A Phenomenology of Closed Society in “The Drowned Girl” by Antanas Vienuolis: Anthropological Profiles by Jūratė Levina

“…This threefold configuration emerges at the crossroad of the (author’s and reader’s) Modern and (the represented) archaic cultural self-conceptions, which produces the conflict of interpretations and facilitates both the cathartic effect and the ongoing process of sense-making. …”
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Changing relationships between armaments production and exports and state defense expenditures by D. A. Repnikov

“…The present study is relevant, because in different countries of the world in recent years there have been ambiguous dynamics among armaments and military equipment production and exports and changes in state defense expenditures. Modern geopolitical conflicts distort the existing picture of interrelations between the above parameters, and the article assesses their changes. …”
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Galermi au fil de son eau : un aqueduc syracusain dans la reconfiguration de son territoire by Sophie Bouffier, Fabienne Wateau

“…From Greeks and Romans to today’s policymakers, between influence and power, planning of land and Heritage, the reader is encouraged to discover this long underground aqueduct whose uses and purposes have been adapted through the ages: potable-water supply of the ancient and modern town of Syracuse, hydraulic energy for water mills during the 16th-19th centuries, hydraulic power station in the 20th century, irrigation since the 19th century.…”
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Toyin Falola@65 Conference: African Knowledge and Alternative Futures by Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju

“…Yet another was Emmanuel Ofuasia’s explanation of what he describes as the Yoruba origin Ifa knowledge system’s anticipating of deconstructivist hermeneutics centuries before the development of this post-modern scholarly phenomenon in the West. Complementing these occurrences is yet another represented by Dr. …”
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FOUR SCO ENLARGEMENT PROBLEMS by I. E. Denisov, I. A. Safranchuk

“…Thus SCO encounters one of the most pressing dilemmas, that's collision of regionalization and globalization trends progressing in the modern world. Debates on these trends evolve in political, economic and social sciences and remain far from resolution. …”
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LEGAL CULTURE AS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT LEGAL SYSTEM by Victoria V. Solovieva

“…The article is devoted to the analysis of the history and current state of the study of legal culture by theoretical and legal science, the definition of the main trends in modern theoretical knowledge of this subject, the rationale for the need for an integrated approach to understanding legal culture and the identification of the most promising areas for future research. …”
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GENETIC ALGORITHM IN OPTIMIZATION DESIGN OF INTERIOR PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR by Phuong Le Ngo

“…Recently optimization is becoming an important part in modern electric motor design process. The objective of the optimization process is usually to minimize cost, energy loss, mass, or maximize torque and efficiency. …”
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On the Transformation of Thinking on Personal Responsibility Towards Requirements of Environmental Ethics in Slovakia by Katarína Mária Vadíková

“…Terminology is derived from Guardini’s educational, environmental ethics of responsibility, and actualised via Bauman-Lipovetsky’s critics of the post-modern way of thinking. Comparisons of the situation in thinking on responsibility for the environment, before and after the Velvet revolution, are based on an analysis of findings of various inter-disciplinary research-projects, argued via enviro-criminal cases mentioned in the Slovak media, existentially verified by the author herself, as a living witness, and fostered by appropriate Slovak legislation. …”
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Surgical acute abdomen in elderly patients. by Itengré Ouédraogo, Julio Pablo Miñoso Andina, Angel Delfín Rodríguez Sarria, Lidia Torres Ajá

“…<strong>Fundaments :</strong> The surgical acute abdomen usually is the most frequent cause of abdominal surgery of urgency in t he old one, with the high mortality in spite of the modern surgical technologies. <strong>Objective:</strong> To evaluate the surgery of the surgical acute abdomen in the old one. …”
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Happiness Issue – Moral Aspects of its Biochemical Enhancement by Zlatica Plašienková, Martin Farbák

