Marching towards the Cruzada: Douglas Jerrold's road to nationalist Spain by F. Hale

“…In the present article, which traces Jerrold’s political thought through his fictional and nonfictional work, it is demonstrated that his advocacy of Franco’s Nationalist forces was not merely a knee-jerk response to the anticlericalism of 1936 but virtually an inevitable consequence of his commitment to what he termed the “Counter-Revolution” as a means of restoring his vision of an earlier era. …”
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SOCIOLOGICAL IMPACT OF VOTE BUYING IN NORTH-WEST ZONE OF NIGERIA: THE STUDY OF THE 2015 AND 2019 ELECTIONS by MU’AZU AHMED MOHAMMED

“…This phenomenon has impacted negatively in the Nigeria’s free and fair election processes. The ill competent ones occupied elective political positions because they used money to secured votes, while the qualified ones were left behind hence, they were unable to use money during primary and secondary elections. …”
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Information Seeking Behavior Among Final Year Students at National Teachers' College Kabale. by Nduhukire, Bonus

“…A questionnaire instrument was designed and administered to final-year students in three programs that is DEP year three DES final year DECE final year CEC final year. The sample sizes of respondents were 120 selected within and across the four above academic programs at National Teachers' College Kabale using a stratified sampling technique with a questionnaire representing 98% were returned in a usable form. …”
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Mellom skrifta og barnet – tre barnehagelærarar sine strategiar i høgtlesing av bildebøker med få ord og med fleire ord by Anne Marta Vinsrygg Vadstein

“…The research utilizes two forms of empirical material: (1) Three ECEC teachers have filmed two reading sessions each – one of a book with fewer words and one book with more words, and (2) video-supported conversations with the teachers, offering reflections on the reading sessions. …”
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Book spreaders in the towns of Samogitian principality in the XVIII century by Elmantas Meilus

“… The free spread of Enlightenment books from Western Europe in the 18th century in the Samogitian principality (the books were presumably spread following the decision of sovereign Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki issued in 1672) worried the leaders of the Catholic Church who were responsible for education in the Republic of Both Nations. …”
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Spatial distribution and influencing factors of secondhand smoke exposure in Chinese healthcare facilities: a cross-sectional survey by Ying LIU, Xinying ZENG, Lin XIAO, Shiwei LIU

“…Sex ratio, the proportions of individuals aged 0 – 14 years and 15 – 64 years, illiteracy rate, tobacco consumer price index, and the proportion of cities with smoke-free legislation are the main influencing factors of SHS exposure in healthcare facilities in China.…”
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Phase II trial of nab-paclitaxel plus ramucirumab in combination with nivolumab for unresectable advanced or recurrent gastric cancer after progression on first-line treatment incl... by Hidekazu Hirano, Naoki Takahashi, Yusuke Amanuma, Nobumi Suzuki, Daisuke Takahari, Takeshi Kawakami, Chie Kudo-Saito, Kengo Nagashima, Narikazu Boku, Ken Kato, Hirokazu Shoji

“…The primary endpoint is 6-month progression-free survival (PFS) rate. The target number of patients was set at 45 based on threshold and expected 6-month PFS rates of 35% and 60%, respectively, with a one-sided alpha error of 0.05 and power of 0.95. …”
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Comprehensive evaluation of physico-chemical, antioxidant, and antimicrobial properties in commercial soaps: A study on bar soaps and liquid hand wash by Jannatul Ferdous Nova, Susmita Zaman Smrity, Mahadi Hasan, Md. Tariquzzaman, Md Al Amin Hossain, Md. Tanvirul Islam, Md. Raysul Islam, Selina Akter, Md. Sifat Rahi, Md. Tuhinur R. Joy, Zannatul Kowser

“…Combining all the parameters, SN 3 has good results among bar soaps with mild moisturizing and cleansing properties (MC-8.30 ± 0.035 %, FH-22.33 ± 0.29 cm), is safe for the skin (pH-9.83 ± 0.02, TAC-0.99 ± 0.03), has good TFM values (72.89 %), has proficient bacteria growth-inhibiting properties (ZI-18.67 ± 0.29 mm/100 % conc.) and has the ability to remove free radicals (357.41 ± 2.07 μg/mL). Besides, SN-21 among liquid hand wash soaps possesses overall excellence as it moisturizes skin well (MC-83.75 ± 0.05 %), is almost safe for skin (pH-7.73 ± 0.02, TAC-0.98 ± 0.01 %), has TFM (11.35 %), has good cleansing capacity (FH-22.66 ± 0.58 cm) and bacteria growth inhibiting activity (29.27 ± 0.25 mm/100 % conc.), destroys selected bacteria (MIC – 1.2 × 107 CFU at 1 min and 5.5 × 107 CFU at 10 seconds), and wash away free radicals from skin (420.64 ± 3.62 μg/mL).…”
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Association between exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances with estimated glomerular filtration rate: Mediating role of serum albumin by Hua Fang, Huajing Chang, Danjing Chen, Wenxin Qiu, Jiangwang Fang, Yunli Wu, Xian-E. Peng

