The current stage of economic development is inconceivable without the functioning of partnerships in various forms.In the production of jewellery made of precious metals and precious stones, unions, joint ventures and subsidiaries, companies operating on a franchise basis are generally accepted world practice, explained by undoubted advantages.The
The cosmological relevance of emptiness—that is, space without bodies—is not yet sufficiently appreciated in natural philosophy.This paper addresses two aspects of cosmic emptiness from the perspective of natural philosophy: the distances to the stars in the closer cosmic environment and the expansion of space as a result of the acceler
Congregational leaders in the US must navigate a political landscape marked by increasing political polarization and a notable rise in support for ideas aligned with Christian nationalism.While gender, race, ethnicity, and religious affiliation have long shaped political lines, the US population has steadily become more entrenched in partisan polit
In this work, preliminary results of the use of hydrophobic thin films obtained by plasma deposition to protect grains and seeds are presented: grains coated by the films did not present biological degradation when stored in a saturated water vapor environment, but had their germination accelerated in the Machine Control presence of water.A model t
Arostropsis groehni gen.et sp.n.is described from Baltic amber and temporarily placed in the tribe Naupactini.It differs from all recent Naupactini genera with open corbels by very short and flattened scape, distinct lateral carina of the pronotum and elytra, and the rostrum distinctly narrower than the head capsule.The shape of head in the extinct