Weights and Measurement Units in Khotanese by مجید طامه

“…Given the fact that more texts remain from the middle period of Iranian languages, our information is a bit more about this. Among the terms used in the Middle Persian for weighing and measuring, we can point to these words grīw ‘a grain measure’, hāsar ‘a measure of length and time’, kabīz ‘a grain measure’ (MacKenzie, 1986). …”
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Book Review European States and Their Muslim Citizens: The Impact Of Institutions on Perceptions and Boundaries by Bowen J. R, Bertossi C, Duyvendak. J W, Krook. M L

“…Arguably, it is fairly evident in the title with the use of “European States” and the possessive pronoun “their Muslim Citizens”, as it also suggests a sense of belonging for both sides though the book title is a bit wordy. The book contributors are rather courageous to discuss the issues given the depth of understanding and sensitivity required of the subject matter. …”
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Design, fabrication, and investigation of 2 μm GaSb-based diode lasers by Li, Xiang

“…For example, real-time monitoring of chemical reactions, ultra high bit rate optical communications, ultrafast electro-optical sampling and optical coherence tomography (OCT). …”
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Integration of Women’s Cardiovascular Health Content Into Healthcare Provider Education: Results of a Rapid Review and National Survey by Najah Adreak, MD, MSc, Martha H. Mackay, PhD, RN, CCN(C), April Pike, PhD, MN, Carley O’Neill, PhD, Evan Sterling, MSc, Varinder Randhawa, MD, PhD, Lisa Comber, BA, Keshandi Thompson, MD, Kajenny Srivaratharajah, MD, Amélie Paquin, MD, MSc, Beth L. Abramson, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACC, Kerri-Anne Mullen, PhD

“…Among those programs without content specific to CVD in women, 69.0% stated that its inclusion would add “quite a bit” or “a great deal” of value to the program. …”
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Baltų šaknis <strong><em>*</em></strong><em>d</em><em>-ž-</em> by Simas Karaliūnas

“…<em>druõztala </em>“shaving, small piece, bit”, from which afterwards such verbs as Lith. …”
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BMP9‐induced vascular normalisation improves the efficacy of immunotherapy against hepatitis B virus‐associated hepatocellular carcinoma by Yulong Han, Qiuzhong Pan, Zhixing Guo, Yufei Du, Yaojun Zhang, Yingying Liu, Jingjing Zhao, Jinfeng Xu, Jieying Yang, Dijun Ouyang, Yan Tang, Qijing Wang, Yongqiang Li, Jia He, Mengjuan Yang, Hao Chen, Chaopin Yang, Xinyi Yang, Jinqi You, Yuanyuan Chen, Minghao Ren, Yao Zhu, Jianchuan Xia, Tong Xiang

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A Structural and Pragmatic Investigation of Conducive Interrogatives in Contemporary Persian Conversations by Soleiman Ghaderi

“…still          wife=PC.2SG=OM               IPFV-bit.PRS-2SG ‘Do you still beat your wife?’ hanuz     zende     ast-Ø? …”
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Rhine Cities - Urban Flood Integration (UFI): German and Dutch Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies by Cornelia Redeker

“…Yet, whereas the Dutch approach to flood mitigation is holistic in an extended ecological sense and specifically includes spatial quality, in Germany, planning flood-related issues remains part of a sectoral approach where spatial quality is not initially included, bit remains an additional layer towards the end of the project. …”
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La comunicación digital sobre las actividades de responsabilidad social corporativa: el caso de Antena 3 noticias y Fundación Mutua Madrileña con la iniciativa “Contra el maltrato:... by Marián Navarro-Beltrá

“…(Coords.), Del verbo al bit (pp. 1093-1112). La Laguna (Tenerife): Sociedad Latina de Comunicación Social. …”
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An Interview with Tom Beauchamp, Early Bioethics Innovator by Elizabeth Galt

“…Q:        I know you have now written quite a bit about informed consent in clinical medicine. …”
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Linked Metadata for FAIR Digital Objects Carrying Computable Knowledge by Allen Flynn, Marisa Conte, Peter Boisvert, Rachel Richesson, Zach Landis-Lewis, Charles Friedman

“…Introduction To advance the goals of the Mobilizing Computable Biomedical Knowledge (MCBK) Movement, we are exploring the use of FAIR Digital Objects (FDOs) (De Smedt et al. 2020, Williams et al. 2021).First, we are beginning to clarify the full range of metadata for FDOs that carry bit sequences expressing knowledge in machine readable or executable formats. …”
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My Sister’s Keeper by Alex Fleming

“…The challenges in obtaining consent from minors for living organ donation are not the least bit insignificant, and point to numerous areas within the organ procurement process which may be in need of revision if the practice is to respect the whole person in his or her totality. …”
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Before reflexivity comes preflexivity by Anna Engstam

“…. [---] The new beginning inherent in birth can make itself felt in the world only because the newcomer possesses the capacity of beginning something anew, that is, [of taking an initiative towards something a bit different]. Now, this is hopefully the right moment to round off with some curiosa! …”
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Some aspects of archaic East Greek art and their influence by Bowen, B

“…It is argued that the type of bit worn by the horse is distinctively East Greek, and a list of examples is given. …”

An Interview with Dr. Daniel Callahan, Bioethics Pioneer by Voices in Bioethics

“…Everyone loves all this high-tech stuff. We touched a little bit on CRISPR. I’ve been trying to find a group of people to figure out how do we stop some of this stuff early on. …”
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Future scenarios. A cinematic perspective by François Penz

“…The new modernist aesthetic and the purity of the form afforded by le béton brut had become shorthand for dehumanised spaces, the perfect setting for Alex and his ‘droogs’ to indulge in a ‘bit of ultra-violence’. High-Rise, Fahrenheit 451 and A Clockwork Orange have all in common that they associate modernism and brutalism with dystopia – and we may ask ourselves – why is that? …”
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A Rare Case of Foreign Body in Stomach: Dental Mouth Mirror by Ramazan GÜVEN, Ufuk BARIS KUZU, Abdullah ŞENLIKÇI, Adnan BUDAK

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Symptom. Toxic story by Tatiana Grischuk

“…But then the man saw that a lapel of a jacket folded up a little bit. -      It's nothing. You only need to turn your head and to nail it by your chin. …”
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Do Trade and Investment Agreements Promote Foreign Direct Investment within Latin America? Evidence from a Structural Gravity Model by Marta Bengoa, Blanca Sanchez-Robles, Yochanan Shachmurove

“…The study is novel as it accounts for variations in the degree of investment protection across BITs within Latin America by computing a quality index of BITs. …”
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Information Technology Service Management with Cloud Computing Approach to Improve Administration System and Online Learning Performance by Wilianto Wilianto, Iskandar Fitri

“…With cloud computing, the average delay is 26 ms, load 5 400 bits/s, CPU utilization email server 0.0001%, FTP server 0.001%, HTTP server 0.0002%, throughput email server 85 bits/s, FTP    server 100 bits/sec, and HTTP server 95  bits/s.  …”
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