Electroweak hierarchy from conformal and custodial symmetry by Thede de Boer, Manfred Lindner, Andreas Trautner

“…The minimal setting has the same number of parameters as the SM and predicts new physics in the form of a heavy Z′ with fixed couplings to the SM and a mass of mZ′≈4−100TeV, as well as a light but close-to invisible dilaton with a mass mhΦ≈75GeV.…”
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Adopting 4-H Club Bylaws by Keith G. Diem, Judy Levings, Ben Knowles

“…This 3-page fact sheet was written by Keith G. Diem, Judy Levings, and Ben Knowles, and published by the UF Department of 4-H Youth Development, July 2014. 4H338/4H338: Adopting 4-H Club Bylaws (ufl.edu) …”
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Combating obesity: a change in perspectives by George Boon Bee Goh, Kwang Wei Tham

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ON THE HIGH SEA OF SPIRITUALITY. ANTECEDENTS AND DETERMINANTS OF DISCERNMENT AMONG SCHOOL LEADERS IN INDIA by C.A.M. Hermans, F.V. Anthony

“…A person grows in discernment, when his/her spiritual character traits, spiritual capital and spiritual experiences grow. …”
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Poetics of Friction by Nadja Ben Khelifa, Étienne Allaix, Jörg Sternagel

“…Called by these questions, our panel attempts to collaboratively work on corresponding responses within a poetics of friction that is rehearsed, acted out, and tried out in a setting where forces come into play that resist relative motions of solid approaches and beliefs sliding against each other: Whereas the three panelists – a multimedia artist, a cultural theorist, and a philosopher – call with their spoken words, screened images and handout materials, the members of the audience respond to these calls: Like the wheel that needs the concrete surface against its rubber to spin in movement, or the piece of wood that needs the wooden stick rotating against its bark to spark a flame, members of Performance Philosophy need frictions with which both Performance artists and Philosophy scholars slide against each other to spin, to move, to carry on, to reflect, to struggle, to doubt, to aim, to spark flames of inspiration. …”
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Understanding adolescent depression in Singapore: a qualitative study by Ngar Yee Poon, Cheryl Bee-Lock Loh

“…Introduction: This qualitative study aimed to understand the lived experiences of adolescents with depression seeking help in our healthcare system, with the focus on initial symptoms, experience of care and reflection after recovery. …”
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Insect Management in Blueberries in the Eastern United States by Jay Cee L. Turner, Oscar E. Liburd

“…ENY-411, 15-page illustrated fact sheet by Jay Cee L. Turner and Oscar E. Liburd, describes several insect pests of blueberries. …”
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Psychological distress: A Study on the potential roles of hope, self-esteem, and belongingness in a Moroccan University by Hatim Ben Ayad, a Najdi, Meftaha Senhaji

“… College students are susceptible to mental health challenges, and positive psychology has been proven effective in preventing and alleviating symptoms. This study aims to assess the association of hope, self-esteem, and belongingness with mental distress symptoms among Moroccan college students. …”
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The ABCs of 4-H: A Primer for 4-H Volunteers by Keith G. Diem, Sarah Hensley, Ben Knowles

“…This 5-page fact sheet was written by Keith G. Diem, Sarah Hensley, and Ben Knowles, and published by the UF Department of 4-H Youth Development, July 2014. 4H335/4H335: The ABCs of 4-H: A Primer for 4-H Volunteers (ufl.edu) …”
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Exploratory analysis of the position of Chinese cities as international tourism hubs: product destination versus business environment internationalization by Xiang Feng, Ben Derudder, Xiaochuan Zhu, Haixia Zhou

“…Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles…”
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SSMM: Semi-supervised manifold method with spatial-spectral self-training and regularized metric constraints for hyperspectral image dimensionality reduction by Bei Zhu, Yao Jin, Xuehua Guan, Yanni Dong

“…However, the existing manifold learning methods cannot effectively solve the problem of lacking label information and ignore the negative impact of dimensionality reduction on sample division. To address these, we propose a semi-supervised manifold method with spatial-spectral self-training and regularized metric constraints (SSMM) for hyperspectral image dimensionality reduction. …”
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Archaeozoological material from the Late Antique fortified settlement near the modern-day town of Dimovo, northwestern Bulgaria by Zlatozar Boev, Alexander Manev, Alexander Harizanov, Ivaylo Dedov

“…Along with animal husbandry, hunting still had a significant place. Some wild mammals (such as wild boar, Еuropean hare, red deer, roe deer, fallow deer, aurochs, and European bison) were hunted for food, while others (such as red fox, wild cat, grey wolf, brown bear, and beaver) were hunted for their fur. …”
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New Results for Some Intuitionistic Fuzzy Partial Functional Differential Equations with State-Dependent Delay by Bouchra Ben Amma, Said Melliani, Lalla Saadia Chadli

“…An illustrated example of our results is given with some numerical simulations for $\beta$-cuts of the intuitionistic fuzzy solutions.…”
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In-service teachers' self-efficacy to practice inclusive education at public primary schools in the Amhara region: Implications for teacher education by Tsegie Genet Zegeye, Solomon Kassie Alem, Ayetenew Abie

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Injury and Illness in Elite Athletics: A Prospective Cohort Study Over Three Seasons by Shane Kelly, Noel Pollock, George Polglass, Ben Clarsen

“…The thigh was the most common injury location (0.6 per athlete year), followed by the lower leg (0.4 per athlete year) and foot (0.3 per athlete year). …”
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Ultrasonic characteristics of inserted central catheter related fibroblastic sleeve by Zhifei Ben, Jue Wang, Jinyong Zhan, Kaiying Xu

“…The fibroblastic sleeve originated from the site where the catheter contacted the vein wall and extended in a distal direction, with a thickness ranged between 0.7  and 5.6 mm. With the pathological results as the gold standard, the optimal cut-off value for the diagnosis of fibroblastic sleeve with thrombosis was 2.58 mm, and the sensitivity and specificity of the diagnosis were 95.45% and 96.08%. …”
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Radioactivity concentration of 14C in the air of 14C urea breath test rooms and the resulting internal dose to medical staff by Bei Yu, Fei Chen, Jing Cao, Dingxin Long

“…Results: The radioactivity concentrations of 14C in air of the breath-test rooms in hospitals and physical examination institutions range from 1.35 to 18.41 Bq/m3. …”
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