A new leadership for a new ecclesiology by I. D. Mothoagae, L. A. Prior

“… While many berate the poor level of leadership in the Church, it is noticeable that the same complaint is made about leadership in the corporate world. …”
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A Novel Network for Choroidal Segmentation Based on Enhanced Boundary Information by Wenbo Huang, Chaofan Qu, Yang Yan

“…Compared to the original TransUnet, BENet demonstrated an increase of nearly 5% in the Dice coefficient and 0.85% in accuracy. …”
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Substrate Specificities of DDX1: A Human DEAD-Box Protein by Anthony F. T. Moore, Yepeth Berhie, Isaac S. Weislow, Eda Koculi

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Influence of controllable variables on the composting process, kinetic, and maturity of Stevia rebaudiana residues by J. J. Castro-Fernández, A. Serrato-González, M. Ruiz-Montoya, M. J. Díaz

“…Conclusions Both moisture and aeration affects positively and negatively the composting process. …”
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Effects of Air Injection on the Metabolic Activity of Emulsifier-Producing Bacteria from Oil Reservoirs by Yi Gu, Zhenzhen Wu, Guan Wang, Bo Zhi, Jiliang Yu, Huiqiang Fan, Suzhen Guo, Ting Ma, Guoqiang Li

“…Herein, the effects of air injection on oil emulsification, nutrient consumption, oil properties, and microbial community structures were compared for activated cultures under four different oxygen content conditions: anaerobic, facultative anaerobic, intermittent aeration, and aerobic. The results showed that crude oil in aerobic and intermittent aeration cultures was emulsified effectively when nutrients were thoroughly depleted. …”
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Généalogie et usages sociaux de quatre lieux urbains paysagers à Beyrouth by Racha El-Dirani Chebbo

“…Beirut is a city that has suffered civil war starting in 1975 and lasting for 15 years, plus an Israeli invasion in 1982. …”
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Naissance d’une nouvelle élite ottomane. Formation et trajectoires des médecins diplômés de Beyrouth à la fin du xixe siècle by Chantal Verdeil

“…At the end of the 19th century, two faculties of medicine were founded in Beirut. The Medical Department of the Syrian Protestant College was inaugurated in 1867 and the French Faculty of Medicine of the Saint-Joseph University of Beirut in 1883. …”
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Comparing the Prognostic Value of Lactate to the Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio Among Sepsis Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study by Bou Chebl R, Haidar S, Kattouf N, Assaf M, Alwan JS, Khamis MM, Abdeldaem K, Makki M, Tamim H, Abou Dagher G

“…Ralphe Bou Chebl,1,* Saadeddine Haidar,1,* Nadim Kattouf,1 Mohamad Assaf,1 Joudie Sahar Alwan,1 Mohamad Moustafa Khamis,1 Karim Abdeldaem,1 Maha Makki,2 Hani Tamim,2 Gilbert Abou Dagher1 1Department of Emergency Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; 2Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Gilbert Abou Dagher, Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, P.O.Box - 11-0236, Riad El Solh, Beirut, 1107 2020, Lebanon, Tel +961 1 350000 Ext: 6631, Email ga66@aub.edu.lbBackground: Lactate has long been recognized as a key prognostic biomarker in sepsis. …”
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Retinal Artery Occlusion Associated with Prepapillary Arterial Loop: An Isolated Ocular Disease? Case Report and Literature Review by Mansour AM, Parodi MB, Casella AMB, Kheir WJ, Bashshur ZF

“…Ahmad M Mansour,1 Maurizio Battaglia Parodi,2 Antônio Marcelo Barbante Casella,3 Wajiha J Kheir,1 Ziad Fayez Bashshur1 1Department of Ophthalmology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; 2Department of Ophthalmology, University Vita-Salute Milan, Milan, Italy; 3Department of Ophthalmology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, BrazilCorrespondence: Ahmad M Mansour, Department of Ophthalmology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, Tel +961-337-7633, Email ammansourmd@gmail.comPurpose: When branch retinal artery occlusion is linked to prepapillary artery loop, is a systemic work-up necessary?…”
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Optimization of Liquid Culture Condition of a Novel Fungus Hygrophoropsis sp. and Antioxidant Activity of Extracts by Liang Huang, Chunxia Li, Ning Sun, Yu Wang, Hongpeng Yang, Yiting Li, Litong Ban

