Reinvestigating social vulnerability from the perspective of Critical Disaster Studies (CDS): directions, opportunities and challenges in Aotearoa disaster research by Shinya Uekusa, Matthew Wynyard, Steve Matthewman

“…Greater attention to Indigenous Knowledge – Mātauranga Māori – and Indigenous institutions, such as marae and the myriad relationships and connections that such institutions support, might potentially play a crucial role in future disaster mitigation and response.Glossary of Māori words: Aotearoa: New Zealand; Awa: stream, River; Hapū: a division of people, Community; Iwi: tribe; Mātauranga Māori: Indigenous knowledge; Kāinga: home; Manaakitanga: respect and care for others; Marae: communal and sacred facility; Ōtautahi: Christchurch; Raupatu: conquest and confiscation; Rohe: home territory; Rongomau Taketake: Indigenous Rights Governance Partner; Tairāwhiti: Gisborne district; Te Kāhui Tika Tangata: Human Rights Commission; Te Tari Taiwhenua: Department of Internal Affairs; Te Tiriti: The Treaty (of Waitangi); Tiko; Poo; Tino rangatiratanga: self-determination; Tupuna: ancestor; Urupā, Cemetary; Whakapapa: descent, Geneaology, Lineage; Whakawhānaungatanga: the practice of establishing, Maintaining and nurturing relationships; Whenua: land…”
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The Problems of Implementing Imkan Rukyat in the Case of an Invisible Hilal (Crescent): A Perspective of Syafi’i Scholars by Hudi Hudi, Ahmad Rofiq

“…This study is a type of library research, focusing on the decisions of the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia's isbat meetings regarding the start of the lunar month and the moon sighting data provided by Nahdlatul Ulama. …”
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Bytecode-based approach for Ethereum smart contract classification by Dan LIN, Kaixin LIN, Jiajing WU, Zibin ZHENG

“…In recent years, blockchain technology has been widely used and concerned in many fields, including finance, medical care and government affairs.However, due to the immutability of smart contracts and the particularity of the operating environment, various security issues occur frequently.On the one hand, the code security problems of contract developers when writing contracts, on the other hand, there are many high-risk smart contracts in Ethereum, and ordinary users are easily attracted by the high returns provided by high-risk contracts, but they have no way to know the risks of the contracts.However, the research on smart contract security mainly focuses on code security, and there is relatively little research on the identification of contract functions.If the smart contract function can be accurately classified, it will help people better understand the behavior of smart contracts, while ensuring the ecological security of smart contracts and reducing or recovering user losses.Existing smart contract classification methods often rely on the analysis of the source code of smart contracts, but contracts released on Ethereum only mandate the deployment of bytecode, and only a very small number of contracts publish their source code.Therefore, an Ethereum smart contract classification method based on bytecode was proposed.Collect the Ethereum smart contract bytecode and the corresponding category label, and then extract the opcode frequency characteristics and control flow graph characteristics.The characteristic importance is analyzed experimentally to obtain the appropriate graph vector dimension and optimal classification model, and finally the multi-classification task of smart contract in five categories of exchange, finance, gambling, game and high risk is experimentally verified, and the F1 score of the XGBoost classifier reaches 0.913 8.Experimental results show that the algorithm can better complete the classification task of Ethereum smart contracts, and can be applied to the prediction of smart contract categories in reality.…”
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3D highly isolated 6-port tri-band MIMO antenna system with 360° coverage for 5G IoT applications based machine learning verification by Md Afzalur Rahman, Samir Salem Al-Bawri, Sultan S. Alharbi, Wazie M. Abdulkawi, Noorlindawaty Md Jizat, Mohammad Tariqul Islam, Abdel-Fattah A. Sheta

“…This MIMO antenna module is a shining example of the future, with the potential to completely alter the state of affairs in terms of 5G IoT connectivity in settings such as smart homes, offices, cities, vehicle-to-everything communications, and broadcast satellite service (BSS).…”
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Scolar, Mufti and Politician – Three “Lives” of Jakub Szynkiewicz by Diliara Usmanova

“…Being endowed by nature with great abilities, he left a significant mark in all areas and affairs in which he happened to be engaged. Both in the area of science and in the religious and administrative field, he achieved great success, leaving behind a significant legacy and a good memory. …”
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Title and power of the ruler of Lithuania during the end of the fourteenth up to the middle of the fifteenth century by Loreta Skurvydaitė

“…According to the agreements between Jogaila, the king of Poland and Vytautas, the latter acquired the title of the duke of 'Irakai first, followed by duke of Lithuania and finally the Grand Duke. In foreign affairs, Vytautas acted using the highest title, which he styled himself, while trying to reach this status in the GDL in a legal way. …”
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African Activism Through Pugwash by Nola Dippenaar, Joelien Pretorius

“… The Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs grew from the Russell-Einstein Manifesto initiative in 1955 to become an amorphously structured transnational movement of natural and social scientists with a primary focus on the dangers of nuclear weapons. …”
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Pokój jako wartość by Mirosław Karwat

“…Then, however, it is not only the utilitarian, pragmatic value of peace as a favourable, secure state of affairs that comes into play, but above all the abstract, universalist idea of peace as a moral value dictated by humanism and humanitarianism. …”
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Pedagogical conditions of development of foreign language communicative competence of students by Anna L. Morozova

“…The article deals with the theory and practice of the development of the foreign language communicative competence of students of non-linguistic areas of training in the implementation of the current Federal state educational standard of higher education (bachelor's and master's levels), implemented in the educational process of educational organizations subordinated to the Ministry of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation, in order to clarify the pedagogical conditions of the development of that competence. …”
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The status of when- and where- clauses without an overt antecedent by Bénédicte Guillaume

