Joint effects of temperature and humidity with PM2.5 on COPD by Huan Minh Tran, Feng-Jen Tsai, Yuan-Hung Wang, Kang-Yun Lee, Jer-Hwa Chang, Chi-Li Chung, Chien-Hua Tseng, Chien-Ling Su, Yuan-Chien Lin, Tzu-Tao Chen, Kuan-Yuan Chen, Shu-Chuan Ho, Feng-Ming Yang, Sheng-Ming Wu, Kian Fan Chung, Kin-Fai Ho, Kai-Jen Chuang, Hsiao-Chi Chuang

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La poésie lyrique, un outil d’unification linguistique et politique by Anne-Marie Le Baillif

“… Lyric poetry as a tool to unify language and politics points of view. We propose to examine how lyric poetry was used as a politic tool by French kings of the Renaissance period (1515–1589). …”
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Do doctors in dispensing practices with a financial conflict of interest prescribe more expensive drugs? A cross-sectional analysis of English primary care prescribing data by Ben Goldacre, Carl Reynolds, Anna Powell-Smith, Alex J Walker, Tom A Yates, Richard Croker, Liam Smeeth

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Diagnosis, screening, and follow-up of patients with familial interstitial lung disease: Results from an international survey by Emil Vilstrup Moen, Thomas Skovhus Prior, Michael Kreuter, Wim A. Wuyts, Maria Molina-Molina, Marlies Wijsenbeek, Antonió Morais, Argyrios Tzouvelekis, Christopher J. Ryerson, Fabian Caro, Ivette Buendia-Roldan, Jesper M. Magnusson, Joyce S. Lee, Julie Morisett, Justin M. Oldham, Lauren K. Troy, Manuela Funke-Chambour, Maria Laura Alberti, Raphael Borie, Simon L. F. Walsh, Sujeet Rajan, Yasuhiro Kondoh, Yet H Khor, Elisabeth Bendstrup

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Quality of care delivery in patients with acute heart failure: insights from the international REPORT-HF registryResearch in context by Wan Ting Tay, Tiew-Hwa Katherine Teng, Wouter Ouwerkerk, Christiane E. Angermann, Kenneth Dickstein, John G.F. Cleland, Ulf Dahlstrom, Georg Ertl, Mahmoud Hassanein, Sergio V. Perrone, Mathieu Ghadanfar, Anja Schweizer, Achim Obergfell, Sean P. Collins, Gerasimos Filippatos, Carolyn S.P. Lam, Jasper Tromp

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Authority and Moral Conflicts in the Films of Adébáyọ Fálétí: Àfọ̀njá, Gáà, Ṣawo Ṣẹ̀gbẹ̀rì and the Yorùbá Cosmopolis by Olayinka Agbetuyi

“… In this piece, I examine the role of authority in Yorùbá society and how au[1]thority is subverted by moral conflicts generated in the political evolution of the Yorùbá state from city state to empire, leading to disastrous consequences in the society at large as presented in the films of Adébáyọ Fálétí, specifically in Àfọnjá (2002), Basọrun Gáà (2004) and Ṣawo Ṣẹgbẹ ̀ rì̀ (2005). …”
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Utilizing a Wireless Radar Framework in Combination With Deep Learning Approaches to Evaluate Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity in Home-Setting Environments by Lee KT, Liu WT, Lin YC, Chen Z, Ho YH, Huang YW, Tsai ZL, Hsu CW, Yeh SM, Lin HY, Majumdar A, Chen YL, Kuan YC, Lee KY, Feng PH, Chen KY, Kang JH, Lee HC, Ho SC, Tsai CY

“…Analyses were performed to examine correlations and agreement of the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) with results obtained through HSAT and the radar-based respiratory disturbance index based on the time in bed from HSAT (bRDITIB). …”
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Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871 – 1918 by Arzu Melek Ozgumus

