The Importance of Locally Embedded Personal Relationships for SME Internationalisation Processes – from Opportunity Recognition to Company Growth by Milena Ratajczak-Mrozek

“…The purpose of the paper is to present the importance of locally embedded personal relationships and individuals’ networks for the rise of small and medium enterprises (SMEs)’ opportunities in the internationalisation process (especially the market entry phase) as well as their international operations and growth. Above all, the aim of the article is to answer the question what is influencing the actual impact of these resulting opportunities on internationalisation and growth. …”
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The Unity of Space in Kant’s Pre-Critical Philosophy by Dai Heide

“…In particular, I argue that Kant sees the unity of space as grounded in the cosmological unity of the world of substances, which is itself rooted in the divine conservation of all substances in relations of mutual causal dependence. …”
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Effect of Modified Greenhouse Drying Technology on the Physicochemical Quality of Cameroonian Cocoa Beans by Banboye D. Frederick, Ngwa Martin Ngwabie, Nde Divine Bup

“…Several benefits give credence to the importance of maintaining the reference values of the physicochemical properties of cocoa beans at all stages along the cocoa chain. Every drying method confers significant effects on quality with implications on demand and prices. …”
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Morphology and Developmental Rate of the Blow Fly, Hemipyrellia ligurriens (Diptera: Calliphoridae): Forensic Entomology Applications by Nophawan Bunchu, Chinnapat Thaipakdee, Apichat Vitta, Sangob Sanit, Kom Sukontason, Kabkaew L. Sukontason

“…In this study, we determined the morphology of all stages and the developmental rate of H. ligurriens reared under natural ambient conditions in Phitsanulok province, northern Thailand. …”
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The Crack in the Cornerstone: Victorian Identity Conflicts and the Representation of the Sepoy Mutiny in Metropolitan and Anglo-Indian Novels by Flaminia Nicora

“…In 1897, Hilda Gregg wrote from the pages of Blackwood’s Magazine that “Of all the great events of this century, as they are reflected in fiction, the Indian Mutiny has taken the firmest hold on the popular imagination.” …”
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Mechanical Properties of Plastic Sand Brick Containing Plastic Waste by Kameshwar Sahani, Bhesh Raj Joshi, Kabiraj Khatri, Abiraj Thapa Magar, Sabin Chapagain, Nabanita Karmacharya

“…The use of plastic has grown extensively in recent years all over the world. It is inexpensive and easily available and can be moulded into any shape. …”
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Organization of the Educational Process: Opportunities for Individualization of Training by B. A. Sazonov

“…Thus, we emphasize, not individual persons but all the students of modern universities have individual curricula and schedules of training sessions. …”
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Code switching and the so-called “assimilation narrative” by Tamás Vraukó

“…Assimilation, however, means melting up in the majority nation by adopting all the values, customs and way of life characteristic of the majority, and abandoning, leaving behind, giving up the original traditional values, ethics, lifestyle, religion etc. of the minority. …”
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Limited-Stop High-Frequency Service Design: Reducing In-Vehicle Congestion by Andrés Felipe García Albarracín, Daniel Jaramillo-Ramírez

“…Analyzing the peak value in the load profile of all simulated corridors, the number of cases where the majority of users would find a seat on the bus increases from 15% to 53%, making the services much more attractive without increasing the costs.…”
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Stakeholders of Voluntary Forest Carbon Offset Projects in China: An Empirical Analysis by Derong Lin, Yingzhi Lin

“…A wide governance structure laying emphasis on benefit balance, equality, and information exchanges and being regulated by all stakeholders has been constructed. It facilitates the agreement among the stakeholders with conflicting or different interests. …”
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Outer Retinopathies Associated with COVID-19 Infection: Case Reports and Review of Literature by Naima Zaheer, Mohammad O. Tallouzi, N. Ajith Kumar, Sreekanth Sreekantam

“…Our patients’ vision was good and maintained during the follow-up. All three were monitored on observation only, and symptoms and lesions improved with time. …”
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The Role of Oxidative Stress in the Aging Process by Barbara F. Oliveira, José Augusto Nogueira-Machado, Míriam M. Chaves

“…The aging of organisms is characterized by a gradual functional decline of all organ systems. An appropriate theory must explain four main characteristics of aging: it is progressive, endogenous, irreversible, and deleterious for the individual. …”
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Comparison of carvedilol vs. bisoprolol for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF): A systematic review and meta-analysis from the Asian population by Yedy Purwandi Sukmawan, Tita Nofianti, Anisa Pebiansyah

“…To address this gap, we conducted a meta-analysis of RCTs and cohort studies involving Asian patients with HFrEF from PubMed and Cochrane databases that reported all-cause mortality, hospital admission, and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) increase. …”
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RAPID AND SPESIFIC DETECTION OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS USING POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION by Anita Kurniati, Desak Nyoman Surya Suameitra Dewi, Ni Nyoman Purwani

“…This infectious disease still give big health problem in all over the world by being second in causing high mortality rates after HIV/AIDS.  …”
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Nutritional composition and sensory properties of snack bars made from sago worm paste (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) as an alternative food by Canti Meda, Muliawan Shinta

“…Additionally, the panellists accepted all snack bar treatments based on color, aroma, taste, aftertaste, texture, and overall acceptance. …”
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Inhibition of Cracks on the Surface of Cement Mortar Using Estabragh Fibers by Tahereh Soleimani, Ali Akbar Merati, Masoud Latifi, Ali Akbar Ramezanianpor

“…However, considering the mechanical properties of specimens such as bending strength and compressive strength, among all fiber proportions, only the specimens with 0.25% of Estabragh fiber performed better in all respects compared to the physical and mechanical properties of reinforced cement composite of mortar. …”
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Expectations for Training Mentors: Insights from a Preservice Language Teacher Education Program by Gizem Mutlu-Gülbak

“…Results – Analysis of the participants’ responses showed that all three groups chose giving feedback to student teachers and knowledge on mentoring duty as the two most important themes that mentor teachers should receive training for. …”
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Biframes and some of their properties by Maryam Firouzi Parizi, Azadeh Alijani, Mohammad Ali Dehghan

“…An interesting result is also proved, showing that the set of all b-Riesz bases is a proper subset of the set of all Riesz bases. …”
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Nonintegrated Host Association of Myrmecophilus tetramorii, a Specialist Myrmecophilous Ant Cricket (Orthoptera: Myrmecophilidae) by Takashi Komatsu, Munetoshi Maruyama, Takao Itino

“…However, behavioral observation showed that all individuals used in the experiment received hostile reactions from the host ants. …”
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Infrared and transcendental structure of two-loop supersymmetric QCD amplitudes by Gregor Kälin, Gustav Mogull, Alexander Ochirov, Bram Verbeek

“…The divergences are written in terms of scalar triangle integrals whose expressions are known to all orders in the dimensional regulator ϵ = (4 − D)/2. …”
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