda: rapporti di reciprocità e conflitto giurisdizionale a Venezia tra Cinque e Seicento by Michaela Valente

“…The author wants to draw attention on the events that followed the Interdict in Venice. …”
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Considerations of HLA, Renal Failure, Valproic Acid Use, and Current Treatment Guidelines in Clozapine-Induced Agranulocytosis by Melissa Sussman, Michael Epifania, Derrick Eng, Yun Jae Cho, Richard Steward

“…Clozapine, the choice atypical antipsychotic for refractory schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and bipolar disorder, has been shown to reduce positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. …”
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Retracted: Construction of visual evaluation system for building block night scene lighting based on multi‐target recognition and data processing by Xiaojian Wang, Xiaoye Sun, Zixuan Wang

“…Abstract The rapid development of night tourism economy has made people's demand for night scene lighting in architectural blocks increasing, and the night scene lighting situation of urban architectural blocks has gradually received people's attention and attention. Achieving good night lighting visual effects of building blocks can not only meet the needs of residents for entertainment and consumption at night, but also beautify the image of blocks and promote the economic development of building blocks. …”
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Instituições participativas: conselhos gestores e conferências de políticas públicas - diálogos e reflexões by Everton Henrique Faria

“…Neste sentido, este trabalho possibilita uma reflexão acerca da historicidade e importância das Instituições Participativas (IPs) para a democracia brasileira, especificamente a respeito dos Conselhos Gestores e Conferências de Políticas Públicas, refletindo sobre como estas instituições são capazes de estabelecer novos elos entre os diferentes atores presentes tanto na esfera pública quanto privada, mediante as relações de poder existentes no cenário político institucional. …”
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PARA ALÉM DAS FRONTEIRAS: parcerias e tensões em torno da construção da cidadania na perspectiva do movimento LGBT em GOIÁS by Camilo Braz, Luiz Mello, Marcelo Perilo, Daniela Maroja

“…Neste trabalho, busca-se interpretar as relações e tensões entre o movimento LGBT em Goiás e outros atores sociais que atuam de maneira substantiva nos debates públicos sobre direitos sexuais, a exemplo do Estado (nos âmbitos dos poderes Executivo, Legislativo e Judiciário), outros movimentos sociais, igrejas, mídia e universidade. …”
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Effect of N,C-ITO on Composite N,C-Ti/N,C-ITO/ITO Electrode Used for Photoelectrochemical Degradation of Aqueous Pollutant with Simultaneous Hydrogen Production by Kee-Rong Wu, Chung-Hsuang Hung, Chung-Wei Yeh, Chien-Chung Wang, Jiing-Kae Wu

“…In light of the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy findings, these results are attributable partly to the synergetic effect of N,C-codoping into the TiO2 and ITO lattices on their band gap narrowing and photosensitizing as well. …”
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