Global Financial Crisis: A Critique on the Book Freefall; America, Free Markets and the Sinking of the World Economy by Seyed Hossein Mirjalili

“…It begins with the origins of the crisis, and then discusses the consequences, policies, motivations, and necessary reforms in the economy and the attitude of American society. …”
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Model for Joint Operation of Multi-Energy Systems in Energy and Frequency Regulation Ancillary Service Markets Considering Uncertainty by Wenqi Hao, Yuxing Liu, Tao Wang, Mingmin Zhang

“…Meanwhile, the marketization reforms of the electricity market pose challenges to traditional energy. …”
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Prediction of the Impact of Bank Failure Risk on Micro-Credit in Iran: An Artificial Intelligence Approach by Reza Taheri Haftasiabi, Yusef Mohammadzadeh, Ameneh Naderi

“…On this basis, policy makers are recommended to focus on the financial stability of banks, increasing their resilience to economic shocks and reforming macroeconomic structures to avoid restricting access to microcredit and its negative impact on the economy.…”
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Preparation of the New Military Units for the Front (the Experience of the Siberian Military District) by A. G. Bayer

“…However, all of them, except the cavalry, were in the process of reorganization and formation and were unprepared to repel aggression. Incompleteness of reforms and a number of other reasons, led from the first days of the war to serious losses in the ranks of the Red Army. …”
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L’intégration d’étrangers dans la santería et le culte d’Ifá à La Havane by Emma Gobin

“…In particular, the paper argues that the bonds Cuban priests establish with foreigners—through ritual kinship or through increasingly numerous ceremonial collaborations with initiates from abroad—constitute an additional component in the micro-conflicts that ordinarily pervade religious practice and can, on a larger scale, have an influence on the power relations that create oppositions between different ‘elite’ groups (some of them deeply committed to projects of ritual ‘reform’). While adopting a predominantly micro-political interpretation, the paper also considers the ritual implications of these dynamics.…”
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Genesis of the Institute of Interaction of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine with Other Law Enforcement Agencies by І. І. Baidyuk

“…The article is focused on the research of historical aspects of interaction between the State Border Service of Ukraine with other law enforcement agencies of Ukraine, which is conditioned by the importance of the tasks assigned to the State Border Service of Ukraine on the security and protection of the state borders, especially in the current conditions of integration of the state into the European space, by reforming a number of law enforcement agencies of Ukraine, the creation of new law enforcement structures and, accordingly, the need to improve existing or establish new cooperation mechanisms of interaction between the above entities. …”
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INTERNALLY GENERATED REVENUE (IGR) AND CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA: A FOCUS ON TAXES AND RATES by OWENVBIUGIE VINCENT OVENSERI

“…Policymakers are urged to implement reforms aimed at improving revenue administration and ensuring that collected taxes and rates are utilized for the public good. …”
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The Effects of Institutional Transformations on the Russian Doctoral Education Performance by B. I. Bednyi, N. V. Rybakov, S. V. Zhuchkova

“…The purpose of this study is to explore how these reforms affected the performance of doctoral education. …”
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A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for Ramp Metering Based on Traffic Video Data by Bing Liu, Yu Tang, Yuxiong Ji, Yu Shen, Yuchuan Du

“…Vehicle locations are extracted from the traffic video frames and are reformed as position matrices. The proposed method takes the preprocessed video data as inputs and learns the optimal control strategies directly from the high-dimensional inputs. …”
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Du bricolage à la prescription : évolution du rôle des acteurs de l’informatique scolaire by François Villemonteix

“…More generally, in a context of a still uncertain definition of what ICT at school really is, the ATICE represent, for the national institution, a flexible population, capable of adapting to the new requirements of the successive reforms. A stable status of these members of the staff doesn’t seem to be compatible with the requirements of the institution.…”
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Effective Contract in Higher Education: Intentions and Outcomes by M. V. Kurbatova, I. V. Donova

“…The issue of the academic contract in the Russian higher education is associated with the salary systems reform in social sector and scientific field according to the adoption of the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation from May 7, 2012 No. 597 “On Measures for the Implementation of the State Social Policy”. …”
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Features of metropolitan area governance models by Yu. V. Pavlov, G. A. Khmeleva

“…The article investigates research papers within the framework of the theory of municipal reformers, the theory of public choice, in particular on the issues of centralization / decentralization of municipalities, intermunicipal cooperation, the efficiency of the economy of the public sector. …”
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EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM MANAGEMENT: STATUS, TRENDS, PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS by V. P. Panasyuk

“…The current stage of development of education in Russia, characterized by the continuation of reforms and intense innovation processes, require essential changes in management. …”
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«Partnership for Modernization» as an Instrument of Developing the Legal Base of Customs Cooperation between Russia and the EU by D. A. Turlanov

“…This is stipulated by legal changes at international level for Russia including ratification of International convention on harmonization and simplification of customs procedures of May 18, 1973, forming of Customs union, WTO accession) and following reforms of custom procedures in Russia. Besides, legal base of Russia-EU customs cooperation does not take into consideration the following measures of modernization of customs regulation in the EU: active use of preliminary information change, electronic methods of fulfilment of customs formalities as well as implementation of modern customs techniques, targeted at simplification and securing of customs formalities. …”
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Practice of relationships between the Prosecutor’s office and the gendarmerie in the investigation of political crimes by V. P. Gorbachov

“…The article discusses the practice of the relationships between the Prosecutor’s office and the gendarmerie, which formed during the investigation of political crimes in the Russian Empire after the judicial reform of 1864. It is indicated that the law of May 19, 1871 changed the legal relationships between the gendarmerie and the Prosecutor’s office. …”
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The influence of Christianity on Graeco-Roman medicine up to the Renaissance by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…The Church which had in the mean time persisted with antiquated dogmas, resented the new teachings from heathen Islam, and responded with reactionary measures against supposed heretics, inter alia by instituting the Inquisition. But after the Reformation and Henry VIII of England’s break with the Vatican, the hegemony of the Church had come apart and Christianity and medicine gradually became realigned according to the realities of the Age of Enlightenment. …”
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Důsledky tzv. Šmalkaldské války z let 1546-1547 pro vývoj měnové integrace Evropy by Petr Vorel

“…Every effort was made to reform and unify of coinage situation in the frame of the Holy Roman Empire (the Reich). …”
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Legislation effectiveness on the organization of police officers’ fire and physical training in the Russian Federation by D. V. Ivanov, Yu. V. Gimazova

“…To ensure the adequacy of the reforms on the regulatory and legal provision of physical and fire training of police officers, it is proposed to organize an All-Russian study of the facts of physical force, special equipment and firearms use by police officers, with classification according to the directions of the physical force and firearms use set out in the Federal Law dated February 7, 2011 No. 3-FZ “On Police”. …”
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Discussion on Optimization of Public Transportation Network Setting considering Three-State Reliability by Zhang Xiaoliang, Jia Limin

“…In order to better connect with bike-sharing, car-sharing, and other modes of transportation, public transportation will carry out important reforms, among which the optimization of line network is one of the most important tasks. …”
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State Participation in Energy Security Provision of the People’s Republic of China by I. F. Rakhimyanova

“…Particular attention is given to the Commission of National Development and Reforms, which main function is to form the five years' development plans. …”
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