Minimum Variable Connectivity Index of Trees of a Fixed Order by Shamaila Yousaf, Akhlaq Ahmad Bhatti, Akbar Ali

“…However, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, mathematical properties of the variable connectivity index, for γ>0, have not yet been discussed explicitly in any paper. …”
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Influence of Adsorbate Interaction on Transport in Confined Spaces by Suresh K. Bhatia

“…This article provides a review of the recent theory of transport in nanopores developed in the author's laboratory. In particular the influence of fluid–solid interactions on the transport coefficient is examined, showing that such interactions reduce the value of the coefficient by almost an order of magnitude in comparison to the Knudsen theory for non-interacting systems. …”
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SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONNEL IN THE CONDITIONS OF INNOVATIVE ECONOMY AS A FACTOR OF INCREASING THE LEVEL OF LIFE QUALITY by N. I. Laas, I. A. Romanova, E. V. Gurova

“…The principle of targeting to determine the level of staff satisfaction should be the main one for evaluating the effectiveness of work in this direction. In addition, the authors point to the need to use modeling and forecasting the prospects of social innovations in order to achieve sustainable development in the long term.…”
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TRANSFORMATIONAL PROCESSES IN THE CHURCH CULTURAL AND ADAPTATION SITUATION OF MODERN RUSSIA by Dmitry A. Tsyplakov, Svetlana M. Tsyplakova

“…The church adaptation situation in modern Russia is taken as a subject. The authors see necessity on this basis to reveal the features of cultural situation of modern society. …”
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Public-Private Partnership in BRICS Countries: Experience and Prospects of Implementation by T. S. Cheremnaya

“…Using data from open sources, materials of the meetings of the authorities and business on the issues of implementation of publicprivate partnerships, statements of responsible persons developed a comparative table that identified and summarized trends in the development of public-private partnership in the BRICS countries. …”
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Revolution and counter-revolution in the Cossack’s village of Cherlakovskaya. 1918–1928 by M. S. Novikov

“…Using archival materials, memoirs of contemporaries and local history studies, the author comes to the conclusion that the front-line cossacks, who did not want to continue the war and supported the Soviet government in the fall of 1917, mostly sabotaged its agrarian transformations on the ground. …”
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A Look at the Book of Four Masters: An Excerpt for the Lesson “Iraqi Literary Poets” by Jamileh Akhyani

“…In the present article, part of the book’s many shortcomings is discussed under the heading of “disorganized” and “inexplicit,” and the author hopes that with the attention of textbook writers, more attention will be paid to overseeing academic publishing centers and fixing these bugs in future releases.…”
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Charismatic Leadership in the Middle East and North Africa in the 21 st Century: Regional Specifics and Prospects for the Evolution of the Phenomenon by N. Yu. Surkov

“…To achieve this goal the author uses a synthetic analytical approach based on ideas of Max Weber and Antonio Gramshi. …”
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Numerical modelling of intergranular fracture in polycrystalline materials and grain size effects by M. Paggi, P. Wriggers

“…The nonlocal cohesive zone model (CZM) for finite thickness interfaces recently proposed by the present authors is used to describe the phenomenon of grain boundary separation. …”
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Saisir les dynamiques du conflit israélo-palestinien par les commentaires de vidéos et d’images sur Facebook by Simon Mastrangelo

“…It is specifically aimed at presenting how the reference to Nazism serves as a means of delegitimizing the adversary, whether pro-Palestinian or pro-Israeli. The author observes that the comment sections on Facebook are above all spaces of self-assertion and exchange between people who share the same opinions. …”
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Space psychology: a comprehensive approach to the future of astronaut wellbeing by Annahita Nezami

“…This renewed momentum necessitates a more comprehensive approach to the psychological and wellbeing aspects of human space exploration. Drawing on the authors training as a psychologist and co-founder of digital technology startup, this paper explores how immersive technologies, particularly Virtual Reality (VR) and advanced interfaces can address some of the unique psychological and social challenges posed by isolated, confined, and extreme (ICE) environments. …”
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Research Frontiers and Hotspots for the Sludge Pretreatment from 2010 to 2020 — Based on the Bibliometrics Analysis of WoS Database by YAO Yanzhong, SUN Yunpeng, WU Qianqian, SUI Jiayi, WANG Zichao, SONG Youtao

