Corruption in Higher Education by V. I. Sharin

“…The greatest impact on reducing corruption in higher education, in the opinion of the students, are the factors of increasing responsibility for corruption offenses, raising teachers’ salaries and strengthening administrative control at the university.…”
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Anxiety and Related Factors in Chronic Pain by Gordon JG Asmundson

“…Clinicians often encounter patients who present with both chronic pain and elevated levels of anxiety. …”
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Elucidating the synergistic effects of aeration and non-thermal plasma on the degradation pathways of specific pollutants in wastewater by Mahdiyeh Bakhtiyari-Ramezani, Narges Ziveh, Navid Ghaemi

“…The integration of NTP with conventional pretreatment methods offers promising prospects for enhancing wastewater quality and environmental protection.…”
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El agroturismo en los municipios de la Zona Metropolitana de Mérida. Realidad y posibilidades by Ahide Duque Brito

“…En la actualidad se reconoce que el turismo, especialmente las modalidades que se han denominado turismo rural y agroturismo, ofrece oportunidades para impulsar la economía y mejorar la calidad de vida en países en vías de desarrollo. …”
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Current Concepts on Gastric Carcinoid Tumors by George C. Nikou, Theodoros P. Angelopoulos

“…Type II which accounts for 5–10 %, is associated with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome and often occurs in the context of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1. …”
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Propuesta técnico-metodológica para el monitoreo y seguimiento de la línea estratégica de seguridad hídrica de la Política Pública de Cambio Climático de Cundinamarca, Colombia... by Nidia Clemencia Riaño Rincón

“… El presente artículo presenta los resultados originales de la tesis doctoral Cambio Climático en Cundinamarca – Colombia: Estrategias de Seguridad Hídrica en el marco de la Política Pública de Gestión Integral de Cambio Climático, la cual revisa cómo la propuesta técnico-metodológica basada en la teoría multicriterio (MCDM) y multiobjetivo (modm) determina el comportamiento de la oferta del recurso hídrico en el Departamento. El principal aporte es la formulación del Macroíndice de Seguridad Hídrica para Cundinamarca (MISHC), el cual determinó que, de los 116 municipios que integran el territorio, 14 presentan riesgo alto, 96 riesgo medio y 6 riesgo bajo, en términos de seguridad hídrica. …”
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Application of Surfactants in Commercial Crop Production for Water and Nutrient Management in Sandy Soil by Guodong Liu, Monica Ozores-Hampton, Gene McAvoy, Ben Hogue, Crystal A. Snodgrass

“…Thus, managing water and nutrients in sandy soils is often challenging. This 6-page fact sheet provides an overview of surfactants and how they may be used to better manage water and nutrients in sandy soils for vegetable and fruit production. …”
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Romans 1:24–28 and Same-Sex Practice: Some Exegetical Remarks by Marius Nel

“…The conclusion is that Romans 1:24–29 refers to same-sex behaviour within the context of the Gentile world of idolatry that engages in wilful transgression of God’s bounds, resulting in degeneration in the lives of offenders.…”
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Levels and Spatial Patterns of Effective Population Sizes in the Southern Damselfly (Coenagrion mercuriale): On the Need to Carefully Interpret Single‐Point and Temporal Estimation... by Agathe Lévêque, Anne Duputié, Vincent Vignon, Fabien Duez, Cécile Godé, Clément Mazoyer, Jean‐François Arnaud

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Ocean Acidification: An Introduction by Joshua T. Patterson, Lisa S. Krimsky

“…Other impacts related to climate change (increased sea level rise, coastal flooding and extreme weather events) often receive more attention than OA, but the acidification of the Earth’s oceans is well documented and is a major concern for the marine science community. …”
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The place of the State Bureau of Investigation in the system of state law enforcement agencies of Ukraine by M. M. Makarenko

“…Therefore, the place of the State Bureau of Investigation in the system of state bodies is determined by its legal status as a central executive body, as evidenced by the specifics of its activities, since it was established for the special purpose of preventing and combating crimes committed by special categories of subjects, as well as war crimes, which is consistent with the law enforcement function of the state and has nothing to do with either legislative or judicial activities; as a law enforcement agency in view of the fact that its main and, in fact, the only task is to counteract criminal offences within its competence; as a state body with a special status, as evidenced by its tasks, powers and the fact that it carries out its activities independently and independently of other executive authorities in the organisational and functional aspect.…”
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Est-il légitime de parler de « morale laïque » ? by Corinne Roux-Lafay

“…To be putting forward the idea of « secular moral » as stated in the official report dating 22 April 2013, fits into both a continuity and break with the IIIrd Republic legacy. …”
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Spatiotemporal cooling efficiency analysis of water structures: A case study of the Beni-Haroun Dam, Algeria by Sahnoune Sara, Benharkat Sarah, Kouloughli Abderahim

“…This study underscores the crucial role of water surfaces in mitigating heat islands, offering valuable in-sights for urban planners seeking to enhance urban climates by modifying existing water surfaces or designing new ones.…”
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Biocatalytic conversion of microalgal biomass to biodiesel: optimization of growth conditions and synthesis of CaO bionanocatalyst from Monoraphidium sp. NCIM 5585 by Supriya Pandey, Thivaharan Varadavenkatesan, Raja Selvaraj, Ramesh Vinayagam

“…., optimized growth conditions and the significance of reusability of residual microalgal biomass as catalyst for sustainable biodiesel production, offering a promising solution for fuel security and biotechnology applications.…”
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Nonresponse Error in Mail Surveys: Top Ten Problems by Jeanette M. Daly, Julie K. Jones, Patricia L. Gereau, Barcey T. Levy

“…Our goal is to increase researchers' knowledge of nonresponse error problems and to offer solutions which can decrease nonresponse error in future projects.…”
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Openings: the Act of Modelizing and the Question of Complexity by Emilie Janton

“…The openings therefore seem not only to have programmatic virtues, but also to offer disorienting elements whose impact on the global scale (that is that of the novel as a whole) forces us to reconsider the scope of the models at stake in Richard Powers’ writing.…”
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Construction of kill webs with heterogeneous UAV swarms in dynamic contested environments by Wenlin Liu, Zishuang Pan, Wei Han, Xichao Su, Dazhao Yu, Bing Wan

“…In contrast with common offline/noncombat task scenarios, the self-organization process is refined through agent-based modeling, and a combat effectiveness evaluation is introduced to provide enhanced task execution incentives. …”
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Tsunami numerical modeling and mitigation by Abdoullah Namdar, Asima Nusrath

“…It is assumed sea forest is simulating offshore structure submitted to wave loads. The sea forest acts simulate break waves in conservation of coastal territory and facility installed over there. …”
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The Institutionalization of Political Humor as a Form of Reflection by S. S. Melnikov

“…The emancipated personality demonstrates more complicated expectations to a political institute and experiences acute dissatisfaction as state authorities have often made decisions not appropriate to such expectations. …”
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On the Regularity of the Entropy Solution of the Fractional-Semigeostrophic Equation Using Ultrafilters by Gilles Tamba Bokolo

“…Traditional methods to study entropy solutions often face limitations due to the complex nature of fractional derivatives and the nonlinearity inherent in the FSG equation. …”
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