Preface by Nikoletta Hendrik

“…Our aim was to introduce Stoicism to a wider audience with no prior philosophical education but an interest in the modern renaissance of the movement on the one hand, and to generate in-depth scholarly discussions of classical texts and the afterlife of the Portico on the other. …”
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Studies of the Effect of Crosslinking in the Strongly Basic Anion Exchanger Dowex 1 and the HNO Concentration Employed on the Separation of the Sm–Nd Pair in the Polar Organic Solv... by Z. Hubicki, M. Olszak

“…Because of their specific structure, rare earth elements are used for the modification or structural stabilization of many metallic or ceramic materials employed in modern technology and also in the metallic form, i.e. in alloys and compounds with unique properties. …”
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The informational “cosplay journey” of Star Wars cosplayers in the context of a Facebook group by Emily Vardell, Paul Thomas, Ting Wang

“…Participants often seek and acquire relevant information on online platforms and use a combination of traditional physical tools and modern electronic tools to organize information. They also display a rich culture of sharing information when responding to other fans’ information needs. …”
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The Power of Discourse in Postmetaphysics: Between Dialectical Materialism and Transcendentalism by A. S. Merzenina

“…It is argued that both directions in the modern era are confronted with their own impasse: transcendentalism cannot conceive of theory as a practical realization of thought, dialectics cannot get rid of the formulation of transcendental supra-historical truth in its practice. …”
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Control of local stress in semiconductor silicon structures by S. F. Sianko, V. A. Zelenin

“…Residual stress distribution in multilayer semiconductor structure is complicated and has a significant impact on device characteristics and yield, therefore their study is one of the actual tasks of modern device engineering. Purpose of the present work was to develop methods of estimation of actual residual stress distribution at the whole area of semiconductor structure and its elements as well.The estimation of residual stress distribution at the area of semiconductor structure was carried out on the basis of determining of local deformation of some areas of the structure by Makyoh topography. …”
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Optimal locating of Urban Waste Recycling Facility (Case Study: Kelardasht, Iran) by Maryam Ilanloo, Hosein Bicgarian, Mohsen Yahya Soltani, Mohammad Mehdi Bahramian

“…Solid waste is an integral part of human life, generation of various quantities and qualities of which is one of the greatest environmental problems of the current era. Application of modern tools and technology to find the right place for recycling, where the volume of recyclable materials can be reduced, seems vital for reusing the recoverable materials contained in normal waste and their recycling and reusing in the cycle of industry. …”
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EKOLOGINĖ ETIKA IR SUBJEKTO PROBLEMA by Česlovas Kalenda

“…ECOLOGICAL ETHICS AND THE PROBLEM OF SUBJECT Česlovas Kalenda Summary The article analyses the theoretical experience of European philosophy about the interaction of man and nature. In the modern rationalistic philosophy the subject was reduced to human reason and opposed to the object, that is nature. …”
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Belediye Binaları Tasarımının Osmanlı Modernleşmesi ve Günümüzdeki Gelişim Sürecine Yönelik Bir Değerlendirme by Mehmet Ali Otyakmaz

“…Çalışma kapsamında Osmanlı Devleti geç döneminde batılılaşma sürecinde yerel yönetimlerin ve belediyeciliğin gelişimi incelenmiş ve ilk modern belediye teşkilatı olan Beyoğlu ve Galata Altıncı Daire-i Belediye’nin kuruluş süreci, hizmet binası ve yakın dönem yapılmış belediye binaları dönemin en etkili dinamiklerinden olan batılılaşma süreci kapsamında değerlendirilmiştir. …”
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Mémoires et patrimonialisation d’un passé antéislamique : Mubârak al-Mîlî et l’ethnogenèse du peuple algérien by Aomar Hannouz

