Evaluating the Performance of Cuba's Sugarcane Basic Units of Cooperative Production During Their First Decade by José Alvarez

“…As opposed to what was the norm in the past, comprehensive official data from Cuba's Ministry of Sugar (MINAZ) have recently become available for these cooperatives (MINAZ, 2003). …”
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Technological Addictions: Disease or Adaptive Behavior? by María Magdalena Caro Mantilla

“…It has emerge the idea of addiction to video games, to mobile, to the internet and in recent years, to social networks, among others; however, to what extent they are true addictions, is a subject of deep debate, since they are not recognized as diseases in the current official classifications. The objective of this review is to contribute new elements to the technological addiction topic, according to the current mental health classification, about the new technologies impact on people’s behavior, and from the growing controversy perspective of considering them pathological or simply adaptive behaviors.…”
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rancuska koncepcja mocarstwa morskiego w XXI wieku by Piotr Mickiewicz

“…Based on analyses of official strategic documents, including the Stratégie nationale pour la mer et le littoral (2017), it was concluded that the most effective instrument of this policy is the use of regional political arrangements, in which France will play the role of creator of activities. …”
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IMPROVING THE RUSSIAN CHART OF ACCOUNTS IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY by O. A. Ageeva

“…The directions of improving the Russian chart of accounts in order to align it with the International Financial Reporting Standards' requirements and ensure its usability in the digital economy for reports online preparing at the official web-sites of companies, using the cloud technologies have been considered. …”
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O discurso do movimento #OcupeOCocó e sua luta pela significação nas redes sociais by Luciana Correia Barbosa, Sérgio Carvalho Benício de Mello, Henrique Muzzio

“…The purpose of this article is to analyze the speech #OcupeOCocó, a popular movement in defense of Coco Park, in Fortaleza (Brazil), which emerged on social networks in July 2013, and its struggle for meaning in social networks from posts and users’ comments on the official website of the movement on Facebook and its Twitter profile. …”
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Preventing Foodborne Illness: Norovirus by Keith R. Schneider, Renée M. Goodrich, Michael J. Mahovic, Rajya Shukla

“… "Norovirus" was recently designated as the official genus name for the group of viruses previously described as “Norwalk-like viruses” (NLV). …”
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Corporalidade brasileira na fabricação da identidade nacional by Ana Lúcia Castro, Renata Pires Pinto

“…However, in the 1990s the official tourism lobby softened the “sexy tone” of its discourse, and in 1999 Embratur received an award from the World Tourism Organization for its campaign to help fight the exploitation of children and youth by sexual tourism. …”
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Analyzing the Pension System of the USSR by A. V. Pudovkin

“…In addition, the study also reflects on the official statistics for the said period to make a qualified and fundamental conclusion on the efficiency of the soviet pension system. …”
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Die belydenis van die kerk by J. Buitendag

“…The article ends with the three major Afrikaans-speaking reformed churches’ official declarations on their views regarding the relationship between Scripture and doctrine. …”
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A Corpus-Based Analysis of the Use of Singular Nouns by Pakistani Students in Higher Education by Mahmood Ahmad, Humaira Irfan, Muhammad Khalid

“…From its post-colonial history, English enjoys the status of an associated official language in Pakistan today. Since English is used in academic and non-academic settings, it is a natural question whether Pakistanis use English differently from standard British English, and what peculiarities they observe. …”
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Indigenous Agency in the Missionary Encounter: The Example of the Khanty and the Nenets by Eva Toulouze

“…Therefore, while representatives of official Christianity do not see these natives as real Christians, they consider themselves to be so.…”
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L’agglomération de Briga (Eu, Bois-l’Abbé, Seine-Maritime) : premières données sur l’occupation durant l’Antiquité tardive by Étienne Mantel, Stéphane Dubois

“…AD, maybe in an organised way especially with several deposits that may mark the official closing of public monuments. During the Late Antiquity, human presence maintained only around the monument called Bâtiment Est, on a small area of ca. 0.25 ha. …”
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Burial customs and the pollution of death in ancient Rome: procedures and paradoxes by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…Contamination through contact with the dead was thought to affect interpersonal relationships, interfere with official duties and prevent contact with the gods. …”
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The language of war in the English translation of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s speeches on the Russian war in Ukraine: a conceptual metaphor approach by Angelina Żyśko, Marietta Izdebska

“…The speeches available on the President of Ukraine Official Website https://www.president.gov.ua/en are analysed using the Theory of Conceptual Metaphor, as introduced by Lakoff and Johnson (1980) and developed by Kövecses (2002), with reference to the role of conceptual metaphor in political discourse (Fabiszak 2007, Neshkovska and Trajkova 2020, Wen Lin Cheng 2011).…”
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La nouvelle loi organique sur l’information de 2012 en Algérie : vers un ordre médiatique néo-autoritaire ? by Chérif Dris

“…Instead the Algerian regime has subtly mixed official language and free expression so that receivers are less suspicious. …”
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La santé publique en vallée d’Ossau (Béarn, France) aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles à partir de la démographie et des écrits by Frédéric Bauduer, Jean-Pierre Dugène

“…In order to explore the health status of Pyrenean populations during the 18th and 19th centuries, demographic data from the death/burial registers of Arudy, Bilhères and Béost, three villages in the Ossau valley (historic province of Bearn, France), were interpreted in the light of various written sources (scientific publications and official documents). In comparison with a panel of contemporary populations, the indicators analysed seem favourable as regards overall and infant mortality and the seasonality of deaths. …”
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Contactless sociology: new forms of research in a digital age by O. Kryshtanovskaya

“…The results of the political elite studies with the use of network and cluster analysis aimed at studying the activity and behavior of the Russian government official representatives in social networks have been described in the article. …”
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Restoration of the Greek Catholic Church in Czechoslovakia During the Prague Spring by Ľuboslav Hromják

“…In the study, the author describes the most significant steps which lead to the official legalization of the Greek Catholic Church on June 13, 1968, as well as the difficult process of negotiating the terms of the restored church with the state-enforced Orthodox Church.…”
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The Illusion of Power or Relentless Reality? Ceremonial and Ritual Practices at the Court of Moscow in the Middle of the 17th Century through the Eyes of the Imperial Diplomats by Monika Konrádová, Rostisalv Smíšek

“…These mutual encounters of at the first sight completely different worlds of thoughts and value systems could not avoid cultural clashes and misunderstandings (the arguments about the usage of right titles, about rules of precendence, the Tsar’s inappropriate gestures during official meetings, the Russians, imposing of their arrogant behaviour on the Habsburg diplomats). …”
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Silverfish Lepisma saccharina Linnaeus (Insecta: Zygentoma: Lepismatidae) by Eleanor F. Phillips, Jennifer Lynn Gillett-Kaufman

“…The Entomological Society of America designates the term silverfish as the official common name to only one species, however: Lepisma saccharina Linnaeus. …”
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