Roman primacy and the development of the synodal institution in the period of the Arian controversy by Zakharov Georgii

“…The author examines evolution of the institution of the Roman synod and practice of participation of the Roman See in church councils outside Rome, focusing on the unsuccessful attempt to convene the general council in Rome in 382. Analysis of historical data shows that the ability of the Roman see to organize in a short time a representative council (mainly of the Italian bishops) allowed Rome to claim for a special status within the church communion. …”
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An investigation into the factors influencing ICT adoption and use in the administration of secondary schools in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania by Josta Lameck Nzilano

“…The findings indicated that school heads are generally motivated to use ICT for school administration, as it supports financial tasks, communication, processing students' exam results, and record-keeping. …”
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Automated Information Systems as a New Approach to Risk Management of Pharmacotherapy in the Treatment of Epilepsy by V. V. Arkhipov, N. I. Burmistrova

“…The applications help to monitor seizures, record the frequency of taking medications, receive advice on emergency treatment of seizures, adjust the dosage regimen, and, in general, help to reduce the risks of anticonvulsant therapy, increase patient compliance and the competence of the participants in the treatment process. …”
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Participating in core outcome set development via Delphi surveys: qualitative interviews provide pointers to inform guidance by Bridget Young, Philippe Ravaud, Paula R Williamson, Alice M Biggane

“…Those with multiple experiences of participation generally understood the purpose of COS and were satisfied with the Delphi survey. …”
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Measuring the Sciences Contribution to Socioeconomic Development: Russian Approaches in the Global Space of Ideas by A. A. Yanik

“…Purpose: this review aims to present the ‘state-of-the-art’ on the theory and practice of measuring the contribution of sciences to socioeconomic progress and trace the Russian approaches in the global space of ideas.Methods: for studying a multidisciplinary sample of academic publications and gray literature includes multifactor systematization, critical analysis, and synthetic generalization in a large context («helicopter view»).Results: a brief history of the subject is presented in the context of the state's use of science for socio-economic development. …”
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Pre-operative antibiotics in patients with acute mild cholecystitis undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy: is it really useful? A systematic review by Camilo Ramírez-Giraldo, Isabella Van-Londoño, Antonio Pesce

“…Abstract Background Empirical antibiotic therapy is often initiated during the hospital stay while awaiting laparoscopic cholecystectomy. This approach is generally justified in patients with moderate (Tokyo II) and severe (Tokyo III) acute cholecystitis, where organ dysfunction occurs as a result of the inflammatory or infectious process. …”
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ҚАЗАҚСТАНДАҒЫ ЭЛЕКТРОНДЫҚ САУДАНЫҢ ҚАЗІРГІ ТАҢДАҒЫ ДАМУ ТЕНДЕНЦИЯЛАРЫ МЕН КЕЛЕШЕГІ by S. S. Ydyrys, R. I. Ermankulova, S. Bullent

“…At the same time, sales abroad are low. Based on the analysis of the current state of e-commerce development, the features and main trends of the market development are revealed, the current problems of e-commerce are considered, and the ways of their solution are presented.Summing up the research, the authors note that, in recent years, there has been a slight increase in the pace of electronic commerce in general, and this provides very good prospects and opportunities for the development of Kazakhstan’s electronic commerce on the world market. …”
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Territorial hunting management: problems of strategic planning and law regulation by I. A. Grebnev

“…During the study there were used general scientific research methods, as well as formal-legal, comparative-legal, technical-legal research methods and the method of legal modeling. …”
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On the issue of the transition to new educational standards within the enlarged group of specialties and areas of «Hospitality, service and provision of services» by O. V. Shpyrnya

“…To achieve this goal, the following research methods have been used: the study of scientific literature, analysis, generalization, description.The results of the research are the following: it has been revealed that the main problem in the transition from one generation of specialized educational standards to another generation is the change in the competence of the student training model. …”
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PEMETAAN PENELITIAN BERBASIS PRODUK SEBAGAI BASIS PENENTUAN STRATEGI KOMUNIKASI SAINS by Eko Prasetyo Nugroho Saputro, Siti Irene Astuti Dwiningrum, Dadan Rosana, Dyah Kumalasari