“…Hoyer meticulously examines how Bismarck ensures the central role given to Prussia, and how he uses his power and position to create a German national identity. …”
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Development of a clinical decision support tool for Primary care Management of lower Urinary tract Symptoms in men: the PriMUS study by Adrian Edwards, Ridhi Agarwal, Janine Bates, Alison Bray, Sarah Milosevic, Emma Thomas-Jones, Michael Drinnan, Marcus Drake, Peter Michell, Bethan Pell, Haroon Ahmed, Natalie Joseph-Williams, Kerenza Hood, Yemisi Takwoingi, Chris Harding

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Improving the experience of health services for trans and gender-diverse young people and their families: an exploratory qualitative study by Melissa Stepney, Samantha Martin, Magdalena Mikulak, Sara Ryan, Jay Stewart, Richard Ma, Adam Barnett

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On the imbalance of international communications by H. J. Hsia

“…The conclu- sion is aimed at the battle cries of "cultural imperialism": much ado about nothing. …”
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Música e internacionalismo no Noticiero ICAIC Latinoamericano by Camila Arêas, Glauber Lacerda, Ivette Céspedes

“…For three decades, the programme publicized the left-wing struggles of the Third World, propagating an ideal of solidarity between peoples oppressed by imperialism. This study examines the strategies used to musicalise images within the Cuban cultural project to build an internationalist and mainly Latin American identity for the Cuban audience.…”
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Mass public opinion: algorithmic colonisation and synthetisation of the public sphere by Carlos Saura García, Patrici Calvo

“…This paper examines the strategic change in the manipulation of public opinion through algorithmic colonisation, technological imperialism, data generation and the creation of synthetic content. …”
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« Notre solidarité n’est pas une solidarité de salon » : le lesbianisme politique décolonial des Lesbiennes of Color (LOCs) face aux nationalismes sexuels by Blase A. Provitola

“…This article responds to this call by examining the writings and organizing strategies of the contemporary collective known as the Lesbiennes of Color (LOCs) since its creation in 2009. …”
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An Afrocentric Critique of World Systems Analysis as a Critical Theory in International Relations by Makhura Rapanyane, Kgothatso Shai

“…This central focus is driven by the need to bring about a fair and justifiable explanation of the theory and appreciation by examining the work critically as the most persuasive theory in international relations. …”
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Quand la liberté de lire est menacée : la lutte de la Campaign for Reader Privacy contre l’article 215 de la loi USA PATRIOT. by Cécile Cottenet

“…In order to amend this section and to restore the protection of the privacy of Americans’ readings, it has developed a network of militants. This article examines the reasons that pushed the different associations to coalesce and tries to shed some light on the imperious necessity to fight for a fundamental right in American life, the privacy of personal information.…”
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Linguistic Colonialism in the English Language Textbooks of Multinational Publishing Houses by Jairo Eduardo Soto-Molina, Pilar Méndez

“… The purpose of this paper is to examine and compare the concepts of linguistic colonialism and cultural alienation in University textbooks for teaching English as opposed to the theories about culture in the decolonial turn. …”
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Linguistic Colonialism in the English Language Textbooks of Multinational Publishing Houses by Jairo Eduardo Soto-Molina, Pilar Méndez

“… The purpose of this paper is to examine and compare the concepts of linguistic colonialism and cultural alienation in University textbooks for teaching English as opposed to the theories about culture in the decolonial turn. …”
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A War at the End of Empire: The Militarization of America and Matt Gallagher’s Empire City by Ari Räisänen

“…This article examines how contemporary U.S. veteran literature helps understand the domestic effects of the 20-year long War on Terror, and its inseparability from violence at home. …”
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Prensa e imperialismo popular. La Vanguardia y el lobby africanista a finales del siglo XIX by Pol Dalmau

“…The case of this newspaper offers the opportunity to study the relations between the press and lobbies, as well as examine the public dimension of issues such as imperialism and national identities. …”
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