Joint public procurement in European Union Law by Radomír Jakab

“…EU law allows particular contracting authorities or sector procurers to cooperate within public procurement and procure commodities jointly, i.e. to implement the joint public procurement procedure. …”
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The Use of the Stoic Concept of Phronēsis by Irenaeus and Lactantius by Gábor Kendeffy

“… The Stoic concept of practical wisdom and the stoic Idea of the necessary conjunction of good and evil implicitly combined by Stoics themselves can be found in the works of early Christian thinkers like Irenaeus, the bishop of Lyons and Lactantius, the African apologist. Both authors tried to reconcile the Stoic and the biblical concepts of wisdom, and both located this hybrid concept in the history of salvation. …”
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CHANGES TO RETAIL BUSINESS MODELS - OVERVIEW OF THE DETERMINING FACTORS by Maria Sławińska

“…This paper outlines the essence and fundamental components of retail business models, indicates the probable directions in which those models may evolve and identifies the determining factors and trends that shape the business models applied by retailers. In her analysis the author has demonstrated that although the retail sector eagerly embraces innovation, any changes to business models are evolutionary in their nature. …”
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De l’histoire numérique à l’histoire données ? by Cédric du Mouza, Stéphane Lamassé, Philippe Rygiel

“…From ongoing work, following on from previous undertakings, the authors show that a formalization of data that integrates the conditions of their production and a link to documentary apparatus, which is only possible thanks to effective collaboration with practitioners from other disciplines, enriches the interpretation of historical data while producing knowledge effects as to their nature and giving rise to fruitful questions for computer scientists relating to the consideration of data quality.…”
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La responsabilité sociale du journaliste comme socle du processus de production de l’information by François Borel-Hänni

“…Therefore, journalists’ responsibility can hardly be put in custody, and there’s nothing to assess the quality and probity of the news they convey. This is why the author chose a specific topic of information, the football referee, as a case study, and led a series of interviews with refereeing and news professionals, with the intention of locating this responsibility in the process of gathering, production and communication of news. …”
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A Case of Primary Uterina Lymphoma Presenting with Bleeding, Pelvic Pain, and Dysmenorrhea by Lilian Yukari Miura, Miriam Anyury Daquin Maure, Monica Tessmann Zomer, Reitan Ribeiro, Teresa Cristina Santos Cavalcanti, William Kondo

“…Primary lymphoma on the female genital tract (PLFGT) is a rare disease, comprising 0.2 to 1.1% of all extranodal lymphomas in the female population. In this paper, the authors report an extremely rare case of a 48-year-old woman who exhibited an abnormal uterine bleeding, pelvic pain, and dysmenorrhea history. …”
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Individualisation of cities as one of the factors of preserving human capital by E. A. Zakharchuk, V. E. Uporov

“…The strategies of Russian cities put human capital in one of the key positions, but the use of outdated methods of attracting the population has practically exhausted itself. In this regard, the authors put forward a hypothesis about a close connection between the individualisation of urban strategies and the preservation of human capital. …”
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Performance evaluation of underwater vision systems by V.Y. Kolyuchkin, N.M. Kostylev, Y.S. Gulina

“…The mathematical model of the aqueous medium developed by the authors allows quantitative evaluation of the influence of backscattering interference arising during objects illumination on the underwater vision system performance. …”
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Improvement of the technology of flame arrester manufacturing by K. N. Pantyukhova, O. Yu. Bourgonova, Yu. O. Filippov, G. P. Ulyasheva

“…The composition of the ceramic material of the part is developed by the author and presented in the article. Replacement of material will lead to a significant reduction in the cost of the part and simplification of the manufacturing technology.…”
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An Extension of Taylor’s φ-Circle Method and Some Stability Charts for Submerged Slopes by Ping Li, Luanhua Dong, Xiaowen Gao, Tonglu Li, Xiaokun Hou

“…The critical failure surfaces corresponding to the minimum factor of safety are determined using the computer program proposed by the authors. The general expression of the safety factor of slopes under the following four conditions is derived, namely, (i) partly submerged, (ii) completely submerged, (iii) water sudden drawdown, and (iv) water slow drawdown. …”
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.A Critical Review of the Book Entitled Methodology of Religious Studies by Seyed Mohammad Reza Taghavi

“…Indeed, this book is an extension of the methods accepted in current scientific research. Of course, the author has made great efforts to document the methods using religious texts; however, the base of most parts of the book is the same as the common sciences. …”
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Introduction: Content, Design and Structure of Major Databases with Historical Longitudinal Population Data by George Alter, Kees Mandemakers, Hélène Vézina

“…This special issue describes the content and design of 23 important historical databases. Authors were given the freedom to discuss a range of practical and technical decisions from evaluating archival sources to crowdsourcing data entry. …”
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Researches on Damage Identification in Passive Vibro-Isolation Devices by A. Leopa, S. Nastac, C. Debeleac

“…This study was a naturally fall-back of the authors large analysis regarding the dynamic behaviour of the passive isolation devices against vibration, shocks and seismic waves. …”
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I Like Living Here. Social Stratas Attachment to the Hungarian Big Cities by Judit Berkes

“…For the purposes of the current paper, the author used a population survey database of TÁMOP-4.2.2.A-11/1/KONV-2012-0069 project entitled „Social conflicts – social well-being and security, competitiveness and social development”. …”
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Unraveling Dengue Dynamics: In-Depth Epidemiological and Entomological Analyses in Bengaluru, India by Vani H. C., Sujit Nath N., Jaiswal M. K., Tiwari R. P., Bharathi P., Asmita B., Shankar G., Jithen C., Pallavi V. D., Srinivas V., Ashok M., Mahamood Shariff, Renuka S., Shrinivasa B. M.

“…In view of the increased number of detected dengue cases in Bengaluru, a request for situation analysis was received from local health authorities in the selected area. The study included epidemiological and entomological assessments to understand the same. …”
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The Debate Concerning Creation in Relation to Ecology by Sławomir Śledziewski

“…Only about 35 years ago, when the so-called ecological crisis manifested itself, creation began to appear in the center of theological interest. Some authors tried to accuse Christianity that the theology of creation is responsible for the crisis of the natural environment. …”
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REQUIREMENTS TO TEACHERS’ DIGITAL COMPETENCE TODAY by Svetlana V. Titova, Anna P. Avramenko

“…The paper also reports on the research that was undertaken by the authors and based on qualitative and quantitative data collected from the Russian and Norwegian university teachers in 2012-2013. …”
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Музыка в романе Евгения Водолазкина Брисбен by Tatiana Kopac

“… The author of the article examines the role of music in Evgeny Vodolazkin’s novel Brisbane, analyzing individual manifestations of the widely understood intermediacy. …”
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Township Politics by Mpho Moalamedi

“…Delving into the intricate dynamics of grassroots movements during the post-apartheid era, the review highlights the author's adept storytelling and sociopolitical analysis. …”
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Planning and support materials in teaching story comprehension from the interbehavioral approach by Ana Cristina Mascareño Bórquez, Aldo Bazán-Ramírez, Néstor Miguel Velarde Corrales

“…As results, the support materials and the planning proposal are presented and discussed with the authors who have worked on planning proposals from the inter-behavioral approach.…”
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