A Synopsis of Corruption in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic by Benjamin Terzungwe Tough, Esther Anenge Gbaden

“…The paper therefore, sets out to explore the evolution, causes and incidence of corruption as well as its effects with a view to suggesting a way out of the quagmire. …”
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Online selfie behavior and consideration of cosmetic surgery in teenage girls: The mediating roles of appearance comparisons and body dissatisfaction. by Yunduan Li, Hong Chen, Yan Zou, Yanshuo Guo, Liying Gao, Xinyu Xu

“…From the perspective of online selfie behaviors, this study explores the relationship between online selfie behaviors and consideration of cosmetic surgery, as well as its internal mechanisms. The study included 762 teenage girls with an average age of 16.85 years who completed the Online Selfie Behavior, Appearance Comparison, Body Dissatisfaction, and Consideration of Cosmetic Surgery scales. …”
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Narrativas dos anciãos (as) moçambicanos (as) na interface com as pinturas rupestres de Chinhamapere: alvitre à uma pedagogia decolonial no ensino de história by Inácio Márcio de Jesus Fernando Jaquete, Cyntia Simioni França, Elison Antonio Paim

“…Para colocar em ação a pesquisa, enveredamos pelos itinerários teórico-metodológicos benjaminiano (1985), que por meio de rodas de conversas e através de prática da rememoração acolhemos memórias dos anciãos numa relação dialógica e colaborativa obedecendo ao princípio de autoridade compartilhada (Frish 2016). …”
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Realismo em Adorno e Lukács: o caso Em câmara lenta, de Renato Tapajós by Carlos Augusto Carneiro Costa

“…The second part corresponds to the analysis of the Renato Tapajós’ novel Em câmara lenta (1977), in which we examine its formal constitution in the light of the notions of realism in question, trying to point a plausible theoretical basis for reading novels that, like Tapajós one, are formed by negativity.…”
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Religious faith traditions tussle with rampant corruption toward sustainable development: Search for the missing links in light of ubuntu by E. Chinyena

“…The church has a moral and social obligation to fulfil its prophetic mission of fighting corruption. This article analyses how the church can influence the state apparatus in the fight against corruption. …”
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Korczaka i współczesnych pedagogów ulicy koncepcja uwspólniania świata jako inspiracja podejść partycypacyjno-rozwojowych w pracy z dziećmi ulicy by Jolanta Sokołowska

“…They try to get to know the child’s living conditions and by understanding its habitus they aim to take actions appropriate to child’s abilities, avoiding elements of symbolic violence. …”
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Cold War as Social Conflict, Iron Curtains and Application of Dѐtente Policy as Cold War Concept by Effiong Ekpo, Udeoji Ebele Angela

“…It traced ideologically minded westerners that interpreted cold war as a social conflict that signifying that Moscow was trying to impose its own authoritarian system in a world that it meant to rule. …”
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A harmonic model validation methodology for power generation units based on voltage-current phasor characteristic by Kia Malekian Boroujeni, Farhad Safargholi, Kaveh Malekian

“…The particular advantage of this methodology is the interpretability of its results for the diagnosis of possible reasons for the invalidity in the models. …”
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Optimalisasi Proses Klasifikasi Dengan Menambahkan Semantik Pada Kebutuhan Non-Fungsional Berbasis ISO/IEC 25010 by Lukman Hakim, Choirul Huda

“…NFRs dapat digunakan untuk memastikan apakah sistem sesuai dengan kebutuhan pengguna. Oleh karena itu, dibutuhkan suatu sistem untuk dapat mengidentifikasi NFRs. …”
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On the measurement of microclimate by Ilya M. D. Maclean, James P. Duffy, Stef Haesen, Sanne Govaert, Pieter De Frenne, Thomas Vanneste, Jonathan Lenoir, Jonas J. Lembrechts, Marcus W. Rhodes, Koenraad Van Meerbeek

“…This problem cannot be wholly overcome by shielding the thermometer from sunlight, as the shield itself will influence both the temperatures being measured and the accuracy of measurement. …”
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Individualized prediction of stroke-associated pneumonia for patients with acute ischemic stroke by Lulu Zhang, Qi Wang, Qi Wang, Yidan Li, Qi Fang, Xiang Tang

