Small Arms and Small Countries: Firearms and the International Security Agenda by Carla Álvarez Velasco

“…At the regional level in Latin America, although important sub-regional differences exist, various regional initiatives have become an important example for other nations around the globe. In actuality however the positive achievements that securitization initially promoted has decreased. …”
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Forest Resource Information on the Internet: Connecting to Today’s Online Resources by Chris Demers

“…These state, regional, and national resources can serve as a springboard to a wide variety of natural resource information and programs. …”
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The parallels of Latvian and Lithuanian historiography: the attempts of cooperation and problems in the period between the two Wars by Robertas Šimkus

“…The study describes the ways how cooperation of Lithuanian-Latvian historians was evidenced, when there were the most favourable circumstances: in the context of academic institutions' launching and practice. The reasons for national historiography's insularity are outlined, which did not enable the cooperation of academic historians to be developed. …”
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Les sirènes de Copenhague ! by Martine Tabeaud

“…La Convention Cadre des Nations Unies sur le Changement Climatique (CCNUCC) instance de politique internationale créée à Rio de Janeiro en 1992 a défini les moyens de lutte contre le changement climatique. …”
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Freight transport development forecasts in enterprises management by M. Kadłubek

“…Selected transport development forecasts from the perspective of the membership of Poland in the European Union are presented and most of all, from the perspective of national studies. The basement for the review was the prognosis of European Commission, Central Statistical Office, International Monetary Fund, Department of Economic, Sectoral and Agricultural Market of BGZ BNP PARIBAS S.A., Motor Transport Institute, Wise Europa Institute of Warsaw Transport Institute, as well as prognosis of the scientific experts. …”
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Was I being critical? Vision and action in English language teacher education by Enrique Alejandro Basabe

“…A reflective account is offered here based on my praxis when I adopted a critical pedagogy to teach literature in the English language teacher education program at the National University of La Pampa (UNLPam) in Argentina. …”
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Artificial intelligence in education: Current challenges by Fabijanić Gagro Sandra

“…The regulatory environment in this field is becoming increasingly dynamic, either through the adaptation of existing or the adoption of new comprehensive laws and legal frameworks at both the national and international levels, to ensure the ethical, non-discriminatory, sustainable and verifiable use of artificial intelligence in education.…”
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Northward expansion of the Critically Endangered Arabian leopard in Dhofar, Oman by Hadi Al Hikmani, Khalid Al Hikmani

“…We advocate the designation of central and western areas of the Nejd as a National Nature Reserve, to protect critical habitat for the Arabian leopard and for other species in this region.…”
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Towards a Queer Futurity: New Trans Television by Ralph J. Poole

“…The paper aims at both an assessment of the status quo of transgender representations in current television series and at evaluating their respective aesthetic and political potential for a re-queering the American nation under the sign of transgenderism.…”
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MASALAH SOSIAL DAN KONFLIK MASYARAKAT ADAT PAPUA DENGAN PT FREEPORT INDONESIA by Nita Safitri

“…Not only casualties property but also be a “thorn in the flesh” in the way of national and state, because this conflict into the international spotlight and influence overseas investor for security reason that are not guaranteed. …”
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Modern Russian Universities: Positioning, Development Trends, Potential to Enhance Competitive Advantages by M. V. Seroshtan, N. P. Ketova

“…Some positive examples of the leading universities of the country confirm the high importance of modern University centers of learning, science and culture in the formation of a competence-oriented national educational cluster of innovative type. The authors come to a conclusion that Russian universities, taking into account the existing motivation and the targeted state support provided for them, are able to become quite competitive, to join the ranks of the world top universities, to be attractive not only for Russian but also foreign students. …”
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DNS root domain name analysis system based on block chain by Tianshu ZHUANG, Wenfeng LIU, Dong LI

