A Critical and Semiotic Approach to the Wonderful, Horrible Life Cycle of the Kony 2012 Viral Video by Fernando Andacht

“…The reaction was expressed in traditional print media (e.g. a special issue of The New York Times), in countless blogs and in YouTube – through assorted video-responses and written remarks, many of which were so disparaging that this function was disabled for the Kony 2012 video on YouTube. …”
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Sistema de suporte à decisão para recomendação de uso e manejo da terra A decision support system for recommending land use and soil management by Monica L. Giboshi, Luiz H. A. Rodrigues, Francisco Lombardi Neto

“…All results can be visualized by the user through windows of the program, recorded or printed in form of report. In order to test the system, the municipality of Santo Antônio do Jardim, in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, was selected. …”
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Socially-Assistive Robots Using Empathy to Reduce Pain and Distress during Peripheral IV Placement in Children by Margaret J Trost, Grace Chrysilla, Jeffrey I. Gold, Maja Matarić

“…Participating children were randomized to interact with (1) no robot, or a commercially available 3D printed humanoid SAR robot programmed with (2) empathy or (3) distraction conditions. …”
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The accuracy of digital impression with different intraoral scanners on maxillary all on four implants: an in vitro study by Hesham M. El-Refay, Medhat Sameh Abdelaziz, Nora M. Cheta, Mohamed F. Abdallah

“…Materials and methods A maxillary completely edentulous model was 3D printed with four-cylinder holes measuring 4.3*10 mm, creating space for implant analogs at the canines and second premolar areas. …”
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PENGEMBANGAN MODUL ELEKTRONIK BERBANTUAN SIMULASI PhET PADA POKOK BAHASAN GERAK HARMONIK SEDERHANA DI SMA by Melva Oktaviana, Desy Hanisa Putri, Eko Risdianto

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The effect of different cementation techniques on the amount of remaining excess cement depending on the crown-abutment margin level by Đorđević Aleksandar, Todić Jelena, Simić Sanja, Lazić Dragoslav, Vlahović Zoran, Šubarić Ljiljana

“…Statistical data processing was per-formed in the SPSS program, and the Kruskal-Wallis test was used for data analysis. …”
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Protocol on establishing a prospective enhanced surveillance of vaccine preventable diseases in residential aged care facilities in Central Queensland, Australia: an observational... by Mohammad Rashidul Hashan, Robert Booy, Michael Kirk, Gulam Khandaker, Gwenda Chapman, Jacina Walker, Sonya Jayne Davidson, Jill Auriac, Nicolas Smoll, Delwar Akbar

“…The study aims to measure the burden, identify aetiologies, risk factors, predictors of severe outcomes (eg, hospitalisations, mortality) and impact of the existing National Immunization Program (NIP) funded vaccines in preventing VPDs in this vulnerable population. …”
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Effect of saliva on accuracy of digital dental implant transfer using two different materials of intraoral scan bodies with different exposed lengths by Mohamed Hesham Ahmed Tawfik, Ibrahim Ramadan EL Torky, Mohamed Maamoun El Sheikh

“…For each cast, two flexible polyurethane layers with varying thicknesses were fabricated and molded on the six 3D printed identical casts after the placement of the implant fixtures in each cast for the soft tissue moulage in the cast. …”
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An innovative methodology for segmenting vessel like structures using artificial intelligence and image processing by Reynaldo Villarreal, Sindy Chamorro-Solano, Steffen Cantillo, Roberto Pestana-Nobles, Sair Arquez, Yolanda Vega-Sampayo, Leonardo Pacheco-Londoño, Jheifer Paez, Nataly Galan-Freyle, Cristian Ayala, Paola Amar

“…The method was applied on different datasets containing images of eye fundus, citrus leaves, printed circuit boards to test how well it could segment the capillary structures. …”
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Interactive "Video Doctor" counseling reduces drug and sexual risk behaviors among HIV-positive patients in diverse outpatient settings. by Paul Gilbert, Daniel Ciccarone, Stuart A Gansky, David R Bangsberg, Kathleen Clanon, Stephen J McPhee, Sophia H Calderón, Alyssa Bogetz, Barbara Gerbert

“…Positive Choice, an interactive, patient-tailored computer program, was developed in the United States to improve clinic-based assessment and counseling for risky behaviors.…”
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Mechatronic system for running-in and testing of mechanical transmissions in mining shovels by Sergey I. Malafeev, Alevtina A. Malafeeva, Vladimir I. Konyashin, Andrey A. Novgorodov

“…Automatic control of the running-in and testing processes, where pre-programmed sequences from a built-in library generate the required control commands for each specific test type. …”
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Analytical and statistical characteristics of publications of the Institute of Library Science of the V. I. Vernadskyi National library of Ukraine on the results of scientific rese... by Bilinets Nataliia

“…While fulfilling the tasks of comprehensive research, participants of the departmental program of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine under the topic "Library and Information Complex in the Context of the Transformation of Scientific Communications" published a series of theoretical and applied results in domestic and international publications during 2020-2022. …”
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PEDAGOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON AN ENGLISH-TAUGHT COURSE IN COMMUNICATION ADDRESSED TO NON-PHILOLOGIST MA STUDENTS by Vlad-Georgian MEZEI

“…Conform uneia dintre stipulările politicii lingvistice a Universităţii, orice program masteral trebuie să conţină cel puţin două cursuri predate într-o limbă de circulaţie internaţională în concordanţă cu principiile metodologiei CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning). …”
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INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE: A CASE STUDY ON ACADEMIC EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES by Raluca POP

“…Pandemia COVID-19 a adus schimbări considerabile în domeniul educațional și multe programe de schimb academic au fost sistate. Numeroase studii au identificat competența lingvistică și conștientizarea culturală ca rezultate ale programelor de schimb academic înainte de pandemia COVID-19. …”
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STORY GRAMMAR AS A STRATEGY FOR ENHANCING NARRATIVE SKILLS IN THE CASE OF L2 ROMANIAN ADULT LEARNERS by Ștefania-Lucia TĂRĂU, Adelina Patricia BĂILĂ, Antonela-Carmen ARIEȘAN-SIMION

“…The present study analyses the storytelling abilities of L2 Romanian learners, students enrolled in the Preparatory Program for Foreign Citizens at Babeș-Bolyai University. …”
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