From warrior queen to the fairest of the fair: Imaginations of Malaysian women in tourist brochures by Abdul Razak, Norhanim, Ibrahim, Johan Afendi, Abd Shukor, Suryati

“…Among the key findings of this paper include the portrayal of the Kadazan Dusun women in Sabah as attractive and intimately connected to a local beauty pageant and the Malay women in Kelantan as brave, graceful and closely linked to a legendary warrior and traditional performing arts.Other depictions include women involvement in traditional music, dances, handicrafts, spiritual rites and as sellers in the local markets.From a holistic perspective, it is identified that women from different ethnic groups in Malaysia have been presented in tourism brochures over the years so as to promote ethnic and cultural tourism as their unique attributes can accentuate ethnic identities. …”
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Etiopathogenetic mechanisms of fibromyalgia syndrome by R.H. Gracely, R. Carignola, L. Bazzichi, F. Ceccherelli, M. Marsico, R. Gorla, G. Leardini, A. Alciati, G. Arioli, P. Sarzi-Puttini, M.A. Giamberardino, M. Spath, D. Buskila, M. Cazzola, S. Stisi, F. Salaffi, L. Altomonte, F. Atzeni

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Non pharmacological treatments in fibromyalgia by M. Spath, D. Buskila, M.A. Giamberardino, R. Torta, A. Marsico, R. Gorla, G. Leardini, A. Alciati, L. Altomonte, S. Stisi, F. Atzeni, F. Ceccherelli, R.H. Gracely, G. Arioli, M. Cazzola, R. Cassisi, F. Marinangeli, L. Bazzichi, M. Di Franco, G. Biasi, F. Salaffi, R. Carignola, P Sarzi- Puttini

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Symptoms and signs in fibromyalgia syndrome by G. Leardini, G. Arioli, L. Altomonte, S. Stisi, G. Biasi, M. Di Franco, M. Cazzola, M. Spath, D. Buskila, M.A. Giamberardino, R. Torta, F. Marinangeli, F. Salaffi, R.H Gracely, R. Carignola, L. Bazzichi, R. Casale, A. Alciati, P. Sarzi-Puttini, G. Cassisi, R. Gorla, A. Marsico, F. Ceccherelli, F. Atzeni

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Secure Cooperation of Autonomous Mobile Sensors Using an Underwater Acoustic Network by Gianluca Dini, Angelica Lo Duca, Andrea Munafò, Andrea Caiti, Vincenzo Calabrò

“…The ensuing form of graceful degradation provides also a reactive measure against Denial of Service. …”
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Citra Perempuan dalam Legenda Putri Cermin Cina by Dedi Febriyanto, Yessi Fitriani, Puspa Indah Utami

“…Judging from her physical image, the main female character is depicted as a beautiful woman, smiling, polite in speaking, and graceful. Judging from the psychological aspect, the main female character is depicted as someone who is soft-hearted and always happy. …”
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In Vivo Analysis of the Dynamic Motion Stability Characteristics of Geese’s Neck by Jiajia Wang, Haoxuan Sun, Wenfeng Jia, Fu Zhang, Zhihui Qian, Xiahua Cui, Lei Ren, Luquan Ren

“…The goose’s neck is an excellent stabilizing organ with its graceful neck curves and flexible movements. However, the stabilizing mechanism of the goose’s neck remains unclear. …”
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Observational constraints and preheating in cuscuton inflation by Phongpichit Channuie, Khamphee Karwan, Jakkrit Sangtawee

“…For the exponential potential of cuscuton, we find the condition for which the inflation has a graceful exit. Under this condition, the observational predictions in this model differ by a few percent from those found in standard inflation. …”
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Smooth-bark Mexican Pine (Pinus pseudostrobus) by Gary W. Knox

“… This beautiful pine is distinguished by long, pendulous needles that form a graceful, open evergreen conifer. The slender needles are up to 12 inches long in groups (fascicles) of five. …”
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Implementation of hybrid SSA–SA based three‐degree‐of‐freedom fractional‐order PID controller for AGC of a two‐area power system integrated with small hydro plants by Jyoti Ranjan Nayak, Binod Shaw, Binod Kumar Sahu

