Towards a global knowledge for environmentally sustainable development agenda in 21 st century southern Africa by Stanford Garikayi Mukasa

“…Whether one looks at the various models of information and communication for development; or whatever one calls it, the theories advanced under the various acronyms still do not conclusively address the basic question raised above. …”
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Enhancing Stock Portfolio Selection with Trapezoidal Bipolar Fuzzy VIKOR Technique with Boruta-GA Hybrid Optimization Model: A Multicriteria Decision-Making Approach by Sunil Kumar Sharma

“…Abbreviations serve as a nomenclature table, detailing all acronyms.…”
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Les initiatives touristiques comme levier de la réinsertion des anciens combattants des FARC en Colombie by Anne Marie Van Broeck, Monica Guasca, Dominique Vanneste

“…Dans le cadre de l’accord de paix signé entre le gouvernement colombien et les Forces armées révolutionnaires de Colombie (FARC-EP) - le groupe de guérilla le plus important et le plus ancien du pays – vingt-quatre Espaces Territoriaux Expérimentaux de Réinsertion (connus sous l’acronyme espagnol : ETCR) ont été créés pour héberger temporairement d’anciens combattants et leur donner un espace de mise en place de projets de production dans le cadre de leur processus de réinsertion. …”
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Standard abbreviations in students' translations from English into Serbian by Gavranović Valentina M., Čorboloković Saša S.

“…The main conclusions obtained from the analysis of students' results point to the following: students scored the highest results when applying abbreviating rules to writing general (domestic) abbreviations, especially those that have long been part of our orthographic practice, while the lowest scores can be observed when abbreviating acronyms. By comparing English and Serbian orthographic rules, the mistakes can be interpreted by the influence of the English language (punctuation, capital letters), the length of use of certain abbreviations in Serbian orthography (some newer abbreviations have not yet been established), and the absence of certain extra-linguistic knowledge. …”
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Breathing time: a longue-durée multidisciplinary study of respiratory illnesses and airborne diseases in Switzerland (16th–21st century CE) by Tobias Hofstetter, Aude Fauvel, Silke Grabherr, Negahnaz Moghaddam

“…This research is the first of its kind to assess of the impact of respiratory illnesses and airborne diseases (acronymized as “RIAD” hereafter) on Swiss mortality in the long run, between the 16th and the 21st century CE. …”
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