<i>ACE</i> I/D Genotype and Risk of Non-Contact Injury in Moroccan Elite Athletes: A Pilot Study by El Mokhtar El Ouali, Jihan Kartibou, Juan Del Coso, Rashmi Supriya, Ismail Laher, Zineb El Kettani, Hassan Ghazal, Najib Al Idrissi, Ayoub Saeidi, Abdelhalem Mesfioui, Hassane Zouhal

“…This study investigated the possible association of <i>ACE</i> I/D genotypes with the risk of non-contact injury in elite Moroccan athletes. <i>Materials and Methods:</i> Forty-three elite male athletes (19 cyclists and 24 field hockey players) from the Moroccan national team participated voluntarily. …”
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Key Performance Indicators in Freestyle Swimming: Comparing Start, Turn, and Swimming Velocity in Top-Elite Female Junior and Adult Swimmers by Chantal Widmer, Julia Hernandez, Michael Romann, Wolfgang Taube, Dennis-Peter Born

“…Generally, there was a trend towards a greater effect of turn times in adult swimmers. The regression model explained 98-99% of the variance in race performance (R-squared = 0.98-0.99). …”
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Exploring mental health symptoms in elite athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis on sex differences. by Liang-Tseng Kuo, Sung-Huang Laurent Tsai, Udit Dave, William A Marmor, Reena Olsen, Bridget Jivanelli, Michelle E Kew, Daphne I Ling

“…Studies were included if they compared mental health symptoms between male and female elite athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic. We used a random-effects model to summarize the rate ratio (RR) between female and male athletes across studies. …”
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CD8+ T cells from SIV elite controller macaques recognize Mamu-B*08-bound epitopes and select for widespread viral variation. by John T Loffredo, Thomas C Friedrich, Enrique J León, Jason J Stephany, Denise S Rodrigues, Sean P Spencer, Alex T Bean, Dominic R Beal, Benjamin J Burwitz, Richard A Rudersdorf, Lyle T Wallace, Shari M Piaskowski, Gemma E May, John Sidney, Emma Gostick, Nancy A Wilson, David A Price, Esper G Kallas, Helen Piontkivska, Austin L Hughes, Alessandro Sette, David I Watkins

“…We recently reported that transient in vivo CD8+ cell depletion in simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-infected elite controller (EC) macaques resulted in a brief period of viral recrudescence. …”
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Peut-on produire des inégalités justes dans un monde de promotion de l'égalité ? by François Dubet

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« Le réveil de la conscience hakka de Taïwan » by Pei-yi Ko

“…This became a true power issue among the native elites, while the Taiwan democratisation context beginning in the late 1990s generated changes that were more favourable to the ethnic status of the Hakka. …”
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NEW «PARASITIC CLASS»: ON THE CONCEPT OF MIKHAIL VOSLENSKY by Сергій САВЧЕНКО, Катерина ПРОКОФ’ЄВА, Оксана РЕШЕТІЛОВА

“…Nonetheless, his theoretical contributions provide a valuable foundation for developing new models of democratic governance. …”
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A vida como projeto: a pedagogia do homo economicus e as iniciativas de fomento ao “espírito do capitalismo” via educação pública by Miqueli Michetti

“…The analysis of the pedagogy of the homo economicus, based on the notion of “project of life”, brought elements to clarify the agency of “corporate philanthropy” in the expanding model of “integral education”. The concentration of economic, political, social, and symbolic capital of economic elites allows them to transform initiatives based on their visions and beliefs in national scope public policies. …”
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Foreign Policy Niche of Small States: The Problem of Choice (The Case of Baltic States) by V. A. Smirnov

“…The following research inference is made: by means of conflict model which is being realized within external political niche ("gate-keeper" and "missionary" types) political elite of the Baltic states gain additional resources in the middle-term perspective. …”
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AUTHORITARIANISM IN THE CENTRAL ASIA (AS EXEMPLIFIED BY KAZAKHSTAN) by V. V. Evseev

“…As a result, polycentrism, when a clan became a prevailing form of elite grouping, was formed. In 1998-2004, the political system of Kazakhstan was built on basis of “managed democracy” model. …”
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW MODELS OF PREPARATION OF RESEARCH ENGINEERS: A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS by Lyudmila N. Bannikova, Lyudmila N. Boronina, Yuriy R. Vishnevsky

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Le processus seigneurial en zone royale bourguignonne : l’exemple des Mont (ixe-xie siècle) by François Demotz

“…Ceux-ci illustrent alors les ambiguïtés et les spécificités de la Transjurane des années 1000 : une transition inaboutie, dans un monde toujours dominé par des hiérarchies issues du modèle royal.…”
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The models of behaviour ofthe old generation historians in the presence of sovietization process by Aurimas Švedas

“…At the same time, authors and stewards of the Soviet model of history cynically attempted to use the authority of the historians of independent Lithuania by constantly assigning them tasks of conjuncture. …”
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A Population Classification Evolution Algorithm for the Parameter Extraction of Solar Cell Models by Yiqun Zhang, Peijie Lin, Zhicong Chen, Shuying Cheng

“…PCE divides the population into two groups, elite and ordinary, to reach a better compromise between exploitation and exploration. …”
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Russia’s Policy in the Sphere of External Labor Migration: Management Problems by M. A. Burda

“…The author analyzes the policy of the Russian Federation in the sphere of external labour migration, reveals the peculiarity of formation of the Russian labor market for foreign workforce, focusing on its basic focus on the integration model of the Eurasian economic Union and the Commonwealth of independent States. …”
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“REDISCOVERY” OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE FUTURE: PERSPECTIVES OF RUSSIA’S SECURITY UP TO 2050 by S. A. Kravchenko, A. I. Podberezkin

“…The article comes to conclusion that future scenarios of Russia’s development depend on subjective factors such as the quality and intentions of the ruling political elite.…”
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Presenting the Model of Effective Factors on Smart Governance in the Country by Ghaem Gheiravani, Mohammad Montazeri, Shams Sadat Zahedi

“…In this research, the research strategy is of a mixed type (qualitative-quantitative) that after defining the topic and conducting preliminary exploratory and library studies and semi-structured interviews, the relevant factors and components are determined through the Delphi method, which is considered a qualitative research method, by a researcher-made questionnaire (including the answers of the five-choice Likert range and an open question to add possible new components) according to academic and professional experts familiar with the subject, And after receiving their qualitative and quantitative corrective opinions (prioritization of factors) based on the statistical methods of analysis, and finally, through three rounds of going back and forth of the fit of the model, components, and combination of factors reached the consensus of the elites. …”
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Genotype–environment interactions and inheritance of quantitative traits in a hybrid combination between seeded and seedless grapevine cultivars (Vitis vinifera L.) by V. Roychev

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A Case Study on Strategic Multi-Objective Optimization of Influenza Vaccine Allocation: Age-Specific Approaches in Saudi Arabia by Asma K. Alkhamis, Manar I. Hosny

“…We used a two-phased multi-objective optimization approach with a Controlled Elitism Non-Dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm applied to an age-structured SEIR model (Susceptible-Exposed&#x2013;Infectious-Recovered) to design vaccination policies tailored to age-specific infection rates. …”
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Application of Fuzzy Fractional Kinetic Equations to Modelling of the Acid Hydrolysis Reaction by Ferial Ghaemi, Robiah Yunus, Ali Ahmadian, Soheil Salahshour, Mohamed Suleiman, Shanti Faridah Saleh

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