ANALYSIS OF THE BENEFITS OF GREEN BUILDING IN SOUTH AFRICA by Eric Kwame SIMPEH, John SMALLWOOD

“…Therefore the findings emanating from this study can be used as a support tool for identifying the most significant benefits that enhance the decision of stakeholders to adopt green building and to provide continuous improvement that is essential for green building to gain competitive advantage over the traditional construction methods. …”
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Prioritizing factors affecting Iranian non-oil export using group decision making approach based on hierarchical analysis process by K. F. Mohammadbeigi, S. Daniali, Y. Mohammadbeiki

“…If the goals, set in this area will be achieved, the country’s position will be improved in terms of foreign exchange, curbing the volatility, caused by oil prices and gaining economic and competitive advantages in the global arena. The most important issue in the development of nonoil exports is the liberalization of economic capacity through new investments.In this article all factors, affecting non-oil exports have been determined, based on studying literature. …”
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STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC AND INSTRUMENTS FOR THEIR RESOURCE SUPPORT by Irina V. Novikova, Murad K. Alimuradov

“…The efficient redistribution of limited resources to leverage existing and emerging competitive advantages necessitates the establishment of an effective system for monitoring and controlling the implementation of these priorities. …”

Glocalization of Yoruba Omoluwabi Ideology by Ademola O. Dasylva

“…"Glocalizatlon," in this context, refers to the extent of the local relevance of pmqluwabl and the possibility of its attaining a higher pedestal of global ideological competitiveness. The paper argues that Omoluwabi remains one great ideology in the Yoruba Ifa knowledge systems practice that possesses a capacity for gauging socially approved human rela­tions of global magnitude; there is a plurality of poetics, not just one. …”
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Technology readiness and implications for higher education in Universities in North-Central Nigeria by Jumoke Iyabode Oladele

“…This can be done by investing in technology, training students, and passing regulations that support worldwide competitive online learning.…”
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The role of marketing and advertising in the integration and development of creative industries in the international classification by Y. Bolatbek, G.K. Niyetalina, J. Garcia Laborda, Z.B. Akhmetova

“…The implementation of these measures could lead to better marketing and advertising practices in Kazakhstan's creative industries, which could boost their economic growth and global competitiveness. Key words: creative industries, creative economy, international classification, advertising, marketing strategies, place branding. …”
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Principles of the victim’s representation in criminal proceedings by I. O. Yemets

“…It has been proved that representation of victims in criminal proceedings is an indispensable guarantee of the principle of equality before law and court, access to justice and binding nature of court decisions, competitiveness of the parties and freedom to present their evidence to court and to prove their convincing nature before the court, etc. …”
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Platform models in small businesses: A challenge for mature companies by Rafael Dan Schur, Rodrigo Sabiá

“…Social contributions: References in the literature indicate that the adoption of digital platforms is a relevant strategy to improve competitiveness and small companies need to adapt to this new business model in order to overcome the impacts of COVID-19, defeating the business inertia present in mature companies. …”
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Solving the maximum cut problem using Harris Hawk Optimization algorithm. by Md Rafiqul Islam, Md Shahidul Islam, Pritam Khan Boni, Aldrin Saurov Sarker, Md Asif Anam

“…In terms of solution quality, MC-HHO can produce outcomes that are quite competitive when compared to other related state-of-the-art algorithms.…”
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Service Quality Analysis of BPR XYZ by Ulfa Chusnia Wahyunita, Dwi Sukma Donoriyanto

“…This must be addressed immediately if the company wishes to remain competitive. This study will use the Service Quality (Servqual) method to address the issues faced. …”
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The role of influencer marketing in building rural brand equity among generation Y customers by Oratilwe Penwell Mokoena, Solly Matshonisa Seeletse

“…In the current fast paced competitive digital marketing era, businesses explore every possibility to differentiate their brand, retain customers and remain resilient. …”
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Confinement of concrete cylinders using dry glass fiber hoops: Experimental investigation and analytical modeling by Ahmed Abd El Fattah

