Comparative assessment of the resilience of new urban settlements to earthquake risk (Case study: Greater Isfahan urban area) by Fazllollah Karimi Ghotbabadi, Ali Zangiabadi

“…It is essential to acknowledge that attitudes toward resilience and the analytical frameworks employed to assess it significantly influence both the understanding of underlying causes of resilience and the formulation of policies aimed at risk reduction and management. The objective of this study is to evaluate and rank the earthquake resilience of new urban developments within the Isfahan Metropolitan area through the utilization of a combined index. …”
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Positive, negative, and ambivalent: Indian parents’ attitudes to and mediation methods of children’s digital media use by Sowparnika Pavan Kumar Attavar, Padma Rani

“…This calls for more effective parental guidance programs and policies to promote healthy digital media habits in families.…”
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Reaching the Peripheral Regional Growth Centre by Jörgen Gren

“…More importantly, the centre-periphery concept is at the very heart of most national regional policies and aid schemes as well as being at the heart of the EU’s cohesion/convergence efforts undertaken in the framework of the Structural and cohesion funds. …”
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The impact of Islamic financial development on renewable energy production in Islamic countries by Siswantoro, Amir Mahmud

“…Implications − The results of this study have implications for the policies of Muslim countries to further encourage Islamic finance to be channeled into the renewable energy sector. …”
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Risk Assessment of Dyslipidemias, Hyperglycemia, Hyperuricemia, and Hypertension Utilizing Self-Reported Body Silhouettes by Ruben Blachman-Braun, Juan O. Talavera, Marcela Pérez-Rodríguez, Ivonne Roy-García, Rodolfo Rivas-Ruiz, Gerardo Huitrón-Bravo, Jorge Salmerón

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The Linguistic Landscape of Urban Vellore: A Comprehensive Analysis of Language Distribution, Choice, and Implications in the Commercial Space Through Shop Signs by Mishra Sneha

“…The study concludes that there is a dialectical relationship between the city and the inhabitants, as they develop and accommodate one another in response to the city along with its language policies, identity issues, and expectations. The LL of Vellore’s shop signs is a reflection of the cultural, linguistic, and economic landscape of the city, and provides a window into the complexities of language use in multilingual urban environments.…”
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Explain the development of social capital in urban water crisis management using factor analysis method (Case study: Karaj city) by khadigeh khatiri, iran ghazi, nemat hasani

“…And finally 5 items eliminated to be effective ones to development of social capital in crisis management of urban water which are ( in order of preferences ) social trust, motivating policies, change in attitude atmosphere, infrastructures of interactions and values in the society, mutual reconciliation between people and government…”
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Europol’s Counter-Terrorism Role: over 25 Years of Partnership by Antonio Ortiz

“…Findings: Over the past two decades, significant terrorist attacks have profoundly influenced the European Union’s counter-terrorism policies and institutions. These events have accelerated the development of Europol’s dedicated counter-terrorism capabilities, transforming it from an agency with limited operational capacity into a key player in the EU’s counter-terrorism efforts. …”
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Globalization and Its Implications on the Growth of Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Western Uganda: A Case of Selected Districts in Western Uganda by Eton, Marus, Ayiga, Natal, Constant, Okello Obura, Fabian, Mwosi, Gilbert, Uwonda

“…Government should lower interest rates through her fiscal and monetary policies to allow SMEs access credit at affordable rates. …”
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The Contribution of Records Personnel Towards Organizational Performance at Kabale Municipal Council. by Kiiza, Martin

“…The literature review maintains that records personnel plays a big role in management of records and anchor on a written records management policies, standards and procedures. The researcher used a case study research design where Kabale Municipal Council registry was chosen for this study. …”
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Effect of Teacher Motivation on Pupil’s Performance in Kyanamira Sub-county Kabale District. by Ahimbisibwe, Judith

“…However, 80% of respondents disagreed that there were any policies for teacher training. The researcher recommends that the Ministry of Public Service develop incentive packages to enhance teacher motivation in primary schools. …”
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Factors Affecting Mechanization of Agriculture Practices in Kabale District. by Ainomugisha, Godwin

“…These include the topography of an area, cost of Machinery, labor Costs, scale of Operations, crop Characteristics, technological Awareness, government Policies, and Environmental Concerns. From objective three, the study indicated findings established the environmental implications of agricultural mechanization in Kabale district and these include resource Depletion, mechanized farming enabling precision agriculture practices, mechanization can replace labor-intensive tasks, reducing the need for manual labor in agriculture, heavy machinery used in agriculture can cause soil compaction, biodiversity Loss…”
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The Contribution of Tour Companies Towards the Development of the Tourism Industry in Rwanda: A Case Study of Primate Safari Tour Company by Diogene, Habimana

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Rural Women’s Cooperatives and Family Standard of Living in Rwanda: A case of Urugero Cooperative in Gatsibo District. by Tharcisse, Maniragena

“…Various recommendations were drawn, namely the need for government contribution to facilitate financially low investors, to establish a detailed set of policies and guidelines that should be followed for a better success in business, and especially to help women’s cooperatives get credit facilities and market for their products.…”
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Financial Accessibility and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kabale Municipality-Uganda by Ambrose, Turyomunsi

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Labour Turnover and Performance of Public Institutions in Zanzibar: A Case of Ministry of Education and Vocational Training in Zanzibar by Mbarak, Silima Khamis

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A phenomenological study of knowledge concealment in country water and sewage engineering company by Gholamreza Moghadasi, Hamidreza Rezaei Kelidbari, Mohammad Doostar

“…For organizations, the findings recommend that they should implement various policies that highlight the organizational focus of employees to facilitate knowledge sharing and prevent knowledge hiding. …”
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Performance Evaluation of DDS-Based Middleware over Wireless Channel for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems by Basem Almadani, Muhammad Naseer Bajwa, Shuang-Hua Yang, Abdul-Wahid A. Saif

“…Obtained results serve as an empirical proof of concept that DDS can ensure reliable and timely data communication in firm real-time distributed control systems using common wireless channels and offer extensive control over various aspects of data transmission through its rich set of QoS policies.…”
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Study on spatial correlation and driving factors of industrial carbon emission in the Hefei metropolitan area based on SNA-QAP method by Dawei Dai, Yuewen Liu, Shuhang Zhao, Yue Chen

“…It establishes the foundation for the Hefei metropolitan area to differentiated green city development policies. The results show that (1) The industrial carbon emission in the Hefei metropolitan area showed a fluctuating and rising trend, forming a strongly connected carbon emission network spatial patterna; (2) The overall structure of the spatial correlation network of industrial carbon emissions in the Hefei metropolitan area is stable, but the tightness of the spatial correlation relationship among cities is not enough and the hierarchy is evident; (3) Hefei and Huainan are the centers of the carbon emission spatial correlation network of the Hefei metropolitan area, the position of each city in the carbon emission spatial correlation network is obviously unbalanced; (4) Urbanization level, economic development level, technological innovation, level of opening up and industrial structure exert considerable influence on the establishment and evolution of the spatial correlation network pertaining to industrial carbon emissions within the Hefei metropolitan area.…”
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Emergent patterns in global health diplomacy: a network analysis of the resolutions adopted by the World Health Assembly from 1948 to 2022 by Kelley Lee, Didier Wernli, Nicolas Levrat, Bastien Chopard, Jean-Luc Falcone, Stephan Davidshofer

“…From a complexity perspective on governance, multilateral diplomacy is based on interactions between people, ideas, norms, policies and institutions. This article uses a computer-assisted methodology to better understand governance systems as a network of norms. …”
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