Molecular Dynamics Simulation to Study the Oil/Water Interfacial Behavior of Nanoemulsions Stabilized by Different Emulsifiers by YANG Yishuang, XIONG Housheng, XIE Xin’an, LI Pan, DU Bing, LI Lu

“…The number of hydrogen bonds formed between the OSA-modified starch-stabilized emulsion and water molecules was the largest, approximately 1 300, indicating stronger hydrophobic effect and explaining why the emulsion droplets were the closest to a sphere in shape. OSA-modified starch and T/S80 molecules tended to form van der Waals force with water molecules. …”
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The Effect of Geometrical Parameters on Resonance Characteristics of Acoustic Metamaterials with Negative Effective Modulus by Xiao-Le Yan, Li-Mei Hao, Mei-Ling Men, Zhi Chen

“…In this research, we focus on the resonant behavior of split hollow sphere (SHS) in the waveguide. Firstly, we analyze the resonance characteristics of SHS and get an analytical formula for the effect of geometrical parameters on the resonance frequency. …”
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Assessment of the growing demographic threats to economic security in the regions of the North Caucasian Federal District by P. I. Bostanova, Z. Kh. Ozdoeva

“…A set of conclusions on the top demographic policy priorities of the state in the current realities were made, and the need to develop measures aimed at ensuring economic security in the demographic sphere was stressed.…”
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PRACTICE OF DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS’ ADDITIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY COMPETENCIES IN A MODERN UNIVERSITY by E. G. Syryamkina, T. B. Rumyantseva, E. Yu. Liventsova

“…The article includes experience of many years in the sphere of development of students’ additional interdisciplinary competencies of the National Research Tomsk State University (TSU). …”
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Principles in practice? A policy review of the IOC's environmental sustainability agenda by Alison Cain, Michael Callan

“…This review encompasses each of the IOC's three spheres of activity (as an organisation, as owner of the Olympic Games, and as leader of the Olympic Movement). …”
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Examining the Prospects of Consociational Power-Sharing as a Conflict Resolution Strategy in South Sudan by Israel Nyaburi Nyadera, Michael Otieno Kisaka

“…We also recognize that overreliance on individuals in resolving the conflict is detrimental to the young nation, and there is a need for a citizen-centered approach that entrenches consociational principles in South Sudan’s political sphere. …”
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Nicolas Sarkozy's Role in the 2008 Georgia Conflict: The "United West" Confronting Russia by D. Mikhaylov

“…While Sarkozy's primary objective was to end the bloodshed promptly, his strategic goals also encompassed preventing Georgia from falling back into Russia's sphere of influence and demonstrating the EU's capacity to independently resolve crises in the post-Soviet region.Sarkozy successfully persuaded Moscow and Tbilisi to accept his mediation, known as the "good offices," to normalize the situation in South Ossetia. …”
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A Power-Efficient Soft-Output Detector for Spatial-Multiplexing MIMO Communications by Hsiao-Chi Wang, Tung-Lin Liu, Yuan-Wei Wu, Hsi-Pin Ma

“…The frame error rate (FER) of the detector approaches the quasi-optimal sphere decoder, with 0.5-dB degradation. Moreover, the proposed detector can operate at the optimal voltage under different configurations and detect/recover timing error at run time by a novel adaptive voltage scaling technique with double sampling circuitry. …”
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Decolonisation and Downshift-Knowledge Reproduction in Africa by Adegbite Simon Aboluwoye

“…Before the colonial administration, Africans were already developed people with different educations for different age groups, making them functional and inclusive within the larger political sphere. Decolonisation only reflects a shift in political power and the withdrawal of colonialists from African territories, but it has not resulted in any fundamental shift in the mentality of political leaders and nation-building in the decolonised nations. …”
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Search for new dimensions of the educational space: digital and non-digital vectors of development by T. Yu. Krotenko

“…Sociocultural, ecological, economic circumstances in which the constantly changing world finds itself persistently demand the emergence of new directions and subjects of research in the educational sphere.   The purpose of the article is to identify promising vectors for studying the space of lifelong education.   …”
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Concerning the character of the economic changes in Lithuania during the end of the eighteenth century to the first half of the nineteenth century by Stasys Pamerneckis

“…The main part of the estates' incomes was invested in the non-production sphere, i.e., luxury items, palace buildings, military troops, etc. …”
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Implementation of International Norms in Russia: The Case of Higher Education by A. Crowley-Vigneau, A. A. Baykov, Ye. Kalyuzhnova

“…This article analyses the reasons why Russia adopts foreign norms in the sphere of higher education, looking at how isomorphism, Transnational Advocacy Networks and the global market for education have brought about the country’s integration in the global network of universities. …”
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Volga Bulgaria and the Near East (Egypt and Syria) in the 10th – early 13th century (based on archaeological materials) by K.A. Rudenko

“…In addition, the Syrian influence on the sphere of Bulgarian culture and craft proceeded through Syrian masters who lived in various parts of the Muslim world, including in Central Asia and Iran, with whom the Volga Bulgaria had close ties. …”
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Applying a reproducible research approach to distance education by M. A. Eremeev, O. V. Trubienko, I. I. Zakharchuk

“…Applied to the education sphere, this approach implies new knowledge and practical skills of students that can be easily and transparently measured in the process of mastering a discipline. …”
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The Minangkabau Woman Against Discrimination: Rahmah El Yunusiyyah's Islamic Education Thoughts (1900-1969) by Agus Mahfudin Setiawan, Nurul Hidayati, Uswatun Hasanah, Briliant Windy Khairunnisa

“…This study also found that Rahmah El Yunusiyyah's Islamic education thoughts were not only campaigned in the public sphere but also realized by establishing particular educational institutions for women based on Islamic principles. …”
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THE PROBLEM OF EQUALENT TRANSLATION OF ONIMS FROM GERMAN INTO RUSSIAN by M. A. Chigasheva

“…These lexical peculiarities have special importance as in the final analysis they will let graduates accomplish communicative tasks in their professional sphere.…”
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Ce que la syntaxe tisse, la sémantique tend à l’effilocher : étude de phénomènes de déconnexion forme-sens dans des énoncés de discours rapporté by Grégoire LACAZE

“…On the syntactic level, an utterance can be described as an occurrence of direct speech but a careful analysis of this utterance can sometimes invite a reassessment of its status, even challenging its inclusion within the sphere of reported speech. This study will highlight the type of material with which a phenomenon of disconnection between form and meaning is likely to emerge. …”
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Long Prediction Horizon FCS-MPC for Power Converters and Drives by Eduardo Zafra, Sergio Vazquez, Tobias Geyer, Ricardo P. Aguilera, Leopoldo G. Franquelo

“…Different techniques have been proposed in the literature to solve it, with the sphere decoding algorithm (SDA) standing out as the most popular choice to address the long prediction horizon FCS-MPC. …”
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Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Coalescence and Melting Process of Cu and Ag Nanoparticles by Hui Guo, LinFu Zhang, Qiang Zhu, ChuanJie Wang, Gang Chen, Peng Zhang

“…When the temperature reaches a critical value, the atoms gain a strong ability to diffuse and eventually melt into one liquid sphere. The coalescence point and melting temperature increase as cluster diameter increases. …”
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Legal Basis of State Support for Creating Innovative Medicinal Products by S. V. Vasyliev

“…It has been offered to amend the current legislation on the issues of state funding of scientific research in the sphere of developing new medicinal products. It is necessary to delineate the competence of various funds for promoting innovations in relation to supporting innovations in the field of pharmacia. …”
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