“…A comparative analysis highlighted that dry glass fiber hoops provided competitive confinement efficiency relative to FRP sheets and hemp ropes, particularly in terms of strength and ductility. …”
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Increasing Trust in Banking and Developing Insurance System for Bank Deposits in Russia by I. V. Dmitriev

“…According to the author, in this regard there is a number of the problems connected with sufficiency of a network of the operating credit organizations of requirement of ensuring economic growth, formation of the healthy competitive environment, sufficiency of Fund of insurance of deposits for providing guarantees to investors in case of bankruptcy of banks. …”
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The Effect of the Bamboozle Game on the Reading Ability of Seventh-Grade Students at SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Lubuklinggau by Anggara Ningsih, Iis Sujarwati

“…Additionally, the interactive and competitive nature of the game increased students' motivation and engagement, fostering a more dynamic and enjoyable learning environment. …”
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AnomLite: Efficient binary and multiclass video anomaly detection by Anna K. Zvereva, Mariam Kaprielova, Andrey Grabovoy

“…The initial layers of MobileNetV2 are employed for efficient spatial feature extraction, capturing low-to-mid-level features such as edges and textures, while the last hidden state of an LSTM processes temporal dependencies to identify patterns indicative of anomalies. AnomLite is competitive due to its computational efficiency, requiring only 11 million parameters, and its robustness, achieving a ROC AUC of 0.99, Average Precision of 0.99 and F1-Score (Weighted) of 0.92 and outperforming comparable models in anomaly detection tasks. …”
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A hybrid differential evolution particle swarm optimization algorithm based on dynamic strategies by Huarong Xu, Qianwei Deng, Zhiyu Zhang, Shengke Lin

“…The experimental results indicate that our proposed algorithm demonstrates significant competitiveness.…”
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A Channel Attention-Driven Optimized CNN for Efficient Early Detection of Plant Diseases in Resource Constrained Environment by Sana Parez, Naqqash Dilshad, Jong Weon Lee

“…<i>LeafNet</i> draws inspiration from the block-wise VGG19 architecture but incorporates several optimizations, including a reduced number of parameters, smaller input size, and faster inference time while maintaining competitive accuracy. The proposed <i>LeafNet</i> leverages small, uniform convolutional filters to capture fine-grained details of plant disease features, with an increasing number of channels to enhance feature extraction. …”
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Drivers of innovation value: simulation for new drug pricing evaluation based on system dynamics modelling by Qian Xing, Wendi Cheng, Wei Wang, Chunlin Jin, Haiyin Wang

“…The study also identifies underexploited opportunities related to the use of evidence in pricing decisions.ConclusionClinical outcomes are pivotal in shaping drug pricing, influencing both patient and healthcare provider preferences, and thereby affecting market uptake and competitive dynamics. Regulatory frameworks that prioritize unmet medical needs or superior drug efficacy are essential. …”
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The relationship between psychological capital and athlete burnout: the mediating relationship of coping strategies and the moderating relationship of perceived stress by Xiaomei Yu, Suxuan Xing, Yang Yang

“…Control variables included age, gender, sport type, and competitive experience. Results The results revealed that psychological capital negatively associated with burnout both directly ( $$\beta$$ β = -0.539, p < 0.01) and indirectly (a*b = -0.803, p < 0.01) through coping strategies. …”
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Funding for China’s Top Universities: Does Size Matter? by S. S. Donetskaya, Liang Bin

“…The second reason for success is the “symbolic capital” obtained by universities from participation in the 211 / 985 / “Double First Class” projects, which allows them to achieve significant competitive advantages. Sources of information for analysis included: data from the Ministry of Education of China, web-sites of leading Chinese universities, publications available in the open access network of the Chinese internet, as well as scientific articles published in Russian and leading world publications.…”
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