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From semi-stagnation to growth in a sino-centric market [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2008
According to recent available information, the Brazilian economy may be entering a cycle of sustained growth. The dominant current interpretation points to the progresses made in terms of monetary stability, Balance of Payments and structural reforms ...
Antonio Barros de Castro
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Human interface design for semi-autonomous control of leader-follower excavator based on variable admittance and stagnation/trajectory bifurcation of nonlinear dynamics

Mechanical Engineering Journal, 2021
Conventional remote operation of an excavator has low work efficiency comparing with on-site operations. This is because it is difficult for an operator to recognize the excavator status and surrounding environments. Moreover, there are restrictions such
Masafumi OKADA, Kohei IWANO
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Faculty Members’ Perception of Factors on Academic Bullying: A Qualitative Study [PDF]

Journal of Advances in Medical Education and Professionalism
Introduction: Academic bullying is a global phenomenon in academic settings. Yet, it is complex and frequently overlooked, with insufficient action to address it.
RAHMATOLLAH SOLTANI, MOHAMMAD HASAN KESHAVARZI, ALI ASGHAR HAYAT, SEYED ALI AKBAR FAGHIHI, SOOLMAZ ZARE   +4 more
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Determinants of urban mosquito population density and community responses: A cross-sectional study [version 4; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations, 1 not approved] [PDF]

F1000Research
Background Vector-borne diseases transmitted by various arthropods account for approximately 17% of the global burden of infectious diseases. These arthropods, especially mosquitoes, are particularly rampant in Mangalore because of the humid coastal ...
Rohan HS, Faiz Abdulaziz, Hari Priya Muppala, Gayana Shree A N, Arhan Vilas K, Nihal R Shankar, Aishwariya Narasimhan, Sreedevi SR, Jithin Surendran, Rekha T, Ameya Singh   +10 more
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Revisiting Growth of Brazilian Economy (1980-2012) [PDF]

PSL Quarterly Review, 2018
The objective of this article is to analyze the causes of growth deceleration in the Brazilian economy initiated in the mid-1980s from a Keynesian-Structuralist perspective, according to which long-term growth is associated with structural change and ...
José Luis Oreiro, Luciano Manarin D'Agostini, Fabrício Vieira, Luciano Carvalho   +3 more
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Home-School Collaboration for Adolescents with Poor Wellbeing: A Qualitative Study of Parents’ Experiences

Nordic Studies in Education, 2023
Semi-structured interviews of three fathers and nine mothers (aged 35–50) explore how parents experienced interacting with school personnel concerning their child’s wellbeing (aged 11–17).
Jeanne Holm Ovesen, Charlotte Overgaard, Kirsten Schultz Petersen   +2 more
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Collaborative Patterns of Long-Term Sustainability in Community Social Enterprises: An International Comparative Case Study

Quaestiones Geographicae, 2020
The article presents results from a research on the relevance and challenges of collaboration for the long-term sustainability of rural community enterprises. The study relies on Communities of Practice and Degrowth theories.
Kovanen Sunna
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The effects of fiscal policy after the global recession: assessing the evidences

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2013
This paper offers a commented review of the most recent empirical studies of the effects of fiscal contraction on economic growth, which have helped underpin the prescription that fiscal policy should be expansionary in coming years in order to contain ...
Luiz Fernando de Paula, Manoel Carlos de Castro Pires   +1 more
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Case study analysis of end of life care development in the Chinese cultural context of Macao: a social movement perspective

BMC Palliative Care, 2021
Background The modern hospice movement is often recognised as a social movement. However, such understanding is primarily based on historic reflection and this approach has lacked theoretical exploration.
Kuai In Tam, Elaine Haycock-Stuart, Sarah J. Rhynas   +2 more
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Measurement of Gas Flow Rate at Gasification of Low-Melting Materials in a Flow-Through Gas Generator

Energies, 2022
A semi-empirical method is proposed for determining the rate of gas production in a flow-through gas generator (GG) with the allocation of a part of the gas flow produced by gasification of a low-melting solid material (LSM) in the total gas flow rate ...
Dmitry A. Vnuchkov, Valery I. Zvegintsev, Denis G. Nalivaichenko, Sergey M. Frolov   +3 more
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