Authoritarianism vs Democracy as a Key Contradiction in Approaching the Study of Political Leadership by Ilya E. Strelets

“…This makes it possible to move away from the incorrect assessment of a leader according to the model of democrat vs autocrat towards the development of an analytically oriented method. Since at present in the West it is customary to consider ‘democracy’ the political system in those states that correspond to the WEIRD category, then the form of government in other regions can be characterized by representatives of the West as autocracy, regardless of the election system, regulations for the exercise of power, its change and other factors. …”
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Exploring benefits of a collaborative Scottish university-organization alternative credentials approach to re-skilling by Christopher J. M. Smith, Constantinos Choromides, Alicia Clyde, Fiona Stewart-Knight

“…Nine semi-structured interviews (with both learning providers and university employees) were inductively analyzed using a two-cycle thematic analysis approach to determine themes.ResultsThe SCQF guidance and the business-orientated nature of Scottish universities in credit-rating of learning were highlighted as an important enabler for this alternative form of credentialed learning to being possible. …”
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An assessment strategy for the employability of HRM graduates in South Africa by Tendency Beretu, Warren P. Charles

“…Orientation: The unemployment problem in South Africa has been explored from both supply and demand perspectives, but there is a gap in understanding industry expectations on graduate competence and market readiness. …”
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El régimen jurídico para el apalancamiento financiero en las micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas en Cuba. Retos para el escenario jurídico cubano by Reynier Limonta Montero

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Emotional labour, burnout and work engagement amongst service centre employees in South Africa by Amanda Erasmus, Elrie Oosthuysen

“…Orientation: Transforming public service delivery is crucial for the South African government. …”
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CROSS-CULTURAL ASPECTS OF METAPHORICAL FRAMING IN POLITICAL DISCOURSE by T. V. Andryukhina

“…Along with admitting a wide discrepancy between metaphorical models in western and oriental political discourse, the author gives some examples of metaphorical coherence as well as its violation in a number of basic metaphors in American, British and Russian political discourse. …”
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Socio-sexual norms and young people's sexual health in urban Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan: A qualitative scoping review. by Prima Alam, Leesa Lin, Nandan Thakkar, Abhi Thaker, Cicely Marston

“…The body of research fails to include experiences of young people with diverse gender, sexual orientation, and sex characteristics.…”
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Frontal sinus variation in extant species of the genera Pan, Gorilla and Homo by Antoine Balzeau, Lou Albessard-Ball, Anna Maria Kubicka, Camille Noûs, Laura T. Buck

“…We suggest that the more vertical orientation of the H. sapiens frontal bone, its reduced thickness, the reduction of the supraorbital tori and the increased influence of the frontal lobes appear to have modified the integration between the skull, brain and sinuses in the frontal region in our species compared to our nearest extant relatives. …”
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Pro-Peace vs. Pro-War Conceptualizations in the Language of Hungarian Propaganda by Marcin Grygiel

“…As a result of this specialized communication process, the language of propaganda is function-oriented and its focus is always put on the objectives that are to be achieved. …”
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Retracted: Application and Practice of VR Virtual Education Platform in Improving the Quality and Ability of College Students by Qian Zhang, Ke Wang, Sheng Zhou

“…The experimental results show that the traditional course learning is still the main mode of quality-oriented education in Colleges and universities, but lectures, publicity and social practice are also used to educate students, but the proportion is not very high. …”
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The Arab world on the verge of the energy transition: Challenges, ambitions, and limits to growth by A. O. Filonik, V. N. Baturina

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Acute Rheumatic Fever: Findings of a Hospital-Based Study and an Overview of Reported Outbreaks by Upton D Allen, Michael Braudo, Stanley E Read

“…The most frequently affected ethnic groups were Italians 23%, Afro-Canadians 19% and Orientals 8%. The reported outbreaks in the United States are multifocal and predominantly confined to white middle class children residing in suburban/rural communities. …”
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Competition between microstructure and defect in multiaxial high cycle fatigue by F. Morel, R. Guerchais, N. Saintier

“…In order to account for the variability of the microstructure in the predictions of the macroscopic fatigue limits, several configurations of crystalline orientations, crystal aggregates and defects are studied. …”
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Central Asia, Euro-centrism and Colonialism by N. T. Nurulla-Khodzhaeva

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Wind Tunnel Tests of Wind-Induced Snow Distribution for Cubes with Holes by Xintong Jiang, Zhixiang Yin, Hanbo Cui

“…Firstly, the quality of a small low-speed wind tunnel flow field was tested, and then the effects of hole orientation (hole located on the windward side, leeward side, and other vertical sides) and absence of holes on the surface of a single cube were studied. …”
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Déterminants de la pratique régulière de l’activité physique et sportive dans la ville de Ouagadougou. by Salfo ILBOUDO, Brigitte NANA, Adama TIAMA, Daouda OUATTARA, Florent SONGNABA

“…Ils contribueront à orienter les pouvoirs publics vers des politiques sportives plus concrètes. …”
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Microstructural, mechanical and thermodynamic properties ınvestigation of the novel rare earth-free multicomponent Mg-15Al-8Ca-3Zn-2Ba alloy by Türe Y.

“…The indentation test also revealed that the stress transfer to the Al2Ca laves phase is possible, depending on the orientation of the slip plane between the matrix and the Al2Ca phase. …”
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TO THE QUESTION OF RELEVANCE OF FORMATION VERBAL COMPETENCES OF STUDENTS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY by Elena N. Ryabinova, Larisa A. Marchenkova

“…The traditional content of the humanitarian disciplines taught at technical universities is de-prived of a professional orientation and doesn't consider feature of engineering activity. …”
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A GIS-based on application of Monte Carlo and multi-criteria decision-making approach for site suitability analysis of solar-hydrogen production: Case of Cameroon by Fotsing Metegam Isabelle Flora

“…The study employs ten criteria across technical (Global Horizontal Irradiance, temperature, slope, elevation, orientation), economic (distance from transportation and electrical networks), and social (population density, proximity to residential areas) factors. …”
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Screening for Hypertension in adolescents living with HIV: Protocol for a cluster randomized trial to improve guideline adherence. by Raphael Adu-Gyamfi, Juliana Enos, Kwame Yeboah, Veronika Shabanova, Nicola Hawley, Deda Alangea Ogum, Adwoa Agyei Nkansah, Elijah Paintsil, Kwasi Torpey

“…The ART staff of intervention facilities will receive a multicomponent theory of planned behaviour-based intervention. This will include orientation on hypertension risk among ADLHIV, provision of job aids and pediatric sphygmomanometers. …”
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