Essay. The Vicious Circles of Bureaucratic Circular Economy: The Case of Packaging Waste Euro-Targets for Romania by Octavian-Dragomir Jora, Alexandru Pătruți, Mihaela Iacob

“…In spite of its probably good intentions, the circular economy package contains at least one directive which under current economic conditions is practically inapplicable in countries such as Romania. …”
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DC serial arc fault recognition in aircraft using machine learning techniques by Raul Carreira Rufato, Thierry Ditchi, Cyril Van de Steen, Thierry Lebey, Yacine Oussar

“…The analysed database contains both current signal measurements of arc faults and nominal behaviours. …”
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Hydrazides as Powerful Tools in Medicinal Chemistry: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Biological Applications by Sofia Teixeira, Elisabete M. S. Castanheira, M. Alice Carvalho

“…The increase in drug resistance and the high toxicity of current drugs have inspired the scientific community to develop new drugs for various diseases. …”
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The criminal legal aid in China by L. Changhai, V. Sonin

“…Legal assistance in criminal cases is an integral part of the institute of legal aid in China and plays an invalu-able role in ensuring due process, maintaining the balance between prosecution and de-fense, as well as in guaranteeing human rights. This study contains a general description of the current state of criminal legal aid in China, highlights inherent problems of this institu-tion and describes prospects of its development. …”
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Nanofibrous carbon (multi-wall carbon nanotubes): synthesis and electrochemical studies by using field-effect transistor setup by Ildar A. Mustafin, Arslan F. Akhmetov, Renat B. Salikhov, Ilnur A. Mullagaliev, Timur R. Salikhov, Rail N. Galiakhmetov, Olga V. Shabunina, Dmitry S. Kopchuk, Igor S. Kovalev, Akhat G. Mustafin

“…The properties of the obtained field-effect transistors were studied. The current-voltage characteristics of the OFET show an increase in currents with a positive voltage on the gate, which corresponds to the electron conductivity of the transport channel. …”
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Modelling the potential spread of Clade Ib MPXV in Asian cities by Kiesha Prem, Rayner Kay Jin Tan, Akira Endo, Gregory Gan, Keisuke Ejima, Jue Tao Lim, Borame L Dickens, Shihui Jin

“…While this highlights the importance of early preparedness, current knowledge of the virus’s transmission dynamics remains too limited to effectively inform policymaking and resource planning.Methods A compartmental model was constructed to characterise potential mpox transmission dynamics. …”
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INFLUENCE OF ANODIC ALUMINA USED AS SEPARATING DIELECTRIC OF SILICON AVALANCHE LEDs ON DIODE CHARACTERISTICS by Vi Le Dinh, A. Yu. Klutsky, A. A. Dolbik, A. A. Leshok, S. K. Lazarouk

“…It was found that the built-in negative electric charge increases the breakdown voltage of the Schottky contact, which results in an increase of the light emission efficiency of the diode structures. …”
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Effects of fodder production on smallholder farmers’ household income in Homa Bay County, Kenya: An application of propensity score matching by Mary Stacey Ayuko, Job Kibiwot Lagat, Michael Hauser, Kevin Okoth Ouko, Dick Chune Midamba

“…The global feed production has increased in the past few years. Despite the growing trend, the current production does not meet the demand in Kenya. …”
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Cluster-randomized trial of the implementation of the Responses to Illness Severity Quantification (RISQ) system in children with acute malnutrition 6 to 59 months of age in Ngouri... by Nancy M. Dale, Youssouf Djidita Hagre, Susan Shepherd, George Tomlinson, Stanley Zlotkin, Masra Ngaradoum, Mahmat Bechir, Marius Madjissem, Charles Tehoua, Christopher Parshuram

