Global changes in extreme tropical cyclone wave heights under projected future climate conditions by Guisela Grossmann-Matheson, Ian R. Young, Alberto Meucci, Jose-Henrique Alves

“…The results show that by 2050, there are projected increases in 100-year significant wave height of up to 1.5 m (10%) in the Eastern and Western Pacific, South Indian and South Pacific Ocean basins. …”
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Teleologia i teologia. Nowożytne przemiany w rozumieniucelowości natury ludzkiej na przykładzie Kajetana i Lutra by Andrzej Persidok

“… The problem of the ultimate goal of man belongs to the most important issues of Western theological anthropology. Traditionally, it was perceived according to the model of a harmonious relation between nature and grace: man is by nature unable to find fulfillment elsewhere than in supernatural communion with God. …”
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Muslim Turcophobia: A Study of Two Missionary Authors by Murat Köylü

“…In this way, they accelerated the spread of "Islamophobia" in Western public opinion, and the persecution and massacres of Muslims were ignored. …”
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LA ROUMANIE AU BOUT DE LA TRANSITION DÉMOGRAPHIQUE: DISPARITÉS ET CONVERGENCES RÉGIONALES by IONEL MUNTELE

“…These analyses prove the fact that Romaniahas got out of the paradigm of the imbalances that opposed the areas with labour force deficit to the areas with man power excess (triggering ample internal migratory flows), entering the paradigm of exhausting its own labour resources, just like most Western countries.…”
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The validation and cross-cultural adaptation of the PainDETECT questionnaire in osteoarthritis-related pain by Xiaofeng Chang, Shuxin Yao, Jie Wei, Lei Shang, Chao Xu, Jianbing Ma

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NATO Aggression Against Yugoslavia: International-Legal, Military Strategic and Geopolitical Consequences by E. G. Ponomareva, A. V. Frolov

“…Since Serbia is the central element of the Balkan policy of Western countries and organizations, the question is extremely important. …”
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Baltic States in NATO: Results of the Decade by V. V. Vorotnikov

“…Confrontational rhetoric and appeals to "Russian threat" in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, on the one hand, make it possible for their political leaders to constantly demonstrate their importance in the eyes of Western partners and demand more activity of the alliance and, on the other hand, make ground for the political elites to consolidate the electorate, by that ensuring that the right-wing conservative forces remain in power.…”
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Queering the Queer by Tracey Sibisi, Charlene van der Walt

“…Even though there has been a shift towards a more inclusive theological discourse within the African Christian faith landscape, the bodies of African Izitabane are still predominantly viewed as a Western import and a threat to African culture and its traditions. …”
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Targeted Sanctions: a Tool of Foreign Policy, Unfair Competition or Global Social Engineering? by L. L. Fituni

“…Today such measures have turned into one of the leading forms of external pressure and subsequent coercion, often exceeding the effectiveness of such straightforward instruments as the threat of potential use of force and almost equal to real power actions. Arguably, among those asymmetric and hybrid measures, Western countries assign a key role to the pressure of international sanction upon competitor nations and uncooperative actors on the world arena. …”
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A Voice Sweeter than Salt: Toyin Falola and the Construction of Subaltern Narrative Space by Ben Weiss

“…In granting credence to the idea of identity paradox, a close analysis of A Mouth Sweeter than Salt reveals the complexities of African subaltern voice and its dialectic with the forces of modernity. While Spivak might argue that this formulation is tainted by the motives of the West, such an interpretation of Fa­lola's memoir also builds ground to discuss alternatives to the Western archive in the development of African intellectualism. …”
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Association of tumour mutation burden with prognosis and its clinical significance in stage III gastric cancer by Ya-Lin Han, Li Chen, Xu-Ning Wang, Mao-Lin Xu, Rui Qin, Fang-Ming Gong, Peng Sun, Hong-Yi Liu, Zhi-Peng Teng, Zhao-Xia Li, Guang-Hai Dai

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Evaluating the effectiveness of handheld ultrasound in primary blast lung injury: a comprehensive study by Shifeng Shao, Zhengbin Wu, Jun Liu, Zhikang Liao, Yuan Yao, Liang Zhang, Yaoli Wang, Hui Zhao

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Masculinité et relations de genre dans la société secrète abakuá by Géraldine Morel

