On the representation and evolution of Australian English and New Zealand English by Anne Przewozny, Cécile Viollain

“…This situation scarcely left any room for the possibility of specific phonological and/or phonetic variation within each variety, let alone the description of AusE and NZE as two separate linguistic entities in Australasia. After reconsidering a few parallel historical facts, common critical denunciations and lay theories on the origins of the two Austral varieties, the article focuses on the representation of AusE and NZE in the literature on the phonology of English accents around the world. …”
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Special Needs Dental Management of the Class 3 Obese Patient by Zanab Malik

“…This case report is of a 58-year-old female, with class 3 obesity, who presented in May 2018 for outpatient consult to the Special Needs Unit/Medically Complex Dental Clinic at Westmead Centre for Oral Health, Sydney, Australia, with a compromised and neglected dentition and requiring full dental clearance. The case highlights many of the significant access issues and considerations for safe and effective delivery of dental management. …”
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Managing a firm in the face of change by I. D. Matskulyak, V. D. Kuligin, D. I. Matskulyak

“…This is the key aspect of economic development.In conclusion, it is concluded that the management of an entrepreneurial company under conditions of change becomes the basic tool for the progress of business entities, turns into a specific rational channel for introducing combined modernization of the economy, and the search for ways to resolve the contradiction between them as part and whole, becomes the driving force of social progress.…”
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From the guest editors by Gerardo Chowell, Zhilan Feng, Baojun Song

“…Specifically, he co-authored a textbook in Mathematical Biology in 2001 (second edition in 2012); a volume (with Harvey Thomas Banks) on the use of mathematical models in homeland security published in SIAM's Frontiers in Applied Mathematics Series (2003); and co-edited volumes in the Series Contemporary Mathematics entitled ``Mathematical Studies on Human Disease Dynamics: Emerging Paradigms and Challenges'' (American Mathematical Society, 2006) and Mathematical and Statistical Estimation Approaches in Epidemiology (Springer-Verlag, 2009) highlighting his interests in the applications of mathematics in emerging and re-emerging diseases. …”
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CONCEPTUALIZING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY: AN ANALYSIS OF RUSSIAN AND INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATION IN THE CONTEXT OF ENSURING ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY IN THE ARCTIC by Elena M. Klyuchnikova, Vladimir A. Masloboev, Vladimir V. Dyadik, Andrey V. Masloboev, Natalia V. Dyadik, Anastasia N. Chapargina

“…This article presents the results of a study aimed at identifying differences in the environmental security policies embedded in the current legislation of Russia, China, the USA, and the European Union. These entities declare their fundamental interests in the Arctic and position themselves as key players in the region, making it necessary for Russia to engage with them in various capacities. …”

INTERNATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION STANDARDS IN THE PRIVATE SPHERE by Tetyana Syroid

“…Practical materials, the purpose of which is to provide assistance to member states of the organization in implementing the provisions of treaty norms in the field of responsible business behavior of business entities, are also significant. Appropriate conclusions have been made.…”
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Alternative Dispute Resolution for Consumer Cases: Are Divergences an Obstacle to Effective Access to Justice? by Urša Jeretina, Alan Uzelac

“…The EU Directive on Consumer ADR and Regulation on Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) have attempted to set flexible rules that would assure quality of dispute resolution between entities in the EU. However, the EU initiatives so far leave many questions unanswered, in particulars the questions about supervision and financing of consumer ADR schemes, as well as the issues regarding purely internal harmonization of CADR practices. …”
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TESTING POSSIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING CREDITWORTHINESS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BY APPLYING KRALICEK DF INDICATOR by Arijana Salkić

“…The need to improve the decision-making process in credit business in banks in Bosnia and Herzegovina is confirmed by a rapid trend of participation of non-performing loans, especially loans to legal entities. The growth of low-quality assets results in a significant increase in bank reserves, which is further reflected in the achievement of their business results. …”
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Enforcement procedure on unregistered real estate ownership right by Petrović Stojana

“…According to the real estate laws applicable in the entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the failure of the debtor to register his/her right of ownership on real estate is not an obstacle to instigating the enforcement procedure. …”
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The Pacifying Power of Wages in the Domestic Work Domain by Vuyo Gama

“…This is at the expense of the domestic workers’ well-being and pacifiers their ability to challenge their employers about other working conditions as their entitlement. The study shows how both liberating and oppressive experiences, not just oppression, coexist within the domestic work landscape in Eswatini. …”
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UNLOCKING THE MIND-BODY CONNECTION: BRUXISM VERSUS PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS by Mirela Ioana Fluerasu, Ioana Corina Bocsan, Smaranda Buduru, Simona Maria Iacob, Andrea Maria Chisnoiu, Andra Nichimis, Antonela Berar, Marius Negucioiu, Daniela Popa

“…This proved once more that the two clinical forms of bruxism were different pathophysiological entities requiring a specific, individualized approach.…”
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The legal nature of taking actions in the property interests of another person without his authorization by Pitsyk K.

