Implications of Large-Scale PV Integration on Grid Operation, Costs, and Emissions: Challenges and Proposed Solutions by Ghassan Zubi, Yael Parag, Shlomo Wald

“…This study provides insights for sunny Mediterranean countries with similar renewable energy goals.…”
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Exposing the obscured influence of state-controlled media via causal inference of quotation propagation by Joseph Schlessinger, Richard Bennet, Jacob Coakwell, Steven Smith, Edward Kao

“…Moreover, this influence extends to media ecosystems of other countries. Finally, we demonstrate quantifying inter-outlet influence on the specific topic of nuclear forces treaty, as an example of precision study of intermedia agenda setting on specific issues. …”
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Adaptation of health systems to climate change-related infectious disease outbreaks in the ASEAN: Protocol for a scoping review of national and regional policies. by Adriana Viola Miranda, Bony Wiem Lestari, Annisa Indrarini, Fadilah F Arsy, Saut Sagala, Mizan Bustanul Fuadi Bisri, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno

“…<h4>Background</h4>The Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states (AMS) are among the countries most at risk to the impacts of climate change on health and outbreaks being a major hotspot of emerging infectious diseases.…”
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Prioritize Effective Factors of Scheduling in Tehran Metro Station with Fuzzy TOPSIS Model by Vinh Phuc Dung, Minh Tien Nhung

“…Metro is considered one of the fastest and most efficient means of transport within the city in different countries, which reduces traffic and pollution and is more cost-effective and time-efficient. …”
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Intellectual Structure of Global Value Chain Research: Visualization and Bibliometric Analysis Based on VOSviewer by Jianhua Dai, Shuanglei Xu

“…The complex impact of the natural environment and public health on the global value chain, and the impact of big data and artificial intelligence on the global value chain, has become a new direction for future research. Countries should actively promote the development of the digital economy and green economy, promote the effective allocation of global value chain resources by enterprises, and adhere to the development of good bilateral political relations to reduce the uncertainty of enterprise participation in the global value chain caused by political risks.…”
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Review on security risks of key components in industrial control system by Shijie TANG, Fang YUAN, Jun LI, Yong DING, Huiyong WANG

“…With the rapid development of modern information technology and communication technology, industrial control system has become an important part of national key infrastructure, whose security is related to national strategic security and social stability.The close connection between modern industrial control system and Internet promotes the rapid progress of industrial control technology, meanwhile it brings serious security risks.Since the“Stuxnet” virus incident, attacks on industrial control systems have occurred frequently, which causes huge economic losses to global production enterprises.Besides, it also poses significant impact on the social stability and security to many countries and regions, which has aroused people’s great concern about the security of industrial control systems.Due to the wide variety of automation equipment and proprietary protocols, complex data flow and rapid development in modern industrial control system, it is very difficult to summarize the safety of key components of industrial control.There are few literatures related to this area, and most of them are old and incomplete.To solve the above problems, the mainstream architecture and related components of the current industrial control system were introduced.Then the security vulnerabilities and potential threats in the key industrial control components were analyzed.The attack methods of SCADA control center, programmable logic controller and field equipment were summarized.Furthermore, the preconditions, objects, steps and hazards of the attack in the literature in recent years were also analyzed.The attacks against industrial control network were classified from the perspective of integrity and confidentiality.Finally, the possible development trend of industrial control system attack was given.…”
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Comparison of Toxic Metal Concentrations in Antidiabetic Herbal Preparations (ADHPs) Available in Bangladesh Using AAS and XRF Analytical Tools by Rausan Zamir, Nazmul Islam, Akhter Faruque

“…Widespread escalation of type 2 diabetes is a concern throughout the world. Developing countries are leading with patients suffering from diabetes-related complications. …”
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La Inserción internacional de Suramérica: la apuesta por la Unasur by Carlos Alberto Chaves García

“…The creation and launch of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) is the most recent institutional expression of this new attempt at the integration of South American countries, which seeks to articulate the distinct regional agendas proposed by the region’s governments in recent years. …”
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Climatic study of dust phenomenon in Semnan province and calculation of vertical dust flux by using GOCART model by Sara Karami, Nasim Hossein Hamzeh, Abbas Ranjbar

“…Every year, Iran is affected by dust storms caused by internal sources and external dust sources located in neighboring countries. Semnan province has several dust-producing sources due to its geographical location, that affect not only this province, but also the neighboring provinces. …”
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Management lag: can social management keep up with high technologies? by K. V. Isaeva

