Analysis of the Role of the Union Generale Tunisienne du Travail (UTT) in the Democratization Transition in Tunisia by Alya Fitriany Rahma, Syasya Yuania Fadila Mas'udi

“…The results of the study show that the UGTT has two roles in achieving the goals of Tunisia's democratization, firstly as a power intermediary, where the UGTT functions in uniting the population and the government by chairing dialogue and guiding decision making during an unstable period. …”
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Disability, rurality and spatial competence: on the importance of embodied knowledge and supportive contexts by Susanne Stenbacka

“…A conclusion is that the development of spatial competence intersects with a functioning welfare society. …”
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CYK4 promotes antiparallel microtubule bundling by optimizing MKLP1 neck conformation. by Tim Davies, Noriyuki Kodera, Gabriele S Kaminski Schierle, Eric Rees, Miklos Erdelyi, Clemens F Kaminski, Toshio Ando, Masanori Mishima

“…Centralspindlin, a constitutive 2:2 heterotetramer of MKLP1 (a kinesin-6) and the non-motor subunit CYK4, plays important roles in cytokinesis. …”
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Interplay of gene expression noise and ultrasensitive dynamics affects bacterial operon organization. by J Christian J Ray, Oleg A Igoshin

“…Mathematical models for 6 functional classes of network modules showed that three classes exhibited decreased noise and 3 exhibited increased noise with same-operon cotranscription of interacting proteins. …”
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ROMANIA DURING CEAUSESCU'S DICTATORSHIP: FIRST PERIOD IN POWER (1965– 1971) by Dan Vătăman

“…The purpose of this study is to deepen the Ceausescu's first period in power (1965– 1971), stage characterized, on the one hand, by a relative democratization of society and, on the other hand, the strengthening of his personal power through the assumption of important functions in the Party and State leadership along with the continuation of the political line of independence from Moscow. …”
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Pilgrimage shrines in Portugal according to natural and cultural characteristics, with a view to their comprehensive protection by Mónica Monteiro

“…., Ministério da Cultura), in which we raised the hypothesis that their landscape values were not recognized.After researching the literature, we visited these places to observe and analyze the landscapes where they are located and the places they constitute, seeking to identify the factors that are fundamental to them. …”
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L’activité narrative dans ses dimensions multi instrumentée et créative en situation pédagogique by Françoise Decortis

“…On the one hand, they help children to operate instrumental geneses at functional and semantic levels. Several types of activity (sensory, descriptive and manipulative) contribute to this. …”
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Internet Memes as a Current Phenomenon of Political Internet Communication in Germany: Grand Coalition Thematic Group by L. N. Rebrina

“…The object of the research is Internet memes that constitute the thematic group “Grand Coalition” and appeared during the reign of the parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany 2018–2021. …”
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Education Between Cultural “Canon” and the Future: “Classics” and Their Didactic Value by Lech Witkowski

“…The latter is to be perceived as invisible environment constituting symbolic soil for the memory of signifiers which serve for self-expression, understanding of the Other and for creative autotranscendence and enrichment of the cultural patrimony for the next generations. …”
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Wincenty Skrzetuski o sukcesji tronu i porządku obrad sejmu by Wojciech Organiściak

“…His criticism of Royal Election constituted an important element in the 18th century dispute between the supporters of the old order and the propagators of the reforms. …”
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Refleksje nad zastosowaniem korczakowskich metod partycypacyjnej pracy z dziećmi w obozach dla uchodźców by Urszula Markowska-Manista, Dominika Zakrzewska-Olędzka

“…At the same time, it is an opportunity to learn children’s opinions and an expression of respect for the child as a per-son who functions here and now, in the place and space of his or her temporary stay – a refugee camp, where an international protection system for children and adults is far from effective. …”
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"Thinking about not-thinking": neural correlates of conceptual processing during Zen meditation. by Giuseppe Pagnoni, Milos Cekic, Ying Guo

“…This "default network" has been functionally linked to the stream of thoughts occurring automatically in the absence of goal-directed activity and which constitutes an aspect of mental behavior specifically addressed by many meditative practices. …”
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Toward aitiopoietic cognition: bridging the evolutionary divide between biological and machine-learned causal systems by Tomas Veloz

“…Despite superficial functional similarities in behavior and cognitive abilities, we identify profound structural differences in how causality is operationalized, physically embodied, and epistemologically grounded. …”
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Imagery packed with poetic qualities: A case study on English-Chinese translation of Apple's advertisements by Ying Cui, Jie Li

“…This investigation aims to explore the functions and characteristics of images and outline the linguistic methods to create images in English-Chinese advertisement translation, referring to research on translation, marketing, imagery, and poetics. …”
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Improving the performance of UV-curable coatings with carbon nanomaterials by Y. Jiang, S. Y. Zhang, X. L. Zhang, T. Zhang

“…By combining a trifunctional urethane acrylate synthesized from a hexamethylene diisocyanate trimer and caprolactone acrylate with a bifunctional urethane acrylate prepared from hydroxyethyl acrylate and isophorone diisocyanate, a new reactive resin mixture was prepared, and trimethylolpropane triacrylate was chosen as the thinner to constitute a novel coating matrix. Different amounts of multi-functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene oxide (GO) were introduced into the matrix and cured by ultraviolet radiation, producing different coatings. …”
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Cumplimiento de las medidas de radioprotección en los hospitales de la región Amazonas, Perú, abril – julio 2016 by Nelson Cesar Santisteban Salazar

“…A descriptive, cross-sectional and observational study was conducted between April and July 2016; the population was constituted by the workers of the imaging services of three hospitals of the Ministry of Health and three of the Social Health Insurance in the provinces of Chachapoyas, Bagua and Utcubamba; compliance of the radiation protection was measaured with an adapted instrument from the Peruvian Institute of Nuclear Energy, a validated questionnaire measured knowledge of staff. …”
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Conserver et exposer les microbes au tournant du XXe siècle by Mathilde Gallay-Keller

“…The article documents the functions and uses of this microbial Collection with a special emphasis on their variety. …”
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GENETIC VARIABILITY OF SPRING COMMON WHEAT VARIETIES IN ALUMINUM TOLERANCE by E. M. Lisitsyn, O. S. Amunova

“…Moderately tolerant varieties constituted about 63 %, and highly tolerant, about 25,5 %. …”
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Task-Oriented Structural Health Monitoring of Dynamically Loaded Components by Means of SLDV-Based Full-Field Mobilities and Fatigue Spectral Methods by Alessandro Zanarini

“…The paper derives the <i>mobilities</i> into full-field strain Frequency Response Functions (FRFs), which map, by selecting the proper <i>complex-valued</i> broad frequency band excitation spectrum, the surface strains. …”
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Ukrayna Örneğinden Hareketle Nükleer Silahsızlanmanın Olası Sonuçlarına Dair Bir İnceleme by Eray ALIM

“…Nuclear weapons are, therefore, functional devices in calibrating deterrence asymmetry between weak and strong states in favor of the former. …”
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