“…The gestor and the dominus can be natural or legal entities. The content of the obligations to perform actions in the property interests of another person without his authorization includes the rights and obligations of the manager and the dominus. …”
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ESTRATÉGIAS PARA TOMADA DE DECISÃO UTILIZADAS POR OPERADORES DE SERVIÇO EMERGENCIAL DE DISTRIBUIÇÃO DE ENERGIA ELÉTRICA by Rosemary Cavalcante Gonçalves, Manoel Maria Gaia Junior, Regina Heloisa Maciel

“…Como conclusão, observa-se que o MDC é um método válido para abordar estratégias de tomada de decisão por profissionais peritos a fim de desenvolver desenhos instrucionais.…”
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Exploring a role for performance management in residential child care by Russell Sutherland

“…Children and young people who require residential care are entitled to an experience that will enable them to fulfil their potential safely. …”

Social networks as a basis for interaction between authorities and non-profit organizations established on the basis of nationality in public communications space by V. V. Zotov, A. V. Gubanov

“…These circumstances allowed the authors to make a conclusion that it is necessary to establish in social networks systematic work of the authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation with non-profit organizations, which represent national diasporas and communities on the territory of the regions of the Central Federal District.…”
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Anthropomorphic service recovery: the panacea following service failure of automated CSAs by Nobukhosi Dlodlo

“…Orientation: Automated customer service agents (CSAs) are not mere tools but social interaction entities with anthropomorphic traits capable of predicting consumer responses following unique online service failures scenarios. …”
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Novel Antibacterial 4-Piperazinylquinoline Hybrid Derivatives Against <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>: Design, Synthesis, and In Vitro and In Silico Insights by Gabriele La Monica, Annamaria Gallo, Alessia Bono, Federica Alamia, Antonino Lauria, Rosa Alduina, Annamaria Martorana

“…Molecular hybridization, which consists of the combination of two or more pharmacophores into a single molecule, is an innovative approach in drug design to afford new chemical entities with enhanced biological activity. In the present study, this strategy was pursued to develop a new series of 6,7-dimethoxy-4-piperazinylquinoline-3-carbonitrile derivatives (<b>5a</b>–<b>k</b>) with potential antibiotic activity by combining the quinoline, the piperazinyl, and the benzoylamino moieties, three recurrent frameworks in antimicrobial research. …”
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A propaganda document in support of the 19th century Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi: Nūḥ b. al-Ṭāhir al-Fulānī’s “Letter on the appearance of the twelfth caliph” (Risāla fī ẓuhūr al-khalī... by Mauro Nobili

“…This corpus, composed of documents related to the internal administration of the state as well as its relations with other contemporary political entities, is the result of the extensive spread of literacy in Arabic in the territories controlled by the Ḥamdallāhi central authority and its effort to establish itself as a legitimate regional power in West Africa. …”
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Distinguishing glioblastoma from brain metastasis; a systematic review and meta-analysis on the performance of machine learning by Mohammad Amin Habibi, Reza Omid, Shafaq Asgarzade, Sadaf Derakhshandeh, Ali Soltani Farsani, Zohreh Tajabadi

“…We systematically reviewed the studies reported the performance of machine learning (ML) algorithms for accurately discrimination of these two entities. Method The search was conducted from inception to 1 June, 2023, in PubMed/Medline, Embase, Scopus, and Web of Science to find out the studies investigated the performance of ML-based algorithm for differentiation of glioblastoma and metastatic brain tumor. …”
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HEMA-free versus HEMA-containing adhesive systems: a systematic review by Esraa Abdelkhalek, Hamdi H. Hamama, Salah H. Mahmoud

“…Studies with at least 2-year clinical follow-up done in permanent dentition in any form of cavities were selected. The included studies were assessed for risk of bias using the modified Cochrane Collaboration tool criteria. …”
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