VREDE TE MIDDE VAN GEWELD: by E Scheffler

“…Of note is the relation between peace and (corroborated) violence, and the context(s) under which conditions for peace are possible. The article also reflects on the psychological issue (referring to Freud’s concepts of eros and thanatos) of how human prophets advocate both peace and violence, involving the concept of God in the process. …”
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Entzauberung der Berliner Clubszene by Arushi Nair

“…Es ist für einige Menschen erstaunlich, wie die Techno-Szene in Berlin es soweit geschafft hat, für die meisten ursprünglichen und heutigen Teilnehmern der Szene ist es jedoch gar kein Wunder, denn Techno gehört schon lange zur Berliner Identität. …”
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Hospitalizations for bronchiolitis among infants before and after the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: an area-based study of the Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy by Elisa Ballardini, Marco Manfrini, Silvia Fattori, Elena Pellacani, Branislava Ćosić, Giancarlo Gargano, Alberto Berardi

“…Results in the study period, 2–4% of infants were admitted for bronchiolitis (10% of all admissions under 1 year) and 59% of them were aged less than 90 days. …”
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Upper Extremity Superficial Vein Thromboses Presenting as Acute Neck Pain in a Young and Healthy Male: A Case Report by Kristen L Zosel, Max K Dummar, Benjamin G Adams, Nancy C Henderson, Richard B Westrick

“…The purpose of this case report is to describe a young and healthy male subject with a primary complaint of acute neck pain with multiple underlying upper extremity superficial vein thromboses (UESVTs)…”
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Uncertainties in the finite-time Lyapunov exponent in an ocean ensemble prediction model by M. Matuszak, J. Röhrs, P. E. Isachsen, P. E. Isachsen, M. Idžanović

“…The method of finite-time Lyapunov exponents (FTLEs) uses Lagrangian data to approximate LCSs under certain conditions. In this study FTLEs are used to characterize flow field features in a high-resolution regional ocean forecast system. …”
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Family Characteristics, Food Security, Expenditure, and Dietary Diversity among Families with and without Concurrently Wasted and Stunted Children in Semarang by Rachma Purwanti, Ignasia Agatha Br Ginting, Nurhanna Putri Aulia, Nuryanto Nuryanto, Fillah Fithra Dieny

“…Objectives: This study aimed to examine the differences between food security, expenditure, and diversity among children under five with and without concurrent wasting and stunting (WaSt) in Semarang City. …”
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Impact and integration of electric vehicles on renewable energy based microgrid: Frequency profile improvement by a-SCA optimized FO-Fuzzy PSS approach by Prakash Chandra Sahu

“…The performance especially frequency of an islanded AC microgrid is also affected seriously under the actions of different uncertainties like load dynamics, wind fluctuation in wind plant, solar intensity variation of PV plant etc. …”
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A narrative review of proactive palliative care models for people with COPD by Amy Pascoe, Xinye Chen, Natasha Smallwood

“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to a group of lung diseases that are distinct in underlying aetiology but share a common disease course of persistent and progressive airflow restriction. …”
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Anti-paste Bag Performance of Water-repellent Filter Media in High-humidity Environments Considering Ultra-low Emissions by Zhongkai Yu, Erbao Guo, Xingcheng Liu, Yuemin Li

“…Air and dust filter media test beds were employed to assess the anti-paste bag performance of water-repellent and membrane-covered filter media under high-humidity conditions. The results indicate that the water-repellent grade of the filter media was unaffected by the baking time during complete drying. …”
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Preferences of melanoma patients to accept adjuvant therapy and toxicity – a qualitative substudy of the GerMelaTox-A project by Toni Maria Janke, Laura Moysig, Christine Blome, Katharina C. Kähler

“…To date, data about the underlying reasons for patients to accept or reject specific types of adjuvant therapy is scarce. …”
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Edaravone dexborneol alleviates pericyte-mediated fibrosis depositing extracellular matrix through TGF-β1/IL-11 in cerebral small vessel disease by Qingrui Duan, Zhiyang Liu, Yuxuan Xing, Haifeng Huang, Lin Zhu, Jiaxuan Liu, Peikun He, Guixian Ma, Yuhu Zhang, Kun Nie, Yuyuan Gao, Lijuan Wang

