KEY AREAS OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANISATION by O. U. Kolegova

“…In addition, one of the main causes of economic cooperation deceleration in the SCO, he said the lack of dedicated funding mechanism for multilateral projects.The paper identified the medium-term prospects for international cooperation within the SCO, which have become more apparent in June 2012, at the regular meeting of the SCO Council of State’ Heads, held in Beijing, a brief review of the approved there important documents defining trends of the organization over the next decade.…”
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CEO Characteristics and Earnings Management: A Study of Manager Tenure, Age, Gender, and Overconfidence by Chen Sitao, Tzavara Dionisia, Argyropoulou Maria, Koufopoulos Dimitrios, Argyropoulou Rachel

“…Corporate scandals over the past few decades underline the importance of robust corporate governance mechanisms to monitor and control managerial behaviour. …”
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LONG-TERM FISCAL IMPLICATIONS OF AGING: THE CASE OF MOLDOVA by Valeriu Prohnițchi

“…If the 2019-2022 age-specific trends in public flows prevail in the next one-and-half decade (baseline scenario), this may lead to severely negative consequences for the Moldovan public finance, with the debt-to-GDP ratio exceeding 80% by 2040. …”
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Missed, but Momentous: A Comprehensive Review of Neglected Tropical Skin Diseases in Southern India and their Global Impact by Ramesha M Bhat, N Swathi

“…A thorough literature search was undertaken, concentrating on peer-reviewed articles and case reports published in English within the past decade. This systematic review aims to probe into the intricate facets of NTDs in South India, delving into each dermatological NTD in detail, spotlighting their essence, prevalence, socio-economic reverberations, hurdles, and the necessity for collective action. …”
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Evaluation of the Fluctuation Mechanism of Behavioral Financial Market Based on Edge Computing by Xiaoliang Yuan

“…Behavioral finance is a transformation of financial theory. Over the past decade, this shift has had strong repercussions in academia, challenging the dominance of traditional finance and forming its own theoretical system. …”
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Numerical modelling of dynamic ductile fracture propagation in different lab-scale experiments using GTN damage model by Benoît Paermentier, Dimitri Debruyne, Reza Talemi

“…Consequences of a pipeline failure can be catastrophic thus structural integrity must be ensured over several decades. Traditional lab-scale experiments such as the Charpy V-Notch (CVN) and Drop Weight Tear Test (DWTT), impact experiments on a notched three-point bending sample, are widely used to measure the fracture toughness of a material. …”
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“Cultivating a Sense of Duty and Responsibility to Society”: the Specificity of the “Service-Learning” Approach in China by A. D. Galkina, V. S. Nikolskiy

“…Civic education and youth nurturing continue to be the focus of academic discussions. Over the past decade, in Russian higher education there has been an increasing interest in intensification of youth policy, as well as the introduction of new ideological, philosophic disciplines and modules. …”
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Measles seroprevalence in Thailand: are adolescents and young adults at risk of measles? by Panit Takkinsatian, Kamolmart Wannaphahoon, Prasit Upapan, Sansnee Senawong, Olarn Prommalikit

“…Introduction: During the last decade, measles has become an important re-emerging disease in Thailand. …”
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İsrail’in Batı Şeria’daki Yerleşimci Politikası ve ABD’nin Filistin Sorununa İlişkin Barış Girişimleri: İki Devletli Çözüm Hâlâ Mümkün Mü? by Özge ÖZKOÇ

“…It can be said that the de facto Israeli annexation of the West Bank, based on the existence of Jewish settlements, is the main obstacle to the two-state solution. In the last two decades, while the Israeli occupation in the West Bank has been deepening step by step, it has become impossible for the Palestinian Authority to establish a sovereign state in the region. …”
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Reduzir a desigualdade, mas até que ponto? Breves comentários a partir da "Vida Boa" de Aristóteles by Robson Antonio Grassi

“…However, some more developed countries are already at a greater level of progress in terms of these indicators, and even so, in recent decades, there is strong evidence of an increase in inequality and a reduction in important indicators of the well-being of their population. …”
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Dynamique de la neige de culture dans les Alpes Françaises by Pierre Spandre, Hugues François, Samuel Morin, Emmanuelle George-Marcelpoil

“…Since the effects of climate change are expected to increase in the coming decades (all scenarios suggest an air temperature increase), ski resorts will have to produce snow in less ideal conditions, incurring greater costs as a result of decreased production efficiency.…”
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Becoming Homebaked by Jones Samantha

“…In a neighbourhood that has suffered from over a decade of stalled regeneration programmes, Homebaked is located on the high street just a few steps from the famous Liverpool Football Club. …”
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Professionalisation and Autonomy of the Occupational Therapist Profession in Poland by Cabak Anna, Dąbrowska-Zimakowska Anna, Bartoszewicz Ewelina

“…Occupational therapy has been practised for several decades across various medical entities. However, it was only since 2012 that opportunities for professional development in this area began to be created. …”
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From occupation to independence: contemporary East Timorese history and identity in Portuguese picturebooks by Ana Margarida Ramos

“…The text and images are combined in order to promote symbolic readings, suggesting a magical/mystical environment that impresses readers. More than a decade later, recent struggles and stories from East Timor are still present in Portuguese picturebooks such as Lya/Lia (2014), by Margarida Botelho. …”
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Is Uruguay More Resilient This Time? Distributional Impacts of a Crisis Similar to the 2001–02 Argentine Crisis by Oscar Barriga Cabanillas, María Ana Lugo, Hannah Nielsen, Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán, María Pía Zanetti

“…The paper also explores the changes in social welfare policy that took place in the last decade that are protecting vulnerable groups from new macroeconomic shocks. …”
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CSN: The Conceptually Manageable Sensor Network by Woojin Joe, Jonghyun Lee, Karpjoo Jeong

“…For the last decade, computer science and information technology have been rapidly expanding their application areas from computation and data processing inside computers to the real time monitoring and management of the real world outside computers. …”
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Bifurcation of a Fractional-Order Delayed Malware Propagation Model in Social Networks by Changjin Xu, Maoxin Liao, Peiluan Li

“…Thus, the study on malware propagation model plays an important role in network security. In the past few decades, numerous researchers put up various kinds of malware propagation models to analyze the dynamic interaction. …”
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Immobilization of α-Chymotrypsin on the Surface of Magnetic/Gold Core/Shell Nanoparticles by Mahmoud Kamal Ahmadi, Manouchehr Vossoughi

“…Over the last decade, nanoparticles used as protein carriers have opened new avenues for a variety of biomedical applications. …”
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The Molecular Imaging of Natural Killer Cells by Mariya Shapovalova, Sean R. Pyper MD, PhD, Branden S. Moriarity PhD, Aaron M. LeBeau PhD

“…The recent success of autologous T cell-based therapies in hematological malignancies has spurred interest in applying similar immunotherapy strategies to the treatment of solid tumors. Identified nearly 4 decades ago, natural killer (NK) cells represent an arguably better cell type for immunotherapy development. …”
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Autenticitatea și simulacrele ei în noile contexte culturale, politice și economice by Ștefan Firică

“…Somogy Varga followed its trace from the first self-help manual (in mid-19th c.) to the consumerism and counter-culture of the latest decades. The new paradigm of business management, starting at the beginning of the 1990s, relies on such notions as self-marketing, self-management or personal branding. …”
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