Plastics in the German building and infrastructure sector: A high-resolution dataset on historical flows, stocks, and legacy substance contaminationZenodo by Sarah Schmidt, Xavier-François Verni, Thomas Gibon, David Laner

“…The use of plastics in buildings and infrastructure has been steadily increasing in the past. Due to the longevity of building components, in the upcoming decades a dramatical growth in waste quantities is expected as a delayed response to the increased consumption, posing a major challenge for waste management and recycling. …”
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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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Does Intergovernmental Equalization Create Disincentives for Regional Infrastructural Development? by N. E. Barbashova

“…As a result, the author revealed that while maintaining the current dynamics of road construction, an increase in the length of transport routes will lead to a decrease in the volume of grants to regions within 1%, which is insignificant regarding incentives. …”
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Objects of forensic documentary science by V. S. Sezonov

“…The increase in the number of offences requiring the examination of electronic data storage devices poses new challenges for forensic experts, requiring modern means of recording and comparing them with standards. …”
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Climate change and the size of glaciers in the Kuznetsky Alatau Mountains between 1975 and 2015 by M. M. Adamenko, Ya. M. Gutak, V. A. Antonova

“…They mostly continue to exist because the amount of accumulated snow mass increased and, thus, compensated the ablation. The largest decrease in the area of glaciers took place in 2002–2004. …”
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Plasmatron for Coatings by V. A. Okovity, F. I. Panteleenko, V. V. Okovity, V. M. Astashinsky

“…Air around a plasma jet is displaced, additional compression of the plasma occurs and due to this oxygen content is decreased in a coating and efficiency of material deposition is increased. …”
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Social and non-social risk-taking in adolescence by Weike Wang, Kylie Evans, Susanne Schweizer

“…This is in contrast with adolescent-typical behaviour, which is characterised by heightened risk-taking in social contexts. The current study aimed to investigate how low self-perceived social value influences risk-taking in social compared to non-social contexts during adolescence. 114 adolescents (aged 12–23 years) completed the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) in individual and social contexts. …”
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Educational Technologies in Modern Higher Education Institutions (Analysis of Russian and Foreign Research and Practice) by N. V. Bordovskaia, E. A. Koshkina, N. A. Bochkina

“…The search for the most effective means of training of the new generation of specialists to achieve academic and technological breakthrough in Russia has increased the significance of systematic scientific information on modern educational technologies used in higher education institutions.The aim of the current research is to present the results of review and systematisation of research information on theoretical foundations of development and application of educational technologies in Russian and foreign higher educational institutions.Methodology and research methods. …”
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Effect of Celery (Apium graveolens L.) Microgreens on Drosophila melanogaster by Mohamad Agus Salim, Muhammad Subandi, Yeni Yuniarti

“…In parallel, increased malondialdehyde content from lipid peroxidation and decreased dopamine content can be improved by the presence of celery microgreens extract. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Wood Charcoal Dust as Partial Replacement for Cement in Plain Concrete. by Akankunda, Lindah

“…The increasing demand for cement, driven by the current construction boom, has escalated its production, making it a critical component in concrete. …”
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Maternal and paternal infant directed speech is modulated by the child’s age in two and three person interactions by Manuela Filippa, Hervé Tissot, Tiffany Mancinelli, Nicolas Favez, Didier Grandjean

“…Across contexts and parental roles, intensity, pitch, and their variability consistently increased from 3 to 9 months. …”
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Open Access to Books – the Perspective of a Non-profit Infrastructure Provider by Eelco Ferwerda, Niels Stern, Ronald Snijder

“…OA book publishing has been explored in several pilot projects. Its current collection contains over 24,000 documents. …”
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PECULIARITIES OF REPLACEMENT ENZYME THERAPY IN CHILDREN WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS: BENEFITS OF HIGH-TECH ENZYMES by O.I. Simonova, E.A. Roslavtseva

“…(Voprosy sovremennoi pediatrii — Current Pediatrics. — 2011; 10 (5): 152–156.)…”
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Sialylation of prion protein controls the rate of prion amplification, the cross-species barrier, the ratio of PrPSc glycoform and prion infectivity. by Elizaveta Katorcha, Natallia Makarava, Regina Savtchenko, Alessandra D'Azzo, Ilia V Baskakov

“…The current study demonstrates that undersialylated PrP(C) is selected during prion amplification in Protein Misfolding Cyclic Amplification (PMCAb) at the expense of oversialylated PrP(C). …”
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Research on the Challenges and Optimizations in the Development of Carbon Futures Market by Tang Ziyi

“…As global warming increased, countries set carbon neutrality targets, which contributed to the rapid development of financial carbon markets. …”
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Practices, Challenges, and Future of Digital Transformation in Smallholder Agriculture: Insights from a Literature Review by Yuyang Yuan, Yong Sun

“…The digital transformation of smallholder agriculture can enhance productivity, increase farmers’ income, ensure food security, and promote sustainable rural development. …”
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Streptomyces rimosus-rich soil exposure alleviates depression-like behaviors by modulating neuroinflammation and synaptic plasticity in mice with stress by Jin Hee Kim, Jin Se Kim, Hyeyoon Eo, Sowon Yang, Choong Hwan Lee, Sin-Ae Park, Myung Sook Oh

“…Among the soil microbes, Streptomyces rimosus is known to produce geosmin, which have a unique odor and positive effects on mental status. In this context, this study aimed to investigate the effects of direct exposure to soil containing S. rimosus on depression-like behavior and depression-related factors in the mouse. …”
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Hamlet (Un-)Masked: SPAC’s Hamlet under COVID-19 Restrictions by Tomoka Tsukamoto, Ted Motohashi

“…More specifically, in the current context of the declining Western hegemony, symbolized by regional military conflicts and environmental degradation, among other crises, the urgency to freshly produce and interpret this play seems to be increasing. …”
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Constitution of police sciences in the Slovak Republic by M. Lisoň, A. Vaško

“…Therefore, the authors of this paper accept that the theoretical and methodological development of police sciences requires them to be confronted and independently dealt with the current state in the theory and methodology of science in the early 21st century, to be sensitive to the current development of the overall scientific atmosphere and independently and critically. …”
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