Friendship, admiration, or hatred? The image of the united provinces in the travel diaries of the Czech nobility (1650-1750) by Jiří Kubeš

“…The author comes to the conclusion that the nobility from the Czech lands were not looking for friendship in the United Provinces in the second half of the 17th and the first half of the 18th century, as there were not many people there they could make friendly contact with. The local elite were predominantly made up of rich merchants and traders from the town establishment. …”
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SOCIALINĖ KULTŪROS KRITIKA VERSUS POPKULTŪROS TYRIMAI by Gintautas Mažeikis

“…Evolution of industrial culture is characterised by opposition elite / masses and consumer culture is interpreted as development of heterotopies and heterogenous subcultures. …”
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Autenticitatea și simulacrele ei în noile contexte culturale, politice și economice by Ștefan Firică

“…Charles Guignon transferred the concept of identity from the “high” territories of elite culture to the “lower” field of pop-culture, from self-help literature and media to punk rock and heavy metal. …”
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Presentation a Road Map of Service Quality for Travel Agencies by SERVQUAL and REMBRANDT by Amir Karbassi Yazdi, Bahar Beishami

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Aproximaciones a la problemática criolla novohispana: el ego y los otros en Alboroto y motín de los indios de México de Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora (1645-1700) by Catalina Restrepo G.

“…Alboroto y motín de los indios de México de Carlos de Ssigüenza y Góngora (1645-1700), en tanto que texto representativo del imaginario criollo de la ciudad letrada, es fundamental para entender las redes discursivas mediante las cuales se expresó la paranoia de la elite criolla con respecto al Otro interno de la colonia y cómo se llevó a cabo la re-producción y legitimación ideológica del proyecto expansionista español. …”
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Les relations centre-périphérie et la fragmentation socio-spatiale dans les villes moyennes brésiliennes : Mossoró/RN et Ribeirão Preto/SP by Cláudio Smalley Soares Pereira, Vanessa Moura de Lacerda Teixeira, Cleiton Ferreira da Silva

“…New housing developments for the elite and for residents of state-funded low-cost have been built on the periphery. …”
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SOCIALINĖ KULTŪROS KRITIKA VERSUS POPKULTŪROS TYRIMAI by Gintautas Mažeikis

“…Evolution of industrial culture is characterised by opposition elite / masses and consumer culture is interpreted as development of heterotopies and heterogenous subcultures. …”
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On the ethics of multilevel marketing based on dietary supplements by Edgar Manuel Cambaza, Filipe Francisco Gerente Gustavo, Sebastião Job Cuata, Rajabo Victorino Jamal

“…The main findings indicate that the current MLM model favors an elite, leaves most distributors at a financial disadvantage, and compromises consumer autonomy and health by selling products with unproven benefits. …”
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Intelligent Optimization Scheduling Strategy for Energy Consumption Reduction for Equipment in Open-Pit Mines Based on Enhanced Genetic Algorithm by Fudong Li, Zonghao Shi, Weiqiang Ding, Yongjun Gan

“…To solve this model, we have developed an improved genetic algorithm that integrates roulette wheel selection and elite preservation strategies. The experimental results of our algorithm demonstrate that it can provide a more refined operational equipment scheduling scheme, effectively decreasing truck transportation costs and enhancing equipment utilization efficiency in open-pit mines.…”
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POLITICAL CONFIGURATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAMIC ECONOMIC LAW IN INDONESIA DURING THE NEW ORDER AND REFORMATION ERA by Bambang Iswanto

“…The society holds legal control by making the elites as policymakers for the development of Islamic economic law (bottom-up).…”
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VALUABLE AND ORIENTATION FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF THE COUNTRY by Vladimir I. Zagvyazinsky

“…Resources and positive tendencies in a development of education, especially elite, and also educational systems of some territories, including the Tyumen region where traditions of the enthusiasts-pioneers mastering the remote territories of oil and gas fields remain are shown.…”
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Social media for public participation in urban planning in China based on place attachment-- a case of the Guangzhou banyan tree incident by Yifei Ouyang, Yifei Ouyang, Xiaohe Bai

