Documentos en el Archivo Histórico Nacional (Madrid) sobre el terremoto del 1 de noviembre de 1755 by Fernando de la TORRE

“…In 1979 the author discovered several dossiers (in fact, boxes) with more than a thousand important papers concerning the Lisbon earthquake of 1 November, 1755. …”
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BANKS AND BANKING BUSINESS IN RUSSIA IN THE FACE OF INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS by G. S. Panova

“…The article argues that Russia's economic growth opportunities in 2016 are limited by restriction level of bank interest, the high volatility of the exchange rate of the national currency, insufficient development of credit relations, tough, high-budget (at the level of developed Europe) tax burden, increasing administrative costs, dramatically increasing the concentration of risks of subjective decisions at the present stage of the electoral cycle. In a situation of uncertainty of predictions regarding the scope and duration of the application of sanctions, the Russian Government and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation had rightly seek to use a combination of anti-sanctions measures of austerity measures on introduction of contra-sanctions to create more comfortable conditions for doing business in Russia and her allies from member countries of Eurasian Economic Union, SCO, BRICS. …”
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Lead-attributable productivity losses in low- and middle-income countries by Bret Ericson, Mary Jean Brown

“…Differences in the findings resulted primarily from the use of a more conservative dose–response model in the present study. …”
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The effect of multiple sclerosis on the professional life of a group of Brazilian patients by Yára Dadalti Fragoso, Alessandro Finkelsztejn, Maria Cristina B. Giacomo, Liliana Russo, Wesley Soares Cruz

“…Eighty percent had eleven or more years of schooling. Among the whole group, 66% did not present limitations on walking. …”
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Spiral Computed Tomography Based Maxillary Sinus Imaging in Relation to Tooth Loss, Implant Placement and Potential Grafting Procedure by Reinhilde Jacobs, Dong Xue, Yuqian Hu, Johan van Cleynenbreugel, Maryam Shahbazian

“…Almost 2/3 (66%) of the patients showed major (> 4 mm) mucosal thickening mostly at the level of the sinus floor. The present sample did not allow revealing any significant difference (P > 0.05) in maxillary sinus dimensions for partially dentate and edentulous subjects.Conclusions: Cross-sectional imaging can be used in order to obtain more accurate information on the morphology, variation, and the amount of maxillary bone adjacent to the maxillary sinus.…”
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Publication bias in reports of animal stroke studies leads to major overstatement of efficacy. by Emily S Sena, H Bart van der Worp, Philip M W Bath, David W Howells, Malcolm R Macleod

“…It is probable that publication bias has an important impact in other animal disease models, and more broadly in the life sciences.…”
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Biomechanical phenomena involved in facial trauma: an integrative review by Thais Maciel Valente, Thiago Maciel Valente, Francisco de Assis Crescencio Vergetti, Murilo Alves Teixeira

“…Discussion: The mandible is more vulnerable to lateral than frontal impacts; it was shown that in lateral impacts, the most significant stress force was exerted on structures ipsilateral to the impact. …”
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Effect of Various Phases of Menstrual Cycle on Autonomic Reactivity to Emotional and Cognitive Stressors by Shalini Gupta, Ashi Junaniya, Avani Ahuja, Radha Anjana

“…Conclusions: The luteal phase presents higher SNS reactivity and thus, emotional and cognitive stressors gather more sympathetic activity; finally, a definitive interaction is seen in the gonadal hormones and higher cognitive centers of female subjects.…”
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Analyzing the Impact of Virtual Exchanges on Students’ L2 Willingness to Communicate by Krisztián Simon, Daniel Schug

“…This study presents findings from a virtual exchange (VE) project conducted with undergraduate students from the university of Pécs (Hungary) and the university of Paris Nanterre (France). …”
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Comparative Analysis of Train Departure Strategies in a Container Shipment by Alessia Giulianetti, Marco Gotelli, Anna Sciomachen

“…The aim is threefold: manage more containers shipped by train, improve terminal operational efficiency, and increase the rail share. …”
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High Frequency of Symptomatic Zinc Deficiency in Infants in Northern Ethiopia by Federica Dassoni, Zerihun Abebe, Federica Ricceri, Aldo Morrone, Cristiana Albertin, Bernard Naafs

