Procalcitonin and High APACHE (Acute Physiological and Chronic Health Evaluation) Level Are Associated with the Course of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with SARS-CoV-2 by Jorge Andrade Sierra, Claudia Delgado Astorga, Miriam Gabriela Nava Vargas, Enrique Rojas Campos, Kevin Javier Arrelano Arteaga, Karla Hernández Morales, Carlos A. Andrade Castellanos, Antonio de Jesús Andrade-Ortega, Luis Gerardo González Correa

“…A prospective cohort study performed at the Civil Hospital (Dr. Juan I. Menchaca) Guadalajara, Mexico, included patients aged >18 years with a diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia confirmed by RT-PCR and who did or did not present with AKI (KDIGO) while hospitalized. …”
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BUNURILE CULTURALE – VICTIMELE FENOMENULUI TERORIST by Alexandra NICOLESCU

“…Cultural heritage has the unique characteristic of transcending time, accompanying the rise and fall of civilizations. Access to cultural heritage is a human right, its destruction being a direct attack on the identity of a state and its population. …”
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Le tourisme à moto : les géographies renouvelées d'un phénomène marginal by Jean Scol

“…Ils sont, en moyenne, plus âgés que par le passé, bien insérés au sein de la société civile et disposent souvent de bons revenus. Ils représentent dès lors une clientèle touristique à fort potentiel qu'il convient d'attirer en lui proposant des produits et services adaptés à ses besoins et spécificités. …”
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Temas y problemas de los jóvenes colombianos al comenzar el siglo XXI by Germán Muñoz González

“…Establece un sistema institucional para el diseño, la implementación y la evaluación de la política pública de juventud, la creación de mecanismos de protección de los jóvenes y de participación de la sociedad civil en la gestión, a través de diversas modalidades operativas. …”
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INITIAL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF WORKERS' AND PEASANTS' MILITIA OFFICERS OF THE RSFSR PROVINCES IN THE 1920S (BASED ON THE MATERIALS OF THE FAR EASTERN REGION) by Tatyana A. Ornatskaya

“…The features were associated with the protracted period of the civil war, the low level of education among the population, the high level of crime, the weak commitment of society to revolutionary ideas. …”
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Étirer les frontières des études sur les communications et les médias by Nico Carpentier, David Grondin

“…Chercheur prolifique dans le champ des études en communication et des études médiatiques, Nico Carpentier a écrit de nombreux travaux portant sur la participation, les médias, les technologies médiatiques, la société civile, l’analyse de discours, le pouvoir et les droits de la communication, en prenant toujours bien soin d’ancrer théoriquement ses réflexions. …”
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Bayesian predictive system for assessing the damage intensity of residential masonry buildings under the impact of continuous ground deformation by Janusz Rusek, Leszek Chomacki, Leszek Słowik

“…It is worth noting that this interdisciplinary approach represents one of the first applications of such a methodology in the field of civil and environmental engineering. The results obtained can therefore be of significant value given the fact that the methodology of detecting the structure of Bayesian networks from data is still developing intensively in other scientific fields. …”
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Digital eye strain: prevalence and associated socio-demographic factors among banking assistants in Colombo District, Sri Lanka by Supipi Dissanayake Gunawardana, Dushyanthi Jayawaradana

“…DES was detected in 70.6% of the employees. Civil status (p<0.001), education level (p=0.014) and working section (p=0.039) were found to be significantly associated with the presence of DES. …”
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Evolution of legal regulation of municipal service in the Republic of Lithuania and Ukraine by A. O. Murtishcheva

“…The consequences of the lag behind the reform of the legislation on service in local self-government bodies from the legislation on civil service have been given. Modern trends in the development of legal regulation of municipal service have been determined. …”
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China’s Political Reforms in the Early 21^st Century by Nguyen Xuan Сuong

“…Political reforms with the purpose to achieve "The Chinese dream" have to be connected with peaceful development, make a contribution to development and progress of mankind, successful development, joint with all neighboring countries, and differently China will repeat history of crash and decline of civilizations and great powers.…”
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Principles of IP-Court Activity in Ukraine by S. V. Volovyk

