Russia and Spain in the mirror of journalistic discourse: metaphors and stereotypes by M. V. LARIONOVA

“…Larionova Russia and Spain in the mirror of journalistic discourse: metaphors and stereotypes In the information-oriented society mass media accomplish a key mission creating and consolidating in human minds national stereotypes defined as specific conceptual formations which contain established opinions, judgements referring to any nation. …”
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Recent advances in oblique plane microscopy by Kim Jeongmin

“…OPM is not only an excellent high-speed volumetric imaging platform by sweeping oblique lightsheet illumination without mechanically moving either the sample or objective lens in sample space, but also provides a solution for direct oblique plane imaging along any orientation of interest on the sample in a single shot. …”
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Principles of Stages of Legal Process by D. V. Slynko, L. I. Kalenichenko

“…The special principles, in turn, include principles that reflect the functional orientation of the types of legal process and determine the organizational features, specifics of means and methods of carrying out procedural activities at its individual stages. …”
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CARACTERISTICI ALE ELEVULUI MOTIVAT PENTRU SUCCESUL ȘCOLAR by USM ADMIN

“… Articolul prezintă rezultatele cercetării teoretico-aplicative a comportamentelor specifice elevului determinat să obțină performanțe școlare înalte la majoritatea disciplinelor școlare, dar și rezultate deosebite în activitățile orientate spre dezvoltarea personală. Aceste comportamente sunt generalizate într-un Profil al elevului motivat pentru succesul școlar ce include elemente componente precum autodisciplina, interes și claritate în stabilirea obiectivelor, adaptabilitate în gestionarea resurselor, perseverență în activitatea școlară, comunicare asertivă, reziliență emoțională, încredere și stimă de sine, autoevaluare obiectivă, dezvoltare personală și orientare profesională, autonomie și autoeducație. …”
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Enhancing caregiver resilience: A systematic review of interventions for chronic disease management by Saeedeh Mohammadi Saber, Behzad Rahimian

“…Quantitative data provides empirical support for the advantages of psychoeducation, mindfulness-based intervention, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based intervention, and strengthening family coping resources approach, supportive-educational program based on COPE (Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced) model and commitment therapy. …”
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Socio-psychological risks of different generations in the digitalisation of society by V. N. Voronin, M. V. Iontseva, L. Yu. Shuraeva

“…The essence of each of the five generations is analysed, starting from the older generation of Baby boomers and ending with the new generation of Alpha, their distinctive features, risk factors and value orientations. The authors propose possible ways to minimise the consequences of socio-psychological risks for each generation. …”
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Determinants of receiving government support by small and medium-sized enterprises in Russia by Iuliia N. Naidenova, Petr A. Parshakov, Aleksey O. Smirnov

“…At the second step, we found that the mention of certain goods or materials on the websites, the enterprise’s location and orientation towards foreign stakeholders were significantly related to the likelihood of getting state support. …”
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Providing a paradigmatic model of return on investment in the training of employees in the petrochemical industry by Mehdi Farahani, Seyyed Ali Akbar Ahmadi, Mohammad Tamimi

“…The results showed that the components of employee empowerment and process-oriented strategy are effective as necessary strategies and measures for the return of investment in employee training. …”
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Applied research note: Predicting carcass portion weights for purebred turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) lines using a 2D imaging system by Shai Barbut, Emily M. Leishman, Ryley J. Vanderhout, Benjamin J. Wood, Christine F. Baes

“…Although our breast meat models proved to be good, the thigh and drum models did not demonstrate a high correlation between observed and predicted weights probably due to the orientation of the image and any potential shifts made during image capture. …”
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Exploration on the Interaction Ability of Antitumor Compound Bis-[2,6-difluoro-N-(hydroxyl-<κ>O)benzamidato-<κ>O]dibutylitin(IV) with Human Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Recept... by Jiaqi Mai, Yunlan Li, Xiaozhi Qiao, Xiaoqing Ji, Qingshan Li

“…And the binding mode of DBDF2,6T into hPPARγ protein appeared to have an orientation towards residues of SER342 and GLY284. In conclusion, these methods could comprehensively reveal the interaction details of DBDF2,6T and the hPPARγ protein and established a feasible way to preliminarily identify the agonist compounds for the hPPARγ protein.…”
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Properties of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Thin Films and Solar Cells Deposited by Hybrid Process by S. Marsillac, H. Khatri, K. Aryal, R.W. Collins

