Japan’s Foreign Policy Shifting in 2022 by Khaira Anisa, Juan Miguel Carboni Martínez

“…This article examines Japan's significant foreign policy changes in 2022, focusing on three crucial documents: the National Security Strategy (NSS), the National Defence Strategy (NDS), and the Medium-Term Defence Force Buildup Program (MTDP), issued on December 6, 2022. The NSS, a pivotal strategic document, outlines Japan's foreign policy direction and includes plans to increase defence spending to 2% of GDP by 2027. …”
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MODERATING EFFECT OF RISK GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE BETWEEN BOARD INDEPENDENCE AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AMONG NIGERIAN LISTED FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS by Ibrahim D. ABDULLAHI, Bala Ahmed AHMED

“…The population of the study comprised of 57 financial institutions listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange as at December 2020 from which a sample of 47 firms was used. …”
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ON EUROPEAN UNION ECONOMIC GROWTH: IS COHESION POLICY STILL RELEVANT? by Cătălin Marian COSTACHE, Marcel Ioan BOLOȘ

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The Patriarchal Election Crisis At The Armenian Patriarchate Of Istanbul: The Repercussion of The Crisis In The American Consular Reports And Turkish Press (1944-1950) by Hikmet, Öksüz

“…As this period coincided with the beginnings of the Cold War, the Turkish government strove to solve the interim crisis within its boundaries, a process which started with the Prime Minister Şemsettin Günaydın in 1949 and was finalized in the first months of the Democrat Party government. Finally, in December 1950, an unexpected candidate from South America, Karekin I Khachadourian, who was born in Trabzon, was elected as the 112th Archbishop of İstanbul. …”
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Tawny Crazy Ant (previously known as Caribbean crazy ant) Nylanderia (formerly Paratrechina) fulva (Mayr) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) by Shweta Sharma, John Warner, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn

“…Scheffrahn, and published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, December 2014. (Photo: Lyle Buss, UF/IFAS)  EENY610/IN1071: Tawny Crazy Ant (previously known as Caribbean crazy ant) Nylanderia (formerly Paratrechina) fulva (Mayr) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) (ufl.edu) …”
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Tawny Crazy Ant (previously known as Caribbean crazy ant) Nylanderia (formerly Paratrechina) fulva (Mayr) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) by Shweta Sharma, John Warner, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn

“…Scheffrahn, and published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, December 2014. (Photo: Lyle Buss, UF/IFAS)  EENY610/IN1071: Tawny Crazy Ant (previously known as Caribbean crazy ant) Nylanderia (formerly Paratrechina) fulva (Mayr) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) (ufl.edu) …”
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KL-6 Mucin as Serum Tumor Marker of Metastatic Renal Cancer: A Case Report by Kyohei Ishida, Go Hasegawa, Toshinori Takada, Akira Ogose, Gen Kawaguchi, Yohei Ikeda, Hiroki Nishiyama, Noboru Hara, Tsutomu Nishiyama

“…KL-6 increased to 29640 U/mL in December.…”
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Mothers’ Knowledge and Noncompliance of Childhood Vaccination in Primary Health Care Centers at Mosul City by Hana A. Alsaeed, Rayyan Ibrahim Khaleel, Hanaa Hussein Mukhlif

“…Materials and Methods: A descriptive study was designed for a sample of 250 mothers attending primary health care centers between September 15, 2022, and December 20, 2022, for their children’s immunizations. …”
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RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT by A. I. RUDSKOY, A. I. BOROVKOV, P. I. ROMANOV

“…Putin in his Address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on December 1, 2016 brings new challenges to the system of engineering education in Russia. …”
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Trade, Violence and Diplomacy on the Coast of Ikorodu: The Resistance of Balogun Mabadeje Jaiyesimi by Adebowale Adeyemi-Suenu

“… From the 1850s, British influence in Lagos and coastal Nigeria expanded, leading to the annexation of Lagos in December 1861 and the establishment of Lagos Colony in 1862. …”
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Maternal Mortality Determinants in Rural Kenya: An Audit of Three Hospitals by Brian Barasa Masaba, Rose M. Mmusi-Phetoe, Bernard Rono, Daniel Kyalo Muthiani, Jonathan Taiswa, Stephenie Lydia Ojiambo, Damaris Moraa, John Kennedy Moturi

