Digital state in the context of legal reform in Ukraine: theoretical and legal aspect by E. Najafli

“…It is indicated that the transition from an extensive paradigm of a digital state formation to an intensive one should be recognized as an urgent need today, which would provide for an inclusive model of the formation of a digital state due to the real inclusion (involvement) of civil society institutions in solving state affairs, stimulating civil initiative and making it impossible to adopt key legal acts without prior extensive public consultation, which should be given not optional but mandatory character.…”
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A Khwārazmian Saint in the Golden Horde: Közlük Ata (Gözlī Ata) and the Social Vectors of Islamisation by Devin DeWeese

“…Abstract : The notion that Sufi shaykhs and Sufi communities played a role in the Islamisation of the Mongol successor states in the 13th and 14th centuries is typically rooted in assumptions, mostly untenable, about Sufis ‘preaching’ Muslim doctrine to the nomads (often ‘simplifying’ it in the process) or appealing to the nomads by means of their resemblance to the holy men—‘shamans’—revered by the pagan Turks and Mongols. …”
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2RUS/RRS Parallel Mechanism and Its Kinematics Analysis by Geng Mingchao, Zhao Tieshi, Zhang Canguo

“…Based on the motion characters of the running cars,a foldable 2 RUS/2 RRS parallel mechanism is proposed as a car motion simulation platform. …”
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La Donna del Lago de Rossini : première entrée en scène de Walter Scott dans l’opéra italien by Liliane Lascoux

“…The composer’s librettist, Andrea Leone Tottola, bases his dramatisation on a French translation of the poem, simplifies and rewrites the text, as is often customary when adapting literature for the stage, thus modifying characters and highlighting the poem’s love interest. …”
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