Banana Market by Edward Evans, Fredy Ballen

“… The United States is the largest single-country importer of fresh bananas. With a per capita consumption of about 25 pounds, the banana market appears to be saturated, but consumption of organic bananas in the United States is increasing. …”
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Les diplômés scientifiques tunisiens : la « voie moyenne » des études à l'étranger by Vincent Geisser

“…Based on the results of a survey carried out on Tunisian students returning to their country after having studied abroad, this text tries to specifically analyze the case ofthose who specialized in fundamental sciences. …”
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Al-Jawâhîrî: between patronage and revolution by Sami Zubaida

“…He was a prominent actor in the fields of journalism and literature, active participant in the political currents and intrigues which characterised the country. Episodes in his life illustrate both the imaginaire of the new Iraqi nation and its fissiparous and sectarian tendencies. …”
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Breast Fibroleiomysarcoma in Male. A Case Presentation by Lidia Torres Ajá, Julián Viera Llanes, Magalys Oliver

“…The presentation of this case is considered of great scientific importance due to there is no other reference of a case like this before in our province or in any other of our country.</p>…”
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Reflections on the development and construction of space-ground integration information network by Wei WU, Peng QIN, Xu FENG, Haijiao LIU, Zhaoxiang HUANG

“…When maintaining and expanding national interests,our country’s information network has always been faced with the problem of “covering beyond its control,incompatible with information,slow in response to services and having security risks”.Building a space-ground integration information network is an effective way to deal with the challenges.Based on this,the status quo and trend of the development of the integrated world-wide information network system at home and abroad were analyzed.The concept,key technologies and implementation strategies of a global integration of information network architecture were given.…”
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Science-fiction et traduction en Chine continentale : d’outils pour le progrès à outils de soft power by Loïc Aloisio

“…Drawing first on the polysystem theory and then on Lefevere’s notion of patronage, this article sets out to highlight the role played by translation, firstly in the popularisation of the genre in Mainland China and in its evolution and definition, in order to explore how an “imported” genre has been continually reworked and brought to the fore at each period ; and secondly as a tool for “re-exporting” the genre, which is now fairly well assimilated, from the People’s Republic of China to other countries, with the Chinese government promoting science fiction as a soft power tool designed to tell the country’s “bright future”.…”
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DEVELOPMENT OF VOLUNTARY ACTIVITY IN RUSSIA by O. A. Petrina

“…The assessment of development of volunteer movement in foreign countries has been given. Barriers, hindering the development of volunteerism have been designated. …”
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Españoles fuera de España. Historia y memoria de la última ola migratoria española (1945-1980) by María José Fernández Vicente

“…The’80s have seen Spain transformed from an “Emigration country” to an “Immigration land”. Often submerged by this new situation and its conflictive dimension, Spanish society seems to have forgotten that Spain has been a “land of emigrants”. …”
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Constitutional Reform in the Russian Federation: for and Against by S. A. Tsyplyaev

“…Considering the basic models of republican government in the modern world, the author comes to the conclusion that the presidential-parliamentary republic, which is the basis of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, is optimal for our country. According to the author, the French model of a semi-presidential republic is closest to the Russian one. …”
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Author Correction: Best practice advice for asthma exacerbation prevention and management in primary care: an international expert consensus by Neil Skolnik, Barbara P. Yawn, Jaime Correia de Sousa, María Mar Martínez Vázquez, Amanda Barnard, Wendy L. Wright, Austin Ulrich, Tonya Winders, Stephen Brunton

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Participation citoyenne et lutte contre la corruption by Ping Huang

“…Though our presented analysis of case studies highlights the potential of these digital networks as an effective tool for citizen mobilization and participation in the country, and an unquestionable improvement of government /citizens’ interactions, we emphasize the limitations to the Chinese cyber-movement, taking into account political factors and internal resistance from interest groups.…”
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Pandemics — What Can be Done Better (Economically) in the Future? by ZG Überblick

“…How should funding, responsibilities and decisionmaking rights be sorted within a country and across (European) national borders? Selected contributions to the symposium are summarised in this Wirtschaftsdienst-Zeitgespräch.…”
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Efficiency Problems in the System of Key National Indicators by E. A. Brendeleva

“…The paper also looks at the possible changes in the existing system to asses the state of national economies and social welfare, as well as in the way institutional characteristics of a particular country are considered in this system, with the final aim of deciding on the states’ long term development strategy.…”
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KURSK STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY: PAST AND PRESENT by Viktor A. Lazarenko

“…Today it rapidly develops a large scientific and educational center and has a high rating among medical schools and universities in the country. The Kursk state medical university is recognized as a reliable business and social partner not only in Russia, but also in 50 countries of theworld. …”
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CLUSTERS IN NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS by O. D. Gaisha

“…The experience of developed countries demonstrates the use of the cluster concept as an effective tool, that promotes the development of entrepreneurship and innovations, improving the competitiveness of both individual regions of clusters and the country as a whole. …”
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Sobre a circulação de livros e a leitura na colônia brasileira by Raylane Andreza Dias Navarro Barreto, Ester Fraga Vilas-Bôas Carvalho do Nascimento, Tâmara Regina Reis Sales

“…Based on the method of historical research this article brings Brazilian historiography, books, bookstores and readers as well as booksellers the modus operandi that contributed to the transmission of religious knowledge in the country and with different communities of readers originating not only from religious congregation, of students and scholars, but lay people who cared and did circulate ideas in different media beyond the book.…”
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Architecture on the Moon: Expanding the boundaries of Space by Андрей Кафтанов

“… The article examines the peculiarities of Soviet modernism of the 1960s – 1980s aimed at the spatial development of the country. The history of space exploration and attempts to conquer the Moon are also included in these processes. …”
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Guest Editorial Vol3 no1 by Jennifer Davidson

“…Having formerly worked professionally in both Canada and the USA, I naturally find myself comparing what I know of child care policy, and the role of the residential child care profession from one country to the next. No longer quite so new, I would like to share with you some of my reflections and impressions of the Scottish residential child care situation from that initial perspective, including a mixture of both my commendations and concerns.…”

Discussions on the talent cultivation of cyber security by Jian WENG, Chang-she MA, Liang GU

“…Cyber security has been formally approved to be the first level discipline in June 2015.How to train the cyber security talents that meet the needs of our country has become an urgent problem to be solved in the discipline construction.Synthetical analysis of the current situation of training related talents at domestic and foreign,as well as the actual demand for the cyber security talents was presented.According to the characteristics of the talent culti-vation in cyber security,some suggestions on training the cyber security talents were given.…”
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Foreword by Rian Venter

“… From text: The position of theology at a public and secular university has become a contested issue in recent years. In a country like South Africa, with a multi-religious population and a secular constitution, Christian theology should account increasingly for its legitimacy among the other academic disciplines. …”
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