CHILDHOOD OBESITY IS A GROWING CONCERN WORLDWIDE, FREQUENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH ORTHOPEDIC DEFORMITIES SUCH AS FLATFOOT (PES PLANUS) AND LOWER LIMB MISALIGNMENTS. THESE BIOMECHANICAL ALTERATIONS IMPAIR POSTURAL CONTROL, GAIT, AND FUNCTIONAL MOBILITY, INCREASING THE RISK OF FURTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL COMPLICATIONS. KINESIOTHERAPY REPRESENTS A KEY NON-INVA…
IN THEORY, THERE ARE STRATEGIC COMPLEMENTARITIES AND INTERDEPENDENCE BETWEEN INVESTMENTS IN R&D AND INVESTMENTS IN HUMAN CAPITAL, WHICH JOINTLY DETERMINE THE ‘HIGH’ AND ‘LOW’ SKILL EQUILIBRIA. THE LOW SKILL EQUILIBRIUM IS CHARACTERIZED BY LOW RATES OF HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION AND LOW R&D, WHEREAS THE HIGH SKILL EQUILIBRIUM IS CHARACTERIZED BY BOT…
THIS PAPER OFFERS A CONDENSED LINGUISTIC AND SOCIOCULTURAL ANALYSIS OF DOTHRAKI AND HIGH VALYRIAN, THE TWO CONSTRUCTED LANGUAGES CREATED BY DAVID J. PETERSON FOR HBO’S “ GAME OF THRONES ” . DRAWING ON PETERSON’S WORKS AND INTERVIEW INSIGHTS, THE STUDY EXPLORES HOW THESE LANGUAGES CONTRIBUTE TO NARRATIVE AUTHENTICITY AND IMMERSIVE WORLDBUILDING. DOT…
THIS PAPER AIMS TO ANALYZE, IN A COMPARATIVE METHOD, THE WAY IN WHICH THE CONCEPT OF CIVIL SOCIETY IS PERCEIVED, ESPECIALLY THAT OF TRANSNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY. IN ORDER TO EXPLORE THE EVOLUTION OF THE PHENOMENON AND THE MOST SIGNIFICANT NUANCES, IT WAS CONSIDERED NECESSARY TO CHOOSE A REPRESENTATIVE CASE, NAMELY FRANCE, FOUNDING STATE OF THE EUROP…
THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED THE DRYNESS OF TOMATOES THROUGH IMAGE PROCESSING AND MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES. HISTOGRAM ANALYSIS REVEALED A CONSISTENT DECREASE IN INTENSITY OVER SEVEN DAYS POSTHARVEST, INDICATING A PROGRESSION TOWARD DRYNESS. IMPORTANTLY, HISTOGRAMS DEMONSTRATE VARYING DISTRIBUTIONS, WITH UNIFORM PATTERNS OBSERVED IN LATER DAYS, SUGGES…
IN ETHIOPIA, MUCH ARABLE LAND REMAINS UNDER-UTILIZED DUE TO LOW MECHANIZATION ADOPTION. OUTDATED PRACTICES AND RELIANCE ON OXEN LIMIT PRODUCTION CAPACITY, CONTRIBUTING TO FOOD INSECURITY AND RURAL POVERTY. THEREFORE, PROMOTING AND RECOGNIZING THE BENEFITS OF MECHANIZATION TECHNOLOGY IS CRUCIAL FOR ENHANCING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND IMPROVING L…
THIS PAPER EXAMINES ROMANIA’S CAPACITY TO ADDRESS CONTEMPORARY INSECURITY DYNAMICS SHAPED BY THE INTERSECTION OF HYBRID WARFARE AND THE RAPID ADVANCEMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI), WITHIN THE STRATEGIC CONTEXT OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND THE PARTICULARITIES OF THE BROADER BLACK SEA REGION. HYBRID WARFARE IS CONCEPTUALIZED AS A COORDINATED USE O…
THE PRESENT STUDY AIMS AT EXPLAINING THE ATTITUDE OF THE CHINESE STATE ESTABLISHMENT AND CHINESE PUBLIC PERCEPTION TOWARDS THE FALL OF THE IRON CURTAIN AND THE DEMISE OF COMMUNISM IN EAST EUROPE IN 1989, IN THE LIGHT OF THE CHINESE PAST, CONSIDERING THE CHINESE LITERARY SOURCES THAT WERE OFTEN INVOKED BY MODERN DAY INTELLECTUALS AND POLITICAL FIGUR…
THIS PAPER EXPLORES THE PORTRAYAL OF PATRIOTISM IN TWO WAR DRAMAS, “GU-GA” (1989) AND “SHTRAFBAT” (2004), BOTH OF WHICH EXAMINE THE EXPERIENCES OF SOLDIERS IN PENAL BATTALIONS DURING WORLD WAR II. SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE SOVIET UNION’S REPRESSIVE WARTIME DISCIPLINE AND THE LASTING CULTURAL IMPACT OF THE “GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR,” THESE FILMS DE…
THE ARTICLE EXAMINES HOW THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION’S WAR OF AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE (2022–PRESENT) HAS REDEFINED THE PRIORITIES AND MECHANISMS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION’S COMMON SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY (CSDP). IT HIGHLIGHTS THE NEW STRATEGIC ORIENTATIONS, INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES, AND TRENDS TOWARD STRENGTHENING EUROPEAN STRATEGIC AUTONOMY. THE STU…
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA) CAUSES PROGRESSIVE JOINT DAMAGE, PAIN, AND FUNCTIONAL DECLINE. ALTHOUGH SUPERVISED EXERCISE IS RECOMMENDED, OPTIMAL DELIVERY MODELS, CENTER-BASED, REMOTE, OR HYBRID, REMAIN UNDER DEBATE. THE STUDY AIME WAS TO COMPARE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THREE SUPERVISED KINESITHERAPY PROGRAMS: CENTER-BASED (CR), TELE-SUPERVISED (TRG), AND…
Ulfat ANDRABI, Aaliya ASHRAF, Syed Mohd KHALID, Adarsh Preet MEHTA, Ramona BIRAU, Roxana-Mihaela NIOATA (CHIREAC), Stefan MARGARITESCU, Gabriela Ana Maria LUPU (FILIP)
THIS PAPER EXAMINES THE COMPLEXITIES OF KASHMIRI CUISINE, EMPHASIZING ITS LEGACY OF FLAVOURS AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS FROM A MANAGEMENT-BASED POINT OF VIEW. FROM THE FRAGRANT AND DECADENT WAZWAN, A GRAND FEAST THAT DISPLAYS THE OPULENCE OF KASHMIRI HOSPITALITY, TO THE EVERYDAY TREATS LIKE ROGAN JOSH AND DUM ALOO, KASHMIRI CUISINE COMBINES PERSIAN, C…
THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE THEOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF ESCHATOLOGICAL FIRE AS A SOTERIOLOGICAL CATEGORY IN EARLY CHRISTIAN THOUGHT, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE NOTION OF SALVATION THROUGH FIRE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE HOPE OF UNIVERSAL RESTORATION. BEGINNING WITH A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF PRE-CHRISTIAN, PAGAN CONCEPTIONS OF COSMIC PURIFICATION, THE S…