The evolution of food security in Japan-Based on an indicator evaluation system including climate change indicators. by Caixia Li

“…Due to the uncertainty inherent in climate change, specifically its ambiguous positive and negative impacts on food security, the Climate Change Security Index provides detailed evidence in this paper supporting whether climate change contributes to or undermines food security. …”
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Spatial risk modelling of highly pathogenic avian influenza in France: Fattening duck farm activity matters. by Jean Artois, Timothée Vergne, Lisa Fourtune, Simon Dellicour, Axelle Scoizec, Sophie Le Bouquin, Jean-Luc Guérin, Mathilde C Paul, Claire Guinat

“…Our findings indicate that the most explanatory spatial predictor variables were related to fattening duck movements prior to the epidemic, which should be considered as indicators of farm operational status, e.g., whether they are active or not. Moreover, we found that considering the operational status of duck houses in nearby municipalities is essential for accurately predicting the risk of future HPAI infection. …”
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The unskilled-and-unaware problem and performance feedback in monotonous, easily accustomed, and repetitive work by Yasuhiro Nakamoto, Tomoharu Mori

“…Abstract The current research examined whether people predict their performance on monotonous, easily accustomed, and repetitive (MEAR) tasks accurately and confirm the effects of performance feedback on their MEAR work predictions. …”
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BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT - THE CASE OF WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES by Zijad Džafić

“…This article aims to analyze the system of regulation and administrative facilitation aspects of doing business in the above mentioned countries and, whether or not this system stimulates, the development of private SMEs and entrepreneurship. …”
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Scattering amplitudes from Euclidean correlators: Haag-Ruelle theory and approximation formulae by Agostino Patella, Nazario Tantalo

“…A detailed numerical investigation is needed to assess whether the proposed strategy can lead to the calculation of scattering amplitudes with phenomenologically satisfactory precision with presently available lattice QCD data. …”
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Irritable bowel syndrome: pathophysiological and clinical issues by V. T. Ivashkin, Ye. A. Poluektova

“…However it remains not quite clear, whether they determine severity and origin of clinical symptoms, as well as the degree of involvement of each of the basic known pathogenic mechanisms in development of symptoms in given patient is insufficiently clear. …”
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A general analysis of the impact of international collaboration on the citation indices of scientific publications from 60 institutions across five continents by IRAINE DUARTE, HELLEN G.G. SANTOS, MARCIO L. RODRIGUES

“…In this study, we selected 50 universities and 10 research institutes to analyze whether publications produced over a 10-year period would gain more visibility through the occurrence of international collaboration. …”
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Children’s games and activities during remote education by Kamila Wichrowska, Paulina Marchlik, Ewelina Zubala

“…The main research question was whether and how games and play-based activities were used during remote education in the first three grades of primary school in the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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CO2 emissions response to GDP and crude oil price shocks: Evidence from India and China using SVAR Model by Matali Mahajan, Dr. Ash Narayan Sah

“…Our results indicate that neither country has reached peak CO₂ levels, suggesting continued challenges in balancing economic growth with sustainability goals. …”
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Aid to life – Montessori pedagogy in the service of autism spectrum children by Monika Pawluczuk-Solarz

“… This article explores the feasibility of implementing Montessori principles outside traditional Montessori environments, focusing on children with autism whose families cannot afford Montessori schooling. It examines whether Montessori education can effectively address the needs of autistic children in non-Montessori settings. …”
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF LISTED CEMENT MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN NIGERIA by Adebowale OGUNSOLA

“…This informed the current study to empirically examine whether corporate social responsibility (CSR) has effect on financial performance of listed cement manufacturing companies in Nigeria. …”
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Lowering B-type natriuretic peptide levels and increasing cardiac function: the role of levosimendan in the treatment of heart failure by Jianfeng Meng, Ye Zuo

“…Objective In this study, we examined whether levosimendan could lower B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and improve cardiac function in patients with heart failure who have diuretic resistance and low ejection fraction. …”
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Paupertas (poverty) in John Calvin's Institutes by R. M. Britz

“…In referring to poverty, or to the victim of poverty, Calvin neither argues that the providentia Dei is a passive perpetual divine determinism nor that it is sacrificed to a temporal interim divine involvement. …”
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(Re)constructing Homelands Between Precarity and Intentionality: Syrian Armenians in Armenia by Sossie Kasbarian

“…Some have moved to other destinations perceived to hold better prospects, whether temporarily or with a view to stay permanently; others have returned to rebuild their lives in Syria. …”
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REVIEW ON THE ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE ASSESSMENT by ALINA PETROVICI, CLAUDIA TOMOZEI, FLORIN NEDEFF, OANA IRIMIA, MIRELA PANAINTE-LEHADUS

“…Mapping is one of the most common methods used for the assessment of noise. Whether it is industrial, airport, rail or road traffic noise, noise mapping provides accurate data needed later in developing action plans against noise. …”
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REFLECTIVE PRACTICE AS TOOLS TO EXPLORE IN-SERVICE TEACHERS’ BELIEFS AND CLASSROOM PRACTICES: INDONESIAN EFL TEACHERS’ VOICES by Dwi Bayu Saputra, Didi Suherdi, Rojab Siti Rodliyah

“…Accordingly, this descriptive qualitative research aimed at (1) investigating teachers’ beliefs in teaching and learning English by utilizing reflective tools, and (2) attempting to identify whether or not their beliefs are implemented in their practices in which the reasons will also be explored. …”
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Florida Strawberry Producers’ Experiences with Anthracose and Botrytis Fruit Rot, and Producers’ Use of the Strawberry Advisory System by Tatiana Borisova, Zhengfei Guan, Ekaterina Vorotnikova, Natalia Peres, John VanSickle

“…The Strawberry Advisory System (SAS) uses information about weather conditions and user-entered information about past fungicide applications to evaluate the potential spread of these diseases in strawberry fields. …”
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'Jami Chadiba Nahin' (We Will Not Leave this Land): Materiality and Imagination in Indigenous Land Ethics by Ananya Mishra

“…This is in the hope that the questions might enlighten and reify contemporary concerns in these respective geographical and intellectual locations, complicating the site and probing the intellectual divide between the Global North and the Global South in area studies, to see how Indigenous concerns globally are aligned in the face of a global climate crisis, as they are disproportionately affected due to historical injustices of empire, settler colonial enterprise, caste orders and religious nationalisms. …”
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On $\mu^{*}$-$R_{0}$ and $\mu^{*}$-$R_{1}$ Spaces with Separation Axioms by Pankaj Chettri, Bishal Bhandari

“…It is interesting to note that $(\mu X, \mu Y)$-continuous image of $\mu^{*}$-$R_{0}$ space is neither $\mu^{*}$-$R_{0}$ nor $\mu$-$R_{0}$. Further, conditions under which  the $(\mu X, \mu Y)$-continuous image of $\mu^{*}$-$R_{0}$ space becomes $\mu^{*}$-$R_{0}$ and $\mu$-$R_{0}$ are established. …”
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Enhancing Women’s Participation in Turkey through Digital Storytelling by Şimşek Burcu

“…In the resulting dissertation, I examined the potential of Digital Storytelling workshop practice as a means to promote agency and self-expression in a feminist activist organization (such as Amargi Women), focusing in particular on whether or not Digital Storytelling can be used as a change agent – as a tool for challenging the idea of a single public sphere in ways that make it more inclusive of women’s participation. …”
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