Determining Impacts on Non-Performing Loan Ratio in Romania by Adriana Daniela CIUREL, Tiberiu STOICA

“…This paper aims to investigate some of the determinants of non-performing loans in the Romanian banking sector by means of Vector Error Correction (VEC). The increase in non-performing loans is the most relevant factor that financial institutions face in order to maintain an adequate level of solvency in the context of current economic decline. …”
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Optimum ludnościowe jako remedium na zagrożenia demograficzne? Konfrontacja perspektywy globalnej i lokalnej by Wojciech JANICKI

“…The third finally focus on the search for an answer about optimal population for the Earth, generally indicating a value much lower than the current population of the planet. This paper juxtaposes the main streams of research on these three issues, in search of an answer to the question of the extent to which the population optimum is capable of ensuring the Earth's long-term stability in the context of the needs of ecological and geopolitical balance. …”
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Geomorfologisch, geoarcheologisch, paleoecologisch en paleobotanisch onderzoek van de havenuitbreidingswerken op de linker Scheldeoever ten noorden van Antwerpen by Lieselotte Meersschaert, Jean-Pierre Van Roeyen, Cyriel Verbruggen

“…Together with these industrial adaptations, scientific insight about the archaeological context and the knowledge about the palaeolandscape increased.The emphasis of the research now lies on the localization and mapping of archaeological sites and the reconstruction of the Quaternary landscape. …”
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Femmes et transformation artisanale des poissons pélagiques au Sénégal : un secteur à bout de souffle by El Hadj Bara Dème, El Hadji Sow, Lovelie Licette, Nogaye Dia, Pierre Failler

“…All these elements seriously compromise the sustainability and the economy of the artisanal processing of pelagic fish. In the current context of promoting women's employment and their economic empowerment, the artisanal processing segment must be supported by strong public policies for the sustainability of the activity.…”
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Investigating How Policies and Other Conditions Contribute to Influencing Agricultural GHG Emissions in the EU by Francesco Galioto, Irene Criscuoli, Andrea Martelli, Maria Valentina Lasorella, Ilaria Falconi, Danilo Marandola, Giovanni Dara Guccione, Francesca Varia

“…Based on these facts, we introduce the context of implementation of the 2014–2022 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), within which many interventions were designed to improve sustainability and increase competitiveness, and we formulate hypotheses on how CAP instruments can contribute differently to influencing GHG emissions from agriculture. …”
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Kyrgyz SSR During the Great Patriotic War: Demographic Processes and Challenges by Shaiyrkul Batyrbaeva, Anara Karyeva

“…By 1943, natural growth became negative, which was accompanied by an increase in migration losses caused by the return of evacuees and a general increase in mortality. …”
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Introduction of Vector-Borne Infections in Europe: Emerging and Re-Emerging Viral Pathogens with Potential Impact on One Health by Jacopo Logiudice, Maria Alberti, Andrea Ciccarone, Benedetta Rossi, Giorgio Tiecco, Maria Antonia De Francesco, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan

“…This review explores the spread of arboviruses in Europe, highlighting their historical context, current transmission dynamics, and their impact on public health.…”
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Effect of Educational Program on Nurses' Performance Regarding Prevention and Management of Intravenous Extravasation Chemotherapy by Nehal M. Abo El-Fadl

“… Context: Systemic chemotherapy plays a pivotal role in curative therapy for patients with hematological neoplasms and several types of advanced solid tumors. …”
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QUALITY OF NATIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH: FACTORS AND DETERMINANTS by Nikolaj I. Komkov, Mihail N. Dudin, Nikolaj V. Lyasnikov

“…Require surgical intervention and adjustments not only the current socio-economic plans, but also to take urgent measures to ensure the development prospects. …”
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L’affirmation d’une orthodoxie juive brésilienne : de la contestation à la délégitimation des libéraux by Aurélie Le Lièvre

“…Brazilian Jewish Diaspora is living a double evolution: firstly, secularization more and more visible – the increase of mixed marriages is its most striking characteristics. …”
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Strategic Workforce Development of the Staffing in the Russian Federation by P. S. Popov

