Behavior analysis of MSMEs in Indonesia using fintech lending comparative study between sharia fintech lending and conventional fintech lending by Nurbaiti Nurbaiti, Asmuni Asmuni, Andri Soemitra, Imsar Imsar, Siti Aisyah

“…This study aims to determine whether there are differences in the behavior of MSME actors in the use of sharia fintech lending and conventional fintech lending. …”
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Unveiling hydrosocial dynamics: discourse and power in Peña Blanca by Viola Di Tullio, Lorenzo Zannini

“…Taking a discoursive approach to ethnographic fieldwork, the paper will analyse interviews carried out with local actors against the background of on-site observation to explore the discursive construction of water and its sociopolitical consequences in Peña Blanca. …”
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Finding solutions to problems that never existed: a case study of co-creation in the municipality of the future by Anja K. Ruess, Ruth Müller

“…Over the past decade, co-creation, i.e. practices bringing together diverse actors to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes, has emerged as a broadly desired approach to innovation governance. …”
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Social transformation of winongo river bank people in managing domestic waste by Zunariyah Siti, Sunesti Yuyun, Demartoto Argyo

“…The factors inhibiting the transformation process are changes in the formation of actors and gender bias in domestic waste management. …”
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Kearifan Lokal dan Partisipasi Persekutuan Dayak Kalimantan Timur dalam Menghadapi Bencana Kebakaran Hutan dan Lahan by Dirhamsyah Dirhamsyah, Diar Budi Utama, Nrangwesthi Widyaningrum, I Dewa Ketut Widana

“…In tackling forest and land fires the actors who play a role are the community. Strengthening community institutions, in this case, the East Kalimantan Dayak Alliance, provides a stimulus for the development of disaster management in the regions. …”
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The scope of emergency nursing viewed through the lens of complex adaptive systems: A discussion paper by Katarina E Göransson, Jonathan Drennan, Hanne Mainz, Nanna Fauerholdt Skov, Maria Amritzer, Lena M Berg, Karen V Andersen, Marianne Lisby

“…They perform tasks ranging from direct nursing care to managing patient flow, working in an environment characterised by interdependencies among numerous actors. The complex context in which emergency nurses operate has not been thoroughly described or discussed, indicating a knowledge gap. …”
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Practical Implementation of Federated Learning for Detecting Backdoor Attacks in a Next-word Prediction Model by Jimmy K. W. Wong, Ki Ki Chung, Yuen Wing Lo, Chun Yin Lai, Steve W. Y. Mung

“…However, this decentralized approach is susceptible to manipulation by malicious actors who control a subset of participating devices, thereby biasing the model’s outputs on specific topics, such as a presidential election. …”
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The Effectiveness of Financial Control Environment in Promoting the Performance of the Universal Primary Education (UPE) Capitation Grant in Uganda by John Nakabago, Costa Hofisi

“…To address the identified deficiencies in the control environment the study, recommended interventions such as a more effective mechanism for information flow, skilling of relevant personnel and sensitisation of actors involved in the implementation of the grant. …”
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Personality and Motives for Self-Employment by Abu H. Ayob, Hazrul Izuan Shahiri, Hamizah Abd Hamid, Wan Kamal Mujani

“…Abstract: Introduction: Personality is one of the dominant intrinsic determinants in understanding human behavior, including the economic actors. Although considerable research has examined the typical characteristics of entrepreneurs, scholars have mostly neglected the binary motives for self-employment. …”
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Contribution of In Vivo and Organotypic 3D Models to Understanding the Role of Macrophages and Neutrophils in the Pathogenesis of Psoriasis by Isabelle Lorthois, Daniel Asselineau, Nathalie Seyler, Roxane Pouliot

“…Key insights favor the idea that T cells are not the only key actors involved in the inflammatory process. Innate immune cells, more precisely neutrophils and macrophages, provide specific signals involved in the initiation and the maintenance of the pathogenesis. …”
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Analysis of Sadegh Hedayat's Ideological Strategies in Producing a Discourse of Iranian Superiority Based on Teun Van Dijk's theory (Case Study: Historical drama "Parvin, Sasan’s d... by Ailin Firoozian Pouresfahani, Reza Ghanbari Abdolmaleki

