A comprehensive review on Washingtonia plant biomass fiber in insulating materials by Elmoudnia Hicham, Faria Paulina, Jalal Rachid, Waqif Mohamed, Saâdi Latifa

Get full text

How do Explanations Justify? by Petar Bodlović, Marcin Lewiński

Get full text

Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Marisa dos Reis, Joseph Burke, Raphaelle Schwarzberg (†)

“…‘Ways to Legally Implement Intergenerational Justice’, held in Lisbon on the 27th and 28th of May, 2010 was envisioned by Marisa Q. dos Reis. …”
Get full text

European Uunion Energy Security and Russia by N. A. Simonia, A. V. Torkunov

“…In conclusion the authors claim that what they say in their article not only does substantially reinforce the arguments set forth by Professor Giuseppe Guarino, who argues about the negative consequences caused by the dictatorship of the Brussels's bureaucracy within the EU, but also inflicts another blow on the Maastricht Treaty and the Treaty of Lisbon in terms of external policy and trade, since the both Treaties were designed to convert the EU in a real competitor of the United States in the then forming multipolar World. …”
Get full text

Corrigendum: A meta-analysis on the role of sonication in the diagnosis of cardiac implantable electronic device-related infections by Daniela Araújo, João P. Martins, João P. Martins, Stephanie Lopes Ferreira, Stephanie Lopes Ferreira, Sandra Mota, Sandra Mota, Pedro L. Ferreira, Pedro L. Ferreira, Rui Pimenta, Rui Pimenta

Get full text

On The New Russian Eastern Policy by A. V. Torkunov

“…Russian leaders look forward to discussing with their European partners prospects for merging Eurasian and European unions into a single economic space stretching from Lisbon to Vladivostok. Conceptually the strategy of Eurasian integration stems from a belief in unity of economic, cultural, civilizational interests of the Eurasian member states with state interests in Asia and Asia-Pacific. …”
Get full text

A Novel Sliding Mode Control with Low-Pass Filter for Nonlinear Handling Chain System in Container Ports by Bowei Xu, Junjun Li, Yongsheng Yang, Huafeng Wu, Octavian Postolache

Get full text

Performance of subsurface drainage systems considering groundwater flow directions and network alignment by Walaa Abd-Elaziz, Atef Elsaiad, Gehan A. H. Sallam, Alban Kuriqi, Ashraf A. Ahmed, Ismail Abd-Elaty

Get full text

The 2020 IDS Release of the Antwerp COR*-Database. Evaluation, Development and Transformation of a Pre-Existing Database by Sam Jenkinson, Francisco Anguita, Diogo Paiva, Hideko Matsuo, Koen Matthijs

Get full text

Studying engagement in educational settings: a mapping review on high-impact academic engagement research by Paola Loyola-Carrillo, Alejandro Vega-Muñoz, Alejandro Vega-Muñoz, Guido Salazar-Sepúlveda, Guido Salazar-Sepúlveda, Miseldra Gil-Marín, José Adsuar-Sala, José Adsuar-Sala

Get full text

Miniaturization of a Microstrip Patch Antenna with a Koch Fractal Contour Using a Social Spider Algorithm to Optimize Shorting Post Position and Inset Feeding by Eduardo A. M. Souza, Phelipe S. Oliveira, Adaildo G. D’Assunção, Laércio M. Mendonça, Custódio Peixeiro

Get full text

Analysis of Techno–Economic and Social Impacts of Electric Vehicle Charging Ecosystem in the Distribution Network Integrated with Solar DG and DSTATCOM by Ramesh Bonela, Sriparna Roy Ghatak, Sarat Chandra Swain, Fernando Lopes, Sharmistha Nandi, Surajit Sannigrahi, Parimal Acharjee

Get full text

The Current Discussion on Austrian Family Benefits – Indicating a Major Dissensus on the Interpretation of EU Law by Alexander Balthasar

“…What seems to be, at first sight, a flagrant breach of EU law (in particular of Article 7 of Regulation [EC] 883/2004) is, when looking deeper, much more complicated and might very well be only a symptom of deeply rooted differences in the interpretation of current, post-Lisbon Union law, (i)        in particular with regard to the relationship between the traditional prohibition of “discrimination on grounds of nationality” (Article 18 TFEU, Article 21(2) CFR; the  ‘Leitmotiv’ of the Treaties) and the “citizenship of the Union” (Article 9 second sentence TEU, Article 20(1), first and second sentence) on the one hand and the further role of the “nationality of a Member State” on the other, which shall, pursuant to Article 9 TEU, third sentence, as well as Article 20(1) TFEU, third sentence, not be replaced by the “citizenship of the Union”, (ii)       but also with regard to Article 352 TFEU, the scope of which is, most probably, much smaller than that of its predecessor, Article 308 TEC, (iii)      and last but not least, with regard to a proper understanding of the principle of equal treatment, requiring not to treat alike factually different situations. …”
Get full text

The attractiveness of the teaching profession: a integrative literature review by Leanete Thomas Dotta, Sónia Rodrigues, Luciana Joana, Maria João Carvalho, Maria João Carvalho

Get full text

Linking the Historical Sample of the Netherlands with the USA Censuses, 1850–1940 by Diogo Paiva, Francisco Anguita, Kees Mandemakers

Get full text

Modified Kraske Procedure with Mid-Sacrectomy and Coccygectomy for En Bloc Excision of Sacral Giant Cell Tumors by Vítor M. Gonçalves, Álvaro Lima, João Gíria, Nuno Carvalho, José Parreira, Manuel Cunha e Sá

Get full text

Assessment of Antibiotic Resistance Among Isolates of <i>Klebsiella</i> spp. and <i>Raoultella</i> spp. in Wildlife and Their Environment from Portugal: A Positive Epidemiologic Ou... by Carolina Sabença, Rani de la Rivière, Paulo Barros, João Alexandre Cabral, Roberto Sargo, Luís Sousa, Maria de Lurdes Enes Dapkevicius, Filipe Silva, Filipa Lopes, Ana Carolina Abrantes, Madalena Vieira-Pinto, Manuela Caniça, Gilberto Igrejas, Carmen Torres, Patrícia Poeta

Get full text

Phenolic compounds of Iris adriatica and their antimycobacterial effects by Ochensberger Sandra, Alperth Fabian, Mitić Božena, Kunert Olaf, Mayer Stefanie, Mourão Maria Ferreira, Turek Ivana, Luca Simon Vlad, Skalicka-Woźniak Krystyna, Maleš Željan, Hruševar Dario, Duka Ivan, Bucar Franz

Get full text

Joint Channel and Nonlinearity Estimation for Memoryless Nonlinear Systems by Zahra Mokhtari, Rui Dinis, Sha Hu, Dzevdan Kapetanovic

Get full text

A systematic review on the effectiveness of anti-doping education for university students by Adam R. Nicholls, Lambros Lazuras, Michael Petrou, Ornella Corazza, Carlos Santos, António Júlio Nunes, Michał Rynkowski, João F. Martins, Thomas Zandonai, Uta Kühn, Łukasz Tota

Get full text