Social Determinants and Access to Induced Abortion in Burkina Faso: From Two Case Studies by Ramatou Ouédraogo, Johanne Sundby

“…However, the exposure to the risk of unsafe induced abortion is not the same for all the women who faced unwanted pregnancy and decide to have an abortion. Drawn from a qualitative study on the issue of abortion in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital, the contrasting cases of two young women who had abortion allow us to show how the women’s personal resources (such as the school level, financial resources, the compliance to social norms, the social network, etc.) may determine the degree of vulnerability of women, the delay to have an abortion, the type of care they are likely to benefit from, and the cost they have to face. …”
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Mapping materials, drawing Europe: Sample and data quality and accessibility in the biobanking infrastructure BBMRI-ERIC by Erik Aarden

“…The map of a European biobanking community drawn by BBMRI-ERIC consequently both makes and unmakes Europe sketching a Europe of both harmonization and fragmentation. …”
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An empty-nest power user identification method based on weighted random forest algorithm by Zimeng LU, Jiayi CHEN, Jing LI, Yue XIE, Xinli JIANG, Lei HAN, Qian GUO

“…In view of the lack of effective technical means for the identification of empty-nesters by the government and the society,an empty-nesters prow user identification method based on weighted random forest algorithm was proposed.Firstly,some accurate labels of empty-nest users were obtained through questionnaires,and electricity characteristic library was drawn from three aspects:electricity consumption level,electricity consumption fluctuation and electricity consumption trend.Due to the data imbalance between empty-nest and non-empty-nest users,the weighted random forest algorithm was used to improve the data sensitivity phenomenon of machine learning.Finally,the algorithm model was put online in the power company’s acquisition system.The 2 000 unknown users of various types were identified,among which the identification accuracy of empty-nest users was 74.2%.The results show that the identification of empty-nesters from the perspective of electricity consumption can help power grid companies to understand the personalized and differentiated needs of empty-nesters,so as to provide users with more sophisticated services,and also assist the government and society to carry out assistance work.…”
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PPARs in Alveolar Macrophage Biology by Monica R. Smith, Theodore J. Standiford, Raju C. Reddy

“…PPARs, most notably PPAR-γ, play a crucial role in regulating the activation of alveolar macrophages, which in turn occupy a pivotal place in the immune response to pathogens and particulates drawn in with inspired air. In this review, we describe the dual role of the alveolar macrophage as both a first-line defender through its phagocytotic activity and a regulator of the immune response. …”
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A Critical Review on the Book Plato: Deconstruction of a Philosophical Myth by Hassan Fathi

“…In this book Plato: Deconstruction of a Philosophical Myth, Shervin Vakili tries to show that the portrait of Plato drawn by the so-called scholars of Plato (both western and Iranian) is verily unreal. …”
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A family caregiver perspective: rethinking recovery with phenomenology by Junyu Ke

“…From this perspective, body–mind differences resulting from brain injury could be seen as a profound transformation of one’s phenomenal experience of the world. The lessons I have drawn from my caregiving experience with my sister who has critical brain injuries highlight the need to move away from ableist beliefs that disabilities are deficits to be corrected or rejected to a positive and generative search for the new, alternative ways of living well with shifted physio-psychological conditions. …”
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Policy Learning Through Transfer - Individuals, Organisations and Network in the Making of Ethiopia’s Industrial Park Programme by Jing Zhang

“…By studying the case of the industrial park programme in Ethiopia, with information drawn from interviews, participant observation, policy documents, news reports, and secondary literature, the article highlights the multiple strategies employed by transfer agents that have facilitated ideational change in the process. …”
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Energy policy of the Republic of Turkey: expansion in the Eastern Mediterranean by B. D. Nuriev, S. V. Pospelov

“…The authors state that the main reason for the emergence of interstate contradictions in the region is the formation of national states in the first half of the last century, whose administrative borders were drawn up and recognized without taking into account ethnic characteristics and centuries-old economic traditions. …”
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Some Investigations on the Anisotropy of the Chemical Etching of (hk0) and (hhl) Silicon Plates in a NaOH 35% Solution. Part I: 2D Etching Shapes by C. A. Hodebourg, C. R. Tellier