“…To achieve this goal, the authors carefully studied the text of the work and then identified and analyzed the discourse components in it, focusing on internal and external actors. Findings show that Hedayat's enmity with the Arabs is generalized to a stronger opposition to Islam and the Semitic race. …”
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Quais as perspectivas da agricultura familiar em um contexto de expansão do agronegócio? Zoneamento participativo com representantes comunitários do Planalto Santareno by João Paulo Soares De Cortes, Emilie Coudel, Marc Piraux, Mariana Piva da Silva, Beatriz Abreu dos Santos, Ricardo Folhes, Romero Gomes Pereira da Silva

“…In this article, we present the forms of interaction between these two production models, based on the results of a Participatory Zoning of Family Farming in the Santareno Plateau, carried out with local actors as part of an effort to co-build an Observatory of Social and Environmental Dynamics in the Amazon. …”
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“Nos veremos en la necesidad de ir a vuscar la paz i el sosiego en las vastas soledades que nos rodean”Disolver, enajenar y resistir. Indios en Antioquia, 1845-1863 by Daniel Palacios Gómez

“…Los indígenas, lejos de ser actores pasivos frente a tales situaciones, apelaron a distintas formas de resistencia y agenciaron respuestas desde su forma mentis.…”
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The city is made in the celebration: Peri-urban transformations in the patronal celebrations of Guadalajara by Samuel Hernández-Vázquez, Carlos Ríos-Llamas

“…Through ethnography, semi-structured interviews were conducted with actors and political figures of the locality who represent the organizing groups of the patronal festivities. …”
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Theater of Triumph and Transgression: ­Religious Discourse on Hospitality/­Hostility in the Viral Communication during the Pandemic by Leonard Chrysostomos Epafras, Hendrikus Paulus Kaunang, Jekonia Tarigan, David Akbar Hasyemi Rafsanjani

“…It appeared in the presence of information arbiters as communication actors, taking the middle position and mediating controversial topics. …”
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Conocimiento indígena y navegación fluvial en el Viaje a las regiones equinocciales del Nuevo Continente de Alexander von Humboldt by Margarita Eva Rodríguez García

“…Nuestro objetivo es mostrar como el diario de Humboldt refleja el intercambio epistemológico entre los naturalistas y otras comunidades de conocimiento y contextualizar dicho intercambio en un espacio concreto, en la Guayana, en el que ya existía una tradición de conocimiento híbrido y empírico del medio natural, como resultado de la creación, a lo largo del tiempo, de redes compuestas por diferentes comunidades y actores. …”
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Du calcul biophysique à l’évaluation des risques financiers by Sylvain Maechler, Valérie Boisvert

“…However, nature accounting is shaped by a diversity of actors, practices, objectives and effects. Taking a chronological approach, we show how three successive approaches that we call “accounting worlds” have developed over time and coexist today. …”
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Photographie et maquette chez Le Corbusier. Dialogues entre la création et la diffusion. by Miguel-Angel de La Cova

“…Photography and architectural modelling therefore serve as actors in both scenes that characterize the architect’s career: his workshops and media forums. …”
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ENVIRONMENT AND CONFLICTS IN NIGERIA: CAUSES AND TRENDS OF FARMERS – HERDERS CONFLICTS by UMAR ZUBAIRU, TERNA PAISE AGBA AGBA

“…Notwithstanding the scarcity of environmental resources as the basic reason for the conflict, the paper also demonstrated that the proliferation of light arms by non-state actors and communication devices, inefficient state policies, climate change and lack of courage to take difficult but decisive decision by government precipitated these conflicts.  …”
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Miradas docentes sobre los jóvenes y las jóvenes como «otros indeseables» en secundarias universitarias en La Plata by Emilia Di Piero

“…El enfoque metodológico partió de un estudio de caso múltiple: entre 2012 y 2016 realizamos observaciones, entrevistamos a 13 actores claves y a 67 docentes, analizamos actas del momento de modificación de la admisión e información sociodemográfica de ingresantes. …”
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