Comparing Types of Statistical Data Between Turkey (the Case Study of Istanbul) and Selected Countries for Creating Fire Strategies by Erhan Bakırcı, Buket Karatop, Sümeyye Bayındır

“…These statistics were compared with the fire statistics of the USA, China and EU countries. The largest and most comprehensive fire statistics database in our country is represented by the Istanbul Province Fire Statistics. …”
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Administrative and organizational mechanisms for regulating the integration of migrants in Spain by V. Ledeneva

“…The article widely uses the results of practical studies of the integration experience of Spain, official reports of the EU supranational bodies on the migration situation in this country, reports on the implementation of specific integration initiatives, as well as the analysis of expert assessments on this issue. …”
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Unlocking the Potential of German Smart Cities: Strategy Analysis through Online Content Examination by Matthias SCHMUCK

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Quantitative Scrutinization of Aflatoxins in Different Spices from Pakistan by Narjis Naz, Aiza Kashif, Kinza Kanwal, Abdul Muqeet Khan, Mateen Abbas

“…The current research work aimed to access the contamination level of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, and G2 in the household spices that are widely consumed in huge amounts. 200 different spice samples, 100 packed and 100 unpacked, were analyzed for the aflatoxins profile by HPLC with an incidence of 61.5% contamination out of which 53.66% samples exceed the EU limit. The results disclosed that the unpacked samples are more contaminated as compared to the packed samples except for white cumin seeds. …”
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On the way to resilient information security management: Business Continuity Management (BCM) for public institutions by Christian SCHACHTNER

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Modelling of High-Velocity Impact on Woven Carbon Fibre-Reinforced Plastic Laminate by Nenad Djordjevic, Rade Vignjevic, Kevin Hughes, Tom De Vuyst

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What are the competences & difficulties of school students in writing material-based & multi-perspective argumentations in geography classrooms? by Kimberley Hindmarsh, Alexandra Budke

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Russians among the Peoples of the Baltic States: the Origins of Mutual Perceptions and Relations by R. H. Simonyan, T. M. Kochegarova

“…The border between Russia and the European Union, Russia and the EU are in direct contact, there is a direct interaction between the peoples of Europe, divided by confrontations of the twentieth century. …”
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Open Government, Social Media and Western Balkan Countries by Mirela Mabić, Dražena Gašpar

“… This article analyses the presence and activity on the field of social media in the countries that belonged to the same state in the past: Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH), Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – these named as Western Balkan Countries (WBCs) – and, Slovenia and Croatia as EU member states. The authors have analysed the official profiles of the respective countries on social media and calculated the Facebook Assessment Index (FAI) for WBCs, and Croatia and Slovenia as a benchmark. …”
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Reflexões sobre a contemporaneidade by Nadiá Paulo Ferreira

“…Argumenta que os discursos que dão forma ao eu do homem contemporâneo têm como ponto de convergência privilegiar o gozo e não o desejo. …”
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Vanilla lindmaniana and V. palmarum (Orchidaceae) are distinct allopatric species by Emerson R. Pansarin

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Is there anybody (new) out there? Seven new species of Ligidium (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Ligiidae) from the Southern Appalachians, eastern North America by Ernesto Recuero, Michael S. Caterino

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L'effraction ou le sentiment hétérotopique en situation touristique by Hécate Vergopoulos

“…Ces deux cas, a priori fort différents, ont tous deux éveillé un malaise intense, proche à la fois du sentiment de culpabilité et du voyeurisme, au sein des deux groupes de touristes duquel l’auteur de cet article faisait partie.Dans ces deux expériences, les touristes que nous étions ont eu l’impression d’entrer comme « par effraction » dans un territoire qui ne leur était pas destiné, un territoire qui aurait dû échapper aux sentiers du tourisme. …”
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The Impact of Stokvel and Banking Sector Efficiency: an Econometrics Model using (ARDL) Approach to Cointegration by Ngcobo, Lindiwe

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Electronisation of the Supervision Over Local Government Activity Regarding Financial Matters in Poland and the Constitutional Principle of Legality by Ewa Lotko, Marcin Tyniewicki

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Evolution of West Pomerania Towards a Green Region by Izabela Bludnik, Paulina Dąbrosz-Drewnowska, Hanna Pondel

“…The development of RES is gradual but systemic, and this is confirmed by the use of increasing funds for this purpose, including from EU regional programs. Although progress toward decarbonisation and “greening” of the region faces some problems, it is hoped that they will be overcome. …”
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Petroleum Hydrocarbon Fingerprints of Water and Sediment Samples of Buffalo River Estuary in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa by A. O. Adeniji, O. O. Okoh, A. I. Okoh

“…TPH and OC levels were slightly lower in summer than in autumn in the two environmental matrices, and the average amount of TPH in the water samples collected from all the sampling stations was generally lower than the EU standard limit of 300 μg/L. However, the levels in the sediments exceeded the EGASPIN target value (50 mg/kg) for mineral oil but were below the intervention value (5,000 mg/kg), indicating a serious impact of industrial growth and urbanization on the area, although the n-alkane ratios and indexes used for source tracking revealed excessive flow from both natural and anthropogenic sources.…”
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Du concept de vulnérabilité à la perception des dépérissements forestiers par la société by Nathalie Bréda

“…Les cadres conceptuels dans lesquels les scientifiques travaillent pour comprendre l’origine des dépérissements, mieux les gérer et réduire leur occurrence ont évolué avec les progrès réalisés et les enjeux rencontrés. Nous avons eu l’opportunité d’interroger des citoyens sur leur perception de la santé des forêts, leur compréhension des processus en cours et de débattre de solutions pour aider la forêt à aller mieux. …”
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Bulgarian tourism and the problem of poverty alleviation in Bulgaria by Preslav Mihaylov Dimitrov, Rouska Kraseta, Boiko Dimitrov

“…The study examines the question about the ability of Bulgarian tourism to solve the problems with the widespread poverty in Bulgaria in the context of the two main issues such as: (i) the degree of association (in terms of Pearson’s Product-moment coefficients) of the Bulgarian tourism with the economic performance of the EU tourism emitting economies, and whether this association in particular contributes for “transmission of poverty”, and (ii) what will be the estimated volume of the average month salary of the employees on labor contracts in Bulgarian tourism for the next ten years by the HoltWinters exponential smoothing method. …”
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Mountains, Shrines, and Rock Art: Landscape in Ancestral Pueblo culture from the Colorado Plateau, North American Southwest by Radosław Palonka, Kathleen M. O’Meara, Katarzyna M. Ciomek, Zi Xu, Brianna Gooch, Claire Moriarty, Bartosz Foryś

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