Regulation of education implementation in Kutai Kartanegara based on education policy by H. Hairan, A. Aini, B. Susilo

“…The implementation of education requires a budget that is used for activities in the context of increasing Human Resources, in line with the mandate set out in Article 31, paragraph (4) of the 1945 Constitution, which states that the State shall give priority to the education budget of not less than twenty per cent of the State revenue and expenditure budget, as well as regional revenue and expenditure budgets, to meet the needs of national education. …”
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I See Your Gesture: A VR-Based Study of Bidirectional Communication between Pedestrians and Automated Vehicles by Michael R. Epke, Lars Kooijman, Joost C. F. de Winter

“…This study examined the effects of using explicit hand gestures and receptive external human-machine interfaces (eHMIs) in the interaction between pedestrians and AVs. Twenty-six participants interacted with AVs in a virtual environment while wearing a head-mounted display. …”
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Understanding money-management behaviour and its potential determinants among undergraduate students: A scoping review. by Theepa Cappelli, Adrian P Banks, Benjamin Gardner

“…., building funds), spending, borrowing, and settling debts. Twenty-two distinct potential correlates were observed, which fitted six categories: personality characteristics, financial beliefs and knowledge, attitudes, affective responses, self-efficacy and control, and social influences. …”
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Transformations of the Food Practices in Modern Russia: the Institutional and Discursive Determinants by N. N. Zarubina

“…During the period of economic reforms of the 90-th years of the twentieth century, there was a sharp institutional transition from the Soviet system of distribution of the food to the market system. …”
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Compression Behavior of CFST Stub Columns with Holes by Yanhua Liu, Qingxin Ren, Yuqing Li

“…The typical failure modes, load-deformation responses, the ultimate strength, and ductility were discussed in detail. A total of twenty-eight specimens, twenty CFST  columns with holes, four intact CFST  specimens, and four reference hollow steel tubes subjected to axial compressive loading, were tested. …”
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Perceptions of Altered Smile Esthetics: A Comparative Evaluation in Orthodontists, Dentists, and Laypersons by Amjad Al Taki, Mohammed Khalesi, Muftah Shagmani, Islam Yahia, Fatma Al Kaddah

“…Materials and Methods. Twenty-six images were randomized in a survey and graded according to attractiveness by the orthodontists, general dentists, and laypeople. …”
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Denitrification in Seepage-Irrigated Vegetable Fields in South Florida by Eric H. Simonne, Benjamin Morgant

“…While drip irrigation has been gaining popularity in the last twenty years, seepage irrigation remains a very common production system in south Florida. …”
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Degraded Impairment of Emotion Recognition in Parkinson’s Disease Extends from Negative to Positive Emotions by Chia-Yao Lin, Yi-Min Tien, Jong-Tsun Huang, Chon-Haw Tsai, Li-Chuan Hsu

“…In the present study, we aimed to determine whether PD patients with more advanced motor problems would show a much greater deficit in recognition of emotional facial expressions than a control group and whether impairment of emotion recognition would extend to positive emotions. Twenty-nine PD patients and 29 age-matched healthy controls were recruited. …”
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“The impact of orthognathic surgery on articulation proficiency and speech intelligibility in skeletal Class III malocclusion: 18 months follow up” by Chaman Lal, Mukul Kumar, Sanjeev Verma, Vinay Kumar, Raj Kumar Verma, Satinder Pal Singh, Vidya Rattan, Sanjay Munjal

“…Methods: In this prospective study, twenty-five patients with skeletal class III malocclusion and consecutively treated with Lefort-1 maxillary advancement and mandibular setback (BSSO) orthognathic surgery were included in this study. …”
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Conflits, féminité et identités diasporiques. Le pouvoir de la représentation chez Pratibha Parmar et Gurinder Chadha by Amandine Ducray

“…While challenging commonly-held perceptions of citizens from Asian descent, such committed cinema denounced racism, encouraging a spirit of resistance to the traditional ‘Us’ vs ‘Them’ relations of power in British society.Yet as the twenty-first century approached, both directors have embraced a more consensual view of British race relations. …”
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La communauté linguistique kanak en Nouvelle-Calédonie entre passé et avenir by Françoise Roche

