Czy Europa zaakceptuje uprawy roślin genetycznie zmodyfikowanych? – argumenty i kontrargumenty by Jerzy Macewicz

“…This highly publicized issue, although only one aspect of the conflict between the biotech lobby, environmentalists, and consumers. The controversy arises from the fact that neither the benefits nor the risks of GM crops are clearly defined. …”
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Knowledge as the basis for forming the innovative potential of the organization staff by I. N. Ivanov, L. V. Orlova

“…The article is devoted to the development of innovative potential of the personnel based on knowledge management. The controversy surrounding the concept of innovative potential is highlighted. …”
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“Obuchenie Sluzheniem” or “Service Learning”? A Discussion on the Conceptual Foundations of the Pedagogical Approach by V. S. Nikolskiy

“…This article contributes to the debate on the origins of the Service Learning pedagogical approach. It examines the controversy surrounding the identification of «Obuchenie Sluzheniem» and «Service Learning». …”
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Virtuosité d’une sphère en mouvement by Stéphane Rennesson

“…The controversy over individual risk, uncalled technical gesture, unfortunate technical  ornament that can ruin everything, often have the effect of enclosing football in a simplistic point of view concerning the articulation of individual and collective action in general. …”
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Présentation d’une controverse : les Écritures face à la critique biblique au xixe siècle en Grande-Bretagne  by Frédéric Slaby

“…Thereafter, biblical studies had to deal with questions that had emerged from the intellectual explosion and scholarly revolution of the previous centuries, and that were still very difficult to handle in their relationship with the Scriptures. The controversy around the authority of the Bible gained ever-increasing momentum as the century unfolded, and was responsible for the division of Bible scholars into two or three major groups whose general conclusions revealed the dynamic element in their studies and interpretation of the Bible. …”
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Actual problems of contrastive grammar in the focus of pragmalinguistics by Oksana Kovtun

“…In this paper we trace the unjustified synonymy of terms (confrontative grammar, comparative grammar, contrastive grammar) which lead to controversy among linguists and we attempt to introduce appropriate clarifications to explain the phenomenon. …”
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Antitrust Private Enforcement and the Binding Effect of Public Enforcement Decisions by Miguel Sousa Ferro

“… This paper provides an overview of the legal status quo in the European Union relating to the binding effect, in follow-on competition law cases, of public enforcement decisions, as well as of some of the legal issues which are likely to be the subject of controversy in years to come, in this regard. It tackles decisions declaring antitrust infringements adopted by the European Commission and by national competition authorities, as well as commitment decisions and decisions declaring infringements of merger control and State aid rules. …”
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Sex-Change Chemicals and their Influence on the Brain by Catherine A. Harris

“…The potential for man-made chemicals to mimic or antagonise natural hormones is a controversial issue, but one for which increasing amounts of evidence are being gathered worldwide. …”
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Die problematiek rondom die lied van die NG Kerk: enkele bevindings vanut 'n sosiaal - wetenskapleke invalshoek

“…The thesabilicy of an ecclesiastical identification with contemporary secular culture is however a complex question which also involves controversy regarding the retention of the true reformed nature of the church. …”
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Captopril-Associated Cough Is Not due to Increased Airway Responsiveness by SP Blackie, C Hilliam, R Porter, R Rangno, PD Paré

“…BACKGROUND: Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors commonly cause cough. There is controversy as to whether preexisting airway hyperresponsivencss predisposes patients to ACE inhibitor-induced cough and whether ACE inhibitor therapy can cause airway hypcrresponsiveness.…”
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SİYASAL-SOSYAL GÖRÜŞLERİ VE DİNİ YÖNÜYLE AFGANİ1 (Son Bir Umut: İslam Birliği) by Muammer Esen

“…As a religious scholar, al-Afghani, who is the most prominent Pan-Islamist figure of the modern history of Islam with a robust anti-imperialistic stance, has been a subject of controversy in terms of his life, personality, nationality and school of thought to which he belonged. …”
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Isolation and Characterisation of 2-Tert-butyl-8-hydroxyquinoline as a Crystalline Solid and Its Blue Fluorescent Li Complex by Poopathy Kathirgamanathan, Sivagnanasundram Surendrakumar, Seenivasagam Ravichandran, Alexander J. Blake

“…2-Tert-butyl-8-hydroxyquinoline (2-TB-8-hq) has been isolated as a crystalline solid and its X-ray structure elucidated, resolving three decades of controversy, since it was previously wrongly reported as yellow oil by some other workers. …”
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A Critique on the Book Spinoza in Soviet Philosophy by seyyed Mostafa Shahraeini, Mohsen Tehrani

“…This book is composed of seven articles of Russian thinkers about various aspects of Spinoza’s philosophy which have been written in 1920s, when the Russian Philosophers sought to reconstruct a philosophical system and there is lot of controversy among them about the nature of this system. …”
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Revolución y amnistía en Argentina. La definición de las esferas civil y militar en el levantamiento radical de febrero de 1905 by María Laura Reali

“…Through this lens, it is possible to analyze a set of key problems of the first centenary of Argentina: issues such as social order, controversy over the traditional call to arms in the context of a State that pretended to be progressist and modern, the role of the armed forces between disciplinary and political engagement, transformations of the judiciary system –and in particular the military justice–, the qualification of crimes and the perception of the adversary. …”
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Ne plus se laisser prendre à leurs Jeux. by Anaïs Bohuon, Lucie Pallesi

“…The recent and publicized cases of trans or intersex women excluded from competitions shake up the hitherto inflexible logic of sexual duality and renew the controversy. Because they are the first victims of the mechanisms for maintaining the system of gender bicategorization in sport, some intersex and trans athletes create a counter-discourse to the hegemonic one of equity. …”
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New dimension in vortex electro-magnetic wave transmission with orbital angular momentum by Chao ZHANG, Yuanhe WANG

“…Purpose:The vortex Electro-Magnetic (EM) wave transmission system with Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM), which is the potential key technology in future mobile communications,is easily confused with the traditional Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) transmission system. This leads to the controversy on whether the OAM of vortex EM waves can provide the new dimension for the wireless transmission. …”
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« Using the land without possessing it » ? Le territoire de Richard Long by Laurence BELINGARD

“…Starting from this controversy, this paper will reassess Long’s outdoor plastic works in the light of his writings and interviews. …”
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On Computability and Applicability of Mann-Reich-Sabach-Type Algorithms for Approximating the Solutions of Equilibrium Problems in Hilbert Spaces by F. O. Isiogugu, P. Pillay, P. U. Nwokoro

“…The obtained result is a partial resolution of the controversy over the computability of such algorithms in the contemporary literature.…”
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Creatine-Kinase- and Exercise-Related Muscle Damage Implications for Muscle Performance and Recovery by Marianne F. Baird, Scott M. Graham, Julien S. Baker, Gordon F. Bickerstaff

“…The appearance of creatine kinase (CK) in blood has been generally considered to be an indirect marker of muscle damage, particularly for diagnosis of medical conditions such as myocardial infarction, muscular dystrophy, and cerebral diseases. However, there is controversy in the literature concerning its validity in reflecting muscle damage as a consequence of level and intensity of physical exercise. …”
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Innovation and Technology Dissemination in Clean Technology Markets and The Developing World: The Role of Trade, Intellectual Property Rights, and Uncertainty by Kristina M. Lybecker

“…This study on clean technology focuses on recent work on the role of uncertainty, the participation of emerging and developing nations, the controversy surrounding intellectual property rights, and the variety of market actors and strategies in place. …”
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