“…Sludge pretreatment is important to the reduction,harmlessness and recycling of sludge.In order to clarify the frontiers and hotspots of international research in the field of sludge pretreatment in the past 10 years,taking the core data collected by Web of Science from 2010 to 2020 as the research object,this paper adopts bibliometrics methods and CiteSpace visualization tools to analyze the number of papers published,country,institution,journal,author and keywords.The results show that:In recent ten years,sludge pretreatment technology has been widely concerned,and China has an absolutely leading position in this area.The number of publications presents a trend of exponential increase,and they are mainly published on top journals such as Bioresource Technology,Water Research,with great academic influence.Researches mainly focus on the impact of pretreatment technology to sludge digestibility,changing mechanism and practical engineering,etc.In addition,the optimization and technological conditions of pretreatment methods will become main research hotspots in the future.This paper clearly summarizes the research status,development course and hotspot change of sludge pretreatment,providing reference and strategic thinking for future study.…”
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Training of Production Managers for Machine-building Enterprises by I. A. Ivanov, G. E. Persiyanova

“…The study showed that approximately 65% of the required specialists with higher education are production managers.To solve the problem of production managers shortage, the authors have developed a training program for production managers who will be able to manage human resources and at the same time effectively use technical tools to perform production process. …”
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Comment mesurer la relation humain-technologies-organisation ? by Éric Brangier, Sonia Hammes

“…This article aims to reconstruct research relating to the development of a measurement scale for the man-technology-organization relationship. The authors first discuss various theoretical models for technology acceptance: the technology acceptance model, user’s satisfaction theory, expectancy disconfirmation theory, and then suggest that the man-technology-organization relationship can be studied through a symbiotic approach according to which man and technologies are closely dependent on one another, even with a reciprocal merging or mutual linkage. …”
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Review of the Book "Economics from Another View" by Vahid Moghadam, Hadi Amiri

“…At the same time, the author's goal is not to enter into the depths of economic thought, rather than introducing thoughts of unheard economists and their placement in the liberal tent to the audiences. …”
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Interaction Between Educational Institution and Employers’ Organizations in Cultural Sphere: Study Experience by A. V. Shtoler, N. N. Shtoler, K. L. Yaprintseva

“…The study showed comparatively high evaluation of educational system results (training of a graduate), the developed personal characteristics, universal and professional competencies of a culture worker. The authors have also revealed a dominant orientation at short-term, local (according to scales, intensity and the tasks realized) directions and forms of interaction between the university and regional sphere of culture. …”
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The Study on the Development of International Commercial Terms Rules by Qingrui Guo

“…In 1936, in order to unify the order of international commercial trade transactions, the International Chamber of Commerce formulated the standard International commercial terms rules, which have been revised nine times so far, including two revisions since the 21st century, that is, Incoterms® 2010 and Incoterms® 2020. In this paper, the author reviews the development process of Incoterms, compares the development and changes of different versions of Incoterms, and conduct a focused research on the main characteristics and changes of Incoterms® 2010 and Incoterms® 2020 as well as the application strategies of Incoterms 2020, so as to explore the new characteristics of international trade practices since the 21st century. …”
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Study Quality in Applied Linguistics: Highlights from Dr. Luke Plonsky’s Public Talk by Ashley Beccia, Zhizi (ZZ) Chen

“…In 2024, Professor Plonsky edited the book Open Science in Applied Linguistics and co-authored the guidebook Addressing Questionable Research Practices in Applied Linguistics: A Practical Guide. …”
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Rhyme or Reason: Three Patterns of Poetic Interference in the British Crime Novel by Camille Fort-Cantoni

“…This interpretation happens to be faulty, yet the poem states the truth insofar as it expresses another murderer’s confession – unknown to his author and the murderer. An oracular utterance, it subverts the traditional pattern of the detective’s final explanation.…”
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A Commentary on “Effective Dose of Epidural Hydromorphone for Analgesia Following Caesarean Section in Using Modified Dixon Sequential Method” [Response to Letter] by Liu QQ, Mao M, Lin NH, Xu CY, Li Q, Jiang CS, Feng SW, Yuan HM

“…Qiao-Qiao Liu,1,* Mao Mao,1,* Ning-Hua Lin,2,* Chen-Yang Xu,1,* Qian Li,1 Chang-Shuo Jiang,1 Shan-Wu Feng,1 Hong-Mei Yuan1 1Department of Anesthesiology, Women’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Women and Children’s Healthcare Hospital, Nanjing, 210004, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Anesthesiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Shan-Wu Feng; Hong-Mei Yuan, Department of Anesthesiology, Women’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Women and Children’s Healthcare Hospital, No. 123, Tianfei Lane, Mochou Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China, Email Shanwufeng666@163.com; yuanhm667@126.com…”
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