Study on Millimeter-Wave Vivaldi Rectenna and Arrays with High Conversion Efficiency by Guan-Nan Tan, Xue-Xia Yang, Huan Mei, Zhong-Liang Lu

“…The receiving Vivaldi antenna loaded with metamaterial units has a high gain of 10.4 dBi at 35 GHz. A SIW- (substrate integrated waveguide-) to-microstrip transition is designed not only to integrate the antenna with the rectifying circuit directly but also to provide the DC bypass for the rectifying circuit. …”
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INVESTIGATING REASONS FOR RESISTANCE AMONG PROJECT AND GENERAL MANAGERS IN ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING IMPLEMENTATIONS by Amer Celjo, Azra Hanić, Marietta Kazalac

“… Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) primary goal is to connect all organizational units together under the single data base. It is intended to speed up all the processes and track all the actions easily. …”
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La migration clandestine mexicaine comme un crime : commentaires sur quelques effets de la loi SB. 1070 de l’État de l’Arizona by Philippe Schaffhauser

“…However this Act is to first practical consequence criminalize a type of migratory situation and then condemn the Mexican population which, according to social representations xenophobic, embodies “better” (i.e. tort of faces), the figure of the underground railroad to the United States. Be Mexican, in this country, eventually be the beginning of a misdemeanor or at least casts doubt on the migratory status of all nationals of the national community. …”
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At the Heart of the Vietnam War: Herbicides, Napalm and Bulldozers Against the A Lưới Mountains by Amélie Robert

“…Numerous herbicide sprayings and bombings, including napalm, struck the mountains and had a greater intensity than was the case in other landscape units. The US-South Vietnamese troops, which committed these practices, conducted a war against the enemy’s environment. …”
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Evaluation of China’s rural resource and environmental carrying capacity based on the ZI–CI–GI framework by Zhiyuan Ma, Xuejun Duan, Lei Wang, Yazhu Wang, Wei Yan, Haiyue Wang, Xiayi Ju

“…Out of 30,055 rural study units, 91.076% are in balance and surplus states, encompassing 90.044% of the population and 66.451% of the land. …”
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Healthcare Professional’s Perception of Patient Safety Measured by the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Julia Hiromi Hori Okuyama, Tais Freire Galvao, Marcus Tolentino Silva

“…Results. 59 studies with 755,415 practitioners surveyed were included in the review. 29 studies were conducted in the Asian continent and 11 in the United States. On average studies scored 9 out of 10 methodological quality score. …”
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Sedentarization of nomadic people and citizens’ perceptions in Djibouti by Bouh Omar Ali, Yutaka Ito, Shuichi Oyama, Sergio Azael May-Cuevas, Sawahiko Shimada, Yuki Yamamoto

“…Integrating these communities into sustainable development strategies should be a priority, aligning with the United Nations’ principle of ‘Leave no one behind,’ and is particularly critical for countries with arid regions. …”
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Language Training of Customs Affairs Specialists: International and Russian Experience by D. G. Korovyakovsky, T. Yu. Igumentseva, V. V. Volkova

“…The described international experience in the language training of customs affairs specialists in Australia, vietnam, Germany, China, Moldova, the United States of America allows to indicate its specificity, namely, a bias towards the development of bilingual competence, since a multicultural customs space requires a specialist to have the ability to conduct a dialogue, to know the cultural realities of a native and foreign language, to be able to realize this knowledge in direct communication with international partners.Russian experience of the language training of customs specialists is characterized, on the one hand, by the lack of regionalization and filling in the content of a foreign language on the basis of interdisciplinary integration with the content of the professional cycle disciplines, and on the other, by the widespread use of active teaching methods, information and communication technologies in teaching a foreign language, which positively affects the formation of readiness for professional intercultural communication.The authors conclude that a deeper study of the international experience of language training on the basis of comparative analysis is necessary in order to improve Russian training of a qualified customs specialist who is able to conduct effective professional activities in a foreign language environment.…”
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Research in compulsory drug detention centres in China: Characteristics and ethical considerations by Yazid Barhoush, Joseph J. Amon

“…More than 500 centres in China hold over 300,000 individuals in what has been described by the United Nations as unethical and ineffective compulsory treatment and rehabilitation centres. …”
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The Impact of Air Pollution on Disease Activity in Bullous Pemphigoid and Pemphigus by Ron Feldman, Emily F. Cole

“…In this study, we performed a retrospective cohort study of 115 patients with bullous pemphigoid and 152 patients with pemphigus from a university-based specialty clinic in the Southeastern United States. We compared standardized disease activity measures with inhalable particulate matter (particulate matter ≤2.5, particulate matter ≤10), ozone, atmospheric pollutants (sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide), and air quality index. …”
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Evolving Roles for International Social Work in Addressing Climate Change by Julie L. Nagoshi, Vijayan K. Pillai, Mashooq A. Salehin

