Problems of decentralized disaster management in Indonesia: A review of local government failures by Fatkul Fikri Ahmad, Rustian, Afifuddin Mohammad, Ruswandi Dody, Susilo Rahardi Catur, Albright Sumange Andi

“…The causes are: (1) political will from local leaders related to disaster management is still weak; (2) local government budget allocation for disaster management is still low; (3) the low quality of human resources of LDMA apparatus. …”
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Transformation of the Russian economic model in the context of a changing world structure: prerequisites and principles by D. A. Zaitsev, Yu. V. Zvorykina, O. M. Pisareva

“…The methods of content and logical analysis, as well as general scientific methods of abstraction, generalization, and synthesis were used in the problem formulation within the framework of historical and systemic approach to studying complex issues and challenges characteristic of socio-economic formations development transitional periods. The political and economic aspects of the influence of the world structure transformation on the tasks and foundations of the national state economic mechanism adaptation have been considered. …”
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Between Technological Innovation and Pagan Tradition: The Representation of Lithuania in Contemporary German Travel Literature by Aleksej Burov, Tomas Vytautas Kotovičius

“…On the other hand, however, they portray an economically underdeveloped and politically unstable country with a generally disgruntled population. …”
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الکتب التى صادرتها محاکم التفتیش فى اوربا 1834 – 385 میلادیة : دراسة تاریخیة ببلیومتریة by د. محمد خمیس الحباطى

“…A study aimed at dealing with books confiscated by the Inquisition inEurope, This is by drawing on the historical method, to determine the impact ofthe intellectual renaissance on the Church in Europe, In addition, the Inquisitionwas dealt with in terms of its concept, origin, composition, and Places of itsspread, As well as using the method of bibliographic research to determine thegeneral features of books confiscated by the Inquisition in Europe, In addition todefining the role of the Inquisition in controlling intellectual production, As well aslearn about lists of prohibited books, The fate of the Inquisition, The resultsindicated that the Inquisition paralyzed the scientific movement of the entirenation, Also, the books confiscated by the Inquisition amounted to 209 books for(137) authors during the period from the twelfth century until the twentieth centuryA.D. in various subjects, including: Religious writings and books that offend publicmodesty, and political writings focused on freedoms, Philosophical writings,literary and artistic writings in poetry, music, novels and plays, In addition to theproliferation of the Inquisition in various places in Europe, such as: Spain 1478,France 1329, Portugal 1547, and in Italy in the late sixteenth century CE inAquileia, Naples and Venice, Also in Andalusia, beginning in 1501 CE, when thedecree issued to burn all Islamic books was issued.…”
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NIGERIA’S INTRACTABLE CRISIS OF NATIONAL INSECURITY AND THE RESPONSE OF THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES by Sunday Owen, ABANG PhD, ADEYEMI-SUENU, Adebowale(PhD)

“…Currently, all the six geo-political zones in Nigeria have witnessed serious security threats ranging from kidnapping to armed robbery, ritual killings, banditry, cultism, cattle rustling, herdsmen-farmers clashes, and wanton destruction of properties. …”
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Global Democratic World Order: Utopia or Reality? by An. A. Gromyko, Al. A. Gromyko

“…A growing chaos in international relations in recent years has provoked an intense debate in political, expert and academic communities on the future of a world order in the 21st century. …”
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THE PROBLEM OF THE NEW VULNERABILITIES OF THE RUSSIAN SOCIETY by S. A. Kravchenko

“…Respectively, the formation of the general strategy of the new stage in development of Russia has to assume the active interaction of political elite with scientific community from which, in turn, the new theoretical and methodological tools, capable to cope with the arisen problems are demanded.…”
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Asking and answering: A contrastive study of English and Swedish basic communication verbs by Åke Viberg

“…The senses of ask are primarily distributed between two verbs in Swedish: fråga ‘ask a question’ and be ‘request (politely)’ but even some verbs with more specific meanings are involved. …”
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THE ROLE OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL IN MAINTAINING PEACE by I. N. Shcherbak

