Effects of chemical and mechanical stimulation on laryngeal motion during anaesthetic induction with alfaxalone, thiopentone or propofol in healthy dogs

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Early human follicle ultrastructure comparison after slow cryopreservation in two different cryoprotectants by Els, Cecilia Lydia

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Automated design of multi-mode fuzzy controllers by Hugo, Etienne Martin

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Model-based decision support for subjective preference blending by Kellermann, Thomas Johannes

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Sensitivity analysis of multilayer neural networks by Engelbrecht, Andries Petrus

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Social mobility and cohesion in post-apartheid South Africa by Von Fintel, Marisa

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The narrative of irony and the irony of narrative: Time in Milan Kundera’s novels by Amin, Ramy

“…The thesis showcases three major types of irony in a manner that casts light on the particularities of three different texts. By focusing on the most important literary device used in Kundera's literary fiction, I demonstrate the function of situational, motif and thematic irony, whenever one or any combination of these ironic modes seems appropriate to the reading of the text at hand.…”
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The use of social media as a communication tool by international development organizations: a case study of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Egypt by Hamad, Inas Taha Abbas

“…Using the Excellence Theory in Public Relations developed by Grunig (2002), this study examines how social media can contribute to the strategic management of the organization, rather than being a messaging, publicity, and media relations function. Through a content analysis of a number of social media pages of the UN organizations in Egypt, and in-depth interviews with four senior communication officers in four UN organizations operating in Egypt, the research shows that most UN organizations in Egypt still struggle with using social media for development purposes. …”
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Explicit stiffness matrices for triangular, plate bending finite elements by Harrison, Robert Leeds

“…This is done in order to overcome difficulties experienced in choosing a suitable displacement function for a nine degree of freedom triangle. Except for comparison of results (table 4) such elements will not be considered. …”
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Flammability traits of fynbos species with different post-fire regeneration strategies by Burger, Niel

“…Eight species are characterised by fire-stimulated (mostly seeders) and seven by non-fire-stimulated recruitment (mostly resprouters). …”
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DNA comparisons of the two orthopoxviruses monkeypox and variola by Pare, Nicola Jennifer

“…It is desirable to measure the closeness of this relation to assess whether Variola virus could re-emerge as a complex mutant of an animal poxvirus. The most likely candidate is Monkeypox, which can produce human infection clinically resembling smallpox. …”
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Stable processes: theory and applications in finance by Kateregga, Michael

“…We investigate and compare the accuracy of the quantile, logarithmic, maximum likelihood (ML) and empirical characteristic function (ECF) methods. It turns out that the ECF is the most recommendable method, challenging literature that instead suggests the ML. …”
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Identification of signalling pathways regulating TBX2 gene expression and its target genes by Teng, Huajian

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Deep adaptive anomaly detection using an active learning framework by Sekyi, Emmanuel

“…As a result of this, if the normal features bear a close resemblance to the anomalous features, most anomaly detection algorithms exhibit poor performance. …”
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A survey of worker participation in Bophuthatswana by Lewis, David

“…It was found that only tenure affected all three scales; tenure and not age was the variable that affected workers' attitudes the most.…”
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Common law principles of contract viewed in the context of artificial intelligence

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The hiphʹil verbal theme in biblical Hebrew by Claassen, Walter Theophilus

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Fruit size responses of stone fruit to 2,4-dichlorophenoxypropionic acid butyl glycol ester (2,4-DP) treatment by Coetzee, Hein

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