Qucs: improvements and new directions in GPL compact device modelling and circuit simulation tools by Brinson, Mike, Crozier, Richard, Kuznetsov, Vadim, Novak, Clemens, Roucaries, Bastien, Schreuder, Frans, Torri, Guilherme B.

“…Qucs version 0.0.18 was released in August 2014. Since its release the Qucs Development Team has had time to consider the direction the software will take in the near and longer term. …”
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On the conceptualization and measurement of flow by Moneta, Giovanni B.

“…The analysis reveals that, although the concept of flow remained stable since its inception, the models of flow that researchers developed in conjunction with the measurement methods changed substantially over time. …”
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Social Work in FSU countries: mapping the progress of' 'the professional project' by Iarskaia-Smirnova, Elena, Lyons, Karen

“…This article present material from literature and from national experts about social work development in the 15 Former Soviet Union (FSU) states since independence in 1991. Taking professionalization as a theoretical framework and considering the role of the state and other actors, the authors use a thematic approach to analyse the factors relevant to the professional project . …”
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Manifesto for Belmonte Calabro, a hill-top village in Southern Italy by Denicke-Polcher, Sandra, McAllister, Jane

“…The book consists of a forward about "building identity in a fragile landscape", a description of the making and cultural events organised in the village since 2016, and a selection of 15 student projects developed for the village during the academic year 2017/18.…”
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The equilibrium real effective exchange rate of China : a NATREX approach by You, Kefei, Sarantis, Nicholas

“…We have constructed a unique data set of consistent time series for the effective exchange rate and a large number of economic fundamentals for China since the 1950s. A further contribution is the use of total and net factor productivity obtained from an estimated production function. …”
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Oestrogen receptors and breast cancer. are we prepared to move forward? A critical review by Eraso, Yolanda

“…It is nearly 60 years since the identification of the oestrogen hormone receptor (ER) in breast cancer, a discovery that radically transformed the clinical management of the disease. …”
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FOSS EKV2.6 Verilog-A Compact MOSFET Model by Brinson, Mike, Grabinski, Wladek, Pavanello, Marcelo, De Souza, Michelly, Tomaszewski, Daniel, Malesinska, Jola, Głuszko, Grzegorz, Bucher, Matthias, Makris, Nikolaos, Nikolaou, Aristeidis, Abo-Elhadid, Ahmed, Mierzwinski, Marek, Lemaitre, Laurent, Lallement, Christophe, Sallese, Jean-Michel, Yoshitomi, Sadayuki, Malisse, Paul, Oguey, Henri, Cserveny, Stefan, Enz, Christian, Krummenacher, François, Vittoz, Eric

“…The EKV2.6 MOSFET compact model has had a considerable impact on the academic and industrial community of analog integrated circuit design, since its inception in 1996. The model is available as a free open-source software (FOSS) tool coded in Verilog-A. …”
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Redefinition of state apparatuses: AKP’s formal-informal networks in the online realm by Irak, Daghan, Öztürk, Ahmet Erdi

“…In Turkey, especially since 2010, the ruling Justice and Development Party has gradually assumed all power within the state. …”
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FOSS EKV2.6 at GitHub by Grabinski, Wladek, Pavanello, Marcelo, De Souza, Michelly, Tomaszewski, Daniel, Malesinska, Jola, Głuszko, Grzegorz, Bucher, Matthias, Makris, Nikolaos, Nikolaou, Aristeidis, Abo-Elhadid, Ahmed, Mierzwinski, Marek, Lemaitre, Laurent, Brinson, Mike, Lallement, Christophe, Sallese, Jean-Michel, Yoshitomi, Sadayuki, Malisse, Paul, Oguey, Henri, Cserveny, Stefan, Enz, Christian, Krummenacher, François, Vittoz, Eric

“…The EKV2.6 MOSFET compact model has had a considerable impact on the academic and industrial community of analog integrated circuit design, since its inception in 1996. The model is available as a free open-source software (FOSS) tool coded in Verilog-A. …”
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London Irish fictions: narrative, diaspora and identity by Murray, Tony

“…By examining over 30 novels, short stories and autobiographies set in London since the Second World War, London Irish Fictions investigates the complex psychological landscapes of belonging and cultural allegiance found in these unique and intensely personal perspectives on the Irish experience of migration. …”
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Islam and foreign policy: Turkey’s ambivalent religious soft power in the authoritarian turn by Öztürk, Ahmet Erdi

“…Although the pro-democracy agenda of Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP) gained significant domestic and international credibility throughout the early 2000s, the party has, since approximately 2010, experienced a dramatic process of democratic decline. …”
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The economic determinants of corporate hedging: an empirical analysis of UK non-financial firms by Judge, Amrit

“…The UK provides a particularly valuable focus for empirical investigation since it has a large and sophisticated corporate sector. …”
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Evaluation of strategies to manage risks in smart, sustainable Agri logistics sector: a Bayesian-based group decision-making approach by Gupta, Himanshu, Kharub, Manjeet, Shreshth, Kumar, Kumar, Ashwani, Huisingh, Donald, Kumar, Anil

“…This is vital to the Indian economy since it contributes around 18% to the GDP and employs over 60% of the labour force. …”
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Critical perspectives on the security and protection of human rights defender by Bennett, Karen L., Ingleton, Danna, Nah, Alice, Savage, James

“…Since the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders in 1998, there has been considerable effort to recognise and protect the right of individuals, groups and communities to promote and protect their own rights and the rights of others. …”

A Deleuzian social psychology by Brown, Steven D., Lundy, Craig

“…His work builds on the post-phenomenological approach to fundamental questions of thought, being and knowledge that is usually referred to as ‘continental philosophy’ (to distinguish it from the so-called ‘analytical’ approach that has dominated the discipline of Philosophy in the English-speaking world since the mid twentieth century). Deleuze’s early works are philosophically inventive re-readings of singular intellectual figures such as Nietzsche, Spinoza, and Bergson, whose metaphysics Deleuze re-imagined for a modern audience. …”
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Transphobia as a weapon of war: reporting on Russia’s trans community amidst heightened regulation, censorship and propaganda by Sloane, Wendy

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Prevention, detection and penalization of electricity thefts in smart utility networks by rule-based and long short-term memory techniques by Otuoze, AbdulRahaman Okino

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Critical perspectives on the security and protection of human rights defenders

“…Defenders often face serious threats and can experience harm by state and non-state actors. Since the United Nations General Assembly's adoption of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders in 1998, there has been considerable effort to recognise and protect the right of individuals, groups and communities to promote and protect their own rights and the rights of others. …”

Gender role conflict and alcohol metacognitions : implications for the Marlatt Model of Relapse Prevention by Cook, Nicholas

“…The present study argues that development of a triphasic metacognitive formulation for problematic drinking (Spada, Caselli, & Wells, 2012) represents the single most important advance in alcohol treatment since the advent of the Marlatt model. The formulation postulates that a reduction in positive and negative alcohol metacognitive beliefs leads to a reduction in alcohol use. …”
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The risk and return trade-off in the film industry : a comparative empirical analysis by Teti, Emanuele

“…Despite its proved riskiness, the film industry is one of the most economically relevant industries in the world, constantly undergoing rapid change and development, since every day millions of dollars, pounds, euros or other currencies are invested in film productions. …”
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