Option Strategies and Market Signals: Do They Add Value to Equity Portfolios? by Sylvestre Blanc, Emmanuel Fragnière, Francesc Naya, Nils S. Tuchschmid

“…It presents an alternative direction that institutional investors could take to overcome their current challenges, in a context where traditionally diversified portfolios of only equity and fixed-income assets have shown weaknesses that make it difficult for these investors to achieve their performance goals within their risk limits. …”
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Student evaluations: Pedagogical tools, or weapons of choice? by Warwick Fisher, John Orr, John Page, Alessandro Pelizzon, Helen Walsh

“…We argue that SETs need to be seen in context, as part of a wider and more pedagogically informed measure of good teaching. …”
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A Qualitative Study of Digital Religious Influence: Perspectives from Christian, Hindu, and Muslim Gen Y and Gen Z in Mumbai, India by Clyde Anieldath Missier

“…In this context, accrued social capital can help individuals develop resilience or resistance to online disinformation, hate speech, and radicalization. …”
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Veblen 2.0: Neoliberal Games of Social Capital and the Attention Economy as Conspicuous Consumption by Kane Xavier Faucher

“…Such a discussion must be set in the current context of the normative frame of neoliberal ideology which champions the values of the entrepreneurial self, devolved competitiveness as a form of - in this case social rather than strictly economic - neo-Darwinism, and the touted virtues of speed and connectivity. …”
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Uncovering the Reflections of English Medium Instruction in Engineering Graduates’ Career by Mehmet Altay, Nalan Erçin

“…English Medium Instruction (EMI) is increasingly recognized as an intriguing phenomenon for researchers in not only Higher Education (HE) but also professional context. …”
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THE THE INFORMATION FIELD OF THE MODERN POLITICAL CARNIVAL (THE PROBLEM OF COGNITIVE SECURITY) by P. L. Karabushchenko

“…The new historical context within which the current generation of political elites exists can be conditionally characterized as a political carnival, and the dominant political culture as a carnival of political culture. …”
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PSIKOLOGI PENDIDIKAN DALAM PENDIDIKAN MODERN: ANALISIS LITERATUR TENTANG PENDEKATAN DAN INOVASI by Aep Saepuloh, Eka Supriatna, Loso Judijanto, Muhammad Hendra, Muhammad Sukron Fauzi, Yun Risnawati

“… The aim of this research is to explore and understand the application of various educational psychology approaches in the context of modern education and assess the impact of recent innovations on the learning and teaching process. …”
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Fiscal regimes and debt sustainability in Colombia by Carlos Andrés Zapata-Quimbayo, Raúl-Alberto Chamorro-Narváez

“…Although we find evidence of asymmetric behaviour in fiscal responses and the presence of pro-cyclical fiscal policy, Colombia’s long-term fiscal sustainability is verified based on a globally-based fiscal sustainability test. In this context, the government reacts appropriately to increases in debt only in the sustainable regime, but the fiscal response is sufficiently robust to stabilise public debt throughout the entire period. …”
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Les statistiques localisées au Brésil : un kaléidoscope de catégories de territoires by Cathy Chatel, Maria Encarnação Beltrão Sposito

“…This translates into difficulties in understanding and using aggregated population data on official spatial and urban categories. The avatars of the current situation are symptomatic of the paradigm of complexity that increasingly influences the quantitative approach in the social sciences and more generally reflects a break between citizens, policies and the logic of experts. …”
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Traffic Prediction Based on Online Vehicle Position Information for Simulation, Validation and Controller Resource Allocation Purposes by Rebeka Anna Jáger, Géza Szabó

“…In the context of the dynamic transportation system, advancements in modern technological elements have facilitated the real-time, online transmission of vehicle positional data across numerous transport subsectors. …”
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Immune dysregulation and lipid interactions in systemic lupus erythematosus-associated atherosclerosis: mechanisms and pathogenesis by Philippe Bilodeau, Konstantinos Tselios

“…In the context of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), these interactions are even further disrupted, contributing to accelerated atherosclerosis. …”
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Towards the 5th Industrial Revolution: A literature review and a framework for Process Optimization Based on Big Data Analytics and Semantics by Dimitris Mourtzis

“…The digitalization of modern manufacturing systems has resulted to increasing data generation, also known as Big Data. …”
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Exacerbating, alleviating, or overcoming? Exploring the nexus between artificial intelligence and the crisis of democracy by Francesco Nasi

“…Thirdly, AI could overcome this crisis by paving the way for new forms of government beyond the current representative systems. If AI will exacerbate, alleviate, or overcome the crisis of democracy will depend not just on AI itself, but rather on the complex sociotechnical relationship between technology and the cultural, social, economic, legal, and political context in which it is developed. …”
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Mapping and Analysis of the Sorghum Value Chain in Tehuledere District, Amhara Region, Ethiopia by Wondale Habtamu Teferi

“…The current value chain has Input Suppliers, Producers/Farmers, Wholesalers/Distributors, Transporters, Processors, and Consumers. …”
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Reflections From the Pandemic: Is Connectivism the Panacea for Clinicians? by Jennifer Benjamin, Tyson Pillow, Heather MacNeill, Ken Masters, Anoop Agrawal, Neil Mehta

“…A personal narrative experience of one of the authors compels us to reflect on current approaches to learning and knowledge acquisition and use solutions to the challenges posed by GenAI through social learning contexts using connectivism. …”
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Advancing Fair Division in Overseas Farmland Investment via Shapley Value by Chuan Yang, Meng Du, Xinhai Lu

“…Currently, a global hunger and malnutrition crisis is spreading throughout various regions worldwide. …”
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OPPORTUNITIES IN ORGANIC BREEDING OF CAPON POULTRY AND SUSTAINABLE FARM MANAGEMENT by Elena BONCIU

“…The breeding of capons represents an opportunity for Romanian farmers who want a profitable business, especially since currently, in Romania, the number of such micro-farms is very limited.…”
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Diffusion and Risks of House Prices in the Netherlands by Alfred Larm Teye

“…Unfortunately, however, little research insight exists on the Dutch house price diffusion process, although there are empirical results for countries such as the UK, US and China, where the contexts differ from the Netherlands. Furthermore, the current existing home-value insurance scheme in the literature is found to be less efficient and eliminates only up to 50% of the house price risks. …”
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The impact of e-marketing orientation, technological orientation and learning capacity on online SME performance by Ahmed Al Asheq, Khadiza Rahman Tanchi, Md. Kamruzzaman, Md. Mobarak Karim

“…Currently, Internet penetration is accelerating across the country in Bangladesh, which, in particular, has led to the simultaneous development and growth of online businesses. …”
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Navigating challenges and opportunities in Ukraine’s steel industry amidst political turmoil and decarbonization initiatives by Ivanna Harasymchuk, Vladimír Kočí, Olena Tsyplitska, Vitalii Venger, Oksana Kushnirenko, Nataliia Hakhovych

“…The study provides a comprehensive assessment of the Ukrainian steel industry, focusing on its historical significance, institutional institutional prerequisites, current potential, and prospects for sustainable development. …”
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