“…Emerging in 1836 in the port of Regla across from Old Havana, the male secret society abakuá is an urban religious phenomenon strictly confined to the western part of the island of Cuba, namely the port cities of Matanzas, Cárdenas and Havana. …”
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Effect of Electroacupuncture on Inhibition of p38 MAPK Pathway on Neuromotor Function in Rats with Spinal Cord Injury by Wei CHEN, Yaochi WU

“…Objective:To observe the effect of electroacupuncture on neuromotor function of rats with spinal cord injury, and to explore its mechanism based on p38 MAPK pathway.Methods:A total of 63 adult male SD rats were randomly divided into sham group, SCI group and SCI-EA group, with 21 cases in each group.The spinal cord was not injured in Sham group, the SCI group and SCI-EA group were established by crushing the spinal cord with external force.The sham group and SCI group did not take any intervention, At the second day after operation, SCI-EA groupwas treated by electro-acupuncture instrument (continuous wave, frequency 2 Hz, intensity 1 mA), The needling site was T₁₀Jiaji acupoint, 30 minutes per time, once a day, resting every 5 days, continuous treatment for 28 days.Spinal cord injury behavioral score (BBB) was used to evaluate the changes of motor function after spinal cord injury; apoptosis of spinal cord neurons was detected by TUNEL method; Caspase-3 positive cells in spinal cord tissue were detected by immunohistochemical SP method;and protein expression was detected by Western blot.Results:Compared with SCI group, BBB score of SCI-EA group was significantly higher after EA intervention for seven days, with statistically significant differences (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05); Caspase-3 positive cells in spinal cord tissue of SCI-EA group were significantly lower, and the number of apoptotic cells reduced significantly, The positive expression of p38 MAPK and iNOS decreased significantly, with statistically significant differences (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).Conclusion:Electroacupuncture can inhibit the activation of p38 MAPK and iNOS pathway after spinal cord injury, reduce the apoptosis of spinal cord neurons, and improve the neuromotor function of spinal cord injury rats.…”
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Determining The Need for Fire Stations by Backup Double Covering Approach and Location Selection: The Case of Trabzon City by Şeyda Kuku, Ersin Türk

“…The findings of this study indicate that the existing fire station must be preserved at its current location, and that two new fire stations are needed which should be situated at eastern and western parts of the city, and also that the Regulation on Production of Spatial Plans must be amended to cover planning of the fire stations.…”
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Effect of miR-144-3p-Targeted Regulation of PTEN on Proliferation, Apoptosis, and Osteogenic Differentiation of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells under Stretch by Shiyong Ling, Xi Luo, Bo Lv, Hua Wang, Mengzhi Xie, Kai Huang, Jingchuan Sun

“…The BMSCs were then continuously stimulated for 24 h using a Flexercell in vitro cellular mechanics loading device, applying a draft force at a frequency of 1 Hz and a deformation rate of 18%. …”
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High-intensity acute noise exposure causes anxiety in female rats by inducing hippocampal neuron apoptosis by Yifei Song, Xiaoni Wang, Haoyu Zhang, Rui Ma, Yiting Kang, Xiaohui Di, Zeguo Feng, Can Ni, Fadong Zhao, Hongwei Zhuang, Jianbao Zhang

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An automated platform for simultaneous, longitudinal analysis of engineered neuromuscular tissues for applications in neurotoxin potency testing by Jacob W. Fleming, Molly C. McCloskey, Kevin Gray, David R. Nash, Vincent Leung, Christos Michas, Shawn M. Luttrell, Christopher Cavanaugh, Julie Mathieu, Shawn Mcquire, Mark Bothwell, David L. Mack, Nicholas A. Geisse, Alec S.T. Smith

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The Fake Diary of a Historical Figure: Klementyna Tańska-Hoffmanowa’s Journal of Countess Françoise Krasińska (1825) by Magdalena Ożarska

“…Hoffmanowa’s novel, begun as a project aimed to educate young girls in modesty and other traditional feminine virtues, soon became a tour-de-force of fake diarising, the first ever psychologically complex presentation of the workings of a young girl’s mind in Polish literature. …”
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Will new-type urbanization enhance sustainable potential of rural water resources in China? − Based on an improved water poverty framework by Wenxin Liu, Dequan Hao, Ruifan Xu

“…The results show that: Firstly, During the study period, the water poverty efficiency in rural China shows a trend of fluctuation and decline, indicating that the sustainable potential of rural water resources is constantly being weaken, and the regional imbalance is prominent, with higher potential in eastern and western regions and lower potential in central and northeast regions. …”
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