Multi-Agent Hierarchical Graph Attention Actor–Critic Reinforcement Learning by Tongyue Li, Dianxi Shi, Songchang Jin, Zhen Wang, Huanhuan Yang, Yang Chen

“…This method naturally models the interactions within a multi-agent system as a graph, employing hierarchical graph attention to capture the complex cooperative and competitive relationships among agents, thereby enhancing their adaptability to dynamic environments. …”
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Strategic Management at Mormaii - the Brazilian Surf Industry Leader by Marcos Abilio Bosquetti, Gabriela Gonçalves Silveira Fiates, Jess Ponting

“…As a result, this empirical study illustrates the RBV perspective, which stems from the principle that the source of firms’ competitive advantage lies in their internal resources and capabilities, rather than simply evaluating environmental opportunities and threats in conducting business. …”
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Thermodynamics and Mechanism of the Adsorption of Heavy Metal Ions on Keratin Biomasses for Wastewater Detoxification by Salaudeen Abdulwasiu Olawale, Adrián Bonilla-Petriciolet, Didilia Ileana Mendoza-Castillo, Chibueze Charles Okafor, Lotfi Sellaoui, Michael Badawi

“…These keratinous biomaterials showed competitive adsorption capacities especially for chromium ion removal and can outperform commercial activated carbons and other adsorbents reported in literature.…”
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Integrating environmental issues in the policy agenda by the ruling parties in East Java, Indonesia by Syahirul Alim, Verdy Firmantoro, Angga Sukmara Christian Permadi

“…These findings suggest that moving beyond superficial environmental initiatives towards strategic environmental integration can improve electoral competitiveness and promote sustainable development. The results suggest that by aligning their strategies with broader sustainability goals and adopting proactive measures for environmental management, regional political parties in East Java can not only respond to short-term electoral pressures; they can even begin to resolve some of the key sustainability challenges that underpin future electoral success and the quality of governance in their regions.…”
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Exploring sustainability oriented innovations in tourism: insights from ecological modernization, diffusion of innovations, and the triple bottom line by Muhammad Fikry Aransyah, Bambang Hermanto, Anang Muftiadi, Hera Oktadiana

“…Economically, SOIs improve financial performance, operational efficiency, and competitiveness while generating revenue through green certifications and eco-labels. …”
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Analyzing Chinese Customers’ Switching Intention of Smartphone Brands: Integrating the Push-Pull-Mooring Framework by Jin Guo, Shan Shan, Yu Wang, Yousaf Ali Khan

“…These findings provide useful implications and insights for smartphone brands to develop competitive strategies for customer relationship management.…”
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La monnaie, la politique et la possibilité d’un mode de développement à nouveau fondé sur le marché intérieur au Brésil et en Argentine by Jaime Marques Pereira

“…This analysis shows that the opposed choices of a competitive or appreciated exchange rate in Argentina and Brazil, associated respectively to an accommodating or restrictive monetary regime, reflect the agency of historically specific interest groups, both implying a gridlock in the transition to a new development model because they are still equally submitted to the monetary power of the creditors in the trade-off between taxation and public debt, which impedes changing the financing structure of the economy as well as sufficient increases in the investment in the domestic sector.…”
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Refined feature enhancement network for object detection by Zonghui Li, Yongsheng Dong

“…Extensive experiments show that our RFENet can perform competitively on different datasets. The code is available at https://github.com/object9detection/RFENet .…”
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Improving patient satisfaction based on service quality in clinical trials: A cross-sectional study. by Go-Eun Lee, Sue Kim, Sang Hui Chu, Jeong-Ho Seok, So Yoon Kim, Sanghee Kim

“…<h4>Background</h4>Participants' satisfaction is an important factor in securing competitiveness in clinical trials. In many industries, such as healthcare, customer service quality has been analyzed to increase customer satisfaction. …”
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Media Support of University Activities in the Context of University Image Promotion by V. A. Pulkina, G. V. Korshunov

