Lobbying of Qatar's Interests in the United States and the Qatar Diplomatic Crisis by D. B. Grafov

“…Three main conclusions are drawn: 1) The US is not interested in settlement of dispute through the support of one party. …”
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Public health challenges – the diet, nutritional status, and health of the Polish population by Anna Harton

“…The article discusses the diet of Poles, including unhealthy dietary choices in different age groups in relation to selected nutritional recommendations. Attention is drawn to the role of social media in promoting knowledge, awareness, and attitudes towards food and nutrition. …”
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John James Bezer (1816–1888) and his Autobiography of One of the Chartist Rebels of 1848 (1851) by Madeleine Pham-Thanh

“…While explaining the origin and nature of a working-man’s political commitment, and fleshing out the figure of the ‘Chartist rebel’ in popular imagination, Bezer’s narrative is an opportunity to substantiate the radical discourse as something drawn from lived experience. This political outlook oscillates between the individualistic ‘I’ of autobiography, and the generic subject indissociable from collective destiny. …”
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Peripheral Nerve Regeneration Using Different Germ Layer-Derived Adult Stem Cells in the Past Decade by Yu Li, Yuzuru Kamei, Miki Kambe, Katsumi Ebisawa, Mayumi Oishi, Keisuke Takanari

“…Over the past decades, adult stem cell-based therapies for peripheral nerve injuries have drawn attention from researchers. This is because various stem cells can promote regeneration after peripheral nerve injuries by differentiating into neural-line cells, secreting various neurotrophic factors, and regulating the activity of in situ Schwann cells (SCs). …”
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Pour des villes écoresponsables : contribution potentielle des élus municipaux et enjeux de formation associés. by Marc-André Guertin

“…The second part of this article presents the results of an analysis of the representations and practices of professionals involved in training of municipal elected officials to offer a critical appraisal of the socio-ecological issues and related skill sets they consider to be important. These results were drawn from a qualitative research approach based on non-participant observation and semi-structured interviews. …”
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The cumulation of intellectual property rights, with specific reference to the cumulation of patent and design rights by Milosavljević Nikola

“…In this paper, the author first explores the terminology and systematics in the field of cumulation of intellectual property rights, in an attempt to determine the meaning of certain terms and harmonize the terminology in this field, and then analyzes the reasons for the existence of overlapping terms and their permissibility. The conclusions drawn in this part are further used in the analysis of the relationship between the patent and industrial design rights. …”
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Training of Production Managers for Machine-building Enterprises by I. A. Ivanov, G. E. Persiyanova

“…Based on the survey using a direct regression, the conclusion was drawn about the current need in specialists of the main and auxiliary shops of the plant. …”
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Analysis of Livelihood of Rural Irrigated Crop Farmers in Kano State, Nigeria by Ahmadu Tafida, Amurtiya Michael, Markson Nandagoyang

“…The study adopted a multistage sampling technique to collect primary data from 251 respondents drawn from 18 communities in six Local Government Areas of the State. …”
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Les Méta-Barons, des cyborgs subversifs ? by Adrien Cascarino

“…To answer this question, this article focuses on the representation of transhuman bodies in La Caste des Méta-Barons, an 8-volume comic strip series written by Alejandro Jodorowsky, drawn by Juan Gimenez and published between 1992 and 2003.The study of this comic strip, contemporary with the beginnings of the transhumanist movement, but above all with the emergence of an ambivalent figure of the cyborg (Haraway, 1984), highlights a certain representation of the posthuman body, which pre-dates current developments on the question.Through the study of the narrative and graphic structure of these albums, this article shows that contrary to appearances, the transhuman bodies of the meta-barons, both cyborg and hybrid, are moving away from the ideal of a divine and all-powerful body and on the contrary blur the line between the augmented body and the disabled body, showing that any physical modification is accompanied by a loss, access to a truly augmented body then passing through the acceptance of this loss.…”
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Language and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Practice Paper-Literature Review and Case Example by Satwant Singh

