Od binarności do nowej fali – między modernizmem a postmodernizmem w nowej socjologii dzieciństwa by Małgorzata Kowalik-Olubińska

“…The subject of the author’s interest is one of the currents, known as the new wave, which the author considers in the context of modernism, out of which the current of the new wave has emerged, and postmodernism, which constitutes the significant intellectual background for it. …”
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Ethnobotany of Okomu Forest Reserve, Edo State, Nigeria by O.A. Ugbogu, E.C. Chukwuma

“…Euphorbiaceae and the Legumes constituted the highest species occurrence while the largest number of plant families (22) had only one species each represented. …”
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Model rozwijania refl eksyjności u (przyszłych) nauczycieli edukacji wczesnoszkolnej – założenia, istota, motywy konstruowania i nadawania mu wymiaru praktycznego by Joanna Szymczak

“…Langer, all of which constitute a theoretical background for the model. The paper also presents an adopted understanding of refl exivity and refl ection. …”
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Joyful Encounters: Learning to Play Well with Machines by Sandry Eleanor, Peaty Gwyneth

“…This paper provides an analysis of the characteristics that constitute ‘play’ in relation to video games and interactions with robots, arguing it is possible to position time spent on play with machines as valuable in itself, without requiring the outcomes more traditionally regarded as productive. …”
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A potential photo-protective, antioxidant function for DMSO in marine phytoplankton. by Brandon J McNabb, Philippe D Tortell

“…The marine compound dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is ubiquitous in the world's surface ocean, constituting one of the largest sources of reduced organic sulfur in seawater. …”
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CHRISTOPANGANISM: A RELIGION IN SEARCH OF RELEVANCE OR A CONTEXTUALIZED CHRISTIANITY IN NIGERIA? by Amos Francis Dike

“… The African belief in ancestral curses and witchcraft/witches constitutes a constant and permanent source of fear and anxiety to most Christians. …”
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Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Residential Power Backup Gasoline Generators in Nigeria by B.N. Nwankwojike, J.O. Nwosu, M.O. Egwuagu

“…Results showed Tiger, Sumec, Elemax, Elepaq and Jinjing as the most patronized brands of portable gasoline generators for home power back up in Nigeria major cities while 0.8 and 2.2KVA constitute the most used power ratings of the generators. …”
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIAN BANKS by Oloruntoba Oyedele

“…Purposive sampling technique was used to select 50 Nigerian branch managers; 10 each from Zenith bank, Guaranty Trust bank, First bank, Access bank, and United bank for Africa respectively to constitute the study sample. A structured closed ended questionnaire was also designed; copies of which were administered to solicit opinions from the sampled population of the study. …”
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Biology of extracellular vesicles and the potential of tumor-derived vesicles for subverting immunotherapy of cancer by Theresa L Whiteside

“…EVs are heterogeneous in size, biogenesis, molecular/genetic content and functions. They constitute a part of the intercellular communication system. …”
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Opening tasks, opening minds – a rediscovery of the open-ended approach by Kalina Jastrzębowska

“…Although such tasks constitute an irreplaceable tool for prompting young learners to be actively and creatively involved in mathematical discourse, their implementation poses a challenge. …”
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Satisfaction by the certain subjective success in career by Janjić Ivana, Ilić Đurđijana

“…In order for an organization to successfully operate, it is necessary to know all employees and to establish an agreement between individual and organizational goals, which means that it should follow the following business philosophy: "Great performance and great satisfaction of the individual." However, what constitutes the basis of quality work organizations are reliable employees who are satisfied with their work, are ready to progress and learn and thus profit themselves and the organization either in material or otherwise. …”
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The hypolipidemic effect of MI-883, the combined CAR agonist/ PXR antagonist, in diet-induced hypercholesterolemia model by Jan Dusek, Ivana Mejdrová, Klára Dohnalová, Tomas Smutny, Karel Chalupsky, Maria Krutakova, Josef Skoda, Azam Rashidian, Ivona Pavkova, Kryštof Škach, Jana Hricová, Michaela Chocholouskova, Lucie Smutna, Rajamanikkam Kamaraj, Miloš Hroch, Martin Leníček, Stanislav Mičuda, Dirk Pijnenburg, Rinie van Beuningen, Michal Holčapek, Libor Vítek, Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg, Oliver Burk, Thales Kronenberger, Radim Nencka, Petr Pavek

