The Potential of RES in the Reduction of Air Pollution: The SWOT Analysis of Smart Energy Management Solutions for Krakow Functional Area (KrOF) by Tomasz Jeleński, Marta Dendys, Barbara Tomaszewska, Leszek Pająk

“…The conclusion is that legislative regulations should be combined with locally tailor-made instruments. …”
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Considerations for state-imposed conditions on healthcare provider transactions by Alexandra D. Montague, Robin L. Davison, Katherine L. Gudiksen, Jaime S. King, Jaime S. King

“…Applying conditions to transactions may allow state officials to oversee and govern the behavior of providers post-transaction while states pursue other legislative fixes. Although the use of conditions is a relatively common practice at the state level, little research has been done to explore their use among states. …”
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The measuring aerosol spreading during countermeasures (MASC) study presents an automated system to investigate face mask efficacy and other aerosol countermeasures in varying envi... by Johannes Schreiber, Dörthe Brüggmann, Markus Braun, David A. Groneberg

“…In specific, understanding how effective surgical masks or particulate filter respirators are at reducing the transmission of infectious diseases has suddenly become one of the most pressing issues for legislators, regulators, and everyday life. However, there was a lack of available scientific platforms to assess this issue. …”
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Leveraging Taxonomical Engineering for Security Baseline Compliance in International Regulatory Frameworks by Šarūnas Grigaliūnas, Michael Schmidt, Rasa Brūzgienė, Panayiota Smyrli, Vladislav Bidikov

“…The models currently in existence do not possess a system to smoothly correlate varying requirement tiers with distinct user groups or scenarios, baseline standards, and existing legislative actions. This segmentation poses a significant hurdle to the community’s capacity to guarantee consistency, congruency, and thorough compliance with a cohesive array of security standards and regulations. …”
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The Dilemma of Fraudulent Pesticides in the Agrifood Sector: Analysis of Factors Affecting Farmers’ Purchasing Behavior in Egypt by Hazem S. Kassem, Mohamed A. Hussein, Hamed Ismail

“…Nonetheless, their large-scale utilization in the agrifood sector relies on many factors, such as personal, institutional, and legislative ones. This study aimed to evaluate farmers’ perceptions of fraudulent pesticides and examine their marketability elements. …”
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Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in Mental Disorders: Ethical Positions in the Debate between Proportionality, Dignity, and the Right to Die by Matteo Scopetti, Donato Morena, Martina Padovano, Federico Manetti, Nicola Di Fazio, Giuseppe Delogu, Stefano Ferracuti, Paola Frati, Vittorio Fineschi

“…To these issues must be added the situation of legislative vacuum peculiar to different countries and the widespread lack of effective evaluation and control systems. …”
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Study of the Metabolic Profiles of “Indazole-3-Carboxamide” and “Isatin Acyl Hydrazone” (OXIZID) Synthetic Cannabinoids in a Human Liver Microsome Model Using UHPLC-QE Orbitrap MS... by Jiahong Xiang, Di Wen, Junbo Zhao, Ping Xiang, Yan Shi, Chunling Ma

“…Unregulated core structures, “isatin acyl hydrazones” (OXIZIDs), have quietly appeared on the market since China legislated to ban seven general core scaffolds of synthetic cannabinoids (SCs). …”
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NIMBYism and Strategies for Coping with Managing Protests during the Establishment of Community Mental Health Facilities in Taiwan: Insights from Frontline Healthcare Professionals by Ching-Teng Yao, Hong Hong, Chien-Hsun Li

“…The government should adopt regulations or laws to reduce discrimination, promote human rights, and legislate to demarcate the use of community land.…”
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Citrus Peel Extracts for Industrial-Scale Production of Bio-Based Active Food Packaging by Cecilia Fiorentini, Guillermo Duserm Garrido, Andrea Bassani, Claudia Cortimiglia, Marta Zaccone, Luana Montalbano, Vanesa Martinez-Nogues, Pier Sandro Cocconcelli, Giorgia Spigno

“…The latter was then produced on an industrial scale by cast extrusion and was found to be suitable for food contact as it showed overall migration values in different food simulants lower than the legislative limit of 10 mg of non-volatile substances per 1 dm² of surface area. …”
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Water-Ecosystems-Food nexus security achievement in the context of climate change: the case study of an agricultural Mediterranean Basin, Greece by Dimitrios Malamataris, Anastasia Tsavdaridou, Dimitra Banti, Athanasios Malliaras, Apostolos Karalis, Nikolaos Theocharis, Christodoulos Michos, Antonios Mazaris

“…The selection and prioritisation of the most efficient measures, including Nature-based Solutions, would be driven by a Decision Support System (DSS) tool which will feed upon ecological, social, economic and legislative information. The proposed DSS will also incorporate future climate scenarios to evaluate and address expected future water scarcity, ecosystems degradation and reduced agricultural productivity issues. …”
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Treatment of coronavirus disease 2019: a comprehensive review by Damla Sosyal, Ozge Ozmen, Muhammed Yunus Bektay, Fikret Vehbi Izzettin