“…Finally, the supremacy of three novel approaches (fractional based controllers, hSSA‐SA and SHP) is substantiated gracefully.…”
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Theatre and Obstinacy – a Friend’s Perspective by Schewe, Manfred

“…I imagine the way he circles, at a leisurely pace, around the green, time and again pausing at a verge or under one of the mighty beech-trees to practise a gesture or test a graceful move. Each movement, he told me, has its centre of gravity; it is enough to control this within the puppet. …”
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Islam; an emancipatory religion by Sayed Abdu al-Rauf Afzali

“…With the arrival of humans to the position of thraldom, He vacates him from vices and gives him graces with perfections.In fact,by removing of internal and external barriers and providing of the thraldom terms, on one hand, Islam saves the human who is seeking of religiosity and thraldom instinctively from confusion and perplexity andleadshimtowardsaparticularpole, andon the other hand, saves human from any restrictions by connecting to the infinite divine and bringstoactuality his capability.…”
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Husband-Killer, Christian Heroine, Victim: The Execution of Madame Tiquet, 1699 by Ravel, Jeffrey

“…In the wake of her torture and public execution, which she endured so gracefully that many observers found themselves lamenting her death, male Catholic polemicists argued in print about the meanings of her demise, while one female Protestant writer, Anne Marguerite Petit du Noyer, asserted her innocence. …”
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Development of a computerized 2D rating scale for continuous and simultaneous evaluation of two dimensions of a sensory stimulus by Marie-Eve Hoeppli, Marie-Eve Hoeppli, Marie-Eve Hoeppli, Taylor S. Thurston, Mathieu Roy, Alan R. Light, Markus Amann, Markus Amann, Richard H. Gracely, Petra Schweinhardt, Petra Schweinhardt, Petra Schweinhardt, Petra Schweinhardt

“…Although these scales provide essential knowledge of stimulus perception, their limitation to one dimension hinders our understanding of complex stimuli.MethodsTo allow improved investigation of complex stimuli, a two-dimensional scale based on the one-dimensional Gracely Box Scale was developed and tested in healthy participants on a visual and an auditory task (rating changes in brightness and size of circles and rating changes in frequency and sound pressure of sounds, which was compared to ratings on one-dimensional scales). …”
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Lunar landing : dynamic operator interaction with multi-modal automation systems by Hainley, Christopher James, Jr

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Enthralling Prefigurative Urban and Regional Planning Forward by Carlos José Lopes Balsas

“…It is believed that the planning topics and methods analyzed in this review can help reach carbon neutrality goals, promote climate urbanism, accomplish higher utilization of renewable energy, and reduce automobility levels, all goals conducive to graceful bliss and authentic happiness.…”
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Long-Term Visitation Value for Deep Exploration in Sparse-Reward Reinforcement Learning by Simone Parisi, Davide Tateo, Maximilian Hensel, Carlo D’Eramo, Jan Peters, Joni Pajarinen

“…Results also suggest that our approach scales gracefully with the size of the environment.…”
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Lost and Found: The Missing Flamboyant Gothic Door from the Château de Varaignes by Martha Easton

“…In the late 1920s, the Flamboyant Gothic portal that had graced the Château de Varaignes since the late Middle Ages was sold after the château itself had fallen into disrepair. …”
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Development of a Smart Ball to Evaluate Locomotor Performance: Application in Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities by Wann-Yun Shieh, Yan-Ying Ju, Yu-Chun Yu, Steven Pandelaki, Hsin-Yi Kathy Cheng

“…These adolescents typically exhibit poor locomotor performance and low cognitive abilities in moving the body to perform tasks (e.g., throwing an object or catching an object) smoothly, quickly, and gracefully when compared with typically developing adolescents. …”
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Ballspielerinnen auf thessalischen Münzen. Ein Zeitvertreib als öffentliche Angelegenheit? by Jochen Griesbach

“…In a wider perspective ancient Greek literary and iconographic traditions reveal the theme of maidens playing with a ball as a widespread symbolic topos of their attractiveness by emphasizing the graceful motion. Bearing this in mind one can notice that many Thessalian coin images of the Classical period concur in focusing frequently on appealing gender roles regarding women as well as men of nubile age. …”
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