A Comparative Study of Symmetrical Cockcroft-Walton Voltage Multipliers by Mohsen Ruzbehani

“…Decades after invention of the Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier, it is still being used in broad range of high voltage and ac to dc applications. …”
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Anti-melanoma activity of green-produced nanosilver-chlorhexidine complex by Nadezhda Antonova Ivanova

“…The findings of this experiment suggest the potential applicability of the invention in the local chemotherapy of skin melanoma in its early or post-operative stage.…”
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Les droits de propriété sur le vivant by Geneviève Azam

“…They erase traditional boundaries between patentable invention and traditionally non-patentable discovery. …”
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“Fata Morgana”: ancora su strabismi e asincronie by Berardino Palumbo

“…In particular, I argue that the "critical anthropology" identified in those interventions as a polemical objective, rather than an "invention" can be read as a projection, in the national academic field, of theoretical tensions that had crossed the Anglophone North American anthropologies in the late '90s of the last century. …”
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Visual Vertigo, Phantasmagoric Physiognomies: Joseph Roth and Walter Benjamin on the Visual Experience of Architecture by Stefan Koller

“…It shows that Benjamin’s specific contribution to this body of literature is the invention of a secular mythology, with a clear application to architecture in Benjamin’s focus on the ‘boundless interiorisation’ of glass and iron construction. …”
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El enredo de Carmen y el primer turismo en España (1830-1875) by Manuel Santirso

“…The invention of Spanish cliché in the 19th century has been studied from an exclusively cultural perspective and with a very broad chronology, when it occurred in the years 1840-1848, a very specific period of the Spanish historical evolution and of relations with France and the rest of Europe. …”
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Inscription and interpretation of text: a cultural hermeneutic examination of virtual community by Gary Burnett, Michael H. Dickey, Michelle M. Kazmer, Katherine M. Chudoba

“…Four elements of our conceptual model--coherence, reference, invention, and intention--provide mechanisms to examine a community's texts as it engages in social interaction and knowledge creation. …”
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Language and the African Philosophical Traditions by Kọ́lá Abímbọ́lá

“…Numerous scholars have explored this very question from Africana perspectives: Kwasi Wiredu (1996) explored the philosophical issue of whether there are culturally defined values and concepts; Hallen and Sodipo (1986) examined the question of whether there are unique African indigenous systems of knowledge; Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1994) evaluated the role of colonialism in the language of African literature; Oyerò nkẹ ́ ́ Oyěwumi (1997) argued that “gender” is a Western cultural invention that is foreign to Yorùbá systems of sociation; and Helen Veran (2001) argued that even though science, mathematics, and logic are not culturally relative, “certainty” is nonetheless derived from cultural practices and associations. …”
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The Author Inside: Celebrity Photography 1840‒1902 by Audrey Doussot

“…The invention and popularization of photography in the nineteenth century revolutionized portraiture. …”
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A Case Study on Stratified Settlement and Rebound Characteristics due to Dewatering in Shanghai Subway Station by Jianxiu Wang, Tianrong Huang, Dongchang Sui

“…The soil model was composed of three layers, and the dewatering process was simulated by self-invention of decompressing devise. The results indicate that SSR occurs when the decompression was carried out, and only negative rebound was found in sandy clay, but both positive and negative rebound occurred in the silty clay, and the absolute value of rebound in sandy clay was larger than in silty clay, and the mechanism of SSR was discussed with mechanical sandwich model, and it was found that the load and cohesive force of different soils was the main source of different responses when decompressed.…”
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A Contemporary Review on Friction Stir Welding of Circular Pipe Joints and the Influence of Fixtures on This Process by S. M. Senthil, M. Bhuvanesh Kumar, Milon Selvam Dennison

“…The permanent metal joining processes play a vital role in assembling the complex aluminium structures of the aerospace, automotive, marine, and oil industries. The invention of friction stir welding (FSW) redefined the mechanism of metal joining to produce high-quality welds by eliminating the consumption of electrodes and shielding gases, resulting in economical processes. …”
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Pacient a lékař – už ve starém Egyptě by Evžen Strouhal

“…With the increase of population density grew the number of doctors, whose quantity reached a peak during the New Kingdom period. Thanks to the invention of writing on papyrus scrolls could their empirical knowledge be passed on from generation to generation through medical texts. …”
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MR signal intensity: staying on the bright side in MR image interpretation by Annette H M van der Helm-van Mil, Monique Reijnierse, Tom W J Huizinga, Johan L Bloem

“…Abstract In 2003, the Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded for contribution to the invention of MRI, reflecting the incredible value of MRI for medicine. …”
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Gender inventorship equity in patent prosecution by W. Michael Schuster, Jordana Goodman

“…Not only are women less likely to patent their invention, but each stage of examination individually contributes to a lower aggregate grant rate for female inventors. …”
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Systemically modeling the dynamics of plasma insulin insubcutaneous injection of insulin analogues for type 1 diabetes by Jiaxu Li, Yang Kuang

“…The timing and dosage ofinsulin administration have been a critical research area sincethe invention of insulin analogues. Several pharmacokineticalmodels have been proposed, and some are applied clinically inmodeling various insulin therapies. …”
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Delving into the Magdalene’s vase by Vicki-Marie Petrick

“…We will see that the inventiveness of Italian artists, particularly as applied to the alabastron, continues from the 1270 panel of Guido da Siena through to the early modern era with Titian’s 1535 Pitti Magdalene. …”
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Contemporary Painting as Reflector of Yoruba Cultural Values by Michael Olusegun Fajuyigbe

“…This paper, therefore, examines the re-invention of culture and distinctive cultural ideals in contemporary Nigerian art. …”
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Advanced slit-lamp-assisted toric marker by Neeraj Israni, Shruti Kochar, Amol Kadu, Rwituja Thomas

“…Conclusion: This innovation answers the problem of a stable, economical, and accurate marking solution. The invention can be used for easy astigmatic axis marking of a toric IOL preoperatively, that is, before the surgery.…”
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THE LOST ANCESTOR OF THE BROAD BEAN (VICIA FABA L.) AND THE ORIGIN OF PLANT CULTIVATION IN THE NEAR EAST by O. E. Kosterin

“…It is hypothesized that the broad bean, a conspicuous plant with large seeds and restricted habitats, could be the Near Eastern “primer crop”, which provoked the first emergence of the idea and practice of plant cultivation and “invention” of the field.…”
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Histoire africaine de langue française et mondialisation by Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch

“…Aujourd’hui la plupart des historiens français rejettent le concept d’africanisme, pour des raisons semblables au rejet par Edward Said de l'Orientalisme, ou par Valentin Mudimbe de l’invention de l’Afrique. Plusieurs générations d’historiens africains formés aux Écoles de Dakar, de Dar es Salaam, ou d’Ibadan, nous rappellent désormais que ce que nous, Occidentaux, pensons être évident est loin de l’être pour l’Autre, et inversement. …”
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