“…The article analyzes the current state of the electric power industry of the Russian Federation, identifies priority areas for its development in the context of the availability of modern technologies, such as artificial intelligence, digital twins, and a virtual reality system. …”
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Transformational Leadership and Work Performance of Police Officers in Cambodian Provincial Police Commissariats by Bunchhian Chhoun, Yen Yat

“…However, statistics explain the increase in applying transformational leadership trends and the transactional approach in the Cambodian context. …”
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Lifelong Learning and Employability in the Danube Region Countries: Influences and Correlations by Constanţa-Nicoleta Bodea, Maria-Iuliana Dascălu, Gordana Velikic, Stelian Stancu

“…The conclusions of the current study are particularly important in the Romanian context, as the employment rate of recent graduates is in a decreasing trend, but also for all the Danube Region ex-communist countries, which have to boost their employment rates as well, to assure their economical growth. …”
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Reasons for shisha smoking: Findings from a mixed methods study among adult shisha smokers in Nigeria. by Noreen Dadirai Mdege, Ranti Ekpo, Sharon Ogolla, Seember Joy Ali, Aminata Camara, Esther Mugweni

“…Shisha smoking has increased significantly worldwide over the past decade including in developing countries such as Nigeria. …”
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Assessment of focal liver lesions in non-cirrhotic liver – expert opinion statement by the Swiss Association for the Study of the Liver and the Swiss Society of Gastroenterology by Mikael Sawatzki, Daniela B. Husarik, David Semela

“…Risk factors include age >40 years, known current or past malignancy, presence of liver cirrhosis or chronic liver disease (i.e. suspected by elevated liver elastography measurement ≥8 kPa or FIB-4 score ≥1.3), unintentional weight loss, fever or night sweats, newly detected focal liver lesions, documented growth of focal liver lesions, current or past use of androgens (e.g. testosterone, oxymetholone, danazol), increased serum tumour markers (i.e. alpha-fetoprotein, carbohydrate antigen 19-9 [CA19-9], carcinoembryonic antigen [CEA]) and family history of malignancy. …”
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Optimized bio-signal reconstruction and watermarking via enhanced fractional orthogonal moments by Gaber Hassan, Khalid M. Hosny, Islam S. Fathi

“…The findings indicate that the proposed methodology exhibits significantly higher performance levels than current methodologies, with a 64.3% improvement in PSNR (reaching 147.08 dB compared to 89.74 dB in existing approaches), 89.7% reduction in MSE (0.0092 versus 0.09 average), and 84.1% decrease in bit error rate (0.25 versus 1.57) for watermarking applications. …”
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University students’ physical features- reasons, consequences, solutions by Cristiana Lucretia Pop, Viorela Popescu, Rela Ciomag, Cristina Filip, Cristina Nae

“…This study adds evidence to the limited literature investigating university students' attitudes, opinions, and contexts that contribute to a decrease in their physical potential. …”
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Development and Dynamic Numerical Evaluation of a Lightweight Sports Helmet Using Topology Optimization and Advanced Architected Materials by Nikolaos Kladovasilakis, Konstantinos Tsongas, Eleftheria Maria Pechlivani, Dimitrios Tzetzis

“…Hence, in the last decades, the scientific interest has been focused on establishing head injury criteria and improving the helmet design with the ultimate goal of the reduction in injury probability and increasing the athlete’s performance. In this context, the current study aims to develop a lightweight sports helmet with increased safety performance, utilizing topology optimization processes and advanced architected materials. …”
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Role of Vitamin D in the Pathogenesis of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Literature Review by Anatoly I. Khavkin, Andrew V. Nalyotov, Dmitry I. Masyuta, Ravil F. Makhmutov

“…This article presents current data on the vitamin D effect on the intestinal mucosa barrier function, on the immune system and on the intestinal microbiota in the context of inflammatory bowel diseases pathogenesis.…”
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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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