Public Diplomacy in Slovakia: Past and Present by A. N. Marchukov

“…Paradoxically enough, studies on public diplomacy usually focus on the activities of the leading actors of world politics. However, it is exactly the case of small states that, according to the author, allows better understanding of the role of public diplomacy in the contemporary foreign policy agenda. …”
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Pore-Scale Investigation on the Plugging Behavior of Submicron-Sized Microspheres for Heterogeneous Porous Media with Higher Permeability by Yafei Liu, Jingwen Yang, Tianjiang Wu, Yanhong Zhao, Desheng Zhou, Shun Liu

“…Reservoir heterogeneity is regarded as one of the main reasons leading to low oil recovery for both conventional and unconventional reservoirs. …”
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Gender equity as a key element for agroecological transitions: Neo‐rural women as managers of agroecological initiatives by Beatriz Vizuete, Marina García‐Llorente, Irene Pérez‐Ramírez, Elisa Oteros‐Rozas

“…We conducted semi‐structured interviews with 15 women leading agroecological initiatives in the Madrid region and performed content and critical discourse analyses of the interview transcripts to examine: (1) the women's motivations for agroecological project initiation; (2) the influences of the project composition, women's marital status and their trajectories in agroecological initiatives; and (3) the barriers they face and strategies they have developed to overcome difficulties. …”
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Testing Students’ Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy as an Early Predictor of Entrepreneurial Activities. Evidence From the SEAS Project by Krzysztof Zięba, Jakub Golik

“…Due to the increasing interest in entrepreneurial self-efcacy research and the need to fll the gap in the literature with regard to European post-communist countries (and partcularly – Poland) (Drnovsek, Wincent, Cardon, 2010), in this paper we present a brief overview of ESE research and pose the queston whether ESE of Polish students can serve as an early predictor of their subsequent entrepreneurial actvites, potentally leading them to nascent entrepreneurship. The research material was collected from the SEAS (Survey on Entrepreneurial Attudes of Students) Project carried out at the Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdańsk University of Technology. …”
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Guarantees for Exercising and Protecting the Property Right of Internally Displaced Persons by Z. I. Knysh

“…The difference between the content of a subjective right and its realization is, first of all, that the content of a subjective right covers only the possible behavior of an authorized person, and the realization of the right is a real, concrete action that leads to legal consequences. Therefore, the realization of property rights by internally displaced persons is absolute, i.e. absolute civil rights apply to an indefinite number of persons, except for the right of the owner. …”
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Youth and the pandemic: health information imaginaries and practices while navigating COVID-19 in Nigeria by Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam

“…Dominant perceptions included the use of “copy and paste solutions” in Nigeria’s pandemic response, COVID-19 denialism, and politicization of the pandemic, leading to mistrust in government and health authorities. …”
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Research and application of mining AI video edge computing technology by ZHANG Liya, HAO Bonan, MA Zheng, YANG Zhifang

“…Currently, mining AI video systems mainly rely on ground servers for analysis and processing, which leads to issues such as high overall response latency, multi-system linkage delays, and high network bandwidth utilization. …”
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Rapid detection of FAdV-4 by one-tube RPA-CRISPR/Cas12a assay by Lei Ma, Xueping Wang, Mingliang Zhang, Mengjie Zhu

“…It primarily infects poultry and wild birds, leading to avian inclusion body hepatitis (IBH) and hepatitis-hydropericardium syndrome (HHS). …”
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The image of the teacher Celestine Freinet: explication of conceptual and theoretical concepts (on the occasion of the 125^th birthday) by Lyubov' A. Kochemasova

“…Freinet from the standpoint of the modern development of pedagogical science and practice, the implementation of the leading ideas are the basis for further integration of conceptual humanistic views in the context of the formation of historical and pedagogical competencies of students. …”
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Tunnel face stability in strata rich in water with soft upper and hard lower layers by Tao Zhan, Ziwei Hu, Yan Kuang, Zhiliang Zhu, Kaiyi Liao

“…The influence of pore water pressure is also considered, leading to the development of a method for calculating the critical support force of tunnel faces in such strata, while taking into account both failure modes and the effects of groundwater. …”
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Outer Membrane Vesicles Derived from Adherent-Invasive Escherichia coli Induce Inflammatory Response and Alter the Gene Expression of Junction-Associated Proteins in Human Intestin... by Bahareh Nadalian, Banafsheh Nadalian, Mohammad Reza Zali, Abbas Yadegar

“…The aim of this study was to determine the ability of OMVs derived from AIEC strain LF82 to induce the host immune response, leading to production of proinflammatory cytokines and also altering the gene expression of junction-associated proteins in the human epithelial colorectal adenocarcinoma Caco-2 cell line. …”
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First-line chemotherapy with tislelizumab for patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer: a cost-effectiveness analysis by Rong Long, Fangping Chen