“…Abstract Background Chronic cerebral hypoperfusion (CCH) is a critical pathophysiological mechanism underlying cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD). Accumulating evidence have demonstrated that resident pericytes and deposit extracellular matrix (ECM) and play a key role in mediating fibrosis in hypoxic changes. …”
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Experimental study on geogrid-soil interface properties based on pullout tests: A case study by Zhijie Wang, Guowei Zhang, Guangqing Yang, Yan Qin, Shiguang Zhou

“…The development and evolution law of pullout force-pullout displacement curves and interface characteristics between geogrid and soil under various testing conditions were analyzed. The results showed that with increasing water content, the geogrid pullout force decreased under the same pullout displacement. …”
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A Mineral Oil Plant Protection Product Improves Turfgrass Quality of Deficit Irrigated Bermudagrass by Mingying Xiang, Marco Schiavon, Pawel Orlinski, James H. Baird

“…Results show that Civitas improved bermudagrass quality under deficit irrigation at both rates, but the 3-week application interval was less effective compared with the 2-week application interval at either rate. …”
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THE ECONOMIC INFLUENCE OF FRANCE IN WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA by Juraj Ondriaš, Mykola Palinchak, Kateryna Brenzovych

“…This is primarily accomplished through French multinational corporations, which have historical ties to the French government and which exert dominant control over the extraction of the aforementioned mineral resources in the countries under examination. The paper then presents a case study of the Bolloré Group, another French multinational firm that has been active on the continent for an extended period of time across a range of sectors within the economies of the countries under study. …”
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Moral Permissibility of Euthanasia- A Bangladesh Context by Nilufa Yasmin

“… Survival is obviously important, but sometimes, under particular circumstances, life can become miserable, difficult, or intolerable; at that point, survival can seem like a punishment or misfortune. …”
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Chronic right lung abscess with empyema thoracic presenting as continuous high-grade fever: A case report by Sonia, Kusum Kumari, Neetu Kataria, Sudhir K. Shahi, C. Vasantha Kalyani

“…During hospitalization, despite treatment with intravenous (IV) paracetamol and third-generation IV antibiotics, the fever did not come down, and hence she was planned for emergency posterior lateral thoracotomy to deal with the underlying pathology causing persistent high-grade fever. …”
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Abnormal methylation of Mill1 gene regulates osteogenic differentiation involved in various phenotypes of skeletal fluorosis in rats and methionine intervention by Niannian Chen, Jing Zhang, Congyu Yin, Yudan Liao, Lei Song, Ting Hu, Xueli Pan

“…The results indicated that under normal nutrition and fluoride exposure followed by methionine intervention, the methylation levels of the Mill1 gene increased, whereas its high expression and enhanced osteogenic differentiation were restrained. …”
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Comparative Analysis of RESTful, GraphQL, and gRPC APIs: Perfomance Insight from Load and Stress Testing by Steven Chandra, Ahmad Farisi

“…GraphQL demonstrated better CPU and memory efficiency with strong stability, though it has higher latency and slower response times. gRPC strikes a balance with a moderate latency and resource usage, albeit with slightly higher memory consumption under stress. By presenting a comprehensive analysis of each API architecture, this study contributes a comprehensive performance analysis under practical testing scenarios giving developers and system architect with data-driven guidance for selecting API architecture to their application needs. …”
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Whole-local mechanical analysis and application of long-distance oil and gas pipelines considering dents caused by loading by Yanke Shi, Xinyang Zhang, Leige Xu, Yanjun Chang

“…In the significance analysis of loads, it is found that the stress change of the pipeline was significant under concentrated loads. As the internal pressure gradually increased, the pipeline stress exhibited a trend of first decreasing and then increasing. …”
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SEDIMENT RUNOFF AND WATER TURBIDITY OF THE MAIN TRIBUTARIES OF THE LAKE LADOGA by Marina V. Shmakova, Sergey A. Kondratyev

“…The vast catchment area of the Lake Ladoga is characterized by variety of underlying surface types and a complex hydrographic network. …”