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Impact of facial conformation on canine health: Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The domestic dog may be the most morphologically diverse terrestrial mammalian species known to man; pedigree dogs are artificially selected for extreme aesthetics dictated by formal Breed Standards, and breed-related disorders linked to conformation are
A Reiter   +64 more
core   +7 more sources

Gendering Reconstruction: Iraqi Women between Dictatorship, Wars, Sanctions and Occupation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The article explores the role of women and changing gender relations in reconstruction processes in Iraq. It will provide a historical background in terms of changing women’s status and gender ideologies & relations during the regime of Saddam Hussein. I
Al-Ali, Nadje
core   +2 more sources

Polish Interstate Relations with Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania After 1990 in the Context of the Situation of National Minorities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
When we compare the contemporary ethnic structure and national policy of Poland and its eastern neighbours, we can see clear asymmetry in both quantitative and legal-institutional aspects.
Barwiński, Marek
core   +2 more sources

UNSTABLE CRITICAL EQUILIBRIUM IN THE DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX STRUCTURED POPULATION OF STURGEON

open access: yesСистемный анализ и прикладная информатика, 2016
The article deals with the consequences of the existence of special conditions that determine the character of the rapid further development of population processes.
V. A. Dubrovskaya   +2 more
doaj  

Adaptation of seismic resistance principles for ensuring blast resistance of high-rise buildings

open access: yesБудівельні конструкції: Теорія і практика
The strategic necessity and engineering mechanisms for adapting the principles of seismic-resistant design to ensure the blast resistance of multi-storey buildings in the context of the war in Ukraine are analyzed.
Галина Гетун   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying Soft-Ground-Story Pre-1977 High-Rise Structures in Bucharest for Updated Seismic Risk Analysis

open access: yesApplied Sciences
Soft-ground-story configurations in high-rise buildings present a critical vulnerability during seismic events, often leading to disproportionate structural damage and collapse.
Florin Pavel
doaj   +1 more source

Characterizing the development of sectoral Gross Domestic Product composition

open access: yes, 2013
We consider the sectoral composition of a country's GDP, i.e. the partitioning into agrarian, industrial, and service sectors. Exploring a simple system of differential equations we characterize the transfer of GDP shares between the sectors in the ...
Kropp, Jürgen P.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Preferential Loading of the ACL Compared to the MCL during Landing: A Novel In Sim Approach Yields the Multi-Planar Mechanism of Dynamic Valgus during ACL Injury

open access: yesOrthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2013
Objectives: Strong biomechanical and epidemiologic evidence associates knee valgus collapse with isolated non-contact ACL injury. However, the predominance of isolated non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries is challenging for clinicians ...
Carmen E. Quatman MD, PhD   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perspectives on Regulating Systemic Risk [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This book chapter, which synthesizes several of the author’s articles, attempts to provide useful perspectives on regulating systemic risk. First, it argues that systemic shocks are inevitable.
Schwarcz, Steven L.
core   +3 more sources

Venezuela’s Growth Experience [PDF]

open access: yes
The standard of living, measured as gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, increased dramatically in Venezuela relative to that of the United States from 20 percent in 1920 to 90 percent in 1958, but since then has collapsed to around 30 percent ...
Diego Restuccia   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

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