Spatial and Temporal Variability of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Sediments from Yellow River-Dominated Margin by Su Ding, Yunping Xu, Yinghui Wang, Xinyu Zhang, Liang Zhao, Jiaping Ruan, Weichao Wu

“…The PAHs’ concentration peaked in 1964 and 1986, corresponding to the rapid economic growth in China (1958–1965) and the initiation of the “Reform and Open” policy in 1978, respectively. The applications of molecular diagnostic ratios and principal component analysis suggest that PAHs are predominantly produced by the coal and biomass combustion, whereas the contribution of petroleum combustions slightly increased after the 1970s, synchronous with an increasing usage of oil and gas in China.…”
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Long-term effects of institutional quality on financial inclusion in Asia–Pacific countries by Duc Hong Vo

“…We are especially interested in these long-term effects because institutional reforms require time for implementation and their impacts on various socioeconomic issues are only gradually observed. …”
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Digital Transformation of Subjective Civil Rights: Problems and Prospects by N. V. Razuvaev

“…The analysis performed allows us to formulate some proposals for improving the current civil legislation, contributing to its further reform.…”
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Engellilere Yönelik Yerel Sosyal Hizmetlerde Belediyelerin Yeri: Malatya Büyükşehir Belediyesi by Aziz Akin, Sami Kalaycı

“…Böylece engellilere sunulan yerel hizmet ve politika konusunda merkezi yönetimin yanında belediyeler de temel aktör olarak yerini almaya başlamıştır. Reform döneminde 5216 sayılı Büyükşehir Belediye Yasası, 5393 sayılı Belediye Yasası ile 2012 yılında çıkarılan 6360 sayılı yasa engelli alanında belediyelere yönelik emredici hükümler ile görevler yükleyerek çeşitli haklar ile hizmetleri ortaya koymuştur. …”
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Scientific support to plant breeding and seed production in Siberia in the XXI century by N. P. Goncharov

“…The article explains the need for fundamental reform in this economic sector: the recognition of plant breeding as being a fundamental science; a fair increase in its funding; the development of a breeding strategy, nationally and regionally; the further expansion of the network of the Breeding Centers; the re-establishment and improvement of the universities’ departments specialized in plant breeding and seed production; having more state-funded places in the universities for training plant breeders to be able to maintain and cement the country’s advanced position in plant breeding and to develop new globally competitive next-generation cultivars of main crops. …”
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Territorialidade e ancestralidade: formação e reconhecimento da comunidade pescadora extrativista do Quilombo do Degredo, Brasil by Lorena Lins, Augusto Cesar Salomão Mozine

“…The study also delves into the community’s process of self-determination and its formal recognition as a quilombola by Brazil’s National Agrarian Reform Institute and the Palmares Cultural Foundation.…”
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Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development: Opportunities and Current Landscape by Dzintra Atstāja

“…The study concludes with a call for enhanced interagency cooperation to reform ESD and create a new interdisciplinary sector dedicated to “Sustainable Development”.…”
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Barriers to uptake of harm reduction techniques for GBMSM who use drugs in night-clubs and sex-on-premises venues in London and the Southeast: a mixed-methods, qualitative study by Stephen Naulls, K. Oniti, J. Eccles, J. M. Stone

“…This research suggests that coordinated efforts with local government and policy reform are crucial to fostering safer environments for GBMSM.…”
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La ecología política de la crisis global y los límites del capitalismo benévolo by Eduardo Gudynas

“…First, the effects of the crisis were denied or minimized (with an appeal to images such as the uncoupling or shielding of economies), and now that they have been recognized, a “repair” or “reform” of capitalism has been proposed while maintaining its essence. …”
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Antik Mısır İnancında Önemli Bir Devrim: Tanrı Aton ve Tek Tanrıcılık İnancı by Muammer Özdemir

“…Akhenaton’un bu monoteistik reform girişimi, Atonizm olarak bilinen ve Aton’u üstün tanrı ilan eden bir inanç sistemini devletin resmi dini haline getirmiştir. …”
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On Improving Administrative and Legal Provision of HR Management in State Forensic Institutions and Professional Training of Forensic Experts of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine by O. V. Kurdes

“…The author has emphasized the need to reform the HR management system of state forensic institutions and professional training of forensic experts, which is a guarantee of filling these institutions with highly qualified personnel. …”
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Historical traditions of democracy in Ukraine by Stechyshyn A.

“…The results of the research can be used in further theoretical-legal and historical-legal studies, preparation of special courses, reform of local self-government bodies.…”
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Nacionalita a konfese v politickém životě jagellonských Čech by Petr Vorel

“…In regard to the perception of nationality, the temporary Bohemian establishment started to feel a threat to national interest from Germany (Holy Roman Empire, the Reich), despite the notion of a nation as a significant state-forming element is, at the same time, being determined in neighbouring Germany within the empire reform under Maximilian I. The author explains such an apparent discrepancy by the fact that in the Bohemian political atmosphere at the end of the 15th century, the Czech character of the establishment was pursued, Czech language became and official language and the Bohemian Kingdom was legally separated from the Reich (1486) by a corporative decision of domestic aristocracy. …”
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Socio-economic problems of modern land system of Russia by Yu. M. Rogatnev, I. S. Ryzhova

“…The paper analyzes the results of land reform in terms of land relations and land use. The socio-economic problems that have arisen as a result of it are shown. …”
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Types of activity of a judge at the preparatory stage to court hearings by O. M. Tsilmak

“…It has been noted that the reform of the judicial and legal system is undergoing in Ukraine. …”
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Italian cultural policy: conclusions for Russia by M. S. Andreykina, D. L. Morozova

“…An analysis of the Italian museum system’s reform has been presented. The activities of private opera foundations have been discussed in detail. …”
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Combating economic crime in Ukraine in 1946–1949 by V. A. Grechenko

“…The most common crimes were the following: 1) maliciously delaying the repair of agricultural machinery, allegedly due to the lack of spare parts and specialists; 2) theft of grain during its transportation and sowing by persons responsible for this (weighers, field crew leaders, guards); 3) theft of seeds and fuel by security guards; 4) theft and embezzlement of seeds by officials of collective and state farms and subsidiary farms; 5) theft of seed by reducing the seeding rate and theft of fuel due to lack of control over its consumption; 6) theft of seeds by employees of storage facilities with their subsequent resale at markets at speculative prices; 7) creation of surplus seeds by weighing, moistening, writing off for drying, and increasing waste during sorting. The monetary reform in December 1947 and the abolition of the ration card system reduced the overall number of crimes related to the theft of socialist property to a certain extent, as these measures eliminated such crimes as speculation in food and commodity cards and the production of counterfeit cards and food coupons. …”
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Prospects of Foreign Capital Raising for Russian Power Grid Companies by N. N. Shvets, D. L. Val’Kova

“…The power sector reform in Russia saw capital raising as one of the key objectives. …”
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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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Peculiarities of some law enforcement agencies’s activities: national and foreign experience by K. O. Tokarieva, M. V. Golub

“…It has been determined that the MIA system reform is aimed at improving and optimising its structure, organising activities with a view to combating crime and corruption, timely detection of collaboration and prevention of threats to Ukraine’s external and internal security, and improving the level of protection of citizens' rights and freedoms and prevention of offences. …”
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