“…This research concludes that mapping research products can facilitate the grouping process, thereby aiding in the planning of effective science communication strategies. …”
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Do ‘language trees with sampled ancestors’ really support a ‘hybrid model’ for the origin of Indo-European? Thoughts on the most recent attempt at yet another IE phylogeny by Alexei S. Kassian, George Starostin

“…We show that the general quality of the lexical data used as the basis for classification has significantly improved from earlier studies, reflecting a more careful curation process on the part of qualified historical linguists involved in the project; however, there remain serious issues when it comes to marking cognation between different characters, such as failure (in many cases) to distinguish between true cognacy and areal diffusion and the inability to take into account the influence of the so-called derivational drift (independent morphological formations from the same root in languages belonging to different branches). …”
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Relationship Between Health Benefit Perception Moderate Wine Consumption, Wine Label and Healthy Behaviour by Anita Silvana Ilak Peršurić, Ana Težak Damijanić, Sanja Radeka

“…Moderate wine consumption is, generally, the focus of various medical studies, while consumer behaviour research does not specifically centres on moderation in wine consumption. …”
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Modified Solution–Diffusion Model Incorporating Rotational Kinetic Energy in Pressure Retarded Osmosis by Daniel Ruiz-Navas, Edgar Quiñones-Bolaños, Mostafa H. Sharqawy

“…Pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO) is a process that allows the production of mechanical energy from the chemical potential difference between two solutions of different concentrations separated by a semi-permeable membrane. …”
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Improving Critical Thinking Skills of Elementary School Students: Project Based Learning vs Gamification-Based Group Investigation by Gaudensius Jati Lamauran Koten, Munzil, Candra Utama

“…Learning in schools in general, which has not abandoned conventional learning, is one of the causes. …”
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Solvent Solutions: Comparing Extraction Methods for Edible Oils and Proteins in a Changing Regulatory Landscape. Part 7: Overall comparison between solvent solutions☆ by Carré Patrick, Piofczyk Thomas, Bothe Sarah

“…Oilseeds extraction of oils requires the use of a processing aid : a solvent. This seventh article on the comparison of solvents potentially capable of replacing hexane presents a multi-criteria analysis, systematically revisiting aspects from previous investigations. …”
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Immunomodulator Intensification of Etioropic Therapy in Patients with Advanced Pulmonary Tuberculosis by V. M. Kolomiets, A. V. Abramov, N. V. Rachina, N. V. Rubleva

“…In group 4 the etioropic therapy was used alone. The analysis showed that 3419 patients had primary pulmonary tuberculosis, 340 patients had relapsing tuberculosis and 2275 patients had long-term process. …”
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Features of communication in specialized social networks (on the example of Internet sites associated with the practice of “hand-made”) by Aminet Magametovna Siyukhova, Elena Nikolaevna Bazalina

“…The method of analyzing documents (posts of forum participants on the site of sewers “burdastyle.ru”) has been used in the research. The analysis has shown that the initially horizontal structure of network communication in the process of forming a network community gradually acquires the properties of a vertical hierarchy, where each participant receives his/her conditional social status with his/her inherent role. …”
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Person Reference in Iranian Sistani Narrative Texts by Farideh Okati

“…This is also shown by the statistical analysis, using Chi2 (P < 0.05). In the retrieval process, it is appeared that where zero anaphors are used, no matter how long is the distance between the anaphoric elements, there are no specific classifiers available to identify the referents more easily, and they are more or less accessible via the person markers in the verbs. …”
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Disqualification from driving: enforcement in Russia by V. V. Golovko, I. V. Slyshalov, A. I. Sakhno

“…The authors used a systematic approach and formal legal analysis. The legislation of the Russian Federation and the practice of its enforcement were studied also.The main results. …”
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Use of knowingly false information by criminal proceedings participants by M. L. Hribov, V. V. Shendryk

“…To achieve this purpose, general scientific and special methods of cognition have been used, in particular methods of system analysis, system structural, logical and legal. …”
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