CRIMEA AND THE POLITICS OF LEGITIMACY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS by A. A. Vlasov, A. V. Brega

“…The analysis of the relationship between the legal and political aspects of legitimacy is crucial in this matter.  In the post-Soviet period, the Ukrainian government, setting a course for rapid Ukrainianization and building (almost not taking in consideration its own realias) a state of the European type, proved unable to change the pro-Russian identity of the Crimeans. …”
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Structural and Functional Deficits in Patients with Poststroke Dementia: A Multimodal MRI Study by Huaying Cai, Zhiyong Zhao, Linhui Ni, Guocan Han, Xingyue Hu, Dan Wu, Xianjun Ding, Jin Wang

“…The present study was aimed at investigating alterations in spontaneous brain activity and gray matter volume (GMV) in PSD patients. We collected T1-weighted and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data from 20 PSD patients, 24 poststroke nondementia (PSND) patients, and 21 well-matched normal controls (NCs). …”
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Pyrolysis of sawdust in a horizontal tube furnace: Effects of temperature and heating rate on product composition by Selva Kumar Vitiyaa, Lee Zhi Hua, Tan Kok Tat, Sim Jia Huey

“…The yield of bio-char decreased with increasing temperatures and heating rates due to the loss of volatile matter, and 400 °C proved to be the optimum temperature for maximum biochar yield. …”
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The Problems of Implementing Imkan Rukyat in the Case of an Invisible Hilal (Crescent): A Perspective of Syafi’i Scholars by Hudi Hudi, Ahmad Rofiq

“…The aim of this research is to analyze the views of Syafi’i scholars on this matter. This study is a type of library research, focusing on the decisions of the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia's isbat meetings regarding the start of the lunar month and the moon sighting data provided by Nahdlatul Ulama. …”
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Solar Drying and Sensory Attributes of Eland (Taurotragus oryx) Jerky by Iva Kučerová, Štěpán Marek, Jan Banout

“…Prior to drying, the physicochemical characteristics of the raw meat were determined, such as pH, dry matter content (%), Warner-Bratzler shear force (N), pigment concentration (mg·kg−1), weight loss during cooking (%), water holding capacity (%), colour (L,a,b), and crude fat content (%). …”
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Lithuanian bibliophiles in the XVIII century by Levas Vladimirovas

“…It is evident that during the 18th century, book collection and maintaining libraries was a matter of fashion among the noble families in Lithuania. …”
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Impacts of pseudomonas fluorescent bacterial fertilizer addition on the soil environment and fruit yield under water stress in greenhouse grape by Yanting Gao, Hongjuan Zhang, Rui Zhang, Zhen Huang, Changyu Yang

“…Bacterial community composition was closely related to soil total organic carbon (TOC), soil organic matter (SOM), total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), MBC, and sucrase, while fungi community composition was significantly related to Nitrate-N (NO3−-N), TN, and sucrase. …”
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Experimental Study of Closed System in the Chlorine Dioxide-Iodide-Sulfuric Acid Reaction by UV-Vis Spectrophotometric Method by Na Li, Laishun Shi, Xiaomei Wang, Fang Guo, Chunying Yan

“…The mole ratio r is equal to 1.00 is the changing point of the curve's shape no matter at which wavelength to determine the reaction. …”
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Valley-Hall slow-light waveguide states with dual-band in all-dielectric valley photonic crystals by Liu He, Jianquan Yao

“…The slow-light waveguide states protected by topology could be used in strengthening interaction between light and matter, so they can be used for realizing a lot of unique physical optics phenomena and interesting applications. …”
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A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Air Quality in California by Mauro Castelli, Fabiana Martins Clemente, Aleš Popovič, Sara Silva, Leonardo Vanneschi

“…The presented results demonstrate that SVR with RBF kernel allows us to accurately predict hourly pollutant concentrations, like carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, ground-level ozone, and particulate matter 2.5, as well as the hourly AQI for the state of California. …”
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Cerebral Aneurysms: A Rare Feature of Behçet's Disease—A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Samia Younes, Yosra Cherif, Narjes Mokni, Olfa Berriche, Baha Zantour, Amel Boughammoura, Mahbouba Frih-Ayed, Saida Jerbi, Mohamed Habib Sfar

“…MRI showed an ancient ischemic right capsulolenticular lesion, subacute white matter hypersignals of the left capsule lenticular region, and multiple arterial aneurysms. …”
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Floral Resources and Nesting Requirements of the Ground-Nesting Social Bee, Lasioglossum malachurum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), in a Mediterranean Semiagricultural Landscape by Carlo Polidori, Alice Rubichi, Valeria Barbieri, Luca Trombino, Marta Donegana

