Octavio Paz: Entre Modernidad e identidad by Oliver Kozlarek

“…Los debates en teoría social sobre la modernidad se han distanciado de la idea de convergencia de la que partían las “teorías de la modernización”, desarrollando una conciencia de diferencia más sofisticada que no deja de interesarse por las coincidencias y afinidades globales y universales de las “múltiples experiencias” con y en la modernidad global. …”
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Multilevel Thresholding for Image Segmentation Using Mean Gradient by Abubakar M. Ashir

“…In this study, a simple yet effective and noniterative global and bilevel thresholding technique is proposed. …”
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Plutonium in the Arctic Marine Environment — A Short Review by Lindis Skipperud

“…In the Arctic environment, the main source of plutonium is from atmospheric weapons testing, which has resulted in a relatively uniform, underlying global distribution of plutonium. Previous studies of plutonium in the Kara Sea have shown that, at certain sites, other releases have given rise to enhanced local concentrations. …”
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Wallander's Dark Geopolitics by Stougaard-Nielsen Jakob

“…More specifically, I consider what may be gained from exploring the Wallander series within two distinct – yet, I shall argue, related – perspectives on geopolitics and crime fiction: on the one hand, the geopolitics of the translation, adaptation, and reception networks that have “worlded” the Wallander series (what I call Wallander's geopolitical adaptation networks), and on the other, the fictional geopolitical networks that weave the Global North and the Global South together in several of Mankell's intricate crime plots (Wallander's dark geopolitics).…”
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Snow and Dickens: The Victorian ‘Inconvenient Truth’ by Wayne Melville et Philip V. Allingham

“…Fast forward to the present, and we see this history repeating itself in the issue of global warming. The science of global warming has been developing since the 1820s and is now well accepted, but serious political debates continue in North America over scientific uncertainty and the economic costs of tackling the problem.…”
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An evolutionary game theory analysis on the environmental impact of discharging Fukushima's nuclear wastewater: International stakeholders and strategic dynamics. by Mingyang Li, Han Pengsihua, Songqing Zhao, Zejun Wang, Limin Yang, Tongjing Liu

“…This study aims to provide both a theoretical framework and practical guidance to foster a global consensus on nuclear wastewater management, which is vital for marine conservation and sustainable development.…”
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Will South Africa meet the Sustainable Development Goals target for maternal mortality by 2030? by Y Pillay, J M Moodley

“…In this short report, we assess progress towards meeting the maternal mortality target, globally and in SA. The maternal mortality ratio that countries are expected to reach is no more than 70 deaths per 100 000 live births. …”
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On Complex Dynamics of Differentiated Products: Cournot Duopoly Model under Average Profit Maximization by S.S. Askar

“…Furthermore, global bifurcation of the basins of attraction is confirmed through contact between the critical curves and the boundaries of escaping domain.…”
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Germany’s Strategic Contraction Following American Hegemony in the Context of Offensive Realism Theory by Tolga Öztürk

“…This study examines the position of the European continent within the international system, focusing specifically on Germany, from the years when the future of the global international system began to be debated following the Cold War up to the present day. …”

The Reversely Zoned Castelo Branco Pluton at the New “Barrocal” City Park (Central Iberian Zone, Portugal) by Isabel Margarida Antunes, Carlos de Carvalho, Mohamed Abioui

“…The "Barrocal" city Park of Castelo Branco is an urban park developed to protect the geoheritage of the tardi-Variscan granite landscapes of the only city existing in the area of the Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark. The "Barrocal" Granite is part of a Late Carboniferous unusual reversely zone intrusion with a granodiorite core and different granites in the rim. …”
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An Application of ANN Ensemble for Estimating of Precipitation Using Regional Climate Models by Dongwoo Jang

“…More detailed regional climate change scenarios are being used through dynamic downscale based on global circulation model results. There is a global tendency to utilize simulated precipitation data from downscaled regional climate models (RCMs) suitable for each country. …”
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An Efficient Clustering Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks Based on Localized Game Theoretical Approach by Dongfeng Xie, Qi Sun, Qianwei Zhou, Yunzhou Qiu, Xiaobing Yuan

“…However, the CROSS algorithm needs the global information of how many nodes participate in the game at every round. …”
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Building climate resilience in Indonesia: The role of cool roofs by Beta Paramita

“…This innovative technology helps make a concrete contribution to global warming mitigation efforts in Indonesian cities, as it combats the urban heat island effect and its neg impacts, thereby preserving the health of urban dwellers. …”
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Polityka socjalna i sytuacja ludzi w podeszłym wieku by Piotr Krajewski

“…It is known that education is a constant process which is based on a fundamental human right to self-realisation. It contributes to global development of society which we are a part of. …”
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Cosmopolitismo Feminista contra Globalización by Sonia Reverter Bañón

“…La idea que mantenemos es que el actual proceso de globalización en su forma neoliberal, y apuntalada por organismos internacionales como el Banco Mundial, impide un cosmopolitismo que pueda avanzar la agenda de igualdad a nivel global. La propuesta que presentamos de un cosmopolitismo feminista pretende servir de crítica fundamental a esa manera de entender y practicar la globalización. …”
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Towards the Conflict and Compatibility of the Contemporary Economy with Nature by Eva Pechočiaková Svitačová

“…The conflict between nature and culture is considered to be the main cause of the global ecological crisis, which is a crisis of coexistence between humans and nature. …”
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Género y gestión del riesgo de desastres: análisis comparado de la agenda internacional y latinoamericana y caribeña by Ana Gabriela Fernández-Saavedra, Rosario González-Arias, Sandra Dema-Moreno

“…The results show that there has been an accelerated process of incorporating the gender perspective in disaster risk management on a global scale, but not in Latin America and the Caribbean, a geographical context in which said evolution has not been homogeneous or constant. …”
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La experiencia cuencana como "rito de paso" de la migración académica española a Ecuador by María del Rocío Pérez-Gañán, María Jara Rodríguez-Fariñas

“…Within the framework of a global knowledge economy that generates asymmetric processes of concentration, expulsion and instrumentalization of human potential, this study attempts to understand, through a biographical method (analysis of the seven stories of migration of Spanish academics), the mechanisms activated in the dynamics of North-South academic mobility, in these processes of qualified labor migration, expelled in a search for professional advancement, to later access an academic career in the country of origin.…”
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Implementation of lightweight intrusion detection model for security of smart green house and vertical farm by Jun-Ho Huh

“…With the current global food production capability, it is not difficult to anticipate that there will be a global food shortage when the world population grows beyond 10 billion by the end of the 21st century. …”
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African Orphan Crops under Abiotic Stresses: Challenges and Opportunities by Zerihun Tadele

“…Finally, few examples of global efforts on tackling major abiotic constraints in Africa are presented.…”
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