FROM PROTECTIONISM TO GLOBALIZATION: THE ONE BELT, ONE ROAD DYNAMICS IN AFRICA by BANWO ADETORO OLANIYI

“…Certain factors such as globalization, protectionism, trade, barriers and consumers were selected for study in this work. It adopts the theoretical framework of globalization as propounded by Williams I. …”
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EFFECT OF VENTURE CAPITAL FINANCING ON THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF SMEs IN CROSS RIVER STATE by EGU USANG INAH, OLOFU MATHIAS AJOR, MANNAH ELIZABETH JACOB, UWALAKA BENEDICTA CHISOBEM, IBAYE THERESA MBONG

“…The sampling technique adopted was a two-staged sampling technique which are purposive and simple random sampling technique. …”
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Driving sustainability in Indonesia: the importance of corporate citizenship in realizing sustainable development goals by Arif Rahman Hakim, Nurul Asfiah

“…Findings – This study emphasizes the significance of adopting corporate citizenship to aid in accomplishing Indonesia's Sustainable Development Goals. …”
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Monitoring of train-induced vibrations on rock slopes by Jiangbo Xu, Changgen Yan, Xu Zhao, Ke Du, Heng Li, Yongli Xie

“…The duration, frequency, amplitude, peak acceleration and peak particle velocity were adopted as measures for evaluating the influence of train vibrations. …”
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Influence of AGTR1 and ABCB1 Gene Polymorphism on the Curative Effect of Irbesartan by Qiao Wang, Lingsen You, Zeyu Li, Leiyi Zhang, Xueqi Li, Xuesong Yang

“…A total of 353 samples including 168 normal people and 185 hypertensive patients were adopted, and genotypes comprise ABCB1 (CC, CT, and TT) and AGTR1 (AA and AC) in this study. …”
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The Mercosur-European Union agreements seen from the perspective of Argentina’s foreign policy by Alejandro Cesar Simonoff

“…Instead, a new approach was adopted, based on the belief that free trade would promote enhanced economic growth. …”
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Agropastoral Mobility and Rangelands Multiple Uses in the Miombo Frontier Ecozone of Tabora Region, Western Tanzania by George Felix Masanja

“…An ex post facto and multistage sampling design was adopted. A total of 252 respondents were interviewed in three separate villages drawn from agroecological zones fringing the miombo woodland where such tensions are high. …”
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Government Financial Support and Enterprises’ Economic Revitalization and Pollution Discharge Under Normalization of the Epidemic: An Evolutionary Game Analysis Framework by Sen Zhang, Ting Chen, Yilin Liu, Baodong Cheng, Guangyuan Qin

“…Compared with incentives, in the process of the economic revitalization of enterprises, in order to reduce pollution discharge, the government can adopt dynamic penalties strategies. This paper analyzes what the government should do when enterprises face the problems of economic revitalization and pollution control. …”
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Hydrological Evaluation of Satellite Soil Moisture Data in Two Basins of Different Climate and Vegetation Density Conditions by Lu Zhuo, Dawei Han

“…Although satellite soil moisture observations are useful information, their validations are generally hindered by the large spatial difference with the point-based measurements, and hence they cannot be directly applied in hydrological modelling. This study adopts a widely applied operational hydrological model Xinanjiang (XAJ) as a hydrological validation tool. …”
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CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF LISTED DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN NIGERIA by Kenneth S. Adeyemi, Lateef Olabisi Adedeji

“…Against this backdrop, the study investigated the impact of capital structure on the financial performance of listed Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) in Nigeria spanning from 2006 to 2019. The study adopted panel data obtained from the annual reports and financial statements of the sampled listed DMBs on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. …”
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Quantitative Nondestructive Testing of Wire Rope Using Image Super-Resolution Method and AdaBoost Classifier by Jigang Li, Juwei Zhang