“…On the other side, the exploited soil was variable in soil granulometry (although always high in % of silt or sand) and it was moderately variable in content of organic matter and highly variable in vegetation cover. Creation of ground patches with these characteristics in proximity of both cultivated and natural flowering fields may successfully promote colonization of new areas by this bee.…”
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M1 and M2 Functional Imprinting of Primary Microglia: Role of P2X7 Activation and miR-125b by Chiara Parisi, Giulia Napoli, Pablo Pelegrin, Cinzia Volonté

“…At present, the mechanisms by which microglia actively participate to both toxic and neuroprotective actions in ALS constitute an important matter of research. Among the pathways involved in ALS-altered microglia responses, in previous works we have uncovered the hyperactivation of P2X7 receptor by extracellular ATP and the overexpression of miR-125b, both leading to uncontrolled toxic M1 reactions. …”
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Light Hydrocarbon Geochemistry: Insight into Mississippian Crude Oil Sources from the Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma, USA by Ibrahim Atwah, Stephen Sweet, John Pantano, Anthony Knap

“…Such compounds are indicative of the organic matter sources and stages of thermal maturity. Phenolic compounds varied dramatically based on geographic location, with some oil samples being depleted of phenols, while others are intact. …”
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Production of clusters and thin films of nitrides, oxides and carbides by pulsed laser ablation and deposition by S. Orlando, A. Paladini, A. Santagata, V. Marotta, G. P. Parisi, M. Satta, D. Scuderi, D. Catone, A. Giardini, A. Mele

“…A short introduction on the principles of laser-matter interaction, material evaporation, plume formation, its reactivity with suitable gases and finally deposition are here illustrated. …”
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Composting of municipal solid waste with microbial-inoculated biochar amendment: impact on process and end-product quality by Mohammad Javad Tahsini, Mahnaz Nikaeen, Farzaneh Mohammadi, Ahmadreza Taghipour, Meghdad Tahmasebi, Amir Hossein Nafez

“…The results demonstrated that piles amended with inoculated biochar exhibited higher levels of FDA hydrolytic activity and organic matter reduction, indicating enhanced microbial activity. …”
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Application of Chitosan Composite Flocculant in Tap Water Treatment by Awa Kangama, Defang Zeng, Xu Tian, Jinfu Fang

“…The chitosan is a good flocculant for tap water treatment because of its properties such as faster deposition rate and higher removal efficiency for COD (organic matter), SS (suspended solids), and metal ions. However, its high price limits the use in tap water treatment. …”
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Settlement and Release in European Legislation by V. V. Rasskazova

“…Since the current contractual practice demonstrates the active use of settlement and release construction by the parties of civil legal relations as one of the most flexible instruments of termination of an obligation, the issue of ensuring unity in the interpretation and practice of this legal institution remains relevant. The subject matter of this study is the norms of civil law of different Member States of the European Union, and the purpose is the study of the conceptual approaches of other states to the legislative consolidation of settlement and release structure, its recognition as one of the ways to terminate the obligation and specific features of the interpretation and application of this institution that will make it possible to enlarge the view on the essence and role of settlement and release within the system of grounds for the termination of civil obligation and national contractual practice. …”
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Possibilities for the Application of Low-Temperature Argon Plasma in the Treatment of Postoperative and Long-Term Non-Healing Wounds by S. A. Frolov, A. M. Kuzminov, D. V. Vyshegorodtsev, V. Yu. Korolik, N. V. Tuktagulov, M. A. Sukhina, I. A. Mukhin

“…Low-temperature argon plasma is an ionised gas, one of the four classical aggregate states of matter. Its therapeutic effect is achieved by means of the gas-dynamic effect, i.e. an argon flow with a high heat content and wide-spectrum recombination radiation — from the vacuum ultraviolet region to the near infrared range, as well as by means of the pronounced catalytic properties of gaseous argon, which is important for a number of biochemical reactions. …”
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Evaluation of the Potential for Dissolved Oxygen Ingress into Deep Sedimentary Basins during a Glaciation Event by Sergio A. Bea, Danyang Su, K. Ulrich Mayer, Kerry T. B. MacQuarrie

“…Furthermore, several geochemical attenuation mechanisms exist for O2, which is consumed by reactions with reduced mineral phases and solid organic matter (SOM). The modeling showed that effective oxidative mineral dissolution rates and SOM oxidation rates between 5 × 10−15 and 6 × 10−13 mol dm−3 bulk s−1 were sufficient to restrict the depth of O2 ingress to less than 200 m. …”
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