Edible Coatings Enhance Storability and Preserve Quality of Kiwiberry (<i>Actinidia arguta</i> L.) cv. Ken’s Red by Adriana C. Guerreiro, Custódia Gago, Dário Passos, Jaime Martins, Sandra Cruz, Fernão Veloso, Rui Guerra, Maria D. Antunes

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Algorithm for diagnosing insulation of power transformers by acoustic method in conditions of temperature changes by A. A. Kuznetsov, V. V. Kharlamov, M. A. Volchanina

“…Expressions are given that describe the properties of transformer oil with temperature changes, and changes in signal parameters during the propagation of acoustic waves. …”
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Agribusiness through Smart Technology an Approach of Smart Agriculture by Khatereh Bagherzadeh Asl

“…Agribusiness gets impacted by climatic change, ecological change, and cataclysmic event. Utilizing WSN the dirt and water the executives should be possible. …”
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Why we should revitalize indigenous water harvesting systems: Lessons learned by Musaed Aklan, Charlotte de Fraiture, Laszlo G. Hayde

“…Our review shows that indigenous RWH systems are declining as a result of multiple factors but chiefly groundwater use, rural-urban migration, climate change, and changes in policy. However, our review also reveals that revitalized indigenous RWH systems can play an important role in alleviating water scarcity problems and sustaining livelihoods in both dry and developing regions. …”
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Les impacts humains des changements organisationnels autour des TIC by Robert Picard

“…In fact, the jobs of data processing people as well as of professional users are often the most affected.Data processing people must revise their way of doing things, a change that is accompanied by a loss of autonomy and greater demands for cooperation and multidisciplinarity that they are not necessarily prepared for.Professional users may lose some historical guidelines, a change that is accompanied by a review of their practices, organizational changes, and changes in the work environment. They must sometimes develop new capacities, which may be costly for them, and some may even lose their jobs.These questions will be illustrated in two actual recent situations observed in a major service provider, for each of the populations.…”
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Restructuring the Economic Policy Framework in Brazil: Genuine or Gattopardo change? by Rui Lyrio Modenesi, André de Melo Modenesi, Norberto Montani Martins, Patrick Fontaine

“…For Keynesians, it was hold; it is as if the change had just been a Gattopardo change, a “change that keeps things the same”.…”
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Children's Conceptual Development: A Long-Run Investigation by Yilmaz Saglam, Merve Ozbek

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Le réchauffement climatique va-t-il conduire les petites îles à être englouties sous les invasions biologiques ? by Jacques Tassin

“…The aim of the paper is too provide an illustrated framework, detailing the ecological changes which are expected within small islands, in a prevailing context of climate change. The change in ecological niches will result in modifications observed at the respective levels of (i) the composition of species communities, (ii) the functioning of biotopes, (iii) but also the production of goods and ecosystemic services. …”
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The income-labour nexus as the dominant institutional form in rural sub-Saharan Africa by Pierre Girard, Sandrine Michel, Sara Mercandalli, Bruno Losch

“…Given the limitations of the dominant macroeconomic conception of structural change for analysing economic transformations in SSA, and acknowledging the importance of rural economies in SSA, this paper argues for an alternative approach to structural change that uses the rural household as the key unit of analysis of change. Structural change is therefore impacted by the evolution of the socioeconomic reproduction patterns of rural households. …”
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A Study on the Influence of Interactivity on Behavior Intention in Platform B2C Model by Hao Sun

“…With the development and maturity of online shopping market, the concept of consumers has also been changing, gradually changing from “panning for cheap” and “panning for convenience” to “panning for quality,” paying more attention to the quality of goods and services. …”
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TE Magnetostatic Surface Waves in Symmetric Dielectric Negative Permittivity Material Waveguide by A. I. Ass'ad, H. S. Ashour

“…We found that the power flow was changing by changing the operating frequency, the dielectric film thickness, and the optical nonlinearity. …”
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Contribution of secondary school geography assessment strategies in mitigating climate change in Uganda by Alex, Ronald Mwangu, Kagoda Alice Merab, Mugimu, Christopher Byalusaago

“…Effects of climate change are most felt in developing countries due to low awareness and lack of access to information on climate change. Climate change is a major concern to education policy makers and curriculum developers. …”
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Study on the Measurement Method of the Crack Local Flexibility of the Beam Structure by Yumin He, Siyu Guo, Xiaolong Zhang

“…With the occurrence and propagation of crack, the local flexibility will change. The change can effectively reflect the damage degree of the structure. …”
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An overview of the application of GRACE satellite data in drought research by TANG Yingying, XIAO Liying, GUO Yongcheng, CHENG Yuxiang, LIU Xiangzhou

“…It also looks forward to the research directions of water storage change in changing environment, constructing drought index more suitable for drought monitoring, improving the accuracy of GRACE data, enhancing the temporal and spatial resolution of GRACE data, drought early warning and decision-making support, as well as the response of the regional water cycle and ecosystems, which can provide some reference value for the subsequent related application research.…”
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Variable Volumetric Stiffness Fluid Mount Design by Nader Vahdati, Mehdi Ahmadian

“…Since none of the passive fluid mount parameters are controllable, the only way to tune the mount is to redesign the mount by changing fluid, changing inertia track length or diameter, or changing rubber stiffness. …”
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Accepting change as part of organisational life by Yolandi Slabbert

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Environment as a cultural and economic “barrier” of Canada by Ivanović Mirko

“…This paper is significant for two reasons, the first is to explain the historical division of the country through natural conditions as the main factors of division (into the southern more populated part and the northern sparsely populated part of Canada) and second to show how climate change really changes the everyday life of the local population in a positive (economic growth and employment) and negative (environmental change due to climate change and environmental pollution due to the arrival of industry in those "remote" areas) aspect.…”
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Reflection of Hydropolitical Actions of Upstream Tigris and Euphrates Countries on Islamic Republic of Iran\'s Security: Case study Gap Project in Turkey by Ahmad Rashidinejad, Morad kaviani rad, Mottaqi

“…The present study is based on the assumption of reflecting the Hydropolitic relations of the Tigris and Euphrates basin (based on Gap Project) with the viewpoint of continuing climate change and changing rainfall patterns and increasing water use in downstream countries using library resources. …”
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Juridical construction of socio-ecological security: Indonesia’s vulnerability to climate change by Atika Sari Diah Apriani, Triatmodjo Marsudi, Purwanto Harry

“…As an archipelagic state, Indonesia is very vulnerable to losing part of its land and islands due to climate change. Climate change causes atmospheric instability and sea level rise. …”
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Pengalaman Suami yang Mengikuti Vasektomi di Kecamatan Cimahi Tengah by Fikri Mourly Wahyudi, R. Siti Jundiah, Novitasari Tsamrotul Fuadah, Inggrid Dirgahayu, Yuyun Sarinengsih

“…The study produced 8 themes: readiness to do vasectomy, pain, anxiety, getting rewards, no physical changes, no changes in sexual intercourse, and rumors, as well as 18 sub-themes. …”
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