Preparation of an Intelligent pH Film Based on Biodegradable Polymers for Monitoring the Food Quality and Reducing the Microbial Contaminants by Kumaran Subramanian, Deivasigamani Balaraman, Kumaravel Kaliyaperumal, V. Devi Rajeswari, K. Balakrishnan, P. Ronald Ross, Elumalai Perumal, Pugazhvendan Sampath Renuga, Mani Panangal, Y. Swarnalatha, S. Velmurugan

“…At physiological temperature and pH, these polymeric materials do not dissolve in water, but they do swell significantly in aqueous media. …”
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Characterizing Software Stability via Change Propagation Simulation by Weifeng Pan, Haibo Jiang, Hua Ming, Chunlai Chai, Bi Chen, Hao Li

“…Then, we analyze the change propagation process in the CCN by using a simulation way, and by doing so, we develop a novel metric, SS (software stability), to measure software stability. …”
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Archi-écritures de genre et politiques de différance : immondices verbales et littéracies d’intervention dans le quotidien des établissements scolaires by Rodrigo Borba, Adriana Carvalho Lopes

“…We conclude that these linguistic interventions may open up possibilities to “make a difference”, i.e. to repeat reality in different ways, to (re)imagine futures and to (re)design territories in ways that liberate them from fixed, purist and well-circumscribed concepts and practices.…”
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La verticalisation du tissu urbain d’Oran (Algérie) : le paysage à l’épreuve des tours by Asma Rezk-kallah, Manuel Appert, Messaoud Aiche, Madjid Chachour

“…We show how the alteration of certain landscape references due to the irruption of the towers reveals resulting conflicts between the actors. The ways these types of constructions have been integrated within the central districts of the city of Oran raise the question of accessibility to the landscape and do not seem conducive to the production of a shared landscape.…”
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Living with Gorillas? Lessons from Batwa-Gorillas’ Convivial Relations at Bwindi Forest, Uganda by Christine, Ampumuza

“…By doing so, these scholars will safeguard against marginalising other ways of knowing, thus achieving its transformative agenda.…”
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Fostering Social-Emotional Learning during Resettlement: Learning with a Multilingual Refugee-Background Family by Fares J. Karam, Eleni Oikonomidoy

“…The study documents different ways through which participants engage with SEL practices to negotiate their tutoring sessions and introduces “mujamalah” as an SEL practice in line with peace education. …”
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Suretyship in the Teaching of Ben Sira (Sir 29:14–20) by Andrzej Piwowar

“…At the same time, Sirach reminds the person for whom someone has vouched of the need to fulfil the obligation towards the guarantor (cf. 29:15) as not doing so means becoming a sinner (cf. 29:16a, 19a). …”
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Higher Education and the Politics of the Radical Imagination by Henry A Giroux

“…The central issue for this essay is what it might mean for educators to take seriously the notion that democracy should be a way of thinking about education - one that thrives on connecting equity to excellence, learning to ethics, and agency to the imperatives of social responsibility and the public good. …”
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Spreading the load: mobile information and communications technologies and their effect on information overload by D.K. Allan, M. Shoard

“…Thus, the technology has enabled officers to 'spread the load' and, in doing so, has helped to ease some of the pressures created by information overload.…”
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Proteomics and Its Current Application in Biomedical Area: Concise Review by Semira Gobena, Bemrew Admassu, Mebrie Zemene Kinde, Abebe Tesfaye Gessese

“…The versatility of proteomics allows researchers to delve into the intricacies of molecular mechanisms, paving the way for innovative therapeutic approaches. As infectious and noninfectious diseases continue to emerge and the field of biomedical research expands, the significance of proteomics becomes increasingly evident. …”
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Bohuslaus of Lobkowicz and Hassenstein. A Poet between Nations and Denominations by Marta Vaculínová

“…Although Cornova tried to take a balanced view, even he could not avoid using psychologizing conclusions to describe Hassenstein in a way that suited his pedagogical purposes, even if in so doing he had to suppress or distort some facts. …”
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A Systematic Mapping Study of Coffee Quality throughout the Production-to-Consumer Chain by Alicia María Rendón-Mera, David Camilo Corrales, Gustavo Antonio Peñuela Mesa

“…The search to improve coffee quality comes from many fronts, as do the many ways to measure quality and the factors that affect it. …”
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Les mémoires d’une automobile (pas) comme les autres. La Coccinelle VW et ses mises en histoire by Pierre LANNOY

“…This article aims at providing a sociological account of a bulk of heterogeneous materials including narratives of the history of the famous car from Volkswagen, ‘The Beetle’. In order to do that, it proposes a typology of the ways these historical narratives are socially organized through so-called memorial channels. …”
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Towards a Fair Agro-food Regime? A Regulationist Reading of the Fairtrade System by Juan Ignacio Staricco

“…This article proposes to examine the certification-based Fairtrade initiative as an entry point to the discussion of the potentiality of a corporate-environmental food regime. To do so, a regulationist conceptual framework is put forward in order to analyze the case of Fairtrade wine produced in Argentina and consumed in the United Kingdom. …”
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Tourism and the demonstration effect: Empirical evidence by J. Carlos Monterrubio, M. Marivel Mendoza-Ontiveros

“…Nevertheless, it also shows that local social groups do not copy tourist behaviour blindly; instead, residents are also critical in demonstration effect processes. …”
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Market Mechanisms as a Social Deadlock for Russian Education by A. M. Osipov

“…The state, the bureaucratic apparatus of the education system, educators’ and researchers’ communities do not take up the problem of education marketization and its consequences. …”
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GADAMERIO KLAUSIMAS ISTORIJAI by Kęstutis Dubnikas

“…The problem is raised from a methodological perspective: do arguments of ontological historicity question historical reflection? …”
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Negotiating local and global: Developing Social Science research ethics policy in a Central Asian context by Roza Sagitova, Zarena Syrgak kyzy, Lynne Parmenter

“…National level documents do not directly address these ethical research issues, but the need for international research ethics principles is recognized. …”
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Tordre les archives (queering archives) : oui, mais dans quel sens ? by Ruby Faure

“…The project of a History of Sexual Minorities aims at discovering and rescuing the queer voices of the past, and seeks to do them justice in order to inspire the liberation struggles of the present. …”
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Decoding the mystery of how bacteria “talk”: Among Gram-negative microorganisms by Wen-Si Tan, Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Vengadesh Letchumanan, Kok-Gan Chan

“…Hence, it is interesting to gain a look upon the ways where bacteria regulate their daily processes in the environment. …”
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