“…His Histoire de l’Algérie dans les temps anciens et modernes, written at the end of the 1920s, deals with the Maghreb’s classic and pre-Islamic history, exposing a peculiar and original viewpoint. …”
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Virtualization of Culture and Mythologization of Consciousness by Olga N. Strelnik

“…Whereas the philosophical task is to understand the transformations occurring with modern man. The notion «virtualization» is now controversial and is often used as a metaphor. …”
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Commissariats of Military Industry during the Great Patriotic War by Yu. V. Il’In

“…From this point of view it is necessary to ascertain performance of its mission - to supply front with modern means of warfare. Largely due to this fact, the Soviet Union won in serious confrontation with the military-industrial complex military industry of Nazi Germany and its satellites. …”
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School Gardens in Poland – Rediscovered Places by Joanna Ziemkowska

“…Efforts have been made to modernize laboratories, they have been equipped with measuring instruments, digital devices and multimedia equipment. …”
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DESCARTES ON THE PHENOMENON OF MAN AND THE BOUNDARIES OF DOUBT by A. M. Malivskyi

“…Based on the tendency of anthropologization of Descartes’ basic project, I refute the widespread tendency to qualify Descartes’ position as a sceptic, which is based on superficial stereotypes about the impersonality of his philosophy. The modern reception of the thinker’s texts indicates the priority for him of the task of explicating the conditions of man’s realization of his own vocation in the Universe, which is supplemented by the idea of the limits of science and the doubt correlative to it. …”
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International labor migration and its impact on national economies by N. Mikhailenko

“…Directions of interrelation of migration of the population in a key of influence on national economies of the States have been allocated and analyzed.This paper, among other things, provides a classification of modern international migration, identifies five main types of such migration. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of Existentialism and Mysticism in Line with Jungian Individuation in Virginia Woolf’s and Iris Murdoch’s Selected Works by Aleyna Durmus

“…Murdoch’s philosophical framework, her insights into the mystical aspects of existence, Woolf’s narrative techniques, and the tracing of certain imageries existent in the novels lay the groundwork for tracing the “night sea journey” of the hero: a process of transformation of the individual from solipsistic standpoint to a broader, Platonic understanding of the world, the modern hero’s journey from existential fragmentation to mystical integration. …”
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Pratiques historiennes croisées de la mémoire et expériences de l’histoire dans L’Invention du quotidien (1980) de Michel de Certeau et Le Passé d’une illusion (1995) de François F... by Daniel Poitras

“…Separated by their objects, the historians François Furet and Michel de Certeau find eventually themselves around the problem of modernity, sending back the comparatist to its own game and to the distance that he has created or abolished between his “objects” and him.…”
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What was Killing Babies in Amsterdam? A Study of Infant Mortality Patterns Using Individual-Level Cause of Death Data, 1856–1904 by Angélique Janssens, Tim Riswick

“…These improvements in the fate of infants were brought about despite faltering progress in the provision of piped water, and an absence of modern sewerage throughout the period. For the entire period air-borne diseases were a prominent cause of death category, peaking in the 1880s and still making up the major group of diseases by 1904. …”
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Sağlık Haberlerinde Risk Söylemi by Bahar Kayıhan, Himmet Hülür

“…Algıladığımız haliyle modern riskin ortaya çıkışı, modernliğin ortaya çıkışı ile paraleldir. …”
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Research Areas on Transition to Renewable Energy Sources in Bibliographic Publications by Mammadov Nurmammad, Akbarova Samira

“…The results, based on the analysis of modern trends and practices, can serve as a basis for developing effective government strategies and programs aimed at achieving sustainable development and reducing the negative impact on the environment in the energy sector.…”
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Rapid quantitative analysis of double-stranded plasmid DNA with capillary gel electrophoresis for applications in quality control and radiation research by Marc Benjamin Hahn

“…Despite being well established, AGE has various drawbacks in terms of time consuming handling and analysis procedures. A more modern, faster, cheaper and more reliable method is capillary gel electrophoresis (CGE). …”
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