Local Self-Government Autonomy in Saint Petersburg by V. A. Semenov, V. V. Ereshkin

“…By an amendment to the Constitution of the Russian Federation from 2020 on improving the regulation of certain issues of the organization and functioning of public authority, the bodies of local self-government were included among the bodies of public authority. …”
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Hardware and Software Methods for Secure Obfuscation and Deobfuscation: An In-Depth Analysis by Khaled Saleh, Dirar Darweesh, Omar Darwish, Eman Hammad, Fathi Amsaad

“…Obfuscation purposely converts software and hardware to improve complexity for probable adversaries, targeting obscure realization operations while preserving safety and functionality. Former research has commonly engaged features of obfuscation, deobfuscation, and obfuscation detection approaches. …”
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POLITICAL PARTIES AND THEIR ROLE IN SAFEGUARDING THE SUPREMACY OF THE CONSTITUTION by Silvia-Elena, OLARU

“…Therefore, within the contemporary organization of the powers in state, the issues are assessed from a different perspective: traditional structures are maintained, while their functions evolve and transform rapidly. A modern society without political parties is unconceivable. …”
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Cooperation Between the USSR and Nicaragua in the Conditions of the Sandinista Revolution by A. V. Baranov

“…Comparative-historical and structural-functional methods are used.The course of the Soviet foreign policy towards revolutionary Nicaragua had both geopolitical and ideological motivations. …”
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Has stakeholder participation in health facility governing committees promoted social accountability? A qualitative study in Tanzania by Hussein Athuman Kapuya, Stephen Oswald Maluka, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Miguel San Sebastian

“…While previous studies have explored the functionality of the HFGCs, this study aimed to understand whether stakeholder participation in the HFGCs contributes to promoting social accountability in the health system. …”
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New Face of European Union: Right-Wing Populism in the EU-Countries by E. V. Khakhalkina, K. P. Andreev, A. V. Munko

“…The authors used comparative-typological, functional and structural methods. The problems of immigration and Islamophobia in the EU are explained with the help of the civilizational concept of A.J. …”
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Language Policy of Ukraine as a Source of Ethno-Political Destabilization by N. P. Medvedev, L. N. Krasnov

“…It provides for the use of the Ukrainian language not only for documentation, but also for pre-election campaigns carried out at the expense of the state budget. …”
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Social Media in Political Communication of Swedish Right-Wing Parties by A. Yu. Kolianov, M. S. Matveev, D. G. Cherkasov

“…The theoretical and methodological basis of the study was the functional (K. Lawson) and ideological (K. von Beyme) approaches to the study of political parties. …”
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The catching up of the Hungarian economy in the European Union and Hungary’s falling behind among the post socialist member states by Gábor Gulácsi, Ádám Kerényi

“…In the early stages of Hungarian EU membership, the country’s economic development was hampered by a serious failure of governance of social-liberal parties which also triggered an excessive deficit procedure. After 2010 the functioning of the new illiberal government caused the country to lose ground in the economic catching-up process within the European Union. …”
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FORMATION OF INFORMATION CULTURE IN STUDENTS OF ENGINEERING AND PEDAGOGICAL AREAS OF EXPERTISE DURING THEIR VOCATIONAL TRAINING by Sliusarenko Mykola, Filatov Sergiy

“…It has been claimed that each component has independent significance and, in unity, ensures the implementation of cognitive, value-orientating, creative-developmental functions, as well as the functions of optimization, intensification, and professionalization in the students’ professional training in engineering and pedagogical area of expertise. …”
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The specifics of the corporate model of local self-government and the divergence of modern approaches to self-government at the local level in the Commonwealth countries by A. Larichev

“…The corporate model of local government can be characterized by the following features: the lack of full constitutional recognition of local government as an independent form of public authority; formal institutional autonomy of municipal units as public (private-public) corporations of a special type that are not included into the system of state power; limited functional autonomy; lack of constitutional recognition of citizens’ or local communities’ right(s) to local self-government; limited accountability of local governments to the population, including the lack of sufficient legislative guarantees for the election of local authorities. …”
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A Unique Case of Poorly Differentiated Neuroendocrine Carcinoma With Brain and Bilateral Adrenal Metastases by Carla J. El Hajj Mouawad, Francois Georges Kamar

“…In view of the size of the left adrenal mass we elected to offer her a complete resection. The patient therefore underwent a laparoscopic adrenalectomy. …”
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French Defense Policy in 2022-2024: Changes within Continuity by A. Yu. Chikhachev

“…In the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific, the presence of French forces remains at its previous level; in Western Africa, a reassessment of functions for the deployed contingents is underway without any intention to leave the continent at all. …”
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LOCAL ELITES AND DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF DECENTRALIZATION by Yurii Verlanov, Oleksandr Verlanov

“…Empirical analysis of community budgets confirms the extremely unequal conditions of their functioning, as well as efforts to improve the well-being of residents, although the state is taking steps to level the situation. …”
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Constitutive Parliament and its speakers by Algis Kasperavičius

“… On April of 1920, elected Constitutive Parliament term continued till the 6th of October 1922. …”
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«We are the last mohicans here, brought up in traditions of our native orthodoxy…»: letters of bishop Alexander (Karpin) to prince A. V. Obolensky (1939–1946) by Tatyana Shevchenko

“…One of the correspondents was bishop Alexander (Karpin). He was elected by the Council of the Finnish Orthodox Church to the see of Vyborg in 1935. …”
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THE COOPERATIVE MODEL OF AGRIBUSINESS IN BULGARIA-ORIGINS AND CONTEMPORARY STATE by Todorka ATANASSOVA-KALAYDZHIEVA, Iskra NENCHEVA, Ivanka ZHEKOVA

“…The member-cooperators delegate part of their functions to democratically elected leading representatives when they establish a cooperative enterprise. …”
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SAS macro programme for Bang’s Blinding Index to assess and visualise the success of blinding in randomised controlled trials by Hongqiu Gu, Zhen Wang, Yangfeng Wu, Jiani Wu, Zongshi Qin, Toshiaki Furukawa, Yongpei Yu, Dongdong Shi

“…We illustrate the functionality of %BBIplus using blinding assessment data from three previously published RCTs: BBR (adjunctive berberine reduces antipsychotic-associated weight gain and metabolic syndrome in patients with schizophrenia: a randomised controlled trial), SELECT-TDCS (the sertraline versus electrical current therapy for treating depression clinical study: results from a factorial, randomised controlled trial) and ELECT-TDCS (trial of electrical direct-current therapy versus escitalopram for depression) studies. …”
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Development of an adipocyte differentiation protocol using 3T3-L1 cells for the investigation of the browning process: identification of the PPAR-γ agonist rosiglitazone as a brown... by Lorenzo Flori, Giulia Galgani, Giorgia Bray, Chiara Ippolito, Cristina Segnani, Carolina Pellegrini, Valentina Citi, Valentina Citi, Nunzia Bernardini, Nunzia Bernardini, Alma Martelli, Alma Martelli, Alma Martelli, Vincenzo Calderone, Vincenzo Calderone, Vincenzo Calderone

“…AT is a lipid storage organ with endocrine functions that presents two main phenotypes: white adipose tissue (WAT) and brown adipose tissue (BAT). …”
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Exploring research capacity and capability in a local authority: qualitative insights from leaders and staff by James Woodall, Chloe Bracewell, Andrew Passey, Samantha Start, Jane South

“…Links from local authority staff to democratically elected officials varied and research and evidence was not always routinely presented. …”
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