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Ten striking facts about agricultural input use in Sub-Saharan Africa

open access: yesFood Policy, 2017
Conventional wisdom holds that Sub-Saharan African farmers use few modern inputs despite the fact that most poverty-reducing agricultural growth in the region is expected to come largely from expanded use of inputs that embody improved technologies ...
Megan Sheahan, C. Barrett
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Dwie (anty)filozoficzne „gramatyki” Wittgensteina [Two (anti )philosophical grammars of Ludwig Wittgenstein] [PDF]

open access: yesAnaliza i Egzystencja, 2013
Wittgenstein is the author of two conceptions of “grammar”, that were meant to be tools of reaching the same goal: discrediting of the traditional, i.e. “metaphysical” questions of philosophy.
Adam Nowaczyk, Ewa Czesna
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Multi-Type FACTS Controllers for Power System Compensation: A Case Study of the Nigerian 48-Bus, 330 kV System

open access: yesNigerian Journal of Technological Development, 2021
Flexible alternating current transmission system (FACTS) devices have provided proficient answers to power system instabilities faced in the systems operations today with very little infrastructural investment fund. This paper investigates the effects of
I. E. Nkan, E. E. Okpo, O. I. Okoro
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FUZZY SECOND ORDER SLIDING MODE CONTROL OF A UNIFIED POWER FLOW CONTROLLER

open access: yesElectrical engineering & Electromechanics, 2019
Purpose. This paper presents an advanced control scheme based on fuzzy logic and second order sliding mode of a unified power flow controller. This controller offers advantages in terms of static and dynamic operation of the power system such as the ...
Abdellatif Hinda   +2 more
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'Facts' and 'Statements of Fact'

open access: yesThe University of Chicago Law Review, 1937
This language is similar to that of the corresponding section of the New York Civil Practice Act, but differs-and this is the interesting point -in that all reference to 'facts' is omitted. To bring out the difference it will be helpful to quote the section of the New York Act, italicizing the part which refers to 'facts.' The New York provision reads:
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Communicating uncertainty about facts, numbers and science

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2019
Uncertainty is an inherent part of knowledge, and yet in an era of contested expertise, many shy away from openly communicating their uncertainty about what they know, fearful of their audience's reaction.
A. M. van der Bles   +6 more
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The Facts Are Incomplete [PDF]

open access: yesDeutsches Ärzteblatt international, 2012
In the article, the example case that was to be assessed, the patient’s advance directive was not fully reported. What is missing is any information on whether, according to the text of the patient’s advance directive, life preserving measures should be suspended in principle as soon as the patient is in a coma—that is, irrespective of whether a chance
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Hypotheses and facts [PDF]

open access: yesPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 2001
The book, The river , is based on assumptions and not facts. Oral polio vaccine was produced entirely in rhesus monkey kidney cell cultures. Allegations that it was produced in chimpanzee kidneys at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia or, alternatively, that the vaccine was made in the then ...
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Transient Stability Enhancement in IEEE 14-Bus Power System Using PSO-Optimized Unified Power Flow Controller [PDF]

open access: yesEPJ Web of Conferences
Transient stability has become a critical concern in modern power systems due to increased loading, frequent disturbances, as well as reduced system inertia associated with renewable energy integration.
Ramteke Manasi, Rajderkar Vedashree P.
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Facts on fluoridation [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Dental Journal, 2000
In his book The Reluctant Messiah Richard Bach (the author of Jonathan Livingstone Seagull) writes this simple sentence, 'Beliefs can be ferocious traps.' Indeed they can, as we will doubtless see in the reaction to the recently published systematic review on water fluoridation.
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