The Mountainous Ecosystems of the Western Frigian High Tell in Tunisia: Dynamics of the Population and Wastelands by Hamza Ayari

“…Wastelands, a feature that has prevailed predominately in the mountainous landscapes of the Tunisian High Tell in 2018, has been a source of conflicts between the residents and the forestall administration in the colonial and the national period since the end of the 19th century. …”
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The Ariege ‘Refuge’: Advantage and Diversity of a Host Topography by William Berthomière, Christophe Imbert

“…Alexander von Humboldt wrote that ‘the arrangement of mountains… divide the surface of the earth into basins or vast cirques…and influence the range of cultures, habits, institutional forms and national hates’ (Debarbieux, 2012, p.13). While this formulation may seem outdated, von Humboldt’s reflection remarkably still resonates more than a century and a half later with recent events in mountainous areas affected by European migration policies and border control. …”
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Survey research in practical theology and congregational studies by C. Hermans, W. J. Schoeman

“…Surveys make a valuable contribution to congregational studies, as they provide a quantitative perspective on congregational life and its context. National and local demographics are an important part of the positioning and ecology of a congregation. …”
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Research and Implementation of SVDU Simulator Based on Emulation Technology by Yanqun Wu, Mingxing Liu, Qi Chen, Xu Zhang, Xufeng Tian, Yu Zhang, Meiyuan Chen

“…In order to meet the needs of nuclear power safety-level digital control system (DCS), like designing verification, operator training, and accidental drills, for the SVDU in the NASPIC platform developed independently by China National Nuclear Corporation, a virtual embedded system technology based on the micro x86 industrial host is proposed to make software simulation to the SVDU physical controller with exactly the same hardware appearance of the original one. …”
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Mycobacterial Infections in AIDS by A Ross Hill

“…Given the expanding pool of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seropositive persons, particularly in developing nations where Mycobacterium tuberculosis remains a leading health problem, one can expect a continued rise in TB cases during the 1990s. …”
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Patterns of Democracy Matter in the COVID-19 Crisis by Nils C. Bandelow, Patrick Hassenteufel, Johanna Hornung

“…In what way does the national institutional setting, particularly federalism and centralization, contribute to decision-making? …”
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Insights into Fertility Variability in Africa: A Path Toward Achieving the SDGs by Nelson Doe Dzivor, Alice C. Mensah, Edith Mensah, Moses Odamtten

“…Conclusion: The insight provided by this study is a necessary tool for policymakers to design demographic interventions that align with regional realities and contribute to progress toward achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).…”
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Assumptions vs the reality – a case study on developing writing in a foreign language at the level of early school education in Poland and Lithuania by Paula Budzyńska, Gerda Mazlaveckiene

“… The study aims at providing a potential answer to the question about the extent to which selected currently available ELTs for early school education in Poland and Lithuania allow developing pupils’ writing skills in English described in the most recent academic studies and official regulations at both European (e.g. the CEFR Volume Companion) and national level (e.g. the Core Curriculain the countries in question). …”
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Globalização da economia e reestruturação produtiva: as repercussões sociais das novas configurações do trabalho by Noêmia Lazzareschi

“…Globalization of economy and productive restructuring have revolutionized the worlds of work, which attended the dismantling national and international labor markets and saw new working relationships emerge and consolidate - outsourcing, temporary work contracts, part-time work, work from home, banked hours, service contracts - and new professional skills that caused significant repercussions on the union movement and workers' life. …”
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Transformation of the French external cultural policy concept at the turn of the century by S. I. Kosenko

“…The modern concept of the French cultural diplomacy was a result of a long historic evolution in the framework of the traditional action of its governors aimed at protection of cultural identity and national interests of their country. From its genesis in the Middle Ages in the form of voluntary acts by its Monarchs and further by Republican Presidents this very concept was never translated into a basic programmatic document. …”
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Alcohol and Drug Use During Adolescence: Problems and Solutions that Youth Professionals Need to Know by Kate Fogarty, Mark A. Brennan

“…Statistics on the problem at a national and local level, solutions at the community and family levels, and implications for extension programming will be discussed. …”
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Confronting Race Head-on in 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen, 2013): Redefining the Contours of the Classic Biopic? by Anne-Marie Paquet-Deyris

“…By reconsidering the classic biopic/historical film, this article examines how the movie relocates America’s problems with race at the very heart of the national debate and offers a “post-post-racial” screen model that directly confronts race history.…”
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Les élections européennes de 2014 : une analyse comparative des résultats aux échelles nationale et régionale by Christian Vandermotten, Pablo Medina Lockhart

“…Some regional conclusions appear, as for the political patterns in the main metropolitan areas, but the maps remain mainly a collection of national patterns. At the European scale, the explicit agreement to the ruling forms of the European construction gathers only a quarter of the potential voters, significantly less than in 2009. …”
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Hurricane Preparation: A Q&A Guide to Water and Food Safety and Quality by Amy H. Simonne, Ronald Schmidt

“…Answers for each question have been prepared by using resources from UF/IFAS, federal agencies and other reputable sources including Talking About Disaster: Guide for Standard Messages (National Disaster Education Coalition, NDEC, 2004). …”
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Assessment of Health Consequences of Prolonged Ozone Pollution as a Disaster on Urban Communities in Central-Western Part of Kano State, Nigeria by Y. F. Musa, F. Sulaiman, A. B. Usman

“…The concentrations of the pollutant are not significantly different and exceed the permissible standards (0.06 ppm) set by the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA). …”
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La délicate existence locale de l’adaptation aux changements climatiques : avec, sans, ou à côté de l’atténuation by François Bertrand, Elsa Richard

“…This article aims to explore and discuss these tensions between, on the one hand these representations and, on the other hand, the practices observed at national and local level. It seeks in particular to better understand how adaptation is built and exists at local levels and to suggest ways for better integration of adaptation with the rest of local action. …”
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Synoptic analysis and satellite monitoring dust phenomenon in Kermanshah province in 1987-2010 (case study: wide spread dust in 17 and 18 June 2009) by kamal omidvar, nesa sepandar

“…Then data from different bar levels were taken from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Organization (NCEP / NCAR) database and maps were plotted in the Grads software. …”
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Optimization of College Students’ Employment Prosperity Index System Based on Multiple Logit Models by Wei Xiang, Weizhen Hu

“…EPI (employment prosperity index) is a weather vane that reflects the situation of the labor market, and it is also an important reference for the national economic situation. This paper constructs college students’ EPI from different aspects, such as employment environment, employability, employment status, and public service, focuses on the calculation method of college students’ EPI, and obtains the general formula for calculating college students’ EPI. …”
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Efficiency in Microfinance Cooperatives by HARTARSKA, Valentina, NADOLNYAK, Denis, SHEN, Xuan

“…In recognition of cooperatives’ contribution to the socio-economic well-being of their participants, the United Nations has declared 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives. …”
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Entre convergences et divergences : la communauté haïtienne de Montréal by Ariane Cyr

“…In Canada, multiculturalism which was officially adopted in 1971 has been debated for several years, mainly as regards the consequences of excessive pluralism and the free expression of ethnic differences on the national cohesion and on the coherence of citizenship. …”
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