KEY AREAS OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANISATION by O. U. Kolegova

“…The author emphasizes the need of the comprehensive, multi-faceted approach to the de-velopment and expansion of contacts of the countries participants of the organization. …”
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Simulation of Electronic Structure of Aluminum Phosphide Nanocrystals Using Ab Initio Large Unit Cell Method by Hamad R. Jappor, Zeyad Adnan Saleh, Mudar A. Abdulsattar

“…The oxygenated (001)-(1×1) facet that expands with larger sizes of nanocrystals is investigated to determine the rule of the surface in nanocrystals electronic structure. …”
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Analysis and mitigation of fire and explosion hazards in hospital environments from a biomedical engineering perspective by Augusto Jorge Antonio Ibáñez-Cruz, Dante Espinoza-Morriberon, Alejandra Micaela Elena Vergara-Florián, William C. Algoner

“…BackgroundHospitals are complex and dynamic facilities that house vulnerable people, medical equipment, and hazardous materials, making them susceptible to fires and explosions with potentially catastrophic effects. …”
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A Pediatric Patient with Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Comorbid Depression and Substance Abuse by Caitlin E. Leconte, Joshua W. Ng, Ann M. Manzardo, Mitchell M. Douglass

“…We report a 16-year-old with major depressive disorder (MDD), suicide attempts, polysubstance use disorder, and severe OSA admitted to an inpatient psychiatric facility. History included sleep and mood disturbances started at age 12. …”
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An Extended FMEA Model for Exploring the Potential Failure Modes: A Case Study of a Steam Turbine for a Nuclear Power Plant by Huai-Wei Lo, James J. H. Liou, Jen-Jen Yang, Chun-Nen Huang, Yu-Hsuan Lu

“…Given the development of ever more complicated critical infrastructure systems, increasing importance is being attached to the protection of the components of this infrastructure to reduce the risk of failure. Power facilities are one of the most important kinds of critical infrastructure. …”
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Perfectionistic Self-Presentation and Suicide in a Young Woman with Major Depression and Psychotic Features by Sabrina Hassan, Gordon L. Flett, Rohan Ganguli, Paul L. Hewitt

“…Perfectionism and especially perfectionistic self-presentation have been strongly associated with suicide across several populations, accounting for unique variance in suicidality beyond depression and hopelessness. Yet interpersonal facets of perfectionism are not recognized as clinical risk factors for suicide. …”
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Aggressive Multimodal Approach for Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer and Long-Term Survival by Nasir Hussain, Usman Mustafa, Su Hyeon Jung, Alan D. Gilman

“…A 59-year-old female was referred to our facility for an elective thyroid and parathyroidectomy for concerns of thyroid papillary cancer and hyperparathyroidism. …”
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EFEITOS DAS DINÂMICAS DA VIOLÊNCIA URBANA PARA JOVENS EM CUMPRIMENTO DE MEDIDA SOCIOEDUCATIVA by Larissa Ferreira Nunes, Clara Oliveira Barreto Cavalcante, João Paulo Pereira Barros, Tadeu Lucas de Lavor Filho

“…Os resultados e discussões apontam para a produção de trajetórias de vida em meio ao fogo cruzado entre a segurança pública e disputa de facções, de modo que jovens negros(as) e pobres estão sendo mais vitimados, bem como atualizações estruturais como machismo e sexismo nos mercados ilícitos que têm afetado o cotidiano de jovens. …”
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L’intercompréhension : un nouveau souffle pour les langues romanes minoritaires et pour les dialectes ? by Hugues Sheeren

“…L’intercompréhension se présente comme une approche innovante, efficace et gratifiante pour celles et ceux qui la pratiquent. Face à l’omniprésence et au poids de l’anglais, elle pourrait insuffler un nouvel élan à l’enseignement des langues romanes, étudiées non plus une à une, de façon compartimentée, mais parallèlement, de manière à établir des connexions entre elles et à les comparer. …”
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A clustering-metaheuristic-simulation approach to determine air taxi operating site location by Varshini Priyaa Senthilnathan, Mohanapriya Singaravelu, Suchithra Rajendran, Sharan Srinivas

