Analyzing North Macedonia’s Size and Power in the Context of its Foreign Policy Conduct by Gjeraqina Leka, Shefik Shehu, Ebrar Ibraimi

“…The contextualized analysis is expected to contribute to an enhanced understanding of how the main patterns of a state’s foreign policy behavior may dictate its size and power and consequently its place and role within the international system.…”
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The “construction” of the Greek landscape in the Hellenistic era by Iliopoulou Filio

“…Doxiadis, “Architectural Space in Ancient Greece”, will be used as the basis upon which the current research will develop its own arguments related to the ways the particular characteristics of the ancient Greek landscape dictated a pre-defined course through the built and unbuilt environment, which was perceived as an inseparable unity. …”
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Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy: Are We Ready to Individualize Radiation? by Ashlyn S. Everett, Drexell Hunter Boggs, Jennifer F. De Los Santos

“…While surgical staging has traditionally dictated indications for postmastectomy radiation therapy (PMRT), our current understanding of tumor biology, host, immunoprofiles, and tumor microenvironment may direct a more personalized approach to radiation. …”
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Development of a management model for the provision of long-term care services for elderly and disabled citizens on an extraterritorial basis by F. G. Myshko

“…Universal globalization dictates the need for new forms and methods of social work. …”
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Les relations de frontière entre le Portugal et l’Espagne au temps de la dictature dans l’œuvre d’Álvaro Cunhal/Manuel Tiago by João Carlos Vitorino Pereira

“…Control over frontier space was as important for the Spanish and Portuguese dictators as it was for their opponents. The Iberian pact agreed between Salazar and Franco was aimed at reinforcing their respective regimes. …”
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A Review of Dying for Freedom: Political Martyrdom in South Africa by Jacob Dlamini (Polity Press, 2024). by Taurayi Munemo

“…According to Achille Mbembe (Necropolitics 2019), necropolitics is the use of both political and social power to dictate how one must live and how one must die. The history of South African politics evinces how dying for freedom was considered the pinnacle of heroism. …”
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Partial Extraction Therapy with Early Implant Placement in the Esthetic Zone: A Clinical Case Report by Saleh N. Almohammed, Reem S. Abdel-Hafez, Duaa D. Ailabouni

“…Successful integration and restoration were achieved with very minimal hard- and soft-tissue changes, accentuating satisfactory esthetic results as dictated by objective esthetic assessment. PET with early implant placement may be considered a viable treatment option for selected cases.…”
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The Possible Role of the Uropygial Gland on Mate Choice in Domestic Chicken by Atsushi Hirao

“…From various reports, it appears that the uropygial gland has the potential to act as the source of social odor cues that dictate mate choice. In this review, evidence for the possible role of the uropygial gland on mate choice in domestic chickens is presented. …”
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Le Queenborough d’Ellen Glasgow : cartographie d’une Babylone en devenir by Brigitte Zaugg

“…The portrait she drew was dictated by the period, the turn of the century—a time of societal, economic and architectural changes. …”
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Des pratiques pédagogiques de l’enseignement du lire/écrire, déclarées par des enseignantes du primaire by Rakia Laroui, Magalie Morel, Stéphanie Leblanc

“…The results showed that they use innovative practices that incorporate reading, writing and oral communication teachings in class ; even if they still have traditional practices such as dictation. They also focused on interdisciplinary and cross-functional projects. …”
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Assessing the Influence of Summer Organic Fertilization Combined with Nitrogen Inhibitor on a Short Rotation Woody Crop in Mediterranean Environment by Anita Maienza, Giovanni Mughini, Luca Salvati, Anna Benedetti, Maria Teresa Dell'Abate

“…The European Union Directive 91/676/EEC, known as Nitrates Directive, has dictated basic agronomic principles regarding the use of animal manure source as well as livestock and waste waters from small food companies. …”
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Intelligent Injection Molding on Sensing, Optimization, and Control by Peng Zhao, Jianfeng Zhang, Zhengyang Dong, Junye Huang, Hongwei Zhou, Jianzhong Fu, Lih-Sheng Turng

“…The settings and optimization of the injection molding process dictate the geometric precision and mechanical properties of the final products. …”
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Simple Orthodontic Correction of Rotated Malpositioned Teeth Using Sectional Wire and 2×4 Orthodontic Appliances in Mixed-Dentition: A Report of Two Cases by S. Nagarajan M. P. Sockalingam, Ahmad Shuhud Irfani Zakaria, Khairil Aznan Mohamed Khan, Fayyadhah Mohd Azmi, Nurhidayah Muhd Noor

“…Factors such as severity of the malpositioned teeth, patient’s treatment compliance, limitation in specific functions of the selected appliance, availability of bone and space may dictate the success of the treatment. The combined use of a simple sectional orthodontic wire appliance and a 2×4 orthodontic appliance has been shown to produce a positive effect. …”
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La mort protestante : entre invisibilité et persistance. La difficulté d’ancrage des espaces funéraires protestants à Paris et à La Rochelle (XVIe-XVIIIe siècles) by Isabelle Souquet, Cécile Buquet-Marcon

“…The lack of textual data means that Protestant burials may only be identifiable by the topography of the chosen burial place, which was dictated by exclusion.…”
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The Role of Further Vocational Education in Training the Competitive Specialists for the Regional Labor Market by M. M. Abragimovich

“…The fast changing reality of the postindustrial information society dictates the necessity of developing andmastering different models of further education. …”
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Systematization of scientific approaches in the contemporary motivation system and staff incentives by A. J. Bonyani

“…Therefore, the author presents in the article an analysis of the existing types and forms of personnel motivation and incentive systems, and also highlights the factors of the modern world that dictate the introduction of new tools and methods for motivating employees of enterprises. …”
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A Multiquark Approach to Excited Hadrons and Regge Trajectories by S. S. Afonin

“…These spin-singlet or triplet pairs dictate the quantum numbers of formed resonance. The resulting classification of light mesons turns out to be in a better agreement with the experimental observations than the standard quark model classification. …”
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A Theoretical Model of the Flow Properties of Postprocessed Direct Metal Laser Sintering Ti6Al4V (ELI) by A. M. Muiruri, M. Maringa, W. du Preez

“…The model shows that the parabolic shape of the stress-strain curve of the alloy is dictated by the initial dislocation density, which is generally a factor of grain size.…”
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Una seconda opportunità per le cose. Circuito del dono e processi di mercificazione in un emporio dello scambio e del baratto by Viola Lucrezia Giuliani

“…The interviews addressed to the members have also shown an interesting heterogeneity within the process from approaching to consumption, demonstrating how a strong, sometimes contradictory, critic towards consumerism impacts most of their choices, when these are not dictated by financial needs. The “Senza Monete” presents itself as a paradigmatic case, a place that offers a second chance to objects thanks to the time donated voluntarily by a team of people who is trying to cope with an increasingly felt social and economic crisis.…”
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Pancreatic organogenesis mapped through space and time by Marissa A. Scavuzzo, Wojciech J. Szlachcic, Matthew C. Hill, Natalia M. Ziojla, Jessica Teaw, Jeffrey C. Carlson, Jonathan Tiessen, Jolanta Chmielowiec, James F. Martin, Malgorzata Borowiak

“…Abstract The spatial organization of cells within a tissue is dictated throughout dynamic developmental processes. …”
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