LEVERAGING COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE PROCESSES IN SHIPPING INDUSTRY OPERATIONS AND STRATEGY by Anastasios-Nikolaos KANELLOPOULOS

“…The study synthesizes insights from scholarly works and academic perspectives to highlight the transformative impact of CI practices on operational efficiency and competitiveness in shipping operations. …”
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Googling the US Electoral Cycle, 2004-2016: South African Insights by Bhaso Ndzendze

“…This disproportional share for digital spending is indicative of what scholars have termed as the rise of computational politics, defined by one study as “the application of digital targeted-marketing technologies to election campaigns” (Chester and Montgomery, 2017: 1). …”
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Resilience and Resistance Among Migrant Male Domestic Workers in South Africa by David du Toit

“… Despite the large body of scholarly research that has addressed the various challenges encountered by female domestic workers, there exists a notable gap in understanding the experiences of male domestic workers in South Africa. …”
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Nobility and domestic conviviality in the paintings of archduchess Maria Christine by Michael Yonan

“… Scholars have long identified Jean-Jacques Rousseau's writings as central texts to the history of the family. …”
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Research on Interfacial Bonding Property of Modified Fiber Reinforced Concrete and Present Situation Analysis by ZHANG Xiaoli, YUAN Yuan

“…The bonding property between fibers and concrete matrixes has an important effect on the mechanical properties of composites. So far,scholars at home and abroad have done a lot of research to improve the bonding strength between the fiber and the matrix in concrete and ultimately to enhance the fiber reinforcement effect.This paper summarizes tests at home and abroad on the interfacial bonding property of fiber reinforced concrete and their evaluation indexes and analyzes the mechanism and the influence of the interfacial bonding property of modified fiber reinforced concrete from the two aspects of matrix property and fiber surface characteristics.It is concluded that nanomaterials,organic polymers,and part of the active minerals all affect the hydration process of cement concrete. …”
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Nonlinear Stability of Oblate Infinitesimal in Elliptic Restricted Three-Body Problem Influenced by the Oblate and Radiating Primaries by A. Narayan, A. Chakraborty, A. Dewangan

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JUVENILE DELINQUECY AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THE DYNAMIC DUO by Igbaekemen Goddy Osa

“… This research article offers a critique to the issues raised by other scholars in the possession and use of alcohol and other drugs are illegal for all youth. …”
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Language and the African Philosophical Traditions by Kọ́lá Abímbọ́lá

“… Are there universal principles, categories, or forms of reasoning that apply to all aspects of human experience—irrespective of culture and epoch? Numerous scholars have explored this very question from Africana perspectives: Kwasi Wiredu (1996) explored the philosophical issue of whether there are culturally defined values and concepts; Hallen and Sodipo (1986) examined the question of whether there are unique African indigenous systems of knowledge; Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1994) evaluated the role of colonialism in the language of African literature; Oyerò nkẹ ́ ́ Oyěwumi (1997) argued that “gender” is a Western cultural invention that is foreign to Yorùbá systems of sociation; and Helen Veran (2001) argued that even though science, mathematics, and logic are not culturally relative, “certainty” is nonetheless derived from cultural practices and associations. …”
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Matriarchal Exemplarity in Elizabeth Isham’s Booke of Rememberance by Emma Rayner

“…Elizabeth Isham’s Booke of Rememberance (written 1638-9) has emerged in recent decades as one of the seventeenth century’s finest surviving examples of life-writing. Scholars have pointed, in particular, to Isham’s achievement in fashioning a fairly coherent self despite the generic hybridity of her manuscript diary. …”
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THE BALANCE BETWEEN THEORY AND PRAXIS IN SOUTH AFRICAN PENTECOSTALISM: PATMOS BIBLE SCHOOL AS A MODEL by M.S. Kgatle

“…The vast majority of scholars have linked these recent developments with the gap that exists between theory and praxis in South African Pentecostalism. …”
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La science-fiction fantastique de Maurice Renard by Arthur B. Evans

“…His neglect among Anglo-American literary scholars is most likely the result of two factors : first, very few English translations of Renard's works exist (and those that do are of inferior quality) and, second, the basic nature of Renard's sf tends to challenge our more modern notions of genre specificity when defining the sf canon-i.e., his stories appear to continually cross the line into Gothic horror, mythological fantasy, and detective mysteries. …”
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Editorial by Editor

“…Inspired by the vision of the eminent scholar and visionary, Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya, the university remains committed to fostering education and research that blends science and spirituality, nurturing individuals who embody selflessness, compassion, and wisdom. …”
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Sushi Reverses Course: Consuming American Sushi in Tokyo by Matthew Allen, Rumi Sakamoto

“…The phenomenon has accelerated rapidly since the turn of the millennium.While sushi’s global expansion has attracted the attention of Japanese and global media (Kato 2002; Matsumoto 2002; Tamamura 2004; Ikezawa 2005; Fukue 2010) and a number of scholarly works address sushi’s global popularity and its transformation outside Japan (Bestor 2000; Ng 2001; Cwiertka 1999; 2005; 2006),2 little scholarly or journalistic work exists on one important facet of sushi’s recent global growth — namely, the return home of transformed sushi to Japan, at times in barely recognisable forms. …”
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Theranos: the Ethics of Innovation and Deception in Healthcare Technology by Edgar Manuel Cambaza

“…The methodology of this study involved a comprehensive review of academic literature identified through Google Scholar, applying inclusion criteria that focused on ethical analysis, corporate leadership, and regulatory oversight. …”
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Sport values and sustainability? by Tess Kate Schweizer, Nicolas Margas

“…Methods Following PRISMA guidelines, we conducted a systematic review through Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, and ERIC database using values of sport, sport values, sporting values, and athletic values keywords (n=7992). 32 studies published between 1990 and 2023 were retained. …”
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A Critique of the Book Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian–Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran by Afshin Khosrosani

“…Historians and scholars have cited many reasons for Sasanian’s defeat by the Arab. …”
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New urban tourism in the Global South: The case of inner-city Johannesburg by Christian M. ROGERSON, Mitchell C.N. MALOVHA, Jayne M. ROGERSON

“…The phenomenon of ‘new urban tourism’ is attracting growing scholarly attention. In many cities a strong trend is for visitors increasingly to leave the confines of tourist precincts or zones and instead to venture into new city spaces. …”
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Relationship between Kinesthesia and Motor Performance in Young Adults with Generalized Joint Hypermobility: A Systematic Review by Radhakrishnan Unnikrishnan, Jagatheesan Alagesan, Msaad Alzhrani, Ahmad Alanazi, Mohamed Sherif Sirajudeen, Mahamed Ateef, Shahnaz Hasan, Mohammad Miraj, Hariraja Muthusamy, Mazen Alqahtani

“…PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Scopus, and Google Scholar were scoured to select relevant papers. Ten papers were selected for the review. …”
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Unpacking the beast of burden: Joerges on the constitutional, political, and epistemological baggage of European integration by Turkuler Isiksel

“…Christian Joerges is a scholar whose work spills over the conventional boundaries between public and private law, social science and legal theory, law and public policy, empirical inquiry and normative philosophy. …”
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