“…This research primarily focuses on determining optimal locations for establishing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi infrastructure sites in urban cities using a three-phased approach. …”
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Armenia: an Uneasy Choice Between Russia's New Initiatives and the EU Eastern Partnership by M. Y. Vardazaryan

“…The author draws attention to the fact that Armenia's involvement in the Customs Union avails it the opportunity to keep collaborating with the European Union, however, from a more powerful position, which we have already witnessed through the alterations in the tone of some European officials.…”
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Elastoplastic Modelling of an In Situ Concrete Spalling Experiment Using the Ottosen Failure Criterion by Lauri Kalle Tapio Uotinen, Topias Kalle Aleksi Siren

“…An in situ concrete spalling experiment will be carried out in the ONKALO rock characterization facility. The purpose is to establish the failure strength of a thin concrete liner on prestressed rock surface, when the stress states in both rock and concrete are increased by heating. …”
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Autonomous Landing of a Fixed-Wing UAV With RTK GNSS and MEMS IMU by Lu Xia, Jianqing Li

“…This article uses less onboard hardware and ground facility requirements to design an autonomous taking off and landing system suitable for general fixed-wing UAVs. …”
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Preliminary investigations of sustainable magnetic catalyst-based biochar derived spent coffee ground for biodiesel production from waste cooking oil by Jayaraja Silvaraja, Noor Yahida Yahya, Muzakkir Mohammad Zainol, Yong Siang Lee

“…The added properties of magnetic and basic towards this catalyst was prepared by facile carbonization of one-pot SCG with Fe(III) and potassium hydroxide as activation agent at 700 °C for 2 h The characteristics of the catalyst was analyzed through Fourier transform spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscope coupled with energy dispersive X-ray (SEM-EDX), x-ray diffraction and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area analysis. …”
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Model for Fulfilling the Right to Work for Persons with Disabilities as an Effort to Protect the Law by darmawati Asriadi, Asriadi Zainuddin

“…The results of the study show that the fulfillment of the right to work for people with disabilities has not fully run as expected because it is caused by several factors including discrimination problems, difficulty in obtaining jobs due to the limitations of education and the abilities they have, accessibility and supporting facilities for the fulfillment of the right to education are still limited. …”
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Libellule et Demoisells (Insecta: Ordre des rdonates) by Seth Bybee

“…Les odonates sont appréciés par l'amateur aussi bien que par le professionnel notamment pour leurs grandes tailles, couleurs, ainsi que leurs comportements exceptionnellement charismatiques. De plus, ils sont facilement observables. Les libellules rivalisent avec certains oiseaux par rapport à leur envergure, couleurs vives et variées, grégarisme et comportements prévisibles. …”
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Urban Traffic Accident Frequency Modeling: An Improved Spatial Matrix Construction Method by Jing Gan, Qing Su, Linheng Li, Yanni Ju, Linchao Li

“…The model examines the relationship between traffic accidents and various predictor variables, including land use, road networks, and public transportation facilities. Compared to traditional spatial correlation methods such as the rook and queen matrices, the road matrix provides a more precise characterization of spatial dependencies and significantly improves accident frequency estimation. …”
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Mindfulness, Emotional Intelligence, and Gender as Predictors of Academic Motivation in High School Students by Ghanisa Anggit Askara, Rahman Pranovri Putra, Herwin Herwin, Deo Alfa Rizky

“…This study is a quantitative study with an ex-post facto approach using multiple linear regression tests and using independent sample T tests to compare academic motivation based on gender. …”
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Label-Free Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering for Genomic DNA Cytosine Methylation Reading by Kazi Morshed Alom, Anastasiia Tukova, Nana Lyu, Alison Rodger, Yuling Wang

“…Multiple approaches have been developed that employ extensive steps, such as bisulfite treatments, polymerase chain reactions (PCR), restriction digestion, sequencing, mass analysis, etc., to identify DNA methylation. …”
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De quelques aspects de l’athéisme en France au XIXe siècle by Jacqueline Lalouette

“…Au-delà de l’indifférence religieuse, Jacqueline Lalouette montre comment se développent au xixe siècle, de façon certes minoritaire mais néanmoins significative, des courants d’idées qui débordent l’anticléricalisme et s’attaquent à l’idée de Dieu elle-même. …”
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