BRICS+ national interests in the emerging multipolar world by D. F. Gurinovich

“…In the presented article, a systematic approach made it possible to analyze the BRICS+ association as a system of relations between the participating countries, which occupy a leading place in their regions and actively support initiatives to strengthen regional integration. …”
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De l’usage de la photo elicitation interview pour appréhender les paysages du quotidien : retour sur une méthode productrice d’une réflexivité habitante by Eva Bigando

“…First of all, methodological insights and practical considerations about using photographs in interviews are presented and discussed. Whereafter, the paper shows, based on concrete examples, how this technique is able to promote more direct and stronger involvement of the informants in the research process and also provide access to a quantitatively and qualitatively different information to that obtained in conventional interviews.…”
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Diabetes, Endothelial Dysfunction, and Vascular Repair: What Should a Diabetologist Keep His Eye on? by V. Altabas

“…The literature supports the notion that EPC alterations are involved in the pathogenesis of vascular diseases in diabetics, but at present many questions remain unanswered. In this review the aspects linking endothelial progenitor cells to the altered vascular biology in diabetes mellitus are discussed.…”
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Levels of Therapeutic Relationship When Working With Male Clients by Michael W. Ellwood

“…A more recent solution-focused model originating in Bruges has suggested similar levels of engagement between client and practitioner (uncommitted, searching, consultant, and expert relationships; Isebaert, 2016). …”
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La contribution bolivienne à la COP 21 au prisme de la justice environnementale by Florence Bétrisey, Christophe Mager

“…The contribution presented in December 2015 at the Climate Conference (COP 21) in Paris by Bolivian officials enjoyed a certain media coverage. …”
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Teachers as Embedded Practitioner-Researchers in Innovative Learning Environments by Joanne Blannin, Marian Mahat, Benjamin Cleveland, Julia E. Morris, Wesley Imms

“…Still in progress, each three-year project addresses the individual school’s needs, while being supported by a more extensive university-situated “umbrella” research programme. …”
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Renouvellement des espaces habités spécifiques aux régions sahariennes, l’exemple de Béchar by Naima Hadj Mohamed, Mohamed Madani

“…Today, contemporary living presents rationality conflicts and cultural confrontation reflected by the re-appropriation by users of their living spaces. …”
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The political representation of Muslims in Brussels by Fatima Zibouh

“…Nearly one out of five members of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region is of Muslim origin. This is all the more unique given that, for the first time in Brussels and in the entire European Union, one of the seats in the Brussels Parliament is held by a Muslim member who wears a headscarf (Mahinur Ozdemir). …”
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Digitalisation of state and municipal services, using the federal state information system “Unified Population Register” as an example by S. S. Belikova, A. V. Belikov

“…The creation of a single population register will simplify interdepartmental cooperation, facilitate the provision of e-services and social assistance to the population, help to combat crime more effectively, and further develop the information society.…”
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Hidden Geometry of Bidirectional Grid-Constrained Stochastic Processes by Aldo Taranto, Shahjahan Khan

“…Bidirectional Grid Constrained (BGC) stochastic processes (BGCSPs) are constrained Itô diffusions with the property that the further they drift away from the origin, the more the resistance to movement in that direction they undergo. …”
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Between Nimrod and Abram – game reality continuum by Michał Kotala

“…Such an approach, both in the area of health and games, appears to be unjustified as the reality is more complex and can be described as a continuum. …”
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Enhanced microscale NMR spectroscopy of low-gyromagnetic ratio nuclei via hydrogen transfer by P. Alsina-Bolívar, J. Casanova

“…We demonstrate that our protocol achieves a sensitivity enhancement of more than one order of magnitude for scenarios involving ^{13}C, with even greater improvements for nuclei with lower gyromagnetic ratios.…”
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A new record of the Greek frog at the northern border of the species area by Jelka Crnobrnja-Isailović, Milivoje Mihailović, Marija Ilić, Jelena Ćorović, Bogdan Jovanović

