Museographic narrating of dissonant heritage in Tianjin’s former international concessions by Maria Gravari-Barbas, Sandra Guinand, Yue Lu, Chensi Shen

“…Using an approach that draws on dissonant heritage; literature on postcolonial museums, nostalgia and forgetting mechanisms; and the relationship between museographic narratives and patriotism, this article analyses a corpus of eight museums located in three former international concessions (Marshal Zhang’s Mansion, the Former Residence of Ma Zhanshan, the Museum of Modern History of Tianjin, the Five Avenues History Museum, the Museum of the Department Store Quan Ye Chang, Zhang House, the Astor Hotel Museum, the Tianjin Planning Exhibition Hall and the Tianjin Museum). …”
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Assessing the Global Capital of the Chinese Diaspora by A. V. Afonaseva

“…The calculation of Chinese diaspora capital for 2015–2023, along with its geographical distribution, draws on data regarding the market capitalization and valuation of major overseas Chinese enterprises. …”
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Severity of Emotional Maladaptation and Ability to Recognize Emotions in Patients with Facial Nerve Damage by A.A. Rakhmanina, A.B. Kholmogorova, L.B. Zavaliy

“…The obtained results allow us to draw preliminary conclusions that patients with facial nerve damage have a reduced ability to recognize emotions, which may be associated with both a disruption of efferent connections from the facial nerve and symptoms of emotional maladaptation.…”
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The effects of a 12-week moderate-intensity continuous training intervention on depression, anxiety, and stress in sedentary female college students: a focus on negative emotion re... by Quanwen Zeng, Yong Zhang, Huimin Li, Jin Yuan, Dan Feng, Gendi Zhu

“…However, due to the absence of a positive control group, it is difficult to draw definitive conclusions about its specific impact. …”
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Response of Garlic (Allium sativum L.) Yield to Combined Biochar, Lime, and Inorganic-Fertilizer Rates in the Case of Gimbi District, Western Ethiopia by Solomon Abeba Kenea, Tolera Abera Goshu, Kinati Chimdessa

“…Therefore, by combining, the application of 10 tons of biochar (CHB) + 75% of lime (STV) + 75% of inorganic-fertilizer (NPSB-fertilizer) ha−1 in strongly acid soil, and 7.5 tons of CHB + 50% of STV + 50% of NPSB-fertilizer ha−1 rates in very strongly acid soil are recommended for garlic production in Gimbi district, western Ethiopia, and similar areas. In order to draw firm conclusions, future research on more sites is necessary because this study was logically limited to two sites.…”
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Dengue vector control in high-income, city settings: A scoping review of approaches and methods. by Anna Durrance-Bagale, Nirel Hoe, Jane Lai, Jonathan Wee Kent Liew, Hannah Clapham, Natasha Howard

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>As most studies reported reductions in vector densities, rather than any effects on human DENV incidence or prevalence, we can draw no clear conclusions on which interventions might be most effective in reducing dengue in high-income, city areas. …”
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New Architecture of Foreign Direct Investment Regulation in the European Union by D. E. Moiseeva, A. D. Kulinich

“…The article also identifies key events that acted as catalysts for the EU’s geopolitical reassessment of foreign investment—from a stance of openness to recognizing potential threats to collective security and public order. It draws a parallel with the Commission’s use of securitization discourse in the energy sector, which contributed to the partial communitarization of energy policy through multi-level governance.…”
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Observation of Conventional Therapy Combined with PNF Technology to Treat Elbow Joint Dysfunction after Trauma Surgery by Shaoyun SHI, Huiping LU, Guobiao YE, San LI, Jie Liang

“…Objective:To study the effect of regular strength training, joint mobilization combined with proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) technology on postoperative dysfunction of elbow joint due to common trauma.Methods:According to random draw method, one hundred patients with postoperative dysfunction of traumatic elbow joint were randomly divided into the routine group and the experimental group with 50 cases in each group. …”
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“National Champions” and Technological “Little Giants”: Chinese Industrial Policy Between Modernization and Tradition by I. V. Danilin

“…Methodologically, the research draws on the theory of national innovation systems and elements of political economy, supplemented by case studies. …”
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Two Imported Malaria Cases with Delayed Response to Treatment in Hatay by Tuğba Kaya, Mehmet Çabalak, Gülnaz Çulha, Ceren Ünal

