Sorry it took me so long: Latin America and rapid governments’ response to COVID-19 by Ian Rebouças Batista, Amanda Domingos, Rodrigo Lins

“…Among the institutional variables considered, we find that our variable of interest (delay) correlates strongly and positively with democracy, negatively with concentration of power, and positively with GDP per capita. These might suggest that autocrats faced less institutional and moral constraints to act, while democratic leaders dealing with pluralism and accountability faced higher costs to implement such measures. …”
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Management and sustainability of ground-mounted solar parks requires consideration of vegetation succession as an omnipresent process by Markus Zaplata

“…In addition to the aspects of power generation, land use, aesthetics, nature conservation, and multifunctionality considered so far, there are still overlooked issues in the relatively new topic of solar landscapes. …”
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Surgical Grafts in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries: A Letter to the Editor by Ebrahim Piri, AmirAli Jafarnezhadgero, Anders Stålman

“…However, in cases of complete rupture, especially in professional athletes or those with high physical demands, surgery is often the preferred treatment option. …”
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Evaluation and Treatment of Baseball Pitchers: There’s More to Assess than the Arm by Matthew L Gauthier, Casey A Unverzagt, George J Davies

“…In leaving no stone unturned, clinicians can address all components of the kinetic chain in throwers, maximizing performance and mitigating risk of injury. …”
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THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ON THE INTERNATIONALIZATION STRATEGY by Nerman Ljevo, Aziz Šunje

“…These include the primary basic types of organization, or organizational configurations, as well as organizational context variables such as environment, power, age, size, business strategy, and technical system. …”
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Die sosiale konstruksie-model en die spanning tussen hoor en doen as reaksie op die prediking by DJB Kleynhans, JS Kellerman

“…This constructed life story acquires power over the individual, to such an extent that change cannot take place without deconstructing the life story. …”
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Reception at very large distances of monochromatic Rayleigh wave of the 2018–2019 Mayotte crisis: attenuation factor of Ms magnitude by Talandier, Jacques

“…Similar perfectly monochromatic signals but with much lower intensities were previously observed in 2011, 2013 and 2017 from the Rocard submarine volcano (Society hot spot, French Polynesia). …”
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Implementing Velocity-Based Training to Optimize Return to Sprint After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Soccer Players: A Clinical Commentary by Florian FORELLI, Jérôme RIERA, Patrice MARINE, Maxime GASPAR, Geoffrey MEMAIN, Nicholas MIRAGLIA, Mathias NIELSEN – LE ROUX, Ismail BOUZEKRAOUI ALAOUI, Georgios KAKAVAS, Timothy E HEWETT, Enda KING, Alexandre JM RAMBAUD

“…Force, velocity, and acceleration can be assessed using force-velocity-power and acceleration-speed profiles, which should inform rehabilitation. …”
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Impact of Changes in Accounting Standards in Debt Ratios of Firms: Evidence in Brazil by André Aroldo Freitas de Moura, Antônio Carlos Coelho

“…We find evidence of significant changes in the debt ratio towards both higher and lower debt with predominance of greater ratios. This result is consistent with past literature in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. …”
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What Is the Economic Benefit of a Citrus Health Management Area (CHMA)? A Case Study by Ariel Singerman, Brandon Page

“… A Citrus Health Management Area (CHMA) is a group of growers who work cooperatively to coordinate insecticide application timing and mode of action in order control the insect vector of citrus greening disease. …”
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Black Turpentine Beetle, Dendroctonus terebrans (Olivier) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) by Albert E. Mayfield, John L. Foltz

“…Attacks on standing trees usually occur on the lower 1 to 2 m of the trunk or on large roots. Light attacks may kill only localized sections of phloem tissue, but numerous attacks per stem result in tree mortality. …”
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Extracting neutron skin from elastic proton-nucleus scattering with deep neural network by G.H. Yang, Y. Kuang, Z.X. Yang, Z.P. Li

“…The neural-network-generated neutron densities are mainly compressed to be higher inside the nucleus compared with the results from the relativistic PC-PK1 density functional, resulting in a significant improvement on the large-angle scattering observables, both for the differential cross section and analyzing power. The neutron skin thickness of 48Ca is captured to be 0.199(17) fm. …”
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New Caladium Cultivars ‘Dots Delight’ and ‘Wonderland’ by Zhanao Deng, Natalia A. Peres

“… Caladiums are ornamental aroids valued for their vibrant and morphologically diverse foliage. Grower surveys indicated that they planted more acres of lance-leaved cultivars in recent decades to accommodate rising consumer demand. …”
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A method for detecting abnormal electricity prices at charging stations based on two rounds of clustering by XUE Xiaohui, ZHANG Wen, ZHANG Jing, CHEN Yan, ZHOU Chun, CHEN Liang, CAO Zengwei

“…This not only damages the fairness and efficiency of the electricity market but also affects the economic benefits of power enterprises and the electricity costs of users. …”
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Carrying the Torch Forward, Meeting the Future, and Advancing the Charge by Hillary J. Knepper, Michelle D. Evans

“…The unending pursuit and submission of excellent research that asks thoughtful, future-focused questions exemplifies the discourse found in JSEPA, where we aim to illuminate the power and necessity of the fourth pillar of public administration—social equity. …”
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Inequality in breast cancer: Global statistics from 2022 to 2050 by Ling Liao

“…These values contrast with those for Asia (0.085, 0.208), Europe (0.002, −0.014), Latin America and the Caribbean (0.17, 0.303), Northern America (−0.078, −0.188), and Oceania (0.166, −0.001). In both age groups, lower HDI levels are correlated with higher slope values and vice versa. …”
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COMPARATIVE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF VEGETABLE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN ROMANIA IN THE PERIOD 2009-2021 by Ramona-Maria DIMITROV

“…On the other hand, the level of average production per hectare of corn silage and colza in the period 2009-2021 at the S.C.D.A Simnic is significantly lower than at the national level. Comparing the average agricultural production per hectare of oats, it is found that at S.C.D.A Simnic it is significantly higher than the average production obtained in Dolj county and the national level. …”

Delisting Brazilian Public Companies: Empirical Evidence about Corporate Governance Issues by Patricia Maria Bortolon, Annor da Silva Junior

“…As expected, delisted companies score lower than their comparable ones is the broad index. …”
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Detection of opening motion characteristics in DC circuit breakers based on machine vision. by Zhaoyu Ku, Jinjin Li, Dongheng Li, Huajun Dong

“…A circuit breaker is a crucial component in power systems, and its operation is essential for evaluating its interruption performance. …”
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How to Determine Run Time and Irrigation Cycles for Drip Irrigation: Tomato and Pepper Examples by Sanjay Shukla, James M. Knowles, Niroj K. Shrestha

“… Even though drip irrigation is more efficient than the other irrigation methods, proper system management is crucial if that increased efficiency is going to result in water savings and a viable crop. …”
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