“…A wire rope nondestructive testing device based on a double detection board is designed to solve the problems of large volume, complex operations, and limited circumferential resolution due to sensor size in traditional devices. The device adopts two magnetic sensor arrays to form the double detection board and collects the MFL data of the magnetized wire rope. …”
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Challenges of implementing AI marketing in e-commerce businesses in North Macedonia by Gjorgjina Sherovska

“…The primary goal is to meticulously investigate the distinctive challenges confronted by North Macedonian e-commerce enterprises when adopting AI marketing. The study sheds light on intricacies related to technological integration, resource limitations, and the dynamic interplay between consumer expectations and AI-driven marketing initiatives. …”
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Exploring Barriers, Facilitators, and Needs Related to Mental Health Promotion for Police Officers: A Qualitative Approach by Gi Wook Ryu PhD, RN, Ji Yeon Lee PhD, RN, GNP-BC

“…This study aimed to explore the barriers, facilitators, and needs for mental health promotion among police officers. This study adopted a qualitative approach in South Korea. Twelve police officers working in a metropolitan city were recruited using purposive sampling methods. …”
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Trigonometric Regression for Analysis of Public Health Surveillance Data by Steven E. Rigdon, George Turabelidze, Ehsan Jahanpour

“…Even though assumptions of normality, independence, and stationarity are typically violated in the biosurveillance data, statistical process control (SPC) charts adopted from industry have been widely used in public health for communicable disease monitoring. …”
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Time-Dependent Transportation Network Design considering Construction Impact by Yi He, Ziqi Song, Lihui Zhang

“…In this paper, we introduce time dimension into the traditional DNDP to explicitly consider the impact of road construction and adopt an overtime policy to add flexibility to construction duration. …”
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Fish active packaging with ZnO/Fe-MMT nanoparticles by Kaveh Rahmanifarah, Mehdi Mahmoudian, Somayeh Mahmoudi Eskandarabadi

“…These findings suggest that such active packaging solutions could be widely adopted in the seafood industry to improve food safety, reduce waste, and provide consumers with fresher products.…”
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Multi-dimensional perceptual recognition of tourist destination using deep learning model and geographic information system. by Shengtian Zhang, Yong Li, Xiaoxia Song, Chenghao Yang, Niusha Shafiabady, Robert M X Wu

“…We integrated various types of UGC data, including images, texts, and spatiotemporal information, to create a comprehensive UGC dataset. Then, we adopted the improved Inception V3 model, the bidirectional long short-term memory network (BiLSTM) model with multi-head attention, and geographic information system (GIS) technology to recognize basic tourist feature information from the UGC dataset, such as the content, sentiment, and spatiotemporal perceptual dimensions of the data, achieving a recognition accuracy of over 97%. …”
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An Evaluation of the Extent of National Agricultural Research Institutes’ Communication Strategies Regarding Farmers’ Awareness of Agricultural Technologies in South-West Nigeria... by Adesegun S. Adetola, Johnson B. Akintayo, Oluwafemi T. Olomojobi

“…This study investigated selected NARIs’ deployed communication strategies in disseminating agricultural technologies information to farmers and evaluated farmers’ awareness level of agricultural technologies in adopted villages in southwest Nigeria. Based on perception theory, this study used an embedded mixed-methods research design with 575 farmers from three selected NARIs in southwest Nigeria: The Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, and the Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research. …”
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Frugal Education: What, why, and how? by Alex Masters

“…We can, however, learn from educators and institutions that have been able to achieve significant educational impact at low cost with far fewer resources, adopting frugal approaches to education design and delivery. …”
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Prospective Results from the PA (Personality and Activity) Project: Evaluating the Influence of the Transtheoretical Model on Physical Activity while Considering Personality Trait... by Chelsea Joyner, Paul D. Loprinzi

“…The Transtheoretical model (TTM) consists of a framework of five discrete stages adopted to study behavior change. Previous research demonstrates utility of the TTM in influencing physical activity. …”
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