The Ubiquity of Strange Frontiers: Minor Eschatology in Richard Powers’s The Echo Maker by Zachary Tavlin

“…Powers’s novel can be read as one example of an equally rich (though often neglected) counter-tradition that attends to negative spaces of that “unfamiliar here and now” instead of sublime landscapes and the untamed wilderness. …”
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Electro-gravity entanglement by Moreno Jose C.

“…We present a quantum entanglement model, with multiple discrete electrically charged wave-packets, that simulates gravitational attraction among them, where quantum states can have only two wave-packets with opposite charge polarities, with equal absolute values, while the rest remain neutral, relating those charges to gravitational masses. …”
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PREPARATION AND TENSILE PROPERTY OF 3D POROUS LATTICE STRUCTURE FOR SKIN TISSUE ENGINEERING SCAFFOLDS by FANG Chuang, JI XiaoGang, WANG Wei

“…Digital light process(DLP)forming method has the high forming speed and accuracy characteristics,and can be better used for the preparation of tiny size structures.Therefore,in this study,a new 3D porous lattice structure obtained by artificial topology⁃optimized square lattice as a single cell and spatial 3D equally spaced array of the single cell was designed.Then a flexible and elastic photosensitive resin by using DLP forming method for preparation experiments was carried out.The influence of DLP printing on the formation of the lattice structure and the forming effect were investigated.The tensile mechanical properties of all samples of complete structure without siltation were studied.The results show that the new porous structure prepared by DLP printing has clear internal pores and good connectivity in which the porosity reached more than 80%,and the elongation at break is also above 856%,among which the tensile toughness of lattice structure 3 is the largest and its comprehensive tensile properties are the best.The structure can be widely used in skin tissue engineering scaffolds,flexible electrodes,fragile product clamping fixtures,etc.…”
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Identifying the Factors Affecting Science and Mathematics Achievement Using Data Mining Methods by S. Ahmet Kiray, Bilge Gok, A. Selman Bozkir

“…It is also found that the affective variables have almost equally significant effects on the science and mathematics achievement. …”
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Bypassing Islamism and Feminism: Women’s Resistance and Rebellion in Post-revolutionary Iran by Fatemeh Sadeghi

“…This approach resulted in the depoliticization of women’s issues, even though most Iranian women have persistently proclaimed equality and citizenship through political participation. …”
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Sharing talk, sharing cognition: philosophy with children as the basis for productive classroom interaction by Laura Kerslake, Sarah Rimmington

“…We go on to explore the consequences of educational attainment for those children who enter school with impoverished language, referring to a number of key studies, including our own, which highlight the detrimental effects not only on children’s outcomes at school, but also their ability to become equal inhabitants of a linguistic space. Therefore we argue that a focus on oracy skills crucially underpins wider outcomes. …”
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Dynamic Takagi-Sugeno Model for the Control of Ultrasonic Motor by Shi Jingzhuo, Lv Lin, Zhang Yu

“…In order to overcome these defects, equalized universe method is used in this paper to get clusters centers and obtain fuzzy clustering membership functions, and then, the unknown parameters of the conclusions of fuzzy rules are identified using least-square method. …”
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PUBLIC POLICY AND INEQUALITY IN NIGERIA: AN INTERROGATION by MOSES DANJUMA BOT, MARIA ELEYI IGOCHE, ANOMNIHE UDOKA TIMDIR

“…Using content analysis, the study identified themes and patterns in the sourced secondary data and equally interpret the findings using the Pareto principle which states that a small number of causes are responsible for the majority of outcomes, can help to identify the most important factors that need to be addressed. …”
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Evaluation of the Efficacy of Nasal Sedation Midazolam Compared with Dexmedetomidine in the Management of Uncooperative Children with Down Syndrome during Dental Treatment by Mohamad Nabil Hamod, Chaza Kouchaji, Faten Rostom, Hasan Alzoubi, Imad Katbeh, Nikolay Tuturov

“…The sample consisted of 20 children with Down syndrome aged 5 to 11 years who were divided equally into two groups: Group 1 (experimental) nasal dexmedetomidine and Group 2 (control) nasal midazolam. …”
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Die Behandlung von Zentralen Orten im kommunalen Finanzausgleich unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Funktionsteilungen am Beispiel des möglichen Oberzentrums Harz by Stefan Greiving, Marisa Fuchs, Thomas Terfrüchte

“…This region has so far lacked an upper centre that is reasonably accessible and could help to ensure equal living conditions. It is argued that the distribution of the additional burden equalisation should not only consider the fiscal capacity of the municipalities involved but also their contribution to the joint fulfilment of functions, based on the respective upper-central supply function. …”
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Effective deterrence: When is deterrence the "right" strategy for achieving national interests? by Kopanja Mihajlo

