Semiotic insights on the socio-cultural influence of the San Sebastian Church architectural facade, Lumban, Laguna, Philippines by Ronald Allan S. delos Reyes, Jomel Paulo G. Ebron, Jhona N. Gamez, Christie C. Amores, Ma Rovilla C. Sudaprasert

“…This might seem remarkable as the country is placed geographically at the most eastern flank of the SouthEast Asian region facing the center of the Far Eastern dominions. …”
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Effects of Environmental Pollution on Public Health in Dhaka City, Bangladesh by Najmun Nahar, Sanjia Mahiuddin, Md. Faruk Hossain

“…Four hundred respondents who suffered from health problems caused by environmental pollution were randomly selected and interviewed from jointly ten zones of Dhaka North City Corporation and Dhaka South City Corporation using a semi-structured questionnaire. …”
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Queensland Fruit Fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) by Howard V. Weems, Jr., Thomas R. Fasulo

“…A heavy outbreak of B. tryoni in New South Wales during 1940-41 resulted in the rejection of 5 to 25% of citrus at harvest. …”
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Factors influencing the implementation of a teacher professional development program to improve teaching quality by Lucas Silva Didier, Kim Schildkamp, Adrie J. Visscher, Roel J. Bosker

“…This study provides important insights into the conditions necessary for successful TPD implementation in a global south country.…”
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Zamienniki pokut w ujęciu irlandzkich i brytyjskich ksiąg pokutnych by Beata Jadwiga Szpetkowska

“…Większość zamienników umożliwia zmianę długiej i uciążliwej pokuty postu o chlebie i wodzie na krótszą i mniej uciążliwą, a nawet na zmianę formy pokuty postnej na odmówienie modlitw (np. psalmów, Ojcze nasz itp.), klękanie, a w przypadku ludzi zamożnych na przekazanie odpowiedniej sumy pieniędzy na jałmużnę dla biednych, dla mnichów lub na potrzeby kościoła. …”
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Thomas Aquinas: on law, tyranny and resistance by N. P. Swartz

“…This notion is concomitant with the constitutional principles entrenched in the Constitution of South Africa, Act 108 of 1996. The idea of the Constitution is also bolstered by the entrenchment of the rule of law. …”
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The Influence of Petrography on the Relief of Bistriţei Mountains (The Eastern Carpathians) by Iulian SĂNDULACHE, Cătălina SĂNDULACHE, Alexandra RIZAC, Mihaela RAȘCU

“…Long, narrow crests (called “obcine” in this area, too) and wide valleys develop on the sandy-shale flysch in the southeastern part. In the south, slender hills appear, due to the presence of dolomites and limestones, whose hardness exceeds that of the metamorphic rocks surrounding them. …”
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Evaluating the validity of self-reported smoking in Mexican adolescents by James F Thrasher, Mauricio Hernandez-Avila, Luz Myriam Reynales-Shigematsu, Tonatiuh Barrientos-Gutiérrez, Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce, María del Carmen Valladolid-López, Ingris Peláez-Ballestas

“…Objectives We aimed to evaluate the validity of the self-reported smoking indicator used in the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS).Setting 43 middle and high-school classrooms from 26 schools were selected from Mexico City and Cuernavaca, Morelos.Participants A total of 1257 students provided both a questionnaire and a urine sample.Primary and secondary outcome Sensitivity and specificity of self-reported smoking compared to urinary cotinine. …”
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Criando niños saludables: Familias activas by Jamie C. Stolarz, Karla P. Shelnutt

“…Shelnutt, and published by the UF Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, October 2011. …”
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The meaning of repeated assisted reproductive technologies failures experienced of older infertile women by Hyun Jung Oh, Gisoo Shin

“…IntroductionThe trend of older pregnant women and infertile women in South Korea, who are influencing the low birth rate, is on the rise. …”
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Linear Multivariate Decision Trees for Fast QTMT Partitioning in VVC by Jose N. Filipe, Luis M. N. Tavora, Sergio M. M. Faria, Antonio Navarro, Pedro A. A. Assuncao

