BUILDING COMMUNITY IN THE CHURCH BETWEEN INSIDERS AND OUTSIDERS by J. Dickie

“… In many churches, a group of people with a particular identity may often feel like “outsiders” and battle to fit into the community; yet “insiders” rarely recognise their difficulties. …”
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METHODS OF EVALUATION OF THE FUNCTIONAL STATUS OF THE LIVER IN THE PLANNING OF ANATOMICAL RESECTIONS ABOUT PRIMARY AND METASTATIC TUMORS: CURRENT STATE OF THE PROBLEM, THEIR OWN EX... by D. V. Sidorov, N. A. Rubtsova, A. V. Leontyev, M. V. Lozhkin, L. O. Petrov, T. N. Lazutina, I. V. Pylova, P. A. Korolev, A. G. Isaeva

“…Preoperative 99mTc-technephyt hepatobiliary scintigraphy with 13C-methacetin breath test are a valuable techniques to estimate the risk of postoperative liver failure.They offers a unique combination of functional liver uptake and excretion with the ability to assess the preoperative liver function reserve and to estimate the remnant liver function preoperatively . …”
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The Efficacy of Parenteral Nutrition and Enteral Nutrition Supports in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systemic Review and Network Meta-Analysis by Yan Qin, Maoxia Liu, Fengbao Guo, Du Chen, Peng Yang, Xionghui Chen, Feng Xu

“…Enteral nutrition (EN) is often used in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), but some studies have shown that EN has its disadvantages. …”
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Probing and manipulating the Mexican hat-shaped valence band of In2Se3 by James Felton, Jordan Harknett, Joe Page, Zhuo Yang, Nada Alghofaili, James N. O’Shea, Laurence Eaves, Yoshimitsu Kohama, Mark T. Greenaway, Amalia Patanè

“…The measured band structure and its in situ manipulation offer opportunities for precise engineering of ferroelectrics and their functional properties beyond traditional semiconducting systems.…”
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Gendered Corruption: How Gender Norms Underpin Experiences of Corruption in Asian and Pacific Countries by Caryn Peiffer

“…Drawing on findings from a series of 10 focus group discussions (FGDs) held in Cambodia Fiji, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka, which gathered the views of 139 participants, this research offers the first examination how and why experiences with corruption are gendered in Asian and Pacific contexts. …”
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Implementation of a practical sand constitutive model coupled with the high cycle accumulation framework in PLAXIS by Pishun Tantivangphaisal, David M.G. Taborda, Stavroula Kontoe

“…The implemented model is compared against data from the original high-cyclic tests in Karlsruhe fine sand and more recent laboratory tests in Dunkirk sand. A reference 15 MW offshore wind turbine monopile foundation subject to lateral cyclic wave loading is used in an engineering design scenario at three different load levels to verify the current numerical implementation.Details include: • Modifications made to the HCA framework to couple it with a practical sand constitutive model, • Implementation of an efficient workflow to switch between low and high cycle constitutive equations in PLAXIS, and • Verification of the implementation at single element and boundary value problem scales.…”
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Instituciones de educación superior como mediadoras de la transmisión intergeneracional de la riqueza en México by David Salomón Aké-Uitz

“…Sin embargo, debido a la pluralidad de opciones que ofrece el sistema educativo en este nivel, es posible que exista un patrón distintivo no sólo de origen socioeconómico sino también de resultados económicos después de egresar de alguna institución de educación superior (IES) específica, lo que puede inhibir la promoción de la movilidad social mediante las IES. …”
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Analytical Performance Evaluation of Different Switch Solutions by Francisco Sans, Eric Gamess

“…PC-based switches are becoming an alternative to off-the-shelf switches, since they are cheaper. …”
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Da tecnologia nos negócios jurídicos empresariais by Fábio Fernandes Neves Benfatti

“…A adoção de uma abordagem mais abrangente no Direito Empresarial, incorporando a inovação e a tecnologia, demonstra a personalidade social desse tema, uma vez que reflete a necessidade de atualização das normas para acompanhar a evolução do mundo dos negócios. A pesquisa oferece contribuições para a compreensão e aplicação do Direito Empresarial no contexto atual, destacando a importância da tecnologia como um facilitador dos negócios jurídicos empresariais. …”
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A novel framework for assessing causal effect of microbiome on health: long-term antibiotic usage as an instrument by Nele Taba, Krista Fischer, Estonian Biobank Research Team, Elin Org, Oliver Aasmets