“…The functioning of E-Government platforms as one of the innovations examples in social governance in the world is considered in the article through the prism of government programmes of a number of developed countries and relevant statistical data. The Russian and foreign statistical agencies materials, major organisations electronic databases, keeping high-tech development records: Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Boston Consulting Group, United Nations, World Bank, Russian Government, etc., were used for the analysis. …”
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Competition authority in a trap? A few (bitter) words on making public policy by counteracting an unfair use of a contractual advantage in agri-food sector in Poland by Agata Jurkowska-Gomułka

“… A problem of counteracting bargaining powers of retailers, specially in agri-food sector, has been recently addressed by regulations in a few European countries but so far it has not been subject to academic considerations. …”
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The Relationship Between Education Funding and Student Performance in Unity Schools in Nigeria by Elizabeth Hassan, Wim Groot, Louis Volante

“…Developing countries need to significantly increase education funding in order to meet the Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) targets. …”
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Les islamistes à l’épreuve du printemps arabe et des urnes : une perspective critique by Haoues Seniguer

“…Finally, these social uprisings showed, in a number of countries such as Morocco, that legalistic Islamists may well play the game of authoritarianism and share in a form of obsession of social control of the population, as well as preservation of moral order. …”
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Ecosystem services linked to nature-based solutions for resilient and sustainable cities in India by Nadeem Ahmad, Quamrul Hassan

“…The paper critically analyses the five notable NBS projects from different countries (USA, Canada, The Netherlands, China, and Australia) and further addresses the viabilities for NBS intervention in Indian cities. …”
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THE EVOLUTION OF THE ENERGY SYSTEMS OF UKRAINE AND THE ORGANIZATION OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING IN ENERGY COMPANIES IN CONDITIONS OF RISK by Liubov Gutsalenko, Oleksandr Hutsalenko, Uliana Marchuk, Serhiy Zabolotnyy

“…Furthermore, the share of Ukraine’s contribution to the energy supply of other countries is indicated. Today, the United Energy System of Ukraine is one of Europe’s most significant energy com- plexes with seven regional electric power systems (REES), including Dnipro, Western, Crimean, Southern, Southwestern, Northern, and Central. …”
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Modern features of the cryptocurrency use for terrorist financing, money laundering and other unlawful activities: prospective countermeasures by D. S. Melnyk

“…The author identifies the need to complete the process of legislative definition of the status and regulation of cryptocurrency circulation; to improve the national system of countermeasures, to establish coordination of the work of authorised state bodies; to ensure the implementation of international standards; to establish public-private partnership and cooperation between competent entities of Ukraine and foreign countries.…”
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A Critique on Growth Studies and Analysis on the Shock Resistance of Iran’s Growth Rate in the Context of Resistance Economy by Seyyed Shamseddin Hosseini

“…Results of the paper show that the shock of oil sector has made the economic growth unstable due to its high dependency to foreign countries as a result of governmental supply monopoly, demand monopoly and the U.S. sanctions on Iran oil exports.…”
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Economic Impact of IFAD-Value Chain Development Programme on Rice Farmers in North Central Zone, Nigeria by A. A. Iordekighir, C. K. Biam, G. A. Abu, J. A. C. Ezihe

“… Raising agricultural productivity, reducing food insecurity and poverty levels of poor- resource farmers is an important policy goal for any concerned nation, particularly, in developing countries, Nigeria inclusive. The study assessed the economic impact of International Fund for Agricultural Development-Value Chain Development  Programme (IFAD-VCDP) on rice farmers in North Central Zone, Nigeria using appropriate standard techniques with a well structured questionnaire. …”
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My heart belongs here: an investigation into the predictive role of destination psychological ownership on tourism ethnocentrism by David Amani, Betty Begashe, Esther Ernest Mfumbilwa

“…Extensive literature highlights the prevalent concern of local resident support for domestic tourism, particularly in developing countries. Although empirical testing in this area is limited, theoretical postulations suggest that despite the side effects of the tourism sector, local residents who experience the social and economic impacts of tourism tend to exhibit a favorable bias towards their own tourism destination. …”
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انتاجیة المرأة العربیة فى مجال العلوم والتکنولوجیا کمخرجات بحثیة فى قواعد البیانات العالمیة : دراسة سیانتومتریة... by د. متولى على الدکر

“…Highlighting policy decisions to promotewomen's research in Arab countries. The list of research papers published byArab researchers in the field of science and technology was obtained from the ISIWeb of Science database from 1979 to 2017. …”
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