Étude des différents publics du théâtre et du cinéma lors de la généralisation du parlant à Lyon (1929-1932) by Marylin Marignan

“…In Lyon, between the seasons 1928-1929 and 1931-1932, the directors of both municipal theatres of the city of Lyon: the Théâtre des Célestins and the Grand-Théâtre denounce a redoubtable competition of the talking movies stealing some of their customers. …”
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A Christian spirituality of imperfection: Towards a pastoral theology of descent within the praxis of orthopathy by D.J. Louw

“…The author develops a Christian spirituality of imperfection, which implies the following spiritual movements of the human soul, namely from having to sharing; from possession to communion; from competition to compassion, from withdrawal to solidarity; from estrangement to engagement, and from hostility to hospitality. …”
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Vers une écologie de l’expérimentation « hors norme » des ressources matérielles en architecture by Hector Docarragal Montero, Olivier Jeudy

“…We first examine three laureate projects from the competition "Permis d’innover" (LCAP law), which have the particularity of opening up new perspectives for the valorization of architectural materials through an experimental approach that deviates from standards. …”
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Analysis of Construction Auctions Data in Slovak Public Procurement by Tomáš Hanák, Carles Serrat

“…This research provides several implications for purchasing practitioners in the area of construction procurement, especially with regard to the level of competition in the auction and estimation of savings potential. …”
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Auricular bioelectronic devices for health, medicine, and human-computer interfaces by William J. Tyler

“…Stemming from this scalable foundation, there will be increased growth and competition in research and engineering to advance auricular bioelectronics. …”
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Russia is Back to the Balancing Game by Samet YÜCE, Philipp O. AMOUR

“…Russia’s growing presence in Libya inevitably affected the regional competition and balance of power among the states. However, the clashes among the militias supported by the external powers escalated in the fragmented country. …”
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Overview of US Tahiti Lime Production and Markets: Trade and Consumption Analysis by Trent Blare, Fredy BALLEN, Jonathan Crane

“…The price premiums from the growing domestic market for Tahiti limes would likely be enough to overcome the challenges growers face in combating the disease pressure from citrus canker, citrus greening, and intense competition from Mexico and other countries.   …”
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Hybrid governance structure between public company and private partners: the case of Infraero in the Brazilian airline sector by Paulo Burnier da Silveira

“…It focuses on five main aspects: access to knowledge; government influence on decisions, funding, and risk-sharing; cross subsidization and competition. The paper also summarizes its main findings and recommendations for future rounds of airport concessions in Brazil, in particular to underline overall inconveniences of the mandatory rule that imposes to Infraero a 49% share in all winner consortiums.…”
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Diversity and Regularity of Periodic Impact Motions of a Mechanical Vibration System with Multiple Rigid Stops by Fengwei Yin, Guanwei Luo, Xueming Wang

“…The basic periodic and subharmonic impact motions are analyzed with emphasis on the influences of dynamical parameters on the mode diversity and the distribution characteristics, and the law of emergence and competition of various periodic impact motions on the parametric plane is revealed. …”
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Analysis of the impact of sports sponsorship by Banco Panamericano: an event study by Márcio Mellaci, Leandro Augusto Petrokas, Rubens Famá

“…The event analyzed is the announcement on April 23, 2009 of an agreement to sponsor the Corinthians professional soccer team in the last games of the São Paulo state championship competition that year. We investigated the abnormal returns of the bank’s preferred shares based on the model of Campbel, Lo & Mackinlay (1997). …”
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MGIMO-UNIVERSITY IN GO TO THINK TANKS 2015 RANKING: GLOBAL TRENDS, LOCAL RESPONSES by M. V. Kharkevich

“…In addition, it points to increased competition on the market of ideas and scientific expertise. …”
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Some Unexpected Exchanges in the Construction of American Identity: Henry Louis Mencken and the Australian Contribution by Anne Przewozny-Desriaux

“…Dans la première moitié du vingtième siècle, les deux nations s’attachèrent à affirmer leurs identités linguistiques comme deux communautés anglophones en compétition avec la Grande-Bretagne et la norme linguistique britannique. …”
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Greening of SMEs in Western Balkan countries: Evidence from firm-level analysis by Vučković Valentina, Čučković Nevenka

“…The results obtained reveal that internal factors (such as innovation and strategic orientation) and external factors (such as regulatory pressures and competition) significantly influence the adoption of green measures, particularly those that are more capital-intensive. …”
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L’élection présidentielle de février 2019 au Sénégal by Mamadou Bouna Timera, Momar Diongue, Ousmane Thiam

“…The results of the study show that the presidential election and its context were marked by a politico-judicial crisis that favored a reconfiguration of the political landscape with the disappearance of the competition of historical parties and the emergence of a new political figure which is the forerunner of the "antisystem". …”
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Crisis and reconfiguration: economic and political changes in the Brazilian accumulation regime in the XXI century by Marcelo Soares Bandeira de Mello Filho, Diogo Oliveira Santos

“…Moreover, it reduces internal control over the competition with foreign companies in the national territory, reinforces the commodity-exporting sector and makes mass consumption more pro-cyclical. …”
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Customer Churn Modeling via the Grey Wolf Optimizer and Ensemble Neural Networks by Maryam Rahmaty, Amir Daneshvar, Fariba Salahi, Maryam Ebrahimi, Adel Pourghader Chobar

“…The customer churn is one of the key challenges for enterprises, and market saturation and increased competition to maintain business position has caused companies to make all attempts to identify customers who are likely to leave and end their relationship with a company in a particular period to become the customer of another company. …”
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Formes et fonctions de la « donnée » dans trois webs environnementaux sud-américains (Argentine, Bolivie, Brésil) by Pierre Gautreau, Marta Severo, Timothée Giraud, Matthieu Noucher

“…In this context, the State has to face a rising competition from other non-public actors. In order to maintain its centrality in the circulation of information, its strategies range from the indexing of public and private data to digital “soft power” actions through dissemination of reference datasets.…”
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Les historiens tunisiens face à la justice transitionnelle : autopsie d’un conflit by Nessim Znaien

“…First of all, from 2014, the IVD entered into competition with the National Archives for the recovery and the constitution of a fund of documents concerning the years of the dictatorship. …”
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Competing species models with an infectious disease by Roberto A. Saenz, Herbert W. Hethcote

“…Because the disease- reduced reproduction and disease-related death rates are often different in two competing species, a shared disease can change the outcome of the competition. Models of SIR and SIRS type are also considered. …”
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THE EFFECT OF HOST PLANT REPLACEMENT ON THE GENETIC STRUCTURE OF THE KRASNODAR GREENBUG <i> SCHIZAPHIS GRAMINUM </i> RONDANI (HOMOPTERA, APHIDIDAE) POPULATION by E. E. Radchenko, T. L. Kuznetsova

“…During the reproduction of the insect on barley plants, the individuals without “redundant” genes of virulence to sorghum had an advantage in competition. Replacement of the host led to rapid accumulation of clones virulent to the sorghum resistance genes Sgr1 - Sgr4 and Sgr12.…”
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