“…The functions of Military Staff Committee should be expanded and the process of consultations within the “P-5” Group should be reviewed with emphasis on taking political decisions on the basis of consensus.…”
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Creating meaning: Developing students’ understanding of Indigenous community issues in prose class by Sri Sumaryani, Imas Istiani, Lutfi Ashar Mauludin, Almira Irwaniyanti Utami

“…This study investigated the significance of discussing a literary work written by an Indigenous American author to students’ general understanding of the socio-cultural, economic, and political issues of the Indigenous communities (ICs) in Indonesia. …”
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Measuring Information Systems Project Complexity: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach by Nazeer Joseph, Carl Marnewick

“…Complexity has emerged as the new norm in the 21st century, and IS projects play a significant role in organisations to address various socio-political concerns. The purpose of this paper is to understand what are the relevant constructs for measuring IS project complexity. …”
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Les choix de facturation du commerce international : état des lieux, déterminants, inertie de la monnaie by Adrien Faudot

“…Three approaches dealt with the subject, each with its distinct methodology, and can therefore be analyzed comparatively : the standard macroeconomic approach, the institutionalist approach, and the international political economy approach. The main result of this thesis is that preference for the US dollar cannot be explained exclusively by the instrumental approaches of money which usually prevail in international macroeconomics : their contributions are useful but inadequate as they envision money primarily as a tool for maximizing individual utilities. …”
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The functions of еру modal verb «should» in the corpus ice-gb by R. Y. Abbasov

“…Genderwise, men's speech contains a few more polite formulae that show more consideration for the interlocutor which is generally considered to be typical of women's speech; on the other hand, there is some proof that phrases constructed by men are perceived as more aggressive. …”
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Centre-periphery circulation patterns in Ghana’s print media landscape: exploring the underlying determinants by Jacob Nyarko

“…Since there are not enough studies that explore the circulation of print media under Ghana’s fourth republic to show its circulation patterns, this article analyses print distribution figures and views sourced from newspaper firms to examine the situation within the participatory communication and the political economy of the media frameworks. It uncovers that a few newspaper firms have regional offices but do not print in those locations. …”
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Delineating the environmental justice implications of an experimental cheetah introduction project in India by Yashendu C. Joshi, Stephanie E. Klarmann, Stephanie E. Klarmann, Louise C. de Waal

“…Conservationists, particularly from India and South Africa, have raised concerns regarding the ecological criteria guiding its decision-making and concerns regarding a lack of scientific evidence in addition to potential political motivations. The concerns raised by the international community suggest that the project may not solely focus on conserving the African cheetah, which is classified as “Vulnerable” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), but could be guided by other agendas outside of conservation. …”
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Encadrer des thèses : d’abord, ne pas nuire. (2) Diriger c’est enseigner by Myriam Houssay-Holzschuch, Renaud Le Goix, Camille Noûs

“…The many dysfunctions that exist within the supervising relationship call us to action, ethically and politically. Starting from concrete cases, and situations we encountered, we therefore try to build a pedagogical and professional proposal, to provide resources and a normative horizon for advising work. …”
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Psychological mechanisms of group influence on individual behavior by S. A. Ganat

“…Digital platforms influence on the political activity of young people has been studied, which emphasizes the increasing role of online communications in shaping group behavior. …”
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The Taxation of Agriculture in the European Union Countries by Kinga Gruziel, Małgorzata Raczkowska

“…The form of individual tax systems results from numerous economic, social and political circumstances. Special tax treatment of agriculture is expressed through tax construction elements, e.g. right to deduct the value of generated loss or investment expenditure from taxable income.…”
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The Iceberg Model of Change: A taxonomy differentiating approaches to change by Christian A. Mahringer, Laura Schmiedle, Lisa Albicker, Simone Mayer

“…The objectification approach treats processes of change as things with symbolic properties, which can be used to steer societal and political discourse, reveal thematic relationships across studies, and emphasize the significance of work. …”
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Integration Dilemma within the Eurasian Space in the Context of the Ukrainian Crisis by A. A. Durdyeva

“…The dilemma of integration is a political phenomenon, a regular and predictable. Ukrainian crisis, which has become a litmus test of conflict of representations of the CIS countries on the extent and depth of their involvement in the processes of regional integration , most clearly outlined the presence of such dilemma within the CIS. …”
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