Investigation of the properties of self-compacting concrete using treated rubber powder, polypropylene fibers, and wash water by Ali Katebi, Gholamreza Asadollahfardi, Amirmasoud Salehi, Ghasem Ahmadi, Abolfazl Soleymani-tushmanlo

“…Compressive strength in specimens containing polypropylene fibers decreased by an average of 5 %, while those using wash water showed a 6 % reduction compared to control specimens. …”
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THE VALUE CREATED THROUGH INTEGRATED REPORTING. A THEORETICAL APPROACH by MARIA-MĂDĂLINA BOGEANU-POPA

“…In the current context of increasing concerns about environmental sustainability and social responsibility, integrated reporting (IR) is becoming more and more relevant for companies. …”
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Persistence of Practicing Sports Among Young People: A Comparative Evaluation by I.E. Sandu, M. Dragomir

“…In the current context, young people face an increasingly limited availability of time to manage all the activities they propose, and this temporal restriction also influences their habits regarding physical activity and practicing sports. …”
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Small and medium-sized French cities facing contemporary challenges in commercial systems and consumption by Milhan Chaze, Iwan Le Clec’h

“…In the context of significant changes in commerce and consumer practices, such as the e-commerce boom, discount development, increased household mobility, and consumption relocation, small and medium-sized towns are experiencing similar market structure evolutions to those of large conurbations. …”
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Ethnoecology and ethnomedicinal use of fish among the Bakwele of southeastern Cameroon by Takanori Oishi

“…Ethnoichthyology is a branch of ethnobiology that explores the relationships between humans and fish, including local ecological knowledge about ichtyofauna, capture processes and utilization of the catches. Because of the current bushmeat trade crisis, the aquatic resources in the Congo Basin rainforest are increasingly viewed has promising alternate resources and have recently drawn the attention of conservation and development agencies. …”
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Teaching English for Young Learners (TEYL): A Literature Study by Albert Diaz Pratama

“… Teaching English for Young Learners (TEYL) has gained significant attention in recent years due to the increasing importance of English as a global language. …”
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MODELLING THE IMPACT OF INTELLECTUALIZATION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN UKRAINE by Iryna Kalenyuk, Larysa Antoniuk, Oleg Kuklin, Liudmyla Tsymbal, Olena Tsyrkun

“…The strengthening of competition at the current stage of civilizational development causes new factors and mechanisms of market struggle to come to the fore. …”
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Recent approaches for developing a novel generation of batteries using cement-based materials by Mai Thi Thu Thuy, Nguyen Minh Hai, Nguyen Van Quang, Nguyen Duc Tuan, Tran Dinh Minh, Nguyen Duc Hung

“…In the context of the increasing global demand for sustainable energy development, the solution of using cement-based materials to develop batteries for energy storage has enormous potential, but this topic is still quite new to engineers and scientists in the construction industry. …”
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The examination of family value hierarchies in Russian and Chinese cultures by O. E. Iatsevich, V. V. Iudashkina, L. N. Shabatura, N. A. Tkacheva, A. F. Zakirova

“…Introduction. In the context of globalisation and the intensification of international contacts, there is an increasing need to understand the intercultural differences and similarities between Russian and Chinese youth, particularly in significant areas such as family values. …”
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High-tech agricultural tools as a determinant of dynamic rationalization of business processes in Russian agriculture by Moroz Oksana, Medvedsky Dmitriy

“…In the current environment of innovative transformations in the Russian Federation, there is a significant expansion of digital technological products, and there is an active digital optimization of business processes in all national economic sectors, including agriculture. …”
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Dismissed Industrial Areas: The Urban Project of the Montedison Factory of Akgragas in Porto Empedocle Between the Past, Present, and Future by Karim Syed, María J. Andrade, Luis Machuca Casares

