Constructing “Society’s Soldiers”: Identity Work, (Total) Defence Willingness and the Swedish Home Guard by Jenny Malmström, Joakim Berndtsson

“…The study is designed as a qualitative, exploratory case study of SHG communication based on a wide range of mainly textual and interview-based sources in which we analyse communication directed at both internal and external audiences. Analytically, we draw on theories of organizational, military, and collective social identity to probe identity-building strategies and how they relate to the idea of defence willingness. …”
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CONFLICT BETWEEN PASTORALISTS AND FARMERS IN NIGERIA AND ITS POTENTIALS FOR REGIONAL INSECURITY IN AFRICA by Angela Ajodo-Adebanjoko, Joy Ede Ukoje

“…This is because the Fulani ethnic group is found across several African countries and transnational livestock migrations could draw in fighters from neighbouring countries. Besides, the conflict could articulate other types of conflicts on the continent. …”
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The role of Airbnb creating a “new”-old city centre: facts, problems and controversies in Porto by Pedro Chamusca, José Rio Fernandes, Luís Carvalho, Thiago Mendes

“…We make use of qualitative and quantitative methods and draw on the official AirDNA database to analyse the relation between Airbnb and urban transformation, and the governance context. …”
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Digital technologies in music education. Using Digital Audio Workstations (DAW) with Project-Based Learning (PBL) by María Elena Cuenca-Rodríguez, Ignacio Pascual-Moltó, Raquel Pastor-Prada

“…BandLab and Walk Band are two mobile and web-based applications that let users create and record their own songs, providing them with a variety of virtual instruments, samples, loops and drum machines. These applications can be used as educational tools to encourage musical learning and creativity in secondary and higher education students. …”
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Temporal legacies of coal mining in the West Coast, New Zealand: path-dependency or path-creation? by Sean Connelly, Etienne Nel, Alison Floyd

“…The legacy and heritage of coal mining has since shaped efforts at diversification and revitalization, highlighting the tensions between path-dependency and new path creation in the shaping of the future of Blackball. We draw on concepts from evolutionary economic geography to highlight how iterative processes of path creation and path dependency have played out and identify the important role of community agency and external support in mediating those processes. …”
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Covert marketing in films and series by Dimitrijević Ljiljana, Gojković Marija, Kolar Janez

“…Its influence is growing, and through advertising through celebrities, who immediately draw attention to a certain brand or service, its attractiveness is growing. …”
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Fresh and Mechanical Characteristics of Eco-efficient GPC Incorporating Nano-silica: An Overview by Hiwa Hamid Sharif

“…So that current and The majority of the most current studies previously published were investigated to draw attention to the influences of nano-silica on the workability, compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, and flexural strength. …”
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La Coevolución en 'The Expanse': explorando la estética biológica en la ciencia ficción by Marcelo Fraile-Narváez

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Research Freedom and Access to Knowledge in Archaeological Research on Human Remains: Legal and Extra-Legal Perspectives by Paweł Mazur, Ewa Nowak

“…Present-day bioarchaeology of human remains has a complex, normative foundations, and this results in a nearly paradigmatic shift in research conducted in that discipline of science. …”
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Оптимізаційний метод AMSGrad в багатошарових нейронних мережах by Сергій Свелеба, Наталя Свелеба

“…Метод AMSGrad є розширеною версією метода Adam, який намагається покращити властивості конвергенції алгоритму, уникаючи великих різких змін у швидкості навчання для кожної вхідної змінної. …”
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La música fílmica de John Williams como transmisora de la esperanza ligada a la tierra by Andrés Valverde Amador

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Development and Validation of a Wave-Propelled Semi-submersible Unmanned Vehicle by Tian Yingyuan, Li Weijia, Wang Zhigang

“…Wave gliders, which offer advantages such as long duration, wide range, and low cost, are a promising solution, but their low speed and weak manoeuvrability hinder their application, due to poor collision avoidance and survivability. …”
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Beyond Crisis Talk: Making Time for Re-Searching New Narratives of Human Relations With Soil by Rita Giuffredi, Christian Colella, Laura Colucci-Gray, Andrea Caretto, Raffaella Spagna, Alba L'Astorina

“…In the second part, we draw on examples of practice from our project BRIDGES to highlight possibilities for re-framing research as a “practice of attention” and experimenting with different temporalities and modes of relation with soil. …”
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Effect of addition of silver nanoparticles on flexural and impact strength of heat cure acrylic resin by Ranj A. Omer, Fahd S. Ikram

“…Regarding impact test, it demonstrated a statistically significant difference only for 5% that caused a dras-tic drop in impact value by 41% in contrast to the control group.  …”
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Treatment of irritable bowel syndrome: the past, present and future by V. T. Ivashkin, Ye. A. Poluektova, O. S. Lyashenko, D. V. Reykhart

“…As a whole, the majority of systematic reviews and metaanalyses draw a conclusion of high efficacy and safety of specified group of drugs at IBS. …”
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Broadening the spectrum of conflict and coexistence: A case study example of human-wolf interactions in British Columbia, Canada. by Ethan D Doney, Beatrice Frank, Douglas A Clark

“…We draw on a case study of human-wolf interactions in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve Region, British Columbia, Canada, to illustrate how coexistence efforts can, and should, prioritize "conflict", be attentive to the real challenges of sharing spaces with wildlife, and encourage collaborative, inclusive processes that work toward tangible, actionable outcomes. …”
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Ovine Eimeria infection, OPG and determinants in and around Gondar town, Ethiopia by Senait Belay, Desie Sheferaw

“…A cross-sectional study design was employed and the study was conducted from November 2017 to May 2018. A total of 422 sheep were selected by systematic random sampling technique, and from these animals, faecal samples were collected and examined for Eimeria oocysts. …”
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Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds from Consumer Products by Kuo-Hsiung Lin, Jiun-Horng Tsai, Ching-Chih Cheng, Hung-Lung Chiang

“…Some consumer products from the same category vary significantly in terms of the total VOC content and VOC species. …”
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Lawsonia intracellularis T3SS effector LI0758, an Rce1 ortholog, activates MAPK and NF-κB signaling in mammalian cells by Yuanxiu Zhong, Yiyun Duan, Fenju Lai, Jinhua Zhang, Yimin Dai

“…Abstract Lawsonia intracellularis, a Gram-negative obligate intracellular bacterium causing porcine proliferative enteropathy, possesses a type III secretion system (T3SS), yet only a handful of its substrates have been experimentally characterized. …”
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