Performative Translation: Latvia’s Orbita Group as a Post-Monolingual Heterotopia by Kevin M. F. Platt

“…In traditional cultural configurations, translation is thought to transfer the essential features or the spirit of a text from one literary language to another in a manner that makes possible the translation’s readers’ sense of unmediated contact with the original. …”
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Assessment of a Planned Municipal Solid Waste Management System in Sri Lanka by Disna Eheliyagoda, Nimal Prematilake

“…Most of these local administrations are directly dumping Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) to an open dumping site, this manner of inappropriate disposal of MSW is become a major threat to the environment and public health in developing countries like Sri Lanka. …”
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Feminism and the Cold War in the U.S. Occupation of Japan, 1945 – 1952 by Mire Koikari

“…General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP), flew from the Philippines to Japan with a mission to occupy and demilitarize the defeated nation. The place and manner of MacArthur’s arrival seemed to signal the victor’s absolute confidence and unquestioned authority over its vanquished enemy. …”
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The roles of universities in virtual intellectual migration via evolving technologies and STEM by Beverly Lindsay

“…(4) How are domestic and international universities preparing graduate students and professionals in novel technological manners that develop and engage virtual intellectual migration? …”
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Thematic Preoccupations of D. A. Ọbasá and Ṣóbọ̀ Aróbíodù on Religion and Colonialism by Ìyábọ̀dé Baliquis Alága, Luqman Abísọ́lá Kíaríbẹ̀ẹ́

“…Our findings reveal that Ṣóbọ̀ Aróbíodù usually comments on issues in a direct manner while Ọbasá comments both directly and indirectly on religious and colonial issues. …”
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Selective Modulators of PPAR-γ Activity: Molecular Aspects Related to Obesity and Side-Effects by Fang Zhang, Brian E. Lavan, Francine M. Gregoire

“…SPPARγMs bind in distinct manners to the ligand-binding pocket of PPAR-γ, leading to alternative receptor conformations, differential cofactor recruitment/displacement, differential gene expression, and ultimately differential biological responses. …”
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Study on the vacuum freeze-drying of banana and impact on powder properties by Onur Taskin

“…Thermal imaging data indicate that the temperature of the products initially decreases before subsequently rising in a continuous manner. The microphotographs illustrated that the dried banana slices had a uniform structure. …”
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Die funksie van mannekragbestuur in effektiewe kommunikasie binne die organisasie by J. L. COETZEE

“…The basic function of personnel management (Human Resources Management) is to influence the behaviour of people at work in such a professional manner that it will realise performance objectives at an optimal level. …”
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La résurgence/convergence du triptyque « catastrophe-résilience-adaptation » pour (re)penser la « fabrique urbaine » face aux risques climatiques by Béatrice Quenault

“…Secondly, considering the actual uses and meanings of resilience, this article interrogates the operational feature of this concept to re-think about the “urban fabric” in an integrated manner with the climate risks prevention. Finally, it aims to clarify why planned adaptation strategies aimed at reducing vulnerabilities and enhancing proactive resilience of cities, that have progressively become in both academic and institutional discourses a key feature, and even a tipping point, for urban sustainable development pathways, can revealed to be ambiguous.…”
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Common grace as theological encouragement for interreligious dialogue by T. Salurante, D. Kristanto, M. Wibowo

“… The Dutch theologian-statesman Abraham Kuyper developed the doctrine of common grace in a lengthy manner. Common grace emphasises that God’s grace operates not only in a salvific way for the elect, but also in a general way for every individual. …”
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Szkoły typu Open-Air: eksperymenty architektoniczno-pedagogiczne szkolnictwa w pierwszych dziesięcioleciach XX wieku by Cezary Szpytma

“…It can create an environment for education and could strengthen that process in a synergistic manner. In reality, we can observe almost the opposite situation, when the school space, instead of comprehensively stimulating the students, becomes a materialized symbol of the oppressive nature of the educational system. …”
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The Roles of UmuD in Regulating Mutagenesis by Jaylene N. Ollivierre, Jing Fang, Penny J. Beuning

“…Mutagenesis is now understood to be an active process, in part facilitated by lower-fidelity DNA polymerases that replicate DNA in an error-prone manner. Y-family DNA polymerases, found throughout all domains of life, are characterized by their lower fidelity on undamaged DNA and their specialized ability to copy damaged DNA. …”
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Framing the Land: Canadian Landscapes Revisited in Jin-me Yoon and Lorraine Gilbert’s Photography by Gwendolyne Cressman

“…While the photographers engaged in geographical and topographical expeditionary missions envisioned the land as the epitome of the sublime landscape, the Group of Seven painters of the 1920s and 1930s later sought to express the essence of Canada’s northern identity through the celebration of a mythical wilderness. This manner of framing the land implied that what was kept outside of the frame or conversely included within its bounds, was often informed by hierarchical relations and colonialist visions of the land. …”
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Stress as a Method of Increasing Performance and Stimulating Innovation: A Synthesis of Literature by Paresashvili Nino, Avsajanishvili Eka

“…Organisations must have pre-defined approaches and methods, as well as relevant knowledge, to respond in a timely manner and promote both employee and organisational development.…”
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Madame Bovary ? elle habitait là-bas... by Ida Merello

“…What characterizes Georgette Leblanc-Maeterlinck's little book, from creating an illusion of authenticity of places and people, to presenting their photographs, is a somewhat mannered attitude of feminine solidarity with Emma, in the name of the new women’s freedoms of which she herself was proud.…”
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Canonical and noncanonical autophagy: involvement in Parkinson’s disease by Maria Sakurai, Tomoki Kuwahara

“…In particular, CASM is unique in that it does not require autophagy upstream mechanisms, while the ATG8 conjugation system is involved in a manner different from canonical autophagy. There have been many reports on the involvement of these autophagy-related mechanisms in neurodegenerative diseases, with Parkinson’s disease (PD) receiving particular attention because of the important roles of several causative and risk genes, including LRRK2. …”
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Low-Rank Representation-Based Object Tracking Using Multitask Feature Learning with Joint Sparsity by Hyuncheol Kim, Joonki Paik

“…Since the proposed method attempts to perform the feature learning problem in both multitask and low-rank manner, it can not only reduce the dimension but also improve the tracking performance without drift. …”
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Assessment of a Planned Municipal Solid Waste Management System in Sri Lanka by Disna Eheliyagoda, Nimal Prematilake

“…Most of these local administrations are directly dumping Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) to an open dumping site, this manner of inappropriate disposal of MSW is become a major threat to the environment and public health in developing countries like Sri Lanka. …”
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Optimal Insurance Indemnity for the Insured with Low Risk Tolerance by Jiesong Zhang, Cailing Li

“…Hence, we establish a corresponding insurance model in which the insured’s initial wealth is designed in such a manner that it only needs to cover the premium. Further, the model considers an introduced risk level that is less than the maximal possible loss. …”
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Scatter and Blurring Compensation in Inhomogeneous Media Using a Postprocessing Method by Yan Yan, Gengsheng L. Zeng

“…This method also offers an alternative to compensate for scatter and blurring in a more time efficient manner compared to the popular iterative methods. …”
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