Exploitation of infrastructure of low-density railway lines on the basis of integrated assessment of its performance by N. F. Sirina, M. E. Yushkov

“…Currently Russia is in need of qualitative means of solving the urgent problems of transport sector, namely optimization of technological processes of production, an unacceptable level of labor losses, delays in passenger and freight traffic, an increase of energy consumption, negative impact on the environment, inadequate performance of transport system. …”
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Information Retrieval Based on Brazilian Portuguese Texts by Victor Hayashi, Mateus Carvalho, João Carlos Néto, Felipe Pinna, Rosangela Marquesone, Wilson Ruggiero, Maisa Duarte

“…The existing manual information retrieval process from banking specialists is laborious and time-consuming. …”
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Germany’s dual education system: The assessment by its subjects by A. Yu. Pleshakova

“…The leading research methods were questionnaire survey, comparative analysis and content analysis of empirical materials. Processing and generalisation of the detailed answers of respondents were based on the inductive method.Results. …”
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Characteristics of Glass Materials that Influence the Level of Thermal Comfort and Building Energy Consumption by Nurina Vidya Ayuningtyas, N Iskandar, J A Suryabrata

“…Energy requirements are increasing rapidly. The building sector is one of the world's largest energy consumers. …”
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Decay of eddies at the South-West Indian Ridge by Jonathan Durgadoo, Isabelle Ansorge, Beverly de Cuevas, Johann Lutjeharms, Andrew Coward

“…The effectiveness of this process is dependent on the rate of decay of the eddies. …”
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Osvobozování domácnosti by Květa Jechová

“…In the process women were to acquire time to participate in education and cultural life. …”
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Integrated sustainability assessment using BIM by Maria Teresa Henriques Alves FERREIRA, António AGUIAR COSTA, José Dinis SILVESTRE

“…The construction industry is responsible for 40 % of the energy consumption and 36 % of the CO2 emissions, and buildings are responsible for a significant part of energy consumption in Europe.Thus, a growing concern regarding environmental impacts in the construction sector is in place. Reducing these impacts and optimise the design process is a major priority, and technology needs to be integrated along with the design to allow for better buildings performance. …”
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Determinantes das atitudes do eleitorado brasileiro com relação à privatização e aos serviços públicos by Elizabeth Balbachevsky, Denilde Oliveira Holzhacker

“…The inquiry carried out in the paper centers on different patterns found in the answers given by the respondents when asked which sector - either government or private one - should be in charge of providing different products and services. …”
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Internationalization of Born-Digital Firms: A Multi-Case Study of Indonesian Tech Unicorns by Novinda Krisna Putri, Jenia Nur Soelistyoningrum, Eram Shakeel

“…Practical Implications for Economic Growth and Development: The findings provide valuable insights for management regarding strategic decision-making in the internationalization process, highlighting the necessity for entry modes to be tailored to sector-specific contexts. …”
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Barriers and risks of socio-technical transition towards sustainable road transport in sparsely populated areas: case of Finnish Lapland by Janne Kirjavainen, Leena Suopajärvi

“…The ambitious goal of the European Union to reach sustainability in the road transport sector has therefore strong implications for mobility and accessibility in these regions. …”
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A Coffee-Based Bioadsorbent for CO₂ Capture from Flue Gas Using VSA: TG-Vacuum Tests by Marcelina Sołtysik, Izabela Majchrzak-Kucęba, Dariusz Wawrzyńczak

“…In this study, a bioadsorbent was produced in a two-step process involving biowaste carbonization and biocarbon activation within a KOH solution. …”
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Automatic Segmentation of Gas Metal Arc Welding for Cleaner Productions by Erwin M. Davila-Iniesta, José A. López-Islas, Yenny Villuendas-Rey, Oscar Camacho-Nieto

“…In the industry, the robotic gas metal arc welding (GMAW) process has a huge range of applications, including in the automotive sector, construction companies, the shipping industry, and many more. …”
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Culture change in the UK construction industry: an anthropological perspective by Ian Tellam

“…Drawing from analyses of the concept of culture and the processes of culture change, the paper argues for a more nuanced and integrated approach to reforming the construction industry. …”
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Performance assessment of public transport networks: An AHP-ANP approach by Gang Lin, Qiuyi Zhang, Yiqun Zhang, Che Shen, Honglei Xu, Shaoli Wang

“…In this study, we address the limitations of single MCDM methods by integrating the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) with the analytic network process (ANP) to evaluate public transport networks performance. …”
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A blockchain based deep learning framework for a smart learning environment by Shimaa Ouf, Soha Ahmed, Yehia Helmy

“…Many educational institutions shifted to depend on the smart learning process but expressed concern about this solution due to its various challenges in securing the learning process and learners’ data. …”
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The contributions and challenges of higher education on the value chain of halal certification by Alim Mohammad Nizarul, Yuliana Rita, Sayidah Nur, Alyana Nafisa, J.M. Putri Nadhila, Q.L Rahma

“…Emphasizing the roles and dilemmas faced by higher education, the research underscored the sector's significance in the halal certification process while highlighting persistent challenges, notably in terms of sustainability. …”
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Evaluating Law Teaching: Towards the Improvement of Teaching or Performance Assessment? by Richard Johnstone

“…While some law schools have on their own initiative paid more attention to this process, in others the issue has arisen in the context of the move towards staff assessment and appraisal which developed out of the second tier National Wage negotiations in the tertiary education sector in 1988. …”
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Selecting Indicators to Assess the Sustainability of Urban Freight Transport Using a Multi-Criteria Analysis by Hana Ayadi, Mounir Benaissa, Nadia Hamani, Lyes Kermad

“…Despite notable progress, this sector faces challenges that hinder its long-term sustainability. …”
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Paradox of Expanding Renewable Energy Resources: Legal Lag Behind the Advancement of Digital Technology by Nur Hidayani Alimuddin, Riezka Eka Mayasari, Jusafri Jusafri, Muhammad Riyan Kachfi Boer

“…There are still many legal, social, economic, and environmental conflicts in this process. …”
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Analytic decay width of the Higgs boson to massive bottom quarks at order α s 3 $$ {\alpha}_s^3 $$ by Jian Wang, Xing Wang, Yefan Wang

“…This decay width has been computed up to O α s 4 $$ \mathcal{O}\left({\alpha}_s^4\right) $$ for the process induced by the bottom quark Yukawa coupling, assuming massless final states, and the corresponding corrections beyond O α s 2 $$ \mathcal{O}\left({\alpha}_s^2\right) $$ are found to be less than 0.2%. …”
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