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Enforcement of Claims for Decision and Granting of Pension Benefits as Contract Staff of Various EU Authorities – Legal History of the Early Years of the EU as a “Teacher” and Expert “Tools of the Trade”

Journal on European History of Law, 2023
The question of entitlement to pension benefits based on temporary („freelance“) contracts with EU authorities arises precisely when these have not been explicitly excluded.
Thomas Gergen
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Nonuniform Overlapping Method in Designing Microstrip Patch Antennas Using Genetic Algorithm Optimization

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 2015
Genetic algorithm (GA) has been a popular optimization technique used for performance improvement of microstrip patch antennas (MPAs). When using GA, the patch geometry is optimized by dividing the patch area into small rectangular cells.
J. M. Jeevani W. Jayasinghe, Jaume Anguera, Disala N. Uduwawala, Aurora Andújar   +3 more
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International protection of non-original databases; studies on the economic impact of the intellectual property protection of non-original databases

Data Science Journal, 2006
The Standing Committee of Copyright and Related Rights of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has been discussing the possibility of introducing intellectual property protection of non-original databases through new international norms ...
Helga Tabuchi
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Improving control over euthanasia of persons with psychiatric illness: Lessons from the first Belgian criminal court case concerning euthanasia

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
BackgroundBelgium is one of very few countries that legally allow euthanasia for suffering caused by psychiatric illness. In the first criminal trial in Belgium of physicians involved in euthanasia, three physicians recently faced the accusation of ...
Marc De Hert, Marc De Hert, Marc De Hert, Marc De Hert, Sien Loos, Sien Loos, Sigrid Sterckx, Erik Thys, Erik Thys, Kristof Van Assche, Kristof Van Assche   +10 more
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The effect of international energy prices on energy production in Sichuan, China

Energy Reports, 2020
Sichuan Province is China’s leading natural gas and hydropower producer. This article tests for the effects of international energy (nominal) prices on natural gas and hydropower production in Sichuan.
Gaolu Zou, Kwong Wing Chau
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THE CHOICE OF FOREIGN LEGAL TRANSPLANTS POLICY IN REGULATING INDONESIAN COPYRIGHT LAW: BETWEEN STANDARDIZATION AND COAGULATION

Mimbar Hukum, 2016
Any legal development shall be coming along with the development of civilization. Building the whole society to be more civilized–to live by the standardized customs, religions and in accordance with any cultural values to be well-institutionalized ...
O.K. Saidin
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Effects of International Crude Oil Prices on Energy Consumption in China

Energies, 2020
This study aims to test the effects of changes in international crude oil prices on changes in crude oil and hydropower use from 1965 to 2016. We suggest a cointegration relationship between the consumption of coal, crude oil, and hydropower and the real
Gaolu Zou, Kwong Wing Chau
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Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor, Flora Hoodin, Michelle Byrd, Kristin A. Kullgren, Leah LaLonde, Lauren Benkoske, Patrick Smith, Dawn Carson, Karen MacDonald, Susumu Inoue, Brenda Kitchen, Kate Gowans, Gregory A. Yanik   +12 more
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Predicting Chronicity in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Immune Thrombocytopenia at the Timepoint of Diagnosis Using Machine Learning‐Based Approaches

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To identify predictors of chronic ITP (cITP) and to develop a model based on several machine learning (ML) methods to estimate the individual risk of chronicity at the timepoint of diagnosis. Methods We analyzed a longitudinal cohort of 944 children enrolled in the Intercontinental Cooperative immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) Study ...
Severin Kasser, Alice Bizeul, Meera Chitlur, Hugo Donato, Jelena Roganovic, Julia E. Vogt, Thomas Kühne   +6 more
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Prognostic Impact of Treatment Modalities, Including Targeted Compartmental Radio‐Immunotherapy, in a Cohort of Neuroblastoma Patients With CNS Metastases at Relapse

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neuroblastoma (NB) with central nervous system (CNS) metastases is rare at diagnosis, but occurs more often during relapse/progression. Patients with CNS metastases face a dismal prognosis, with no standardized curative treatment available.
Vicente Santa‐Maria Lopez, Anna Felip‐Badia, Marina Caballero‐Bellon, Nazaret Sanchez‐Sierra, Alicia Castañeda, Moira Garraus, Maite Gorostegui, Margarida Simão‐Rafael, Juan Pablo Muñoz, Marta Perez‐Somarriba, Salvador Mañe, Mariana Cecilia Planells, Sara Perez‐Jaume, Jaume Mora   +13 more
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