Poetics of Friction by Nadja Ben Khelifa, Étienne Allaix, Jörg Sternagel

“…Called by these questions, our panel attempts to collaboratively work on corresponding responses within a poetics of friction that is rehearsed, acted out, and tried out in a setting where forces come into play that resist relative motions of solid approaches and beliefs sliding against each other: Whereas the three panelists – a multimedia artist, a cultural theorist, and a philosopher – call with their spoken words, screened images and handout materials, the members of the audience respond to these calls: Like the wheel that needs the concrete surface against its rubber to spin in movement, or the piece of wood that needs the wooden stick rotating against its bark to spark a flame, members of Performance Philosophy need frictions with which both Performance artists and Philosophy scholars slide against each other to spin, to move, to carry on, to reflect, to struggle, to doubt, to aim, to spark flames of inspiration. …”
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GeoGebra 3D: herramienta extensionista universitaria en la resolución de problemáticas sociales by Jorge Luis Montero-Bizet

“…Los estudiantesdiseñaron, en el GeoGebra 3D, un refugio animal de una sola nave, de madera y vidrio. Lainvestigación demostró la utilidad del software como herramienta para el diseño de estructuras de impacto social. …”
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O sentido do trabalho infantil doméstico by Terçália Suassuna Vaz Lira

“…Sua utilização possibilita diminuir os custos com a reprodução da força de trabalho; contribuir para o processo de reprodução da classe trabalhadora e para a transmissão de valores instituídos que se fazem transmitir por meio da cultura; reproduz as desigualdades de gênero; reforça a desresponsabilização do Estado no que se refere às políticas voltadas à assistência famíliar, o que vem engendrar novas atribuições à infância da classe trabalhadora e um novo sentido ao trabalho infantil doméstico.   …”
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome Diagnosis: Should There Be Alertness to Cancer? by A. A. Sheptulin, N. L. Jahaya, A. V. Sedova

“…Aim. To justify the need to include colorectal cancer (CRC) in the circle of differential diagnostic search for suspected irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).Background. …”
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Precarização da assistência social e marco regulatório das organizações sociais by ILZAMAR SILVA PEREIRA

“… Este estudo versa sobre a Precarização da Assistência So- cial e a privatização do fundo público: o Marco Regulatório das Or- ganizações da Sociedade Civil (MROSC) referendado pelo Projeto Neoliberal, oculta “interesses públicos” conservadores que resultam, por um lado, na precarização da Assistência Social e na privatização do fundo público e, por outro, no fortalecimento do “Terceiro Setor”, transformando-o em um novo fetiche de enfrentamento das desigual- dades sociais na realidade brasileira. …”
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A new statistical approach with simulation study: Its implementations in management sciences and reliability by Zhidong Liang

“…Within this specific research domain, we propose a new statistical methodology intended to augment the distributional flexibility of probability models while avoiding the need for new parameters. This methodology, which merges the cosine function with the weighted T-X strategy, is designated as the cosine weighted-G (CW-G) family. …”
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Translating culture: the rise and resonance of Chinese contemporary literature in the Portuguese-speaking world by Xin Huang, Xiang Zhang

“…The study highlights the challenges faced by Portuguese-speaking readers in understanding the intricacies of Chinese contexts, emphasizing the need for more detailed depiction and contextual understanding of translations. …”
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Fatal Haemorrhagic Stroke Due to Concomitant Abuse of Sildenafil and Alcohol: A Case Report by Jithin Laxminarayana V, Azmath Tabassum, Kapil D, Nagamohan Rao B V, Kattamreddy Ananth Rupesh

“…This case report highlights the risks of recreational sildenafil use, especially when combined with alcohol, and underscores the need for pharmacovigilance and public awareness.…”
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Thrust-efficiency limits of a swimming tail with variable chordwise flexural rigidity by Hossam Alqaleiby, Muhammad R. Hajj

“…Yet, to successfully accomplish specific missions under limited power, there is a need to design efficient bio-inspired robots. Adding an appropriate level of flexibility to flapping caudal fins (tails) of robots emulating the thunniform swimming mode has been shown to enhance the thrust generation over a finite range of the flapping frequency. …”
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THE ROLE OF LIBRARIANS IN HEALTH INFORMATION DIFFUSION IN THE DIGITAL AGE by Olubanke M Bankole, Isaac O Busayo

