ASPECTS CONCERNING CONTRIBUTION OF WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION NETWORKS (WSS) INVESTMENTS TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs) IN ROMANIA by Dumitru Florin FRONE, Simona FRONE

“…Today, with the start of the SARS-COV-2 pandemic in 2020, public health and personal and family hygiene are the highest priorities, practically reaffirming the crucial importance and synergies of SDGs such as SDG1- No Poverty and SDG6-Clean Water and Sanitation. In this context, the paper analyses some current trends, benefits and contributions of European and Structural Investment (ESI)-funded WSS projects in Romania, through the Large Infrastructure Operational Program. …”
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Accountability and platforms' governance: the case of online prominence of public service media content by Krisztina Rozgonyi

“…Public discourse has moved online, enabled by platforms, which in the context of information and media content have become an essential source, access point and key distributor of information. …”
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A Review of Discrimination and Labeling of Refugees Using the Example of Syrian and Ukrainian Refugees by Buket Ökten Sipahioğlu

“…In the forced migration context, the term"refugee" is mostly related to negative issues because of the prior refugee crisis experiences and the frighteningly increasing numbers of displaced people around the world. …”
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Theoretical Dispute About the Relationship Between Interest and Growth Rates by Überblick

“…Abstract Since the outbreak of the economic and financial crisis, the prolonged phase of low interest rates has been increasingly controversial. The relationship between the interest rate r and the growth rate g plays a central role in this context: some authors derive a justification for a more expansionary fiscal policy at r < g. …”
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Construction and Evaluation of Scenarios as a Learning Strategy through Modelling-Simulation by Juan Luis Peñaloza Figueroa, Carmen Vargas Perez

“…From a systemic perspective and in the context of an increasing generalization in the use of new technologies and the change in the educational paradigm -which emphasizes guided and autonomous learning-, the learning strategy should be routed to join logical reasoning and instrumental skills (software). …”
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Microbiome research potential for developing holistic approaches to improve refugee health by Mohammad Ahsan Fuzail, Bilal Ahmed, Daniel L. Burke, Amanda Hylland Spjeldnæs, Masako Horino, Carly Ching, Muhammad Hamid Zaman

“…Morbidity from disease is increasingly being understood as dependent on wellbeing of the ecosystem, as opposed to an isolated element. …”
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Tumor glyco-immunology, glyco-immune checkpoints and immunotherapy by Heinz Läubli, Salomé S. Pinho, Matthew S. Macauley

“…Moreover, they can mediate immune-suppressive effects. For example, increased sialylation can enhance interactions with immune-inhibitory Siglec receptors, and galectin-mediated interactions can modulate immune responses in the context of cancer. …”
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Innovative tax administration tools in Russia by N. G. Мorozova, Zh. M. Korzovatykh

“…The article examines the current system of tax administration in Russia and its innovative tools, actively developed and implemented in the context of the digital technologies’ rapid development and the transformation of the control and supervisory state activities. …”
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Approaches for treating neuropsychiatric symptoms in Parkinson’s disease: a narrative review by Jon Rodríguez-Antigüedad, Gonzalo Olmedo-Saura, Javier Pagonabarraga, Saül Martínez-Horta, Jaime Kulisevsky

“…As a result, the drugs currently recommended for treating neuropsychiatric symptoms in PD are few and supported by limited evidence. …”
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Features of state support of industrial enterprises under sanctions pressure by Ya. A. Grabovsky

“…The article discusses the problems of the current situation and development of the Russian industrial enterprises in the context of sanctions that were imposed against Russia in 2014 and significantly increased in 2022.   …”
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"No reason for children to go hungry": Rural U.S. caregivers' perceptions of elected officials and their impacts on food policy. by Annie Hardison-Moody, Lindsey Haynes-Maslow, Sarah K Bowen

“…In the context of the increasingly polarized U.S. political environments of the 2016 and 2020 elections, how did rural caregivers think about food and health policies? …”
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Voter Turnout Analysis of Canadian Undergraduate Student Unions, 2016-2018 by Justin Patrick, Daniel Patrick, Oleksii Zahreba

“…This first quantitative study of its kind in a Canadian context assesses the current state of student democracy in these higher education institutions and explores potential indicators of higher turnout, including online voting versus paper ballot systems, electorate size, and percentage of part-time students. …”
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VDT work in the future and health consequences on VDT users: State of the art and new perspectives by Paolo SANTUCCI

“…New technologies with an increased number of video display terminal (VDT) operators, as well as the current COVID-19 pandemic with the consequent social distancing and lockdown measures suggested new models to evaluate and address new ergonomics risk factors associated with VDT use. …”
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Zarządzanie inspekcją ochrony roślin w turbulentnym świecie – od rygorystycznej kontroli do elastycznego nadzoru? by Michał Kołtuniak

“…In the deliberations, an attempt is made to verify the thesis that with the current material resources, the method of financing this institution and its complex organizational structure, it will be important to take actions aimed at increasing the effectiveness of its operation. …”
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Degrees of freedom of MIMO interference channel with distributed space-time interference alignment by Tengda YING, Wenjiang FENG, Weiheng JIANG, Guoling LIU, Chunan YAO, Taotao BAO

“…In the context of K-user MIMO interference channel (IC),achievable degrees of freedom (DoF) were investigated with distributed space-time interference alignment (DSTIA).By precoding with distributed current and outdated channel state information at the transmitters (CSIT),new tradeoff regions between achievable DoF and CSI feedback delay/frequency were achieved for MISO system.The impact of the number of transmit antennas on achievable DoF in the MISO system was analyzed,revealing that DoF results approach to the outer bound as the number of transmit antennas increases.Further,the impact of the number of receive antennas on achievable DoF was characterized,deriving the range of CSI feedback delay that preserves achievable DoF in the MIMO system.Theoretical and numerical analyses show that,the proposed DSTIA scheme can achieve better sum-DoFs by eliminating inter-user interference perfectly,tighten the gap between achievable DoF and outer bound,as well as improve the achievable rate of the system.…”
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Collaborationists and Forms of Cooperation with the Occupation Authority in Odesa (1941-1944) by Oleksandr Babich, Hanna Skoreiko, Oleksandr Rusnak

“…The topic’s relevance increased considerably after the start of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the occupation of Crimea and part of Donbas transforming collaborationism from a historical notion into a current practical and legal concern. …”
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Fishing amongst industrial ghosts by Charlotte Gagnon-Lewis

“…Grounded in political ecology, the article argues that while expanding into emerging species may offer short-term relief, it cannot constitute a viable long-term response to the structural dimensions of the current ecological crisis. This calls for more transformative approaches to fisheries governance—approaches that challenge inherited management systems and engage with an era increasingly defined by socio-ecological unpredictability. …”
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The role of hybrid strategy in the innovation strategy process by R.V.

“…In addition, an overview of the current state of theoretical and practical implications for hybrid strategies was provided. …”
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Self-healing of concrete incorporating seashells as partial cement replacement by Abbas Ali, Abdalla Khalid, Sigdel Anish

“…The current experimental study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a bacteria-based self-healing admixture in low-carbon concrete to minimise maintenance demands on concrete structures. …”
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Study on the microstructure and corrosion behavior of newly designed (Si, Ti) micro-alloyed hot-dipped Zn–6Al–3Mg alloy coating by Haotian Chen, Yuanyuan Liang, Renbo Song, Xinwei Wang

“…(Al,Si)3Ti, acting as a cathode in the corrosion process, leads to a decrease in the rate of corrosion by decreasing the current density at the anode. …”
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