“…Lorsqu’il s’agit de déterminer à quel type de subordonnée on a affaire, il est également essentiel de se demander si cette dernière peut remplir la fonction de complément circonstanciel, en gardant en mémoire le fait que certains circonstants jouent le rôle de repère énonciatif pour l’ensemble d’un énoncé donné. …”
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Photoaging smartphone app promoting poster campaign to reduce smoking prevalence in secondary schools: the Smokerface Randomized Trial: design and baseline characteristics by Michael Kreuter, Fabian N Fries, Titus J Brinker, Ute Mons, David A Groneberg, Anil Batra, Werner Seeger, Felix Herth, Julia Holzapfel, Tanja G Baudson, Katharina Sies, Lena Jakob, Hannah Maria Baumert, Marlene Heckl, Ana Cirac, Janina L Suhre, Verena Mathes, Hannah Spielmann, Nancy Rigotti, Tobias Raupach, Henning Gall, Claudia Bauer, Pat Marek, Chase H Harrison, Lava Taha, Andreas Owczarek, Felix J Hofmann, Roger Thomas

“…Longitudinal changes in smoking-related attitudes, the number of new smokers and quitters and the change in the number of never-smokers will be compared between the two groups as secondary outcomes.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval was obtained from the ethics committee of the University of Gießen and the ministries of cultural affairs, both in Germany. Results will be disseminated at conferences, in peer-reviewed journals, on our websites and throughout the multinational Education Against Tobacco network.Trial registration number NCT02544360, Pre-results.…”
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Management of Canine Leishmaniasis and the Treatment Trends of Veterinarians in Aegean Region of Türkiye: A Questionnaire-based Survey by Metin Pekağırbaş, Mehmet Karakuş, Elif Dönmez, Hüseyin Gökhan Özdemir, Yusuf Özbel, Seray Töz

“…Methods: This study was conducted between August 2017 and 2019, and an accessible weblink was distributed to veterinary clinics that were registered with the Veterinary Affairs of İzmir. The questionnaire was prepared by following published guidelines and several CanL guidelines and comprised 13 questions. …”
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Contextualisation of Reciprocal Alues in Fulfillment Aliqah as an Effort to Strengthen the Family by Linda Firdawaty, Zuhraini Zuhraini, Mokhammad Samson Fajar

“…Data was gathered from online news about the trend of divorce lawsuits triggered by either the wife's or husband's failure to apply reciprocal values.   Interviews were conducted with maslahah family counselors, heads of religious affairs office, female scholars, academics, and judges of religious courts about the reasons wives file for divorce and efforts to strengthen families. …”
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The concept of “wise” in Russian journalistic discourse by Hu Xiaoyan

“…At the same time, rational solutions that allow improving the state of affairs, overcoming difficulties, and peacefully exiting a conflict situation are recognized as wise. …”
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PRODUCTION AND SECURITY OF FOOD IN GLOBAL CIRCLE by ILO MOSES I. OLATUNDE

“…It remains first in the affairs of man regardless of one's background. A nation without food will experience poverty, hunger and malnutrition which are inimical to overall growth and development. …”
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The Soviet-British Relations at the Turn of 1917/1918: Key Issues and Untapped Opportunities by E. Yu. Sergeev

“…On the basis of contemporaries’ memoirs and diaries, previously unstudied official documents as well as a comparative analysis of the Russian and Western historiography, especially the recent publications, the author assesses successes and failures of both the Foreign Office and the People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs in the late 1917 and early 1918 – the least studied period in the history of the Soviet-British relations. …”
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The challenges and opportunities of women working in weaving cultural clothes at Bahir-Dar City, Bahirdar, Ethiopia by Tatek Getachew, Chekol Alemu, Habitamu Wudu

“…Conclusion The study suggests that the Women, Children, and Social Affairs Office of Keeble should systematically address the challenges faced by women weavers, particularly regarding access to essential services and materials. …”
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Cyber anti-intellectualism and science communication during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study by Yan Kuang

“…However, the rise of anti-intellectualism on social media platforms has posed significant challenges to science, scientists, and science communication, hindering effective public engagement with scientific affairs. This study aims to explore the mechanisms through which anti-intellectualism impacts science communication on social media platforms from the perspective of communication effect theory.MethodThis study employed a cross-sectional research design to conduct an online questionnaire survey of Chinese social media users from August to September 2021. …”
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Mobiliser des partenaires pour lutter contre le VIH/sida : les risques de la démobilisation institutionnelle en cas d’épidémie faible et concentrée. Le cas du programme Amali au Ma... by David Goeury

“…In addition, the nomination of leaders from the Islamist movement at the ministry of social affairs has led to a divergence of intervention model between the social allocation based on criteria of precariousness and economic integration through the development of an autonomous activity, which allows the beneficiary to rebuild a social network. …”
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Halifeliğin Kaldırılmasının İngiliz Basınındaki Yansımaları by Şeyma Dinç, Mehmet Fatih Sansar

“…İngiliz basınından The Times, The Foreign Affairs, The Spectator, The Fortnightly Review, The Saturday Review, The New Statesman ve The English Review, The Economist isimli yayınların hilafetin kaldırılması konulu haberlerinin, genel itibariyle Türkiye’nin laik düzene geçişinden rahatsızlık duydukları ve Türkiye aleyhinde bir tavır takındıkları görülmüştür. …”
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