Open Water Jumping: Clearing Obstacles in the Negotiation of French Rights to The Black Stallion by Cécile Cottenet

“…The story of the introduction of the series in France in the aftermath of World War II, and its inclusion in this now-classic library of children’s texts, is largely unknown. Behind the scenes of the transatlantic negotiations, a narrative of complex, arduous discussions between author, series editor and agents unfolds, revealing the roles played by mediators usually forgotten by literary history. …”
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Enhancing E-Health Information Systems with Agent Technology by Minh Tuan Nguyen, Patrik Fuhrer, Jacques Pasquier-Rocha

“…The latter will work on behalf of human agents, taking care of routine tasks, and thus increasing the speed, the systematic, and ultimately the reliability of the information exchanges. …”
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Intracellular dry mass density increases under growth-induced pressure [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Baptiste Alric, Hyojun Kim, Julien Roul, Nolan Chan, Morgan Delarue

“…However, the physical mechanisms behind this reduction remain unclear. In this study, we use quantitative phase imaging to measure the refractive index and dry mass density of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells proliferating under confinement in a microfluidic bioreactor. …”
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El príncipe modelo reflejado en las obras Relox de príncipes y Enseñanzas de Neagoe Basarab hacia su hijo Teodosio by Andrei Iulian Din

“…An entire philosophical system was built around this concept, from the Classic Era to the Renaissance, and the ideology behind it represented the answer to certain existential questions that a collective unconscious had at a certain point. …”
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Middle-Income Trap: A Literature Review by Fatih Karasaç, Ahmet Burçin Yereli, Fatih Akbayır

“…In this regard, most of the studies focus on developing countries and theoretically scrutinize the key factors behind this vicious circle. Accordingly, these studies also offer policy implications associated with issues like productivity, quality of education and technological progress. …”
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Some Algorithms for Solving Third-Order Boundary Value Problems Using Novel Operational Matrices of Generalized Jacobi Polynomials by W. M. Abd-Elhameed

“…Moreover, the principle idea behind these algorithms is based on converting the boundary value problems governed by their boundary conditions into systems of linear or nonlinear algebraic equations which can be efficiently solved by suitable solvers. …”
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Why at the start of the Fourth Industrial Revolution do we see a rise in cult-type Pentecostal churches in South Africa? by Maria Frahm-Arp

“…He suggests that this is a time of enormous promise as machines can enhance the way people live, but if we are left behind by this revolution or it is not correctly regulated, it could also be a time of increasing peril for humanity (Schwab 2016). …”
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Immunomediated Encephalitis: New Diagnoses on the Neurology–Psychiatry Interface by Daniel Damiani, Aline Ribeiro de Bem

“…Initially, patients present with subacute behavioral alterations, evolving over months, being attributed to purely psychiatric mechanisms, as well as neurological symptoms that often go unnoticed by professionals who are not neurologists. The etiologies behind these diseases are represented by paraneoplastic syndromes (including occult tumors) as well as viral infections, in both cases constituting true immunological triggers with exposure of antigens that will lead to a cross-immunological response directed at healthy structures of the nervous system. …”
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Projekt statutu kapelana zakładu leczniczego oraz domu pomocy społecznej. Podstawy i uzasadnienie by Antoni Bartoszek

“…The main part the article presents a full version of the draft of the status accompanied by an explanation and rationale behind the formulated norms. …”
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Écart et séduction : Gérard de Nerval et Derek Mahon by Maryvonne Boisseau

“…It will be argued that a process of seduction consisting in finding ways to come to terms with the original text is at work behind all this. Thus this paper is an attempt at theorizing the idea of difference with regard to a process of seduction of the text that aims at appropriating and controlling the difference between the two languages. …”
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On the Responses of Braced Diaphragm Wall Supporting Deep Excavation Subjected to Asymmetric Surcharge Loads by Recep Akan

“…In this study the strut forces, lateral deformations, bending moments on each wall, as well as the settlements and heaves of the soil behind both walls in the asymmetrically loaded strut-supported excavation system are determined using the finite element method (FEM). …”
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Murales et rayados de Valparaíso : entre institutionnalisation et vandalisme by Elsa Bouvier

“…The radical opposition between mural and rayado, widely built by the political speech of the municipality, results from criteria of acceptance of the urban inscriptions on behalf of this institution, but also of its conception of the public place and its patrimonial and cultural urban public politics. …”
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Criteria for Open Access and Publishing by Burcu Balaban, Sönmez Çelik, Gültekin Gürdal, İlkay Holt

“…The larger part of this article is a much requested explanation on how DOAJ uses its new set of criteria for the evaluation of open access journals and the rationale behind choosing the seven extra criteria that qualify for the DOAJ Seal. …”
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Faith in the modern Reformed church: Calvin and Barth

“…The locus of faith is the main point of difference: Calvin locates an individual’s faith in the Christ revealed in the Bible, whereas Barth locates it in Christ’s immanent revelation of himself at a time of crisis. Behind this difference are divergent views of the Bible and its relationships with theology and praxis. …”
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Effects of tributyltin on placental and reproductive abnormalities in offspring by Charles S. da Costa, Hanin Alahmadi, Genoa R. Warner, Maria Tereza Nunes, Glaecir Roseni Mundstock Dias, Leandro Miranda-Alves, Jones B. Graceli

“…However, substantial knowledge gaps remain in the literature, requiring further research to better understand the mechanisms behind TBT effects on placental and reproductive disruption in offspring.…”
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The Mushroom Agaricus blazei Murill Elicits Medicinal Effects on Tumor, Infection, Allergy, and Inflammation through Its Modulation of Innate Immunity and Amelioration of Th1/Th2 I... by Geir Hetland, Egil Johnson, Torstein Lyberg, Gunnar Kvalheim

“…Other scientists and we have examined whether there is scientific evidence behind such postulations. Agaricus blazei M is rich in the immunomodulating polysaccharides, β-glucans, and has been shown to have antitumor, anti-infection, and antiallergic/-asthmatic properties in mouse models, in addition to anti-inflammatory effects in inflammatory bowel disease patients. …”
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“On our way to dig up Dad’s empty coffin” by Caroline Magnin

“…It is named only with great difficulty, and hides behind blank pages, ellipses, and photographs which show without naming, and take over when language falls short. …”
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Understanding structural conservation through materials science: strategies and didactics by Laura Fuster-López, Cecil Krarup Andersen

“…Since materials science and mechanics can help conservators predict the long term consequences of their treatments and provide them with tools to avoid future problems, it should be present in all conservation-restoration training programs to help promote students’ understanding of the degradation mechanisms in cultural materials (and their correlation with chemical and biological degradation) as well as the implications behind conservation treatments.  …”
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Matière à controverse by Candice Raymond

“…The subject of this article is the 1980-2000 controversy between Adel Ismail, a Lebanese historian and diplomat who has published a vast collection of French diplomatic documents relating to the modern history of Lebanon, and Antoine Hokayem, an academic historian behind a virulent critique of these publications, himself also the publisher of archive collections. …”
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Reconstruction of Back Defect from Giant Congenital Melanocytic Nevus Using Dermal Substitute Matrix by Kareem W. Makkawi, MD, Paul T. Beaineh, MD, Saif E. Emsieh, MD, Edwin E. Chrabieh, BS, Amir E. Ibrahim, MD

“…However, giant nevi can leave behind large defects that can be challenging to reconstruct. …”
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