A Review of Reject Brine Disposal, Management, and Construction Applications by Pranita Banerjee, Essam K. Zaneldin, Ali H. Al-Marzouqi, Waleed K. Ahmed

“…Desalination is becoming crucial to meet the increasing global demand for potable water. Despite its benefits, desalination produces reject brine, a highly concentrated saline byproduct, which poses substantial environmental risks if not managed properly. …”
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The Middle East Shiite Arc: A Real Threat or Geopolitical Chimera? by A. V. Sarabiev

“…The term Shiite Crescent, or Shiite Arc, is becoming increasingly popular in political and academic discourse as well as in the media. …”
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Specific features of antagonism of <i>Bacillus</i> bacteria against toxinogenic <i>Fusarium</i> fungi in protecting plants against disease and contamination with mycotoxins (review... by T. M. Sidorova, A. M. Asaturova, V. V. Allakhverdyan

“…The role of lipopeptides produced by bacteria in inhibiting the growth of fungi, which manifests itself both through the destruction of the cell wall of the fungus and by increasing the immune status of the plant, has been shown. …”
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Editor’s Note by Alberto Raposo

“…This indicates that JIS is being increasingly recognized as an interesting publication vehicle. …”
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Interactive Mode of Teaching Students in the Context of the Competence Paradigm by G. P. Sikorskaya, T. V. Savelyeva

“…The paper explores the theoretical and practical aspects of interactive mode of teaching students by using active educational methods improving the quality of educational process and increasing students’ motivation for comprehensive and in-depth learning. …”
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Sustainable Growth from a Factor Dependence and Technological Progress Perspective: A Case Study of East China by Ying Liu, Wan-Ming Chen, Sheng-Yuan Wang, Xiao-Lan Wu

“…The paper constructs an economic growth model that contains human, physical capital, innovation, and energy factors and estimates the output elasticity of seven provinces and cities in East China in the period of 2004–2018. …”
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Strengthening the Motivation of Staff as a Factor of Enterprise Competitiveness by Mahsma Mariya B.

“…The aim of the article is to study the theoretical and applied aspects of the functioning of the system of motivation of staff on the example of a production enterprise and to outline the directions of its improvement in the context of increasing the competitiveness of enterprise. The article analyzes the current state of staff motivation on the example of a leading Ukrainian company specializing in the trade of furniture components and accessories. …”
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IDEA: Image database for earthquake damage annotationZenodo by Ilaria Senaldi, Chiara Casarotti, Martina Mandirola, Alessio Cantoni

“…Such onthology, can be used either to expand the presented dataset or to produce new ones, in order to increase the availability of data annotated according to a common standard, from the structural engineering point of view. …”
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Hygienic requirements to the design of the positron-emission tomography centers and departments by O. V. Minonenko, T. B. Baltrukova, N. S. Bashketova, G. A. Gorskiy, T. V. Kryukova, E. A. Fedorova

“…The aim of the current study is to provide a critical analysis of the current hygienic requirements to the design of the PET, PET/CT and PET/MRI centers and departments. …”
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The comparative study of the corrosion stability of Zn-Ni-Co alloy coatings deposited from chloride and sulphate baths by Marija G. Riđošić, Jelena B. Bajat

“…On the other hand, [Co2+]/Ni2+] ion ratio showed a significant influence on corrosion behaviour of ternary alloy coatings, and this influence was more pronounced with alloys deposited from chloride baths. It was shown that increased corrosion protection of steel can be achieved by electrochemical deposition of ternary alloys that contained lower amount off the alloying elements, while the composition of the ternary alloy can be optimized by proper choice of the type and composition of the deposition bath.…”
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NORTH KOREAN CRISIS THROUGH THE LENS OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS by A. V. Ilijin, O. Yu. Kurnykin

“…The North Korean nuclear crisis in recent years has seen several waves of escalation. The current article studies the reaction of global community on the actions and statements of north Korean leadership through the analysis of the UN Security Council resolutions. …”
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Screening of Positive Regulatory Stimuli for Stomatal Opening in Chinese Cabbage by Jin-Yan Zhou, Dong-Li Hao, Ze-Chen Gu

