“Regional blocks of ABS”: how the blockchain technology could enable a regional solution to transboundary situations by Dayana de Carvalho Uhdre, Giovanna Gruber

“…To implement this solution, the use of blockchain technology is suggested to create distributed platforms that can serve different countries, traditional peoples and users involved in activities with genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge. The technology allows for greater transparency, traceability and decentralization of data, in addition to allowing automation and cost reduction of several operations, among other attributes, although it is not free of limits, challenges and criticisms.…”
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Adjudication of Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Challenges in the Medicolegal Arena by Mary-Ann Fitzcharles, Peter A Ste-Marie, Angela Mailis, Yoram Shir

“…Although some individuals may experience severe symptoms, the prevalent societal concept of disablement due to FM must be tempered with the knowledge that working contributes to psychosocial wellbeing. …”
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L’agriculture de conservation à la croisée des chemins en Afrique et à Madagascar by Georges Serpantié

“…We recommend the pursuance of the effort of improvement by analyzing the context of the farming systems and basing the research on the practices, the local knowledge and the innovation capacity of farmers and communities, and to follow other tracks in parallel.…”
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Les mutations foncières et immobilières au pays du Mont-Blanc entre 2001 et 2008 by Isabelle André-Poyaud, Sylvie Duvillard, Antonin Lorioux

“…Priority is given in the text to the analysis of data by taking advantage of a database recently made available on the knowledge market by the Notarial Office of France (Notariat de France). …”
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COGNITIVE DIALOGUE OF EAST EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHERS OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE ХХ C. AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH OF HISTORICAL ANTHROPOLOGY by S. Sh. Aytov

“…Scientific novelty of the article is to analyse the cognitive interferences of different directions of philosophical searches and representative power of historical knowledge, historical anthropology. The reconstruction and study of cognitive dialogue of this area of historical science with the concepts of philosophy and the history of science, the philosophical basis of ethnic psychology, theories of the philosophy of culture were implemented. …”
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Willingness to protect bird species depends on individual respondents' demographic and species traits by Christoph Randler, Sophia Koch

“…Results of an analysis of covariance suggest that, at the level of the individual, subjective cuteness rating, coloration, species knowledge, and age positively influenced WTP. On the species trait level based on the 141 species, cuteness, coloration, and internet salience were positively related to WTP, and presence at feeders, eBird entries, and global abundance were negatively related to WTP. …”
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Mapping the Consequences – An Exploratory Study on the Use of Body Mapping Technique to Assess Perceptions of Health-care Workers on the Effects of Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus a... by Pooja R. Sridhar, Liya Francis, Avita Rose Johnson, Farah Naaz Fathima, Ramakrishna B. Goud

“…Knowledge of the consequences of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and hypertension on various body organs among health workers is necessary to educate patients. …”
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Rescuing the Jews in Lithuania during World War II: Practices of Creating a Lithuanian Museum Narrative by Rūta Šermukšnytė

“…This is the education of Lithuanian and foreign visitors (the museum as a space of knowledge), honoring, remembering and thanking the Jewish saviors (the museum as a memorial space), refuting stereotypes related to the rescue of Jews (the museum as a space of demythification). …”
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Multiple, Pan-Enteric Perforation Secondary to Intestinal Tuberculosis by Irfan Masood, Zain Majid, Ali Rafiq, Waqas Rind, Aisha Zia, Sajjad Raza

“…The perforations were primarily closed, while 6–8 cm of the diseased terminal ileum was resected and the two ends were brought out as double-barreled ostomy. To the best of our knowledge, such an extensive tuberculous perforation of the small bowel has not been previously reported in the literature before.…”
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Flora of Ceará, Brazil: Simaroubaceae by Ana Brenda Santos Reis, Luana Mateus de Sousa, Francisco Diego Sousa Santos, Maria Iracema Bezerra Loiola

“…Abstract The aim of this study was to carry out a floristic survey and update the distribution of Simaroubaceae species in the state of Ceará, Brazil, as part of the “Flora of Ceará: from Knowledge to Conservation” project. The descriptions were based on the morphological analysis of samples obtained in the field, in collections deposited in herbaria, consultation of protologs, specialized literature and online database collections. …”
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A Leydig Cell Tumour in a Cat: Histological and Immunohistochemical Findings by Pietro Asproni, Francesca Millanta, Davide Lorenzi, Alessandro Poli