“…Global migration is a common phenomenon and mainly occurs for economic reasons or threat of violence. This paper has been drawn from the results of a literature review on first and second languages and therapy. …”
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Direct Evidence of Reduction of Cloud Water after Spreading Diatomite Particles in Stratus Clouds in Beijing, China by Qiang Zhang, Mengyu Huang, Xuexi Tie, Xincheng Ma

“…It is noted that due to lacks of instruments, this designed experiment only can provide a qualitative result (such as photo evidence), and no quantitative result can be drawn from this experiment.…”
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« C’est eux contre nous » ou « Qui a peur de qui ? » : la rhétorique post-11 septembre de l’administration américaine vue par la caricature de presse by Dominique CADINOT

“…However, despite the context, on December 15th, three months after the attacks, Atlanta’s major daily newspaper, TheAtlanta Journal-Constitution, ran an editorial cartoon drawn by Mike Luckovich questioning John Ashcroft’s management of the USA PATRIOT Act.The apparent purpose of the caricature is to satirize the way the Arab or Muslim communities are stigmatized as “enemies within” and to critique the artificial dichotomy used by the administration: “Us versus them”.However, the decision to depict John Ashcroft, leader of the domestic war-on-terror apparatus and prominent evangelist, indicates that what is at stake here is the thorny issue of the relations between state power and religion.Since cartoons may provide scholars with a glimpse of the political debate or public opinion surrounding past events, this essay will seek to highlight and reflect on the feelings of millions of Americans who, a few months after the implementation of the national security strategy, initiated a response to those confounding patriotism and bigotry.…”
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THE STRAFIFICATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE YOGACARA BUDDHISM PHILOSOPHY by Audrius Beinorius

“…A special attention is drawn to the treatises of Vasubandhu and by applying the phenomenological, comparative and semantic methods of research. …”
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Study on the Deformation Law of the Embankment with Alluvial Fill in the Lower Yellow River by Chuanyi Ma, Xuanzheng Li, Chuan Wang, Daojun Deng, Quanyi Xie, Gaohang Lv

“…According to the research, the main conclusions can be drawn as follows: (1) During the consolidation process of the alluvial fill, the hydraulic conductivity exhibited a linear decline as the consolidation pressure increased. (2) The consolidation speed under the variable hydraulic conductivity case is lower than that on the condition when the hydraulic conductivity is constant. (3) In layered construction, the consolidation rate of alluvial fill decelerates with the augmentation of layers. …”
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Internal Management Systems and Supply Chain Relationship Commitment in State-Owned Enterprise in Gauteng Province by Pfanelo Nematatani, Elizabeth Chinomona

“…A quantitative method was adopted for the study and a questionnaire was distributed physically and electronically to 863 respondents drawn from SOEs in Gauteng Province. Information was analysed through two software packages, namely SPSS (version 27.0) and Smart PLS 3.0. …”
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An investigation into the processes used in the production of printed health messages in South Africa by Maritha Snyman, Cecilia Penzhorn

“…Little evidence was found in the study of the reciprocal nature of communication where producers and communicators of health messages engage in sustained dialogue with their target audiences. The conclusion is drawn that audience participation is not the norm in the production processes of printed mass media health messages in South Africa. …”
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Problems of Subject Raising Constructions among Yoruba ESL Learners by Razaq Akolawole Raheem

“…Data for both languages are drawn from syntax literature. The Yorùbá data are supported with introspection. …”
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A Survey on Multisensor Fusion and Consensus Filtering for Sensor Networks by Wangyan Li, Zidong Wang, Guoliang Wei, Lifeng Ma, Jun Hu, Derui Ding

“…Finally, conclusions are drawn and several potential future research directions are outlined.…”
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When the Future Becomes no Longer a Threat but, More, an Opportunity by Terry Trickett

“…An opportunity to demonstrate this ambition exists at London Wall West, a site in the cultural heart of the Square Mile, but plans drawn up so far have attracted considerable opposition as they involve the demolition of existing buildings. …”
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Reparative Justice Vis-a Vis the legacy of slavery in the Caribbean. Interregional perspectives by Claudia Rauhut

“…Finally, consideration is given to the different approaches to the topic of reparations seen from an interregional perspective, focusing in viewpoints drawn from Cuba as a case representing the Spanish-speaking Caribbean.…”
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