Protecting and Expanding Railway Networks to Hedge against Disruptions: A Model with Travel Segments by Stefano Starita, Chandra Ade Irawan, Pavitra Jindahra

“…Railway systems are instrumental to countries’ economies. They are also vulnerable to man-made and natural disruptions and therefore need to be protected. …”
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Color Quality Versus Energy Efficiency: A Dual Perspective on LED Retrofits in Healthcare Examination Rooms by Irena Fryc, Maciej Listowski, Christophe Martinsons

“…In the case of LEDs incorporated in luminaires used in medical examination rooms, it is essential to consider not only the correlated color temperature (CCT) and color rendering index (CRI Ra) in compliance with the lighting standards, but also the cyanosis observation index (COI) that meets the more demanding regulations of certain countries. In this work, the Color Preference Criteria (CPC) method is used to select LED retrofits for this application. …”
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A Roadmap to a Successful Exchange Rate Regime Transition: Takeaways from 6 African Transitions by Hamza Bouhali, Ahmed Dahbani, Brahim Dinar

“…We adopted a comparative methodology for three types of regime switches using 3 GARCH family models and data from 6 African countries over two decades. Our main findings are that a gradual and well-prepared transition improves its outcome and allows the market more flexibility in absorbing domestic and external volatilities, even during a crisis. …”
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„Zakazuje się stosowania kar cielesnych”. I co dalej? Nowoczesne strategie eliminacji przemocy w wychowaniu by Ewa Jarosz

“…The paper presents main foundations of the modern strategies to stop corporal punishment, coming from the analysis of one example of such an initiative – the international cooperation that aimed at finding out effective practice in several countries in Europe where the ban has been already introduced. …”
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PROBLEMS AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR INNOVATION ACTIVITIES IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION by J. Stabinskayte

“…In this paper we analyze access to finance for the SMEs within the EU countries. We present actual numbers in using traditional financial resources (bank loan, trade loan etc.) and new funds as private equity investments, venture capital, crowdfunding. …”
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Can Latin America play a more influential role in a shifting world order? by Carmelo Cattafi, Robert Papp

“…Finally, it will attempt to answer the rising impact of the Global South, the influence countries, and political and ideological changes, to play a more important role than in the past.…”
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Preventing Foodborne Illness: Cyclosporiasis by Christopher Pabst, Jaysankar De, Renée Goodrich Schneider, Keith R. Schneider

“…People living or traveling in countries where cyclosporiasis is endemic may be at increased risk for infection. …”
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Cartographie des thèses portant sur l’éducation, l’enseignement et la formation dans les pays francophones du Sud de 2000 à 2020 by Jean-Pierre Chevalier

“…The directory of theses that can be consulted on the APPRENDRE website of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie lists theses in French about education, teaching and training in 26 countries in Africa, Indian Ocean plus Lebanon and Haiti. …”
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Traditional Uses, Chemical Constituents, and Biological Activities of Bixa orellana L.: A Review by Daniela de Araújo Vilar, Marina Suênia de Araujo Vilar, Túlio Flávio Accioly de Lima e Moura, Fernanda Nervo Raffin, Márcia Rosa de Oliveira, Camilo Flamarion de Oliveira Franco, Petrônio Filgueiras de Athayde-Filho, Margareth de Fátima Formiga Melo Diniz, José Maria Barbosa-Filho

“…., popularly known as “urucum,” has been used by indigenous communities in Brazil and other tropical countries for several biological applications, which indicates its potential use as an active ingredient in pharmaceutical products. …”
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Internationalizing the National University by Elizabeth Buckner

“…It puts recent transformations in Gulf countries in perspective historically and regionally. …”
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Environmental Taxation as a Policy Instrument for Green Growth by Maksym Klymenko

“…The paper identifies the main groups of environmental taxes in the EU countries, analyses the European experience of the economic impact on the environment protection, examines possible ways of environmental taxation reforming in Ukraine, based on successful foreign experience.…”
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Advantages of BIM-modeling in the investment and innovation sector in the context of digital transformations of the industry by N. V. Vozgoment, O. E. Astafyeva