“…For future preparedness and readiness, new laws and legislations should be constituted. Besides, emergency teams and budgets should be prepared as well. .…”
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CRITERIA FOR REHABILITATION OF FACILITIES AND TERRITORIES CONTAMINATED WITH RADIONUCLIDES AS A RESULT OF PAST ACTIVITIES: PART 1. THE CHOICE OF INDICATORS FOR JUSTIFICATION OF THE... by I. K. Romanovich, I. P. Stamat, N. I. Sanzharova, A. V. Panov

“…Rehabilitated facilities and territories contaminated with radionuclides as a result of past activities of enterprises must meet criteria based on the analysis of requirements of existing normative legislative documents in the field of radiation protection of the population taking into account the recommendations of international organizations that are justified dose quantities and derivative indicators used in criteria setting. …”
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Evaluating microbial contaminations of alternative heating oils by Maximilian J. Surger, Katharina Mayer, Karthik Shivaram, Felix Stibany, Wilfried Plum, Andreas Schäffer, Simon Eiden, Lars M. Blank

“…Abstract Since 2008, European and German legislative initiatives for climate protection and reduced dependency on fossil resources led to the introduction of biofuels as CO2‐reduced alternatives in the heating oil sector. …”
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No evidence for negative impacts of acute sulfoxaflor exposure on bee olfactory conditioning or working memory by Harry Siviter, Alfie Scott, Grégoire Pasquier, Christopher D. Pull, Mark J.F. Brown, Ellouise Leadbeater

“…Research has shown that acute, field realistic dosages of neonicotinoids can negatively influence bee learning and memory, with potential consequences for bee behaviour. As legislative reassessment of neonicotinoid use occurs globally, there is an urgent need to understand the potential risk of other systemic insecticides. …”
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Imaginaries of ECEC: A comparison of policies of access in early childhood education in Brazil, Finland, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Nepal, and Serbia by Maiju Paananen, Vera G. Centeno, Salla Fjällström, Devi Prasad Bhattarai, Gordana Jovanović, Juliene Madureira Ferreira, Zsuzsa Millei, Camila Rosa Ribeiro, Antti Paakkari, Narges Sadat Saijjadieh, Muchammad Tholchah, Jan Varpanen

“…They materialize in differing ways, for example, as coercive legislative requirements, fee policies, and knowledge production schemes. …”
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Effect of Basalt Powder Surface Treatments on Mechanical and Processing Properties of Polylactide-Based Composites by Mateusz Barczewski, Olga Mysiukiewicz, Krzysztof Lewandowski, Daniel Nowak, Danuta Matykiewicz, Jacek Andrzejewski, Katarzyna Skórczewska, Adam Piasecki

“…Legislative restrictions and the needs of consumers have created a demand for sustainable materials. …”
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Tripartite relationship between FDI, trade openness and economic growth amidst global economic crisis in Nigeria: application of combined cointegration and augmented ARDL analysis by Kingsley Ikechukwu Okere, Obumneke Bob Muoneke, Favour Chidinma Onuoha, Philip C. Omoke

“…This study recommends for policy option positioned towards escalating specific fiscal measure that should provide a sound legislative rules and reductions in taxes for international investors; stimulus measures targeting measures to control public spending, which had previously fuelled economic expansion.…”
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Unreasonable obstinacy: Ethical, deontological and forensic medical problems by Claudia Casella, Vincenzo Graziano, Pierpaolo Di Lorenzo, Emanuele Capasso, Massimo Niola

“…The medical act cannot make treatments that are inappropriate for the needs of care or even be unreasonable; conversely, before the request by the patient or by his family members for disproportionate health services in relation to the results they may give in practice, in compliance with the legislative and deontological provisions, the doctor can refuse them, thus safeguarding both his decision-making autonomy and, therefore, his professional dignity.…”
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(Dis) harmony of the procedure and the administrative procedure for the proceedings before the consul by Ewa Szewczyk, Lucyna Staniszewska

“…The analysis of some solutions introduced by the legislator to regulations located outside the Code of Administrative Procedure leads to the conclusion that some of them are useful in general administrative proceedings.…”
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Assessing animal welfare impact of fourteen control and dispatch methods for house mouse (Mus musculus), Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) and black rat (Rattus rattus) by Ciska De Ruyver, Kristof Baert, Emma Cartuyvels, Lies AL Beernaert, Frank AM Tuyttens, Herwig Leirs, Christel PH Moons

“…The results of our study can help laypeople, professionals, regulatory agencies and legislators making well-informed decisions as to which methods to use when controlling commensal rodents.…”
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