“…Abstract Constitutive androstane receptor (CAR) and pregnane X receptor (PXR) are closely related nuclear receptors with overlapping regulatory functions in xenobiotic clearance but distinct roles in endobiotic metabolism. …”
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Microbiome in development of esophageal diseases by Yu. V. Yevsyutina, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The microbiome of the normal esophageal mucosa is represented by gram-positive bacteria like Firmicutes; microbiome in patients with Barret's esophagus and esophagitis is constituted mainly by gram-negative anaerobe bacteria: Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria, Fusobacteria and Spirochaete; patients with eosinophilic esophagitis have Proteobacteria. …”
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The Effect of COVID-19 Lockdown on Oral Glucose Challenge Tests and Body Mass Indexes in Türk Pregnant Women by Yildiz Akdas Reis, Fahri Burcin Firatligil, Arife Akay, Asya Kalayci Oncu, Yaprak Engin Ustun

“…STUDY DESIGN: In this case-control study two groups were constituted. Group 1 included patients who underwent a glucose challenge test in the year 2019 before the pandemic lockdown (n=604) was assessed as the control group; group 2 (n=505) included patients who underwent the same test in the year 2020 that in the pandemic lockdown period was evaluated as the study group. …”
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Measuring Vertical Integration in the Technology Sector: Indonesia, the US, and the EU in Unfair Competition by Anna Maria Tri Anggraini, Ahmad Sabirin, Maria Silvya Elisabeth Wangga, Sharda Abrianti, Serena Ortigosa Fernandez

“…The findings indicate that the criteria for assessing whether vertical integration constitutes a violation of unfair business competition vary among Indonesia, the United States, and the European Union. …”
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Annex G of the 2001 Agreement on Succession Issues: Self-executing or Not? by Vesna Crnić-Grotić, Sandra Fabijanić Gagro, Petra Perišić

“…The principal legal issue in the course of those proceedings was whether the said Annex G constituted a self-executing treaty, apt for application without any further measures being taken, or if it was a non-self-executing one, creating a legal obligation, but not being automatically applicable and justiciable in courts. …”
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Overtourism in urban destinations: the myth of smart solutions by María García Hernández, Josep Ivars Baidal, Sofía Mendoza de Miguel

“…However, the need to generate knowledge that is useful for managing tourist overload constitutes a challenge faced by a growing number of destinations. …”
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A single-nucleus RNA sequencing atlas of the postnatal retina of the shark Scyliorhinus canicula by Nicolás Vidal-Vázquez, Ismael Hernández-Núñez, Pablo Carballo-Pacoret, Sarah Salisbury, Paula R. Villamayor, Francisca Hervas-Sotomayor, Xuefei Yuan, Francesco Lamanna, Céline Schneider, Julia Schmidt, Sylvie Mazan, Henrik Kaessmann, Fátima Adrio, Diego Robledo, Antón Barreiro-Iglesias, Eva Candal

“…Abstract The retina, whose basic cellular structure is highly conserved across vertebrates, constitutes an accessible system for studying the central nervous system. …”
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O Impacto dos Subsídios Tributários Federais na Desigualdade de Renda no Brasil by Charles Mathusalem Soares Evangelista, Carlos Enrique Carrasco-Gutierrez

“…To achieve this, we analyzed the annual Gini index in various regions of the country, considering variables such as per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the average years of schooling for the population over 25 years old, regional population density, legal and constitutional transfers from the Union to the States per capita, and federal per capita tax subsidies granted in various economic and social sectors. …”
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Kenya’s 2022 General Elections and Nigerian’s 2023 General Elections: Any Lessons for Democratic Consolidation in Africa? by Godwin Ojanyi Agbiloko, Gerald Ifeanyi Okafor

“…It further underscores the defining characteristics of the Nigeria’s 2023 general elections with confidence in elections as means of making political choices through constitutional reforms and independent judiciary signposting the salient similarities between the Kenya’s and Nigeria’s general elections. …”
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