Building with Jelly, or, Concrete as the Concretion of the Abstract by Alan Díaz Alva

“…Value-form theory (and the tradition of German *Wertkritik* which Jappe is part of), reads Marx’s theory of value as a theory of the abstract domination of human life and social practice by the abstract forms set in motion by the capitalist mode of production. What I propose is to write a review of Jappe’s book which attempts to read it in conjunction with the question of cosmotechnics. …”
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Problema protocronismului. Precizări by Edgar Papu

“…., he discovers that the writings of the noble scholar Demeter Cantemïr (prince of Moldavia), entitled Hieroglyphic History (1705, published in 1883), foreshadows the Byronian type of Romanticism (illustrated by many masterpieces as Alfred de Vigny’s Moses, Mihaïl Lermontov’s The Demon, Eugene Onegin by Aleksandr Pushkin, Mihaï Eminescu’s poem The Morning Star or Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche). …”
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Sheikh al-Qaraḍāwī’s Independent Reasoning (Ijtihād) in Reformulating Contemporary Islamic Criminal Jurisprudence within the Framework of the Modern State by Gaber Mohamed

“…Third, it analyses his independent rulings (ijtihādāt) in relation to contemporary writings on criminal law. Results: Islamic criminal jurisprudence was a central focus for Sheikh al-Qaraḍāwī as he worked to develop an approach to Islamic law that fits within the framework of the modern state while upholding the principles of the Sharia. …”
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Credit Management Policy and Loan Recovery in Micro Finance Institutions in Kabale Municipality: A Case Study of Unique SACCO, Kabale Municipality. by Muheirwe, Syria

“…The study findings further recommend that unique Sacco should redesign its credit policy so as to make credit management more effective to reduce loan losses and write-offs.…”
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Examining the Challenges of HIV Positive People With Disabilities in Accessing Medical Services in Rukungiri District: A Case Study of Nyakishenyi Sub-County by Atuheire, Fortunate

“…The study recommended that there is a need to adopt appropriate and disability-sensitive channels of communication to disseminate HIV/AIDS messages/information to the community of people with disabilities, there is a need to print HIV/AIDS posters with people with disabilities on them to attract the attention of the public and stir them into positive action and intervention and there should be promotion of adult literacy programs for people with disabilities to enable them to read, write and interpret disseminated HIV/AIDS messages.…”
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Credit Policy and Loan Recovery in Microfinance Institutions: A Case Study of Mubuga SACCO Kisoro District. by Murekatete, Rebecca

“…The study findings further recommend that Mubuga SACCO should redesign its credit policy so as to make credit more effective to reduce loan losses and write-offs.…”
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RAGE and its ligands in breast cancer progression and metastasis by Madalina Coser, Bogdan Mihai Neamtu, Bogdan Mihai Neamtu, Bogdan Pop, Bogdan Pop, Calin Remus Cipaian, Calin Remus Cipaian, Maria Crisan, Maria Crisan

“…Recent studies reported an interplay between the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) and its ligands, S100 protein group, advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and high-mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1) and breast cancer growth and metastasis.Materials and methodsWe used articles available in the NCBI website database PubMed to write this scoping review. The search words used were ‘RAGE receptor’ AND/OR ‘breast cancer, RAGE ligands, glycation end products’. …”
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Potential benefits of GLP-1 analogues and metformin in patients with osteoarthritis by Anna Skowronek, Martyna Piekarska, Katarzyna Dąbek, Michał Ochwat, Maria Sudoł, Gabriela Mierzwa, Aleksandra Kajtel, Tomasz Skowronek

“…Materials and methods To write this article, databases such as PubMed and Google Scholar were searched using the following terms: osteoarthritis, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), obesity, anti-obesity medications.   …”
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Closing the loop: establishing an autonomous test-learn cycle to optimize induction of bacterial systems using a robotic platform by Jan Benedict Spannenkrebs, Aron Eiermann, Thomas Zoll, Silke Hackenschmidt, Johannes Kabisch, Johannes Kabisch, Johannes Kabisch

“…The software framework includes software components such as an importer that retrieves measurement data from the platform’s devices and writes it to a database. This is followed by an optimizer that selects the next measurement points based on a balance between exploration and exploitation. …”
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Establishing primary care physician commitment in Canadian long-term care homes: a protocol for a modified e-Delphi study by Andrew P Costa, Aaron Jones, Darly Dash, Paula Rochon, Patrick Quail, Rachel D Savage, Henry Yu-Hin Siu, Lisa M McCarthy, Nathan Stall, Dee Tripp, Maya Potter, Paul Katz, Samantha Peck

