Visual experience orthogonalizes visual cortical stimulus responses via population code transformation by Samuel W. Failor, Matteo Carandini, Kenneth D. Harris

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A Critique on the Book Johnson and Sa’di: Two Intimate Strangers by Mostafa Hosseini

“…To sum up, it is too difficult to accept the author’s claims about Johnsons’ influences.…”
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Features of development of Russian economy in conditions of transformation of competitive environment by V. I. Sribnuj

“…In this article, the author proposes priority trends that determine the features of socio-economic development considered in the context of the influence of four factor groups (social, political, economic, and technological groups of factors). …”
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Stretching One’s Legs: Free Word-Groups vs Idioms by P.S. Dronov

“…Using the Russian National Corpus, the Corpus of Contemporary American English, and British National Corpora, the author has studied the idiom modifications, variations of their figurative meanings, as well as has raised the question of cultural specificity regarding the choice of their underlying metaphors. …”
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A Critique of Ignored Followers of Charisma in the Book Sociology of National Charisma: The Collapse of Social Structures and the Emergence of Charisma by Fateme Daneshvar Muhammadzadegan, Reza Abedi Gonabad

“…The Sociology of National Charisma is a book by Majid Fouladian that analyzes the collapse of social structures and the rise of national charisma. The author uses a historical structural method to study the structural changes on the eve of the two constitutional revolutions and the Islamic Revolution and concludes that in the Qajar period, the construction of social networks prevented the formation of comprehensive solidarity. …”
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Aldo Palazzeschi's Works: Works between Literature and Art by Mohammad Hossein Ramadan Kiaei, Zohreh Montasseri

“…In the early years of the twentieth century, Palazzeschi, following some of the Western theories of thought such as that of Nietzsche's, has created unique works in modern Italian literature, and that is why his poems and novels have significant innovations. Undoubtedly, the author's early literary activities were influenced by his close relationships with artists, especially painters of his time. …”
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Evolution of Political Risk Concept: Classical and Contemporary Interpretations by D. A. Nechkin

“…The paper identifies the key drivers behind the development of contemporary approaches to defining political risks, including an increasing influence of non-governmental actors, destabilizing processes in certain developed countries, etc. The author shows that these factors have broadened the concept by reinterpreting what generates political risks, in what circumstances and what impact they have on a risk bearer (a foreign company).…”
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LES EFFORTS DE SIMION MEHEDINŢI POUR RENDRE LA ROUMANIE MIEUX CONNUE AU-DELÀ DES FRONTIÈRES by ALEXANDRU UNGUREANU

“…Finally, in the third period author’s efforts, displayed in books translated in foreign languages, like Romania and its people, have been directed towards the defence of the national rights, demonstrating especially the inequity of the political frontiers imposed to Romania in 1940.…”
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Potentials for savings in the Slovenian public enterprises and investments in infrastructure? by Nevenka Hrovatin

“…The author analyses the success rate and efficiency of Slovenian public sector companies in the course of their operations and looks into opportunities for savings and ways of attracting private investment in infrastructure. …”
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Peculiarities of the Research of the History of Western European Countries, Case of Norway by A. A. Vorobiev

“…At the same time he uses the interdisciplinary approach to determine the relationship of cause and effect between historical events to compile a complete historical picture. The author concludes that the regularities in history are universal and concern all small highly developed countries of Western Europe including Norway. …”
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Transcripts derived from the neocortical enhancer of Ctnnb1 promote the enhancer-promoter interaction and maintain Ctnnb1 transcription by Chen Zhao, Liang Wang, Junbao Wang, Kuan Tian, Xiaojiao Hua, Fangyu Wang, Yan Zhou

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CARTESIAN PERSONAL METAPHYSICS by A. M. Malivskyi

“…Based on Descartes’ own concept of teaching, the author substantiates the personal nature of Cartesian metaphysics. …”
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The Review and Analysis of the Book: "Seasons of the Transfiguration and Al-Tarib" from Experience to Translation by Reza Nazemian

“…They are also dedicated to specialty in translation. The area where the author pays more attention to is the field of terminology, which is a large part of the book, and even a chapter of the book forms a small culture of press terminology. …”
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VARIATIVE EDUCATION IN THE CHANGING WORLD: SOCIO-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT by A. G. Asmolov

“…The paper reflects the ideas of the author (one of the new educational standard developers) concerning the prospects of primary school evolution, published in the Educational Policy journal in 2011, being still relevant due to the introduction of the Federal Act on Education from September 1, 2013.In author's opinion, a successful accomplishment and implementation of the given act and standards can be achieved through careful explanation of their content and essence to the interested people, and justification of the related benefit for the society and teachers alike. …”
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A Critical Analysis of the Book Verb Valency and Basic Constructions of Sentences in Modern Persian; a Survey based on Dependency Grammar Theory by Sepideh Abdolkarimi

“…Due to the fact that the dependency approach to grammar in Iran has gained less attention than other grammatical approaches, the lack of the presence of such a book in Persian, introducing this grammatical approach to language researchers interested in this approach, was strongly felt. For this reason, author’s attempt is admirable. One of the challenges the author has faced has been equivalent choices for technical terms in the named approach, and the absence of books in this field in Persian has resulted in the present situation which is the lack of Persian sources in Dependency Grammar. …”
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KEY ASPECTS OF CORPORATE FINANCIAL SOUNDNESS by Y. D. Sotneva

“…This article highlights the key aspects of financial soundness of corporations. The author compared the economic notion of financial soundness in theory and in practice. …”
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Women’s emancipation and Middlebrow culture in the Ljubica P. Radoičić’s novelistic oeuvre by Barać Stanislava

“…The paper aims to determine the position of each novel concerning the subgenres that inspired the author: romance, female Bildungsroman, serial adventure novel, and 19th-century naturalistic (family) novel. …”
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Ethical theory of Al-Ghazali by Dudić Mevlud, Smailagić Sumeja

“…In this article, the author examines the role of moral philosophy and its significance within the philosophical-theological thought of Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali (Arabic: الغزالي محمد بن محمد حامد أبو). …”
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Significance of a written text in human activities by A. A. Vereshchagina

“…The main communicative tools of a written text have been characterized that allow it to freely overcome time and space, providing the connection between generations and clarifying, bringing to the recipients’ consciousness the author’s personal, conceptual, aesthetic and worldview attitudes, his position, views and the described events assessment.…”
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A Review of the Book Nashat al-Masrah in the East (The Emergence of Theater in the East) by Farhad Rajabi

“…One of the most recent works of this kind is Nashat 'al-Masrah fi al-Mashreq, (The Emergence of Theater in the East), whose author has studied the origin and evolution of this art in the Orient, focusing on Lebanon and Syria, Turkey and Iran. …”
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