The epidemic of Justinian (AD 542): a prelude to the Middle Ages by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…It marked the beginning of plague as a nosological problem that would afflict the world until the 21st century. …”
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Vertical Integration or Disintegration? A Bargaining Model of the Maquiladora's Case by Ikuho Kochi, Ramsés Jiménez Castañeda, Raúl Alberto Ponce Rodríguez

“…The above holds even if the domestic supplier participates in a bargaining game offering an efficient contract.…”
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USER-DRIVEN INNOVATION: TOWARDS A NEW INNOVATION PARADIGM by Slavica Rocheska, Olivera Kostoska, Marjan Angeleski, Gjorgji Mancheski

“… The holistic approach to innovation includes establishing a wide range of interactions among different actors which implies development and expansion of methods, approaches and tools for improving the innovation. …”
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Choosing a Licensed Wood-Destroying Organism (WDO) Inspector by Faith M. Oi, Paul Mitola, Kathleen C. Ruppert, Michael J. Page, Mark H. Ruff

“… A wood-destroying organism inspection is a visual inspection performed by a licensed pest control inspector trained to identify evidence of termites, powderpost beetles, and other organisms that chew on wood and cause damage to property. …”
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Exploring lecturers’ goal-setting using a coaching framework by Anna Carissa Rozzo

“…This paper presents a small-scale study aimed at exploring how academic staff articulate professional goals. …”
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Philippians 4:10-23 from a rhetorical perspective by A. H. Snyman

“… This article endeavours to analyse Phil. 4:10-23 from a different perspective to approaches which tend to force ancient rhetorical categories on the letter. …”
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Safe Handling of Food and Water in a Hurricane or Related Disaster by Ronald H. Schmidt, Keith L. Schneider, Renée M. Goodrich, Amarat Simonne, Douglas L. Archer

“… This document contains a summary of general recommendations to protect the safety of food and water in the event of a hurricane, flooding, or related natural disaster. …”
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Impact of extreme heat on health in Australia: a scoping review by Patrick Amoatey, Zhiwei Xu, Chinonso Christian Odebeatu, Neha Singh, Nicholas J. Osborne, Dung Phung

“…Abstract Climate change has been recognized as a driver of increased heatwave events in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia. …”
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PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR THE FABRICATION OF POOR WATERSOLUBLE DRUGS A REVIEW by Rabia Noor

“… Pharmaceutical technologies for increasing the solubility of drug substances have a prime role in its faster dissolution and maximum absorption in the systemic circulation. …”
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The Juno mission as a probe of long-range new physics by Praniti Singh, Shi Yan, Itamar J. Allali, JiJi Fan, Lingfeng Li

“…We use the shift in the precession angle as a proxy to test non-gravitational interactions between Juno and Jupiter. …”
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ERYTHROCYTE SEDEMENTATION RATE:A USEFUL TOOL IN DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH by Muhammad Usman

“…Although it doesn’t enjoy the status of being called a diagnostic test,even then it is in continuous use as a good indicator in conditions like infections and inflammations; for screening and prognosis of certain diseases and also for monitoring the course of an existing disease.It is a good indicator to estimate the quantitative change in plasma that may occur in a lot of clinical conditions ranging from simple to much serious disorders such as inflammation, infection, pregnancy, obesity and even malignancies. …”
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What if prescribed fire is not an option? A review of alternative treatments. by Michael G Andreu, Christopher Kinslow, Stephen Enloe

“… Fire has been a significant part of southeastern American forests for thousands of years. …”
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A reprodução social nas periferias do capitalismo global by Mirian Monteiro Kussumi

“…O presente artigo busca apresentar como a reprodução social – que funciona como condição de possibilidade para a manutenção do capitalismo – se manifesta de modos diferentes a partir no eixo centro-periferia do sistema capitalista global. …”
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On the Dehn functions of a class of monadic one-relation monoids by Nyberg-Brodda, Carl-Fredrik

“…We give an infinite family of monoids $\Pi _N$ (for $N=2, 3,\,\dots $), each with a single defining relation of the form $bUa = a$, such that the Dehn function of $\Pi _N$ is at least exponential. …”
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Ethnic Marketing: A Strategy for Marketing Programs to Diverse Audience by Lisa A. Guion, Heather Kent

“… This paper is the seventh in a series of articles on planning programs to effectively outreach to diverse audiences. …”
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Toolkit for Implementing a Community-Based “IMBY” Safety Event by Carol Lehtola, Charles Brown

“… This publication provides guidance and materials to help implement a safety workshop using the video “Rhythm of the Seasons: A Journey Beyond Loss” and the In My Back Yard (IMBY) Home and Farm Hazard Hunt workbook. …”
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A tribute to the memory of Pavel Evseevich Sobolevskii (1930-2018) by Allaberen Ashyralyev, Abdullah S. Erdogan

“…This tribute is devoted to Pavel Evseevich Sobolevskii’s lovely memory and gives a summary of his important contributions to mathematics.…”
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A note on background independence in AdS3 string theory by Bob Knighton

“…We provide a simple path integral argument that the path integral localizes onto holomorphic covering maps from the worldsheet to the boundary. …”
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Determinants in adopting cashless payments in Europe: a multilevel analysis by Jose Domingo García-Merino, Leire San-Jose, Nerea San-Martin

“…Abstract The use of electronic currency for transactions, denoting a cashless paradigm, has become increasingly common. …”
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A Study of Hypothyroidism in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Patients by Sudharsanan V, Prabhu Shankar S, Viknesh V

“…Materials and Methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted over three months in a tertiary care center in South India. …”
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