“…On the other hand, the paper reveals challenges such as information homogenization, emotionalized communication, and elite dominance. These issues underscore the need for further improvements in regulatory mechanisms and technical support. …”
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Public advocates, private advisors: the autonomy, function, and influence of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology by Kenneth M. Evans, Kenneth M. Evans, Kirstin R. W. Matthews

“…This paper offers an analytical framework for assessing the autonomy, function, and influence of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), a federal advisory committee consisting of 30 elite scientists, engineers, and industry leaders appointed by and advising the president. …”
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Macau pós-colonial: esperança e desespero em um Centro Mundial de Turismo e Lazer by Michael O’Regan

“…O artigo argumenta que o rápido e milagroso crescimento do PIB per capita, emprego e superávit orçamentário é fruto do olhar de uma nova elite pós-colonial voltada para o passado colonial. …”
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The Social Well-Being Issues of the European Urbanisation Stages and the Possibilities of their Management by the Creation of Spatial Configurations by Viktória Szirmai

“…Big cities are the places where the conditions of modernisation, economic and social development, the operating conditions of global economy, the educated and qualified middle-class, members of the economic, political and cultural elite are concentrated. Meanwhile modern urban spaces are rather controversial. …”
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n the identification of some characters in Plano Carpini’s “History of the Mongols” by Trepavlov V.V.

“…Research objectives: To identify representatives of the Mongolian ruling elite of the 13th century whose names are mentioned in the “History of the Mongols” by the Papal legate, Franciscan John (Giovanni) de Plano Carpini, as well as several historical realities of the epoch of the Mongol conquests. …”
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Effect of 12 Week Neuromuscular Weighted Rope Jump Training on Lower Extremity Reaction Time by Gökhan İpekoğlu, Ceren Suveren Erdogan, Fatmanur Er, Fatma Filiz Colakoglu, Gul Baltaci

“…The purposes of this study were to determine the influence of a jumping training protocol, using the weighted rope, on lower extremity visual and auditory reaction time performance in adolescent taekwondo (TKD) athletes. Twenty-two elite taekwondo athletes were randomly divided into two groups: the weigthed rope-trained (WRT) group (n = 11) and the control group (n = 11). …”
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An effective feature selection approach based on hybrid Grey Wolf Optimizer and Genetic Algorithm for hyperspectral image by Yiqun Shang, Minrui Zheng, Jiayang Li, Xinqi Zheng

“…The innovation of GWOGA lies in three core strategies: (1) chaotic map and Opposition-Based Learning (OBL) for uniformly distributed population initialization, enhancing diversity and mitigating premature convergence; (2) elite learning strategy to prioritize high-ranking solutions, strengthening the search hierarchy and efficiency; and (3) a hybrid optimization mechanism where GWO ensures rapid early-stage convergence, while GA refines global search in later stages to escape local optima. …”
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Frequency of Sportive Injuries in Amateur Athletes and Factors Affecting Injuries by Arif Satıcı, Osman İmamoğlu, Egemen Ermiş

“…Because of an injury amateur or elite athletes may move away from their sporting lives. …”
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Las gestiones de Manuel de Frías en la corte de Madrid by Herib Caballero Campos

“…Para vincular sus negociaciones con las expectativas del Cabildo de Asunción, este estudio las pone en diálogo con el memorial que escribió el procurador Bernardino de Espínola, en 1610, en el que se pueden observar cuáles eran los reclamos más concretos de la élite asuncena. En estos términos, el análisis de la comunicación política para la Provincia del Paraguay y Río de la Plata puede dar pistas sobre el modo en que se resolvían las tensiones entre las diversas ciudades y las diferentes corporaciones en la disputa por sus intereses políticos, económicos y sociales. …”
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