“…BackgroundStroke-associated pneumonia (SAP) remains a neglected area despite its high morbidity and mortality. We aimed to establish an easy-to-use model for predicting SAP.MethodsTwo hundred seventy-five acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients were enrolled, and 73 (26.55%) patients were diagnosed with SAP. …”
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Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), a Mealybug by Amanda Hodges, Greg Hodges

“…It describes this mealybug native to South America, which is sometimes confused with pink hibiscus mealybug, but has far fewer potential hosts — its synonymy, distribution, identification characteristics, life cycle, hosts, economic importance, and management. …”
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Hemorrhagic syndrome at liver cirrhosis by I. A. Kurkina, O. S. Volkova, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Strategy in treatment of hemorrhagic complications in LC is directed on prevention of pending bleedings and well-timed onset of medical actions in the case of its development. Basic principles of therapy are: application of erythrocytes, plasma, platelets concentrate, recombinant factor VIIa, concentrates of prothrombin complex, desmopressin, antifibrinolytic drugs, thrombo-and erythropoietin, antibiotics. …”
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Interventions for SARS-CoV-2 prevention among Jailed adults: A network-based modeling analysis by Isaac Schneider, Karina Wallrafen-Sam, Shanika Kennedy, Matthew J. Akiyama, Anne C. Spaulding, Samuel M. Jenness

“…The state of Georgia has the highest percentage of its citizens under correctional supervision in the United States. …”
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A rare case of Ewing's sarcoma in a 4-year-old child treated by tumor endoprosthetics using 3D printing by Vladimir Stavrev, Luben Stokov, Petko Ganev, Georgi Georgiev

“…Orthopedic oncology surgery often requires, by its very nature, precise and often extensive resections of bone and soft tissue involved in or near the tumor mass. …”
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Ethnopharmocology, phytochemistry and pharmacology of the genus Orthosiphon: A review by Rui Wang, Ling Qiu, Qing-wen Zhang, Ligen Lin

“…Despite substantial bias in attention among various species of the genus Orthosiphon, its potential as health food and therapeutic agents is evident. …”
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Prognostic utility of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) levels for cardiovascular events in patients with stable coronary artery disease treated with percutaneous c... by Ting-Yu Lin, Hsin-Bang Leu, Yen-Wen Wu, Wei-Kung Tseng, Tsung-Hsien Lin, Hung-I Yeh, Kuan-Cheng Chang, Ji-Hung Wang, Wei-Hsian Yin, Chau-Chung Wu, Chun-Yao Huang, Shing-Jong Lin, Chien-Yi Hsu, Jaw-Wen Chen

“…Addition of serum NGAL levels to the traditional risk model improved its prediction value for future cardiovascular events. …”
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LncRNA GAS5 inhibits glioma progression through miR-135b-5p/APC axis by ZHANG Jidong, WANG Yutao, JI Jianwen

“…Objective‍　‍To explore the interaction between long non-coding RNA growth arrest-specific 5 (GAS5) and miR-135b-5p/adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) axis, and to elucidate its biological function in the proliferation, metastasis and invasion of glioma. …”
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Gut Microecological Prescription: A Novel Approach to Regulating Intestinal Micro-Ecological Balance by Zhu L, Yang X

“…Moreover, it proposes the definition of intestinal microecological imbalance and the definition, formulation, and outcomes of gut microecological prescription to facilitate its application in clinical practice, thus promoting clinical research on intestinal microecology and improving the quality of life of the population.Keywords: intestinal microecology, risk, gut microecological prescription, definition, faecal microbiota transplantation…”
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The Efficacy of the proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) approach in stroke rehabilitation to improve basic activities of daily living and quality of life: a systematic... by Mercè Sitjà-Rabert, Francesc Xavier Guiu-Tula, Rosa Cabanas-Valdés, Gerard Urrútia, Natàlia Gómara-Toldrà

“…Introduction Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) is a widely used rehabilitation concept, although its efficacy has not yet been demonstrated in stroke survivors. …”
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