Healthcare and traditional medicine in the Tobolsk North: the view of political exiles of the late 19th century by V. A. Yakovchuk

“…The problems of alcoholism of doctors, lack of medical personnel, the negative influence of local officials and the neglectful attitude of the tsarist government are studied. …”
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Preface by Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Gerardo Chowell

“…A new A/H1N1 influenza virus strain was officially reported/identified in Mexico City on April 13 2009 and over a period of two-weeks the WHO pandemic alert was moved from level 3 to level 5. …”
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Higher Education Systems and the Tuition Fees Charging: Perspectives and Perceptions in Brazil, Canada and China by Danilo de Melo Costa, Francisco Vidal Barbosa, Qiang Zha, Roopa Desai Trilokekar

“…To understand these questions, a qualitative exploratory multi-case study was carried out with government officials, specialists in higher education, and student leadership from all three countries. …”
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A COVID-19 Patient Presenting with Pneumothorax by Seyyedeh Narjes Abootalebi, Eslam Shorafa, Alireza Abbaspour, Seyed Sina Dehghani, Mehdi Forooghi

“…Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel virus that has affected millions of individuals across the world. It was officially declared as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. …”
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Sarajevo in the Procrustean bed: "Siege" of a divided city by Stanar Dragan

“…In conclusion, the author explains that mainstream media, academia, and many officials have been insisting on using the notion "siege." …”
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Administrative offenses cases number assessment in the Russian regions by D. I. Belyaeva, L. A. Davletshina

“…The aim of the article is to analyse the number of administrative offenses cases initiated by officials in the regions of the Russian Federation, as well as the changes that have occurred in the period between 2006 and 2019. …”
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La Plage urbaine spontanée, une nouvelle forme d’appropriation oisive de l’espace public by Maroua En-nejjari, Ignacio Requena, Daniel Siret

“…To do so, we have conducted an in-situ field survey in the city of Nantes in the summer of 2018, followed by a survey work out of beach situations, conducted with city dwellers and public officials of the city in 2019.…”
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ABOUT THE BORROWING VICARIOUS MATERIAL IN SCIENCE AND IN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS (DISCUSSION) by Stanislav A. Lipski

“…The question about measures to counteract the borrowing vicarious material forscientific and educational work has not yet received proper discussion on the background of the problems associated with the unified state examination, the transition to two-tier system of higher education (bachelor - master) entering its final stage, and the reform of the Academies of Sciences (they caused a discussion in the scientific and teaching circles). The journalists, officials in the field of science and education and, finally, those who carry out suchan audit (advertising themselves) more vividly give their view on this topic. …”
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De la compétence de service aux compétences de coordination et d’orchestration : Autour du conseiller funéraire by Sandrine Caroly, Pascale Trompette

“…As the individual who manages the funeral, the funeral director historically is a person with variable geometry, evolving from a public persona within the local community’s important religious networks to that of a technical and commercial consultant, but increasingly invested with the role of "officiant" in the production of funerals as cultural and symbolic property. …”
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“Resilient City”? The Double Face of the 2006 Mardi Gras Celebrations in New Orleans by Aurélie GODET

“…It then moves on to a discussion of the extent to which such a narrative of resilience was in fact devised and promoted by city officials and public editors in order to address various concerns, such as the decline of the tourism industry, divisions over the way reconstruction should happen, or the unflattering portrayal of the Crescent City in national and international venues. …”
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Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys Ståhl (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) by Jamba Gyeltshen, Gary Bernon, Amanda Hodges

“… The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys (Ståhl), is a recently introduced pest to the western hemisphere and was first officially reported from Allentown, Pennsylvania in 2001 (Hoebeke and Carter 2003). …”
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Network optimization and reconstruction for 5G by Lingyi KONG

“…In June 2019,the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology officially issued a 5G commercial license,which accelerated the deployment of telecom operator’s network of 5G.NSA networking is a good choice to deploy 5G networks in the early stage,and SA networking is the target architecture of 5G networks.Based on the network existing,how to smooth evolution to 5G is a problem to be considered.The architecture of 4G networks was introduced briefly,the return bearer network was optimized to meet the bandwidth requirement in the early stage of 5G development,Through NFV technology the EPC was reconstructed based on CUPS architecture to support network evolution better.Finally,the inter working architecture of 4G/5G was introduced,the deployment and evolution scheme for SA network was analyzed,which provides reference for the construction of 5G core network.…”
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Measuring Community Resilience using Online Toolkits by Paul Monaghan, Emily Ott, Timothy Fogarty

“…The resilience assessment and planning tools reviewed here range from simple, ready-to-print worksheets intended for use by average citizens to comprehensive planning exercises more appropriate for city planners, emergency service providers, and elected officials. Not all of the toolkits will apply to every community. …”
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La dépossession. Réformes, enseignement supérieur et pouvoirs au Maghreb by Ahmed Ghouati

“…The European and North African leaders have officially praised the process, although the students and the teachers did not support its institutional aims. …”
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Protection de la ressource en eau du bassin de l’Auxerrois et transformation des pratiques agricoles by Simon Calla, Sébastien Dassé, Lou Lécuyer, Juliette Young

“…We show that the link with local elected officials and the creation of an association promoting soil conservation agriculture initially enabled some farmers to define the solutions to be adopted in this approach. …”
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Le Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park by Nadia Belaidi

“…This study leans on a recent and original experience in southern Africa: the creation of Peace Park like the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park (GLTP). These parks are officially dedicated to the protection and to the preservation of biological diversity, natural and cultural resources which are associated with it, as well as in the promotion of the cooperation and the peace. …”
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The Wood Duck by Joseph M. Schaefer, Jennifer Cohen, Mark E. Hostetler

“…With the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act in 1918, hunting of these birds was restricted. Also, wildlife officials developed a management program to increase wood duck numbers.  …”
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L’écriture de l’impuissance dans Die Liebesblödigkeit de Wilhelm Genazino by Anne-Sophie Hillard

“…This indecision corresponds to a general feeling of powerlessness which is linked to his fear of death, omnipresent in the narration, a feeling reflected in the objects and events described by the narrator, which officiate as a reflection of his subjectivity. Thus, this inner monologue, centered on vision, performs a spatialization of the narration. …”
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“A More Permanent Familiarity”: Value and the Paternal Image on United States Currency by Heinz Tschachler

“…When in April 2016, the United States Department of the Treasury officially announced the redesign of the $20 bill, the plan provided that the portrait of an “exemplary American woman” would replace Andrew Jackson’s. …”
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Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys Ståhl (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) by Jamba Gyeltshen, Gary Bernon, Amanda Hodges

“… The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys (Ståhl), is a recently introduced pest to the western hemisphere and was first officially reported from Allentown, Pennsylvania in 2001 (Hoebeke and Carter 2003). …”
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