The Role of Information War in the Strengthening of Stereotypes about Russia in the Western Political Space by Irina Milutinović, Aleksandar Gajić

“…In the introductory part of the Paper, the problem of stereotyping the notions of Russia and the Russians in the Western political space is contextualized, and then the case study on the empirical basis describes the role of the so-called Western media in supporting the established stereotypes in modern times. The main narratives of the information war between the European Union and the Russian Federation were used for media mediation and interpretation of events on the international scene in which the Russian Federation was the main actor during the year of sanctions (2014) and immediately afterwards (2015). …”
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Lower-Limb Robotic Rehabilitation: Literature Review and Challenges by Iñaki Díaz, Jorge Juan Gil, Emilio Sánchez

“…This work reviews all current robotic systems to date for lower-limb rehabilitation, as well as main clinical tests performed with them, with the aim of showing a clear starting point in the field. …”
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Music therapy and psychological-clinical impact in surgery: a systematic review by Pasquale Caponnetto, Gaia LaMattina, Maria C Quattropani

“…Further research is needed for additional confirmation of the effectiveness of music therapy mainly because this method is still being explored worldwide.…”
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Pain Management in Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders by Antonio Vigano, Eduardo Bruera

“…Because of its unclear pathophysiology, pain expression is the main target for the successful assessment and management of symptomatic FGID. …”
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‘How the guineas shone as they came pouring out of the dark leather mouths!’: Shades of Gold in George Eliot’s Silas Marner (1861) by Marie-Laure Massei-Chamayou

“…Far from the common representation of money in Victorian literature, with its many references to the expanding world of finance, credit and speculation, George Eliot’s Silas Marner (1861) depicts money mainly as gold coins, at the crossroads between realism and symbolism, the profane and the sacred. …”
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Hybrid Differential Evolution with Biogeography-Based Optimization for Design of a Reconfigurable Antenna Array with Discrete Phase Shifters by Xiangtao Li, Minghao Yin

“…The reconfigurable design problem is to find the element excitation that will result in a sector pattern main beam with low sidelobes with additional requirement that the same excitation amplitudes applied to the array with zero-phase should be in a high directivity, low sidelobe pencil-shaped main beam. …”
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Standards-Based Teaching and Learning in a Catholic School: Benchmarking from the Standards of Quality in Basic Education by Marisa B. Petalla

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Drought Prediction Model of Pearl River Basin Based on SST and Machine Learning by FENG Xin, LIU Yanju, TONG Hongfu, QIAN Shuni

“…Sea surface temperature (SST) is one of the main factors for drought forecasting. Conventional forecasting models mainly use SST from fixed sea areas (e.g., ENSO), without searching for available SST signals from a global large-scale perspective. …”
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Synergic value effect from subscription to services within the Yandex ecosystem by L. G. Akhmaeva

“…The author analyses the concept of “ecosystem” as it applies to business and describes the main ways in which the first ecosystems to emerge in the Russian market have been formed. …”
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COACHING AS A TOOL FOR UNLOCKING LEARNING POTENTIAL by Ieva Brazauskaitė-Zubavičienė, Asta Pukienė, Claudia Saccone

“…In contemporary European educational contexts, equal access to education and learning opportunities have become one of the main issues. Socio-economic factors and the surrounding environment are widely recognised as the main barriers to changing an individual’s social position in society, while the disparity between educational opportunities and learning outcomes is seen to be growing. …”
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RESEARCH ON VIBRATION SUPPRESSION PERFORMANCE OF BNES BASED ON MAGNETIZING CURRENT METHOD (MT) by SONG WeiZhi, ZHOU Hui, LIU ZhiEn, LI Bin, ZHU DeRong, CHEN ZhiYong

“…The dynamic equations of main system coupling BNES are established to study the stability of transient performance of BNES under different excitation intensities. …”
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Therapeutic Application of rTMS in Atypical Parkinsonian Disorders by Chrysi Petsani, Athina-Maria Aloizou, Vasileios Siokas, Lambros Messinis, Eleni Peristeri, Christos Bakirtzis, Grigorios Nasios, Efthimios Dardiotis

“…The terms atypical parkinsonian disorders (APDs) and Parkinson plus syndromes are mainly used to describe the four major entities of sporadic neuronal multisystem degeneration: progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), corticobasal degeneration (CBD), multiple system atrophy (MSA), and dementia with Lewy bodies (LBD). …”
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Political and Economic Implications of Hayekian Criticism of ‘Regulation’ by Fatih Duman, İsmail Seyrek

“…In this context this work concentrates on the connections and the implications of Hayekian criticism of regulation with regard to the contemporary political and economic discussions which have emerged in the framework of the concepts like state, market, civil society, human rights, rule of law, freedoms and etc. The first main section of the paper introduces Hayek’s main philosophical arguments based on the criticism of the constructivist rationalism. …”
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Innovative tax administration tools in Russia by N. G. Мorozova, Zh. M. Korzovatykh

“…The purpose of the study is to determine the main directions for improving tax administration in the Russian Federation. …”
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Optimal Application Timing of Pest Control Tactics in Nonautonomous Pest Growth Model by Shujuan Zhang, Juhua Liang, Sanyi Tang

“…The main results can guide the farmer to design the optimal pest control strategies.…”
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Private companies in the Russian space industry: features of functioning and development factors by E. A. Efimova

“…Research results are the next: the article analyzes the main economic indicators of the Russian and foreign private space companies. …”
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THE PROBLEM OF THE IMAGE OF PUBLIC SERVANTS IN RUSSIA by T. A. Sergeeva, I. A. Savchenko

“…A positive image is one of the main tools for the formation of communication between the state and society with the placement of significant priorities. …”
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Aspectos geológicos-geomorfológicos e os parâmetros morfométricos da rede de drenagem: uma análise e discussão sobre um sistema cárstico by Rafael Brugnolli Medeiros, Charlei Aparecido da Silva

“…This analysis started from a main problem, the fact the Formoso River Hydrographic Basin, Bonito/MS, presents two distinct systems: the karstic and terrigenous systems. …”
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Rhetorical Mixture: Hermogenes and Hybridity in English Renaissance Literary Criticism by Javiera Lorenzini Raty

“…Through an examination of work by scholars and poets such as George Puttenham, George Chapman, William Scott, and William Carew, this article demonstrates that Hermogenes both shapes and sheds light on these authors’ main discussions on literary hybridity, informing alternative and radical understandings of poetic form.…”
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Analysis of Spatio-temporal Evolution of Land Use and Landscape Pattern in Liuxi River Basin Driven by Rapid Urbanization by ZHU Zhenjie, YANG Zibo, LIU Bingjun

“…Since the implementation of the policy of reform and opening up,the dramatic evolution of land use and landscape pattern in basins has been brought about by the rapid development of urbanization,threatening the health of its natural eco-hydrological environment.Taking Liuxi River basin in Guangzhou as research object,this paper uses the land use transition matrix and landscape pattern indexes to analyze the spatio-temporal evolution of land use types and landscape pattern based on the land use data of different years from 1980 to 2015.The results show that:①The arable land,which is one of the dominant landscape in Liuxi River basin,was greatly converted to construction land and gradually fragmented and homogenized,resulting in the fragmentation and homogenization of landscape pattern in whole basin;②The dramatic changes of land use types and landscape pattern mainly occurred in the middle and lower reaches,especially during the period from 2000 to 2010;③The rapid growth of total population and the increase of proportion of tertiary industry were main urbanization indicators for the conversion of arable land into construction land.…”
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