Financial assessment of the implementation of state policy measures in the field of environmental protection: macroeconomic aspect by N. N. Shkolnikova, E. A. Shkolnikov, M. A. Shkolnikov

“…The assessment of expenditures for environmental protection in Russia for 2017–2021 showed an annual stable growth with an almost twofold increase in the whole five years. A structural analysis in the context of environmental protection activities allowed us to identify the dominant cost items as the most significant in the implementation of state environmental policy. …”
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Internal Control System of the Enterprise as Instrument for Ensuring Economic Security by A. V. Guryanov, V. A. Plotnikov, A. M. Yusufova

“…The article substantiates the need to introduce and develop internal control at an enterprise and examines the importance of the internal control system as a factor in increasing the economic security of an enterprise. The main objectives of the economic security of an enterprise in this context are identified as: timely identification and prevention of adverse events in the activities of the enterprise; ensuring compliance with current legislation; asset protection; control of the reliability of the reporting provided; carrying out analysis of the processes of economic activity of the enterprise. …”
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Federated Learning for Enhanced Cybersecurity and Trustworthiness in 5G and 6G Networks: A Comprehensive Survey by Afroditi Blika, Stefanos Palmos, George Doukas, Vangelis Lamprou, Sotiris Pelekis, Michael Kontoulis, Christos Ntanos, Dimitris Askounis

“…Particularly, we begin by providing the necessary background on 5G networks and FL, setting the stage for understanding their current and future implications. We then explore the current state-of-the-art of FL applications within 5G networks and their relevance to the future threat landscape of 6G. …”
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Cliff ecosystems: A critical yet uncharted frontier for research and conservation by Martí March-Salas, María Begoña García, Isaac H. Lichter-Marck, Juan Lorite, Manuel J. Steinbauer

“…Articles in this issue address a great variety of perspectives in cliff research such as: evaluating the potential loss of unique genetic diversity in endangered and rare cliff plants; understanding past, present and future distribution patterns, population dynamics, and evolutionary processes in cliffs in the context of climate change; examining abiotic and biotic feedbacks and interactions occurring in these habitats; assessing the current conservation status of cliff flora at global scale, and exploring new pathways to study and monitor the diversity of cliff habitats. …”
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Transparent Assessment of the Supervision Information in China’s Food Safety: A Fuzzy-ANP Comprehensive Evaluation Method by Tingqiang Chen, Lei Wang, Jining Wang

“…The information transparency in the entirety presents deficiencies and gradually declines when that in the administrative level decreases. The economic development level indirectly determines the transparency level, and the transparency level does not conform to China’s current economic development level.…”
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Applications of Indocyanine Green in Breast Cancer for Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping: Protocol for a Scoping Review by Feryal Kurdi, Yahya Kurdi, Igor Vladimirovich Reshetov

“…This review aims to assess the accuracy, efficacy, and safety of ICG in this context and to identify gaps in the existing research. …”
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After COVID-19: Rethinking Fiscal Rules in Europe by Forum Introduction

“…Abstract Following the COVID-19 outbreak in Europe this spring and subsequent measures to contain the pandemic, the European Commission drastically revised its economic and fiscal forecasts. …”
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Carbon Emission of Garden Pavement by Peiyong WANG, Ruixing LU

“…In the field of landscape architecture, a large amount of practical research has been carried out in the two aspects of enhancing urban resilience and reducing emissions and increasing sinks, both of which mainly focus on the qualitative research on study of the carbon footprints of landscape plants, soils, water bodies, green infrastructures, and green spaces over their entire life cycle. …”
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Entrepreneurial bricolage: A systematic literature network analysis and TCCM approach by Brahim Aaouid, Abdellah Elboussadi, Omar Boubker, Zakaria Nejjari

“…In recent years, bricolage, often considered an alternative approach to traditional methods of entrepreneurial action, has attracted increasing interest from researchers. This article aims to provide an in-depth overview of the current state of bricolage research and to illuminate the historical development of knowledge in this area. …”
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Protection of forest lands in the Russian Federation: Problems and solutions by Serebryakov Oleg, Yakovenko Natalia, Komov Igor, Kolotushkin Andrey