“…The Hygrophoropsis sp. was cultivated under various aeration rates in a 7 l bioreactor. The highest mycelial biomass (3.98 mg/mL) and IPS production (19.63 mg/g) were obtained at aeration rate 4.5 v.v.m. …”
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Conditions relationnelles en contexte de recherche partenariale collaborative by Nathalie Lafranchise, Lyne Kurtzman, Claire Vanier, Maxime Paquet, Kelly Cadec, Berthe Lacharité

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Tumor biomarkers contribute to the diagnosis and clinical management of the O-RADS MRI risk stratification system for epithelial ovarian tumors by Shengjie Xu, Weijian Gong, Xiyi Chen, Jiatong Wang, Yuan Zhu, Tao Zhang, Yun Gu, Jinxia Zheng, Juan Xu

“…Methods A total of 54 benign, 104 borderline, and 203 malignant EOTs (BeEOTs, BEOTs and MEOTs) were enrolled and retrospectively assigned risk scores. …”
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Representation of Traumatic Memory in the Film Drishyam: A Barthesian Reading by Srilekha B. P., V. Bharathi Harishankar

“…In particular, this study utilizes Barthes’ concepts of “studium” and “punctum” to evaluate the emotional response elicited from the audience.…”
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El discurso amoroso de Luz Acmé, alter ego de María Jesús Alvarado, y la búsqueda del marido ideal by Giovanna Pollarolo

“…But the central theme of the novel is the narration of the search for the perfect partner – the husband, the partner, the friend – to whom, due to his merits, Luz Acmé will grant the role of co-founder. …”
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The Effect of Public and Private Decisions on University Governance on the Transnational Relations of American-Associated Universities in the Middle East by Rasmus Bertelsen

“…These universities are the classic missionary universities in Beirut and Cairo (the American University of Beirut, Lebanese American University and the American University in Cairo) as well as the many branch campuses and new universities with American accreditation or partnership which have appeared especially in the Gulf States. …”
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Graham Greene’s Journey Without Maps and the Fascination of the Abomination by John AIREY

“…To be sane is to refuse to do this and to engage in dialogue with the ‘political father’ (Barthes). The reader is encouraged to admit his fascination for this dark region and to undertake his own exploration of it.…”
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Quelles balises curriculaires en éducation à la prospective territoriale durable ? Valeurs d’émancipation et finalités d’implications politiques des jeunes dans les études de cas e... by Angela Barthes, Sylviane Blanc-Maximin, Elisabeth Dorier

“…Sustainable education projects (Lange, 2012, 2017, Barthes, 2017) or territories (Dussault, 2017, Hucy, 2017) offer educational opportunities with emancipatory and civic aims. …”
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Diálogo del saber campesino y la investigación científica: árboles nativos dendroenergéticos en la Reserva de la biosfera Sierra de Huautla, Morelos, México by Artemio Cruz León, Miguel Uribe Gómez, Alejandro Lara Bueno, César Augusto Yescas Albarrán, Ranferi Maldonado Torres

“…Benth.]. The contents of dry matter, moisture, organic matter, ash, as well as the heat of combustion and wood density rates, indicators of the quality of the wood, were measured for these species. …”
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Reconstructing Paleofluid Circulation at the Hercynian Basement/Mesozoic Sedimentary Cover Interface in the Upper Rhine Graben by Chrystel Dezayes, Catherine Lerouge

“…We distinguished at least four stages: (1) reactivation of Hercynian structures associated with pre-rift tectonics during the early Eocene and descending meteoric waters, characterized by shearing/cataclasis textures and precipitation of illite and microquartz; (2) initiation of convective circulation of deep hot brines mixed with descending meteoric waters at the Hercynian basement/sedimentary cover interface during this first stage of Eocene rifting, characterized by dolomite and barite fillings in reactivated Hercynian fractures; (3) N-S tension fractures associated with rift tectonics just prior to uplift of the graben shoulders during Oligocene extension and descending meteoric waters, characterized by cataclastic textures and precipitation of quartz, illite, hematite, and barite; and (4) current convective circulation of deep hot brines mixed with descending meteoric waters at the Hercynian basement/sedimentary cover interface, characterized by calcite and barite fillings within the graben. …”
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