“…However, this does not mean that all possible strategies will be equally effective for achieving national interests. …”
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Image encryption algorithm based on multi-direction pixel continuous folding mechanism and Radon transform by Li SUN, Zhengqian HUANG, Zhenmao XIANG

“…The image encryption algorithm based on multi-direction pixel continuous folding mechanism and Radon transform was proposed.Firstly,the initial plaintext was equally segmented to get left and right sub-blocks.Then the Radon transform was used to obtain the radon projection spectrum image by processing the left and right blocks at 0～180 degrees.And Radon projection spectrum image of left block was permutated by Arnold map,while the Radon projection spectrum image of right block was permutated based on gravity model to get two su-scrambling ciphers,then the entire scrambled image is formed by combining them.To diffuse pixels from multiple directions in space,four direction continuous folding mechanism was designed to change the pixel values by using the diffusion function corresponding to four different directions for realizing image encryption.The experimental results show that this algorithm has higher security and attack resistance with more uniform of pixel distribution in output cipher compared with the current image encryption technology.…”
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The levels of the blood serum thyroid hormones, glucose and total cholesterol in breeds of pointers, german shepherd and kangal dogs by Tufan Keçeci, Zafer Durgun

“…For this purpose, mate and female Pointers, German Shepherd Dogs (GSD) and Kangal Dogs which were equal numbers for per breeds were used, and investigated parameters were compared acording to differences of sex and breeds. …”
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Butterflies, Orchids and Wasps. Polyglossia and Aesthetic Lives: Foreign Languages in The Spirit Lamp (1892-1893) by Xavier Giudicelli

“…The aim of this paper is to show that the polyglossia of The Spirit Lamp is an essential part of an aestheticization of life and the expression of otherwise unspeakable desires. It equally involves performance: a homosexual identity is created through this performance, blurring the limit between art and life. …”
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Fostering Specialised Higher Nursing Education in India: Identifying Challenges and Crafting Solutions by Suresh K Sharma, Lily Podder

“…Retaining specialised nurses poses equal challenges, primarily due to job dissatisfaction, inadequate compensation, limited career advancement opportunities and the impact of international migration. …”
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MODELLING THE VARIATION IN THE MOBILITY PATTERN OF HOUSEHOLDS IN THE URBAN AND RURAL AREAS OF NIGERIA by Oluwayemi-Oniya ADERIBIGBE, Trynos GUMBO

“…This study concludes that differences exist in the mobility pattern of urban and rural households, and as such, equal consideration and attention should be given to them in policy formulations.…”
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Deformation Behavior of Press Formed Shell by Indentation and Its Numerical Simulation by Minoru Yamashita, Zubair Bin Khalil

“…The consumed energy in the travel length of the indentor equal to the shell height was evaluated. The increase ratio of the energy is prominent when the hemispherical indentor is replaced by a flat-headed one in both shell shapes. …”
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The Highs and Lows of an Unknown Pheochromocytoma in an Elderly Patient by Christina N. DiMaria, Lorena I. Rasquin, Wikien A. Hung Pinto

“…The incidence of these tumors is estimated to affect 0.8 per 100,000 person-years and is most common in the fourth to fifth decade of life with equal prevalence in men and women. We describe a case of an 84-year-old male who presented with cycling episodes of severe hypertension and hypotension after an elective cardiac catheterization. …”
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WOMEN AND PEACE PROCESSES IN NIGERIA by EMMANUEL ACHUS JAH, AMINA NKANDAK KURMI, TANKO SHAWULU PAUL, LONGPOE HENTUANG HENRY

“…It recommends that women should not be seen as second fiddle and peaceful while men dominant and violent, there should be cultural reorientation in Nigeria where obnoxious practices of relegation of women to the background be prohibited and the democratic space in Nigeria should presentvents for the implementation of greater gender equality and offer a window for change. It however concludes that women hold in trust all ascribed status in the society and perform assigned functions with utmost good faith which endear their having positive outcome in such. …”
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TRANSLATING MOCHTAR LUBIS’S SHORT STORY “KULI KONTRAK” INTO ENGLISH: A NOVICE TRANSLATOR’S AUTOETHNOGRAPHY by Novita Dewi

“…It argues that translation of literary texts is meticulous as it should involve interpretation and fluency in both source and target languages as well as creativity in order that the translated texts communicate equally well. It is the communicative power of translation that makes this undertaking of language transfer miraculous. …”
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