The Politics of Appearance/Disappearance by Ignacio Irazuzta, Jaume Peris Blanes, Silvia Rodríguez Maeso

“…The politics of dis/appearance concern a wide variety of complex issues. Engaging with historical processes and the different categorizations of (dis)appearance that they have engendered, we identify, in this article, two key analytical approaches: First, we consider the meaning of appearance and disappearance within the liberal political theory. …”
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Development of a stand for measuring thrust of micro-jet thrusters based on machine vision by V. V. Fedyanin, V. V. Shalay, P. S. Yachmenev, I. S. Vavilov

“…In the presented work, the issues of measuring the thrust force of spacecraft thrusters are considered. …”
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Opening-up or closing-down climate deliberations: comparing the Climate Assembly UK and French Convention Citoyenne pour le Climat by Christina Demski, Catherine Cherry, Stuart Capstick, Caroline Verfuerth, Claire Mellier

“…The CCC used a much more bottom-up approach with recommendations being iteratively developed by citizens. Both processes struggled to engage with more systemic and transformative issues. …”
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Metagenomic insights into resistance trends related to microbial VB12 synthesis in eutrophic urban lakes by Ning Lan, Chengzhi Mao, Min Chen, Xuan Wang, Shuheng Bai, Juan Ren

“…Abstract Vitamin B12 (VB12) is essential for human health, and its deficiency can lead to various health issues, including anemia and neurological problems. …”
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Rapid Diagnostic Method for ZDJ9 Switch Machine Circuit Faults by YAN Yunfei, XU Jianjun, CAI Yijun

“…Method Based on the composition of ZDJ9 switch machine circuit and the operation process of existing diagnostic methods, the issues with existing diagnostic methods are analyzed. …”
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Research progress on the improvement of electrode lifespan of spot welding for aluminum alloy by Xiaoqian PAN, Pengpeng LIU, Lin LUO, Qingwei BAI, Miaojin QU, Xiaoling WANG, Shengxiang LIU

“…Resistance spot welding (RSW) of aluminum alloys is one of the critical welding processes in the manufacturing of new energy vehicles, with widespread applications and significant importance. …”
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Using monitoring and evaluation to build equity and resilience: lessons from practice by Karen A Kotschy, Ancois Carien de Villiers, Michelle Hiestermann, Paulose Mvulane, Glenda Raven, Sue Soal

“…The field of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is intimately connected with issues of power. Power is exercised in choices regarding what is monitored and evaluated; by, for, and with whom this is done; how data are collected; which criteria are used to indicate success; with whom results are shared and for what purpose; and who learns what in the process. …”
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BPS-FL: Blockchain-Based Privacy-Preserving and Secure Federated Learning by Jianping Yu, Hang Yao, Kai Ouyang, Xiaojun Cao, Lianming Zhang

“…In traditional FL, the server might take advantage of its dominant position during the model aggregation process to infer sensitive information from the shared gradients of the clients. …”
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Kedudukan Keterangan Saksi Dalam Pembuatan Putusan Pidana Berkaitan Dengan Pasal 169 KUHAP (Studi Putusan Nomor: 575/Pid.B/2020/PN Cbi) by Wanda Eka Sri Masrita, Fanny Tanuwijaya, Samuel Saut Martua Samosir

“…A court decision is a judge's statement regarding the criminal justice process issued by the court. The verdict contains all the facts and circumstances related to the evidence and the judge's considerations at the trial. …”
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A New Construction Method for Rectangular Cartograms by Lina Wang, Haoxun Yuan, Xiang Li, Pengfei Lu, Yaru Li

“…This algorithm simplifies the layout computation process while ensuring that the adjacency and relative positional relationships between regions during the layout generation process have only minor errors. …”
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An in-depth assessment of pastoral policy landscape in Kenya by S. Wagura Ndiritu, Ann Mukami Gachuki Waimiri, Arnold Muthanga, Shruthi Baskaran-Makanju

“…Doing so is to support the alleviation of persistent multidimensional poverty in those regions and improve communication (at the intra-and inter-governmental levels), coordination, and flow of county-level heterogeneous information in support of a centralized policymaking process. It also identifies ways to prioritize pastoral livestock marketing, integrate pastoral issues in decision-making, empower women, and adopt climate adaptation for holistic pastoral transformation.…”
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Unlocking potential of open source model training in decentralized federated learning environment by Ekaterina Pavlova, Grigorii Melnikov, Yury Yanovich, Alexey Frolov

“…This paper suggests using blockchain technology, smart contracts, and publicly verifiable secret sharing in DFL environments to bolster trust, cooperation, and transparency in model training processes. Our numerical experiments illustrate that the overhead required to offer robust assurances to all peers regarding the correctness of the training process is relatively small. …”
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The government and society of Penza region during the NEP by N.V. Semina, О.А. Sukhova

“…Similar processes have been taking place quite recently: a change of ideas about the place and role of various social groups in Russian society, as the basis for newly formed moods. …”

Market analysis and use of biocides in veterinary clinics of Ukraine by O. M. Lysak, R. A. Peleno

“…In 2024, the number of registration certificates issued, compared to the previous year, was 6 fewer for drugs and 13 more for biocides. …”
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Recycling Potential of Copper-Bearing Waelz Slag via Oxidative Sulfuric Acid Leaching by Pavel Grudinsky, Ekaterina Vasileva, Valery Dyubanov

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Biomembrane Systems for Convergent Biomimetic Technologies by Boris N. Fedorenko, Аnton V. Lesnichiy, Vladimir F. Sterin, Mikhail А. Latyshev, Aleksey V. Мachnev, Alexander Е. Yablokov, Alexey О. Yakushev

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Methodology for researching corporate disclosure of business social responsibility: Information base and stages of implementation by O. V. Efimova, O. V. Rozhnova

“…The authors reveal the most important issues of the corporate social responsibility by assessing the trends in the social sphere, identifying opportunities and threats for its further development connected with the evolution of society, economy and ecology, ongoing digitalization processes. …”
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Foreign Policy Aspects of the Activities of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the First Convocation (on the 30th Anniversary of the Start of Work) by P. I. Pashkovsky

“…This happened against the background and simultaneously with the beginning of the process of rethinking the foreign policy approaches of the Russian Federation, which had a significant influence on it.…”
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The Impact of Federal Accounting Standard 14/2022 “Intangible Assets” on the Financial Statements of Commercial Enterprises by E. A. Zheleznyakova, N. N. Samoylov

“…This article examines the impact of these innovations on accounting processes in commercial enterprises, it compares Russian and international standards, determines key issues and provides practical recommendations. …”
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Digital formats of sanctions circumventing: social and economic analysis by D. I. Cherkasov, Yu. E. Dementyeva, I. V. Mkrtumova

“…The purpose of the study is to analyze redomiciliation process as one of the most effective digital formats for overcoming sanctions restrictions, to show the economic risks and social issues associated with companies’ registration in offshore zones, as well as to characterize the latest trends in the state deoffshorization, which are observed under sanctions restrictions. …”
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