THE EXPANSION OF FDI FLOWS – A MAJOR FACTOR OF GLOBALIZATION by CLAUDIA ISAC, CODRUȚA DURA, FLORIN CRISTIAN CIURLĂU

“…The overall fall in global FDI flows during the crisis was accompanied by a significant shift in the traditional pattern of FDI: emerging countries well-endowed with natural resources were becoming a growing source of FDI for developed countries, due to internationalization strategies carried out by their multinational companies (MNCs). …”
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Síndrome de West evoluindo para síndrome de Lennox-Gastaut em paciente com cisticercose cerebral West's syndrome changing to Lennox-Gastaut's syndrome in a patient with cerebral cy... by Mario Luiz Frochtengarten, Ozir Scarante

“…The illness began at 18 months of age with right sided convulsions during an upper respiratory tract infection. Electroencephalogram (EEG) showed depression of rapid rythm on the left side. …”
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Landau–Kleffner Syndrome Can Herald the Diagnosis of GRIN2A Gene Mutation by Ayman Khalil Ebrahim, Jaafar Jawad Makhlooq, Maryam Yusuf Busehail

“…In this article, we describe a 5-year-old boy who presented with aphasia and autistic- like behavior; during evaluation, subtle myoclonic jerks were noticed. …”
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Thermal Conductivity Model Analysis of Unsaturated Ice-Containing Soil by Qiang Han, Zhiguo Wang, Rui Qin

“…In cold locales, the thermal conductivity of soil porous media varies according to their composition and the phase state of the substance contained within the pore space. During the winter, water and other media in the soil pore space freeze-thaw, resulting in their phase state, composition, distribution, and significant thermal conductivity changes. …”
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How country names legitimize economic nationalism: a critical discourse analysis by Yongqi Wang, Yujie Xie

“…Adapting Charteris-Black’s Critical Metaphor Analysis (2004, 2018), this research analyzes the linguistic, conceptual and communicative level of the metaphoric and metonymic use of ‘China’ and ‘Australia’ in Australian media coverage of a high-profile transnational business deal. A consistent pattern of country for company metonymy and country is a person metaphor was identified to naturalize nationalist ideology in the business domain. …”
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Farmland increases Indian crested porcupine occupancy in Parsa-Koshi complex, Nepal. by Bishal Subedi, Sandeep Regmi, Bishnu Prasad Bhattarai, Hem Bahadur Katuwal, Ashok Kumar Ram, Jerrold L Belant, Hari Prasad Sharma

“…We deployed cameras at 154 sites for 21 days (3234 trap nights) during December 2022-March 2023 in the human-dominated landscape of Parsa-Koshi Complex (PKC), Madesh Province, Nepal. …”
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Mathematical model of the tensioning in the collet clamping mechanism with the rotary movable input link on spindle units by Sulym H. T.

“…Results of the research enhance understanding the pattern of the change in the interaction of the elements and forces that act in the mechanism during the final stage of clamping. …”
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Productivity Influence Factors of Tight Sandstone Gas Reservoir with Water Produced by Yongchao Xue, Qingshuang Jin, Hua Tian

“…Finding ways to accelerate the effective development of tight sandstone gas reservoirs holds great strategic importance in regard to the improvement of consumption pattern of world energy. The pores and throats of the tight sandstone gas reservoir are small with abundant interstitial materials. …”
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Experimental Study on the Deformation and Permeability Characteristics of Raw Coal under the Coupling Effect of Confining Pressure and Pore Pressure by Kangwu Feng, Kequan Wang, Yushun Yang

“…Permeability first decreased and then increased during the loading of deviator stress, following a “V-shaped” change pattern. …”
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Representativeness of mixed samples for evaluation of organic carbon in soil by N. B. Khitrov

