The Impact of Firms' Carbon Emissions on Financial Performance and the Role of Innovation: Evidence from Türkiye by Musa Özçelik, Seren Aydıngülü Sakalsız

“…The study shows that firms should adopt proactive environmental strategies and organize their resources and investments to manage their financial performance well.…”
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A Framework for the Evaluation of the Feasibility of Public – Private Partnership in Local Government in Serbia by Sladjana Benkovic, Nemanja Milanovic, Milos Milosavljevic

“…In that sense, it is preferable to understand fnancial models such as public-private partnerships, which have stll not, to an adequate degree, been adopted in Serbia, but one which could potentally contribute to the introducton of additonal sources of local government fnancing. …”
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Face Alignment Algorithm Based on an Improved Cascaded Convolutional Neural Network by Xun Duan, Yuanshun Wang, Yun Wu

“…When training the network, the idea of parallel within groups and serial between groups is adopted. Experiments show that, on the LFPW face dataset, the improved CCNN in this paper is superior to any other algorithm of the same type in positioning speed, algorithm parameter amount, and test error.…”
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Towards a stakeholder model for the co-production of the public-sector information system by Zita P. Correia

“…<br><b>Conclusion.</b> Success in adopting the proposed model may depend on pre-existing characteristics and conditions of each socio-political context, including existing levels of social capital, as much as on the implementation of technology to improve public service delivery. …”
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The Influence Analysis of Number of Functional Logistics Service Providers on Quality Supervision Game in LSSC with Compensation Strategy by Weihua Liu, Yijia Wang, Zhicheng Liang, Xiaoyan Liu

“…In this paper, a basic game model for quality supervision game without FLSPs’ competition (Model I) in a logistics service supply chain (LSSC) is established first. Model I adopts a mixed payment contract and is composed of a logistics service integrator (LSI) and functional logistics service provider (FLSP). …”
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Comprehensive Rehabilitation of the Punta del Este Shopping Center After Fire Damage by Álvaro Leez, María Noel Pereyra, Patricia Vila

“…Complete demolition and subsequent reconstruction would have required timelines incompatible with the clients’ expectations, while the adopted solutions enabled the project to meet its objectives.…”
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GENDER INEQUALITY AND WOMEN REPRESENTATION IN EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE SEATS IN NIGERIA’S FOURTH REPUBLIC: A STUDY OF LAGOS STATE (2012-2023) by OLAYINKA BABATUNDE ADEBOGUN, OPEYEMI BOYO ORITSEJOLOMI, ODUNTAN JOSEPH OLATUNJI, OLUWATUNMISE DARAMOLA

“…The research aimed at taking a new perspective at examining the phenomena and filing the gap in literature by providing a detailed analysis on the cause and effects of gender inequality and women political representation. The study adopts the liberal feminism theory as its theoretical framework. …”
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Mechanisms by which Human Cells Bypass Damaged Bases during DNA Replication after Ultraviolet Irradiation by James E. Cleaver

“…Pol H negative cells (XP-V cell lines) either adopt a proposed secondary bypass mechanism or a recombinational mode. …”
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Triple-Frequency GPS Precise Point Positioning Ambiguity Resolution Using Dual-Frequency Based IGS Precise Clock Products by Fei Liu, Yang Gao

“…However, the corresponding triple-frequency based precise clock products are not widely available and adopted by applications. Currently, most precise products are generated based on ionosphere-free combination of dual-frequency L1/L2 signals, which however are not consistent with the triple-frequency ionosphere-free carrier-phase measurements, resulting in inaccurate positioning and unstable float ambiguities. …”
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Reziliența rețelei școlare în România – dinamica structurilor spațiale ale școlilor primare rurale by Victoria Buza

“…On the one hand, the areas affected early by the effects of depopulation have seen the most extensive restructuring of the schools, either by merging the small units or by adopting multi-grade teaching, one the other hand, the suburban areas of large cities have experienced substantial increases in a short period of time in the number of pupils, leading to overcrowding of classes. …”
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Arc-Surfaced Frictional Damper for Vibration Control in Container Crane by Gongxian Wang, Yang-Yang Wang, Jianming Yuan, Yi Yang, Dong Wang