“…In recent decades, in Italy, as in the international context, the phenomenon of disused industrial buildings has acquired considerable dimensions, with inevitable social, urban and economic repercussions. …”
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Structural Validity and Reliability of the Indonesian Version of Self-Leadership by Gianti Gunawan, Anissa Lestari Kadiyono, Fasya Adisa Raspati

“…Background Problems: As self-leadership increasingly becomes recognized as a key factor in organizational success, there is a need for an assessment tool adapted to the Indonesian context. …”
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Toward a Capability-Based Account of Intergenerational Justice by Alex M. Richardson

“…It is my hope that the capabilities approach so applied can give us a novel way of understanding our responsibilities toward future people in a time where such an understanding is both unfortunately lacking and increasingly dire. Finally, I will discuss some implications of a capability-based account in the intergenerational context and some justifications for applying the approach in this way. …”
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The Role of Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis as a Potential Factor in Early Diagnosis, Prognosis and Therapeutic Strategy of COVID-19 Patients by Kevin Tandarto, Kadek Ari Suyandi, Lily Chandrawati

“…The consequences of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are devastating and become the current world major public health issue. Not only SARS-CoV-2 attack the respiratory system, but also can affect multiple organs. …”
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Internal Control System of the Enterprise as Instrument for Ensuring Economic Security by A. V. Guryanov, V. A. Plotnikov, A. M. Yusufova

“…The article substantiates the need to introduce and develop internal control at an enterprise and examines the importance of the internal control system as a factor in increasing the economic security of an enterprise. The main objectives of the economic security of an enterprise in this context are identified as: timely identification and prevention of adverse events in the activities of the enterprise; ensuring compliance with current legislation; asset protection; control of the reliability of the reporting provided; carrying out analysis of the processes of economic activity of the enterprise. …”
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Federated Learning for Enhanced Cybersecurity and Trustworthiness in 5G and 6G Networks: A Comprehensive Survey by Afroditi Blika, Stefanos Palmos, George Doukas, Vangelis Lamprou, Sotiris Pelekis, Michael Kontoulis, Christos Ntanos, Dimitris Askounis

“…Particularly, we begin by providing the necessary background on 5G networks and FL, setting the stage for understanding their current and future implications. We then explore the current state-of-the-art of FL applications within 5G networks and their relevance to the future threat landscape of 6G. …”
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Cliff ecosystems: A critical yet uncharted frontier for research and conservation by Martí March-Salas, María Begoña García, Isaac H. Lichter-Marck, Juan Lorite, Manuel J. Steinbauer

“…Articles in this issue address a great variety of perspectives in cliff research such as: evaluating the potential loss of unique genetic diversity in endangered and rare cliff plants; understanding past, present and future distribution patterns, population dynamics, and evolutionary processes in cliffs in the context of climate change; examining abiotic and biotic feedbacks and interactions occurring in these habitats; assessing the current conservation status of cliff flora at global scale, and exploring new pathways to study and monitor the diversity of cliff habitats. …”
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Transparent Assessment of the Supervision Information in China’s Food Safety: A Fuzzy-ANP Comprehensive Evaluation Method by Tingqiang Chen, Lei Wang, Jining Wang

“…The information transparency in the entirety presents deficiencies and gradually declines when that in the administrative level decreases. The economic development level indirectly determines the transparency level, and the transparency level does not conform to China’s current economic development level.…”
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Kalirin-7 is a Key Player in the Formation of Excitatory Synapses in Hippocampal Neurons by Xin-Ming Ma

“…Hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons of Kal7 knockout (Kal7KO) mice show decreased spine density, spine length, synapse number, and postsynaptic density (PSD) size in their apical dendrites; are deficient in long-term potentiation (LTP); and exhibit decreased frequency of spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic current (sEPSC). …”
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After COVID-19: Rethinking Fiscal Rules in Europe by Forum Introduction

“…Abstract Following the COVID-19 outbreak in Europe this spring and subsequent measures to contain the pandemic, the European Commission drastically revised its economic and fiscal forecasts. …”
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