Colonel k. Škirpa's suggestion to guarrantee Lithuanian independence by Germany and the Soviet Union and their pledge to support Lithuania in her fight for Vilnius by Linas Locaitis

“…Such a change in German policy directly affected Lithuania by raising sharp German-Lithuanian pleadings within the International Tribunal in The Hague over Lithuanian policy in the Klaipėda region. …”
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Evolution of US public diplomacy: Domestic political determinants, priorities and new challenges by P. А. Sharikov

“…The first section of the paper identifies the major domestic political factors that determined the development of the US foreign policy mechanism, as well as the key stages of its evolution. …”
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Webometric as diagnostic tools of digital sociology: contents, purpose, usage experience by M. V. Kibakin

“…A specific webometric technique has been revealed in detail, which implies fixing the formal status of the Internet source under study, the content parameters of information representation of information about the implementation of state policy on the example of working with young people, the availability of services, as well as indicators of the site’s technology and ease of access to it by the population. …”
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Association between Metformin Use and Cancer Stage at Diagnosis among Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries with Preexisting Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Incident Prostate Cancer by Amit D. Raval, Malcolm D. Mattes, Suresh Madhavan, Xiaoyun Pan, Wenhui Wei, Usha Sambamoorthi

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At the Turn of the Nuclear Ages: Strategic Stability and Contours of a New World Order by V. A. Veselov

“…The author identifies the causes and prerequisites for the beginning of the ‘first nuclear age’ and examines, on the basis of a wide range of policy papers and analytical reports, the evolution of the United States’ approaches to nuclear strategy, deterrence and military and political goal setting. …”
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Infrastructure as a Complex Adaptive System by Edward J. Oughton, Will Usher, Peter Tyler, Jim W. Hall

“…National infrastructure systems spanning energy, transport, digital, waste, and water are well recognised as complex and interdependent. While some policy makers have been keen to adopt the narrative of complexity, the application of complexity-based methods in public policy decision-making has been restricted by the lack of innovation in associated methodologies and tools. …”
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A Deep Q-Learning Algorithm With Guaranteed Convergence for Distributed and Uncoordinated Operation of Cognitive Radios by Ankita Tondwalkar, Andres Kwasinski

“…This analytical study is confirmed through simulation results showing that, in cases when an optimal policy can be identified, UDMA-DQL is able to find such policy in 99% of cases for a sufficiently long learning time. …”
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Learning-based locomotion control fusing multimodal perception for a bipedal humanoid robot by Chao Ji, Diyuan Liu, Wei Gao, Shiwu Zhang

“…The expert policies of different terrains to meet the requirements of gait aesthetics are trained through reinforcement learning, and these expert policies are distilled into student through policy distillation. …”
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A scoping review of the residual barriers to skilled birth attendance in Ghana: A conceptual framework and a fish bone analysis. by Juliet Abredu, Catherine K Dwumfour, Boo Alipitio, Mawusi Alordey, Veronica Millicent Dzomeku, Sophie Witter

“…Also, indirect costs are associated with the utilization of skilled delivery care even with the existence of 'free' delivery care policy under the national health insurance (policy factor). …”
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Day-Ahead Operational Strategy for Virtual Power Plant Considering Green Certificate Classification in Coupled Market by TIAN Yuliang, QIN Zhijun, HUANG Zhen

“…To normalize the issuance and trading of green certificates，the National Energy Administration （NEA） recently introduced a new policy. This policy mandates issuing tradable and nontradable green certificates for on-grid renewable energy electricity and spontaneous self-use renewable energy electricity，respectively. …”
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Synergy and Communication of IoT Industry Development Strategies in the Perspective of Low Carbon Economy by Shaobo Lu

“…Finally, based on the policy analysis, we summarize our shortcomings and the above-mentioned development path views and make suggestions for better policy formulation of IoT industry development in a low-carbon economy from enterprise-level, industry level, and regional level. …”
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British Edition of the Monroe Doctrine versus ‘Com- munist Militarism’: Collisions between the USSR and the UK in Eastern Countries in the mid-1920s by E. Yu. Sergeev

“…The new US foreign policy concept in the Western hemisphere introduced by the American President J. …”
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The birth and demise of a village within the vernacular community of Baduy in Banten, Indonesia by Irfan Sabarilah Hasim, Indah Widiastuti, Budi Faisal, Iwan Sudradjat

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Variation in Provider Identification of Obesity by Individual- and Neighborhood-Level Characteristics among an Insured Population by Sara N. Bleich, Jeanne M. Clark, Suzanne M. Goodwin, Mary Margaret Huizinga, Jonathan P. Weiner

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Positions of Soviet secret service in totalitarian Soviet Union by Kristina Burinskaitė

“…The Bolshevik party formulated its policy according to communist ideology, where violence and dictatorship were among the most important elements. …”
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Can digital governance stimulate green development? Evidence from the program of “pilot cities regarding information for public well-being” in China by Xuxin Zou, Jiadi Min, Shuang Meng, Wenguan Dai, Xinyang Li

“…Digital governance is an important goal of government digital transformation, and the policy of “pilot cities regarding information for public well-being” in China is an important initiative to promote the reform of government governance system and realize green development. …”
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The Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts of Petroleum Refinery Operations in the Niger Delta Region by Piety Godwill Suku, Ejikeme Ugwoha, Ochuko Felix Orikpete, Daniel Raphael Ejike Ewim

“…The review identifies critical gaps in environmental regulations and policy enforcement, necessitating an array of solutions, including technological enhancements for better operational efficiency, the development of modular refineries, and thorough policy reforms. …”
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Research on Integrated Control Strategy for Highway Merging Bottlenecks Based on Collaborative Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning by Juan Du, Anshuang Yu, Hao Zhou, Qianli Jiang, Xueying Bai

“…An integrated control system based on the Factored Multi-Agent Centralized Policy Gradients (FACMAC) algorithm is developed. …”
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Can incentives improve antipsychotic adherence in major mental illness? A mixed-methods systematic review by Nathan Hodson, Ivo Vlaev, Madiha Majid, Swaran Preet Singh

“…The typology of issues reported in this systematic review provides a template for future policy and ethical analysis. The persistence of the effect and the impact of incentives on intrinsic motivation require further research.PROSPERO registration number CRD42020222702.…”
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Passenger Volume Prediction by a Combined Input-Output and Distributed Lag Model and Data Analytics of Industrial Investment by Fan Yang, Zhao-guo Huang, Hua-zhi Yuan, Jian-jun Wang, Wei-jia Li, Sai Wang

“…China, under a certain policy of industrial investment called Silk Road Economic Belt. …”
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