BIRTH-MARKS OF RUSSIAN MENTALITY AND THE CULTURE OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS by A. P. Liferov

“…It is shown that Russian mentality and business, nurtured on the boarder-line between Western and Eastern cultures, possess a dual character. …”
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Rethinking Eurovision Song Contest as a Clash of Cultures by Zeynep Merve ŞIVGIN

“…It is claimed in this study that Turkey’s position in Eurovision Song Contest offers a view of the “cultural struggle” towards Western civilization since the beginning of the modernization process. …”
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CROSS-CULTURAL ASPECTS OF METAPHORICAL FRAMING IN POLITICAL DISCOURSE by T. V. Andryukhina

“…The article examines cross-cultural aspects of metaphorical framing in political discourse. …”
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The influence of language and culture on a South African corporate by Nirvana Bechan, Ronelda Visser

“…The study was conducted in the context of the ABSA financial institution in the Western Cape. The authors conducted a series of interviews with management-level employees who speak Afrikaans, English and Xhosa as home languages, in an attempt to ascertain the extent of the influence of individual cultures on perceptions and actions in corporate society. …”
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Assessing the Potential of Cultural Tourism Development in Kabale District by Simon, Otebwa

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Lesion Distribution and Epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis in Elk and White-Tailed Deer in South-Western Manitoba, Canada by Todd K. Shury, Doug Bergeson

“…Surveillance for Mycobacterium bovis in free-ranging elk (Cervus elaphus) and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from south-western Manitoba was carried out from 1997 to 2010 to describe the lesions, epidemiology, and geographic distribution of disease. …”
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Food manipulation and processing in wild western gorillas of Central African Republic: implications for studying behavioural variability by Shelly Masi, Ellen JM Meulman, Françoise Aubaile, Sabrina Krief, Angelique Todd, Emanuelle Pouydebat

“…Such manipulative abilities may induce fine-grain inter-individual variability in food-manipulation techniques and, when such techniques are socially transmitted, greater cultural diversity. Frame by frame video analysis (31 hours; 10 months during 2008–2009) of a habituated group (Number of individuals = 13) of western gorillas at Bai Hokou, Central African Republic, was used to investigate, food-manipulation strategies for different food types (e.g. leaves, stems, fruits), for the first time in this species. …”
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Assessment of the Effect of Flooding on Agricultural Lands in Kaharo Sub-County of Kabale District South Western Uganda. by Nyakiti, Dorcas Awino

“…The purpose of this study was therefore assessment of the effects of flooding on agricultural lands in Kaharo sub county of Kabale district south western Uganda. The study was guided by the specific objectives which include investigating the causes of flooding on agricultural lands in Kaharo sub county, establishing the effects of flooding on agricultural lands in Kaharo sub county, and assessing the possible solutions to the effects of flooding on agricultural lands in Kaharo sub county of Kabale district south western Uganda. …”
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Early Neolithic Culture of Baraba Forest Steppe: issues and features by Vyacheslav I. Molodin

“…The culture appears to be autochthonous, but its western and southwestern relations are clearly recorded.…”
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Effect of COVID-19 on the cultural identity of the Amazonian indigenous Waorani by Aldrin Espín-León, María Luisa Pertegal-Felices, Antonio Jimeno-Morenilla, Juan Guzmán-Montalvo

“…The indigenous peoples of the Amazon have experienced changes in cultural identity due to Western colonisation, contact with other cultures, migration, and pandemics. …”
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Des cultures temporaires face à la forêt classée by Sébastien Caillault, Daniel Delahaye, Aziz Ballouche

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Traditional funeral and burial rituals and Ebola outbreaks in West Africa: A narrative review of causes and strategy interventions by Chulwoo Park

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No culture shock? Addressing the Achilles heel of modern Bible translations by S. J. Joubert

“…Since all biblical documents linguistically embody socio-religious meanings derived from ancient Mediterranean societies, they also need to be experienced as different, even alien, by modern readers. Without an initial culture shock in encountering a Bible translation modern people are held prisoners by Western translations of the Bible. …”
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Inculcating of sasak local cultural values in learning at elementary school by Aswasulasikin Aswasulasikin, Dina Fadilah, Yul Alfian Hadi

“…As the results, Elementary school students are more familiar with various types of Indian and western dance and food rather than their their own culture.…”
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Irisin Exerts Neuroprotective Effects on Cultured Neurons by Regulating Astrocytes by Kexin Wang, Hongyan Li, Hongxing Wang, Jun-hui Wang, Feng Song, Yu Sun

“…To explore the protein expression changes, Western blot and ELISA assays were used in these in vitro cell culture models. …”
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Antimicrobial resistance characterization of Staphylococcus aureus from different animal food origins in Jimma, South Western Ethiopia by Diriba Taddese, Mukarim Abdurahaman, Motuma Debelo, Eshetu Shumi, Gelana Urgessa, Dase Kefyalew, Moa Melaku, Tadele Kebeta, Gazali Abafaji

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Participatory research towards the control of snakebite envenoming and other illnesses in a riverine community of the Western Brazilian Amazon. by Alícia Patrine Cacau Santos, Evellyn Antonieta Rondon Tomé Silva, Hiran Sátiro Souza da Gama, Jady Shayenne Mota Cordeiro, Ana Paula Silva Oliveira, Jéssica Albuquerque Araújo, Rafaela Nunes Dávila, Hélio Afonso Amazonas Júnior, Altair Seabra Farias, Jacqueline Almeida Gonçalves Sachett, Vinícius Azevedo Machado, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Felipe Leão Gomes Murta

“…<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>This study was conducted in Limeira, a riverine community located in Tabatinga, in the extreme Western Brazilian Amazonia, on the borders with Peru and Colombia. …”
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Selective cultivation of bacterial strains with lipolytic and hydrocarbon-oxidizing activity from bottom sediments of the Ob River, Western Siberia by A. I. Gerasimchuk, D. A. Ivasenko, A. A. Kasymova, Yu. A. Frank

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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SPRING TRITICALE VARIETIES IN THE WESTERN SIBERIAN FOREST-STEPPE ZONE UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS OF VEGETATION by A. Cheshkova, P. Stepochkin, A. Aleynikov, I. Grebennikova, D. Chanyshev

“…Spring triticale (x Triticosecale Wittmack) for Western Siberia is new and poorly studied culture. …”
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The First Large Identification of 3ANX and NX Producing Isolates of <i>Fusarium graminearum</i> in Manitoba, Western Canada by Maria Antonia Henriquez, Srinivas Sura, Sean Walkowiak, David Kaminski, Anne Kirk, Mark W. Sumarah, Parthasarathy Santhanam, Nina Kepeshchuk, Jules Carlson, E. RoTimi Ojo, Pam de Rocquigny, Holly Derksen

“…This study highlights the first large identification of 3ANX- and NX-producing isolates of <i>F. graminearum</i> in Western Canada. In addition, it is the first identification of 15ADON chemotypes producing 3ANX in Western Canada and the first identification of 3ANX and NX-producing isolates in Manitoba, collected from wheat samples.…”
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