“…We could not rule out whether heterozygosity for the genetic mutation was present or that the disease was caused by a nutritional deficiency in the mothers or more probably because both the factors coexisted together. …”
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Role of nanocellulose geometric structures on the properties of green natural rubber composites by Milanta Tom, Sabu Thomas, Bastien Seantier, Yves Grohens, Mohamed Pulikaparambil Kochaidrew, Ramakrishnan Subramanian, Tapas Ranjan Mohanty, Henri Vahabi, Hanna Joseph Maria, Jibin Keloth Paduvilan, Martin George Thomas

“…The reinforcing effect of CNF was found to be higher compared to CNC and MFC, where an increase of 3.85 MPa in tensile strength from the neat sample was obtained. More uniform dispersion was evident through transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy and Raman imaging for CNF in the rubber matrix. …”
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Epidemiological analysis of hand fractures in a tertiary hospital by Yago Jorge Viana Gomes, Letícia Cavalcante Lócio, Wendell Rondinelly Saraiva Furtado-Filho, Lorena Maria Casimiro, Joaquim José de Lima Silva

“…Concerning fractured bones, there was a marked prevalence of phalangeal involvement in all age groups, representing 210 patients (72.4%). Conclusion: The present study corroborates the data present in the literature. …”
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Big Data Analysis Using Apache Spark MLlib and Hadoop HDFS with Scala and Java by Hoger Khayrolla Omar, Alaa Khalil Jumaa

“…The aim of the study is to analyze big data with more suitable programming languages and as consequences gaining better performance. …”
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Measurements on improving the health of military serviants of the Russian Imperial Army during the First World War by Ya. V. Valyaev, A. A. Krisanov, O. S. Akupiyan

“…Military conflicts accompany all periods of human development, and the obtained results can be rethought and transferred to the present day, taking into account existing realities. …”
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Radiation Safety in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Too Little or Too Much Concern? by Cheng-Chung Yu

“…Studies also reported low secondary exposure rates from scatter radiation to others present in the NICU during radiographic examinations. …”
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C-shaped Canal System in the Mandibular Second Molars in a Saudi Arabian Subpopulation Analyzed Using Cone-Beam Computed Tomography by Youssef A. Algarni, Nuha Alghamdi, Ahmed A. Almuashi, Mosa A. Alghobaishi, Abdullah S. Alqahtani, Shashit Shetty Bavabeedu, Wafa Hassan Alaajam

“…Conclusion: The overall prevalence of C-shaped canals in mandibular second molars was 11.28% in Saudi population. This arrangement was more common in women than in men.…”
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STRAUMA Code: The Systematic Approach to Simultaneous Stroke and Trauma Assessment – Strengthening the “Stroke-Trauma” Chain of Survival by Fatimah Lateef, Francesca Lim, Liew Yee Kent, M. Ng YA Genevieve, Mohamed Ridzuan Bin Sulaiman, Sagar Galwankar, Rose V. Goncalves, Danielle Glaze, Michael Lai

“…Conclusion: A structured approach to manage the more complex cases presenting to the ED is useful so as not to miss important and often critical information and steps which will affect patient management as well as outcomes.…”
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Influence of Anemia on the Prognosis of Patients with Tuberculosis: An Indicator of Severity by Pavithra Selvan, Nalini Jayanthi Nagesh, Leela Kakithakara Vajravelu

“…Therefore, anemia was shown to be much more common in individuals with the most severe clinical presentations of PTB, emphasizing that it may serve as an indicator of the severity of TB. …”
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A novel D-latch with low energy consumption in quantum-dot cellular automata technology by Sanaz Mahdian Jouibari, Mohammad Gholami, Vahid Ghods, Mohammad Tolou Askari

“…In this paper, new structures for D-latch in QCA technology are presented. At first, a D-latch with 25 cells, a cross-sectional area of ​​0.02 µm2, delay of 0.5 clock cycle and 22.89 meV energy consumption is presented, and then, using the proposed D-latch, a reset-based D-latch is also proposed, which has more advantages than the previous structures and has only 29 cells, a cross-sectional area of ​​0.02µm2 and a delay of 0.5 clock cycles. …”
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