Foreign Aid’s Effect on Political Risks for Foreign Direct Investment: A Literature Review by V. I. Bartenev

“…Scholars' assessments of foreign aid's mitigating effect often lack differentiation between grants and loans or between flows directed to different sectors, as well as the distinction between aid routed through public institutions and bypassing them. Notably absent is a comprehensive analysis encompassing the complete range of 'established' Western and emerging non-Western aid providers, or an exploration of aid flows from non-OECD countries other than China. …”
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Jazz Between the Lines: Sound Notation, Dances, and Stereotypes in Hergé’s Early Tintin Comics by Lukas Etter

“…., two medially and semiotically complex forms of expression already by themselves, asks for a general reflection on the nature of sound in combination with visual notes, scores, movement, and performance in the comics medium. …”
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A New Type of Space-position Full-balanced Mechanical Crane and Analysis of Its Comprehensive Performance by Song Ningce, Xie Zhijiang, Liu Fei, Li Liangliang

“…The device provides a theoretical basis for the design of smart handling machinery.…”
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Why Do People Come to See Mount Everest? Collective Representations and Tourism Practices in the Khumbu Region by Etienne Jacquemet

“…These elements are conducive to the processes of physical and mental renewal, in addition to social distinction which allows trekkers –in a more or less conscious, temporary, or performance-based manner– to push themselves to their limits. The popularity and increasing openness of the Everest region and its inhabitants to globalisation, which could theoretically call into question the meaning and very principles of this heterotopia, do not seem to affect the experience of trekkers, despite the fact that their practices are based on a complete break with the places and time frames of their everyday life.…”
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Evaluation of Meshing Quality of Antenna Base Gear Tooth Surfaces Based on the Linear Weighted Gray-scale by Zhang Liu, Qiu Bao'an, Sun Pan, Li Lin, Wang Liming, Shao Yimin

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Le paysage et l’artifice en géographie by Dylan Simon

“…He does not develop a substantial theoretical foundation on this topic nor does he build truly landscape-based analyses in view of a synthetic approach.…”
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EDUCATION IN THE HUMANITIES AND THE DEMOCRATIC UTOPIA OF MARTHA NUSSBAUM by V. M. Karelin

“…The paper analyzes the conception of the development of education in the Humanities in the theory of the famous American philosopher Martha C. …”
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Fluocinolone acetonide 0.2 µg/day intravitreal implant in non-infectious uveitis affecting the posterior segment: EU expert user panel consensus-based clinical recommendations by Uwe Pleyer, Carlos Pavesio, Elisabetta Miserocchi, Carsten Heinz, Helen Devonport, Víctor Llorenç, Tomás Burke, Vanda Nogueira, Laurent Kodjikian, Bahram Bodaghi

“…Treatment algorithms were developed; one that refers to the management of patients with NIU-PS in clinical practice and another that establishes the best clinical scenarios for the use of FAc implants, both as monotherapy and as adjuvant therapy. Additionally, the Clinical-expert-panel has provided recommendations about the use of the FAc implants in a clinical-setting. …”
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Practices of Procedural Pain Management in Neonates through Continuous Quality Improvement Measures by Jigar P. Thacker, Deep S. Shah, Dipen V. Patel, Somashekhar M. Nimbalkar

“…Although the benefits of pain control measures in neonates are well known, the actual usage was not optimal in our unit. Therefore, we implemented a quality improvement project to improve pain management practices through multiple Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles. …”
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New Dimensional Staging of Bisphosphonate-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw Allowing a Guided Surgical Treatment Protocol: Long-Term Follow-Up of 266 Lesions in Neoplastic and Oste... by Simonetta Franco, Simona Miccoli, Luisa Limongelli, Angela Tempesta, Giorgio Favia, Eugenio Maiorano, Gianfranco Favia

“…All patients underwent surgery after suspension of BPs therapy and antibiotic treatment. The surgical procedure was complemented by piezosurgery and followed by the application of hyaluronate and amino acids. …”
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A Driver Behavior Detection Model for Human-Machine Co-Driving Systems Based on an Improved Swin Transformer by Junhua Cui, Yunxing Chen, Zhao Wu, Huawei Wu, Wanghao Wu

“…The results show that the proposed model algorithm has a better performance in 10 classifications of driver behavior detection, with an accuracy of 99.42%, which is improved by 3.8% and 1.68% compared to Vgg16 and MobileNetV2, respectively. It can provide a theoretical reference for the development of an intelligent automobile human-machine co-driving system.…”
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Invasive Microascus trigonosporus Species Complex Pulmonary Infection in a Lung Transplant Recipient by Kelly E. Schoeppler, Martin R. Zamora, Noelle M. Northcutt, Gerard R. Barber, Gayle O’Malley-Schroeder, Dennis M. Lyu

“…Nebulized liposomal amphotericin B was used in addition to systemic therapy in order to optimize antifungal drug exposure; this regimen appeared to reduce the patient’s fungal burden. …”
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Strengthening Madrasah Organizational Culture: Integration of Religious Values in Character Education in Madrasah by Khusnul Kholifah, Ahmad Aziz Fanani, Fathi Hidayah, Bannaga Taha Elzubair Hussen, Hasan Baharun

“…The data that has been collected is analyzed using thematic analysis techniques. The results of the study show that (1) the integration of the curriculum in Madrasah Ibtida'iyah Banyuwangi has succeeded in combining religious values in each subject, (2) the values that are the basis of the learning process, such as honesty and responsibility, are applied in various subjects, (3) activities/programs such as Tahfidz Qur'an and other extracurricular activities support the development of students' character, and (4) the involvement of parents and the community significantly supports strengthening student character education. …”
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Design and Driving Characteristics of Rehabilitation Robot Flexible Joints Based on Polyvinylidene Fluoride by Xie Guanghui, Sun Hong, Sun Fanwei, Wang Guangjian

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South African parents’ views on oral, signing, and bilingual communication for Deaf or hard-of-hearing children by Katijah Khoza-Shangase, Jasmine Bent

“…Data were analysed through both qualitative and quantitative statistics. Thematic analysis was adopted to analyse the qualitative data, while factor analysis through Ken-Q analysis was used for quantitative data. …”
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大树蛙 by 沈猷慧

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The in-situ formation and service behavior of spherical FeNi@SiC magnetic abrasives with core-shell structure by Bo Cheng, Ruirui Chen, Bei Yang, Guodong Liang, Xinjian Zhang, Wensheng Li

“…The surface roughness (Ra) of thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) is a critical indicator that significantly influences the service performance of engine blades. …”
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Observations of Anomalous Microwave Emission from HII Regions by Clive Dickinson

“…Given the difficulties in measuring accurate SEDs over a wide range of frequencies and in complex environments, many of these detections require more data to confirm them as emitting significant AME. The contribution from optically thick free-free emission from UCHII regions may be also be significant in some cases. …”
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贺兰山马麝春季生境选择 by 陈俊达 1, 丁彦珂 1, 李宗智 1, 赵唱 1, 滕丽微 1, 2

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Construction and Analysis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Prognostic Model Based on Random Forest by Yikai Wang, Le Ma, Pengjun Xue, Bianni Qin, Ting Wang, Bo Li, Lina Wu, Liyan Zhao, Xiongtao Liu

“…Seven important DEGs were identified, three were highly expressed and four were lowly expressed. Among them, GPRIN1, MYBL2, and GSTM5 were closely related to prognosis (P<0.05). …”
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