“…Since randomized trials in human subjects are often unethical or difficult to pursue, analytical methods to derive causal effects from observational data deserve attention. …”
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Trends in : a statistical review of publications from 2003 to 2018 focusing on the most-studied genes and document clusters by Ji-Hyeon Kim, Hee-Jo Nam, Hyun-Seok Park

“…Genomics & Informatics (NLM title abbreviation: Genomics Inform) is the official journal of the Korea Genome Organization. …”
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The interplay between persistent pathogen infections with tumor microenvironment and immunotherapy in cancer by Si Chen, Caihong Yao, Na Tian, Chunying Zhang, Yuemei Chen, Xuting Wang, Yue Jiang, Tonghao Zhang, Tingting Zeng, Yali Song

“…Notable impacts on the immune microenvironment include changes in immune cell function and the regulation of immune checkpoints, offering insights into potential targets for cancer immunotherapy. …”
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Impact of new coalbed methane wells on old well productivity and its controlling factors: a case study of Shizhuangnan block in Qinshui Basin by Xueting HAN, Shangzhi MENG, Guangjing LIU, Zhenyu REN, Shu TAO, Xinyang MEN, Ziyang WEI

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The New South Africa and international news flow by Arnold de Beer, Lynnette Serfontein, Annelie Naude

“… The democratization developments in Africa during the 19905 (and not the least in South Africa) offered new opportunities for researchers in the field of news flow studies. …”
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The Approach of Tajdid’s Umar bin Abdul Aziz Rah. Through the Institution of al-Mazalim in Dealing with the issues of Deviation and Misappropriation by Hamidi Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azib Hussain, Nurul Akma Mohamed

“…Consequently, the establishment of the al-Mazalim Institution occurred, with its primary objective being to eradicate the vicious actions perpetrated by government officials in power. In the annals of Islamic history, Caliph Umar bin Abdul Aziz Rah. stands out as a renowned figure who successfully eliminated the misconduct exhibited by government officials and reinstated the rights of the populace that had been unlawfully seized. …”
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Value Chain Analysis of Highland Bamboo (Yushania alpina) in Banja District, Awi Zone, Ethiopia by Mulat Mengstu, Asmamaw Alemu, Chernet Worku, Sosina Bezie

“…Descriptive statistics, multiple linear regression, and value chain analysis were employed to analyze the data. Government offices and international network of bamboo and rattan and micro and small enterprises were support service providers. …”
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Pasture-associated Liver Disease in Horses by Amanda M. House, J. R. Elfenbein

“… Know the common pasture plants that cause liver disease, because clinical signs are often non-specific and may not appear until it is too late. …”
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Biometric Calculation and Refractive Results. A Study of 250 Cases of Patients Operated for Cataract by Inés Benita Zamora Galindo, Katiuska Ramona Fernández Ferrer, Eduardo Hernández Peña, Yaney González Iglesias, Pilar Chang Chao, Leonor Rosario Díaz Alfonso

“…<strong><br />Metodos:</strong> estudio descriptivo realizado en el Centro de Oftalmología del Estado de Anzoátegui, Venezuela, que incluyó 250 pacientes sometidos a cirugía de catarata, a quienes previamente se les realizó refracción, queratometría, biometría y cálculo de lente intraocular. …”
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Curing Opioid Toxicity with Intrathecal Targeted Drug Delivery by Thomas P. Pittelkow, Markus A. Bendel, Jacob J. Strand, Susan M. Moeschler

“…Treatment strategies are supportive in nature and focused on reducing or changing the offending opioid and correcting any metabolic deficiencies. …”
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Quentin Tarantino : du cinéma d’exploitation au cinéma by Philippe Ortoli

“…This first observation should not be limited to the sociological perspective that has often been adopted since Reservoir Dogs (1992). Indeed, the films of Tarantino do not so much promote a pantheon of films that differs from that erected by the archeologists of cinema, but are driven by a desire to revisit the categories of film history, and thus of art history, ultimately leading to a redefinition of the very object of this quest: cinema, of course, and more generally, the image itself. …”
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