Armies of War Without Uniforms: Mercenaries and Private Military Companies in Russia’s Interventions in Syria and Ukraine by Çağla Mavruk, Ali Gök

“…The history of mercenaries dates back to ancient times. However, they were used extensively in conflicts in many regions after the Cold War. …”
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A Database for the Future. Major Contributions from 47 Years of Database Development and Research at the Demographic Data Base by Sören Edvinsson

“…A countless number of customised datasets have been prepared and distributed to researchers in Sweden and abroad and to date, the research has resulted in more than a thousand published scientific reports, books, and articles within a broad range of academic fields. …”
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Tackling Extended Hospital Stays in Patients with Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections by Gavin Barlow, Michael Wilke, Guillaume Béraud

“…This review also focuses on one of a number of new antibiotics for ABSSSI, dalbavancin, as the long-acting glycopeptide with the most clinical experience to date. This antibiotic has been shown to be as effective as a daily/twice daily regimen with similar safety profiles. …”
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University proceedings. Volga region. Social sciences by E.S. Plakhova

“…Background. To date, the annual report is a working tool of all Russian ombuds-men. …”

Floral Nectary Anatomy and Ultrastructure in Mycoheterotrophic Plant, Epipogium aphyllum Sw. (Orchidaceae) by Emilia Święczkowska, Agnieszka K. Kowalkowska

“…The floral biology and ultrastructure differ from mycoheterotrophic plants known up to date.…”
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The Role of Type III Interferons in Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Therapy by Janina Bruening, Bettina Weigel, Gisa Gerold

“…In particular, human polymorphisms in IFNL gene loci correlate with hepatitis C disease progression and with treatment response. To date, the underlying mechanisms remain mostly elusive; however it seems clear that viral infection of the liver induces IFNL responses. …”
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Dynamical System Analysis of Interacting Hessence Dark Energy in f(T) Gravity by Jyotirmay Das Mandal, Ujjal Debnath

“…We have used nonlinear dynamical system theory, developed till date, in our analysis. This approach gives totally different stable solutions, in contrast to what the linear analysis would have predicted. …”
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“Enfoncer une porte ouverte”. Madame Bovary sounds as music by Roberto Doati

“…The link between text and music dates back to the History of humankind and it always represented a problem for composers. …”
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Policy and Law Assessment of COVID-19 Based on Smooth Transition Autoregressive Model by Jieqi Lei, Xuyuan Wang, Yiming Zhang, Lian Zhu, Lin Zhang

“…In order to quantitatively evaluate the influence of the epidemic control measures, the sequence is fitted to the STAR model; then, comparisons between the dates of transition points and those of releasing certain policies are applied. …”
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In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity Evaluation of a Novel Fitostimoline® Plus Spray Formulation by Maria Domenica Falciglia, Roberta Palladino, Barbara Maglione, Giulia Schiavo

“…The wound contaminants are most likely to originate from the environment and from the surrounding skin lesion, and to date, the most frequent bacteria isolated are Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Klebsiella pneumoniae. …”
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Le peuple est-il soluble dans la constitution ? Leçons tunisiennes by Jean-Philippe Bras

“…There are good reasons to observe closely how this omnipotent Constituent Assembly will exercise its constitutional and legislative mandate, and set the dates for organizing future legislative elections.…”
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Vibration Analysis for Machine Monitoring and Diagnosis: A Systematic Review by Mohamad Hazwan Mohd Ghazali, Wan Rahiman

“…This manuscript presents a systematic review of up-to-date vibration analysis for machine monitoring and diagnosis. …”
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Citrus Diseases Exotic to Florida: Citrus Tristeza Virus– Stem Pitting (CTV-SP) by Kuang Ren Chung, Ronald H. Brlansky

“…This document is Fact Sheet PP-227, one of a series of the Plant Pathology Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date: March 2006. …”
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Evolutionary Path and Influences on Marine Ecological Farming: Dual Perspective of Government Intervention and Enterprise Participation by Qun Zhang, Junjie Lin, Wenyue Wei, Yuanzhu Wei

“…Although some studies have examined stakeholders’ interests in ecological transformation, few studies to date have analyzed the interaction mechanism of the stakeholders in ecological transformation. …”
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Leading the way – presence of brown bear Ursus arctos, lynx Lynx lynx and grey wolf Canis lupus underlines the integrity and corridor function of the upper Neretva Valley in Bosnia... by Manuela Habe

“… Despite its connecting character to the Sutjeska National Park in the North-East, the course of the upper Neretva (Ulog and Borač valley) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), has to date not been an area of focus for carnivore research. …”
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La peur dans The City of Dreadful Night (1874) de James Thomson by Françoise Dupeyron-Lafay

“…Although its form is largely indebted to 19th century poetic codes, the mood of The City surprisingly pre-dates the 20th century sense of the tragic and the absurd. …”
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Spring phenological models combining the effects of temperature and photoperiod are successfully transferred to various spatial and temporal scales: a case study of Aesculus hippoc... by Korsakova Svetlana, Korsakov Pavel, Evstigneev Vladislav

“…On the basis of long-term, high-quality in situ observations on phenological and meteorological data, we parameterised and examined the performances of four single-phase and two two-phase models for the prediction of the leaf unfolding and flowering dates of horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum L.). …”
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Assessing the impact of the country’s economic security on export development in the agro-industrial sector by E. V. Nagovitsyna, E. A. Bratukhina

“…Measurement tools are proposed that help to assess food security at the national level, assess household access to food and its purchase, and also allow measuring food consumption and use. To date, the solution of this problem is one of the main tasks, both within individual regions and the country as a whole.…”
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Tuberculosis in Pregnancy: A Review by Olabisi M. Loto, Ibraheem Awowole

“…Obstetric complications of TB include spontaneous abortion, small for date uterus, preterm labour, low birth weight, and increased neonatal mortality. …”
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Prospective Results from the PA (Personality and Activity) Project: Evaluating the Influence of the Transtheoretical Model on Physical Activity while Considering Personality Trait... by Chelsea Joyner, Paul D. Loprinzi

“…Personality trait characteristics have also been shown to influence physical activity. To date, limited research has evaluated whether the TTM influences physical activity across various personality traits. …”
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