“…Possible suitable habitats positioned more to the north from the present northern contours of the species area should be thoroughly explored.…”
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Mathematical Modelling of the Transmission of Malaria. by Atubangire, Felix

“…In this report, we present a mathematical model for the transmission of malaria by female anopheles mosquitos. …”
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Comprehensive identification of pathogenic tandem repeat expansions in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: advantages of long-read vs. short-read sequencing by Eleonora Sabetta, Karin Rallmann, Jonas Bergquist, Pille Taba, Pille Taba, Abigail L. Pfaff, Abigail L. Pfaff, Bal Hari Poudel, Davide Ferrari, Massimo Locatelli, Sulev Kõks, Sulev Kõks

“…More than 30 genes have been associated to genetically inherited ALS yet, approximately 85%–90% of ALS cases are sporadic. …”
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Introgressions of Vitis rotundifolia Michx. to obtain grapevine genotypes with complex resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses by V. A. Volynkin, V. V. Likhovskoi, I. A. Vasylyk, N. A. Rybachenko, E. A. Lushchay, S. M. Gorislavets, V. A. Volodin, V. I. Risovannaya, E. K. Potokina

“…Vitis rotundifolia Michx. is one of the species of the family Vitaceae, with resistance to both biotic and abiotic stresses. The present study reports new scientific knowledge about the inheritance of resistance to downy mildew, powdery mildew and frost by V. vinifera varieties from V. rotundifolia. …”
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Relationship between periodontitis, type 2 diabetes mellitus and COVID-19 disease: a narrative review by José Luis Muñoz-Carrillo, José Luis Muñoz-Carrillo, Paulo Israel Palomeque-Molina, Marcelo Stalin Villacis-Valencia, Oscar Gutiérrez-Coronado, Francisca Chávez-Ruvalcaba, Silverio Jafet Vázquez-Alcaraz, Paola Trinidad Villalobos-Gutiérrez, Josue Palomeque-Molina

“…Likewise, it has been observed that comorbidity, between these two diseases, influences the development of the COVID-19 disease towards a more severe course. However, there is currently very little scientific evidence on the relationship between periodontitis, T2DM and COVID-19 disease. …”
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Evaluation bruises incidence in cattle slaughtered in a slaughterhouse located in São Paulo, Brazil by M. E. S. C. Silva, J. S. Oliveira, C. R. Miranda, D. L. Manini, I. M. Costa, F. A. F. Benites, J. E. G. Gomes, B. M. S. Souza

“… Pre-slaughter handling of cattle can increase animal stress, making them more susceptible to carcass bruising. Such bruising negatively impacts the beef production chain, affecting both producers and slaughterhouses. …”
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Development of glass/carbon/basalt hybrid FRP rebars for reinforced-concrete beams under bending by Cristiane Lopes, Bruno Pedrosa, Grzegorz Lesiuk, Paweł Zielonka, Szymon Duda, Hermes Carvalho, José Correia, Arkadiusz Denisiewicz, Tomasz Socha, Krzysztof Kula

“…There are still several challenges to overcome in order to make it more widely used, namely in what concerns rebars production process, mechanical properties and feasibility. …”
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Navigating uncertainty in museum workflows: genomic data mining and curation of the Diptera collections hosted at RMCA by Lore Esselens, Pia Addison, Jacqueline Bakengesa, Luis Bota, Laura Canhanga, Domingos Cugala, Beatriz Daniel, Marc De Meyer, Hélène Delatte, Jean-Marc Herpers, Kurt Jordaens, Sija Kabota, Abdul Kudra, Ramadhani Majubwa, Aruna Manrakhan, Mirene Mussumbe, Maulid Mwatawala, Franck Theeten, Didier Van den Spiegel, Sam Vanbergen, Carl Vangestel, Massimiliano Virgilio

“…It enables us to reserve more complex and resource-intensive methods for the subset of samples that fail initial sequencing (7% of specimens, in our case). …”
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