“…Increasing the stomatal aperture is a crucial strategy for enhancing the rate of CO₂ absorption, which ultimately contributes to increased plant yield through improved photosynthetic activity. …”
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“Investigating the Synergistic Effects of Curcumin on the Oxidative Stability of Flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum) Oil: A Kinetic Study” by Mahya Azari, Mahsan Karimi, Seyed Mohammad Mazloomi, Mohammad-Taghi Golmakani, Azam Abbasi

“…Also, higher concentration of curcumin could inhibit an increase in the acid value at all temperature conditions, especially at 97°C. …”
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Turkey’s Nuclear Energy Ambitions: Past Efforts, Present Strategies, and Future Directions by Muhammed Cihat Mercan, Ali İhsan Aygün

“…Nuclear power plants, popularized by the promise of decreasing dependency on foreign resources and providing supply security, meet 10% of the world’s energy needs as of 2023. …”
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Study on scour simulation and boundary condition conversion technology for a shallow foundation bridge by Gangping Fan, Huanzhe Li, Tianzhuo Wang, Jian Che, Xing Li, Chunyang Dou, Tong Wu

“…To prevent and mitigate scouring risks, this paper investigates the riverbed scouring characteristics of shallow foundation bridges under different hydrological conditions.The study found that under high water levels and flow velocities, scour depth significantly increased.Under extreme hydrological conditions, a horseshoe vortex forms at the base of the front end of the bridge pier, causing scour pits on both sides of the upstream face of the foundation, which is the main cause of foundation voids that first appear at 2580 s with a maximum scour depth of -2.51 m and a void area of 0.5%, continuing to increase over time.Based on simulated scouring data, this study proposes a method for converting boundary conditions from a scouring model to a mechanical model. …”
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Microscopic surgery for the repair of painful varicocele- efficacy and predictors of successful outcomes by Shayel Bercovich, Hen Hendel, Yossi Ventura, Shay Golan, Shachar Aharony, Ohad Shoshany

“…Repeat varicocele surgery appears to increase the risk of persistent pain. A longer follow-up period (more than 12 months after surgery) increases the chances of pain resolution.…”
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Probabilistic Approach to Assessing Photolithography Quality in the Production of Printed Circuit Boards by M. A. Korobkov, V. S. Barabanov

“…Introduction. The current trend in the production of miniaturized electronic devices with improved computing power and performance leads to an increase in the density of interconnections on printed circuit boards (PCBs) and a reduction in the dimensions of such conductive pattern elements, as tracks and gaps, contact pads of components and vias. …”
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Biomass and Yield in Solanum lycopersicum Expressing a Synthetic Photorespiration Pathway by Laura Dougherty, Bret Cooper, James Bunce, Bryan Vinyard, John Stommel

“…The current study investigated whether a novel synthetic photorespiratory pathway demonstrated to reduce photorespiratory metabolic energy demands and increase plant vegetative biomass in model species could boost tomato crop yield, notably yield of marketable fruit. …”
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Cyclic voltammetric studies of carbon steel corrosion in chloride-formation water solution and effect of some inorganic salts by M.A. Deyab, S.T. Keera

“…The anodic response exhibits a well-defined anodic peak A, followed by a passive region. A pronounced increase in the anodic current density is observed in the passive region at pitting potential (Epit). …”
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Acellular Pertussis Vaccine from Antigens of Freshly Isolated and Vaccine Strains of Bordetella pertussis with Different Genotypic Characteristics by E. M. Zaitsev, I. G. Bazhanova, M. V. Britsina, N. U. Mertsalova, M. N. Ozeretskovskaya

“…The most promising for further preclinical and clinical studies is AcPV3, which contains 2/3 of the antigens of the dominant «non-vaccine» genotype and 1/3 of the «vaccine» genotype, corresponding to the genes of PT, pertactin and fimbria to the currently circulating B. pertussis strains.…”
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