Decentralization reforms and their relations to local democracy and efficiency: CEE lessons by Juraj Nemec

“…The paper discusses the implementation of decentralization in Central and Eastern Europe Countries after the signature and ratification of the European Charter of Local Self-Government. …”
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Russian-тajik cooperation as a factor of stability in Central Asia (1992– 2022) by T. K. Tursunov, S. V. Novikov

“…This position meets the national interests not only of both countries, but also of the Central Asian states, guaranteeing their security and stability.…”
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Internet communities by R. V. Bolgov

“…We examine experience of their use in government agencies in several countries. We analyze official documents governing the use of social networks in the interaction of authorities with the citizens and business…”
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RESOLVING THE PROBLEMATIC ARRANGEMENT OF THE TRIUMVIRATE AS INTERIM PRESIDENT IN INDONESIA: INSIGHTS FROM GABON AND AUSTRIA by Rafi Auliyaa Rizqan, Yusdiyanto Yusdiyanto, Zulkarnain Ridlwan

“…The results showed that Indonesia's triumvirate arrangements are insufficient and comparatively simplistic when contrasted with other countries employing similar concepts. To strengthen Indonesia's framework, it is crucial to examine the regulatory frameworks of comparable nations, with a particular focus on insights from Gabon and Austria.…”
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Shekou : aux origines des zones économiques spéciales chinoises by Thierry Pairault

“…The “Shekou Model” is a banner held up by one company – China Merchants – and used by Chinese propaganda to tout the success of its special economic zones (SEZs) as a model for developing countries. In this paper, we will not look at what has been achieved both in China and abroad, but we question the conception and development of the Shekou Industrial Zone between 1977 and 1984 and find that the birth of the SEZs owes more to chance and a general desire for reform than to economic policy thinking, and that Deng Xiaoping certainly played a much more limited role than is generally reported.…”
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EU’s strategy and practice of 5G network security by Feng GUO, Yenan JI, Xiaoy HUANG

“…5G network is expected to become a key infrastructure for future economic and social development.Nowadays,global competition for 5G has been heating up,with leading operators racing to speed up their 5G deployments.The road-map of engineering and technology for the deployment of 5G networks in EU countries were summarized,the route design,influencing factors as well as time steps for the next phase of 5G networks deployment of them were analyzed.Besides,relevant suggestions for the development of China-EU cooperation in the field of 5G were put forward.…”
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Acquired severe pneumonia in the community in seropositive HIV patients. by Héctor Cruz de los Santos, Roberto Travieso Peña, Eddy Pereira Valdes, Argelio A. Santana Cano, Rubén Bembibre Taboada

“…Infection due to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)has become a principal health problem worldwide mainly in underdeveloped countries. In these patients, respiratory infections constitute the greatest cause of morbimortality rate in which Pneumocystis Carinii is the most frequently found pathogen. …”
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Frivillige organisationers resocialiserende arbejde i Kriminalforsorgens institutioner by Annette Olesen, Anders Brinck Rosenholm

“…Abstract Outsourcing in the criminal justice system is experiencing growth in the not-for-profit sector in many Western countries. There is, however, no indication of this trend in the Danish Prison and Probation Service. …”
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Visual inventories and field note templates for contextualised recording of human remains by Fanny Bocquentin, Marie Anton

“…Compared to those currently used in France, our protocols have the advantage of being written in English, for those working outside French-speaking countries. They are also more accurate anatomically and better coverage of specificities by age at death. …”
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Investissements ou accaparements fonciers en Afrique ? Les visions des paysans et de la société civile au Mali by Amandine Adamczewski, Jean-Yves Jamin, Benoît Lallau, Jean-Philippe Tonneau

“…Like other African countries, Mali is affected by the phenomenon of foreign investments and land grabbing. …”
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The Rhetoric of Travel and Exploration : a New “Nature” and the Other in Early to mid- Eighteenth-Century English Travel Collections by Matthew Binney

“…Reason and experience indicate that a spirit of commerce, rather than religion, provides the connection between the countries and nations of the world.…”
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COVID-19 – a new challenge for the medical community by D. Valančius, V. Kasiulevičius

“…It rapidly spread resulting in an epidemic throughout China followed by an increasing number of cases in other countries through out the world. The virus that causes COVID-19 is designated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). …”
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Desempleo y reforma laboral en España durante la Gran Recesión by Elíes Furió Blasco, Matilde Alonso Pérez

“…Besides being astonishingly high, the Spanish unemployment rate is extremely volatile compared to other countries. This paper analyzes the main changes of the new labor market reform approved in Spain in 2012 in relation to the labor market situation. …”
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Technology Transfer Through Company Takeovers by Chinese Investors by Jürgen Matthes

“…This favours China’s rapid technological catch-up, which could lead to a loss of prosperity in the industrialised countries, as is suggested by relevant trade models whose assumptions do not appear unrealistic on closer examination. …”
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Higher education in the United States: Historical excursions by Jack H. Schuster

“…This paper is intended to explain both features by means of a retrospective journey along the main trends of current American higher education; and on the way, a critical review is done of its development, policies, similarities and differences when compared with other countries' higher education. …”
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Attitude and behavior on hotel choice in function of the perception of sustainable practices by Cristóbal Fernández Robin, Jorge Cea Valencia, Geraldine Jamett Muñoz, Paulina Santander Astorga, Diego Yáñez Martínez

“…Chile is one of the countries with higher GPB in Latin America and important sources of incomes and employment comes from tourism. …”
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« Qu’aurais-je trouvé de plus chouette à Paris, Lyon ou Marseille ? » Socio-démo-géographie des Français·es de Bruxelles by Charlotte Casier, Jean-Michel Decroly

“…Unlike nationals of countries bordering Belgium, with whom a comparison is made, Franco-Brussels citizens are therefore more of a middle-class migration (Scott, 2006) than a transnational migrant elite.…”
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Comparative characteristics of doctoral education at universities of Russia and Belarus by Elmira R. Kushaeva, Elena G. Kremneva

“…Doctoral education in Russia and post-Soviet countries aims at training researchers for different spheres of national economies, including science, education, and industry. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF POSSIBLE USE OF CARBON ISOTOPE RATIOS IN AMINO ACIDS FOR MEAT PRODUCT GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGIN IDENTIFICATION by A. I. Solovyev, I. V. Podkolzin

“…Possible use of compound-specific isotope analysis (GC-C-IRMS) was assessed using 255 meat samples from 24 countries. Upon results of isotope ratio (δ13C) determination in amino acids after gas chromatographic separation samples were classified using Support Vector Machines and linear discriminate analysis. …”
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The Horizon Europe AGEMERA Project: Innovative Non-Invasive Geophysical Methodologies for Mineral Exploration by J. Joutsenvaara, J. Joutsenvaara, M. Holma, M. Holma, P. Kuusiniemi, J. Korteniemi, H. Seivane, D. Marti-Linares, M. Schimmel, G. Casini, G. G. Buffett, M. Pirttijärvi, A. Saartenoja, B. Štimac Tumara, I. Kapustin

“…Utilising passive seismic methods, drone-based electromagnetic sensing, and muography, the project maps subsurface characteristics across multiple countries in Europe and Zambia. Outcomes are integrated into a dynamic web-based platform for enhanced co-visualisation of different data sets.…”
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