Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Presenting as the Budd-Chiari Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review by Joanna K Law, Jenny Davis, Anne Buckley, Baljinder Salh

“…A patient with this tumour who presented with Budd-Chiari syndrome (the first to the authors' knowledge in Western literature and only the third patient overall) secondary to extensive thrombosis in his inferior vena cava extending from the right atrium down to his iliac vessels is described. …”
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Functioning features of the labor market in St. Petersburg by N. N. Musinova

“…In addition, the domestic labor market has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic and Western sanctions in recent years. The article is devoted to the study of the most important aspects of the functioning of the modern labor market in St. …”
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United Nations Peacekeeping and the Principal of Non-Intervention: A TWAIL Perspective by Jennifer Giblin by Madeeha Umair Malik

“…The book challenges whether contemporary peacekeeping missions truly adhere to the principle of non-intervention or serve as instruments of Western influence. Giblin explores the legal and normative foundations of peacekeeping, scrutinizing the erosion of consent, impartiality, and the non-use of force in operations, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo. …”
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Conquête d’un milieu, adaptation à une multitude de réalités : l’exemple de la conquête romaine des espaces oasiens égyptiens by Evelyne Ferron

“…Even if the Western desert of Egypt is considered one of the most hyper-arid in the world, five oases are nonetheless inhabitable, even though they are situated far from the Nile Valley. …”
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Film Review: Jagun Jagun, Nigeria, 2023. Produced by Euphoria 360 Media. Netflix. 129 minutes, Yoruba (with English subtitles). No price reported. Directed by Tope Adebayo and Adeb... by Yemi Atanda

“…However, it is noted that the inappropriate mingling of both traditional and modern visual effects influenced by the Western postmodernist style in filmic framing, composition, sound, music and war combat mode. …”
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Two birds, one stone: can Nigeria have the best of both worlds internationally while chasing regional leadership? by Radu Magdin

“…On the one hand, there is a long-lasting relationship with the Western nations, particularly with the United States. …”
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Politiques de développement régional dans les Hautes Plaines occidentales algériennes : un bilan mitigé by Mohamed Hadeid

“…In fact, the interference of the state through industrialization policy and administrative apportionments were unable to bring to end regional disparities inherited from colonial period. Western high plains, for example, are still not benefiting from development. …”
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Cultural differences in perceiving co-present phone use as phubbing: Evidence from six countries by Christiane M. Büttner, Elianne A. Albath, Rainer Greifeneder

“…Phubbing has mostly been investigated in Western samples. However, culture likely shapes whether co-present phone use is perceived as phubbing (phubbing perception). 588 participants from collectivist (India, Kenya, Venezuela) and individualist countries (Austria, Belgium, UK) rated 25 vignettes (k = 14,700) describing co-present phone use concerning the perception of phubbing and attribution of others’ behavior. …”
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Characterization of the Volatile Profile of Bee Venom from Different Regions in Türkiye Using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry by Meral Kekeçoğlu, Onur Güneşer, Sevgi Kolaylı, Buket Aydeniz-güneşer

“…It was determined that ester-type volatile compounds characterized the bee venom obtained from the Central Anatolia Region, while bee venom from the Western Black Sea Region had a higher amount of volatile terpenes with spicy and woody aromas. …”
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El Greco's Italian paintings (1560-76) based on Bible texts by Estelle Alma Maré

“…Through study and experiment, and by following the examples of other artists who had achieved artistic mastery and was of proven Catholic orthodoxy, he educated himself as an artist in the Western manner. Even during his years as an apprentice El Greco’s art is proof that he aspired to the highest humanly accessible values exemplified by Renaissance artistic theory, humanism and Christian spirituality — all of which later came to fruition in an unprecedented original combination in Toledo, Spain, where he settled permanently in 1577. …”
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Assessment of technological capabilities to counter fraudulent practices in the banking sector by A. V. Berdyshev, I. E. Zarkhin, A. A. Katysheva

“…In connection with the strengthening of Western sanctions on the Russian banking sector, the number of malefactors, who enjoy the confidence of panicking depositors and the unstable situation in the banking market, has increased dramatically. …”
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Entitlements/rights, dignity and liberal democracy. Against the backdrop of the text by Cardinal Gerhard Müller “The Popes as Guardians of Human Dignity” by Bogdan Szlachta

“…Historians of political thought are interested in these disputes, and see them - insofar as they are carried out by using categories developed mainly in Western reflection - not as new ones, but rather embedded in past polemics, referring to old approaches, notably those which are prevailing today. …”
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Così lontane, così vicine. Famiglie migranti, ruoli familiari e nuove configurazioni di genitorialità by Francesca Crivellaro

“…Migrant families’ practices are often constructed in public discourse as a threat to the social cohesion of the receiving countries, as they are deemed incompatible with “Western modernity”. Drawing on ethnographic research carried out in Ravenna (Italy), the paper addresses the issue of evolving gender and care roles in migrant families. …”
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“Now Will Someone Kindly Tell Me What Is Her Proper Sphere?” Woman Suffrage, Women’s Political Participation, and the Populist Movement by Jean-Louis Marin-Lamellet

“…This paper examines how Populism—more particularly Populism in the western Plains—provided women with a political space to act as civic agents without suffrage. …”
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A modernidade vista desde o Sul Global: três contribuições teóricas recentes by Marcos de Jesus Oliveira

“…The concept of modernity has been one of the most discussed in the social sciences since its process of institutionalization in Western universities and research centers. However, as Durkheim’s, Marx’s, and Weber’s interpretations, and more contemporaneously, those of Giddens, Touraine, and Habermas, have become hegemonically classical within the social sciences, debates around its limits and scope as well as its problems have been accumulating. …”
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Framework of Reference for Chinese Language by T. L. Guruleva

“…The author has performed a comparative analysis of the component structure and content of the components of the model of the communicative competence of the Chinese language with western, domestic and European models of communicative competence, as well as comparative analysis of the levels of the framework of reference for Chinese language with the levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. …”
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The Migration Patterns and Identity of the Okun-Yoruba People of Central Nigeria by Ilesanmi Akanmidu Paul

“…This study examines the nature of the movements of the Okun-Yoruba people from the western region of Ni­geria to the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers in the Central Geograph­ical Zone of Nigeria. …”
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Une comparaison de la fragmentation internationale des chaînes d’approvisionnement automobiles allemande et française by Vincent Frigant

“…We show that the two countries organize differently their own supply networks with 1) a selective consolidation or decline according to the place of the part along the value chain and 2) a geographic discrimination of their imports (typically Eastern Europe for Germany and Western Europe for France). We conclude by some suggestions for improving this methodology.…”
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Known Unknowns and Unknown Knowns: What we know about the cannabis and the Hashish trade in Afghanistan by James Bradford, David Mansfield

“…During the 1960s, the growing demand from Western nations for Afghan hashish helped forge key global trafficking networks, as well as significant changes to the cultivation of cannabis and production of hashish. …”
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An Evaluation on Ottoman Prisons: The Example of Karesi Prison by Özgür YILDIZ

“…In general, the research informs about the prison establishment as one of the the Westernization attempts of the Empire. Karesi Prison was singled out as an example to illuminate the escapes, bribery and corruption that prevailed under the light of the documents of the archives.…”
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