“…The main attention is paid to the analysis of the current forest legislation, its shortcomings and potential for improvement in order to increase the effectiveness of protection measures. …”
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Insights into the dietary composition and conservation challenges of the Chilean eagle ray (Myliobatis chilensis) in the port of Chancay, Lima by Ana Lucía Yapur-Pancorvo, Francisco Rafael Pinilla García

“…In a context of increasing fishing intensity and coastal development, dietary studies provide critical early signs of local ecosystem stress and constitute a practical basis for designing targeted conservation measures. …”
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Chinese teachers’ perception of how TESOL differs from teaching EAP by Yulong Li, Lixun Wang

“…The last two decades have witnessed a prolific increase in academic activity in the study of English for Academic Purposes (EAP). …”
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PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS IN THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL SPHERE: FEATURES OF THE PARTICIPATION OF EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS by BONDARENKO NATALYA

“… Public-private partnership in the scientific and technological sphere is becoming particularly important in the context of the need to integrate public and private capital for the development of science and education. …”
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The Changing Nature of Security in Europe: the Triangle between Russia’s New Foreign Policy, the CSDP and NATO by Katerina Veljanovska

“…Russia’s new foreign policy appears to be a potential turning point for the Euro-Atlantic security context. Having come as a surprise to many, some senior Western officials and politicians have talked of a changed European security landscape, and argued that the current situation creates new security realities for the twenty-first century and, at the same time, demands a significant response from NATO. …”
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The Art of Tokenization: Blockchain Affordances and the Invention of Future Milieus by Laura Lotti

“…In spite of recent attempts to extend the scarcity-based paradigm to blockchains, I argue that cryptotokens do introduce differences in kind in the ways in which value generation and distribution are expressed and accounted for in digital environments. In this context, artistic approaches to tokenization can illuminate new aspects of the affordances of these technologies, toward the disintermediation of art production and its networked value from the current institutional-financial milieu. …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF TECHNOLOGICAL LEAPS ON MILITARY COMBAT CAPABILITY: THE CASE OF DRONES by Major Sînziana IANCU, Ph.D

“…In the current geopolitical context, where armed conflicts are increasingly based on technological superiority, drones represent a determining factor in gaining strategic advantage. …”
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Corrosion Performance of Chemically Passivated and Ion Beam-Treated Austenitic–Martensitic Steel in the Marine Environment by Viktor Semin, Alexander Cherkasov, Konstantin Savkin, Maxim Shandrikov, Evgeniya Khabibova

“…Immersion for 140 h in a solution containing 0.05 M potassium dichromate and 10% phosphoric acid promotes formation of chromium hydroxides in the outer surface layer. …”
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Surveillance of Unregulated Caffeine Health Claims on Coffee and Other Foods—A Market Analysis by Katharina Höfflin, Veronika Kurz, Yvonne Köder, Kristina Schmied, Verena Bock, Ann-Kathrin Kull, Dirk W. Lachenmeier

“…Therefore, products with health claims regarding caffeine are still observed within the context of governmental food-control activities. To investigate how these are currently used on the market, internet research (n = 188) was carried out. …”
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Quantifying environmental drivers of vegetation condition in a temperate ecosystem can improve detection of management impacts by Johanna G. Kuhne, Patrick J. O’Connor, Jasmin G. Packer, Thomas A.A. Prowse

“…Disentangling the effects of environmental variation and management actions on vegetation condition is increasingly important given increasing efforts to tackle biodiversity loss and the advent of environmental accounting programs. …”
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Plasma-electrolyte discharges in a gas-liquid medium for the production of hydrogen by A. F. Gaysin, F. M. Gaysin, L. N. Bagautdinova, A. A. Khafizov, R. I. Valiev, E. V. Gazeeva

“…Comprehensive study of the effect of direct current electric discharge plasma in a gas-liquid medium of inorganic mixtures in order to obtain gaseous hydrogen. …”
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