The Fashion of the 1960s. A New Power Shaping the American Image by Alice Morin

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Possibility of applying ijtihad method in humanities (Case study: Leadership in Islamic management) by Abbas Shafiei

“…Some of the first category statements directly depict the ruler or leader's relationship with followers and how they interact with them; However, some of these statements are general speeches that can be applied to the style of absolute softness; Therefore, it can be said that this category of propositions implies softness and absolute friendliness, and the second category of Qur'anic and narrative propositions emphasizes the mixing of softness with intensity of action; According to these two categories of propositions, according to the principles of jurisprudence and jurisprudence in the ijtihad method, it is possible to be in the position of a combination of propositions wherever a group of propositions (arguments) imply an absolute subject, at the same time a group Other propositions imply the same subject, carried absolute propositions to the constraint; What is more, according to the rule of "the plural is important, the first possibility of my plan", the arguments that are absolute can be carried on, so it can be inferred that in the leadership style, both flexibility and intensity of action are necessary; Hence, the result of ijtihad analysis is that leadership in Islamic management is a mixture of "maximum flexibility and minimum intensity."…”
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Antimicrobial, Cytotoxic and Mutagenic Activity of Gemini QAS Derivatives of 1,4:3,6-Dianhydro-<span style="font-variant: small-caps">l</span>-iditol by Karol Sikora, Andrzej Nowacki, Piotr Szweda, Anna Woziwodzka, Sylwia Bartoszewska, Jacek Piosik, Barbara Dmochowska

“…A series of quaternary diammonium salts derivatives of 1,4:3,6-dianhydro-<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">l</span>-iditol were synthesized, using isommanide (1,4:3,6-dianhydro-<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">d</span>-mannitol) as a starting material. …”
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Cute and Cool in Contemporary Japanese Visual Arts by Gunhild Borggreen

“…One of the concepts related to 'Japan Cool' is kawaii, meaning cute and sweet, both as a style and a lifestyle. Kawaii can be seen as visual trademarks in fashion, manga, animé, and many other parts of popular culture, as well as in visual arts by neo-pop artists such as Murakami Takashi and his associates. …”
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Theories of minimalism in architecture: Post scriptum by Stevanović Vladimir

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The Function of a Chlorite Hand-Bag of the Halil Rud Civilization as Inferred from Its Wear Traces by Massimo Vidale, Roberto Micheli

“…A chlorite “hand-bag” belonging to the once-called “intercultural style” production, currently on exhibit in the NationalArchaeological Museum, Tehran, is described focusing attention, for the first time, to the peculiar wear traces clearlyvisible on the handle and along its contour. …”
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In situ submicron organic aerosol characterization at a boreal forest research station during HUMPPA-COPEC 2010 using soft and hard ionization mass spectrometry by A. L. Vogel, M. Äijälä, A. L. Corrigan, H. Junninen, M. Ehn, T. Petäjä, D. R. Worsnop, M. Kulmala, L. M. Russell, J. Williams, T. Hoffmann

“…These measurements were accompanied by aerosol mass spectrometry (AMS) measurements and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) of filter samples, all showing a high degree of correlation. The soft ionization mass spectrometer alternated between gas-phase measurements solely and measuring the sum of gas and particle phase. …”
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EPYNET: Efficient Pyramidal Network for Clothing Segmentation by Andrei De Souza Inacio, Heitor Silverio Lopes

“…Soft biometrics traits extracted from a human body, including the type of clothes, hair color, and accessories, are useful information used for people tracking and identification. …”
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Suppression of Migration and Invasion by 4-Carbomethoxyl-10-Epigyrosanoldie E from the Cultured Soft Coral Sinularia sandensis through the MAPKs Pathway on Oral Cancer Cells by Rou-Yi Fang, Yueh-Wen Liu, Yih-Gang Goan, Jen-Jie Lin, Jui-Hsin Su, Wen-Tung Wu, Yu-Jen Wu

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The distribution of the Heavy Metals (Cu, Pb and Zn) in the Soft and Hard Tissues of the Green-Lipped Mussel Perna viridis (Linnaeus) Collected from Pasir Panjang, Peninsular Malay... by Yap, Chee Kong, Ismail, Ahmad, Tan, Soon Guan, Abdul Rahim, Ismail

“…The distributions of Cu, Pb, and Zn in the different soft Pasir Panjang, Peninsular tissues, shell sections and layers of the green-lipped mussel Perna viridis from an area with unpolluted water in Malaysia, were studied.The soft tissues analysed were the byssus, mantle and gills,posterior adductor muscle, retractor byssal muscle, foot, crystalline style, gonad and the remaining visceral mass. …”
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Heavy metal concentrations (CD, CU, NI, PB, FE AND ZN)in the different soft tissues and shells of pholas orientalis collected from Sekinchan and Pantai Remis, Selangor. by Yap, Chee Kong, Ahmad, Kamarul Arifin, Edward Thomas, Franklin Berandah