“…The study is presented to draw attention to the increasing cases of imported malaria in Hatay and the increase of malaria cases that respond late to treatment in recent years.…”
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Navigating access and benefit sharing in international trade of endemic species: The case of Colombia's poison frogs (Dendrobatidae) by German Forero‐Medina, Luz Dary Acevedo, Andrés Balcazar, Marcela Delgado, Alfred DeGemmis, Susan Lieberman, Felber Arroyave

“…We assessed the magnitude of the international trade and the countries that were reporting legal imports/exports, both before and after Colombia allowed legal exports of these species, to examine the changes associated with Colombia's export legalization and to draw conclusions about the country's role and benefits from trade in these species. …”
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Promising Therapeutic Functions of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived-Exosome in Asthma by Jia-Ying Yuan, Xiang-Yun Wang, Zhi-Ying Tong, Yu-Chao Dong, Jia-Yi Zhao, Yi Zhang, Yan Shang

“…However, BMMSC-Exo still lacked more clinical trials for evaluating the effects on asthma, and the technology of extraction and purification still needs to be improved for wide use. This review aims to draw the relationship among asthma, BMMSC, and exosome, which may provide innovate ideas for treatment of asthma, and arouse attention about the curative potential of BMMSC-Exo.…”
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Was Grand Duchy of Lithuania a Federation? by Zenonas Norkus

“…In his analysis, M. Rėimeris draws the distinction between a unitary state and three types of state compounds: federation, confederation, and empire. …”
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Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Adolescents from a Doctor's Office by Marlene Ferrer Arrocha, Elikana Kiplagat Chirchir, Maylín Isabel Alonso Martínez, Héctor Pérez Assef

“…The high frequency of adolescents at risk of developing diabetes alerts us to the need to draw up prevention strategies to avoid the development of the disease and its consequences in later stages of life.…”
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A generalised catalytic model to assess changes in risk for multiple reinfections with SARS-CoV-2. by Belinda Lombard, Cheryl Cohen, Anne von Gottberg, Jonathan Dushoff, Juliet R C Pulliam, Cari van Schalkwyk

“…<h4>Methods</h4>The catalytic model assumes the risk of reinfection is proportional to observed infections and uses a Bayesian approach to fit model parameters to the number of nth infections among individuals that occur at least 90 days after a previous infection. Using a posterior draw from the fitted model parameters, a 95% projection interval of daily nth infections is calculated under the assumption of a constant nth infection hazard coefficient. …”
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Semantic and Syntactic Dimensional Analysis of Rural Wooden Mosque Architecture in Borçka by Birgül Çakıroğlu, Reyhan Akat, Evren Osman Çakıroğlu, Taner Taşdemir

“…The semantic and syntactic dimensions of the sample wooden mosques were analyzed, interpretedand analyzed through architectural drawings, interiorand exterior visuals. These analyses provide practical strategies for translating abstract religious principles into tangible design elements, enhancing their applicability in both educational and professional contexts. …”
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The Problem of the GDR’s Foreign Policy Identity in the Context of Initiatives in Africa in the 1960s - 1980s by Natalia V. Ivkina

“…Finally, a content analysis of mutual visits between the GDR and African countries helped to find that the increase in the number of visits was due to the expansion of the areas of interaction between the sides - from primarily economic cooperation to security policy coordination. The author draws conclusions confirming certain theoretical postulates stated in the theoretical and methodological basis of the study and provides an assessment of all three dimensions of the GDR’s foreign policy identity.…”
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Bouvard et Pécuchet et le ruban de Möbius. Variation mathématique sur le désir by Florence Pellegrini

“…Fickle lovers or indecisive amateurs who lose heart at the first obstacle – failure deters them from the object of their quest – they draw from the very non-fulfillment of their passion a renewed and endless energy. …”
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Features of teacher’s reflection: Connection with personal and professional value orientations by A. К. Belolutskaya, I. S. Krishtofik, V. A. Mkrtchyan

“…The current research aims to present the authors’ model for studying the features of teacher professional reflection; to discuss the results of testing this research model, which made it possible to draw a number of conclusions about the presence and nature of the relationship between the level of teacher professional reflection and their personal and professional values.Methodology and research methods. …”
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Flooding and child development: Evidence from Vietnam by My Tra Nguyen, Kien Le

“…Given children’s higher vulnerability to the threat of extreme weather events compared to the general population, it is important to study the impacts of flooding on child development. To do so, we draw from a panel dataset of children (the Young Lives Project) from five provinces of Vietnam (Phu Yen, Ben Tre, Lao Cai, Hung Yen, and Da Nang) where children were followed over 15 years. …”
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