Towards a cyber ecology by Carlo Ratti, Daniele Belleri

“…The first side of the coin – making the natural world into an artificially-enhanced ‘cyborg’ – has already gained momentum and cultural purchase. …”
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Microfluidic Assays for CD4 T Lymphocyte Counting: A Review by Zhuolun Meng, Hassan Raji, Mahtab Kokabi, Deng Zou, James Chan, Qihao Liu, Ruifeng Zhang, Mehdi Javanmard

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The impact of digitalization on future leaders skills by Senka Borovac Zekan, Agata Borowska Pietrzak, Marina Palada

“…The findings suggest that future leaders must adapt to the changes brought by digitization and incorporate new skills and traits to be effective in the digital world. …”
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The Korean Peninsula as a Hotbed of Cold War 2.0 by R. R. Kalinin

“…Ambiguous and vague as it is, it may nevertheless be instrumental for the study of certain aspects of contemporary world politics. In particular, it allows one to consider the developments of the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue (KPNI) within the broader framework of emerging US-China confrontation. …”
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Poverty Dynamics and the Fundamental Root Causes in Iran by Zahra Azari, Parviz Mohamadzadeh, Davoud Behboudi

“…Aim and Introduction The importance of poverty and dealing with that is so critical that poverty alleviation is the first goal in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). …”
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Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871 – 1918 by Arzu Melek Ozgumus

“…Developments in chemistry, resulted in new fertilizers, causes the food prices to decrease and leads the farmers into poverty, who eventually migrate to urban areas to seek jobs. …”
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Evaluating cyclic creep behavior of silicone-based thermoplastic elastomers for morphing control surface applications by Jeong-Hwan Yoon, Min-Jun Gim, Ye-Won Park, Yeon-Jee Cho, Kyoung-Ho Shin, Jae-Won Lee, Hui-Yeol Yun

“…In this study, the suitability of silicone-based thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV-Si) and silicone-based thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU-Si) materials as morphing surface skins was investigated. A new cyclic creep test method for simulating real-world operational conditions for morphing control surfaces was proposed to evaluate the performance of these materials. …”
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MetaTrans-FSTSF: A Transformer-Based Meta-Learning Framework for Few-Shot Time Series Forecasting in Flood Prediction by Jiange Jiang, Chen Chen, Anna Lackinger, Huimin Li, Wan Li, Qingqi Pei, Schahram Dustdar

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Optimizing Site Selection for Construction: Integrating GIS Modeling, Geophysical, Geotechnical, and Geomorphological Data Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process by Doaa Wahba, Awad A. Omran, Ashraf Adly, Ahmed Gad, Hasan Arman, Heba El-Bagoury

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Unknown issues of digitalizing the tax domain by Dimitrijević Marina

“…The application of digital technologies in the tax domain represents a confirmation of modernization and the turning point in the development of the state's tax function. Digitalization establishes a new paradigm of managing the tax system and significantly changes the tax-political reality. …”
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Mutations in the <i>A34R</i> gene increase the immunogenicity of vaccinia virus by S. N. Shchelkunov, T. V. Bauer, S. N. Yakubitskiy, A. A. Sergeev, A. S. Kabanov, S. A. Pyankov

“…Classic VACV-based live vaccine for vaccination against orthopoxvirus infections is out of the question, because it can cause severe side effects. Therefore, the development of new safe vaccines against orthopoxviral infections of humans and animals is an important problem. …”
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Editorial: The Artificial Intelligence in Translational Medicine and Biomedical Research, How Future Can be Shaped?!! by Karzan Abdulmuhsin Mohammad

“…The new era of translational medicine is facing a special and unique transition as the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) advance. …”
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Phygitalization of educational technologies in Russia: directions, examples, problems by Andrey I. Kapterev

“…The Russian experience has certain specifics in the digital transformation of vocational education. A few years ago, a new trend appeared in the world - the restructuring of educational technologies (EdTech) in the direction of phygitalization. …”
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The potential of the amaranth collection maintained at VIR in the context of global plant breeding and utilization trends by D. V. Sokolova, A. E. Solovieva, A. M. Zaretsky, T. V. Shelenga

“…A comprehensive study of amaranth, enhancement of its breeding, and development of new cultivars will contribute to food quality improvement through the use of plant raw materials enriched for wholesome and highly nutritious components. …”
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“you just look at rocks, and have beards” Perceptions of Geology From the United Kingdom: A Qualitative Analysis From an Online Survey by Steven L. Rogers, Sam Giles, Natasha Dowey, Sarah E. Greene, Rehemat Bhatia, Katrien Van Landeghem, Chris King

“…Finding new ways to show that, far from being boring, geology is a subject that can fundamentally change the way you see and interact with the world around you is of central importance to achieving this. …”
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Construction of prokaryotic system for expression of porcine circovirus type 2 ORF-2 gene fragment by A. G. Galeeva, A. R. Akhunova, K. V. Usoltsev, N. I. Khammadov, M. A. Efimova

“…High evolutionary virus variability facilitating new genotype and strain emergence requires development of new candidate recombinant vaccines against PCV-2 infection. …”
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Barriers to the EU Single Services Market by O. V. Biryukova

“…Integration of services in the Union is accompanied by important trade initiatives at the multilateral level. In the World Trade Organization EU countries negotiate a new agreement on trade in services, and offer provisions which providing transparency, deepening liberalization and investor protection for foreign investors in the market, will also complement and foster the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) EU - USA. …”
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Recent advances in anion exchange membrane technology for water electrolysis: a review of progress and challenges by Abdul Qayoom, Muhammad Shakeel Ahmad, H. Fayaz, Atika Qazi, Jeyraj Selvaraj, Rahadian Zainul, Krismadinata, Nasrudin Abd Rahim, Farruh Atamurotov, Thien Khanh Tran, Basma Souayeh, Natei Ermias Benti

“…Abstract Clean energy and environmental pollution are two key concerns of modern society and are pivotal necessities for the economic, social, and sustainable development of the world. Today around 80% of energy is generated using nonrenewable resources and fossil fuels (oil, gas, coal) which ultimately results in hazardous global emissions. …”
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The Chinese State, Incomplete Proletarianization and Structures of Inequality in Two Epochs by Wu Jieh-min, Mark Selden

“…Specifically, we explore the relationship between high savings and structures of inequality and consider their consequences for Chinese trajectories of development, incomplete proletarianization, and social polarization.…”
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Thematic Issue on “Red Beetroot as a Source of Nutrients, Bioactive Compounds and Pigments” by Wiesław Wiczkowski

“…This Thematic Issue of Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences deals with the trans-disciplinary aspects of red beetroot as well as the red beetroot-derived products in the following topics: processing and storage – effect on the quality and functionality; bioactive constituents and nutritional value; profile, absorption, metabolism, and bioavailability of phytochemicals; potential health-promoting and microbiological activities; and new analytical methods for compounds study. Due to the development of civilization diseases, increasing attention is paid not only to the nutritional value and sensory attractiveness of certain food-plants and their products but, above all, to their profile and content of bioactive compounds since these issues may have a positive impact on human health. …”
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