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25 Years of Transformations of Higher Education Systems in Post-Soviet Countr…
USSR countries; Soviet higher education reform; Soviet higher education policy; Post-Soviet higher education; vertical system differentiation; horizontal system differentiation
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Adsorption Technology for Water and Wastewater Treatments
Abstract The presence of pollutants (i.e., emerging contaminants, radionuclides, potential toxic metals, dyes, etc.) in water has a negative impact on the environment and presents a potential health risk for inhabitants. Among the existing technologies (i.e., advanced oxidation process, membrane filtration, biodegradation, etc.) that are used to remove them from water, adsorption has garnered …
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Adsorption Desalination and Cooling Systems: Advances in Design, Modeling and…
Abstract Increasing energy efficiency; reducing energy demand, greenhouse gas emissions, and the use of waste; and integrating renewable and recycled heat from low-temperature sources are significant challenges today and are key parts of 4th Generation District Heating (4GDH) concept. On the other hand, currently about one billion people around the world are suffering from water scarcity, and …
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Adsorbents for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery
Abstract Adsorption is a well-established operation used for water decontamination and the remediation of industrial effluents. It is also recognized as a key technology for recovering substances of economic interest or those at risk of scarcity. The new sustainability paradigm of the circular economy and the current context of promoting the efficient use of natural resources, water and energy…
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Adrenal cortex: from physiology to disease
The Editorial on the Research Topic Adrenal cortex: from physiology to disease The adrenal gland plays essential roles in the control of body homeostasis, stress, and immune responses. The adrenal cortex represents up to 90% of the gland and is specialized in the production of adrenal steroids. The coordinate production of these steroids relies on adrenal cortex zonation, which correspond…
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Adoption from Care
Abstract "EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND. This book explores how children’s rights are practised and weighed against parents’ rights in a range of countries, and examines how governments and legal and welfare professionals balance those rights in the challenging circumstances following the decision that children cannot grow up in their parents’ care. Looking at ado…
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Adoption and Impact of OER in the Global South
Abstract Education in the Global South faces several key interrelated challenges, for which Open Educational Resources (OER) are seen to be part of the solution. These challenges include: unequal access to education; variable quality of educational resources, teaching, and student performance; and increasing cost and concern about the sustainability of education. The Research on Open Education…
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Adoption across Race and Nation
Abstract Analyzes transnational and transracial adoption, highlighting the past and continuing discourses around adoption as it relates to race, nation, immigration, belonging, and citizenship
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Adopting Circular Economy Current Practices and Future Perspectives
bstract The development of a closed-loop cycle is a necessary condition so as to develop a circular economy model as an alternative to the linear model, in order to maintain the value of products and materials for as long as possible. For this motive, the definition of the value must be demonstrated for both the environment and the economy. The presence of these analyses should be associated w…
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Adolphe Appia
Abstract In the complex art of theatrical design and production, the first decades of this century saw no more original or lastingly influential innovator than Adolphe Appia (1862–1928). Partly through his startling stage designs, more perhaps through his published writings and personal contacts with men of the theatre throughout Europe, his ideas and theories wrought a revolution whose effe…
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