The Guffaw Dragoness. Notes on a Persian Legend by Shekoufeh Mohammadi Shirmahaleh

“…By revising what Islam and Zoroastrian ism (both present as structuring constructs in this legend) teach about laughter, we will try to under stand why such a humane expression is attributed to a monster. …”
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Photoelectrochemical CO2 Conversion to Hydrocarbons Using an AlGaN/GaN-Si Tandem Photoelectrode by Masahiro Deguchi, Satoshi Yotsuhashi, Yuka Yamada, Kazuhiro Ohkawa

“…The Si device is located on the back of AlGaN/GaN structure and acts as activation layer that raises cathode potential. …”
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On Multitracking of First-Order MASs with Adaptive Coupling Strength by Da Huang, Xiaolin Fan, Zhiyong Yu, Haijun Jiang

“…To reach the clustered multitracking goal, a novel pinning-like control protocol with adaptive approach is designed according to the properties of network topology. In addition, the structure of the networked system is a weakly connected digraph. …”
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Experimental Modeling Requirements of TLPs in Waves by Mohammad Saeid Seif, Mohammad Reza Tabeshpour

“…Tension leg platform is a compliant structure with vertical moorings and added buoyancy force. …”
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Gross Fixed Capital Formation in the Euro Area During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Mirko Licchetta, Eric Meyermans

“…The empirical analysis suggests that the intensity of the lockdown measures to contain the spread of the virus and the country-specific structure of the economy along with other traditional drivers, in particular falling output, can explain a large part of the contraction. …”
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Mueller Matrix Associated with an Arbitrary 4×4 Real Matrix. The Effective Component of a Mueller Matrix by José J. Gil, Ignacio San José

“…This approach provides deeper insight into the structure of Mueller matrices and has a subtle relation to the effective component of the Mueller matrix, which is defined through the subtraction of the fully random component of the characteristic decomposition. …”
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ENACTIVE THEORY OF RADIOLOGY IMAGING: IMAGES AND LANGUAGE AS DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS by Mindaugas BRIEDIS

“…In this way, the pre-reflective and intersubjective constitution of categorial fulfillments of diagnostic experiences is disclosed by phenomenological ethnography of radiologists’ praxis showing how professional knowledge is structurally interrelated with certain kinesthetic and kinetic experiences, multilayered image apprehension and enactive metaphors. …”
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Influence of zinc and iron on population dynamics, morphology and fluorescent properties of <i>Prorocentrum foraminosum</i> (Dinophyta) by Zh. V. Markina, A. V. Ognistaya

“…However, Fe3+ caused no changes in structure of cells. The impact of Zn2+ caused the cells deformation and excretion of the cellular content. …”
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Pandemic Mobility/(Im)mobility in the Canary Islands: irregular migrants becoming hotel guests by Josefina Domínguez-Mujica, Juan M. Parreño-Castellano, Claudio Moreno-Medina

“…In a border archipelago whose socio-economic structure is based on the specialization of tourism, mobility takes on its full significance with international tourists, labour migrants, migrants fleeing violence and poverty, lifestyle migrants, digital nomads, etc. …”
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NATURE USAGE OF HYDRO RESOURCES IN THE REPUBLIC OF CRIMEA by Inessa Penkova, Lyudmila Akinina

“…The authors present a functional analysis of the legislatively established structure of the state regulation within water usage sphere in the Crimea. …”
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In Situ Synthesis and Deposition of Gold Nanoparticles with Different Morphologies on Glass and ITO Substrate by Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis by María de la Garza, Israel López, Idalia Gómez

“…The ITO substrate influenced the morphology of the gold nanoparticles obtained due to changes in the deposition temperature, which also change the crystalline structure of the ITO film on the substrate.…”
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Fontes de interesse para a história e a cultura da saúde: o Arquivo Histórico Municipal de Salvador Sources of interest to the history and culture of health: Arquivo Histórico Muni... by Maria Teresa Navarro de Britto Matos, Adriana Sousa Silva

