Green Monetary Policy Measures and Central Bank Mandates: A Comparative Political Economy Analysis by Susana Matos Rosa

“…Among other reasons, the adoption of green monetary policy measures can conflict with the primary monetary policy goals, compromise the political independence of central banks, and raise questions about the legitimacy and increased power of some of these banks. …”
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ISDS Reform UNCITRAL: Implications For Indonesian Investment Policy by Garuda Wiko, Fatma Muthia Kinanti

“…Some of the issues that have been identified in relation to the current ISDS mechanism include lack of consistency and predictability of arbitral awards by ISDS forums, lack of independence and impartiality of arbitrators, cost and duration of proceedings, and third-party financing. …”
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Mirror therapy to reduce phantom limb pain. Systematic review by Jesús Sánchez Lozano, Sandra Martínez Pizarro

“…This is a method that patients can practice independently, improving self-control. It is safe, economical and easy to use.…”
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Skipping Breakfast Is Associated with Hypertension in Adults: A Meta-Analysis by Zishuo Li, Hongli Li, Qin Xu, Yanli Long

“…Pooled results showed that skipping breakfast was independently associated with hypertension in these populations (adjusted odds ratio (OR): 1.20, 95% confidence interval: 1.08 to 1.33, P<0.001) with no significant heterogeneity (I2 = 0%). …”
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Effects of jigsaw learning strategy integrated with computer simulations on gender differences in students’ achievement and attitude in learning chemistry by Shimelis Kebede Kekeba

“…The study involved three intact classes: one using conventional methods (CM) and two experimental groups implementing JLSICS and the jigsaw learning strategy (JLS) independently. The sample consisted of 144 participants aged over 15. …”
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Maintaining autonomy: How older persons with chronic conditions and their significant others interpret, navigate, and overcome everyday difficulties by Thomas Ballmer, Brigitte Gantschnig

“…We then transcribed the interviews verbatim and thematically analysed them.Results We generated the three closely interrelated themes struggling not to lose control, a shifting balance between resources and environmental challenges, and negotiating independence and interdependence. Participants interpreted the difficulties they faced as multicausal. …”
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Social activities of non-governmental organizations in relation to families with children by R. M. Sadykov, N. L. Bolshakova, R. H. Khamadeeva

“…The article considers the social activities of non-governmental organizations in relation to families with children in the context of the modernization of the system of social services for the population, which is aimed at encouraging citizens to independently overcome life difficulties. The paper analyses the social activities of commercial and non-profit organizations, innovative technologies, the quality and variety of services provided to families in need. …”
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Adaptive Neural Network Control for Industrial Optical Tweezers With Uncertain Closed Architecture by Gulam Dastagir Khan, Ibrahim Al-Naimi

“…By integrating an external feedback loop that operates independently of the inner control architecture, our approach offers flexibility for design adjustments and facilitates advanced control actions. …”
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Coexistence of T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma and Ichthyosis Vulgaris: A Case Report by Şule Çalışkan Kamış, Begül Yağcı

“…The mechanisms of their formation are different, and they can occur independently. Rare genetic syndromes or inherited diseases can cause different health problems, such as lymphoma and ichthyosis, to occur together.…”
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Dynamic Simulation on Deflagration of LNG Spill by Biao Sun, Kaihua Guo, Vishnu K. Pareek

“…A large-scale deflagration fire during LNG bunkering process was conducted using the model to investigate the flame development and overpressure effects. Mesh independence and time scale were tested in order to obtain the suitable grid resolution and time step. …”
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Evolution of Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Debt Security by Kirov Bohdan S.

“…In particular, debt security is proposed to be considered as the optimal level of debt burden, which allows to maintain sustainable socioeconomic development of the State, forming domestic demand and the necessary unshakable level of independence of the State. Excessive debt accumulation can lead to serious economic problems, such as rising borrowing costs, credit rating downgrades, and economic downturns. …”
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Principles of Interaction between the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine and Other Law Enforcement Agencies by I. I. Baidyuk

“…The author has revealed the content of such principles of interaction of the Border Guard Service with other law enforcement agencies as: the rule of law, legality, respect and observance of human and citizen rights and freedoms, equality of the subjects of interaction, scientific nature, planning, personal responsibility of the management and employees of the subjects of interaction for its results, combination of open, secret and conspiratorial forms and methods of activity, promptness and professionalism of the employees of the subjects of interaction, coherence of actions of the subjects of interaction and independence of each of them within their powers. The author has offered to classify the principles of interaction of the Border Guard Service with other law enforcement agencies, by dividing them into general and special ones.…”
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Exploration of the Motivational Factors that Influence the Maintenance of Health by Misha Choudry, Latha Ganti

“…Common themes from free responses included longevity, quality of life, personal well-being, family, independence, prevention of complications, health goals, finances, and faith, listed by frequency. …”
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Recent progress in the security evaluation of multivariate public‐key cryptography by Yasuhiko Ikematsu, Shuhei Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Takagi

“…In particular, the authors provide a detailed description of the complexity analysis for solving the bi‐graded polynomial systems studied independently by Nakamura et al. and Smith‐Tone et al., and then expound the rectangular MinRank attack against Rainbow proposed by Beullens.…”
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State influence on the formation of legal culture under martial law: the experience of Ukraine by Viktoriia Polishchuk, Olena Chomakhashvili, Kateryna Shvets, Ivan Hafych, Olena Nadiienko

“…Under the conditions of a full-scale invasion of a neighboring state on the territory of Ukraine, an understanding of the reasons for military aggression against Ukraine, opposition to a totalitarian regime, injustice and the struggle for independence is formed. Such factors definitely affect the general formation of the legal culture of the population of Ukraine. …”
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Zwischen dem Gedenken und der Ideologisierung der Kämpfe der Legionen in den Ostkarpaten in der polnischen Literatur der Zwischenkriegszeit by Jagoda Wierzejska

“…Additionally, they portrayed Poles in military entourage and the Hutsuls as their helpers in the fight for Poland’s independence, and then for maintaining Polish order on the South-Eastern outskirts of the country. …”
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A Holistic Look at Minimizing Adverse Environmental Impact Under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act by John A. Veil, Markus G. Puder, Debra J. Littleton, Nancy Johnson

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A população negra e o acesso à educação nas prisões brasileiras by Andréa Alves Pinto, Roberto da Silva

“…Nesse espaço, a educação enfrenta muitos desafios: a quantidade insuficiente de vagas oferecidas, as decisões políticas de governos, as gestões prisionais e até a própria sociedade que compreende a educação nas prisões como um privilégio (ainda que seja um direito que independe da condição de privação de liberdade do sujeito). …”
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Effect of the modified snorkel mask as noninvasive ventilatory support in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19 by Raul Montalvo, Eyner Castro, Janet Rojas, Carlos Camargo, Carina Ninahuanca

“…ROX index < 4.8, consolidation-type tomographic pattern, and the presence of complications, such as bacterial pneumonia or thromboembolism, were independently associated with a higher risk of noninvasive ventilation failure with snorkels…”
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Research on Mechanical Behavior of Geogrid–Soil Interface Under Rainfall Infiltration by Yongliang Lin, Yingying Wang

“…A series of monotonic direct shear tests under different working conditions were carried out to analyze the effects of normal stresses, shear rates and infiltration time on the shear characteristics of the geogrid–soil interface, and to investigate the interaction mechanism of the geogrid–soil interface under rainfall infiltration by means of an independently adapted experimental apparatus to simulate the actual rainfall infiltration situation. …”
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