Political ecology survey of human-chimpanzee coexistence within postwar Mabi-Yaya Nature Reserve, Côte d’Ivoire by Sasha Pruvost, Vincent Leblan

“…This article examines the recent history of human and chimpanzee presence within the reserve in relation to the country’s political turmoil, based on printed sources and oral accounts as well as a chimpanzee survey. It also questions the motivations for the inhabitants’ unexpected level of support for the reserve reported by a conservation NGO, as well as the reasons for the possibly related absence of large-scale deforestation within it. …”
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Dynamic Simulation on Deflagration of LNG Spill by Biao Sun, Kaihua Guo, Vishnu K. Pareek

“…The CFD model could capture the main features of deflagration combustion and account for LNG fire hazard which could provide an in-depth insight when dealing with complicated cases.…”
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Drag Reduction of a Turbulent Boundary Layer over an Oscillating Wall and Its Variation with Reynolds Number by Martin Skote, Maneesh Mishra, Yanhua Wu

“…Furthermore, unlike for the case of riblets, the shift is varying downstream in the case of wall oscillations, which is a manifestation of the fact that the boundary layer has not reached a new equilibrium over the limited downstream distance in the simulations. Taking this into account, the predictive model agrees well with DNS data. …”
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Numbers, Ignorance and Swedish Migration Policy by Joseph Trawicki Anderson, Jessie Jern, Anja K. Franck

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Evolution of Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Debt Security by Kirov Bohdan S.

“…The aim of the article is to conduct an in-depth study of the economic essence of the concept of «debt security» taking into account the need to ensure the socioeconomic development of the State. …”
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Site Specific Stem Volume Models for Pinus patula and Pinus oocarpa by Herbert Malata, Elisha S. Ngulube, Edward Missanjo

“…The developed volume models accounted for at least 99% of the total variation in the total stem volume data. …”
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Elastic Behavior of Borate Glasses Containing Lead and Bismuth Oxides by Mehrdad Khanisanij, Haji Abdul Aziz Sidek

“…PbO and Bi2O3 binary borate glasses with different compositions, (MO)X(B2O3)1−X (M = Pb, Bi), have been characterized and ultrasonic velocity as well as density is taken into account. In addition, the results have been compared with those of Ag, K, and Li oxide borate glasses from others. …”
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Construction and characteristic analysis of the cultural genes map of Grand Canal bridge facilities: a case study in Hangzhou section, China by Wenting Wu, Shuming Jin, Shanfeng Zhang, Yi Mei, Kai Zhou

“…The results show: 1) a cultural gene identification framework for the cultural genes of the Grand Canal bridge facilities composed of 6 gene categories, 8 identification factors, and 17 identification indicators has been established. 2) Accessory genes account for the largest proportion in the four major categories of cultural genes, followed by main genes, and the proportions of mixed genes and variant genes are the same. 3) The genetic features, functional positioning, and value inheritance paths contained in each type of cultural gene are different. …”
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Market Liberals at a Crossroads in Post-Gezi Turkiye: Making Sense of a Framing Dispute by Mustafa Cüneyt Özşahin, H. Bahadır Akın, Şeyma Akın

“…To this end, two factors are proposed to account for it within the context of this paper. These two factors can be encapsulated as the growing conservative/liberal division among market liberals and entrenched interpersonal patronage networks within political circles which is closely related to the changing nature of government-civil society relations in Turkey. …”
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ACTUALIZATION OF ALI YAFIE'S ECOLOGICAL FIQH IN THE DYNAMICS OF INDONESIAN MUSLIM THOUGHT by Ahmad Lailatus Sibyan, Muhammad Wafi Abdillah

“…Yafie concluded that the law of protecting and preserving the environment is mandatory (fard al-kifayah) that will be accounted for in this life and the afterlife.…”
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A panoptic view of the South African wealth tax by Asheer Jaywant Ram

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Mesalazine use tactics in the ulcerative colitis patients by A. V. Korolev, O. Z. Okhlobystina, L. N. Androsova, O. S. Shifrin

“…The additional factor which determines the disease activity is probably the patients’ nutritional status which is expedient to be taken into account while selecting the therapy.…”
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Digital national currency paradigm: risks and benefits by I. B. Rodina

“…Most regulators evaluate the agreed options, study the potential consequences of using this mechanism, resort to the services of public experts, take into account the achievements of foreign specialists. As a result of the study, it was concluded that the central bank’s digital currency acts as a breakthrough technology of macroeconomic policy that neutralises the macroeconomic risks of cross-border payments.…”
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Why Pedagogy Needs Clarity in Definition of the Concept of Profession by E. V. Balakireva, A. S. Robotova

“…The logic and content of the article determine the authors’ position in the consideration of the stated topic – they believe that analyzing the specifics of the teaching profession and related concepts requires taking into account the achievements and recommendations of sociology and psychology of professions, studying the possibilities of the pedagogical professiology. …”
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A Novel Smart Method for State Estimation in a Smart Grid Using Smart Meter Data by Felix Ghislain Yem Souhe, Alexandre Teplaira Boum, Pierre Ele, Camille Franklin Mbey, Vinny Junior Foba Kakeu

“…The major challenge for state estimation is to take into account this large volume of measurement data. In this article, a novel smart distribution network state estimation algorithm has been proposed. …”
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Eco-driving optimal control for electric vehicles with driver preferences by Roberto Lot, James Fleming, Boli Chen, Simos Evangelou

“…The resulting optimal control problem (OCP) is simplified for implementation by using a polynomial approximation of vehicle losses, and a relaxation of regenerative braking constraints that accurately accounts for required braking bias in a front-wheel drive vehicle. …”
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Methods of teaching flute playing: Synthesis of Ukrainian and European schools by D. Hudymenko

“…This approach allows taking into account the individual characteristics of each musician, contributing to their harmonious development and success in their musical career…”
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Mortality, Work and Migration. A Consideration of Age-specific Mortality from Tuberculosis in Scotland, 1861-1901 by Alice Reid, Eilidh Garrett

“…We argue that the observed patterns are difficult to reconcile with the ‘bargaining-nutrition’ account of gendered patterns in tuberculosis mortality, and that they provide little support for nutrition as a key influence on the disease. …”
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Test Performance Related Dysfunctional Beliefs by Recep TÜTÜNCÜ, Ahmet ÝNCE, M. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR

“…In order to understand the determinants of success in exams better, we need to take into account not only emotional and motivational, but also cognitive aspects of the participants such as dysfunctional beliefs. …”
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A Two-Pathway Mathematical Model of the LH Response to GnRH that Predicts Self-Priming by J. J. Evans, T. M. Wilkinson, D. J. N. Wall

“…The model included synergism between these two pathways, which yielded an augmented response. The model accounts for a number of observations, including GnRH self-priming and the biphasic pattern of LH response. …”
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