Potential benefits, limitations and target product-profiles of odor-baited mosquito traps for malaria control in Africa. [PDF]
, 2010 BACKGROUND\ud \ud Traps baited with synthetic human odors have been proposed as suitable technologies for controlling malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases.
Okumu, Fredros O +4 more
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From language to meteorology: kinesis in weather events and weather verbs across Sinitic languages
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2021 Interactions among the environment, humans and language underlie many of the most pressing challenges we face today. This study investigates the use of different verbs to encode various weather events in Sinitic languages, a language family spoken over a
Chu-Ren Huang +3 more
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Belief as an act of reason [PDF]
, 2018 Most philosophers assume (often without argument) that belief is a mental state. Call their view the orthodoxy. In a pair of recent papers, Matthew Boyle has argued that the orthodoxy is mistaken: belief is not a state but (as I like to put it) an act of
Koziolek, Nicholas
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Application of Arthur Lessac's Methodology Elements in Actors’ Vocal Training
Вісник Київського національного університету культури і мистецтв. Серія: Сценічне мистецтво, 2023 The article is devoted to the study of the formation of Arthur Lessac's methodology, systematisation of its main elements and specification of the possibilities of their application in the process of vocal training of actors.
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The biomechanical role of the chondrocranium and sutures in a lizard cranium [PDF]
, 2017 The role of soft tissues in skull biomechanics remains poorly understood. Not least, the chondrocranium, the portion of the braincase which persists as cartilage with varying degrees of mineralization.
Dutel, Hugo +5 more
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Social Facts Explained and Presupposed [PDF]
, 2006 Attempts are often made to explain collective action in terms of the interaction of individuals. A common objection to such attempts is that they are circular: Since every interaction presupposes the existence of common practices and common practices ...
Hennig, Boris
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Predicting Fall Counts Using Wearable Sensors: A Novel Digital Biomarker for Parkinson’s Disease
Sensors, 2021 People with Parkinson’s disease (PD) experience significant impairments to gait and balance; as a result, the rate of falls in people with Parkinson’s disease is much greater than that of the general population.
Barry R. Greene +4 more
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Descriptive Anatomy and Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of the Skull of the Early Tetrapod Acanthostega gunnari Jarvik, 1952 [PDF]
, 2003 The early tetrapod Acanthostega gunnari is an iconic fossil taxon exhibiting skeletal morphology reflecting the transition of vertebrates from water onto land. Computed tomography data of two Acanthostega skulls was segmented using visualization software
Chan, HL +5 more
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Motivational Modulation of Self-Initiated and Externally Triggered Movement Speed Induced by Threat of Shock: Experimental Evidence for Paradoxical Kinesis in Parkinson's Disease. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Paradoxical kinesis has been observed in bradykinetic people with Parkinson's disease. Paradoxical kinesis occurs in situations where an individual is strongly motivated or influenced by relevant external cues.
Louise M McDonald +5 more
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Reflexiones sobre las características mecánicas de los bailarines de pantomima [PDF]
, 2019 El presente artículo tiene como objetivo investigar la experiencia cinestésica de la danza, y especialmente de la danza de la pantomima, en De Saltatione de Luciano y en la oración 64 de Libanio, Una respuesta a Aristides en nombre de los bailarines ...
Gerolemou, María
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