VULNERABLITY OF RURAL LIVELIHOODS IN NINH THUAN PROVINCE TO DROUGHT by Tan Luc Chau, Ha Anh Hoang, Thai Hiep Vo, Thanh Ha Dang

“…The regression identified the financial (β=0.230 and 0.205), social (β=0.200 and 0.291), and human capital (β=0.195 and 0.196) impacts on farmers’ livelihood outcomes from both mild and severe droughts. …”
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Effect of Internal Control System on Financial Performance of Savings and Credit Co-Operatives in Kabale Municipality A Case Study of Lyamujungu SACCO Kabale Branch. by Aheisibwe, Joanita

“…Key determinants of financial performance identified included loan portfolio quality, capital adequacy, operational efficiency, leadership quality, member satisfaction, and staff productivity. …”
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La mobilité durable : une analyse des entraves à sa mise en œuvre dans la région de la capitale nationale du Canada by Olivier Roy-Baillargeon, Mario Gauthier

“…This paper provides an analysis of the impediments to the implementation of sustainable mobility in Canadian metropolises in light of a case study of Canada’s National Capital Region, the interprovincial city-region of Ottawa-Gatineau. …”
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Clinical Characteristics of 31 Patients with Chest Pain Variant Asthma by Mao W, Gao Y, Sun W, Li J, Wang J, Wang Z, Zhang L, Huang K

“…Wenping Mao,1 Yanli Gao,2 Wanlu Sun,1 Jie Li,1 Jing Wang,1 Zhaomei Wang,1 Liming Zhang,1 Kewu Huang1 1Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Radiology, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Kewu Huang, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-010-85231167, Email kewuhuang@126.comPurpose: Asthma is a major public health challenge in China. …”
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Analisis Sentimen Wacana Pemindahan Ibu Kota Indonesia Menggunakan Algoritma Support Vector Machine (SVM) by Primandani Arsi, Retno Waluyo

“…One of the hot topics discussed on Twitter is the issue of relocating Indonesia's capital city. However, there is controversy from supporters and opponents. …”
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UNREST AND UNFILLED STOMACHS: UNRAVELLING THE LINKAGE BETWEEN ARMED CONFLICT AND FOOD INSECURITY IN NORTH CENTRAL REGION OF NIGERIA by COMFORT FATIMOH SHEIDU, IRORO S. IZU

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ACCESSING FINANCE FOR INNOVATIVE EU SMES – KEY DRIVERS AND CHALLENGES by Laura Vasilescu

“… Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role in economic development, they offer the most economical use of capital in relation to job creation and provide the strongest channel for development and innovation. …”
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Inclusión de género, exclusión de clase. Las mujeres en la educación jurídica colombiana by María Adelaida Ceballos Bedoya

“…A los pregrados de alta calidad solamente acceden: en el sector privado, quienes tienen alto capital económico (en su mayoría mujeres); y en el sector oficial, quienes tienen resultados académicos sobresalientes (en su ma yoría hombres). …”
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CORRUPTION'S EFFECT ON FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT – THE CASE OF MONTENEGRO by Elvira Pupović

“…For example, low risk investments such as cash generally provide a lower return than high risk investments over the long term, but are unlikely to lead to a capital loss. High risk investments generally offer the potential of a higher return over the long term, but there is a higher probability that high risk investments will be more volatile in the short term (leading to capital loss if funds are withdrawn in the short term). …”
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CORRUPTION'S EFFECT ON FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT – THE CASE OF MONTENEGRO by Elvira Pupović

“…For example, low risk investments such as cash generally provide a lower return than high risk investments over the long term, but are unlikely to lead to a capital loss. High risk investments generally offer the potential of a higher return over the long term, but there is a higher probability that high risk investments will be more volatile in the short term (leading to capital loss if funds are withdrawn in the short term). …”
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ACCESSING FINANCE FOR INNOVATIVE EU SMES – KEY DRIVERS AND CHALLENGES by Laura Vasilescu

“… Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role in economic development, they offer the most economical use of capital in relation to job creation and provide the strongest channel for development and innovation. …”
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Développement humain, développement durable et « pays en développement » : comment articuler et mesurer les différentes dimensions ? by Bruno Boidin

“…This leads us to consider the complex relations between the various assets (health, education, social capital…), characterized by irreversibility effects which can jeopardize sustainability. …”
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REVIEW OF SOLAR AIR HEATERS EMBEDDED WITH PHASE-CHANGE MATERIALS (PCM) FOR BETTER PERFORMANCES by VISARION-CĂTĂLIN IFRIM, TEODOR POP, CIPRIAN BEJENAR

“… The technology of solar air heating systems is one of the branches that is of great importance in capturing and capitalizing on solar energy. This paper presents a summary of the literature on solar air heating systems embedded with materials that have the ability to retain thermal energy, during periods of maximum intensity of solar radiation and its release, when solar energy is reduced or missing for a period of time. …”
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INSTITUTIONAL MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS IN ROLE OF ATTRACTING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS TO BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Mustafa Sinanagić, Beriz Čivić, Alma Kamarić

“… The problem frequently faced by companies from transition and developing countries in attraction of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) is lack of an adequate institutional framework which would adequately promote the potential those companies have through its activities, and with that also influence the attraction of foreign capital. The goal of this paper is to show the necessity of having such institutional framework, as well as institutional marketing communications which, together with other points of attraction of certain location in future, would be significant destination of inflows of FDI. …”
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Espace urbain et échanges chez les Ye’kuana à Boa Vista, Roraima (Amazonie brésilienne) by Elaine Moreira

“…This article explores the Ye’kuana’s social dynamics between their villages in Brazil and Roraima’s State Capital, Boa Vista. The circulation of people and their building of contacts’ networks are analysed as related to their entry strategies into new labour markets linked to education and health public policies for indigenous peoples in Brazil. …”
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Développement humain, développement durable et « pays en développement » : comment articuler et mesurer les différentes dimensions ? by Bruno Boidin

“…This leads us to consider the complex relations between the various assets (health, education, social capital…), characterized by irreversibility effects which can jeopardize sustainability. …”
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Cidades informais: o caso da cidade de Praia by Jacqueline Britto Pólvora

“…In Praia, capital city of Cape Verde, the city administration is carrying out new urban policies that are transforming the whole city, but specially the central area. …”
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INSTITUTIONAL MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS IN ROLE OF ATTRACTING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS TO BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Mustafa Sinanagić, Beriz Čivić, Alma Kamarić

“… The problem frequently faced by companies from transition and developing countries in attraction of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) is lack of an adequate institutional framework which would adequately promote the potential those companies have through its activities, and with that also influence the attraction of foreign capital. The goal of this paper is to show the necessity of having such institutional framework, as well as institutional marketing communications which, together with other points of attraction of certain location in future, would be significant destination of inflows of FDI. …”
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Desire, need and reality: Education and professionalization of elite groups in Brazil by Thais Joi Martins, Julio Cesar Donadone

“…The reason is based on the hypothesis that the students enrolled in the same university course, such as a prestigious engineering university course, are marked by different trajectories that may depend on symbolic capitals (cultural and economic) and the social origin and life trajectory of these students and of future graduates.…”
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The Linguistic Landscape of Ulaanbaatar: what Signs and People tell about by Erzhen V. Khilkhanova

“…The paper analyzes the linguistic landscape of the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar in an interdisciplinary theoretical and methodological context: at the junction of social semiotics, ethnography, and linguistic landscape studies as a subdiscipline of sociolinguistics. …”
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