African Orphan Crops under Abiotic Stresses: Challenges and Opportunities by Zerihun Tadele

“…Major crops such as maize, rice, and wheat are responsible for a large proportion of global food production but many understudied crops (commonly known as “orphan crops”) including millets, cassava, and cowpea feed millions of people in Asia, Africa, and South America and are already adapted to the local environments in which they are grown. The application of modern genetic and genomic tools to the breeding of these crops can provide enormous opportunities for ensuring world food security but is only in its infancy. …”
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The crystal structre of 3-(1-ethenyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium-3-yl)propane-1-sulfonate, C8H12N2O3S by Zhu Yanfang, Xu Guiyang, Song Wenqi, Miao Zongcheng

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“How ‘ya gonna keep’em down at the farm now that they’ve seen Paree?”: France in Super Hero Comics by Nicolas Labarre

“…The self-consciousness of modern super hero comics, however, suggests that the notion of representation should be handled with care. …”
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Brasilia et Oscar Niemeyer: le contexte politique et la dimension esthétique by Luciana Saboia

“…Le Mouvement moderne gagne le Brésil dès les années 1930. En 1940, le maire de Belo Horizonte, Juscelino Kubitschek, fait appel à Oscar Niemeyer pour l’extension de sa ville. …”
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Research on Enterprise Supply Chain Optimization Model and Algorithm Based on Fuzzy Clustering by Shizhen Bai, Hongbin Sun

“…Through information technology and modern management technology, we should effectively control and coordinate the logistics, information flow, and capital flow in the production and operation process and organically integrate the internal supply chain with the external supply chain for management, so as to achieve the goal of global optimization.…”
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Gendered Species of Yoruba Plants: An Ecofeminist Perspective by Adeola Adijat Faleye

“…The study shall make use of relevant orature to support the validity and essentialism of creation and the strengths deposited in the female gender regarding its purpose and values in contents and context, modern diversity, and contemporary views at large on nature. …”
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The Necessary Accidental by Ashraf Jamal

“…And the peculiarly late-modern Western crisis that underlies it. …”
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Authority and Moral Conflicts in the Films of Adébáyọ Fálétí: Àfọ̀njá, Gáà, Ṣawo Ṣẹ̀gbẹ̀rì and the Yorùbá Cosmopolis by Olayinka Agbetuyi

“…Adébáyọ Fálétí can be regarded as the father of modern Nigerian Cultural Studies and in Africa in general in line with the way that the discipline is understood the world over standing, as it were, on the cusp of traditional Nigerian and African drama and modern drama in African mother tongues. …”
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Impact of internal business communication on the employees commitment in tourist enterprises by Novaković-Božić Nataša, Perić Goran, Cogoljević Vladan

“…Managers in companies that deal with tourism must take into account the advantages of internal business communication and the opportunities brought by its adequate use, when it comes to the impact on the commitment of employees. Modern tourism companies in the world pay more and more attention to internal communication and its effects, so Serbian tourism companies also follow the example of positive business practices and thus improve the commitment of employees.…”
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A Review of the Detection Methods for Climate Regime Shifts by Qunqun Liu, Shiquan Wan, Bin Gu

“…Study on the phenomenon and theory of the abrupt climate change is a new research field of modern climatology, and it is of great significance for the prediction of future climate change. …”
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DATA AGAINST MYTHS: EVIDENCE FROM THE SURVEY OF PHD STUDENTS IN LEADING RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES by I. A. Gruzdev, E. A. Terent'ev

“…The authors compare ideas of administrators and students about PhD education in modern Russia. Five "myths" which are commonly represented by the heads ofPhD programs are distinguished: (1) PhD students do not consider their PhD programs as educational; (2) significant number of PhD students enter University in order to get a draft determent or place in student dormitory; (3) PhD education is for those who want to be scholars; (4) the employment in his/her university is good for both: PhD student and university; (5) the employment hinders PhD education. …”
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Causes and factors of deindustrialization in old industrial regions by O. V. Myasnyankina, A. A. Zaitsev

“…Exclusive ways to restore industrial production in the CFD regions have been identified: innovation transfer based on the experience of techno-zones, special economic zones, territories of advanced development, and technoparks; integrated use of natural resources; modernization of high-tech industries; industrial agglomerations development in the peripheral territories of the federal subjects. …”
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DIALOGUE IN DISTANCE EDUCATION by T. A. Boronenko, A. V. Kaisina, V. S. Fedotova

“…The authors show the relevance of the educational dialogue between teacher and students in implicit and explicit form with the use of the powerful potential of modern ICT. The paper adduces examples of electronic discussion within an electronic educational resource. …”
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A shallow-water oxygen minimum zone in an oligotrophic Tonian basin by Yunpeng Sun, Wei Wang, Xianguo Lang, Chengguo Guan, Qing Ouyang, Ke Pang, Guangjin Li, Yongliang Hu, Hongyi Shi, Xianye Zhao, Chuanming Zhou

“…We propose that a shallow-water oxygen minimum zone sandwiched between the oxic/suboxic mid-depth and surface layer water masses occur in the oligotrophic Xuhuai basin, which is analogous to, but much shallower than modern oxygen minimum zones. Such marine redox architectures may benefit the maintenance of a bioavailable nitrate reservoir in the ocean, foreboding the subsequent expansion of eukaryotes.…”
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Geospatial Modelling Predicts Agricultural Microplastic Hotspots from Biosolid Application Risks by Kieran McNulty, Kamrun Nahar

“…Microplastics are emerging as widespread modern pollutants, posing a variety of health and environmental risks. …”
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Reduction of intestinal RIPK1 ameliorates HFD-induced metabolic disorders in female mice by Ye Yuan, Xiaomin Hu, Chunguang Guo, Yihua Xu, Shihan Li, Wei Wen, Xinli Hu, Fanxin Zeng, Weiyi Cui, Wenli Chen, Xueting Sun, Ning Hou, Jue Wang, Rui-Ping Xiao, Xiuqin Zhang

“…Summary: In modern society, excessive nutrient intake from food is a major factor contributing to the development of a series of metabolic disorders and cardiovascular diseases. …”
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Measurement of Total Flow Rates in Horizontal Well Oil-Water Two-Phase Flows by the Application of BP Neural Network Algorithm to Production Array Logs by Xin Zhang, Hongwei Song, Haimin Guo, Xinlei Shi

“…In the modern petroleum industry system, oil-water two-phase flows exist widely. …”
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The Effectiveness of the Green Design and Manufacturing Decision in Achieving the Outstanding Performance of the Industrial Companies: An Analytical Study in Al-Zawraa General Comp... by Ikhlas Satar Oglah

“…The study's findings suggest that the company's management should reconsider its approach to green technology by implementing modern automation methods that utilize environmentally friendly energy sources. …”
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ACADEMIC PROGRAM “DIGITAL PROJECTS LIBRARIES MANAGEMENT”: DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE AND IMPLEMENTATION PROSPECTS by K. V. Ivina, Yu. V. Zhegulskaya

“…The possibilities of developing an extended Master’s program focused on modern museums and archives in addition to library specialists have been indicated.…”
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Attracting investments through crowdfunding platforms as a method for agro-industrial enterprises to enter the international market by E. V. Nagovitsyna, D. S. Tusin

“…Crowdfunding is one of such modern sources of financing in the world practice which is able to significantly expand the basis of the investment pyramid of the agricultural sector. …”
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