Pauvreté et marginalisation rurales en Afrique au sud du Sahara by Hugo Mwanza, Kabata Kabamba

“…Rural areas are also experiencing a definite trend toward a return to self-sufficiency.The end of the welfare state that marked the State disengagement from the social sectors, the socio-economic marginalisation of the rural areas in a framework within which development is considered in terms of urban development, the emergence of new rival spaces such as periurban areas and artisanal mining areas... are just so many factors that can account for the rural decline as expressed in the agricultural and demographic decline, in the remoteness of the rural areas...If it goes on this way, the setting up of a real development process will undoubtedly be curbed.…”
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The Financial Logic of Internet Platforms: The Turnover Time of Money at the Limit of Zero by Marcos Dantas

“…By doing so, he shines a light on the role played by transportation and communications industries in the accumulation process and the reasons that these sectors are important frontiers of productive capital investment and surplus value extraction. …”
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Integrating artificial intelligence in unmanned vehicles: navigating uncertainties, risks, and the path forward for the fourth industrial revolution by Md Altab Hossin, Songtao Yin, Ruibo Dan, Lie Chen

“…The widespread adoption of AI requires collaborative efforts across various sectors. However, frequent accidents involving unmanned vehicles (UVs) have exposed loopholes, uncertainties, and risks in the rapid development of AI. …”
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Improving Organizational Resilience in Businesses: A Qualitative Study on the Effect of COVID-19 by Kadir Aksay, Ali Aslan Şendoğdu

“…During the data collection process of the study, interviews were conducted with fifteen senior managers of businesses operating in various sectors, selected by the purposive sampling technique. …”
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A Strategic Planning Methodology for the Multimodal Transportation Systems: A Case Study from Turkey by Umut R. Tuzkaya, Semih Onut, Gulfem Tuzkaya

“…Transportation costs have an important effect on companies’ competition capability in various sectors. To realize a positive effect, transportation industry should provide some specific performance criteria related with the economical efficiency and service quality. …”
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Factors affecting community participation in the waste bank in sukoharjo regency: Implications for circular economy by Dara Sari Lusia, Marwanti Sri, Barokah Umi

“…The increase in participation in waste bank activities will boost the amount of waste processed and have the potential to be integrated with other sectors.…”
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Softwood-Based Biochar in the Design of Cement-Blended Binders with Advanced Properties by Jaroslav Pokorný, Radek Ševčík, Lucie Zárybnická, Jiří Šál, Luboš Podolka

“…If processed under pyrolysis combustion, several products are generated. …”
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Advanced HVOF-Sprayed Carbide Cermet Coatings as Environmentally Friendly Solutions for Tribological Applications: Research Progress and Current Limitations by Basma Ben Difallah, Yamina Mebdoua, Chaker Serdani, Mohamed Kharrat, Maher Dammak

“…Finally, this literature review focuses on process optimization and sustainability, including environmental and health impacts, critical material use, and operational limitations. …”
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Defly Compass Trend Analysis Methodology: Quantifying Trend Detection to Improve Foresight in Strategic Decision Making by Mabel López Bordao, Antonia Ferrer Sapena, Carlos A. Reyes Pérez, Enrique A. Sánchez Pérez

“…Among them, we highlight the use of the Defly Compass tool, a natural language processing tool based on semantic projections and developed by our team. …”
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LiDAR-based topographic data for the coastline of Port Foster (Deception Island, Antarctica) by Alejandro Román, Antonio Tovar-Sánchez, Marcos Larrad, Federico Alva, Gabriel Navarro

“…It comprises the original data along with topographic products – such as orthomosaics, DEMs, and point clouds – derived from the photogrammetric processing of 13 UAV surveys, which include a total of 5,631 high-resolution RGB captures with Post-Processing Kinematic positioning. …”
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Assessment of the Sustainability of University Academic Programs for the Accreditation: A Complex Challenge by Giada La Scalia, Simona Mancini, Roberto Gambino, Maria Ciaccio

“…The accreditation of university academic programs is a critical process in ensuring the quality and standards of higher education. …”
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Self-assessment policy and perspectives for learning and organizational innovation in postgraduation programs in business administration in brazilian northeast region by Marcio Roque dos Santos da Silva, Maria Conceição Melo Silva Luft, Maria Elena Leon Olave

“…There was also an assertive perception regarding the perspectives for Organizational Innovation, highlighting, among other aspects, changes in the training process, approximation to other sectors of civil society, and changes in the management model. …”
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A Qualitative Analysis of the Impact of Perceived Corporate Social Responsibility on Employees’ Affective Commitment by Raihène Raho, Houari Benchikh

“…The methodology includes a qualitative cross-case and thematic analysis based on a deductive approach using NVivo 14 qualitative data processing software. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with eight employees from four different sectors operating in the Algerian context. …”
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Medicaid reimbursement for community violence intervention and prevention (CVI): a multi-state policy implementation case study by Sheetal Ranjan, C. Clare Strange, Katheryne Pugliese

“…Stakeholders were recruited from a variety of policy, medical, and non-profit sectors to provide their perspectives and expertise on implementation. …”
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Plant Tissue Culture Research and Development in Ethiopia: A Case Study on Current Status, Opportunities, and Challenges by Yemisrach Melkie Abebaw, Dagmawit Chombe Tobiaw, Birhan Addisie Abate, Beza Kinfe Eshete, Sydney K. Seymour, Kassahun Tesfaye

“…Besides, the assessment revealed that a total of 54 plant species have been under in vitro protocol optimization and development process across all PTC laboratories. Nevertheless, tissue culture application in public and private sectors in Ethiopia is limited by several technical, administrative, and financial constraints. …”
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Determination of Soft Partitioning Thresholds for Reservoir Drought Warning Levels Under Socio-Hydrological Drought by Yewei Liu, Xiaohua Xu, Rencai Lin, Weifeng Yang, Peisheng Yang, Siying Li, Hongxin Wang

“…First, water demands for the ecological, agricultural, and domestic sectors were quantified based on hydrological analysis and official operational rules. …”
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An Automated Repository for the Efficient Management of Complex Documentation by José Frade, Mário Antunes

“…The accelerating digitalization of the public and private sectors has made information technologies (IT) indispensable in modern life. …”
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Electronic smart textiles: new possibilities in textile industry in Bangladesh by Омар Фарук, Сайма Махаджабин, Нараян Чандра Натх, Прианка Кабирадж

“…An interesting development in the textile and apparel sectors is smart textiles. Intelligent textiles are capable of sensing, processing, and interpreting a wide range of impulses and reactions, whether they come from electrical, chemical, biological, magnetic, or other sources. …”
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A methodological framework for addressing environmental problems on aged transport infrastructure by Ivo Dostál, Petr Anděl, Jiří Jedlička, Marek Havlíček

“…While the environmental impacts of new road and motorway construction are examined in detail as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process, far less attention is generally paid to existing structures, some of which have been in operation for decades with no environmental assessment ever carried out. …”
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Changes That May Occur in Temperature, Rain, and Climate Types Due to Global Climate Change: The Example of Düzce by İsmail Koç

“…Global climate change is defined as a process that affects all living things and ecosystems globally and is claimed as the most critical problem of the current century. …”
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