“…The principles of the IP-court activity in Ukraine are as follows: 1) general and legal: the rule of law principle; the principle of observance of human rights and fundamental human and civil freedoms; the principle of legality; the principle of openness and transparency of court proceedings; the principle of political or other impartiality; the principle of reasonable terms; 2) special principles of IP-court activity in Ukraine: the principle of independence of judicial agencies; the principle of freedom of speech and associations; principle of qualification; the principle of professional secrecy. …”
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TEMPORAL DIMENSIONS OF ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FROM AN UNAUTHORIZED SELLER by Petro D. Guyvan

“…However, this article is in significant conflict with Art. 388 of the Civil Code of Ukraine, which regulates the procedure and grounds for vindication protection of property, which is a shortcoming of the current legislation. …”
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Ideea de bine comun și criza sistemelor simbolice de interpretare a lumii în Țiganiada lui Ioan Budai-Deleanu by Mianda Cioba

“…Central to this argument is the idea that the authorial intention is responsible for the work’s unity and semantic coherence, illustrated by the subordination of the first part of the poem, a panoramic view of epic-heroic genres treated in the burlesque key, to the second (chants X–XII) containing an objective debate on the values of civil life and optimal methods of governance. The debate in the eleventh chant is performed under the direct influence of some famous political philosophy texts (due to Aristotle, Marsilius of Padua, Alonso de Madrigal, and Juan Huarte de San Juan), whose direct undistorted echoes are easy to be seen in the way the author develops the concept of common good. …”
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Agro‐waste areca nut husk and bagasse fiber reinforced epoxy‐based hybrid composite for thermal insulated false ceiling application by Rois Uddin Mahmud, Mir Shahidul Islam, Shahin Hossain, Jannatul Nasrin, Ayub Nabi Khan

“…In this work, three samples containing 23.06%, 28.54%, and 33.33% of areca nut husk and bagasse fibers‐reinforced epoxy matrix (ABFR) hybrid composites were prepared to assess their suitability for use as thermally insulated false ceilings in affordable housing, civil structures, and the automotive industry. The novel hybrid composites were characterized by tensile strength, flexural strength, morphology, thermal conductivity, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and percentage of water absorption. …”
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Subjectivity Formation of a Technical University Master’s Student: A New Challenge for Engineering Education by L. K. Geykhman, V. S. Kabanov

“…The article describes the results of a pedagogical experiment in a group of master’s students of PNRPU Faculty of Civil Engineering, aimed at testing the proposed conditions. …”
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Peace negotiations between Russia and Latvia in 1920: Premises, key issues, and outcomes by Yu. L. Mikhailova

“…The author examines territorial concessions made by the RSFSR to Latvia and concludes that they served as a demonstration of the Soviet Russia readiness to take into account the territorial claims of the Baltic republics, which allowed it to achieve peace in the region and fix new borders, as well as to establish trade relations indispensable for the survival of a young Soviet state during the Civil War. At the same time, the Soviet representatives took a hard line on compensations for the damage caused during hostilities and the return of property evacuated from Latvia. …”
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Diasporas and Armed Conflicts: beyond Being “Third Party” by I. D. Loshkariov

“…This unit played an essential role in the Civil War in Laos, as it managed to restrain the onslaught of the superior forces of the Patet Lao Front and troops from North Vietnam. …”
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Photonics-based modular multistate digital coherent system by I. V. Unchenko, A. A. Emelyanov

“…The proposed solutions are integrated at the subsystem level into advanced developments of products for civil and special purpose. Further development of the concept of building ultra-wideband devices allows reaching a new level in the technology of constructing modular multiposition coherent digital radio photonic systems.…”
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Legal regulation of national security in Ukraine: today’s challenges by Ye. V. Kobko

“…Taking into account international standards in the field of defense is an important factor in the recognition of Ukrainian society as a civilized member of the international community. …”
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Post-Socialist Ethnic Symbolism, Suppression of Yugoslav Social Memory, and Radical Populism Psychology by Faruk Hadžić

“…Acquisitive components of civil society and the society’s stagnation due to slow consolidation can abruptly transform into political apathy motivating violent disorder. …”
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