Beyond Determinism: Geography of Jewishness in Nathan Englander’s “Sister Hills” and Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Filip Boratyn

“…Nevertheless, the establishment of the State of Israel relied on a strong assertion of redrawn geographical boundaries, which were symbolically strengthened by the authority of the Biblical geography of Jewishness. …”
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Understanding Ambiguity in Knowledge, Value and Institutional Structure: A Case Study of Chinese Open Network Community by Yao Jin

“…It is expected that explicitness instead of ambiguity transmitted by authority can promote existing order to more open, creative, and satisfying institutional design for net citizens in virtual communities.…”
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Conflict, Territory and the Frontier Economy: Smuggling in the Alps of Dauphiné During the 18th Century by Anne Montenach

“…Paradoxically, the frontier was not only a barrier but also a passage, depending on the different scenarios enacted along its length: a resource, a porous fence, a key place for affirming state power, and an opportunity to circumvent state authority. At a time when nation-states were seeking to affirm their presence, the frontier between Dauphiné and Piedmont, and more specifically the border defining the privileges granted to the Briançon and Queyras districts, offers an excellent opportunity for studying the territorial, economic and social situations generated by the very presence of frontiers and the various forms of power relationships involved in or controlling illegal commerce. …”
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Au-delà de la relation « bourreau-victime » dans l’analyse d’une situation de harcèlement psychologique au travail by Michel Vézina, Julie Dussault

“…These factors are mainly intensification of the work, weakness of the hierarchical authority, precariousness of the ties to employment, as well as the banalization or negation of the phenomenon, tolerance of incivility, and iniquity or injustice in the workplace. …”
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Potential Distribution of Chagas Disease Vectors (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in Colombia, Based on Ecological Niche Modeling by Gabriel Parra-Henao, Laura C. Suárez-Escudero, Sebastián González-Caro

“…This information could help to guide health authority recommendations on infection monitoring, prevention, and control. …”
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Daygurt: A functional drink combining dadih and yoghurt from cow’s milk using response surface methodology by Gusnedi, Ahmad Habibi Nur, Sartika Wiwi, Darwel, Tristi Utami Citra

“…Quality and safety assessment confirmed that Daygurt complied with the standards established by the Indonesian Food and Drug Authority.…”
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Evaluation of Judicial Procedure in the Essence of the Method of the Wise by Moein Gholamalipour, Ahmad Bagheri

“…While examining the conduct of the wise and its authority from the perspective of Imam Khomeini and some experts, the functions of the judicial procedure were also explained. …”
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Big Data Approach to Sentiment Analysis in Machine Learning-Based Microblogs: Perspectives of Religious Moderation Public Policy in Indonesia by Mhd. Furqan, Ahmad Fakhri Ab. Nasir

“…This study aims to evaluate public policies introduced by the Ministry of Religion regarding religious moderation such as changes in the halal logo, transfer of authority for halal certification, and regulations on the volume of loudspeakers in the mosque. …”
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A Hybrid OFDM-TDM Architecture with Decentralized Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation for PONs by Taner Cevik

“…Instead of sending bandwidth demands to the optical line terminal (OLT) which is the only competent authority, each optical network unit (ONU) runs the same bandwidth demand determination algorithm. …”
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Northward expansion of the Critically Endangered Arabian leopard in Dhofar, Oman by Hadi Al Hikmani, Khalid Al Hikmani

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User Access Control and Authentication System for VoIP Service in Mobile Communication Environments by Ho-Kyung Yang, Jeong-Kyung Moon, Cheol-Rim Choi, Hwang-Bin Ryou

“…To address these issues, in this paper an AA (Attribute Authority) server is added to VoIP to design an authentication system with bolstered security and differentiated user access.…”
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Entre le massif de l’Aurès et les oasis : apparition, évolution et disparition des communautés ibâḍites du Zâb (viiie-xive siècle) by Allaoua Amara

