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From the Ne’er-Do-Well to the Criminal History Category: The Refinement of the Actuarial Model in Criminal Law [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Harcourt discusses three developments in 20th century criminal law: the evolution of parole board decision-making in the early 20th century, the development of fixed sentencing guidelines in the late 20th century, and the growth of criminal profiling as ...
Harcourt, Bernard E.
core   +2 more sources

Illuminating New Frontiers: Exploring the Photosensitizing Potential of Passiflora Species in Combating Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Their Infection in Senescent Mice

open access: yesAdvanced Biology, EarlyView.
This study investigates the photosensitizing potential of Passiflora cincinnata in Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy (aPDT) against skin infection caused by Methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a senescent murine model. The P. cincinnata exhibits antimicrobial activity, with reduced bacterial load, lower leukocyte infiltration, and ...
Caroline Vieira Gonçalves   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ritual as reflected by censorship. The Control Bureau as the custodian of the cultural image of the authorities in the early days of the People’s Republic of Poland

open access: yesActa Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica, 2017
The ritual as a series of actions specified by traditions or a given political system, defined in detail and repeatable, was also fulfilled in the communist system.
Marzena Woźniak-Łabieniec
doaj   +1 more source

Molecular Evolution of Zika Virus during Its Emergence in the 20th Century

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus first isolated in Uganda in 1947. Although entomological and virologic surveillance have reported ZIKV enzootic activity in diverse countries of Africa and Asia, few human cases were reported until 2007 ...
O. Faye   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

New Developments in the Field of Production and Application of Multi‐Material Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing Components: A Review

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
The utilization of direct energy deposition (DED)‐arc additive manufacturing processes in industrial applications is increasing, and these processes have the potential for multi‐material applications. This work provides a overview of the state of research in DED‐arc made functional graded structures, to establish a link to potential industrial ...
Kai Treutler, Volker Wesling
wiley   +1 more source

Freedom and secretiveness, in late modernism

open access: yesActa Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica, 2017
The text considers two metaphors describing creative freedom in modern society: secretiveness and shadow. In the shadow, creative individuals protect themselves against the ubiquitous need to explain and screen life.
Tomasz Bocheński
doaj   +1 more source

Plagiarism as an academic literacy issue: the comprehension, writing and consulting strategies of Portuguese university students

open access: yesInternational Journal for Educational Integrity, 2022
In aiming to frame plagiarism as an academic literacy issue, this paper focuses on the strategies used by firsts years Portuguese university students, when writing from sources, along with the relationship between these strategies and the way students ...
Isabel Festas, Ana Seixas, Armanda Matos
doaj   +1 more source

Kaktus in statu nascendi. Włodzimierz Scisłowski and the satirical magazine Kaktus [Cactus] in the censorship documents of People’s Poland (Part 2. Censors’ interventions)

open access: yesActa Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica, 2022
The article aims to discuss the censorship strategies applied to works by Włodzimierz Scisłowski submitted for publication in the satirical magazine Kaktus [Cactus] in 1957–1960. The source material is a collection of cryptotexts, i.e.
Anna Wiśniewska-Grabarczyk
doaj   +1 more source

Professor Oktawiusz Jurewicz as a Byzantinist (1926–2016) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The authors summarize the academic legacy of late Oktawiusz Jurewicz and his role as a leading Polish byzantinist of the second half of the 20th century.
Kompa, Andrzej, Leszka, Mirosław J.
core   +1 more source

Wearable Haptic Feedback Interfaces for Augmenting Human Touch

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The wearable haptic feedback interfaces enhance user experience in gaming, social media, biomedical instrumentation, and robotics by generating tactile sensations. This review discusses and categorizes current haptic feedback interfaces into force, thermal, and electrotactile stimulation‐based haptic feedback interfaces, elucidating their current ...
Shubham Patel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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