“… Access to reliable health information source builds knowledge that individuals need to take informed decisions that will promote their health and well-being. …”
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Lessons learnt from advocating for family medicine in South Africa by Robert J. Mash, Klaus Von Pressentin, Jenny Nash, Tasleem Ras

“…Nevertheless, by international standards, the number of family physicians per 10 000 population is low and there is still a need to advocate for the contribution of family physicians to the health system. …”
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Health Inequalities in Under-Five Mortality: An Assessment of Empowered Action Group (EAG) States of India by Sarvesh Kumar, Damodar Sahu, Amit Mehto, Ravendra Kumar Sharma

“…**Conclusion:** The results suggested the need to receive various health strategy intercessions in agreement with the instance of ever-changing commitments of economic components to child health disparities in EAG states. …”
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RESEARCH OF GENDER-BASED BEHAVIOURAL DIFFERENCES IN THE PURCHASING DECISION-MAKING PROCESS by Dijana Tevšić, Arnela Nanic

“…It is very difficult to gain consumers' trust in time when they can easily access a great amount of information in every moment and producers must invest a greater effort to please every need of modern and informed consumers. The aim of this paper is to analyze the considerable differences in shopping behavior of both male and female, to research their attitudes and habits by purchasing decision-making process and to determine new shopping trends of these consumer categories. …”
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Overtourism in urban destinations: the myth of smart solutions by María García Hernández, Josep Ivars Baidal, Sofía Mendoza de Miguel

“…Almost no technological solutions have been developed to address this issue, which is barely perceived as a problem by local governments. However, the need to generate knowledge that is useful for managing tourist overload constitutes a challenge faced by a growing number of destinations. …”
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PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF ETHERNET TRANSMISSION USING M-ARY PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION TECHNIQUES by APENA WALIU OLALEKAN, OLASUNKANMI OMOWUMI GRACE, SALAKO ANUOLUWAPO

“… Low installation costs and high data rates reaching up to 10 Gbps, characterized Ethernet as the local area network (LAN) technology of choice to satisfy the increasing need for high-speed data transmission in packet-based networks. …”
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APPLICATION OF TRADITIONALTHEORIES IN THE AGE OF CYBER COMMUNICATION by JIBRIN UMAR OMACHI, COMFORT ENE OBAJE

“…Through a synthesis of empirical research and scholarly discourse, this paper highlights the challenges and opportunities associated with the application of traditional theories in the digital age. It argues for the need to adapt and modify these theories to account for the unique characteristics of cyber communication, including networked connectivity, user-generated content, and algorithmic influence. …”
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Tackling impurities in CCS pipelines: An optimization-based approach by Mohamed Mazhar Laljee, Ahmed AlHajaj

“…., US'84/ton CO₂ for 4 % N₂) offsets impurity costs, highlighting the need for impurity control in efficient CCS deployment.…”
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RESEARCH OF GENDER-BASED BEHAVIOURAL DIFFERENCES IN THE PURCHASING DECISION-MAKING PROCESS by Dijana Tevšić, Arnela Nanic

“…It is very difficult to gain consumers' trust in time when they can easily access a great amount of information in every moment and producers must invest a greater effort to please every need of modern and informed consumers. The aim of this paper is to analyze the considerable differences in shopping behavior of both male and female, to research their attitudes and habits by purchasing decision-making process and to determine new shopping trends of these consumer categories. …”
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Landslides induced by the 2023 Jishishan Ms6.2 earthquake (NW China): spatial distribution characteristics and implication for the seismogenic fault by Yuandong Huang, Chong Xu, Xiangli He, Jia Cheng, Xiwei Xu, Yingying Tian

“…Significant factors include elevations of 1700–2300 m, slope angle of 20–40°, southeast and south aspects, middle slope positions, Paleogene and Neogene strata, and proximity within 400 m of rivers, with NDVI values of 0.2–0.6 and PGA of 0.45–0.6 g. Our analysis indicates an NE-dipping thrust fault with a distinct “hanging wall effect”. …”
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Atmospheric microplastic accumulation in Ramalina celastri (Sprengel) Krog & Swinscow Thalli: a transplant study across different levels of urbanization by Gollo Maira S., Villagra Elizabeth L.B., Gomez Jonatan J.

“…This work underscores the need for standardized methodologies to enhance comparability in future research on terrestrial MP pollution.…”
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