Tourism and diversity by Zsuzsanna Bacsi

“…There is a belief that ethnic or cultural fractionalisation would necessarily bring about difficulties of understanding and cooperation, leading to lower economic performance, less stable economic and social processes and, ultimately a slowdown of economic output. …”
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Investigating the Causes of Blindness and Vision Impairment in Children Younger Than 15 Years Old by Abbas Riazi, Fatemeh Riazi

“…Background and Objectives: Vision impairment has very severe effects on education. It brings serious problems in life and job opportunities. …”
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The communicative status of an individual in a digital society by Yu. A. Chernavin

“…The processes of digitalization of modern society are changing the significant ratio of its spheres and structures, bringing to the fore the communicative space, which appears as a system of communicative statuses of people, groups, organizations occupying a particular place in the structure of relevant relations. …”
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The geographical digital divide in broadband access and governmental policies in Japan: three case studies by Yoshio Arai, Sae Naganuma

“…Another effective means of extending broadband has been the pressure exerted by local governments (under the national policy scheme) on private cable television companies to bring their services to even the least populated regions. …”
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The Ecological Model of Pastures Zoning of Kurdistan Province Emphasizing on the Climatic Elements of Temperature and Precipitation by Gholamali Mozafari, Farshad Safarpour

“…Pastures are renewable natural resources which provide the grass for the cattle need, adjust the weather and hydrological flows, provide water for aquifer, prevent soil erosion, control pollution, dispel food poisoning, and bring about soil formation through improving soil formation processes. …”
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Discourse of Europe in Political Dialogue between the EU and the South Caucasus Countries by A. S. Ayvazyan

“…This paradox limits severely normative influence of the European Union as it challenges the very idea of the EU normative power and brings about an increasing fragmentation rather than a stabilization of the region.…”
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REVOLUTIONIZING URBAN LAST-MILE DELIVERY WITH AUTOMATED PARCEL LOCKERS: AN OVERVIEW by Anca POPESCU, Adriana TULBURE

“…Among the benefits, operational cost savings and reduced environmental impact are worth mentioning, while the challenges bring forward matter such as high installation costs or accessibility concerns. …”
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Balancing co-benefits and trade-offs between climate change mitigation and adaptation innovations under mixed crop-livestock systems in semi-arid Zimbabwe by Sabine Homann-Kee Tui, Roberto O. Valdivia, Katrien Descheemaeker, Gevious Sisito, Elisha N. Moyo, Farai Mapanda

“…The approach and results inform the discussion on drivers that can bring about sustainable intensification, and the extent to which socio-economic benefits could enhance the uptake of emission reducing technologies thereof. …”
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What was Killing Babies in Rostock? An Investigation of Infant Mortality Using Individual-Level Cause-of-Death Data, 1800–1904 by Michael Mühlichen, Laura Ann Cilek

“…Using this coding system, we analyse cause-specific patterns of infant, neonatal and post-neonatal mortality in an internationally comparable way and bring new insights into the determinants of 19th-century infant mortality, which was shaped by increase and stagnation in wide parts of Germany. …”
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Exposure to Lead (Pb) influences the outcomes of male-male competition during precopulatory intrasexual selection by Rosemary Patrick, Kim Colyvas, Andrea S. Griffin, Michael Stat, Wayne A. O’Connor, Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman, Mallavarapu Megharaj, Geoff R. MacFarlane

“…Pb, 10 µg/L and 100 µg/L respectively) under laboratory conditions for 96 h and subsequently allowed to compete for burrow ownership in experimental arenas. Exposed crabs (100 µg/L) were less successful than control crabs in chela size-matched paired competitive interactions, spent less time in burrows and predominantly lost burrow ownership. …”
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Students seeking information for their Master's thesis - the effect of the Internet by Paulina Junni

“…Today, a substantial part of the resources accessible for researchers and university students are offered through electronic site licenses, making the supply of easily obtainable information larger than ever. This brings forth an important question: what are the qualitative and quantitative effects of this development on the use of reference material in research and studies? …”
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The technology landscape for detection of DNA methylation in cancer liquid biopsies by Isabelle Neefs, Joe Ibrahim, Marc Peeters, Guy Van Camp, Ken Op de Beeck

“…The first methods were established for DNA methylation detection in genomic DNA, while new methods have focused more on compatibility with the emerging interest of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) from liquid biopsies. As DNA methylation detection in cfDNA brings its own challenges, a shift from the gold standard bisulfite conversion towards enzymatic conversion methods can be observed in recent years. …”
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Structural Controls of Uranium Mineralization in the Basement of the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada by Antonio Benedicto, Maher Abdelrazek, Patrick Ledru, Cameron MacKay, Dwayne Kinar

“…The structural analysis performed brings new insights about the mesoscale structural controls, the role the inherited ductile fabric had on the mode of brittle reactivation and to trap mineralization, and the tectonic regime to which basement-hosted uranium deposits may be associated in the Athabasca Basin.…”
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RISK RANKING OF OPEN-END INVESTMENT FUNDS IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA by Ivana Srdarević, Ivan Kristek

“…During the purchase of shares in an investment fund it should be taken into consideration that a possible higher income return brings forth a higher level of risk, as in all other types of investments. …”
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T14diLys/DOPE Liposomes: An Innovative Option for siRNA-Based Gene Knockdown? by Sophie Meinhard, Frank Erdmann, Henrike Lucas, Maria Krabbes, Stephanie Krüger, Christian Wölk, Karsten Mäder

“…Background/Objectives: Bringing small interfering RNA (siRNA) into the cell cytosol to achieve specific gene silencing is an attractive but also very challenging option for improved therapies. …”
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Botox (OnabotulinumtoxinA) for Treatment of Migraine Symptoms: A Systematic Review by Negar Shaterian, Negin Shaterian, Aref Ghanaatpisheh, Farnaz Abbasi, Sara Daniali, Maryam Jalali Jahromi, Mohammad Sadegh Sanie, Amir Abdoli

“…In addition, the use of BoNT-A in individuals with vestibular migraine (VM) reduces the frequency of migraines and brings about the improvement of disability status caused by migraine headaches. …”
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Organized Illegal Migration as Manifestation of Transnational Criminality and Source of Threats to National Security of Ukraine by O. A. Panchenko

“…Thus, granting priority to national interests in the state migration policy at the admissible restriction of human right to free movement is very important.…”
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Field Investigation on Thermal Regime of Permafrost and Talik in a River Terrace, the Interior of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by Yunzhi Zhang, Furong Liu, Xingbing Wang, Pengfei He, Jinggang Cui, Yishan Wang, Yanhu Mu

“…The seasonal freezing/thawing depths of shallow ground within the relict permafrost, patchy permafrost, and island talik range from 2.5 to 3.0 m. …”
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Les quais romains d’Aizier (Eure) by Jimmy Mouchard

“…This operation was also an opportunity to shed new light on a Roman iron anchor discovered near the site during 19th c. dredging work. This offloading station thus provides important evidence relative to harbor developments and restructuring, in connection with different berthing solutions and river current realities. …”
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ON THE INDUSTRIAL POLICY OF RUSSIA FOR 2018-2030 by D. V. Manturov

“…The research methodology is based on structuring the factors that shape the state industrial policy and bringing them into line with the existing or prospective elements of the policy. …”
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