“…Abstract Background The Responses to Illness Severity Quantification (RISQ) System is a scientifically developed clinical decision support tool comprised of four parts: (1) a validated 7-item severity of illness score, (2) age-specific documentation forms, (3) context-relevant score-matched recommendations, and (4) implementation programming. …”
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The Middle Space: On Blogs and Beyond in Blended Learning by Liat Biberman-Shalev, Nurit Chamo

“…As blended learning (BL) is becoming a new normal in the context of higher education, there is a growing need to attune pedagogies to this context. …”
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Peasantry in Samsun During the Development of Capitalism: The Results of a Field Study by Ezgi Turmuş Binici

“…It evaluates the effects of the increasing dependence of the peasantry on the market in the context of capitalist transformation from agriculture to industrialization, based on the field research conducted in the villages. …”
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ALCOHOL AND AL LAW REGIME by E. Utyashov

“…The article deals with topical issues of legal regulation of alcohol turnover in the conditions of martial law. The current legislation of Russia and a number of former Soviet countries regulating the procedure for the introduction and implementation of this legal regime contains a provision on special turnover of alcoholic beverages on the list of measures. …”
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The amendment of the legal regulation of the institution of tax incentative in the Russian Federation by B. A. Fedosimov

“…The scientific research contains author's proposals for improving the current tax legislation in order to effectively use the institution of tax incentives in Russian practice. …”
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Model of a Photovoltaic Module for the MatLab/Simulink SimPowerSystems Library by D. I. Zalizny

“…The Simulink model of the SF-P672300 module contains 72 nonlinear elements implemented on the basis of controlled current sources and connected in series. …”
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SLIPT-Assisted Dual-Hop VLC/RF With Relay Selection: Outage Probability Analysis and Optimization by van Khoe Ta, Ic-Pyo Hong, Giang N. Tran

“…Especially, the devices in optical communication range are randomly located with the uniform distribution, and the light intensity from the light emitting diode (LED) contains alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) elements for the signal detection and energy harvesting. …”
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Benefits of medication charts provided at transitions of care: a narrative systematic review by Fine Michèle Dietrich, Kurt E Hersberger, Isabelle Arnet

“…Objectives Particularly at transitions of care points information concerning current medication tends to be incomplete. A medication chart that contains all essential information on current therapy is likely to be a helpful tool for patients and healthcare providers. …”
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Transformation of World Automotive Industry by P. P. Sushkevich

“…The Republic of Belarus considers an automotive industry as one of key industries for its economy and its efficiency has a high dependency factor pertaining to speed of innovation emergence and implementation that is strategically important aspect of increase in competitiveness both on current sales markets and on potential ones. …”
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Lithium-metal battery degradation dataset from continuous cycling experimentsOSF by Maitri Uppaluri, Wenting Ma, Le Xu, Nojan Aliahmad, Alireza Saatchi, Karl Littau, Simona Onori

“…The dataset presented in this paper contains current and voltage data, from which the capacity is calculated from 23 different lithium-metal battery cells, encompassing four different design configurations and nominal capacities. …”
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All‐Electronic Memristor Based on Charge Carrier Confinement in Bulk Semiconductor of Metal–Semiconductor–Metal Structure by Abolfazl Mahmoodpoor, Alexandr Marunchenko, Sergey Makarov

“…It is shown that an all‐electronic memristor is achieved through the confinement of majority charge carriers within the bulk semiconductor by the favor of high barrier Schottky contacts. The findings reveal a remarkable current offset between forward and backward scans, along with exceptional current pulse consistency with a tunable current level using pulse frequency. …”
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Technical and cost efficiency analysis of irrigated onion production insight from smallholders irrigated onion farmers in north East Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia by Kindye Ayen, Tariku Kidane, Adane Wubet

“…The study found that the average technical efficiency score for irrigated onions in the study area was 87%, while the average cost efficiency score was 84%.DiscussionThis indicates that, on average, onion farmers in the study area could potentially increase their technical efficiency by 13% and their cost efficiency by 16% with existing inputs, technologies, and current environmental conditions. …”
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