Analysis of SO2 Pollution Changes of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region over China Based on OMI Observations from 2006 to 2017 by Zhifang Wang, Fengjie Zheng, Wenhao Zhang, Shutao Wang

“…Meanwhile, the SO2 concentration demonstrates a decreasing trend with 14.92%, 28.57%, and 27.43% compared with 2006, during the events of 2008 Olympic Games, 2014 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, and 2015 Military Parade, respectively. …”
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Code-Switching ASR for Low-Resource Indic Languages: A Hindi-Marathi Case Study by Hemant Palivela, Meera Narvekar, David Asirvatham, Shashi Bhushan, Vinay Rishiwal, Udit Agarwal

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Diverse Molecular Genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates Circulating in the Free State, South Africa by Anneke Van der Spoel van Dijk, Pakiso M. Makhoahle, Leen Rigouts, Kamaldeen Baba

“…Tuberculosis is a serious public health concern especially in Africa and Asia. Studies describing strain diversity are lacking in the Free State region of South Africa. …”
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Statistical monitoring of dust phenomenon in Khuzestan province with hourly approach by Parisa Ahadi, Shahriar Khaledi, Mahmoud Ahmadi

“…One of the most known sources of dust is the west of Asia, including Arabian Peninsula, Syria, Iraq, and Iran, especially Khuzestan Province. …”
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Transformation of University Models: Analysis of the Development Strategies of Universities in the World by D. A. Shtykhno, L. V. Konstantinova, N. N. Gagiev, E. A. Smirnova, O. D. Nikonova

“…The sample was made up of 30 universities from North America, Europe, Asia, and Russia, occupying various ranking positions. …”
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The Point of the Centre: Present and Past Discourses of “China”-hood by David Mervart

“…La implicación de esta afirmación es que al igual que la China histórica fue centro gravitacional global en Asia, su trayectoria actual puede reposicionar a China inexorablemente en el centro del orden mundial. …”
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Piotr Stolypin and the National question in the Russian Empire in 1906-1911: new trends in Russian historiography by Ryšard Gaidis

“…Stolypin's government is totally unrevealed in other territories governed by the Russian Empire: the Baltic governorates, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia (South Caucasus), Central Asia, and Bessarabia. Problematically, not the general government policy, but individual, though substantial, aspects thereof, such as introduction of municipalities of Russian governorates and counties (zemstvo), legal restriction of Finnish autonomy, violation of territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Poland, change of the legal status of the Jewish community, consideration of a draft law on confessions are studied in the regions at issue. …”
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Interactions among Zinc, Iron, and Paraquat in the Physiological and Toxicological Responses of the Egyptian Cotton Leafworm <i>Spodoptera littoralis</i> by Haq Abdul Shaik, David Siaussat, Archana Mishra

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A Survey of Alien Dendroflora of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Neđad Bašić, Fatima Pustahija, Aldin Boškailo, Edina Muratović

“…The B&H allochthonous dendroflora generally originate from Asia (260 taxa) and North America (128), with a significant share of hybrids (81). …”
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Protección de inversiones extranjeras: aproximacióna los aspectos más relevantes del Acuerdo de Promoción y Protección Recíproca entre España y México by Luis María Chamorro Coronado

“…Desde un punto de vista bilateral, México ha logrado superar su inicial desconfianza con relación al inversionista extranjero y ha firmado veintiún Acuerdos de Promoción y Protección Recíproca de Inversiones, con las principales potencias económicas de la Unión Europea y también con países de América y de Asia. El análisis del alcance de algunas de las cláusulas más controvertidas de estos Acuerdos, de los mecanismos de solución de controversias contenidos en ellos y de su aplicación jurisprudencial, constituye el objeto central del trabajo.…”
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Feasibility of Using High-Resolution Computed Tomography Features for Invasiveness Differentiation of Malignant Nodules Manifesting as Ground-Glass Nodules by Xinyue Chen, Benbo Yao, Juan Li, Chunxiao Liang, Rui Qi, Jianqun Yu

