Development of Public Administration and its Research in Slovenia through the Lenses of Content Analysis of the International Public Administration Review by Polonca Kovač, Tina Jukić

“… The development of public administration (PA) is a worldwide topic of research, considering its importance in resolving governance issues in contemporary society. Consequently, the question of PA as a scientific discipline arises at both national and broader levels. …”
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Sustaining the Fabric of Time: Urban Heritage, Time Rupture, and Sustainable Development by Kaixuan Wang, Kalliopi Fouseki

“…The Dongjiadu case illustrates two distinct categories of time rupture, underscoring the need for sustainable practices that harmonize cultural continuity with contemporary growth. The discussion emphasizes the importance of inclusive practices, community engagement, and the critical integration of technological advancements to address time rupture effectively. …”
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Architecture muséale : une figure de l’art de la ville "Du British Museum à la spirale du Victoria & Albert Museum à Londres" by Isabelle Alzieu

“…Museal architecture, whether it be a contemporary creation or a rehabilitation, inevitably exhibits certain aesthetic norms which are revealed by the formal choices and the testimonies of the cultural attitudes of a given moment in time. …”
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Asygnosis and asygnotic networks by Edward M. Roche, Michael J. Blaine

“…The unprecedented scope and scale of these networks challenges contemporary theories in management and decision making, political organization and governance of institutions, sociology, and communications. …”
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Not tourism-phobia but urban-philia: understanding stakeholders’ perceptions of urban touristification by Asunción Blanco-Romero, Macià Blàzquez-Salom, Marc Morell, Robert Fletcher

“…This article problematizes the recent appearance of this term by unravelling the links between the materiality of contemporary urban tourism and the response it receives from social movements opposing its expansion. …”
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The ‘Agency of Mapping’ in South Asia: Galle-Matara (Sri Lanka), Mumbai (India) and Khulna (Bangladesh) by Kelly Shannon

“…The challenges and strategic importance of realising urban design in South Asia’s contemporary context of borrowed visions, abstract land-use planning and a diminishing political will are, obviously, innumerable. …”
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»Ogni sorte de gradi, & di armonia«. Aspekte des Paradoxen in Jacobus Gallus’ Motette Mirabile mysterium by Markus Roth

“…Für die Gesamtdeutung werden Parallelstellen in italienischen Madrigalen und die Konzepte des Paradoxen und des Manierismus herangezogen. ›Chromatic compositions from the sixteenth century are few in number, but they are particularly interesting because of the ways they explore and even exceed the boundaries of contemporary theoretical thought. The motet “Mirabile mysterium” by Jakobus Gallus, which is often performed today but has rarely been analyzed, is the chief subject of this article. …”
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Marcusa Vogta próba integracji zasad ekorozwoju z Katolicką Nauką Społeczną by Rafał Czekalski

“…The integration of the principles of eco-development with Catholic social teaching is by no means impossible, although Vogt warns against treating the concept of eco-development as a superior issue - it is not a solution itself, but rather a key to the solution of contemporary problems at an intersection of three dimensions: social, economic and ecological. …”
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Titus Brandsma: Getuige van God by J.M. Bos

“…Titus Brandsma was primarily active in the fields of education and journalism. He analysed the contemporary social and political situation and was very critical of national socialism, especially because its basic values were in conflict with the Christian value of love. …”
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THE “SOFTPOWER” POLICY OF TURKEY TOWARDS GEORGIA by L. M. Aleksanyan

“…This article investigates the contemporary policy of "soft power" of Turkey towards Georgia. …”
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Chinese Students Abroad: Dynamics of the Number and Aims of Educational Travel by S. S. Donetskaya, M. Li

“…Information on the contemporary preferences of Chinese students in selection of countries and study programs, aims and reasons of educational travel abroad is provided. …”
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Toward Inculturated Preaching by Michael E. Connors

“…This essay seeks to shed light on that question through an engagement with a contemporary approach to the theology of inculturation (or contextualization). …”
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Towards the decolonization of the extractive regime: Patterns and limits of judicialization in mining conflicts by María Ximena González-Serrano, Digno José Montalván-Zambrano, Lieselotte Viaene

“…Thus, we constructed from the most relevant sources a colonial genealogy of mining regulations and their continuity in the republican and contemporary regulations in the countries in question. …”
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A framework to guide future farming research with Indigenous communities by Daniel Hayden, Amber Hayden

“…The knowledge underlying these efforts is not static but dynamic, incorporating contemporary tools in ever changing environments. We highlight four princi­ples of Indigenous farming that are reflected in both practice and cultural traditions: polycultures, seed-keeping, sustainability, and community. …”
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Custom YOLO Object Detection Model for COVID-19 Diagnosis by Noor Najah Ali, Aseel Hameed, Asanka G. Perera, Ali Al_Naji

“…To examine the training performance of the contemporary YOLOv4 model, this work presents the development of a computer-assisted automatic detection system that focuses specifically on identifying viral cells in blood samples from patients using electron microscopy images to detect the infected blood cell. …”
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The Inaugural IJSPT and OSET Research Symposium: 2021 Abstracts by International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy

“…The 2021 abstracts include contemporary orthopaedic and rehabilitation topics across various research designs. …”
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An Overview of the BALSAC Population Database. Past Developments, Current State and Future Prospects by Hélène Vézina, Jean-Sébastien Bournival

“…The BALSAC database, developed since 1971, contains data on the Quebec population from the beginnings of European settlement in the 17th century to the contemporary period. Today, BALSAC is a major research infrastructure used by researchers from Quebec and elsewhere, both in the social sciences and in the biomedical sciences. …”
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Smartphone Use, Experience of Learning Environment, and Academic Performance among University Students: A Descriptive Appraisal by Gabriel Faimau, Kelebogile Tlhowe, Omphile Tlhaolang

“…In our contemporary digital society, the smartphone is at the center of a powerful technological revolution affecting multiple domains. …”
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THE ONLINE COMMUNITY AS A MODERN MARKETING TOOL by Valeriia A. Demirova

“…To examine the community within the online realm as a contemporary marketing instrument and to identify the characteristics of its establishment in Russian reality. …”
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Definicja piękna w XII wieku a architektoniczna ekspozycja ołtarza w epoce gotyckiej by Mirosław Bogdan

“…When the differentiation of these types of beauty shows itself, not only thanks to the unknown in Romanism mystical structure of architecture in a gothic temple, but also through the construction of the gothic altar and hiding it in a choir enclosed by a lectorium in accordance to the zone of aisles, there is a necessity for a scientific definition of beauty connected with the then contemporary stylistic changes. This is why this article presents the main schools of aesthetic thought from the XII century, which include: the aesthetic school of Hugon of St. …”
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