Syrian Crisis in the Context of Emerging Multipolar International Order by M. S. Khodynskaya-Golenischeva

“…In the case of Syria, the new political realities literally "squeezed" Washington into political and legal sphere, and instead of US bombardment of Syria the world saw an agreement on the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons which was carried out under international community control. …”
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Optimal ratio of cash and non-cash payments by G. S. Panova

“…To develop common approaches (models) of the analysis and forecasting of financial markets, as well as the establishment of an international coordination centre responsible for the collection, verification and access to public information databases for the cross-country studies of banking and financial and monetary sphere.…”
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Augmented Reality Green Training: Elevating Environmental Knowledge and Driving Pro-Environmental Behaviour Among Indonesian White-Collar Workers by Grace Herlina Maria, Iskandar Karto, Triana Ika

“…It is thus a call for further research in the sphere of long-term behavioural change and integration of new technologies in environmental training.…”
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THE ACTUALIZATION OF SEARCH OF SENSE-VITAL VALUES AS A PHILOSOPHICAL-EDUCATIONAL PROBLEM by E. G. Rogova

“…The purpose of this article is determination and revelation of philosophical and educational axiostrategies of actualization of searching the special place of sense-vital values in the process of axio-sphere forming by growing the personality as a representative of the modern technocratic society which takes place in the process of his education. …”
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Formation of the System of Threats to Energy Security of the Republic of Belarus by E. P. Korsak

“…The energy sector of the Republic of Belarus is one of the key sectors of the national economy, the effective development of which ensures the operation of the entire real economy and the sphere of housing and communal services. Due to the lack of the necessary amount of its own energy resources, the country is affected by factors of internal and external threats that form the energy dependence of the Republic on the supply of fuel and energy resources from outside. …”
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Business management in conditions of the Russian economy digitalization by O. A. Zyablikova

“…Digitalization as a concept of economic activity based on digital technologies is gaining more and more popularity and is being introduced into various spheres of life. In the global aspect, digitalization covers the economies of countries of almost the whole world, which determines the triggers for the formation of their development strategies in the long term. …”
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Almost Ricci–Yamabe soliton on contact metric manifolds by Mohan Khatri, Jay Prakash Singh

“…For the case of complete K-contact, we found that it is isometric to unit sphere S2n+1 and in the case of (k, μ)-contact metric manifold, it is flat in three-dimension and locally isometric to En+1 × Sn(4) in higher dimension. …”
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Molecular Dynamics Simulation to Study the Oil/Water Interfacial Behavior of Nanoemulsions Stabilized by Different Emulsifiers by YANG Yishuang, XIONG Housheng, XIE Xin’an, LI Pan, DU Bing, LI Lu

“…The number of hydrogen bonds formed between the OSA-modified starch-stabilized emulsion and water molecules was the largest, approximately 1 300, indicating stronger hydrophobic effect and explaining why the emulsion droplets were the closest to a sphere in shape. OSA-modified starch and T/S80 molecules tended to form van der Waals force with water molecules. …”
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The Effect of Geometrical Parameters on Resonance Characteristics of Acoustic Metamaterials with Negative Effective Modulus by Xiao-Le Yan, Li-Mei Hao, Mei-Ling Men, Zhi Chen

“…In this research, we focus on the resonant behavior of split hollow sphere (SHS) in the waveguide. Firstly, we analyze the resonance characteristics of SHS and get an analytical formula for the effect of geometrical parameters on the resonance frequency. …”
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Assessment of the growing demographic threats to economic security in the regions of the North Caucasian Federal District by P. I. Bostanova, Z. Kh. Ozdoeva

“…A set of conclusions on the top demographic policy priorities of the state in the current realities were made, and the need to develop measures aimed at ensuring economic security in the demographic sphere was stressed.…”
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PRACTICE OF DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS’ ADDITIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY COMPETENCIES IN A MODERN UNIVERSITY by E. G. Syryamkina, T. B. Rumyantseva, E. Yu. Liventsova

“…The article includes experience of many years in the sphere of development of students’ additional interdisciplinary competencies of the National Research Tomsk State University (TSU). …”
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Principles in practice? A policy review of the IOC's environmental sustainability agenda by Alison Cain, Michael Callan

“…This review encompasses each of the IOC's three spheres of activity (as an organisation, as owner of the Olympic Games, and as leader of the Olympic Movement). …”
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Nicolas Sarkozy's Role in the 2008 Georgia Conflict: The "United West" Confronting Russia by D. Mikhaylov

“…While Sarkozy's primary objective was to end the bloodshed promptly, his strategic goals also encompassed preventing Georgia from falling back into Russia's sphere of influence and demonstrating the EU's capacity to independently resolve crises in the post-Soviet region.Sarkozy successfully persuaded Moscow and Tbilisi to accept his mediation, known as the "good offices," to normalize the situation in South Ossetia. …”
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A Power-Efficient Soft-Output Detector for Spatial-Multiplexing MIMO Communications by Hsiao-Chi Wang, Tung-Lin Liu, Yuan-Wei Wu, Hsi-Pin Ma

“…The frame error rate (FER) of the detector approaches the quasi-optimal sphere decoder, with 0.5-dB degradation. Moreover, the proposed detector can operate at the optimal voltage under different configurations and detect/recover timing error at run time by a novel adaptive voltage scaling technique with double sampling circuitry. …”
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Search for new dimensions of the educational space: digital and non-digital vectors of development by T. Yu. Krotenko

“…Sociocultural, ecological, economic circumstances in which the constantly changing world finds itself persistently demand the emergence of new directions and subjects of research in the educational sphere.   The purpose of the article is to identify promising vectors for studying the space of lifelong education.   …”
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Concerning the character of the economic changes in Lithuania during the end of the eighteenth century to the first half of the nineteenth century by Stasys Pamerneckis

“…The main part of the estates' incomes was invested in the non-production sphere, i.e., luxury items, palace buildings, military troops, etc. …”
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Implementation of International Norms in Russia: The Case of Higher Education by A. Crowley-Vigneau, A. A. Baykov, Ye. Kalyuzhnova

“…This article analyses the reasons why Russia adopts foreign norms in the sphere of higher education, looking at how isomorphism, Transnational Advocacy Networks and the global market for education have brought about the country’s integration in the global network of universities. …”
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Applying a reproducible research approach to distance education by M. A. Eremeev, O. V. Trubienko, I. I. Zakharchuk

“…Applied to the education sphere, this approach implies new knowledge and practical skills of students that can be easily and transparently measured in the process of mastering a discipline. …”
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The Minangkabau Woman Against Discrimination: Rahmah El Yunusiyyah's Islamic Education Thoughts (1900-1969) by Agus Mahfudin Setiawan, Nurul Hidayati, Uswatun Hasanah, Briliant Windy Khairunnisa

“…This study also found that Rahmah El Yunusiyyah's Islamic education thoughts were not only campaigned in the public sphere but also realized by establishing particular educational institutions for women based on Islamic principles. …”
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THE PROBLEM OF EQUALENT TRANSLATION OF ONIMS FROM GERMAN INTO RUSSIAN by M. A. Chigasheva

“…These lexical peculiarities have special importance as in the final analysis they will let graduates accomplish communicative tasks in their professional sphere.…”
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