“…The digital experience of foreign countries on the introduction and development of BIM-technologies in construction and the main advantages of the introduction of digital technologies in construction are considered. …”
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Downy Mildew of Basil in South Florida by Shouan Zhang, Jaimin S. Patel, Zelalem Mersha, Pamela D. Roberts, Richard Raid

“…This new destructive disease was first detected in south Florida in 2007 and has since spread to at least 42 states in the United States as well as many countries throughout Europe and Africa. This revised 3-page fact sheet describes downy mildew of basil, including its symptoms and ways to control the disease. …”
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Grievous Temporal and Occipital Injury Caused by a Bear Attack by Sampath Chandra Prasad, Nikhil Dinaker Thada, Pallavi Rao, Smitha Rani Thada, Kishore Chandra Prasad

“…The sloth bear is one of the three species of bears found in India, which inhabits the forests of India and its neighboring countries. Here we describe a teenager who came to us with a critical injury involving the face, temporal and occipital bones inflicted by a sloth bear attack. …”
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THE ECONOMIC NATURE OF MODERN MONEY by A. V. Berdyshev

“…Based on the study of the mechanism of providing liquidity in order to refinance commercial banks in various countries, the features of forming the monetary base and, accordingly, the emission mechanism in the modern economy have been identified. …”
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Reflections on the relevance of updated, standardised, and reliable data on sexual and gender-based violence for research and policymaking for eradication, response, and prevention... by Zinnya del Villar, Anna Spinardi, Ivette Yáñez, Alina Sotolongo, Ana Deborah Lana, Berenice Fernandez Nieto, Yara Antoniassi, Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva, Emmanuel Letouzé

“…While efforts to improve data collection methods have increased–including the implementation of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) in some countries–the lack of reliable SGBV data remains a significant challenge to developing targeted policy interventions and advocacy initiatives. …”
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3D PRINTING IN THE FASHION INDUSTRIES AND ITS INFLUENCE ON SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

“…Use of modern innovative technologies calls into question rationality of use of a traditional chain of deliveries in which proceeding from the principle of economy at the expense of scale, production is carried out centrally and further nished products are delivered to the di erent countries of the world. It, in turn, can lead to cancellation of a tendency of the globalization characteristic in the last several decades of various industries. …”
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Comparison and Analysis of Commonly Used Involute Spline Standard at Home and Abroad by Pei Bang, Liu Shujie, Li Yao, Fan Youhang

“…In the work practice,the different countries,different standard involute spline will be often encountered,such as the Chinese National Standard（ GB Standard）,the International Organization for Standardization（ ISO） standard,the Deutsch Industrial Norman（ DIN） standard,the American National Standards Institute（ ASNI） standard,the Japanese Industrial Standards（ JIS）,French standard（ NF） and the like. …”
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Brief history of distance education in Cuba and the world by Raúl López Fernández, Míriam Gutiérrez Escobar, Silvia Vázquez Cedeño, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Rachel Seijo Yanes, Alexander Cándido Hernández Petitón

“…This paper aims to conduct a historical review of this type of education in Cuba and the world, from its origins to present times, for which a literature review was conducted covering different countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, America and Cuba, so that it can help all those who study this subject.…”
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Sketch of the Configuration Scheme of Two-stage Variable Speed Gear Transmission in Unmanned Helicopter Main Gearbox by Li Zhengminqing, Li Yingming, Wang Hao, Zhu Rupeng, Jin Guanghu

“…Thus,aiming at the speed difference of the helicopter main rotor during takeoff and cruise,the variable gear transmission is addressed and applied by western countries. According to the limited foreign literature,the configuration of two-stage variable speed gear transmission in unmanned helicopter are sketched,which would benefit to improve unmanned helicopter transmission system developments in China.…”
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