“…Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that neoplastic cells were vimentin, calretinin, and melan-A positive, whereas a lack of immunoreactivity to cytokeratins confirmed the diagnosis. To our knowledge, this is the first description of a feline Leydig cells tumour without any concurrent testicular neoplasm or in a nonretained testis.…”
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Narration filmique des mondes agricoles : de la bipartition des mondes agricoles à leur mise en réflexion visuelle by Béatrice Maurines 

“…In documentary’s scenarios, it is either the case to condemn political milieux specialized in development matters, and supported by agrifood globalization, or it is the case to emphasize « pericapitalist » agricultural models, shown through situated acting knowledge and agricultural relocalizations. But these two narratives don’t tackle the complexity of contemporary agricultural worlds. …”
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What do we mean by academic integrity? by Andrés Mejía, Maria Fernanda Garcés-Flórez

“…Drawing on Calhoun’s social perspective of integrity and on MacIntyre’s goods-based view of practice, we propose to understand acting with academic integrity as standing before others and with others, firmly but non-dogmatically, to protect the integrity of academic practice and, therefore, its internal goods –which are not readily specifiable but nevertheless related to growth, learning, and knowledge production and sharing. This view differs from others that take academic integrity as compliance with rules and procedures of academic institutions, or as a general virtue closely related to honesty, that simply happens to be applied in academic settings. …”
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Triple Synchronous Primary Neoplasms of the Cervix, Endometrium, and Ovary: A Rare Case Report and Summary of All the English PubMed-Indexed Literature by Ahmed Abu-Zaid, Mohannad Alsabban, Mohammed Abuzaid, Osama Alomar, Hany Salem, Ismail A. Al-Badawi

“…The incidence rate of triple or more synchronous primary neoplasms of the female genital system is exceedingly uncommon. To the best of our knowledge, only 13 such cases have been reported in the PubMed-indexed English literature. …”
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Assisting Laboratory Management Based on Network Big Data Mining Technology by Yonghua Xu

“…Through continuous operation and practice, students’ practical ability and experimental knowledge level should be improved as much as possible.…”
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Reaching for Epistemic Humility by Lyudmila Bryzzheva

“…^{<a class="author-link" href="#intecritdivestud.7.1.0054-en1"> ¹ </a>} Concurrently, I reflect on my coming into agency through writing for publication and doing research while I grow into and out of elitism and a desire for domination, to embracing multiple centres of knowledge and an emerging new subjectivity. The through-line of this journey is my continuous reach for epistemic humility. …”
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Les enjeux de la traduction en tant que pratique d’écriture et opération éditoriale : la mise en disponibilité de la Corografia Brasílica (1817) par la presse française en 1821... by Rafael Souza Barbosa

“…We argue that we can determine new possibilities made available for the production of historical knowledge when considering written objects as written practices in loco; and when trying to understand from what is left of intellectual practices what agents have actually done with written pieces and by writing.…”
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Application of Grape Stems Extract to Increase the Antioxidant Capacity of Whiskey by Anatoliy Kazak, Yurij Grishin, Joel B. Johnson, Nikolay Oleinikov, Marina Rudenko, Angela Mayorova, Anna Dorofeeva, Kristina Frolova

“…The recent steady demand for products with increased antioxidant properties largely determines the direction of research in the field of creating high-quality products with increased biological value. Insufficient knowledge of the antioxidant activity and potential biological value of whiskey makes this area of research relevant and in demand. …”
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A Novel Approach for Sustainable Supply Chain Management with Analyzing the Effective Governance under Fuzzy Uncertainty by FengSheng Chien, Esra Sipahi Döngül, Serdar Vural Uygun, Ali Ahmadi

“…Nowadays, knowledge has become one of the most important tools of power, distributing public services that accept the audience as citizens and not consumers and provide the principle of services without financial worries. …”
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VARIATION IN INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY PROTRUSION AND DEHISCENCE IN A SUBSET OF KARACHI POPULATION by Mubina Lakhani, Iffat Raza, Maria Mohiuddin, Rosheena Nabeel Khan, Santosh Kumar Sidhwani, Nuzhat Hassan

“…Unilateral protrusion was also more common as compared to bilateral protrusion of ICA.  Conclusion: Knowledge of dehiscence and protrusion related to ICA and sphenoid sinus anatomy is essential to avoid complications in endoscopic sinus surgery.  …”
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