Introduction: Enquiries into Contemporary Ritual Landscapes by Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen, Eleonora A. Lundell, Marja-Liisa Honkasalo

“…Drawing on earlier studies of ritual and landscape, as well as the authors’ own ethnographic works, ‘ritual landscape’ is suggested here as a useful analytical tool with which to understand how landscapes are produced, and how they, in their turn, produce certain types of being. …”
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Software Development Data Analysis and Processing under the Internet of Things Monitoring System by Junru Li, Lijuan Zhang, Xiaoqing Tang

“…In order to solve the problem of highly extensible vibration test data acquisition and analysis, the author proposes a method for software development data analysis and processing under the Internet of Things monitoring system. …”
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A Group Rotate-Vector Algorithm for Mixed-Variable Optimization Problems by Zhongming Li, Lutao Yan, Haiyuan Li, Lianxin Wang

“…Building upon this concept, the authors of this paper develop methods to solve 0-1 type and general discrete type variables, and introduce corresponding rotation and contraction operators. …”
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Um percurso vivido: pluralizando histórias e memórias a partir do projeto “Territórios Negros” by Francieli Renata Ruppenthal

“…Through the direct observation of the journeys, ethnographically, this article presents some perceptions, narratives, stories and memories of the participants and the team that worked in the project, based on the theoretical reflection by authors such as Jardim (2013), Chagas (2005), Leite (1991) and Rolnik (1989). …”
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Changements d’horizon : Circa, une aventure éditoriale traversant les frontières by Valérie Morisson

“…It has initiated connections with other marginal countries. The authors have also repeatedly avoided the pitfalls of cultural nationalism and promoted a fruitful dialogue between the local and the global. …”
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LEAN-TECHNOLOGIES AS A RESOURCE OF EDUCATION MODERNIZATION by A. R. Groshev, G. E. Karataeva

“…Based on the analysis of the information on the official site of public procurement, the authors consider a tendency to transfer the functions of accounting, personnel and legal support for outsourcing by state (municipal) agencies and departments, in particular they view the Moscow Region Government practice of outsourcing the auxiliary processes of subordinate educational organizations. …”
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Au-delà du rôle régalien de l’État dans la gestion des conflits autour des aménagements hydro agricoles de la Vallée du Niger au Bénin. by Abdou Razak Maman, Janvier Egah, Mohamed Nasser Baco

“…A total of 110 people were interviewed, including leaders of rice-growers' cooperatives, public administration in the agricultural sector, and communal and local authorities. Translation of recordings from smartphones facilitated data collection and processing. …”
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Leichenpredigt als Textkomplex by Dominika Janus

“…Based on a discussion in the relevant literature on the topic of complex textual wholes and her own findings, which were gained on the basis of Gdansk funeral sermons from the years 1586–1746, the author of the article decides on the designation „text complex funeral sermon“, which allows the following characteristics of this unit to be captured: 1. formal, functional and content-related connections between subtexts, which include main text (the actual sermon), paratexts (title page, dedication, epilogue) and potentially autonomous text (curriculum vitae); 2. affiliation of the individual subtexts to different text types, whereby text type status is not obligatory; 3. no temporal and spatial distance of the individual subtexts; 4. placement on a single carrier.…”
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The Auto/biographical Nature of Ukrainian Women’s Literature on the War in Donbas by Anna Gaidash

“…In the close reading of Natal’ya Vorozhbit’s drama Bad Roads (2017), Yevgeniya Podobna’s book of stories and memoirs titled Girls Cutting Their Locks (2018), and Tamara Duda’s novel Daughter (2019), the author of the article examines the relations between subject and object of the Donbas war texts in the framework of their creation, auto/biographic nature, gender optics, and therapeutic effect. …”
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APPROACHES TO ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS AND WAYS TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLICATION ACTIVITY IN THE LARGE MEDICAL SCHOOL by Vladimir N. Nikolenko, Anatoliy I. Vyalkov, Svetlana A. Martynchik, Ekaterina A. Glukhova