“…The centralized resolution system of the domain name system (DNS) implies an unavoidable risk of abuse of power,a top-level domain may be deleted from the root zone.By analyzing the related work on the root zone decentralization,the most were mainly to deploy new root resolution services outside the current root servers,but not to decentralize the root zone data.A scheme to decentralize the root zone data was proposed,and the decentralization of root zone data distribution and analysis were achieved through a peer-to-peer coalition between national roots.Trust from peer-to-peer to collective,with features such as autonomy,openness,equality,and transparency,and implements a distributed consensus on root zone data through blockchain technology were transformed by the program,thereby ensuring root zone data consistency.…”
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The cluster approach as an effective tool for the development of the tourism potential of smaller towns by O. V. Gorbunova

“…It has been concluded, that the consolidation of the tourism potential of smaller residential areas, and the creation of clusters, plays an important role in the development of tourism in the Russian Federation and the improvement of the competitiveness of the national tourist product.…”
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New thoughts on security technologies for space-ground integration information network by Xinsheng JI, Hao LIANG, Hongchao HU

“…Space-ground integration information network is one of the national science and technology major projects toward 2030,and the key to its running stability is security protection.However,the defense technology which has intrinsic security without depending on priori knowledge and being based on boundary is able to adapt proactively to rapid changes in users,networks and requirements,therefore it has become a significant development direction of academic and industrial circles.Based on the analysis of the security threats and the existing protection technologies and ideas of the integrated information network,the application of endogenous security defense technology in the world network architecture and key information system was discussed.Related technical ideas and design proposed can be used to provide reference for building of security protection system on space-ground integration information network with intrinsic security.…”
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Adalékok a határ mentiség újraértelmezéséhez Magyarországon (Additives for the Reinterpretation of Cross-Border Character in Hungary) by Béla Baranyi

“…As a result of the bargaining of great powers, the newly de¬veloped national states became the main barrier to the extension of interregional relations in Central Europe and mainly in Hungary. …”
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THE MECHANISM OF CURRENCY REGULATION IN MODERN CONDITIONS: THEORETICAL ASPECT by K. G. Bunevich, T. A. Gorbacheva

“…Its role as the main means of implementing monetary policy is of particular importance in countries where the national currency has limited convertibility, since it is not in stable demand in the global financial markets. …”
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Research of duality and multi-level security model based on intransitive noninterference theory by LIU Wei-peng1, ZHANG Xing2

“…A novel duality and multi-level security model（DMLSM） based on intransitive noninterference theory was proposed,which protects confidentiality of information based on BLP model and integrity based on Biba model.To en-hance the usability of model,it introduces confidentiality trusted domain and integrality trusted domain which check the operations that violate the security policy in confidentiality check-room or integrity check-room respectively,then allow or refuse the access.The strict formal description of the model based on intransitive noninterference theory of informa-tion flow is given;furthermore,it proves the security of the model.The implementation of the model in Linux operating system is discussed and the application of model in practice is also demonstrated.The research gives Some contributes on the protection for sensitive important information and national information content security infrastructure.…”
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Undescended testis. by Rafael Trinchet Soler, Manuel García Artiles, Ivonne López Masó, Leticia B. Montero Roca

“…We presented the Good Clinical Practices Guideline for Undescended testis, approved by consensus in the 4th National Good Clinical Practices Workshop in Pediatric Surgery (Las Tunas, Cuba; March 2005).…”
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Dropping out of higher education: Analysis of variables that characterise students who interrupt their studies by María Olga González-Morales, David López-Aguilar, Pedro Ricardo Álvarez-Pérez, Pedro Antonio Toledo-Delgado

“…Specifically, it was found that the university of study, sex, age, study branch, entry qualification, scholarship or grant, nationality and job are predictors of dropout. The results obtained have an important transfer value, with a view to implementing actions for the adaptation of students and to avoid university dropout.…”
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Nigeria: A Policy Conundrum and High Stakes for the Future of the African Continent by O.A. Ladimeji

“…This article begins by identifying past national Information and Communication Technology (ICT) policies in Nigeria and their impact or lack thereof. …”
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