The Wood Duck by Joseph M. Schaefer, Jennifer Cohen, Mark E. Hostetler

“…By the early 1900s, this highly desirable species was near extinction because of improper hunting regulations and habitat loss. With the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act in 1918, hunting of these birds was restricted. …”
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Unpacking gender-based violence in sport: How can the sport sector effectively respond to the need for safe sporting contexts? by Hayley Truskewycz

“…The first presentation introduces an empirical study of the diffusion of terminology and practical policy at the level of international sport federations. The results highlight how implementation of policy around the sensitive and ethically laden issue of safeguarding is often performative at this level of sport governance. …”
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Using Exploratory Focus Groups to Inform the Development of Targeted COPD Self-Management Education DVDs for Rural Patients by Michael Stellefson, Beth H. Chaney, J. Don Chaney

“…This exploratory study assessed the self-management learning needs, experiences, and perspectives of COPD patients treated at a Certified Federal Rural Health Clinic to inform the development of a COPD self-management DVD. …”
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AVERAGE SCORE OF THE UNIFIED STATE EXAMINATION by L. M. Nurieva, S. G. Kiselev

“…Summing up the results of the Unified State Exam (USE) is traditionally based on comparing the average scores for institutions or territories, without taking into account what the indicator of the quality of education really represents.The aim of the article is to clarify the content «average score» on the example of the Mathematics federal testing results.Methodology and research methods. …”
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To Police or Not to Police? Confronting Anti-Asian Violence in Portland, Oregon by Hilary Sanders

“…The rise in anti-Asian hate and bias crimes in the United States during and after the Covid-19 pandemic gained national attention and quickly became a consensual object of governmental action at the federal and local levels. In Portland, Oregon, home to significant Asian immigrant and Asian-American populations, the municipal response to the increased violence directed against this community can be considered in relation to the Black Lives Matter protests that took place in the city the previous year. …”
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Políticas Públicas de Bem-Estar: modelo de Ahmed e Jackson no contexto brasileiro by Luciana Flores-Battistella, Márcia Grohmann, Carolina Iuva-de Mello

“…Para ello, se realizó un estudio de tipo cuantitativo con 101 estudiantes de la Universidad Federal de Santa Maria. Los resultados de la validación fueron satisfactorios. …”
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دور الجمعیات المهنیة للمکتبات والمعلومات فى تطویر مهارات الاخصائیین بالوطن العربى : دراسة تحلیلیة... by د.هبة أحمد المتبولى

“…The mostimportant of these are the fact that all professional societies in the field of librariesand information provide training courses in the field of libraries and socialinformation (Face book) The Association of Jordanian Libraries in the field oflibraries and information in the provision of training courses and workshops thatcontribute to the development of specialists' skills, followed by the EgyptianSociety and the Arab Federation of Libraries and Information.…”
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FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF ESTABLISHING THE INSTITUTION OF THE SELF-EMPLOYMENT by V. V. Poliakova, S. L. Sumbatyan, V. A. Basalaev

“…Conclusions and recommendations of the authors on the application of the new special tax treatment on the income of self-employed citizens, implemented as part of a pilot project in several regions of the Russian Federation, have been presented.…”
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The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 – Proposed Rule for Preventive Controls for Human Food by Soohyoun Ahn, Keith R. Schneider, Michelle D. Danyluk, Renee Goodrich-Schneider

“… The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which was signed into law by President Obama on January 4, 2011, is the most sweeping reform of food safety laws in more than 70 years since the enactment of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938. High-profile foodborne outbreaks in the last decade and their impact on public health and the economy have exposed the need for a new, modern food safety system. …”
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BACHELOR DEGREE PROGRAMS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND REGIONAL STUDIES: A COMPETENCE-BASED APPROACH TO PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF STUDENTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES by L. G. Kuzmina

“…The paper is devoted to the problem of devising a new ESP curriculum for university students within the framework of Federal State Educational Standards of Higher Education. …”
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Attitudes of representatives of major religious movements towards the digitalisation of religion by M. Ja. Yuldashev, A. I. Ivanchenko, O. A. Kulikova

“…The article reflects the peculiarities of this process: it analyses the activities of various religious movements in the Russian Federation in the digital environment and reveals the attitude of religious representatives (official and unofficial) to the process of adapting religion to the digital environment. …”
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Western Experience in Strategic Planning for National Security by V. P. Nazarov

“…The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the best Western practices in strategic planning with the view to improve the effectiveness of the Russian Federation national security policy in the face of new challenges and threats.Having analyzed Western approaches to ensuring national security, the article concludes that the political and governance practice needs to include more of strategic planning elements, such as strategic forecasting, monitoring, and national security assessment. …”
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International legal conventions as an instrument for preventing environmental risks by E. I. Mayorova

“…The participation of the Russian Federation in international environmental conventions and agreements as the successor of the USSR and as a new subject of the international law of the XXth century is considered. …”
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FACTORS OF GROWTH OF THE EFFICIENCY OF PUBLIC DEBT MANAGEMENT by M. E. Kosov

“…The subject of the study is the public debt of the Russian Federation. The article performs a correlation and regression analysis of factors that have a direct impact on the state of the Russia’s public debt under the conditions of the restrictions caused by the Covid-19 coronavirus infection, as well as the consequences of these restrictions. …”
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Hydrilla leaf mining flies (unofficial common name) Hydrellia spp. (Insecta: Diptera: Ephydridae) by Emma Weeks, James Cuda

“…Royle), an invasive aquatic plant that has been classified as a Federal Noxious Weed. Hydrilla has invaded aquatic ecosystems in Florida and across the U.S. …”
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The Wood Duck by Joseph M. Schaefer, Jennifer Cohen, Mark E. Hostetler

“…By the early 1900s, this highly desirable species was near extinction because of improper hunting regulations and habitat loss. With the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act in 1918, hunting of these birds was restricted. …”
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Preconditions and Peculiarities of Implementing the Meta-Disciplinary Technologies in Primary School Teaching by Y. Y. Khan

“…The Federal State Educational Standards require the implementa- tion of meta-subject technologies in comprehensive schools. …”
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The battle of the Zé Gotinhas: The schismogenesis of images and political audiences on Brazilian social media by Kelly Cristiane da Silva, Fábio de Oliveira Martins

“…The conflict over different versions of Zé Gotinha published at the beginning of Covid-19 vaccination - one produced by the illustrator and designer-activist Cristiano Siqueira, another commissioned by Eduardo Bolsonaro, a federal deputy and a son of the former president-inserted in the context of a semiological guerrilla war, allows us to examine the different images as, simultaneously, part of a confrontation that begins with the images and ends in the structural forces perpetuating the schismogenesis between allies of the former president and his adversaries. …”
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Attitude to the childfree phenomenon of modern youth: regional aspect by V. V. Levchenko, Ya. O. Bayandina

“…These results allow to identify regional aspects of the attitude towards the childfree phenomenon by means of analyzing a set of parameters: the ideas that young people have of the childfree phenomenon; their emotional assessment of the phenomenon; awareness of the childfree social movement’s activities in the Russian Federation; attitude towards representatives of the social movement; willingness to support the ideas of the movement’s representatives; as well as willingness to have or not to have children. …”
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Usina Hidrelétrica de Belo Monte by Clóvis Eduardo Malinverse da Silveira, Mateus Vinícius Kaiser, Sabrina Cadó

“…A pesquisa, redigida na forma de ensaio, a partir de revisão bibliográfica preliminar, conclui que o direito internacional foi violado em diversos pontos, para além das violações à legislação brasileira e à Constituição Federal.…”
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