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    Tree Species Diversity in Community Managed and National Park Forests in the ...

    Community forestry is expanding in developing countries but there is limited knowledge of, and contradictory findings about, its contribution to biodiversity conservation. This...
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    Trusting the Press and Political Trust: A Conditional Relationship

    Despite the fact that the media serves as a vital source of information about politics, the relation between media trust and political trust has largely been overlooked,...
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    Lectotypification of the Bertoloni's names in the genus <i>Senecio</i> L. (<i...

    Original material of the four Senecio taxa described by A. Bertoloni has been examined, and the typification of their names is discussed. A specimen from the Monti Herbarium...
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    Occurrence of Serious Injury in Real-World Side Impacts of Vehicles with Good...

    Objective: The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) introduced its side impact consumer information test program in 2003. Since that time, side airbags and structural...
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    Indenter geometrical effects on sub-micro/nano indentation and scratch behavi...

    In this work we study the indenter geometrical effects on the nanoindentation and scratch behaviors of polymers (epoxy resin and its based nanocomposites) through both...
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    Framing in context: how interest groups employ framing to lobby the European ...

    ABSTRACTFraming plays an important role in public policy. Interest groups strategically highlight some aspects of a policy proposal while ignoring others in order to gain an...
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    The politicisation of European integration in domestic election campaigns

    How strongly is European integration being politicised in election campaigns, and what explains why a party chooses to emphasise Europe or, by contrast, remains silent about it?...
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    "The Pure People" versus "the Corrupt Elite"? Political Corruption, Political...

    Contrasting “the pure people” with “the corrupt elite” is a prominent rhetorical figure of populist radical right parties and their proponents. However, scholars rarely consider...
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    Sensitivity of Head and Cervical Spine Injury Measures to Impact Factors Rele...

    Objective: Serious head and cervical spine injuries have been shown to occur mostly independent of one another in pure rollover crashes. In an attempt to define a dynamic...
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    Surgical repair of humeral condylar fractures in New Zealand working farm dog...

    AIM: To report the long-term outcome, return to work and owner satisfaction, for working farm dogs in New Zealand following surgical repair of humeral condylar...
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    Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of pre-impact bracing on the chest compression, reaction forces, and accelerations experienced by human...
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    Bayesian Modeling and Forecasting of 24-Hour High-Frequency Volatility

    This article estimates models of high-frequency index futures returns using “around-the-clock” 5-min returns that incorporate the following key features: multiple persistent...
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    Two new eudesmane-type glucopyranosides have been isolated from the fruits of Daucus carota L. On the basis of their spectroscopic and chemical evidence, the new compounds were...
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    Policy feedback and economic risk: the influence of privatization on social p...

    ABSTRACTThrough policy feedback mechanisms, public policies can shape individuals’ preferences for those policies. While research has focused on the direct link between policies...
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    What do tomorrow’s doctors need to learn about ecosystems? – A BEME Systemati...

    Background: Human health is fundamentally determined by the health of ecosystems. Guidance is lacking about how to address the topic of ecosystems within medical education....
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    Two-year efficacy and immunogenicity of Sinovac Enterovirus 71 vaccine agains...

    Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy and immunogenicity of the Sinovac Enterovirus 71 (EV71) vaccine for up to two years. Methods: We did a follow-up study of our initial...
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    Political tool or quality experience? Urban livability and the Singaporean st...

    In this article, I argue that the concept of urban livability is used as a political tool by the Singaporean state to further its pursuit of global city status. I show how the...
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    Neuropsychological Profile of Children, Adolescents and Adults Experiencing M...

    Objective: Few studies have attempted to describe the range of cognitive impairments affecting people who have experienced child maltreatment. The aim of this meta-analysis was...
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    Pedestrian Fatalities Resulting From Train–Person Collisions

    Objective: Train–person collisions have a significant impact in our society, due to their negative economic and psychological effects. This work aims to study fatalities...
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    Isolation and identification of a new neo-clerodane diterpenoid from <i>Teucr...

    Teucrium chamaedrys L. is an aromatic and medicinal plant used as traditional medicine. Aerial parts of the plant material were dried and extracted with hexane–dichloromethane...