This article examines the methodological process employed in two recent research projects about mafias and organized crime groups (OCGs) and considers the self-reflexion that took place as part of the research process.Whereas most contemporary studies that focus on mafias and OCGs use theoretically informed approaches, which follow a hypothetical-d
Introduction: Precisely determining the characteristic stress value of a rock progressive failure process has important theoretical and practical significance for reasonably defining the rock deformation and failure stage, mechanical mechanism, and design parameters.Methods: Based on the energy characteristics in the process of rock deformation and
Purpose: to determine the organizational and managerial conditions for creating sports arbitration in Ukraine.Material & Methods: method of theoretical analysis and generalization of literary sources, which made it possible to determine the state of study of the problem under study; method for analyzing documentary materials, which made it possible
Visual and olfactory floral signals play key roles in plant-pollinator interactions.In recent decades, studies investigating the evolution of either of these signals have increased considerably.However, there are large gaps in our understanding of whether or not these two cue modalities evolve in a concerted manner.Here, we characterized the visual