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ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN KADUNA STATE: THE IMPLICATION FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT by Abdullahi Umar, Abubakar Abdullahi Muhammad, Awwal Muhammad Shafiu, Abdulrahim Mahmud Dogara, Amina Lawal

“…The concept of political legitimacy is inextricably intertwined with the issues of political change, regardless of whether governments, political systems, or institutions comply with the traditional standards of legitimacy as subscribed in a democratic process of free and fair elections. The study found that electoral violence has turned into a predictable occurrence in Nigeria's political system and should therefore not be escalated to destructive levels against people's lives and property, regardless of their ethnic or religious differences.The paper also found that there are a number of variables, such as poverty, unemployment, and inadequate voter education that contribute to election violence in Kaduna State. …”
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Charge carrier distribution in the region of charged domain walls in reduced lithium niobate by Aleksandr M. Kislyuk, Mikhail D. Malinkovich, Tatiana S. Ilina, Ilya V. Kubasov, Dmitry A. Kiselev, Andrei V. Turutin, Vladimir P. Ivanov, Alexander A. Temirov, Viktor V. Kuts, Evelina E. Maksumova

“…In particular, the Debye screening length of the electric field of head-to-head (H–H) CDWs by free charge carriers in strongly reduced LiNbO3 crystals was found to be 90±10 nm. …”
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La prévention anti infectieuse au cours des greffes de cellules souches hématopoïétiques by Mohammed Amine Bekadja

“… Les infections bactériennes, fongiques ou virales sont des complications fréquentes au cours des procédures de greffes de cellules souches hématopoïétiques, aussi bien au cours des autogreffes qu’au cours des allogreffes en hématologie. Ces infections, en particulier les sepsis ou les infections fongiques, telles que les aspergilloses in­vasives,sont responsables d’un taux élevé de décès durant les phases d’aplasie post conditionnement, en particulier myéloablatif. …”
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Effect of double-induced on whey protein isolate nanoparticle formation and stabilized food-grade Pickering emulsions: Stability and gastrointestinal digestion by Shenghua He, Yonghui Wang, Guanghui Li, Xueli Gao, Zhiyan Chen, Weiyun Guo, Jihong Huang

“…PEs stabilized by double-induced WPINs showed a slower release rate of free fatty acid during gastrointestinal digestion. …”
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A corrective control framework for mitigating voltage fluctuations and congestion in distribution networks with high renewable energy penetration by Tongmao Zhang, Xiao Wang, Alessandra Parisio

“…Through simulations on the modified IEEE 33 and 69 systems, our method reduces maximum line overload by over 25% and decreases maximum voltage violation by over 40%, demonstrating substantial operational improvements.…”
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Allocation of Interline Power Flow Controller-Based Congestion Management in Deregulated Power System by Muhammad Safdar Sial, Qinghua Fu, Talles Vianna Brugni

“…For validation, the proposed method has been implemented on the IEEE 14 bus restructured power system. By examining the obtained results, the performance of the proposed algorithm is better than the Genetic Algorithm (GA) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithms. …”
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Analysis and optimization of energy harvesting characteristics of converter valve magnetic field self-powered harvester by WANG Wei, SU Wenbo, XU Chenjin, WU Yuwei, SHI Yuchen

“…At the same time, it can meet the needs of long-term maintenance-free detection of power equipment in narrow and high temperature space such as converter stations.…”
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Advanced load balancing techniques using MIMO fuzzy logic: A panel distribution case study at state polytechnic of Malang by Ika Noer Syamsiana, Harry Hassidiqi, Wijaya Kusuma, Anang Dasa Novfowan, Arwin Datumaya Wahyudi Sumari, Chandra Wiharya

“…. • The results showed that the initial load imbalance was 30.86 %, reduced to 5.59 % after the application of load balancing, this is following the IEEE std 446–1995 which allows the maximum load imbalance percentage to be 5–20 %.…”
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Experimental Investigations of the Resistance Performance of Commercial Cylinder Filters and Effect Factors under Humid Airflows by Shuang Zhang, Wanyi Zhang, Tailong He, Huan Zhao, Zhongping Lin

“…These differences were primarily caused by the pleat-free structures and the install directions of the nanofiber medium in the clamp, indicating differences in the filtration performance between the filter medium and its filters.…”
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Feasibility Study of Hybrid Photovoltaic (PV)-Generator Set Power Plant at Palm Oil Mill by Ramadian Saputra, Marhama Jelita

“…Economic analysis yields NPC of Rp356,000,000,000, initial investment of Rp77,400,000,000, operation and maintenance costs of Rp21,600,000,000, and LCOE of Rp3,147/kWh. IRR stands at 22%, NPV is positive at Rp124,000,000,000, with a 3.5-year capital return. …”
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Nonperturbative correlation functions from homotopy algebras by Keisuke Konosu, Yuji Okawa

“…Abstract The formula for correlation functions based on quantum A ∞ algebras in arXiv:2203.05366, arXiv:2305.11634, and arXiv:2305.13103 requires us to divide the action into the free part and the interaction part. We present a new form of the formula which does not involve such division. …”
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