IMPLICATIONS OF THE NATIONAL AND EU LAWS CONCERNING THE AFRICAN SWINE FEVER ON THE ROMANIAN RURAL ECONOMY by Silviu Ionuţ BEIA, Mariana BRAN, Romeo Catalin Creţu, Iulian ALECU, Violeta Elena BEIA, Silviu Viorel ANDREI

“…Especially in the context of the outbreaks in Romania and in Bulgaria in the current year, there is a need for increased awareness at both levels, which should be reflected in new, substantive legislative measures to keep the phenomenon under control. …”
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Assessment of technological capabilities to counter fraudulent practices in the banking sector by A. V. Berdyshev, I. E. Zarkhin, A. A. Katysheva

“…Particular attention is paid to the current economic environment, its impact on the financial system as a whole, and in particular, on the reorientation of the banking sector to combat fraud in the context of increased fraud activity.…”
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HUMAN RESOURCES OF HEALTHCARE IN UKRAINE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND WAR by Oleksandr P. Volosovets, Dmytro D. Diachuk, Igor A. Lurin, Oleksandr M. Naumenko, Valentin D. Pariy, Anton O. Volosovets

“…To analyze the human resources for health in Ukraine in the context of the ongoing war and pandemic, and to identify the regions of the country and specialties of physicians and residents most affected by the current challenges. …”
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Russia-EU S&T Co-operation: a Bibliometric Analysis by Svetlana Knyazeva, Natalya Slasheva

“…The significance of international cooperation in science and technology has increased in the context of globalization of science and the integration processes taking place within the European Union. …”
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PSYCHEDELICS: CLINICAL EVIDENCE AND THERAPEUTIC MECHANISMS IN PSYCHIATRY by JANI KAJANOJA, OSKARI KANTONEN, JUUSO KÄHÖNEN

“…ABSTRACT Interest and academic research on psychedelics and psychedelic-assisted therapy in the treatment of psychiatric disorders has increased dramatically in the past two decades. In many ways, psychedelics represent a new therapeutic paradigm in the context of medicine. …”
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Challenges to the Sustainability of Urban Cultural Heritage in the Anthropocene: The Case of Suzhou, Yangtze River Delta, China by Yong Huang, Michael Edward Meadows

“…Among the diverse challenges to the sustainability of China’s rich tangible cultural heritage, climate change, associated with increased temperatures, altered precipitation regimes, and the augmented frequency and magnitude of extreme events, is regarded as one of the most prominent. …”
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Smart Contracts and International Trade: European Legal Strategies for Managing Challenges by Th. D. Lamappulage Donn

“…This fact determines the study objective - to identify the possibilities of transforming the said rules and the political and legal strategies adopted by European countries to implement smart contracts in international trade.Methods: the study, devoted to the current international trade regulation in the context of contracts digitalization and spread of smart contracts, uses a combination of formal-legal and comparative-legal methods. …”
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Use of Satellites in Terms of the Principle of Exploration and Use of Space for Peaceful Purposes by Kerem Batır, Pervin Şeker

“…The dual use of satellites creates uncertainty in the context of the stated principle. The current circumstances thus necessitate a reconsideration of the relationships between space applications and the principle of peaceful use. …”
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Serum markers of bone fragility in type-2 diabetes mellitus by Rucsandra Dănciulescu Miulescu, Loreta Guja, Lavinia Claudia Ochiana, Anca Ungurianu, Oana Cristina Șeremet, Emil Ștefănescu

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The Impact of Fiscal Sovereignty in the Field of Real Estate Tax on Municipal Revenues by Patrycja Świerczek-Dutka

“…Implications: The research findings indicate a need for further, in-depth analysis of the long-term effects of exercising fiscal sovereignty, particularly in the context of local development and municipal competitiveness. …”
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Towards the New World Order: Theoretical Interpretations and Practical Implementations by K. A. Efremova

