Technical and cost efficiency analysis of irrigated onion production insight from smallholders irrigated onion farmers in north East Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia by Kindye Ayen, Tariku Kidane, Adane Wubet

“…The study found that the average technical efficiency score for irrigated onions in the study area was 87%, while the average cost efficiency score was 84%.DiscussionThis indicates that, on average, onion farmers in the study area could potentially increase their technical efficiency by 13% and their cost efficiency by 16% with existing inputs, technologies, and current environmental conditions. …”
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Sub-Saharan Africa and the World: History of Connections by Lvova Eleonora Sergeevna

“…Today, the attention of the public, businessmen, politicians, scientists is increasingly attracted to Africa, including Tropical (Sub-Saharan) Africa. …”
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Lumpy skin disease in the Middle East – historical and statistical data by Ya. Khatib

“…The risk of LSD spread and penetration into the disease-free countries is increasing every year. Therefore, timely monitoring of the infection spread for the development a strategy for this disease control becomes of current importance. …”
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Oral history as a citizen science tool to understand biodiversity loss and environmental changes: on firefly extirpation in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico by Danna Betsabe Rivera Ramírez, Cisteil X. Pérez-Hernández, Yaayé Arellanes-Cancino, Luis Mendoza-Cuenca

“…Morelians associated these phenomena with increased anthropogenic activities in the city, such as urban growth and a notable increase in pollution and deforestation. …”
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Juror Characteristics and Decision Making in a Developed Coercive Control Case by Kacey May Barnett, Russell Woodfield, Rachel A. Conlon

“…Those who also returned a Not Guilty verdict had more accepting controlling behaviour attitudes, scored higher for defendant believability and were less confident in their overall decision. Findings from the current study highlight the significance of attitudes in a juror decision-making context. …”
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Impact of Photovoltaic Penetration on the Distribution System Operation. Case Study Albania by Andi Hida, Olsi Karapici, Rajmonda Buhaljoti, Diamant Gashi

“…The increase in photovoltaic penetration, especially in the low voltage distribution system, requires the necessity to identify the problems it causes, as well as the benefits it provides. …”
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Modeling Customer Purchase Behavior in the Insurance Industry Using System Dynamics by Shabnam Jalalat, Kambiz Shahroodi, Mehdi Fadaei, Mahdi Homayounfar

“…The first scenario showed that of continuing the current conditions would lead to an increase in the gap between life insurance expenses and revenue. …”
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Opinion Dynamics Model Based on Cognitive Styles: Field-Dependence and Field-Independence by Xi Chen, Shen Zhao, Wei Li

“…We find that when an individual has a greater tendency toward the field-independent cognitive style under the influence of culture, the time required for a social system to reach a steady state will increase; the system will have greater difficultly in reaching consensus, mirroring the evolutionary trends in public opinion in the context of eastern and western cultures. …”
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BEHAVIORAL AND COGNITIVE FACTORS IN THE FORMATION OF THE HEURISTIC MODEL OF THE EFFECTIVE INTERPRETER IN INVESTING IN HIGH-TECH COMPANIES by S. V. Ilkevich

“…As the heuristic model of the effective interpreter can be perceived as generally increasing the risks in the system for all stakeholders at the current stage of the evolution of the investment system, the author focuses on the most negative manifestations of cognitive and behavioural factors in his description in the publication. …”
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Occupational safety and health in Ecuador by Paúl Cajías Vasco, Darío Álvarez Calderón, Pamela Merino Salazar, Antonio Gómez Garcia

“…Twelve scientific articles on OSH from authors of Ecuadorian affiliation and developed in a national context were identified. Conclusions: OSH status in Ecuador faces a persistent high toll of informal workers, an aging working population, an increase of work accidents, a scarce scientific evidence and an outdated legislation. …”
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Gamification resources in education: A theoretical approach by N. A. Astashova, S. K. Bondyreva, O. S. Popova

“…The activity-based approach in the context of gamification determines an active, ever-increasing activity as a source of personal development of students. …”
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Organizational and legal forms and differences in the administrative and legal status of the territorial bodies of the federal executive authorities of the Russian Federation by A. P. Demin

“…The purpose of the study is to assess the current state of legal regulation of the activities of territorial bodies of federal executive bodies. …”
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Analysis of the distribution of Astragalus membranaceus var. mongholicus in Inner Mongolia under climate change using the GEE platform by Jingxia Guo, Chunhong Zhang, Mingxu Zhang, Yaqiong Bi, Mengchao Wang, Minhui Li

“…This study explores the currently suitable habitats for A. membranaceus var. mongholicus using a random forest species distribution model on the Google earth engine platform. …”
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Magnetic nanoparticle-catalysed synthesis of quinoline derivatives: A green and sustainable method by Vaishali, Shubham Sharma, Pooja Sharma, D.K. Das, Vinod K Vashistha, Jitender Dhiman, Rachna Sharma, Rajesh Kumar, Man vir Singh, Yogendra Kumar

“…Green synthesis involves the development of method that decrease or eliminate the use of hazardous chemicals, and make use of renewable or recyclable resources. …”
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NSMO-Based Adaptive Finite-Time Command-Filtered Backstepping Speed Controller for New Energy Hybrid Ship PMSM Propulsion System by Dan Zhang, Suijun Xiao, Hongfen Bai, Diju Gao, Baonan Wang

“…In the context of the new energy hybrid ship propulsion system (NE-HSPS), the parameters of the rotor speed, torque, and current of the permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) are susceptible to environmental variations and unmodeled disturbances. …”
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Tertiary Trauma Survey: Nurses Performance and Polytrauma Patients’ Outcomes by Zienab M. Salama, Neamatallah G. Ahmed, Asmaa M. Mahmoud

“… Context: Tertiary Trauma Survey is an important tool for the detection of missed injury, and some trauma units have created their protocol for tertiary trauma surveys to decrease the incidence of missed injuries in trauma patients. …”
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Transmission dynamics and elimination potential of zoonotic tuberculosis in morocco. by Mahamat Fayiz Abakar, Hind Yahyaoui Azami, Philipp Justus Bless, Lisa Crump, Petra Lohmann, Mirjam Laager, Nakul Chitnis, Jakob Zinsstag

“…The prevalence of BTB in Moroccan cattle is estimated at 18%, and 33% at the individual and the herd level respectively, but the human M. bovis burden needs further clarification. The current control strategy based on test and slaughter should be improved through local context adaptation taking into account a suitable compensation in order to reduce BTB prevalence in Morocco and decrease the disease burden in humans and animals. …”
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Impact of demographic ageing on sustainability of public finance in Serbia by Zdravković Aleksandar, Domazet Ivana, Nikitović Vladimir

“…In this context, critical review of the current government approach to the pension growth dynamics was given from the perspective of medium-term sustainability of pension system, which resulted in appropriate recommendations. …”
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African New Towns by Rachel Keeton

“…Building on the arguments that (1) equal access to resources is a key component of sustainable development and that (2) urban planning benefits from new linkages between critical social theory and environmental science, this research proposes that applying adaptive urban planning principles to New Towns in the African context can increase ecological sustainability and social inclusivity (WCED 1987; Fainstein and Campbell 2012). …”
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The use and the frequency of Arabic loan words in the Turkish language by Vulović Aleksandra M.

“…The presence of a large number of Arabic loan words in modern Turkish is the consequence of close language contacts which started with the Islamisation of the Turks. …”
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