“…Compared to chemotherapy alone, tislelizumab plus chemotherapy resulted in an additional 0.34 ($8,028) QALYs, leading to an ICER of $23,553 per QALY for the overall patient population. …”
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OUT-OF-POCKET PAYMENT ON HEALTHCARE: IMPLICATION ON THE HEALTH STATUS OF WOMEN IN ENUGU STATE, SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA by IJEOMA J. OGU, IJOEMA IGWE, NGOZI I’ ARONU, LIM, MOSES MSUGHTER, OSITA KINGSLEY ODO

“…This practice introduces financial barriers that may result in delayed or forgone care, leading to self-medication, utilization of informal healthcare providers, and ultimately, adverse health outcomes. …”
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Investigating the Therapeutic Mechanisms of Total Saikosaponins in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Metabolomic and Proteomic Approach by Huiling Wei, Tianyi Du, Weiwei Zhang, Wei Ma, Yao Yao, Juan Li

“…Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia among the elderly, yet effective treatments remain elusive. …”
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A Comparison of Two Dust Uplift Schemes within the Same General Circulation Model by Duncan Ackerley, Manoj M. Joshi, Eleanor J. Highwood, Claire L. Ryder, Mark A. J. Harrison, David N. Walters, Sean F. Milton, Jane Strachan

“…However, the representation of dust in GCMs is highly variable between modelling communities due to differences in the uplift schemes employed and the representation of the global circulation that subsequently leads to dust deflation. In this study two different uplift schemes are incorporated in the same GCM. …”
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Association of red blood cell distribution width–coefficient of variation with cranial ultrasound abnormalities in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia: a retrospective cross-sectional stud... by Hongjuan Wei, Xin Chang, Jin Wang

“…BackgroundNeonatal hyperbilirubinemia frequently leads to severe neurological damage. Although cranial ultrasound (CUS) is crucial for assessing neonatal brain injury, the association between red blood cell distribution width-coefficient of variation (RDW-CV), a marker of red blood cell size variability, and cranial ultrasound abnormalities (CUAs) remains unclear.ObjectiveThe primary aim of this study was to explore the impact of RDW-CV on CUAs in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and to elucidate the potential clinical implications of this relationship.MethodsThis retrospective cross-sectional study included 503 cases of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia at gestational age ≥35 weeks with available RDW-CV and CUS screening data at Nanjing Lishui People's Hospital. …”
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Finite-Element Analysis of Oscillations in Damaged Pipeline Sections Reinforced With a Composite Material by Arman Moldagaliyev, Nurlan Zhangabay, Marco Bonopera, Talzhan Raimberdiyev, Shairbek Yeshimbetov, Seraliyev Galymzhan, Yermek Anarbayev

“…An increment in the pipeline thickness from 11.9 up to 14.3 mm with a reinforced composite lining leads to an increment in the first oscillation frequency not higher than 0.1%. …”
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Cone-Beam Computed Tomographic Evaluation of Prevalence and Internal Dental Morphology of Radix Entomolaris and Paramolaris in Mandibular First and Second Molars—A Retrospective St... by Mousumi Biswas, Dibyendu Mazumdar, Siddhi Agarwala, Kallol K. Saha, Kaushik Dutta

“…Background: Failure to identify root canal variations (such as extra roots) leads to poor prognosis of endodontic therapy. The prevalence of the same should be known to the clinicians. …”
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Managing the Investment Attractiveness of the Federal Subjects of Russia in the Context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals by A. N. Borisov, A. I. Borodin, R. V. Gubarev, E. I. Dzyuba, E. R. Sagatgareev

“…As a result of the empirical study three hypotheses have been confirmed: on significant inter-regional gaps in the sphere of investment attractiveness; on a negative change in the cluster structure (in the field of investment attractiveness) of the Russian regions in 2013-2018 due to sanctions pressure on the national economy; and on the persistence of significant inter-regional gaps (in the investment sphere) in the medium term (on the example of the leading regions). The results can be used to update the provisions of the economic policy of a number of constituent entities of the Russian Federation. …”
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Two Sudden and Unexpected Deaths of Patients with Schizophrenia Associated with Intramuscular Injections of Antipsychotics and Practice Guidelines to Limit the Use of High Doses of... by Nasratullah Wahidi, Katie M. Johnson, Allen Brenzel, Jose de Leon

“…The autopsies described lack of heart pathology and were highly compatible with the possibility of TdP in the absence of risk factors other than the accumulation of antipsychotics with a high serum peak after the last injection, leading to death within hours. The first case was a 27-year-old African-American male with schizophrenia but no medical issues. …”
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