Two Cases of Delayed Diagnosis of Leprosy in Mauritania by Boushab Mohamed Boushab, Fatima-Zahra Fall-Malick, Leonardo K. Basco

“…A multilevel chemotherapeutic regimen recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) was effective, and the patients’ condition evolved satisfactorily. …”
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Forming consumer loyalty of scientific and technical information: the results of a study by A. N. Timokhovich, E. V. Samokhodkin, A. A. Elzon

“…The recommendations are intended for organizations generating and distributing scientific and technical information, aimed at strengthening their competitiveness in the information services market. …”
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Microplastic in the Soil Environment – Classification and Sources in Relation to Research Conducted in Poland by Monika Kisiel, Agnieszka Poniatowska, Anita Kaliszewicz

“…Their main source in soils may be within agriculture (where composts, organic fertilizers, sewage sludge and mulching, as well as irrigation are used) plus transport, landfills and the deposition of atmospheric pollutants. …”
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Kindergarten teachers’ emotional intelligence and surface acting: the chain mediating effects of self-efficacy and work engagement by Shucun Sun, Zhonglian Yan, Caixia Sun

“…As a strategy for performing emotional labor, surface acting refers to the process of faking emotions to meet the demands of organizations’ norms. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and surface acting among Chinese kindergarten teachers, focusing on the mediating role of self-efficacy and work engagement.MethodsIntegrating the conservation of resources theory and the job demands-resources model, a questionnaire survey was conducted among 1,017 Chinese kindergarten teachers using Wong & Law Emotional Intelligence Scale, Self-Efficacy Scale, Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, and Surface Acting Scale. …”
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Exhausting the (Human) Problem by Annalaura Alifuoco

“…Through the sculptural works of Berlinde De Bruyckere, where organic and synthetic matters merge in states of suspension, we witness exhaustion’s capacity to reshape relations between bodies, forms, and forces. …”
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A quality of service–aware preemptive tidal flow queuing model for wireless multimedia sensor networks in the smart grid environment by Li Peizhe, Wu Muqing, Zhao Min, Liao Wenxing

“…Wireless multimedia sensor network can be treated as an organic supplement and a peripheral network in this two-way communication system. …”
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Discriminatory Practices against Women in Labour Relations in Nigeria: Interrogating the Position of International Law by Atah Pine, Ochoga Edwin Ochoga

“…The paper adopts interrogative technique of qualitative data analysis and argued that International Labour Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Right; and the 1979 United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all forms Discrimination Against Women are legal instruments of international law against discrimination of women in labour relations. …”
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ANTHRAX GLOBAL EPIZOOTOLOGY. 1. SUSCEPTIBLE ANIMALS by Makhamat Nguerabe Yamtitina, V. V. Makarov

“…The susceptibility of animal species to anthrax depends not only on the dose, but also on the form (vegetative or spore) of the anthrax bacterium, the mode of infection, and the site of introduction of the pathogen into the organism. Anthrax affects mammals of 19 species: mostly cattle, which are intermediate hosts and hosts in the global parasitoid system; sheep and goats, horses, pigs, many species of wild ruminants and herbivorous, mostly deer, gazelles, bisons, hippopotamuses and even elephants, as well as Carnivora. …”
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Recognition of prior learning program in improving human resource in Bojonegoro district: an open government analysis by Siti Nur Alifa, Septi Wulandari, Cahya Lukita

“…Supporting factors lead to the use of scholarships in higher education with recognition of experience, online learning, and RPL program organizers from quality universities. The inhibiting factors are seen from the declining commitment and motivation of students in participating in the lecture process and the difficulty of time management between college work.…”
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THE EFFECT OF GENRE-BASED MENTORING ON LINGUISTIC FEATURE QUALITY OF RESEARCH ARTICLE ABSRACTS BY INDONESIAN LECTURERS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES by Dedi Jasrial, Safnil Arsyad, Arono Arono

“…It is because the meta-discourse serves as a textual and interpersonal marker that can help readers to organize, classify, interpret, evaluate, and react to the contents of a propositions or meanings of sentences in the research article abstracts. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Dental Caries in Primary Schoolchildren: An Iranian Setting by Mohammad Ali Youssefi, Solaiman Afroughi

“…Dental examination was performed at school according to the World Health Organization criteria. Sociodemographic data were collected using a structured questionnaire, and caries statuses of children’s teeth were recorded through a dental chart. …”
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Improvement of bovine tuberculosis diagnosis by M. O. Baratov

“…However, the post-mortem examination revealed TB changes in internal organs. The obtained data suggest a possibility to use the IHA test to detect TB infected animals with non-specific reactions to tuberculin.…”
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Fifty years after the discovery of the association of HLA B27 with ankylosing spondylitis by Joachim Sieper, Juergen Braun

“…The function of HLA class I molecules is to present peptides to the immune system to defend the organism against microbes targeted by CD8+T cells. …”
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Choosing to die with the help or by the hand of a doctor (medically-assisted death): Limitations and safety profiles by F. Cembrani, D. De Leo

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THE RELIGIOUS FACTOR IN THE «ARAB SPRING» by A. V. Krylov

“…Many experts in Russia as well as abroad share an opinion that the phenomenon of the “Arab revolution" or the so cold "Arab Spring" has the same basic pattern: after the beginning of unrest in North Africa and the Middle East the Islamist political parties, organizations and groups are gaining strength, popularity and influence. …”
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The Role of Health-Conscious Decisions in Food Consumption by Erzsébet Peter, Nikoletta Kaszás, Kornél Németh

“…Enterprises put great emphasis on prevention and on the good physical and mental condition of their colleagues with such organization of work that focuses on health since work can be more efficient by this means. …”
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Road safety behavior and related injuries among college students of urban Bengaluru by Rana Sarvar, P. K. Sreenath Menon, M. D. Sangeetha

“…Data were collected using the World Health Organization STEP-wise approach to surveillance violence and injury module, administered through Google Forms. …”
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Do Routine Preoperative and Intraoperative Urine Cultures Benefit Pediatric Vesicoureteral Reflux Surgery? by Daniel R. Hettel, Bradley C. Gill, Audrey C. Rhee

“…A positive culture was defined as >50,000 colony forming units of a single organism. Results. A total of 185 patients were identified and 87/185 (47.0%) met inclusion criteria. …”
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POSSIBLE OUTCOMES OF BREXIT FOR EUROPEAN UNION DEVELOPMENT by N. Y. Kaveshnikov

“…Instead of endless, irreversible, a priori beneficial for everyone integration process, the European Union has become an organization that does not have a Messianic goal and obliged to prove its usefulness in everyday life. …”
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Problems and Risks of Digitalization in Higher Education by M. V. Pashkov, V. M. Pashkova

“…If these risks are not timely addressed, it may jeopardize the creative self-organization of educators and students, hinder the development of diverse and ethically responsible practices of technology use, and further make the higher education system unbalanced and more dependent on commercial technology companies. …”
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