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Adoption and Impact of the Maize Hybrid on the Livelihood of the Maize Growers: Some Policy Insights from Pakistan by Akhter Ali, AbduRahman Beshir Issa, Dil Bahadur Rahut

“…Despite hybrids being grown on 30–40 percent of the maize area in Pakistan, the retail price of hybrid maize seed is high in Pakistan compared with its neighbors in South Asia and beyond. Hence, this paper analyzes the adoption and impact of hybrid maize on livelihoods using a cross-sectional dataset collected from 822 maize growers in Pakistan. …”
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Social Attitudes toward Cerebral Palsy and Potential Uses in Medical Education Based on the Analysis of Motion Pictures by Marek Jóźwiak, Brian Po-Jung Chen, Bartosz Musielak, Jacek Fabiszak, Andrzej Grzegorzewski

“…The geographical distribution of movie number ever produced is as follows: North America 12, Europe 11, India 2, East Asia 6, and Australia 3. The CP incidences of different motor types in real world and in movies, respectively, are 78–86%, 65% (Spastic); 1.5–6%, 9% (Dyskinetic); 6.5–9%, 26% (Mixed); 3%, 0% (Ataxic); 3-4%, 0% (Hypotonic). …”
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The Grouping Patterns of <i>Cervus canadensis songaricus</i> in the Tianchi Bogda Peak Nature Reserve of Tianshan Mountain, Northwestern China by Xuejun Ma, David Blank, Feng Xu

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The Role of Financial Literacy on Investment Decisions in Supporting Agricultural Development: What is the Future Agenda? by Murini Murini, Arifuddin Mas’ud

“…The analysis results show that the study analyzes the role of financial literacy in shaping investment decisions for farmers and agricultural development in 16 countries, spread across Asia, Africa, and Europe. The agenda for discussing future research that interests researchers is focused on four things. …”
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The Growing Mpox Infections by Clade I Variant in African Countries Is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern: A Narrative Review by Taslima Jamal Urmi, Md. Rabiul Islam

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Clinical case of co-infection: Dengue fever and respiratory mycoplasmosis in a child by D.V. Preobrazhenskaia, E.V. Melekhina, Zh.B. Ponezheva

“…According to WHO, dengue fever (DF) is currently endemic to more than 100 countries in various regions of Africa, America, and Asia; outbreaks have been reported in Europe. In the Russian Federation, there is a much smaller proportion of children among those infected due to the imported nature of the infection.We described a clinical case of imported dengue fever in an adolescent girl in Moscow after a 5-day vacation. …”
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The 2019 Social Protests in Latin America: Global Context and Ecuadorian Case-Study by A. N. Pyatakov

“…The author considers the most striking manifestations of this phenomenon that occurred in the Middle East, North Africa, Western Europe, and Asia. The paper provides a periodization of several waves of anti-globalization movement in the 21st century, whereby the current global unrest represents the third wave. …”
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African swine fever clinical scoring system by M. E. Vlasov, V. M. Balyshev, A. D. Sereda

“…To date, no safe and effective ASF vaccines have been developed, but in recent years some progress has been made in development of ASF modified live virus first-generation vaccine candidates, which have been used only in some countries of Southeast Asia. The expansion of their use is hindered, among other things, due to the lack of international and state recommendations (requirements) for the evaluation of purity, activity, safety and effectiveness of ASF vaccine candidates. …”
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Rural Indigenous entrepreneurship: Emerging Field in Iranian Rural Research by Ali Akbar Anabestani, Mehrshad Toulabi Nejad

“…Rural indigenous entrepreneurship is one of the youngest research areas to show that in Iran, one of the largest countries in Asia and has rich cultural heritage and indigenous communities, the issue of native rural entrepreneurship has not been addressed so far. …”
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