Methodology for Assessing Information Development in the World Economy and its Adaptation for the Republic of Belarus by A. M. Baranov

“…The article systematizes modern indices for the development of the information economy in 2013–2021, ranks countries by the level of information development and clarifies the positioning of the Republic of Belarus in the world system of classification of the formation level of the information economy. …”
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Automatic Identification and Location of Tunnel Lining Cracks by Pengyu Wang, Shuhong Wang, Alipujiang Jierula

“…It is a new trend to use computer vision to detect tunnel cracks over the past few years in China and foreign countries. By image processing technology and intelligent algorithm, the computer has a hominine visual perception system which understands, analyzes, and determines input image information, thus recognizing and detecting specific objectives. …”
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Understanding the effect of revolution and rotation of the earth on prayer times using accurate times by Abu Yazid Raisal, Arwin Juli Rakhmadi

“…There are two options to overcome this problem, namely adjusting to neighboring countries where night and day can be distinguished or following prayer times in Mecca and Medina.…”
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Changements climatiques et risques naturels dans les Alpes by Benjamin Einhorn, Nicolas Eckert, Christophe Chaix, Ludovic Ravanel, Philip Deline, Marie Gardent, Vincent Boudières, Didier Richard, Jean-Marc Vengeon, Gérald Giraud, Philippe Schoeneich

“…To cope better with the hazards and vulnerabilities specific to these territories, the current national and European public policies in the Alpine countries now prescribe adapting natural hazard prevention to climate change. …”
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Realization of Students’ Academic Rights: Russia in the Bologna Process by G. M. Romanova, V. P. Erdakova, M. A. Maznichenko

“…The article considers the existing practice of realizing students’ academic rights in Russia in comparison with foreign countries (USA, European Union) and in the context of the key principles of the Bologna process (quality assurance, use of the credit system (ECTS), increased mobility, lifelong learning, student-centeredness, social dimension and social accessibility). …”
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Sur les traces de John MacCrae, ou l’inscription dans l’espace public du souvenir d’un combattant de 1914-1918 by Emmanuelle Danchin

“…He was indirectly responsible for the decision by Commonwealth countries in 1921 to adopt the poppy as a symbol to commemorate the fallen of the Great War. …”
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MALAY LITERATURE: TRANSLATED OR NOT TO BE TRANSLATED by Melania Priska Mendrofa

“…It is not like the other big countries, such as China, Japan, and many other Southeast Asia which have been famous for its literature in world. …”
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Nearby armed conflict affects girls' education in Africa. by Xiao Hui Tai

“…We link granular data on conflict events to georeferenced survey data on educational attainment from 28 countries in Africa, and use a regression-based approach to estimate the local effect of conflict exposure on female years of schooling. …”
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Silver economy – a reply to challenges of population aging by Boris Cizelj

“…Actually, the very concept of “elderly” has changed, and the demographic pyramid has turned around the first time in history:  there are more people above 60 years than youngsters below 20 years.  Only a few countries around the globe have recognized the huge potential of the seniors, intellectually being about a half, and economically 30-40% of the key global assets. …”
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Control Strategies to Curtail Transmission of COVID-19 by Nita H. Shah, Ankush H. Suthar, Ekta N. Jayswal

“…As of 29 March 2020, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected 199 countries and territories, resulting in 683,536 positive cases and causing 32,139 deaths. …”
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SPECIALISED FINANCIAL COMPANIES AS AN INSTRUMENT OF ASSET SECURITISATION by Anna I. Navalikhina

“…The result of the study is the identification of shortcomings in legal regulation, systematization of distinctive features of Specialized Financial Companies, identification of their advantages over other corporations, analysis of examples of the use of Specialized Financial Companies (SPV) in foreign countries, determination of their role and functions in the economy.…”
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Economic effects of livestock disease burden in Ethiopia: A computable general equilibrium analysis. by Amanda M Countryman, Taís C de Menezes, Dustin L Pendell, Jonathan Rushton, Thomas L Marsh

“…The burden of animal disease is widespread globally and is especially severe for developing countries dependent on livestock production. Ethiopia has the largest livestock population in Africa and the second-largest human population on the continent. …”
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Seroepidemiology of Camel Brucellosis in and around Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia by Hika Waktole, Mohammed Aden, Hagos Ashenafi

“…Brucellosis is an infectious disease in domestic and wild animals with serious zoonotic and economic implication in humans, being more severe in developing countries. The disease is highly prevalent in cattle, camels, and small ruminants in pastoral and agro-pastoral areas in Africa. …”
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Inovação social: rumo a uma mudança experimental na política pública? by Lars Hulgård, Adriane Vieira Ferrarini

“…In the light of this theoretical approach, social entrepreneurship and social innovation in public policy are closely related to the participatory and democratic structures of government and emerge at the intersection of state, market and civil society. The Nordic countries show a trend of active support from the state to civil society but in Brazil theemergence of social entrepreneurial principles starting from the end of the 1980s, with the universalization and democratization of public policy. …”
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Real Estate Tax, Housing Price, and Housing Wealth Effect: An Empirical Research on China Housing Market by Jixuan Zhang, Xiaoyu Deng

“…Housing market occupies a large part of the wealth of the whole society in most countries, and real estate tax plays an important role for the government to maintain sustainable development for the economy. …”
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FEATURES OF ADULT EDUCATION CENTERS IN ENGLAND by Anastasiia Fedchyshyna

“…The article reveals the peculiarities of adult education centers in one of the countries of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – England, which are based at universities, colleges, charitable organizations, etc. …”

Queensland Fruit Fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) by Howard V. Weems, Jr., Thomas R. Fasulo

“…Bactrocera tryoni appears to be almost as destructive to fruit production in its Australian range as the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel, is in countries where it appears. A heavy outbreak of B. tryoni in New South Wales during 1940-41 resulted in the rejection of 5 to 25% of citrus at harvest. …”
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A Proposed Model for Infant and Child Oral Health Promotion in India by Ashwin Muralidhar Jawdekar

“…Dental caries is an increasing burden in the developing countries. A proper budgetary allocation for treating dental diseases in an enormous population such as India is impractical, where resources are inadequate for major health challenges such as malnutrition and gastrointestinal and respiratory infections in children. …”
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THE IMPACT OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES ON THE PENSION SYSTEM FINANCING SUSTAINABILITY IN THE FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Slavo Vukić, Danijel Knežević

“…The increased number of pensioners and a significant decrease in the rate of demographic reproduction have negative effects on the sustainability of pension systems based on intergenerational solidarity (pay as you go systems), which are prevalent in most European countries. In this paper, the issue of demographic aging and pension systems is analysed from the point of view of sustainability of public finance in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH). …”
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Experiences, characteristics, and features of developing new towns between 1898 and 1970 by Mazdak Irani

“…Following the review of the related literature, this study compared the theories and bases for building new towns and studied the experiences of different countries as examples. The present desktop research was carried out based on a narrative review in order to develop a framework for assessing the success of new town projects in response to the underlying needs and aims. …”
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