“…The aim to solve the methodological problem of assessing variability of soil organic carbon content (Corg) in layer 0–20 cm based on 10-fold independent mixed sampling from the same field during one day. The soil sampling was carried out on 4 fields ranging from 6 to 16 hectares (Tver region). …”
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Metainflammation in Diabetic Coronary Artery Disease: Emerging Role of Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses by Vivekanandhan Aravindhan, Haridoss Madhumitha

“…The synergistic interaction between these two comorbidities is through sterile inflammation which is now being addressed as metabolic inflammation or metainflammation, which plays a pivotal role during both early and late stages of T2DM and also serves as a link between T2DM and CAD. …”
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Air Temperature Variations Analysis of the Hualian M6.9 Earthquake by Xian Lu, Qingyan Meng, Weiyu Ma, Xiaodong Zhang

“…Stable weather conditions and a low geomagnetic Kp index and Dst index during the research period supported the reliability of these findings. …”
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The Spatial Distribution of Bed Sediment on Fluvial System: A Mini Review of the Aceh Meandering River by Muhammad Irham

“…Because of different depositional pattern, the distribution of the sediment along the river can be used as a surrogate to identify bank stability, as well as to predict critical geometry for meander bend initiation…”
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Mediator complex subunit MED23 dampens antiviral innate immunity by restricting RIG-I expression. by De-Fei Xiong, Yi-Yang Zhang, Zhi-Chao Wang, Yuan-Ming Zheng, Han-Qing Zhang, Gang Wang

“…The detection of cytosolic viral nucleic acids via pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) activates multiple signaling pathways, leading to the production of interferons (IFNs), which are essential for host survival during viral infection. …”
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Targeting Shallow Subsurface Sampling for Mars at Oxia Planum Using Fluvial Erosion–Deposition Modeling by Vilmos Steinmann, Ákos Kereszturi

“…By applying the SIMWE fluvial erosion/deposition model, substantial variability in accumulation and deposition-dominated areas with their specific pattern and spatial distribution could be outlined, indicating that sophisticated targeting of future sampling could use such a model-based approach. …”
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Effect of the modified snorkel mask as noninvasive ventilatory support in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19 by Raul Montalvo, Eyner Castro, Janet Rojas, Carlos Camargo, Carina Ninahuanca

“…# Background The shortage of mechanical ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic led doctors to use alternative noninvasive ventilation systems, including a modified snorkel mask. …”
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Negotiating the middle-class city by Gaia Caramellino, Cristina Renzoni

“…The article explores the pattern of fragmented public spaces and collective facilities built in Turin between the 1950s and the 1970s, as the result of negotiation processes conducted between public institutions, private developers and professionals over the design and construction of housing devoted to the middle-class. …”
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Sur quelques modifications hydromorphologiques dans le Val de Seine (Bassin parisien, France) depuis 1830 : quelle part accorder aux facteurs hydrologiques et anthropiques ? by Séverine Lescure, Gilles Arnaud-Fassetta, Stéphane Cordier

“…One qualitative (fluvial pattern) and two quantitative variables (channel width at low flow and number of fluvial islands) were estimated every 1000 m. …”
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Analyzing long-period structural evolution of biaxially stretched ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene films by Hao Zhang, Xincheng Xie, Lin Da, Yang Liu, Caizhen Zhu, Feng Tian, Xiuhong Li, Jian Xu

“…Our results reveal distinct changes in the long-period structure during the stretching process. Initially, the isotropic crystalline regions of UHMWPE align along the stretching direction, transitioning from a diffuse scattering pattern to an ellipsoidal one. …”
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SIMULATION OF EPIDEMIC TRANSMISSION OF МYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS IN THE SAKHA REPUBLIC (YUKUTIA ) by S. N. Zhdаnovа, O. B. Ogаrkov, M. K. Vinokurovа, G. I. Аlekseevа, A. F. Krаvchenko, E. D. Sаvilov

“…The structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis population was described and analyzed through MIRU-VNTR-genotyping, subtyping of the parts of RD105/RD207 genome, pattern classification as per clonal pattern of Merker M. et al (2015), and phylogenetic simulation.Results. …”
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