Induction of somatic embryogenesis and cryopreservation of Abies pinsapo Boiss. by Laura Cabero-Moreno, Ignacio Landeras-López, María Victoria Bravo-Navas, Carolina Sánchez-Romero

“…Somatic embryogenesis and cryopreservation constitute important biotechnological tools, which can be used in order to improve the management and conservation of threatened species. …”
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Occurrence of Ectoparasites on Tilapia zillii (Red Belly Tilapia) Gervais 1848 in The Tono Reservoir, Navrongo, Ghana by Samuel Osei Ayeh, Christian Larbi Ayisi

“…It is debatable if the degree of ectoparasite activity found in this study will constitute a serious danger to the local fish population. …”
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The macroeconomics of abortion: A scoping review and analysis of the costs and outcomes. by Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Ernestina Coast, Samantha R Lattof, Cheri Poss, Brittany Moore

“…Findings show that post-abortion care services can constitute a substantial portion of national expenditures on health. …”
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Data-Driven Technology in Event-Based Vision by Ruolin Sun, Dianxi Shi, Yongjun Zhang, Ruihao Li, Ruoxiang Li

“…Thanks to the preponderance of deep learning techniques and the compatibility between bio-inspired spiking neural networks and event-based sensors, data-driven approaches have become a hot spot, which along with the dedicated hardware and datasets constitute an emerging field named event-based data-driven technology. …”
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Prevalence of Aflatoxin Contamination in Peanuts and Peanut Butter from an Informal Market, Harare, Zimbabwe by V. P. Masaka, N. Ndlovu, R. S. Tshalibe, T. C. Mhande, T. Z. Jombo

“…The results suggest that raw peanuts and especially the peanut butter from backyard industries are heavily contaminated with aflatoxins and could constitute a possible health risk to consumers who regularly purchase these food commodities from informal markets.…”
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Exploring Elements of Gender Stereotypes and Stereotyping in some Zulu Wedding Songs by Khayelihle Excellent Khumalo, Bongephiwe Dlamini-Myeni

“…The Zulu people constitute an ethnic group of related people with the same culture and traditions and predominantly inhabit the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. …”
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The Green Deal and Carbon Footprint from Turkey’s Perspective: Is It a Threat? Is It an Opportunity? by Merve Ersoy Mirici, Süha Berberoğlu

“…In this study, the place and position of the European Green Consensus in the reality of Turkey has been examined and the background of the carbon footprint, which constitutes the infrastructure of the Green Deal has been revealed. …”
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The effect of an information brochure on patients undergoing cardiac catheterization on their anxiety, knowledge and fear: A randomized controlled study. by Maria Malliarou, Vasiliki Pappa, Iokasti Papathanasiou, Ilias Andreanidis, Athanasios Nikolentzos, Ioannis Apostolakis, Pavlos Sarafis

“… # Conclusions Providing information in the form of a brochure regarding cardiac catheterization before the procedure, is of great importance and constitutes an efficient intervention.…”
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Analysis of the Shear Capacity of Ultrahigh Performance Concrete Beams Based on the Modified Compression Field Theory by Wei Feng, Hongming Feng, Zhijun Zhou, Xiongwei Shi

“…An analysis model of the shear capacity of prestressed ultrahigh performance concrete (UHPC) beams under the combined action of bending and shearing was established in this paper based on the modified compression field theory and by considering the unique material constitutive relation of UHPC. Shear tests were performed using three prestressed UHPC-T beams with different shear-span ratios to verify the correctness of the model. …”
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Specters of Sex. Tracing the Tools and Techniques of Contemporary Music Analysis by Danielle Sofer

“…The article proposes that the meta-theorization of these engagements constitutes a discursive “social epistemology” thereby positioning such diverse contributions as part of the core music-theoretical “standard” of what was once called “mainstream music theory.” …”
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Organizational structure of a state agency: concept, typology and directions of application to the system of the National Police of Ukraine by K. L. Buhaichuk

“…The author has offered to understand it as a set of interrelated positions, structural and separate units of the National Police, which constitutes a single system of units and levels of management, and is formed in order to accomplish the assigned tasks for the provision of police services and implementation of assigned powers. …”
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GOOD AND EVIL AS VECTORS OF FREE WILL IN THE STRUCTURE OF ANTHROPIC TIME by V. B. Khanzhy, D. M. Lyashenko

“…Conclusion. 1) In a line with the tradition of anthropologization of the problem of good and evil, these intentions of human activity are interpreted as vectors of free will in the structure of anthropic time; 2) the paper represented anthropic time as a system in general (based on the general theory of systems) and as a complex self-organizing system in particular (based on a synergetic methodology); 3) constituting of the system of anthropic time by the existential-actionable concept allowed to overcome the position of the one-vectored time, i.e.to reveal the ethical binarity of the anthropic time vectors prepared by the duality of expansion of free will as its driving principle; 4) formulation of the problem of discrepancy between the intentions of different temporal systems showed the optimality of the complementarity principle in solving the question how to harmonize the relations of anthropic time units; 5) the conducted research opens prospects for consideration of external determinants of anthropic time, as well as for search of variants of their correlation with the internal mover (free will) in the structure of human temporality.…”
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Implicit Messages in Pakistani ESL Course Books: A Corpus-Based Study of Gender Representation by Muhammad Tanveer, Urooj Fatima Alvi

“…Additionally, gendered-neutral nouns are in lower percentages than male and female nouns. Male pronouns constitute 83%, a more significant percentage than female pronouns. …”
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The influence of the great powers on the national interests of the Republic of Serbia by Božić Sandra

“…The defence of AP KiM and its preservation in the constitutional and legal order of the Republic of Serbia is an existential national interest, the realization of which requires the engagement of all instruments of the national power of the Republic of Serbia. …”
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Dynamic evolution characteristics of meso-structural mechanics performance of coal measure mudstone by Yun Xu, Minmin Li, Guofu Li, Liangliang Liu, Gaowei Yue

“…The research results can provide reference for further establishing structural constitutive models of hydrous mudstone.…”
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Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) for European countries - relation to objective household financial situation by Malgorzata Grzywińska-Rąpca, Aneta Ptak - Chmielewska

“…The study of the impact of the individual components of the CCI therefore constitutes a very important area of research crucial for modelling economic phenomena. …”
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The meaning and concept of public safety and order by D. S. Tykhonova

“…It has been appealed to the Basic Law of the State, namely the Constitution of Ukraine and to the Law of Ukraine “On the National Police of Ukraine”. …”
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The prevalence of multidrug resistance in Staphylococcus hominis isolated from clinical materials by Magdalena Szemraj, Paulina Glajzner, Kamila Olszowiec, Monika Sienkiewicz

“…Moreover, these bacteria can constitute a reservoir of resistance genes for more pathogenic bacteria.…”
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Short-term health system responses to epidemics across hard to reach areas in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review protocol. by Annette A Murunga, Ben Ngoye, Francis P Wafula, Gilbert O Kokwaro

“…Epidemic-prone diseases, including emerging and re-emerging diseases, constitute the greatest threat to public health security and disruption of social and economic development. …”
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Distinguishing collaboration from related elements of crime by O. V. Pletnov, Ye. V. Kovalenko

“…It is stated that collaboration differs from high treason by the nature of the acts constituting the objective element of the crime, the time of the crime and the subject of the crime. …”
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