Economic aspects of a “middle layer” of administration and government: some experience from Austria by Walter Scherrer

“…Section 2 finds that history, a strong political preference for federalism, and pragmatism are major explanations for the emergence and durability of the system. …”
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Pensando en Iberia: los debates en torno a la unificación hispano-portuguesa en el exilio republicano en México by Jorge de Hoyos Puente

“…Iberism was a minority movement among the republican exile, but it was extremely active: it presented a pluralistic concept of Spain, that required a federal or confederal form of territorial organization.…”
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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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Desigualdade e transformações na distribuição de renda na Região Centro-Oeste do Brasil (2000-2010) by Cleverson Neves, Ednaldo Michellon, Umberto Antonio Sesso Filho

“…The results show that the spatial clusters formed in the period of analysis do not differ significantly and show the persistence of income inequality between the localities, especially in the Upper-High groupings in the state of Goiás and in the Federal District, which indicate municipalities with high inequality neighboring others with the same characteristic. …”
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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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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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‘We are all Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn’: Insecurity, Ethno-regional Hegemony and Resistance in Southwest Nigeria by Babajide Olusoji Ololajulo

“…In the light of existing discourse of identity politics in Nigeria; the inauguration of the outfit in early 2020 initially sets the southwest states on collision course with the federal government due to the fact that the police in Nigeria are centrally controlled. …”
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Optimisation of Russian railways’ high-speed routes in the regions by A. A. Bychkova

“…The article points out the necessity of optimising the route from the Ural to the Volga federal districts. The relevance of the topic under study lies in the advantage of railway transport in interspecific competition in the market for the provision of passenger transportation services. …”
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Implementation of national poultry improvement plan in poultry disease control in Africa: current perspectives, challenges, and prospects by Ridwan Olamilekan Adesola, Ibrahim Idris, Adetolase Azizat Bakre

“…National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) is a combined industry, state, and federal initiative to address specific poultry diseases. …”
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Determinants and Congruence of Species Richness Patterns across Multiple Taxonomic Groups on a Regional Scale by Jörn Buse, Eva Maria Griebeler

“…Applying multiple generalized regression models, we studied spatial patterns in species richness for different taxonomic groups (amphibians, reptiles, grasshoppers, plants, mosses) within the German federal state Rhineland-Palatinate (RP). We aimed (1) to detect their centres of richness, (2) to rate the influence of climatic and land-use parameters on spatial patterns, and (3) to test whether patterns are congruent between taxonomic groups in RP. …”
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What Trucking Deregulation Did for Florida's Produce and Ornamentals by Richard Beilock

“…Prior to that time, trucking firms had to seek federal permission to haul many types of cargoes and there were restrictions on the rates that could be charged (note: in practice, rate restrictions prevented carriers from lowering their charges more often than the reverse). …”
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Adubação nitrogenada em cobertura no feijoeiro em sucessão ao milheto solteiro e consorciado com guanduanão by Ranieri Martins Silva, Lucas da Silva Araújo, Paulo César Ribeiro da Cunha, Pedro Marques da Silveira, André Cirilo de Sousa Almeida

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Comparative analysis of the effectiveness of surgical treatment of macular hole with and without postoperative gas tamponade of the vitreal cavity by A.Yu. Kleymenov, V.N. Kazaykin, M.A. Lipina

“…All surgeries were performed at the Ekaterinburg Branch of the Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution in the period from 2018 to 2020. …”
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Effect of the Current-Collecting Carbon Nanotubes Layer on the Properties of the Lead Zirconate Titanate Film for Vibration Sensors by Victor V. Petrov, Victor V. Sysoev, Nikolay N. Rudyk, Yuri N. Varzarev, Andrey V. Nesterenko

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The Russian Brassicaceae collection – from N.I. Vavilov and E.N. Sinskaya till nowadays by A. M. Artemyeva, A. G. Dubovskaya, N. G. Kon’kova

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Patterns of colonic dismotility and visceral hypersensitivity at various clinical variants of irritable bowel syndrome by Ekaterina A. Bubnova, O. Yu. Fomenko, I. L. Khalif, V. V. Pavlenko

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Observatórios sociais e desigualdades no Brasil: Uma análise exploratória e descritiva by Mariana Mazzini Marcondes, Maria Arlete Duarte de Araújo, Washington José de Souza, Gabriellen Karinyn da Silva Monteiro

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Do discurso de ódio homofóbico à resistência lgbtqia+: uma análise das mensagens publicadas nas redes sociais by Josinaldo Monteiro da Silva, Uriel Mendes Carneiro de Oliveira, Joseval dos Reis Miranda

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