“…Under the influence of Hawwâra, Banû Birzâl, Miknâsa and Banû Kimlân tribes, all converted to this religious stream, the province called Zāb by the Arabic authors was transformed into an Ibâḍî stronghold. …”
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Henri Bergson et les conservateurs espagnols (1907-1940)/I by Camille Lacau Saint-Guily

“…The philosopher Henri Bergson, a very strong intellectual authority in his country between 1900 and 1920, enlisted as a missionary of the Allied cause in the world. …”
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Distributed anonymous authentication scheme based on the blockchain in VANET by Xia FENG, Kaiping CUI, Qingqing XIE, Liangmin WANG

“…Identity authentication is the first line of defense against malicious vehicles spreading false traffic information.However, due to the limited network bandwidth and computing power in the vehicle ad-hoc network (VANET), the existing schemes cannot meet the requirements of efficient authentication, nor can achieve fast and anonymous traceability of malicious vehicles.In view of this, a distributed anonymous authentication scheme based on the blockchain was proposed.The zero-knowledge proof was used to quickly and anonymously authenticate the identity of vehicles in VANET, and the pairing-free-based aggregating signature was used to provide fast batch verification, effectively reducing the computational burden generated during the authentication process.In addition, the regional trusted authority (RTA) could realize the anonymous traceability of malicious vehicle identities, and quickly revoke their identities by using the block chain.It could also update the short-term anonymous identities of vehicles based on local keys in time to ensure that vehicles anonymity and freshness of signatures.Security analysis and simulation show that the proposed scheme can satisfy various security requirements such as anonymity and unlinkability, and can effectively reduce computing and communication overhead, which is at least 27.28% higher in performance than similar schemes.…”
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Campus Commons: Analysis of IIT Patna’s Public open Spaces by Nazish Abid, Mazharul Haque

“…Furthermore, this study recommends that public open spaces' benefits to education, recreation, & the environment be taken into account by those in authority over campus planning early on. …”
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Coordinative Discourse of Strategic Sovereignty Tilting the European Union’s Institutional Balance by T. A. Romanova, S. V. Mazanik

“…Institutional balance is a dynamic process in which institutions challenge each other's authority. This process is conceptualized in the article in terms of discursive neo-institutionalism as a coordinative discourse, which forms, challenges and justifies the idea of “strategic sovereignty”. …”
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Singapore Government Securitization Measures against Transboundary Haze Pollution as a Non-Traditional Security Threat by Muhammad Ramli

“…It can be inferred that the government possesses complete authority to secure the smog issue. The community's response is critical in determining the success of haze securitization. …”
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INTERIM MEASURES UNDER PARAGRAPH 10 OF ART. 101 OF THE TAX CODE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: APPLICATION PRACTICE by N. Z. Zotikov

“…At the same time, according to the Federal Tax Service of Russia, with a sharp reduction in the number of ongoing on-site tax audits, the amount of additional charges for one on-site audit increases сonstantly: in 2016 – 13.6 million rubles, in 2017 – 15.7 million rubles, 2018 – 22.2 million rubles, 2019 – 33.5 million rubles. The tax authority, by charging additional taxes and penalties to the taxpayer, is interested in collecting them. …”
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Sovereignty of natural resources and accountability. The case of the Bolivian hydrocarbon policy, 2006-2018 by César Augusto Camacho-Soliz

“…Finally, each aspect of the causal mechanism is supported by empirical evidence obtained through the identification of policy instruments organized in a research protocol under the NATO (Nodality, Authority, Treasure and Organization) typology in order to provide external and internal validation for the hypothesis. …”
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K. SCHMITT’S THEORY OF PARTISAN: SOCIO-POLITICAL EVENTUALITY OF PARTISAN by M. P. Ostromenskij

“…The behavior of the occupied population can follow three models: expectations of the solution of the conflict between sovereigns and the subsequent acceptance of its results as due - absolute majority population, the active help to the occupying sovereign for the purpose of the statement new political - the collaborator, active opposition of the occupying authority for the purpose of return former political - the partisan.…”
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