“…By exploiting distinct complexity and spatial characteristics of the North, Equator, and South regions in ERP images, the proposed method is devised upon a region-based approach, using novel linear multivariate decision trees to determine whether a given partition type can be skipped. …”
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Positive Discipline: Behavioral Management Skills for Parents and Teachers Part 2—General Approaches to Managing Behavior by Victor Harris, Whitney Fung, Sarah Ellis, Alison Schmeer

“…Written by Victor Harris, Whitney Fung, Sarah Ellis, and Alison Schmeer, and published by the UF Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, July 2015. (Photo Credit: Thinkstock.com/Jupiterimages/Creatas Images) FCS3329/FY1459: Positive Discipline: Behavioral Management Skills for Parents and Teachers—Part 2: General Approaches to Managing Behavior (ufl.edu) …”
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Mtazamo wa Umma Katika Ulazimishaji wa Ufundishaji wa Lug Hay a Kiswahili Nchini Uganda Tukilenga Wila Yaya Kasese ka Tika Tarafa ya Bwera. by Biira, Felistus

“…Utafiti huu ulishughulikia Mtazamo wa umma katika ulazimishaji wa ufundishaji wa lugha ya Kiswahili nchiniUganda tukilenga wilaya ya Kasese katika tarafa ya Bwera. …”
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REE MINERALS IN BLACK SHALES OF THE PALEOPROTEROZOIC MIKHAILOVKA FORMATION (BAIKAL-PATOM HIGHLAND, SIBERIA) by E.E. Palenova, E.A. Rozhkova, E.V. Belogub, M.A. Rassomakhin

“…The metamorphic allanite is a main REE host, which crystallized before the last stage of plastic deformation and folding. …”
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Immunosuppressive metabolites in tumoral immune evasion: redundancies, clinical efforts, and pathways forward by David Munn, Maria Rain Jennings, John Blazeck

“…We hypothesize that prior lukewarm results may be attributed to redundancies in each metabolites’ synthesis or signaling pathway and highlight routes for how therapeutic development and patient stratification might proceed in the future.…”
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Container Mosquito Habitat Community Cleanup: A How-To Guide for Event Organization by Amy Hallock, Eva A. Buckner, Ricky W. Telg, Alena R. Poulin

“…Poulin and published by the UF/IFAS Entomology and Nematology Department is packed with recommendations that will help you to successfully develop and host a cleanup event to reduce potential mosquito larval habitats in your community and keep yourself and your neighbors safe. …”
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Interpretations of the Tower of Babel narrative in the African context by M. Rathbone

“…This is clear in the African cultural hermeneutics of Solomon Avotri and Black African hermeneutics of emeritus arch-bishop Desmond Tutu. The contemporary move among some biblical scholars from the African context that focus on the interaction between scholarly and non-scholarly interpreters of the Bible is an attempt to address the problems associated with rationalism. …”
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NEW TRENDS IN MODERN MUSICOLOGY. A DISCUSSION WITH PROFESSOR NICHOLAS COOK by Bianca ŢIPLEA TEMEŞ

“…Should researchers follow the Schenkerian route or conquer new territories? Are we still mistaking the score with the music itself? …”
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Astrotheology as a prophetic wormhole that relates spacetime to eschatological transformation by A.C. Pieterse

“…In this article, the author intends to investigate if this likeness could assist astrotheology in fulfilling its prophetical purpose, by clarifying the allencompassing cosmic agency of the triune God en route to the eschaton and steering clear of a pantheistic narrative. …”
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Newcastle and Infectious Bronchitis Vaccine Reactions in Commercial Broilers by Gary D. Butcher, Richard D. Miles, Amir H. Nilipour

“… There is considerable confusion in the commercial broiler industry relating to vaccination with Newcastle (ND) and infectious bronchitis (IB) vaccines. Questions arise over route of vaccination, age at vaccination, doses of vaccine to administer per bird, mixing of ND and IB vaccines or other vaccines, vaccine reactions, use of live vaccines versus bacterins, strains or serotypes of virus to include, need for and timing of revaccination, and others. …”
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