“…Conclusions of practical interest on the roughness of etched (hk0) and (hhl) planes are drawn. 2D etching shapes are then analysed in terms of the tensorial model for the anisotropic dissolution and of dissolution criteria. …”
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Ergonomes et préventionnistes : étude d’une pratique de collaboration dans le cadre d’un projet de conception d’une usine - 1ère de 2 parties by Fernande Lamonde, Philippe Beaufort, Jean-Guy Richard

“…A second article will present the general lessons drawn from this case study as to the methods of managing projects and organizations that promote effective OHS and ergonomic action.…”
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Social networking friendships: A cross-cultural comparison of network structure between MySpace and Wretch by Chang Hui-Jung

“…Three network indicators were used to describe the network structure of both social network sites: size, density, and heterogeneity. Data were drawn from the forum “Jobs, Work, Careers” on MySpace and “Job-Related” on Wretch over a 2-month period from mid-October to mid-December in 2007. …”
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Exploring family travel motivation, preference, and decision-making with children of different ages by Tzuhui Angie Tseng, Hsiu-Wen Chien, Ching-Cheng Shen

“…These results, which are novel in tourism literature, are discussed, and practical implications are drawn.…”
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Risk Analysis of Waterlogging under Combination of Short-duration Heavy Rainfall and Tidal Level in Foshan City by YANG Fan, XU Liang, HAN Jing

“…With the rapid development of the urban agglomerations in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-MacaoGreater Bay Area, urban waterlogging has drawn great attention from society and scholars. …”
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Public policy of support for small business innovation in the U.S.: lessons for Russia by E. A. Zinovieva, A. Balyshev

“…Participation in the program is a guarantee of a high level for innovative product or service produced by the firm and allows companies to raise additional funds. Conclusions drawn from the analysis of the SBIR may be useful for the policy support of science and technology in Russia. …”
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Microstructural characterisation related to hot tearing of Al-Cu sand mould castings by M. Merlin

“…Several samples were also drawn from the zones characterised by the maximum cross-section variation and the micrographs from the optical microscope were statistically analysed by means of commercially available image analysis software. …”
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Exploring Pedagogical Competencies for Transformative Teaching and the Role of Transformative Pedagogy in Higher Education: Fostering Reconnection to Self, Others, and Nature by Mariana Tolkatser

“…It explores existing theory on the subject along with educators applying TP in their teaching practice, and new insights were drawn based on the experiences shared by the interviewees. …”
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An Automatic Drilling and Riveting Robot based on 3-RPC/6-UPS Parallel Mechanism by Zhe Qin, Shoushuai Jiang

“…The working space of the upper and lower platform of the 3-RPC parallel mechanism is drawn by numerical search method. The displacement trajectory of the driving rod controlling the robot walking is planned by quintic polynomials， and the smooth walking of the robot prototype is realized in the virtual software. …”
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Chemisorption and the Distribution of Acid Y Zeolite Cumene Cracking Products by Lyubov Patrylak

“…The balance between these various processes and interactions leads to the overall reaction situation observed, thereby enabling conclusions to be drawn regarding both the nature of the catalyst surface and the individual processes, which appear to depend on the strength, amount and correlation between the Brönsted and Lewis acid sites on the samples studied.…”
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Game, set and message by Charl Durand Charl Durand

“…I remember my grandfather sitting on the stoep, a map of the playing field drawn on a large sheet of paper on his lap, plotting team moves, attacks, defences and scores, as Gerhard's staccato commentary poured through the speakers of an old Grundig medium wave receiver next to him; definitely a case of what Marshall Mcluhan would call 'a very cool medium'. …”
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Poetic Exploration of Obasa’s Prolegomenous Poetry by Duro Adeleke

“…Primary data are largely drawn from his anthologies which facilitate the content analysis. …”
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