“…The Kanak speech community in New-Caledonia shares twenty-eight native languages, plus one Creole and one Slang, both of them very recent, as well as two varieties of French, and its speakers are frequently bilingual or multilingual. …”
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AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN CONSTRUCTING INFORMATION QUESTION by Adila Destrianti, Adnan Aryuliva, Fitrawati -

“…The data were collected from twenty-eight students of eighth grade of SMP 30 Padang that were chosen randomly. …”
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Ambient Air Quality Monitoring in Metropolitan City of Lagos, Nigeria by Kelechi Longinus Njoku, Tosin John Rumide, Modupe Olatunde Akinola, Adeola Alex Adesuyi, Anuoluwapo Omosileola Jolaoso

“…Twenty one sampling locations were assessed for carbon monoxide (CO), carbondioxide (CO2), oxygen (O2), sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitrogen oxide (NO), suspended particulate matter (SPM) and noise level using air pollutants measurement methods approved by ASTM for each specific parameter. …”
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Potential molecular and cellular mechanisms for adverse placental outcomes in pregnancies complicated by SARS-CoV-2 infection-A scoping review. by Janelle Y Wai, Eilidh M Wood, Kylie K Hornaday, Donna M Slater

“…Studies were assessed for risk of bias using the Newcastle Ottawa scale and a narrative synthesis of results was generated.<h4>Results</h4>Twenty-seven studies reporting on molecular and/or cellular mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 mediated placental outcomes were included in this review. …”
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Groundwater quality evaluation and its suitability for domestic and irrigation use in the hard rock terrain of Olakkur block, Tamilnadu, India by D. Vinodh., S. Senthilkumar, B. Gowtham, Talelign Wegene, M. Jeevanandam

“…Groundwater samples were collected from twenty five locations in both pre-monsoon and post-monsoon months and examined for various physico-chemical parameters such as pH, total dissolved solids, total hardness, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, bicarbonate, sulphate, Nitrate and chloride. …”
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Invasive and Ultrasound Based Monitoring of the Intracranial Pressure in an Experimental Model of Epidural Hematoma Progressing towards Brain Tamponade on Rabbits by Konstantinos Kasapas, Angela Diamantopoulou, Nicolaos Pentilas, Apostolos Papalois, Emmanuel Douzinas, Gregorios Kouraklis, Michel Slama, Abdullah Sulieman Terkawi, Michael Blaivas, Ashot Ernest Sargsyan, Dimitrios Karakitsos

“…Material and Methods. Twenty rabbits participated in the study. An intraparenchymal ICP catheter and a 5F Swan-Ganz catheter (SG) for the hematoma reproduction were used. …”
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Characteristics of and treatment outcomes in rifampicin-intolerant patients by R. Mangat, S.K. Brode, H.K. Mah, M.S. Brar, N.F. Sabur

“…RIF intolerance was most commonly due to transaminitis (25%), cytopenia (14.5%), rash (17.1%) and gastro-intestinal intolerance (7.8%). Twenty patients were subsequently challenged with rifabutin, and this was successful in 70%. …”
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Fiddler Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Ocypodidae) From Coastal Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands: Species Descriptions and DNA Barcodes by Carl L. Thurman, John C. McNamara, Hsi‐Te Shih, Mariana V. Capparelli

“…A neighbor‐joining tree was constructed using the Kimura 2‐parameter model with a partial DNA sequence of the cytochrome oxidase‐subunit 1 gene (COI) for a barcoding study. Twenty‐five taxa were collected during the surveys, while two more were noted from the literature and museum collections. …”
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L’homme obscur et l’esprit du jeu vidéo by Michaël Crevoisier

“…If video games are this aesthetic practice corresponding to the digital epoch of the evolution of technics, can we expect as much from them for philosophical reflection as cinema did in the twentieth century ? Our hypothesis aims to think video games as a non-utilitarian man-machine relation whose aesthetic purpose implies the perception of this relation. …”
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Shear strength and behavior of eco-friendly RC corbels by Kadhim Z. Naser, Abdulamir Atalla Almayah, Abdulnasser M. Abbas

“…In this study, the behavior of reinforced concrete corbels made of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) was investigated. Twenty models were created and categorized into five Groups to examine various factors influencing the characteristics of the corbels. …”
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