Landscape planning and polycentricity: potentialities for regional integration in transboundary natural resources by Franklin Gabriel Menezes Gaspar, Cecília Alexandra Abreu Coelho da Rocha, Fernando Manuel Brandão Alves

“…Complementarily, potential landscape planning strategies that can be applied to strengthen regional identity between centralities, as well as to strengthen the functional, institutional and cultural identity and integration of a polycentric region, are also presented. …”
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Features of Ensuring Regional Security in Central Asia: An Analysis of the Geopolitical Situation by Nurgul Akkozhina

“…To address the research objectives, various methods of cognition were employed, including historical, structural and functional, institutional, comparative, forecasting, political and legal analysis, classification, analogy, abstraction, analysis, and generalisation. …”
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Towards a Methodological Basis the Study of the «Fourth Power» as an Institution of the Political System within Modern Society by V. P. Miletskiy, Ya. A. Emelin

“…The authors had attempted to achieve this goal in terms of structural-functional, institutional and other explanatory concepts. From a theoretical point of view, the media attract the attention of both political scientists and sociologists, philosophers, historians, journalists and public relations specialists. …”
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The theory of generality G.E. Zborovsky as a methodological basis for studying the social unit of local self-government by Evgeniy V. Bulakh, Natalia B. Kostina

“…The general approach and the theory of generalities involve the use of the following research methods: comparison and contrast, structural-functional, institutional, system analysis, and other methods. …”
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Dynamics of educational activity of students under the influence of digitalisation by D. Yu. Narkhov, E. N. Narkhova, D. V. Shkurin

“…This study is based on the use of specific approaches to industry-specific sociological knowledge (youth and education): community, system, structural-functional, institutional, temporal, thesaurus, network, panoramic (pedagogical science). …”
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Nuclear VPS35 attenuates NHEJ repair by sequestering Ku protein by Luping Zhang, Yonghong Nie, Tuo Tang, Yanji Lu, Wenlong Li, Xian Hong, Qiang Li, Aixue Zheng, Yongpei Li, Jianwen Zhou, Li Fan, Tao Wang, Zhihui Deng

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Multiple structures of RNA polymerase II isolated from human nuclei by ChIP-CryoEM analysis by Tomoya Kujirai, Junko Kato, Kyoka Yamamoto, Seiya Hirai, Takeru Fujii, Kazumitsu Maehara, Akihito Harada, Lumi Negishi, Mitsuo Ogasawara, Yuki Yamaguchi, Yasuyuki Ohkawa, Yoshimasa Takizawa, Hitoshi Kurumizaka

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Distinct composition of different types of Abeta plaques in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease and the role of neutrophil-derived myeloperoxidase by Jianru Sun, Xiangqi Shao, Xue Wang, Xiang-sha Yin, Wenying Qiu, Xiaojing Qian, Fan Liu, Yongmei Chen, Chao Ma

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Dicarboxylate recognition based on ultracycle hosts through cooperative hydrogen bonding and anion–π interactions by Wen-Hui Mi, Teng-Yu Huang, Xu-Dong Wang, Yu-Fei Ao, Qi-Qiang Wang, De-Xian Wang

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Natural Geography, Socioeconomic Inequalities, Institutions, and How They Affect Global Homicide Rates by Evangelos Rasvanis

“…In addition, the findings reveal that countries with higher economic status, better education and well-functioning institutions tend to exhibit lower homicide rates. …”
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Circularly polarized luminescence with high dissymmetry factors for achiral organic molecules in solutions by Ming-Jun Ji, Wen-Long Zhao, Meng Li, Chuan-Feng Chen

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A comparative analysis of mRNA enrichment strategies and guidance for improving their efficiency by Angelika Andrzejewska-Romanowska, Ewa Tykwińska, Paweł Śledziński, Katarzyna Pachulska-Wieczorek

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M2 macrophage-derived exosome-modified bioprosthetic heart valves with enhanced anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant and anticalcification properties by Jingruo Chen, Shufen Li, Xiaoting Chen, Tianyi Qu, Ming Chen, Zheng Chai, Weihua Zhuang, Wenchuang (Walter) Hu, Mao Chen

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Molecular dissection of the genetic architecture of phenology underlying Lupinus hispanicus early flowering and adaptation to winter- or spring sowing by Wojciech Bielski, Anna Surma, Jolanta Belter, Bartosz Kozak, Michał Książkiewicz, Sandra Rychel-Bielska

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Reductive sulfinylation by nucleophilic chain isomerization of sulfonylpyridinium by Yifan Li, Weigang Zhang, Jeonguk Kweon, Yi Pan, Qing Wang, Sukbok Chang, Yi Wang

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The Arab Spring Impact on Kuwaiti “Exceptionalism” by Fatiha Dazi‑Heni

“…Well before the “Arab Spring“, protest movements had taken shape there, demanding more democracy, less corruption and better-functioning institutions. Between 2011 and 2013, the new social media culture gave such demands a new impetus as a youth movement mostly hailing from the tribal periphery was joined by the traditional urban middle class.In the face of this innovative and determined opposition, the Gulf Cooperation Council, driven by Saudi Arabia, also stated its resolve, as it strengthened the institutional security framework by implementing more draconian measures throughout the common area. …”
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A REVIEW ON INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY CHALLENGES OF LAND SECTOR IN ETHIOPIA AND THE WAY FORWARD by Daniel Amente KENEA, Dereje Terefe, Bersisa Kecho

“…The existence of vibrant, effective, and functional institutions is the backbone for the realization of development aspirations and prosperity of societies. …”
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“The Giant of Africa” and “Africa’s Success Story”: a Comparative Study of Democracy in Nigeria and Botswana by OJO Emmanuel Oladipo, DUYILE William Abiodun

“…We conclude that demographically and in ‘big brotherliness’, Nigeria qualifies as the ‘giant of Africa’ but with reference to qualitative governance, socio-economic development, functional institutions and delivery of the gains of democracy, Nigeria is a crippled giant and an eminent member of the committee of ‘failed democracies’. …”
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Development and validation of PCR marker array for molecular selection towards spring, vernalization-independent and winter, vernalization-responsive ecotypes of white lupin (Lupin... by Anna Surma, Michał Książkiewicz, Wojciech Bielski, Bartosz Kozak, Renata Galek, Sandra Rychel-Bielska

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The role of social cohesion in economic development and childhood psychological development: a comprehensive literature review by Salvatore Spagano

“…Societies with high levels of social trust and networks tend to exhibit stronger economic growth due to better-functioning institutions and higher levels of innovation. Studies suggest that cohesive communities are more resilient to economic crises, with stronger labor markets and more effective responses to social challenges. …”
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