“…Data were extracted from 101 maternal mortality records from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2019. Results: Leading complications were hemorrhage 34.70%, eclampsia 20.80%, and sepsis 15.80%. …”
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Neonatal surgery. Pediatric Hospital. Cienfuegos 2000-2003. by Jayce Díaz Díaz, Anabel Ledesma, Yanet Rojas Rodríguez

“…<strong>Methods</strong>: Retrospective descriptive study to the 22 newborns aged less than 28 days who were surgically intervened from January 2000 to December 2003 at the ¨Paquito Gonzalez Cueto¨ Paediatric Hospital from Cienfuegos province. …”
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Sirombu in West Nias during the 2004 and 2005 earthquakes and tsunamis: A preliminary study by Anatona, Hakam Abdul, Muhajir Ahmad, Roja Azizah Hanifa, Yus Arimawati Nehe Lusia

“…Sirombu, a coastal settlement and trading hub on the western coast of Nias Island in Indonesia, was severely impacted by the devastating earthquakes and tsunamis that struck Aceh and the western offshore islands of Sumatra on December 26, 2004, and again on March 27, 2005. This paper examines the immediate aftermath of these catastrophic events in Sirombu. …”
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The Gust Factor Models Involving Wind Speed and Temperature Profiles for Wind Gust Estimation by Haichuan Hu, Chuanhai Qian, Shibo Gao

“…This study analyzed the deviation of the gust factor (GF) method in gust estimation and the differences in the vertical distribution of upper-level wind speed and temperature when varying deviations occurred using observed data from 11 stations in central-eastern China from January 2017 to December 2020. A unified upper-level gust impact model was developed through multiple regression (GF-L) and machine learning (GF-M) methods based on data from these stations to improve gust estimation accuracy. …”
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PENGEMBANGAN BAHAN AJAR PENGETAHUAN LINGKUNGAN BERBASIS WEB UNTUK MENINGKATKAN MOTIVASI MAHASISWA IKIP BUDI UTOMO MALANG by Farizha Irmawati, Ika Oktaviana, Lia Rahayu

“…Development research was conducted from April to December 2015. Based on the results of validation material obtained from the value of 80% and the media expert validation and design to get the value of 93.75% and 83.33%, it means that the teaching materials developed have been fit for use as an ingredient supporting teaching Environmental Science course, but still be revised on the advice and comments from experts as well as students. …”
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Simulation of Dissolved Oxygen Concentration in an Urban Lake Based on MLR and ARDL by ZHAO Hongcheng, YANG Fei, ZHOU Peng, GUO Jiacheng, HUANG Jinbai

“…Simulations for<italic> </italic>the observed sequence values of DO in 2020 (from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020) and four quarters of 2020 were carried out. …”
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Caladium Cultivars Developed at the University of Florida/IFAS by Zhanao Deng, Brent K. Harbaugh

“…Original publication date September 25, 2003. Reviewed December 9, 2004. ENH 965/EP223: Caladium Cultivars Developed at the UF/IFAS (ufl.edu) …”
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Basic vital cardiac support. Training to relatives of patients with acute miocardial infarction by Brandy Viera Valdés, Paula Aguila Solis, Francisco Valladares Carvajal, Marcos D. Iraola Ferrer, Pablo. A. Rodríguez

“…<strong>Methods:</strong> A prospective-descriptive study was carried out in the period between January 2002 and December 2004; the sample engulfed all those trained during this period (752 relatives). …”
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Money laundering rate modelling by J. M. Beketnova, E. S. Anisimov

“…In the last published work, a forecast was formed based on the seasonal integrated autoregression – moving average (SARIMA) model for 11 months of 2022 from February to December. This forecast for the past 6 months has been verified by comparison with the actual values by calculating the relative error and the RMSE (root mean square error). …”
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What the Seasons Tell Us. The Monthly Movement of Marriages, Economic Modernization, and Secularization in the Netherlands, 1810-1940 by Theo Engelen

“…Given the ban on marriages during Lent and Advent, by studying the number of marriages during these months (approximated as March and De­cember), we can determine which provinces adhered most to the religious rules, and how this pattern developed over time. …”
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