“…In modern market conditions universities have to interact with multiple and diverse groups of the public. To enhance competitiveness, universities are transforming communicationpolicies into specific target audiences and new channels of communication. …”
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APPLIED IR TRAINING AND AN EFFECTIVE FOREIGN POLICY by A. A. Baykov

“…A new approach has been taken to the problem of updating and rationalization of the current academic programs (especially, MA training programs) in order to boost the competitiveness of national educational system at the global education market. …”
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Cooperative learning in Initial Teacher Education: student experiences by Leah O’Toole

“…In spite of some challenges in terms of logistics, the findings are overwhelmingly positive, with benefits of cooperative learning including deeper and more meaningful learning than in individualistic or competitive approaches, greater application of theory to practice, stronger motivation and more enjoyment of learning on behalf of students, more integrated inter-disciplinary thinking, improvements in academic self-efficacy beliefs and self-confidence, and stronger critical engagement with material. …”
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A globális felmelegedésről (About the Global Warming) by Katalin M. Barna, Tamás Molnár

“…Among the companies the acceptance is wider as today the use of an environmentally friendly technology is a competitive advantage so these technologies have become a main factor of the long-term survival.…”
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Sustainable regionalism: Reading the sustainability approach in the context of regionalist architecture by Elahe Zoghi Hosseini, Darab Diba, Hamed kamelnia, Mostafa Mokhtabad Ameri

“…In addition, using the latest works of architecture selected by international institutions and awards and competitions, we are developing examples of sustainable regionalism. …”
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Analysis of Coordinated Pricing Model of Closed-Loop Supplying Chain Based on Game Theory in E-Commerce Environment by Zhaoquan Zhou, Bin Gu

“…Finally, this paper puts forward some methods of construction coordination of closed-loop supply chain to guide the closed-loop supply chain to reduce costs, improve competitive advantage, and make the development of closed-loop supply chain more practical significance.…”
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Reducing Training Time in Skin Cancer Classification Using Convolutional Neural Network with Mixed Precision Implementation by Raka Ryandra Guntara, Hendriyana, Indira Syawanodya

“…These results suggest that mixed precision can meaningfully accelerate model training while maintaining competitive performance. The practical implications of this research include its potential to improve the efficiency of skin cancer classification models, making them more suitable for real-time clinical applications, particularly in resource-constrained environments.…”
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Implementation of International Norms in Russia: The Case of Higher Education by A. Crowley-Vigneau, A. A. Baykov, Ye. Kalyuzhnova

“…It investigates how Russia strives to adopt international and western educational norms by adhering to the Bologna process and launching projects such as 5-100 to reinforce the competitiveness of its universities on the global stage, but remains concerned about security and national identity issues. …”
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Research on absorptive capacity in the green context: a bibliometric and visualization analysis by Chujie Ni, Nor Liza Abdullah

“…Based on these findings, a systematic framework for applying absorptive capacity in the green context was developed, providing practical guidance for managers to enhance sustainability performance and competitive advantage. This study contributes to both absorptive capacity and environmental management literature by offering a holistic overview, synthesizing diverse perspectives, and bridging the gap between academic research and practical implementation.…”
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The Modeling of Comprehensive Evaluation System of College Teachers’ Professional Quality Based on Deep Learning by Xiaoying Yang

“…Colleges and universities must reform the comprehensive evaluation system of teachers’ quality, clarify the objectives of the comprehensive evaluation of teachers’ quality, reasonably set the evaluation content, use the correct evaluation means, mobilize the enthusiasm of teachers, promote the construction of teachers’ team, and improve the competitiveness of colleges and universities according to the laws of education and teaching and the professional characteristics of teachers. …”
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Statistical Inference for Heavy-Tailed Burr X Distribution with Applications by Mohamed Kayid, Vasili B. V. Nagarjuna, Mohammed Elgarhy

“…The numerical results showed that the HTBX model fit the data better than the other competitive models.…”
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