“…The first round evaluates the relevance and feasibility of candidate statements through an online questionnaire. Panellists may also write open-ended, qualitative responses to add rationales, suggest alternatives and share new ideas. …”
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Trimodal organ‑preserving treatment of muscle‑invasive bladder cancer by A. V. Troianov, I. O. Dementev, I. N. Zaborsky, V. S. Chaykov, O. B. Karyakin, Yu. V. Gumenetskaya

“…Publications describing the modern possibilities of organ‑preserving treatment of muscle‑invasive bladder cancer were included, 58 of which were used to write this review.Results. The review highlights the results of international randomized and significant non‑randomized studies of organ‑preserving treatment in muscle‑invasive bladder cancer. …”
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The prevalence of online food delivery service usage and its association with anthropometric measurements in Muscat, Oman; a cross-sectional study by Ahmed Yahya Al Kharusi, Safa Khamis Ambusaidi, Marwa Abdullah Al Raisi, Haitham Mohammed Al Mahrouqi, Asma Ali Al Kendi, Muna Mohammed Almatrushi, Mohammed Juma Al Abdali, Sanjay Jaju, Maisa Hamed Al Kiyumi

“…Adults aged 18 years or older, who were able to read and write, and who attended the local health centre for any reason, were included. …”
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Beethovens Violinkonzert als Modellfall. René Leibowitz’ und Rudolf Kolischs Projekt einer ›werkgerechten Interpretation‹ by Thomas Glaser

“…. // René Leibowitz’ campaign against what he considered the ›corrupt‹ performance and orchestral tradition of his time and his efforts to do aesthetic justice to Beethoven’s works through contemporary interpretations form an integral part of his numerous writings and statements on Beethoven. Leibowitz’ exegesis of Beethoven, the details of his performance practice and his attempts to realize ›adequate‹ interpretations can be traced back to Leibowitz’ exchanges with the violinist Rudolf Kolisch and studied in the orchestral scores and parts used for recordings (now in the estate of Leibowitz). …”
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Activities of the Fifth Abbot of the Aginsky Datsan Galsan-Zhimba Tuguldurov (1817–1872/3) by Sayana B. Bukhogolova, Soelma R. Batomunkueva, Snezhana P. Garmaeva

“…Tuguldurov's biography and writings continues to remain little known. The purpose of the article is to provide historiographic overview of researches on his biography and creative heritage, introduce some new information into scientific circulation. …”
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« Une femme en Côte d’Ivoire, une femme au Burkina Faso » by François Ruf

“…These ‘women who stay back or return’ not only reflect history, the stakes and issues of the Ivorian – or rather ‘Ivorian/West African’ – plantation economy, but also themselves write a new page in it.…”
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Integration of Multi-Source Landslide Disaster Data Based on Flink Framework and APSO Load Balancing Task Scheduling by Zongmin Wang, Huangtaojun Liang, Haibo Yang, Mengyu Li, Yingchun Cai

“…Utilizing Kafka as a message queue, a real-time data pipeline was constructed, with Flink facilitating data processing and read/write operations for the database. This implementation achieves efficient integration of multi-source landslide data. (3) Compared to Flink’s default task scheduling strategy, the cluster load balancing strategy based on APSO demonstrated a reduction of approximately 4.7% in average task execution time and an improvement of approximately 5.4% in average system throughput during actual tests using landslide data sets. …”
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Surprise Without a Cause?. ‘False Recapitulations’ in the Classical Repertoire and the Modern Paradigm of Sonata Form by Markus Neuwirth

“…In an attempt to reconstruct the horizon of expectations of historical listeners, I shall essentially draw on two sources: the compositional practice of the time as reflected in a preliminary repertoire study and contemporaneous theoretical writings. In a nutshell, I shall argue that the analytical practice of framing a double return in the development section in terms of a play with listener expectations is based on the anachronistic assumptions of what I call the “modern paradigm of sonata form”. …”
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INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN OF ANALYTICAL TOOLS OF THE FINANCIAL CONTROL INSTITUTION by Andrii Khmelkov

“…A formalized record was chosen as the design implementation method, which will be used to write down the powers and effectiveness as a set and, accordingly, the points of the set of its structure. …”
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INTERPRETING A POEM OF BEN JONSON, “SONG: TO CELIA” by Nanik Mariana Effendie

“…They help us pay attention, comprehend, interpret, remember, make inferences, set expectations, reason, solve problems, understand language structures, read, write, explain what we know, and have a sense of humor. …”
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Kazakh khans of the 15th–17th centuries in the scientific heritage of Shigabutdin Marjani by Atygayev N.A.

“…Therefore, unlike other Russian historians of the 19th century, he writes “Kyrgyz”, and uses the authentic name of the nation “Kazakh” that was accepted among Muslim nations. …”
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