Credit Risk Management and Profitability of Commercial Banks: A Case Study of ABSA Bank Kabale Branch. by Akanyijuka, Bruno

“…About what extent credit appraisal is used by ABSA, the majority (42.9%) of respondents reported to a great extent, 21. 4 % reported to a moderate extent, 19. 6% reported to a very great extent, while just 16.1 % reported to no extent by evaluating the character, record of meeting past obligations, repayment capacity, credit history as well as moral aspect of loan applicant, by requiring collateral as security for the loan, by considering the relationship with the customer, account performance, deposits, etc. …”
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Application Of ArtifiCial Intelligence in E-Governance: A Comparative Study of Supervised Machine Learning and Ensemble Learning Algorithms on Crime Prediction. by Niyonzima, Ivan, Muhaise, Hussein, Akankwasa, Aureri

“…Therefore, this study proposes the application of supervised machine learning techniques in the prediction of crimes basing on the past crime data. During this study, we used open-source crime data from the UCI Machine learning repository to train and validate our algorithms. …”
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Determinants of postnatal care service utilization among mothers of Mangochi district, Malawi: a community-based cross- sectional study by Jonas, Sagawa, Allen, Kabagenyi, Godwin, Turyasingura, Saul Eric, Mwale

“…Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 600 mothers who gave birth in the past 2 years preceding January 1–31; 2016. A multistage sampling technique was employed to select respondents from nine randomly selected villages in Mangochi district. …”
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Designing an Innovative Human Resources Model Based on Perceived Organizational Support Case Study of Qazvin's Government organizations by Hossein Rasouli, Morteza Mousakhani, Mahdi Alvani, parham azimi

“…This thorough investigation led to the emergence of innovative themes that were distinctly extracted from the disparities between the theoretical literature, past research background, and enriched insights obtained from expert interviews. …”
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Modeling Stock High-Low Price Range: Fractional Cointegrating VAR Approach (FCVAR) by Elham Farzanegan

“…These results imply that traders, investors, and policymakers could predict the future extreme prices of the market indices from past values and exploit such predictions to design investment strategies. …”
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Call for Papers: Intergenerational Justice Prize 2020 by FRFG, IF (Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations, Intergenerational Foundation)

“…For the 2020 prize, the FRFG and IF call for papers on the following topic: Intergenerational wealth transfers through inheritance and gifts Topic abstract Wealth transfers across generations combine justice between past, present and future generations (intergenerational justice) with justice within the present generation (intragenerational justice) as a major reason for the increasing inequality in a society is the accumulation of wealth within families over time. …”
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Designing a Model for Credit Risk Assessment of Customers for Guarantees Issued by the Export Guarantee Fund of Iran via Artificial Neural Network Model by Farshid Ahmadi Sartakhti, Kambiz Hojabr Kiani, Seyed Shamsoddin Hoseini, Abbas Memarnejad

“…Being the exclusive official export credit insurance entity in Iran, it operates under complete government ownership, shouldering all obligations associated with the fund's coverage. Over the past decade, the Export Guarantee Fund of Iran, the sole provider of export guarantees in the Iranian economy, has undertaken the risk amounting to approximately $15.8 billion through the issuance of diverse guarantees and insurance policies. …”
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Teknologi Opinion Mining untuk Mendukung Strategic Planning by Dwi Rolliawati, Khalid Khalid, Indri Sudanawati Rozas

“…This study uses 4009 Indonesian language sample data taken from public opinion on Twitter social media in the past two years (2017 - 2018). Out from 4009 data, 31837 types of words are obtained after going through a stop-word removal process. …”
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Discussion Paper for the Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations - The housing crisis as a problem of intergenerational justice: The case of Germany by Elena Lutz

“…This measure is especially important in large cities, where rents have risen steeply over the past decade, threatening to displace many poor households.   2. …”
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Modeling Portfolio Optimization based on behavioral Preferences and Investor’s Memory by vahideh mousavi kakhki, Sanaz Khatabi

“…Investor memory refers to the tendency of investors to base their current investment decisions on past experiences. This can lead to biases and suboptimal outcomes. …”
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Penerapan Metode K-Means Clustering dan Simple Moving Average untuk Memprediksi Jenis Penyakit di Provinsi Jawa Timur by Shynta Ayu Dwi Darmawan, Karmilasari

“…Simple Moving Average uses the average of past data to smooth out short-term changes and find long-term patterns. …”
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Presenting a Framework of Effective Factors on the Implementation of Policies in the Field of Protection and Exploitation of Forests in the North of the Country by Davoud Hosseinpoor, Seyed Mahdi Alvani, Hossein Aslipour, Aghil Ghorbani Paji

“…However, contemporary global trends in forest management are increasingly embracing a more comprehensive understanding, recognizing the limitations of past approaches. These trends now emphasize strategies that focus on participatory management, integrating multiple objectives to address the diverse needs of stakeholders. …”
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Kontrol Level Kecepatan Kipas Melalui Deteksi Gestur Jari Tangan Menggunakan MediaPipe dan Faster-RCNN by Muhammad Aldi Fakhruddin, Heri Pratikno, Musayyanah, Weny Indah Kusumawati

“…Abstract Interaction between humans and computers is now more interactive, responsive and intuitive, in the past the interaction process required physical contact or using electronic sensors. …”
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Optimization of Identification and Zoning Method for Landscape Characters of Urban Historic Districts by Hong YUN, Zixuan HU, Zehao HU

“…However, due to the hybridity of architectural styles and puzzling characters of historic districts, the past renovation usually uses a certain traditional architectural style to regularize all spaces, which destroys the rich historic connotation and potential of tourism development of urban historic districts. …”
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The sport and Lithuanian national identity by Ingvaras Butautas, Rasa Čepaitienė

“…The symbolic "appropriation" of past and present sport achievements assumes various forms in politics. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche

“…This policy paper starts off with a historical overview on how pandemics have afflicted humanity in the past. It separates moral from legal duties and formulates “epidemiological imperatives” – the way of thinking of a responsible and solidary individual facing the task of preventing an outbreak of epidemics in a community. …”
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Editorial by Pieter Vanhuysse, Antony Mason, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche, Maria Lenk

“…Kotlikoff’s essay surveys these efforts over the past three decades to quantify generational fiscal burdens using both fiscal gap and generational accounting. …”
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