“…<br>Based on documental investigation, supplemented by bibliographic research, this exploratory study recaptures the historical and institutional evolution of Salvador's Municipal History Archives and describes its current organizational structure and documental collection. Special attention is placed on sources of interest to the history and culture of health.…”
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION: THE SYNTHESIS OF TRADITIONAL FORMAT AND E-LEARNING (AN EXPERIENCE OF DEVELOPING A NEW MODEL OF A LECTURE COURSE) by Alla L. Nazarenko

“…A sound didactic solution is the introduction of an element of e-learning for structuring and monitoring students’ autonomous active study.A lecture course in a traditional format can be transformed into a mode of blended learning via combining classroom face-to-face teaching with students’ self-preparation in an interactive learning environment to enhance the efficacy the educational process. …”
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THE STATE OF LOCAL IMMUNITY OF THE ORAL CAVITY IN PERSONS WITH DISEASES OF MUCOUS MEMBRANE AND THE DIFFERENT DEGREE OF COLONIZATION OF THE STOMACH BY HELICOBACTER PYLORI BEFORE AND... by S. U. Kosyuga, V. I. Ashkinazi, S. E. Varvanina

“…The article presents the results of estimation of efficiency of complex treatment of diseases of the mucous membranes of the oral cavity in individuals with low, medium, high degrees of contamination of the stomach Helicobacter pylori structure of Helicobacter pylori-associated diseases of the mucous membranes of the oral cavity, assessment of the state of local immunity of oral cavity in this category of patients. …”
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Research on Target Tracking of Quadrotor UAV Based on Vision by LI Guoren, NIAN Xiaohong, ZHOU Zhihao

“…The quadrotor UAV’s control system and vision system are combined into an embedded system structure which achieves the efficiency of quadrotor UAV target search and tracking. …”
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Revisiting the Yeghegis River for the purposes of hydrobiological monitoring by Dallakyan M.R., Mkrtchyan Z.H., Yepremyan H.V., Kobelyan H.H., Poghosyan L.N., Asatryan V.L.

“…This proves the assumption that existing multimetric index can be still used for the Ararat Basin Management Area, but further investigations of species structure of benthic macroinvertebrates are necessary to improve its performance.…”
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Application of the Main Components Method for GNSS Interference Suppression by A. V. Nemov, Le. M. Dang, D. Yu. Tyuftyakov

“…Some main components of the eigenvector matrix are used to weight vector calculation. The structure of a space-time interferences compensator is shown. …”
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Driving in the middle of the road: Paradoxes of women’s role under the New Saudi Arabian Nationalism by Luiza Cerioli

“…I argue that these reforms are not politically liberalising, as they do not rearrange the patriarchal structure. Moreover, they walk in line with a top-down nationalist project that excludes and arrests, among others, female activists that previously fought for the right to drive, stressing the limitations on women’s freedom under Salman’s rule.…”
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The complete chloroplast genome of Primula bella (Primulaceae): a species endemic to the Hengduan Mountains in China by Wan Tang, Yushuang Chen, Chenling Zheng, Shuang Xiong, Yuan Huang

“…The 154,775 bp genome displays a typical quadripartite structure: an 85,343 bp large single-copy (LSC) region, a 17,772 bp small single-copy (SSC) region, and two 25,830 bp inverted repeat (IR) regions. …”
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Interaction of Screw Dislocation with Edge Interfacial Crack on Fine-Grained Piezoelectric Coating/Substrate by Shuaishuai Hu, Jiansheng Liu, Junlin Li, Xiufeng Xie

“…The principle of superposition and a mapping function method was used to transform the fine-grained coating/substrate structure containing the screw dislocation and the edge interfacial crack into the right semi-infinite plane piezoelectric bimaterial with screw dislocation to simplify the problem. …”
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