“…Followers of the fatalist approach (neo-realists, globalists) believe that world order is a zero-sum game, where interstate interactions are mostly confrontational, and their pattern depends on the current balance of power. Mitigators (neo-liberals, functionalists, constructivists, etc.) insist that the emerging world order is a win-win game, where nations opt for investing some of their sovereignty into newly created international institutions (regimes and organizations), hoping that conventional rules adopted by them would help to decrease international uncertainty, which otherwise might lead to confrontation. …”
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Spatial Decision Support System for Efficient School Location-Allocation by Marios Batsaris, Dimitris Kavroudakis, Euripides Hatjiparaskevas, Panagiotis Agourogiannis

“… In Greece, a lack of a planning strategy was identified in the context of allocating students to schools. Particularly, the Secondary Educational Management of Lesvos Prefecture along with school Principals decide upon student allocation based on empirical knowledge and approximation techniques. …”
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Effects of sudden commencement on the ionosphere: PFISR observations and global MHD simulation by Shasha Zou, Dogacan Ozturk, Roger Varney, Ashton Reimer

“…PFISR observed lifting of the F region ionosphere, transient field‐aligned ion upflow, prompt but short‐lived ion temperature increase, subsequent F region density decrease, and persistent electron temperature increase. …”
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A comprehensive review of the genetic control of cooking time in dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) by Hannah R. Jeffery, Marcelo Efrén Murillo‐Quesada, Luis Barboza‐Barquero, Karen Cichy

“…The current evidence suggests that cooking time is increased by genetic factors that decrease the amount of soluble compounds in the cotyledons, including but not limited to 1) genes that increase the abundance of calcium‐binding storage proteins and/or de‐methylesterfied pectins paired with high inter‐ or intra‐cellular calcium levels (higher calcium levels can be caused by reduced levels of phytate) and 2) genes that increase insoluble condensed tannin/lignin content in the cotyledon cell walls. …”
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Average nutrient and chlorophyll distributions in the western Mediterranean: RADMED project by María del Carmen García-Martínez, Manuel Vargas-Yáñez, Francina Moya, Rocío Santiago, María Muñoz, Andreas Reul, Teodoro Ramírez, Rosa Balbín

“…Nutrient and chlorophyll concentrations and the intensity of the deep chlorophyll maximum decrease northeastward. The deep chlorophyll maximum depth increases to the northeast. …”
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Multimodal Augmented Reality System for Real-Time Roof Type Recognition and Visualization on Mobile Devices by Bartosz Kubicki, Artur Janowski, Adam Inglot

“…The utilization of augmented reality (AR) is becoming increasingly prevalent in the integration of virtual reality (VR) elements into the tangible reality of the physical world. …”
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Symptom palliation in patients with bone metastases treated with radiotherapy by Kartick Rastogi, Shivani Gupta, Sandeep Bhaskar, Aseem-Rai Bhatnagar, Subhash-Chand Bairwa, Sandeep Jain

“…The 8 Gy single-fraction schedule was associated with maximum relief in insomnia and decrease in analgesic requirement. Conclusion: The current institutional protocol of weekly hypofractionated palliative RT of 6.25 Gy per fraction up to a maximum of four fractions given on Saturday has shown results comparable with other schedules with well tolerance and achievement of acceptable symptom palliation. …”
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Simulation of the analogue interface for remote measurements by L. V. Kuzmych, D. P. Ornatskyi, V. P. Kvasnikov

“…The measuring chain is made in the form of three resistive current dividers, where one divider is formed by a resistive strain gauge and adjusting resistor, and two others – exemplary resistors.By introducing a new structural scheme, it will be possible to increase the accuracy of measurements and impedance of analog interfaces for remote measurements using resistive strain gauges. …”
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Responsive Public Policies for Smart and Sustainable Buildings: An Experimental Application of the Smart Readiness Indicator by Massimo Lauria, Maria Azzalin, Francesca Giglio, Giovanna Maria La Face

“…The SRI measures a building’s ability to use intelligent technologies to reduce its consumption and increase the energy awareness of occupants for energy efficiency. …”
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International legal standards for documentation and investigation of war crimes by Mykhailo Loshytskyi, Oleksandr Yunin, Dmytro Kyslenko, Bohdana Tychna, Oleksandr Dotsenko

“…The study confirms the need for a unified international platform for documenting war crimes. The current system contains 17 structural elements in three areas: regulatory framework, documentation and investigation, but is characterized by fragmentation, political constraints and the lack of common standards. …”
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