“…Addressing this requires global cooperation, as exemplified by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 13, which focuses on climate action. …”
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Setting of residue definitions and toxicological reference values for ethiprole by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Sofia Batista Leite, Giulia Bellisai, Giovanni Bernasconi, Marco Binaglia, Luis Carrasco Cabrera, Irene Castellan, Anna Federica Castoldi, Arianna Chiusolo, Mathilde Colas, Federica Crivellente, Monica Del Aguila, Lucien Ferreira, Monica Fittipaldi Broussarad, Luna Greco, Frederique Istace, Samira Jarrah, Anna Lanzoni, Renata Leuschner, Jochem Louisse, Iris Mangas, Andrea Mioč, Stefanie Nave, Martina Panzarea, Juan Manuel Parra Morte, Hermine Reich, Simone Rizzuto, Silvia Ruocco, Alessia Pia Scarlato, Andrea Simonati, Marta Szot, Andrea Terron, Anne Theobald, Manuela Tiramani, Alessia Verani, Elena Zioga

“…Abstract In accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, the original evaluating Member State (EMS), the United Kingdom, received an application from Bayer CropScience to set an import tolerance for the non‐approved active substance ethiprole in rice. …”
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Where styles collide: the Western Carpathians in the Early Iron Age in the light of pottery analysis by Joanna A. Markiewicz

“…Instead of being assigned to specific cultural units, individual pottery assemblages from the Western Carpathians were described in terms of stylistic diversity. …”
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Geopolitical competition of great powers in the Arctic by E. S. Karsanova

“…The military presence has increased as well as the competing economic investments and political activity from significant political actors: Russia, China, and the United States of America. Now that all the great powers are investing in the Arctic, the concept of peace and cooperation is giving way to the concept of security and deterrence. …”
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Hydrothermal Synthesis and Characterization of Sodalite from Feldspar Mesawa Minerals by Ida Ifdaliah Amin, Abdul Wahid Wahab, Paulina Taba, Rino R. Mukti, Giovanno Alvin S, Bulkis Musa, Hijrah A. Azis

“…This research proves that the Mesawa feldspar mineral sample contains type 6 secondary building units, the same blocks as zeolite analcime and cancrinite, so it has the potential as an adsorbent for heavy metals and as a catalyst alternative …”
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Reflection in Practice as Source of Values: The Cross-cultural Creation of a Health-care Ethic in Post-Apartheid South Africa by Augustine Shutte

“…When the partners in dialogue have general recognition of one another (religions, countries, professional bodies, political parties), these values can provide materials for a Global Ethic (Parliament of the World’s Religions), that is constructed from the bottom up (the Oregon Plan), rather than by some public authority (the United Nations). This article provides grounds for this view by examining the practice of health-care in post-apartheid South Africa, and the co-reflection of scientific health-care professionals and traditional healers, that are part of constructing a new model for health-care that better serves the needs of all South Africans. …”
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Moda e economia criativa: políticas culturais no Brasil contemporâneo by Heloisa Helena de Oliveira Santos

“…This reflection led to a rapprochement with the discussions taking place at the international and especially supranational level – centrally in the agencies associated with the United Nations – on the creative economy: the area has gained ground in Brazil and sectors which hitherto were not considered as part of national cultural poli- cies became part of them. …”
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Experimental Analysis Using IoT-Based Smart Power Quality Analyzer System With Remote Data Access and GSM Alerting Mechanism by Balasubbareddy Mallala, Mohammad Faridun Naim Tajuddin, Sudhakar Babu Thanikanti, Rajasekhar Reddy Manyam

“…Internet of Things (IoT) is a potential technology to design Smart PQAs for remote monitoring and easy integration of the field information on the cloud platform using gateway units. This paper focuses on the development of a Smart PQA system using low-cost IoT hardware and software design solutions. …”
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Validation of System Dynamics Models – a Case Study by Justyna Lemke, Małgorzata Łatuszyńska

“…The authors focus their particular attention on that part of the model which deals with a storehouse, one of the company production units. They conduct tests of its structure and behavior. …”
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Queensland Fruit Fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) by Howard V. Weems, Jr., Thomas R. Fasulo

“…It is not established in the United States, but the extensive damage caused by the larvae of this fly in areas similar to Florida where it has become established indicates that this species could become a serious pest of pome and stone fruit crops, and possibly of citrus, if it were to become established in Florida. …”
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