“…The clam, Pholas orientaliswere collected from the mudflats of Sekinchan and Pantai Remis, and their soft tissues were dissected into crystalline style, siphon, mantle and foot; while the shells were divided into three parts namely the umbo, smooth part (anterior of shell) and rough part (posterior of shell). …”
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Negotiation diplomacy in American foreign policy by م.د. علي جواد كاظم كاظم, م.م. ابتسام مهدي مطرود

“…  No country in the world has enjoyed the capabilities of a huge power and technological and technical capabilities that enable it to use them according to the situation and nature of the discharge of affairs in it, which made it the decisive power in international conflicts, and it depends on its attractiveness largely on the values ​​that it expresses in its foreign policy and its style in negotiation, and soft power depends as an element of attraction in mobilizing and cooperating with others without resorting to the use of coercion, and that measuring the effectiveness of diplomacy depends on the ability to employ soft power in achieving the objectives of American foreign policy. …”
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Biogeochemical alteration of the benthic environment by the zebra mussel <i>Dreissena polymorpha</i> (Pallas) by Alina Krevš, Ričardas Paškauskas, Anastasija Zaiko

“…The aim of this study was to verify whether the biogeochemicalfeatures (e.g. concentration of nutrients, oxygen consumption,mineralization rate, Eh) of sediments changed by the zebra musselor its shell deposits differ from those in the ambient soft bottom,and how these differences are related to the structure of benthicmacroinvertebrates. …”
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Composite Hydrogels with Rapid Self-Healing, Stretchable, Moldable and Antibacterial Properties Based on PVA/ε-Poly-<span style="font-variant: small-caps">l</span>-lysine/Hyaluroni... by Na Sun, Xiangnan Liu, Wenqi Lv, Chunlin Xu, Ailing Zhang, Panpan Sun

“…Self-healing, stretchable, and moldable hydrogels have a great potential application in tissue engineering and soft robotics. Despite great success in reported hydrogels, it is still a great challenge to construct the moldable hydrogels with an ultrafast self-healing performance. …”
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How the Neurotoxin β-<i>N</i>-Methylamino-<span style="font-variant: small-caps">l</span>-Alanine Accumulates in Bivalves: Distribution of the Different Accumulation Fractions amon... by Alexandra Lepoutre, Elisabeth J. Faassen, A. J. Zweers, Miquel Lürling, Alain Geffard, Emilie Lance

“…The environmental neurotoxin &#946;-methylamino-<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">l</span>-alanine (BMAA) may represent a risk for human health. …”
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The Multiplicity of Regulatory Responses to Remedy the Gender Imbalance on Company Boards by Linda Senden

“…In this article the variation in regulatory and enforcement regimes, strategies and styles that have developed in European countries with a view to tackling the problem of the underrepresentation of women on company boards and to bring about actual change will be charted. …”
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Surface Functionalization of Poly(<span style="font-variant: small-caps">l</span>-lactide-<i>co</i>-glycolide) Membranes with RGD-Grafted Poly(2-oxazoline) for Periodontal Tissue E... by Anna M. Tryba, Małgorzata Krok-Borkowicz, Michał Kula, Natalia Piergies, Mateusz Marzec, Erik Wegener, Justyna Frączyk, Rainer Jordan, Beata Kolesińska, Dieter Scharnweber, Czesława Paluszkiewicz, Elżbieta Pamuła

“…The barrier membranes utilized here should prevent soft tissue infiltration into the bony defect and simultaneously support bone regeneration. …”
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Challenges and Opportunities of Leading Different Generations – the Case of Slovenia by Ivanović Marina Pajić, Kolar Janez

“…The authors will analyse the above through three components of leadership, motivation, leadership styles and communication. There are currently four generations in the working population: Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y and Generation Z. …”
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Discursive Aesthetic Impact Strategies in Medieval Literary Texts by Yuliya P. Vyshenskaya

“…The paper deals with the matter investigating the nature of the aesthetic impact of the belles-lettres style being generated within the scope of great transfer from high Middle Ages to the start of Renaissance. …”
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The flip-flap puzzle flap: Another recycling option by Silvia Gandolfi, Raphael Carloni, Matthieu Gilleron, Albane Bonmarchand, Isabelle Auquit-Auckbur

“…Post-traumatic soft tissue defects sometimes require sequential flap coverage to achieve complete healing. …”
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