“…Methods of improving the publication activity and ways for its promotion at author’ and organization level are presented. The key factors forsuccessfulness of organizational and administrative measures to improve the publication activity and university rankings are computer support of R&D and scientific communication, acquisition of new above professional and inter-professional skills and competences by researchers, implementation of effective analytical online resources, monitoring of research activities, special seminars for training researchers to operate online resources.…”
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La vérité dans le sang : roman policier et connaissance by Marion François

“…The contemporary form of the detective novel has re-modelled this vision considerably. What modern authors dispute, to different degrees, is traditional coincidence with a closed form, i.e. one which is completed, with a closed meaning and clearly formulated. …”
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ON THE PECULIARITIES OF INTERNATIONAL TAX RELATIONS AT PRESENT STAGE by N. A. Poponova, T. I. Minina

“…The study considers approaches of states to taxation of cryptocurrencies and prospects of international cooperation in this area. The authors make conclusions about sharp decrease of the offshore companies role as an instrument of international tax optimization and the need to develop a mechanism for new digital business models taxation.…”
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study fluid analysis of a new blowdown pump sealing line by Raihan Muhammad

“…The blowdown pump in Priok Combined Cycle Power Plant (CCPP) used service water as a medium for the sealing system because potential seawater will contaminate the pumped water. In this case, the authors observe a blowdown pump, one of the pumps in the desalination system that pumps the seawater. …”
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Is the expulsion of women as foreigners in Ezra 9-10 justifiably convenantal? by Emmanuel Usue

“…However, in this article, the author has attempted to show that Ezra and his associates did not provide convincing reasons for these massive expulsions. …”
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Spreading of Excellence in SARNET Network on Severe Accidents: The Education and Training Programme by Sandro Paci, Jean-Pierre Van Dorsselaere

“…It is focused on raising the competence level of Master and Ph.D. students and young researchers engaged in SA research and on organizing information/training courses for NPP staff or regulatory authorities (but also for researchers) interested in SA management procedures.…”
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The Phenomenon of Emmanuel Macron. Book review of ‘Qu’est-ce que le macronisme?’ edited by E. Fottorino by P. G. Loginova

“…The reviewer notes that the general tenor of the book is positive: all authors emphasize high intelligence and ambitions of the French leader, which facilitated greatly his career development from a little-known politician to the head of the state. …”
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Developments in Border and Migration Management in the South East European Region by POLGÁR István

“…The increased and more complex mixed migration movements from recent years have placed additional pressure on the already strained capacities of the authorities dealing with migration management. This extra pressure led to difficulties in terms of effectively manage the borders and address arising border security issues. …”
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A Critical Review on the Translation Book Merleau-Ponty Praising of Philosophy by Somayyeh Rafighi

“…In this article, we intended to critically examine the Persian translation of this work. Although the author has chosen a valid book for translation, the existence of many formal and content problems, such as not using uniform terms, non-observance of Persian grammar rules, and many inaccuracies, has made the translation of this work have not worthy of its original text and its content don’t understand properly.…”
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The influence of flexibility on the formation of basic taekwondo techniques in children aged 10–12 years by Milyaeva, Karolina R., Akindinova, Marina M.

“…In the course of the study, it was revealed that the influence of flexibility education on the formation of basic taekwondo techniques in children aged 10–12 years is very important, since in taekwondo it is taken as the basis for blows to the head, and even blows to the body. The authors note that with reduced flexibility, athletes lose most of their strength during combat. …”
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Trends and Trajectories: Mapping the Evolution of Consumer Switching Intentions through the Push-Pull Mooring Framework by Geetha Krishnan, Naga Venkata Raghuram

“…The study examines publication patterns, influential authors, countries, and journals, and employs keyword co-occurrence analysis to uncover research themes and perform cluster analysis. …”
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