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China’s Road-map for Regional Cooperation: Building a Community of Shared Future in the South China Sea

Yuquan Zhang, You Li • Journal of Island and Marine Studies (2025)

The South China Sea (SCS) has long been mired in historical disputes and rising geopolitical tensions, making innovative frameworks necessary to foster regional stability. This article introduces the Community of Shared Future (CSF), China’...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.59711/jims.12.110022

Motivations, Preferences, and Barriers to Going Abroad: Russian High-tech Start-ups and Small Innovative Enterprises

N. U. Seniuk, Zachary de Groot • Контуры глобальных трансформаций: политика, экономика, право (2019)

This article is devoted to studying the motives, preferences, and market entry barriers for Russian high-tech start-ups and small innovative enterprises (SIE) that took part in the “Startup Village” event held at Skolkovo Innovation Centre ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.23932/2542-0240-2019-12-6-5

The Study of Meaning and the Meaning of Life

Eseohe Glory Okoedion, Ugo Chuks Okolie • Journal of Danubian Studies and Research (2019)

In one form or another, the phenomena associated with “meaning transfer” become central issues in a lot of recent work on semantics. This study is our contribution towards clarifying the expression “The Meaning of Life” in the proceedings...

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Humanitarian diplomacy and the countries of the Global South: Trends and discourses

D. A. Kuznetsov, V. A. Dmitrieva • Вестник Московского Университета. Серия XXV: Международные отношения и мировая политика (2024)

In recent years, discussions about the essence of humanitarization and humanization of international relations have intensified due to the aggravation of economic, social, and ethical problems against the background of a sharp deterioration...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.48015/2076-7404-2024-16-2-89-124

Non-violent Civil Resistance and Human (Im)mobility: the Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca (CRIC) in Defence of Ancestral Territory amid the Colombian Armed Conflict

Raquel Araújo de Jesus • Contexto Internacional (2026)

Abstract This article aims to analyse the strategic actions of the Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca (CRIC) in defence of ancestral territory in Colombia’s Pacific region, which has experienced an intensification of the armed conflict fo...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/s0102-8529.20244603e20240044

Enhancing VAT compliance in the retail industry: The role of socio-economic determinants and tax knowledge moderation

Abdalwali Lutfi, Ahmad Farhan Alshira’h, Malek Hamed Alshirah, Hassan Ali Al-Ababneh et al. • Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity (2023)

Despite tax being a fundamental method to redistribute wealth and achieve a sustainable economic and social system, tax agencies and institutions in most countries are struggling with low tax collections. This issue is often attributed to t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.joitmc.2023.100098

In Vitro Propagation of the Endangered <i>Kosteletzkya pentacarpos</i> (L.) Ledeb: Conservation Applications and Horticultural Prospects

Konstantinos Bertsouklis, Eireni Dima, Konstantina-Stamatina Arfani, Apostolos-Emmanouil Bazanis et al. • Horticulturae (2025)

Employing rare or threatened species in ornamental horticulture offers a dual benefit by promoting climate adaptation and enhancing species conservation. Kosteletzkya pentacarpos, an endangered halophytic species, holds potential for introd...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/horticulturae11091086

Effects of natural plant growth regulator iron chlorin on photosynthesis, yield, and quality of watermelons grown in greenhouses

Qian Feng, Lu Lu, Qingyun Li, Liu Wang et al. • Horticultural Science (2024)

Iron chlorin is known to affect plant growth, but its potential applications in watermelon production have rarely been explored. To better understand its effects on the growth, photosynthesis, yield, and quality of watermelon in a greenhous...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.17221/132/2023-HORTSCI

Classical humanitarianism and resilience humanitarianism: making sense of two brands of humanitarian action

Dorothea Hilhorst • Journal of International Humanitarian Action (2018)

Abstract Humanitarian aid has long been dominated by a classical, Dunantist paradigm that was based on the ethics of the humanitarian principles and centred on international humanitarian United Nations agencies and non-governmental organiza...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s41018-018-0043-6

Three Dimensions for SCO to Improve Legislation

Ван Хэюн, Д.В. Татаринов • Halyk̦aralyk̦ k̦atynastar ža̋ne halyk̦aralyk̦ k̦u̇k̦yk̦ seriâsì (2024)

The 21st century is the “era of international organizations”. the SCO is facing a realistic dilemma of “insufficient rule orientation”, “imperfect international law system” and “uneven level of rule of law among its members”. International ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.26577/IRILJ.2024.v105.i1.011

A search for $t\bar{t}$ resonances with the ATLAS detector in 2.05 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 7~\mathrm{TeV}$

The ATLAS Collaboration, G. Aad, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah et al. • European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (2012)

Abstract A search for top quark pair resonances in final states containing at least one electron or muon has been performed with the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The search uses a data sample corresponding to an integ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-2083-1

Construct validity and factor structure of a Spanish-language Social Support Questionnaire during early pregnancy

Friedman LE, Manriquez Prado AK, Santos Malavé GF, Vélez JC et al. • International Journal of Women's Health (2018)

Lauren E Friedman,1 Ana Karen Manriquez Prado,2,* Gabriel Fidel Santos Malav&eacute;,2,* Juan Carlos V&eacute;lez,3 Rodrigo Winston Gillibrand Esquinazi,4 Sixto E Sanchez,5,6 Qiu-Yue Zhong,1 Bizu Gelaye,1 Michelle A Williams1 1Department o...

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Improving follow-up visits among individuals with hypertension: Quality Improvement project in the District Hospital, Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, India, 2021–2022

Prabhdeep Kaur, Rupali Bharadwaj, Mogan Kaviprawin, Namita Neelkanth et al. • BMJ Open Quality (2025)

Background In India, to achieve a 25% relative reduction in the prevalence of raised blood pressure (BP) by 2025, approximately 4.5 crore additional people with hypertension will need to have their BP effectively treated. We conducted a Qua...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2024-003124

A novel sensor-based assessment of lower limb spasticity in children with cerebral palsy

Seoyoung Choi, Yong Beom Shin, Soo-Yeon Kim, Jonghyun Kim • Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation (2018)

Abstract Background To provide effective interventions for spasticity, accurate and reliable spasticity assessment is essential. For the assessment, the Modified Tardieu Scale (MTS) has been widely used owing to its simplicity and convenien...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12984-018-0388-5