Digitalization of financial systems and cross-border integration: on the issue of creating a currency instrument for the BRICS countries by V. P. Akinina, D. A. Zakharova

“…The development of digital technologies opens up new opportunities for increasing the efficiency, transparency and accessibility of financial services, and also promotes the deepening of economic cooperation between countries.The issue is particularly relevant for the BRICS countries, which demonstrate high rates of economic growth and are interested in developing mutually beneficial partnerships.Goal. …”
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International expert agenda in education: Key characteristics and problem areas by P. S. Sorokin, Yu. A. Vyatskaya

“…Physical health skills and agency skills are underestimated in global expert discourse despite their increasing relevance demonstrated by COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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MicroRNAs in Liver Fibrosis: Unraveling Intercellular Crosstalk and the Regulatory Functions of MicroRNA-223 by Chinnatam Phetkong, Chaiyaboot Ariyachet

“…This Commentary synthesizes the current, sometimes contradictory, evidence; outlines how context shapes miR-223’s dual actions; and surveys the development of therapeutic strategies, including miRNA mimics, nanoparticle formulations, and extracellular-vesicle delivery, including major challenges in tissue targeting, cargo stability, and long-term safety. …”
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Innovate for Impact: Young Adults Education and Empowerment for Climate Action by Shelley Rap, Moran Bodas

“…However, despite the best intentions of disaster planners, the current efforts are suboptimal in promoting implementation. …”
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Mathematics teachers’ perceptions of computational thinking and its integration into mathematics education by Muhammad Zuhair Zahid

“…Computational thinking is a problem-solving process involving abstraction, algorithmic thinking, automation, debugging, decomposition, and generalisation. It has been increasingly regarded as an essential skill and many countries have attempted to include it in educational systems. …”
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Techno-Economic Assessment of Hydrogen-Based Power-to-Power Systems: Operational Strategies and Feasibility Within Energy Communities by Lucia Pera, Marta Gandiglio, Paolo Marocco

“…In the context of the evolving energy landscape, the need to harness renewable energy sources (RESs) has become increasingly imperative. …”
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Academic and non-academic career paths of international and domestic PhD holders by Laura Diaz Villalba, Montserrat Castelló Badía

“…In the last years, many of those countries are increasingly developing their own domestic doctoral programs, which may offer career benefits due to their strong connections to the local research and academic environment. …”
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The Evolving Dynamics of Afghanistan–Pakistan Relations: Implications of the Taliban’s Resurgence Post-2021 by Abdul Wasi Popalzay

“…By assessing these complex dimensions, the study provides critical insights into the prospects and policy directions required to navigate Afghanistan–Pakistan relations in an increasingly volatile context.…”
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The growing U.S.-Chinese rivalry and foreign policy initiatives of the Biden administration in Latin Caribbean America by A. D. Trebukh

“…The first section of the article defines the place of LCA in the foreign policy strategy of the current administration in the context of the Democrats’ rhetoric about the struggle over the ‘free world’ challenged by the authoritarian regimes, in particular by the PRC. …”
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The Nature of the Right to Personal Data: A Civil Law Perspective by L. V. Shvets

“…In today’s context of growing volumes of personal data and the increasing number of legally significant actions that can be conducted with access to such data, the importance of legal protection for personal data has become more pronounced. …”
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Starch–Glycerol-Based Hydrogel Memristors for Bio-Inspired Auditory Neuron Applications by Jiachu Xie, Yuehang Ju, Zhenwei Zhang, Dianzhong Wen, Lu Wang

“…In the era of artificial intelligence, the demand for rapid and efficient data processing is growing, and traditional computing architectures are increasingly struggling to meet these needs. Against this backdrop, memristor devices, capable of mimicking the computational functions of brain neural networks, have emerged as key components in neuromorphic systems. …”
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Autonomous Driving Strategy for a Specialized Four-Wheel Differential-Drive Agricultural Rover by Salvatore Martelli, Francesco Mocera, Aurelio Somà

“…At the same time, there is a necessity to ensure an adequate production level in order to meet the increasing food demand due to the current population growth trend. …”
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Accounting for the geometry of the respiratory tract in viral infections by Thomas Williams, James M. McCaw, James M. Osborne

“…Increasingly, experimentalists and modellers alike have come to recognise the important role of spatial structure in infection dynamics. …”
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‘We have learning objectives, not enjoyment objectives': the role of enjoyment in Life Sciences teaching and learning by Catherine Mansfield

“…In addition, staff enjoyment of teaching is often overlooked in favour of a student-only perspective that may limit a holistic understanding of emotion in HE, given strong links between staff and student emotion and empathy. In the current HE climate, where students face huge pressure to achieve, and staff workloads are increasing, a focus on enjoyment could bring substantial benefits. …”
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Applicable Law to the Legal Parentage of a Child Born Through International Surrogacy by Didem Kayalı

“…Although prohibited in Turkey, the legality of surrogacy in countries such as Greece, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Ukraine, and Georgia increases the likelihood of disputes related to international surrogacy before the Turkish courts. …”
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THE IMPORTANCE OF INDEBTEDNESS AND PROFITABILITY INDICATORS IN ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF SMEs by Oana-Letitia CATUTOIU, Mariana MAN

“…The dynamics of the economy, the current social and economic conditions, the complexity of the activities of SMEs in competitive economic circumstances with major influences on managerial decisions, require the abandonment of routine and force the identification of new possibilities for increasing the relevance of financial and accounting information in the context of performance evaluation.…”
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The role of the state in managing scientific and technological development: from theory to practice by E. B. Lenchuk

“…The importance of taking into account modern trends in state participation in the sphere of scientific and technological development for Russia, which is growing in the context of external restrictions and the current high technological dependence, is substantiated. …”
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Design of an Integrated Approach to Industrial Logistics Information Based on Supply Chain Management by Yang Shang

“…In addition, with the globalization of the economic environment today, enterprises are facing increasingly fierce competition. In this context, most companies are taking logistics informatization as an important factor for their success. …”
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Рpinciples of developing the russian cultural identity of university students in foreign language classes by N. V. Ryapolova

“…Relevance. In the context of increasing geopolitical tensions in the world the development of Russian cultural identity of students in foreign language classes is of particular importance. …”
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Knowledge construction in blended learning and its impact on students' academic motivation and learning outcomes by Muhammad Younas, Dina Abdel Salam El-Dakhs, Yicun Jiang

“…Computer-Integrated Learning Assistance (CILA), which utilizes AI technologies, provides real-time support and guidance to learners in this context.ObjectiveThe current study analyzed the role of technological knowledge construction in blended learning and how it impacts students' academic motivation and learning outcomes.MethodThe study is qualitative in nature and participants were recruited using a purposive sampling technique. …”
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