“…Even though the films were relatively similar, the ones deposited by the hybrid process tend to have smaller grains with a slightly preferred orientation along the (112) axis and a rougher surface. …”
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An Improved EMD-Based Dissimilarity Metric for Unsupervised Linear Subspace Learning by Xiangchun Yu, Zhezhou Yu, Wei Pang, Minghao Li, Lei Wu

“…Firstly, the face image is divided into blocks with the specified size, and then we propose and extract pooled Histogram of Oriented Gradient (pHOG) over each block. Secondly, an improved Earth Mover’s Distance (EMD) metric is adopted to measure the dissimilarity between blocks of one face image and the corresponding blocks from the rest of face images. …”
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Weave structures of polyester fabric affect the tensile strength and microplastic fiber emission during the laundry process by Onchanok Juntarasakul, Pongsiri Julapong, Palot Srichonphaisarn, Thidarat Meekoch, Dao Janjaroen, Carlito Baltazar Tabelin, Theerayut Phengsaart

“…The grab and strip tests revealed that twill- and satin-woven fabrics exhibited higher tensile strengths in the warp direction compared to the weft orientation. In contrast, the plain weave structure showed similar tensile strengths in both warp and weft directions. …”
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Synthesis and crystal structure of anti-10-(4-cyanophenyl)-10,11,22,23-tetrahydro-9H,21H-5,8:15,12-bis(metheno)[1,5,11]triazacyclohexadecino[1,16-a:5,6-a′]diindole dichloromethane... by Koji Kubono, Keita Tani, Yukiyasu Kashiwagi

“…It adopts an anti-configuration, in which two carbazole rings are partially overlapped with a parallel orientation. The two carbazole ring systems are slightly bent, and the C atoms at the 3- and 1-positions show the largest deviations from the mean planes. …”
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A glaciotectonic landform in the Shyok valley, Trans-Himalayan Karakoram Range, India by Abdul Qayoom Paul, Harish Bahuguna, Parveen Kumar

“…The deformation fabric consistently shows a southeast orientation, indicating an advancing glacier motion from northwest to southeast. …”
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A Critical Review on the Book “Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty” by Hamid Reza Maghsoodi, Mohammad Javad Masoominia

“…The authors claim to have derived their theory with a historical approach and an inductive method, but in fact, by choosing oriented analytical and comparative methods and of course philosophical ones, they have presented an ideological reading of the history of countries and the quality of their development. …”
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Building a sustainable institutional model for ornamental fish farming export villages in Indonesia by Andiga Dompak B. Tarihoran, Musa Hubeis, Siti Jahroh, Nimmi Zulbainarni

“…Finally, based on the ISM results and expert opinion, we built an OFFEV model centred on export-oriented Village-Owned Enterprises or multi-party cooperatives.…”
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Experimental and Numerical Analyses of the Thermal Regime of a Traditional Embankment in Permafrost Regions by Qihang Mei, Ji Chen, Shouhong Zhang, Xin Hou, Jingyi Zhao, Jinchang Wang, Haiming Dang, Guojun Liu, Guilong Wu

“…The sunny-shady slope effect related to embankment orientation makes the distribution of permafrost temperature under embankment asymmetric. …”
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MRI-Based Quantification of Magnetic Susceptibility in Gel Phantoms: Assessment of Measurement and Calculation Accuracy by Emma Olsson, Ronnie Wirestam, Emelie Lind

“…The local magnetic field inside and around an object in a magnetic resonance imaging unit depends on the magnetic susceptibility of the object being magnetized, in combination with its geometry/orientation. Magnetic susceptibility can thus be exploited as a source of tissue contrast, and susceptibility imaging may also become a useful tool in contrast agent quantification and for assessment of venous oxygen saturation levels. …”
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Validation of Two MODIS Aerosols Algorithms with SKYNET and Prospects for Future Climate Satellites Such as the GCOM-C/SGLI by Jules R. Dim, Tamio Takamura, Akiko Higurashi, Pradeep Kathri, Nobuyuki Kikuchi, Takahashi Y. Nakajima

“…Potential improvements of aerosols algorithms for future climate-oriented satellites such as the coming Global Change Observation Mission Climate/Second generation Global Imager (GCOM-C/SGLI) are discussed based on a validation study of three years’ (2008–2010) daily aerosols properties, that is, the aerosol optical thickness (AOT) and the Ångström exponent (AE) retrieved from two MODIS algorithms. …”
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