Bruxelles et Washington : deux capitales fédérales enclavées, deux expériences métropolitaines comparables ? by Caroline Van Wynsberghe

“…The Brussels metropolitan community is also unique because this structure is not applicable to other big cities in the country, whereas the metropolitan organisation in Washington simply applies a rule which is common to all major American cities. …”
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Development of Moral Immunity among Students by Yu. A. Bubnov, O. B. Mazkina

“…The authors offer their own approach to the interpretation of the concept of “moral immunity” as a special personal neoformation that performs the functions of providing psychological resistance to negative factors that can disrupt the normal course of development and socialization of an individual, as well as creating the basis for the formation of a stable moral position in relation to other people and oneself. In the structure of moral immunity, the value, sensory and moral components are distinguished. …”
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Research on Interior Design Strategies of Hotel B&B under the Perspective of Spatial Narrative by Tan Huijie, Yan Yaoyao

“…At the same time, combining the strategies of narrative structure, narrative principles and narrative methods in spatial narrative theory, we explore the common points between spatial narrative and interior design, and introduce spatial narrative theories and methods into the interior design construction of hotels and lodgings, so as to promote cultural identity, enhance cultural self-confidence, and strengthen social cohesion.…”
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Primary Cilia: A Cellular Regulator of Articular Cartilage Degeneration by Haiqi Zhou, Sha Wu, Huixian Ling, Changjie Zhang, Ying Kong

“…Primary cilia are an important structure involved in cellular signal transduction. …”
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Extracellular vesicles therapy: opportunities, mechanisms and perspectives by F. S. Velikonivtsev, A. S. Golovkin

“…Performed studies which were analyzed and structurized by us in this review demonstrate current perspectives for clinical use of extracellular vesicles in the therapy of such clinical conditions as oxidative stress, ischemia-reperfusion injury, tumor growth etc.…”
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Important Things to Know about Medicare: Chapter Eight--What if I need help paying my health care and prescription drug costs? by Amanda Terminello, Martie Gillen

“…As an older adult citizen of the United States, it is important to understand the structure of Medicare and how it affects you. The information in this series is based on the most current data available and includes several changes with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. …”
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Providing Food Security for Kaliningrad Region by K. N. Tseslik

“…The article demonstrates losses of agricultural organizations caused by flooding of arable land and highlights current problems of this state structure in the region. Results of the analysis allow us to make a conclusion that this complex has got a lot of problems, which requires extra financing and trained personnel to be resolved.…”
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The Child With a Disability: Parental Acceptance, Management and Coping by Isack Kandel, Joav Merrick

“…Rather than perceiving the family as a helpless victim, it is perceived as a unit that adapts by a process of structuring. Professionals must acknowledge the importance of the family, this change towards a positive attitude towards disability and that the controls decisions concerning the disabled child and the family.…”
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Espaço, territórios e doenças vetoriais : ensinamentos dos países do Sul para lutar contra a ameaça das arboviroses no Brasil? by Pascal Handschumacher, Florence Fournet, Walter Ramalho

“…The spatial dynamics of these diseases underline the role of the structuring of spaces, the functioning of networks, the growth of urbanization, and the supply of care, echoing studies carried out around vector-borne diseases, in other places and on other continents. …”
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Consistent Approximations of the Zeno Behaviour in Affine-Type Switched Dynamic Systems by Vadim Azhmyakov

“…We study executions of switched control systems with affine structure that admit infinitely many discrete transitions on a finite time interval. …”
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Analysis of the problems of digital transformation at the present stage by Yu. O. Boldareva, I. A. Bykova

“…It is noted that by transforming the internal environment of the organization, the basics of running a current business, it is possible to create a structure that will be able to adapt to the requirements of the environment in a timely manner and allow generating income for a long time through meeting the growing needs of customers. …”
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The Political Economy of Village Level Theocracies in the Ìlàjẹ Coastline, Southwest Nigeria by Babajide Ololajulo

“…The main argument of this article, following ethnographic data collected from four theocratic settlements, which are regarded as the core village theocracies, is that a flexible land tenure regime and a loose traditional political system, among other factors of environment and kinship structure, ensured easy access to land and served to authenticate the spiritual leadership claims of founders of theocratic settlements. …”
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Research on Rail Transit Current Receiving Characteristics of Pantograph/Flexible Catenary System by LI Amin, WANG Puyi, ZHAN Yongrui, HANG Rongjiu

“…Researches showed that when flexible catenary structure height was 1.5 m, span was 62 m, the tension of carrier cable and contact wire was 15 kN, carrier cable line density was 0.8 kg/m, contact lines density was 1.5 kg/m, and contact wire sag was 45 mm, for single cosine wave was not smooth, the wavelength should be greater than 3.2 m , and the sine wave was not smooth, wavelength should be greater than 5.5 m, the current receiving was the best for pantograph/ flexible catenary system.…”
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Synthesis of novel functional liquid and its application as a modifier in SBR/silica composites

“…A modified interphase structure was accordingly proposed and related to the mechanical performance of the modified SBR/silica composites.…”
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Negative and Positive PlaySpace in Treasure Island by Sally Bushell

“…This paper explores the concept of PlaySpace for literature as a shared spatial structure generated out of the adult-child dynamic at the heart of Children’s Fiction. …”
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Vertical Integration on Russian Metallurgical Market: Preconditions and Consequences by E. A. Braiko

“…The hypothesis was corroborated that structure of Russian metallurgical market as vertically integrated companies proved its stability and adaptive capacity in conditions of fast changing market situation.…”
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Les mécanismes législatifs de l’autoritarisme algérien face au hirak : entre répression de la mobilisation et prévention de toute organisation du mouvement by Massensen Cherbi

“…To repress the mobilization of this peaceful “Movement” and prevent its structuration, the authorities already had at their disposal a wide range of repressive provisions restricting rights and freedoms – a legacy of the colonial era, the single party, the Black Decade and the containment of the Arab Springs. …”
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MATHEMATIC METHODS IN STUDYING INTEREST RISK OF LONG-TERM BONDS by Natalia V. Popova

“…In both cases the task was solved in conditions of certainty with horizontal nature of time structure of interest rates and parallel shifting. …”
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A Deep Learning Model for ERP Enterprise Financial Management System by Hui Zhang

“…The method proposes an improved temporal convolutional network-long and short-term memory network (TCN_LSTM) structure and introduces an optimization algorithm to optimize the parameters of the deep learning model. …”
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Integrating communicative grammar into EFL instruction for effective learning by Ina PARA

“…Results indicate significant improvement in students' ability to correctly use the target structure, with a 37.5% average increase in accuracy. …”
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