“…We follow the classic and modern authors in our analysis of what happiness is, and based on this analysis, we want to demonstrate why the biochemical enhancement of happiness is not a moral imperative these days. …”
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L’espace dialogique chez Flaubert : la « cabane de l’Ermite » et le double pupitre des copistes by Rocky Penate

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Bulgar Milliyetçiliğinin Doğuşu, Ortodoks Unsurları, Gelişimi ve Türklerin Ötekileştirilmesi by Nuri Korkmaz

“…Çok uluslu bir yapıya sahip olan Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nun Balkanlar’daki toprakları milliyetçi­lik akımının ilk hedefi olmuştur. 1877-1878 Osmanlı-Rus savaşı sonrası küçük bir prenslik olarak kurulması kararlaştırılan Bulgaristan, zamanla Osmanlı’nın Balkanlar’daki varlığını tehdit eder du­ruma gelmiştir. Modern Bulgar milliyetçiliğini oluşum süreci ve bu sürecin öncelikleri Bulgarların Türklerle olan ilişkilerini önemli ölçüde etkilemiş ve asırlardır birlikte barış içinde yaşayan toplumlar milliyetçiliğin ortaya çıkmasıyla kendilerini savaşların içinde bulmuşlardır. …”
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National Rivalry among Hospitallers? by Karl Borchardt

“…But when the Habsburg rulers became kings of Bohemia and Hungary in 1526, they ceased to be interested in splitting up the Hospitaller priory of Bohemia. In the early modern period this proved to be more important for the future of the priory than “proto-national” identities.…”
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Being Genderless of Public Sphere and Sport by Murat Yüksel

“…It is seen that the public sphere where each individual is involved with different purposes and can express his ideas freely is rapidly becoming genderless in modern societies. The aim of this study is to reveal how being genderless of public sphere is reflected in the sporting area, which is one of the social institutions. …”
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Psychological Drivers of Alternative Fuel Vehicles’ Adoption and Ecologically Responsible Use by Muhammad Abid Saleem, Rao Akmal Ali, Syed Noman Ali Shah, Sadaf Zahra, Muhammad Haroon Hafeez, Ninh Nguyen

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An Online Map Matching Algorithm Based on Second-Order Hidden Markov Model by Xiao Fu, Jiaxu Zhang, Yue Zhang

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God’s Forgotten Garden: The Role of Missionary Botany in Sino-European Exchanges by Jooyoung Hong

“…Ultimately, this paper argues that foreign missionaries played a crucial role in shaping both modern Chinese botany and global episteme, illustrating how scientific ideas transcended cultural boundaries to create lasting environmental impacts.…”
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DRAMATURJİK TEORİ ÇERÇEVESİNDE SOSYAL MEDYADA ENGELLİ BİREYLERİN BENLİK SUNUMU by Merve Koç

“…Çalışma, engelli bireylerin modern dönemin dayattığı kusursuz ve sağlam beden anlayışı karşısında, sosyal medyanın bireylere sağladığı kimliklerini kusursuzlaştırma imkanını,  nasıl kullandıklarını incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır.Bu kapsamda araştırma “normallik” kavramının ortaya çıkışı ve sakat bedenin inşası ile birlikte engelli bireylere dayatılan normalleşme olgusunun, engellilerin  benlik sunumlarına ve kimlik oluşturmalarına etkisi ve bu etkinin bir sosyal medya platformu olan Facebook'ta nasıl ortaya çıktığı, engelli kullanıcıların oluşturduğu Facebook profilleri üzerinden incelemiştir.             …”
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The effect of growth, intellectual capital, financial performance on firm value by Indah Ayu Johanda Putri

“…Modern companies increasingly recognize the importance of non-financial factors in influencing company performance and value. …”
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Domestication and varietal diversification of Old World cultivated cottons (Gossypium sp.) in the Antiquity by Christopher Viot

“…Many traditional varieties have been described for each of these two species; an evolution is apparent from perennial, rather primitive forms through to annual varieties and modern phenotypes, with adaptations to cultivation in diverse conditions, including cold climates and short summers. …”
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