Russification and Russianization in Modern Historiography: Recent Developments and Future Directions by Nicholas W. Sessums

“… As the Soviet historical archives became accessible to Western scholars beginning in the 1980s, renewed scrutiny was placed on the imperial-colonial policies of the Russian Empire toward its borderlands. …”
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Motor Cortical Networks for Skilled Movements Have Dynamic Properties That Are Related to Accurate Reaching by David F. Putrino, Zhe Chen, Soumya Ghosh, Emery N. Brown

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Characterizing Software Stability via Change Propagation Simulation by Weifeng Pan, Haibo Jiang, Hua Ming, Chunlai Chai, Bi Chen, Hao Li

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China's New Soft Power Strategy by O. V. Zinevich, N. V. Selezneva

“…In the age of fierce competition for global/regional leadership, the concept of soft power has become the mainstream in China's foreign policy and was considered by Chinese politicians and experts as a tool to strengthen the influence through the introduction into the cultural space of other countries, the dissemination of language and cultural codes in order to create a positive image of China. The Western-based concept of soft power in China has been thoroughly analyzed and specified. …”
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Severe Aplastic Anemia following Acute Hepatitis from Toxic Liver Injury: Literature Review and Case Report of a Successful Outcome by Kamran Qureshi, Usman Sarwar, Hicham Khallafi

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Bibliometric analysis of ICT research in South Africa by Vusumuzi Malele, Sello Prince Sekwatlakwatla

“…In the same period, the University Of Pretoria (UP) came in second with 49% followed by the University of Cape Town (UCT) at 41%, the University of Johannesburg (UJ) at 29%, The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) at 28%, followed by University of KwaZulu-Natal at 20%, the North-West University (NWU) at 18% followed by University of Western Cape at 15%, University of Fort Hare at 14%, and Tshwane University of Technology, at 13%. …”
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HUMAN RIGHTS AND NATIONAL SECURITY: FRANCE IN SEARCH OF THE RESOLUTION OF THE MIGRATION CRISIS by N. V. Shmeleva

“…Conclusion: the restrictions existing in France and other Western democracies do not allow to address the immigration challenge, to maintain order on their territories, while their populations feel increasingly insecure. …”
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Assessing urban quality of life using remote sensing and GIS (Case study: Urmia Urban Region) by ali khedmatzadeh, Bakhtaran Feizizadeh

“…Quality of life is one of the important issues that was first brought to the attention of scholars by the extensive development of technology and industrialization process in the Western countries, and it is increasingly being studied in this field, and this is important due to the increasing increase in quality of life studies in public policy monitoring. …”
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Comparison of BISAP, Ranson, MCTSI, and APACHE II in Predicting Severity and Prognoses of Hyperlipidemic Acute Pancreatitis in Chinese Patients by Lixin Yang, Jing Liu, Yun Xing, Lichuan Du, Jing Chen, Xin Liu, Jianyu Hao

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PHILOSOPHICAL-CULTURAL CONCEPTION OF TELEVISION AS A VISUAL PRACTICES OF XX-XXI CENTURY by A. M. Tormakhova

“…The paper considers the views of Western scholars, such as R. Arnheim, M. Wolff, A. …”
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Changes in the Order of Family Life Events in 20th-Century Europe: A Cross-Regional Perspective by Reto Burgin, Reto Schumacher, Gilbert Ritschard

“…In Eastern Europe where family event sequences have become less standardized and where a particular sequence characterized by the reversal of the traditional order between leaving home and family formation has been observed, the hypothesized transition is still in its very beginning. In Western Europe the transition is clearly on its way, but no re-standardization towards a new standard can be observed as for now. …”
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NEW LABOUR 'ETHICAL' FOREIGN POLICY by N. A. Stepanova

“…The author argues that, on the one hand, the Labour Party 'new' foreign policy was a tribute to the historical tradition and continuity and on the other - the spirit of the times, as other Western countries leaders claimed similar statements, and that, in fact, it contributed to the moral authority of the government in the eyes of the British society. …”
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Assessment in and of Serious Games: An Overview by Francesco Bellotti, Bill Kapralos, Kiju Lee, Pablo Moreno-Ger, Riccardo Berta

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The Evolution of the NATO-Russia Relations by V. I. Batyuk

“…At the same time, for a variety of reasons, in the post-bipolar world the military-political dependence of the Western European subregion on Washington did not decrease, as many hoped, but, on the contrary, has increased, thus excluding for Moscow the very possibility to play on the contradictions between the United States and its European allies. …”
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PROBLEM OF DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN CONTEXT OF POSTCOLONIAL FEMINISM by V. A. Muzalevskiy

“…The author notes that the current strategy of democracy promotion, though being more complex, creates the effect of "double discrimination", when both the local people and local women (imposing image of "a free and independent Western woman") feel that they are "colonized". Based on an analysis of the current state of democratization, the author proposes four possible scenarios for promoting democracy in the world.…”
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Kinetic, Equilibrium and thermodynamic studies on the biosorption of Cd(II) from aqueous solutions by the leaf biomass of <i>Calotropis procera</i> – ‘Sodom apple’ by Babalola J Oyebamiji, LC Overah, Adesola Babarinde, Vincent O Oninla, A Olatunde

“…The kinetics, equilibrium and thermodynamics of the biosorption of Cd (II) from aqueous solution by the leaf biomass of Calotropis procera popularly known in western Nigeria as ‘bom bom’and genrally known as Sodom apple were investigated at different experimental conditions. …”
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We Now Have the Tools and Infrastructure to Hold Donors and NGOs in International Development to their Own Legal and Professional Standards by David H. Lempert

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Yukawa Potential Orbital Energy: Its Relation to Orbital Mean Motion as well to the Graviton Mediating the Interaction in Celestial Bodies by Connor Martz, Sheldon Van Middelkoop, Ioannis Gkigkitzis, Ioannis Haranas, Ilias Kotsireas

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Prevalence of Dental Caries, Oral Hygiene Knowledge, Status, and Practices among Visually Impaired Individuals in Chennai, Tamil Nadu by James Rufus John, Breena Daniel, Dakshaini Paneerselvam, Ganesh Rajendran

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Les hominoïdes fossiles : une aide pour l’éducation en Afrique by Brigitte Senut

“…These data suggest that the evolution of the apes did not take place exclusively in Eastern Africa, but was more panafrican, a proposal later confirmed by finds in Central and Western Africa. These discoveries were made with citizens of each of these countries and one way of getting feedback to the local people is to train young scholars in our field as well as to build local museums or exhibits, for educational purposes. …”
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