“…A simplified trilinear force-displacement model on the basis of experimental results is adopted to represent the hysteretic behavior of AFD. …”
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Analysis of the ecological status of urban parks with emphasis on forest parks using GIS (Case study: Tabriz) by Hassan Mahmoodzadeh, musa vaezi, rahimeh rostami, maedeh bakooyi

“…In the studied parks, according to the results of the geological survey, the Eagle Park is in ecological terms, and the Shams, Baghmehisheh and Eram parks are in the next ranks, and the point is the inappropriate situation of the Eram Park and Baghmehisheh Parks, especially Eram, in comparison with other parks. It needs to adopt appropriate policies in this regard to improve its situation.…”
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Tourisme, imaginaires et identités : inverser le point de vue by Bernard Debarbieux

“…La plupart des publications qui traitent des rapports entre tourisme et identités collectives des populations locales mettent l’accent sur les influences du premier sur les secondes, que ces influences soient jugées délétères ou stimulantes. Cet article adopte le point de vue inverse : dans quelle mesure et à quelle conditions le souci d’affirmer une identité collective peut-il conduire à promouvoir un tourisme culturel en rapport avec cette identité revendiquée. …”
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Modeling and performance analysis of MWCNT bundle interconnect based on state space method by Songjie Zhao, Fang Deng

“…Using the state space method, the equivalent circuit model of single MWCNT bundle interconnect that primarily adopts voltage-mode signaling (VMS) and current-mode signaling (CMS) is solved, respectively. …”
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Influence of Steel Fiber on Durability Performance of Concrete under Freeze-Thaw Cycles by Dong Li, Qing Guo, Shi Liu

“…The rapid freeze-thaw test was adopted to evaluate the frost resistance durability, and the evaluation indexes of the mass loss and the residual dynamic modulus of elasticity (RDME) the samples were compared, respectively. …”
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Strengthening social capital as a strategy for edutourism development of Kampoeng Soesoe Randuacir Salatiga municipality by Lasti Nur Satiani, Suryo Sakti Hadiwijoyo

“…While the data analysis technique in this study was prepared by adopting an interactive model of qualitative data analysis techniques, using Robert Putnam's Social Capital Theory.The results showed that the social capital of the Randuacir Hamlet community in the form of trust, networks and norms, with various existing dynamics, is the strongest element in the development of KampoengSoesoeedu-tourism. …”
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IMPACT OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ON THE SECURITY OF RECORDS AMONG ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF by SUDETU OSENI, OLUWABUNMI D. BAKARE, AMINAT Z. ALLI

“…It is based on this premise that this study intends to systematically investigate the impact of electronic records management system on the security of records among administrative staff of the Public Polytechnics in Edo State, Nigeria. The study will adopt a positivist research paradigm and a quantitative research approach. …”
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Multilayered Infinite Medium Subject to a Moving Load: Dynamic Response and Optimization Using Coiflet Expansion by Piotr Koziol, M.M. Neves

“…A special method based on a wavelet expansion of functions in the transform domain is adopted for calculation of displacements in the physical domain. …”
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The Impact of Norm- and Criterion-Referenced Grading Systems on Students’ Course-Related Expectations by Jingxuan Liu, Michelle Wong, Bridgette Hard

“…In an online experiment using a preregistered design, we prompted two samples of current and recent college students (N = 547) with a hypothetical course that adopted either a norm- or criterion-referenced grading system, two common grading policies in higher education. …”
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An Efficient Secure Data Aggregation Based on Homomorphic Primitives in Wireless Sensor Networks by Qiang Zhou, Geng Yang, Liwen He

“…This paper proposes a novel secure data aggregation scheme based on homomorphic primitives in WSNs (abbreviated as SDA-HP). The scheme adopts a symmetric-key homomorphic encryption to protect data privacy and combines it with homomorphic MAC synchronically to check the aggregation data integrity. …”
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