Livability Assessment of Urban Communities considering the Preferences of Different Age Groups by Xiaojin Liang, Yaolin Liu, Tianqi Qiu

“…First, different age groups have diverse preferences of demands to the livability of an urban community. The indicators they valued most concentrated in the following two dimensions: the convenience of transportation and the completeness of supporting facilities. …”
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“The state has a debt to us, it ended our dreams, our life projects”: Reconstructing life projects after torture by Anne Sønneland

“…Still, the interviewees describe how they reconstruct their life projects, as well as how the concept of life project serves as a starting point for demanding reparations. Discussion: The concept of “life project”, originating from the inter American Court of Human Rihgts, is useful for grasping how peoples’ lives are impacted by imprisonment and torture, and has become part of the legal consciousness of persons affected by serious and systematic human rights violations in Peru.…”
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A Hardware Accelerator for the Inference of a Convolutional Neural network by Edwin González, Walter D. Villamizar Luna, Carlos Augusto Fajardo Ariza

“…However, the CNN inference is computationally intensive and demanding a large among of memory resources. In this work is proposed a CNN inference hardware accelerator, which was implemented in a co-processing scheme. …”
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Timor Zone: Slave Trading Network from the Traditional Era to the Late Nineteenth-Century Dutch Colonial State by Fanada Sholihah, Yety Rochwulaningsih, Singgih Tri Sulistiyono

“…Networking was increasingly across-the-board, along with the need for labour to meet the demands of the global market. Henceforward, during the Dutch East Indies, the slave trading network continued expanding to Maurits, Réunion, Macau, Mozambique, and Mombasa and several years after the post-prohibition of slavery, leaving Ende Bay as the only centre of the slavery trade.…”
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Comparison of philosophical foundations and consumption theory in Islamic economy with capitalist economy (Focusing on Keynes' consumption theory) by Rezai Ahmadali

“…For this reason, in the Islamic society, the reason for consumption should not be sought only in the increase of income and its positive and negative changes, but religious demands also affect consumption. Therefore, the theories of consumption in Islamic and non-Islamic countries will be different, which can be the result of different philosophical foundations related to consumption in these two types of economic systems. …”
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Is It Possible to Produce Meat Without Animals? The Potential of Microorganisms as Protein Sources by Alan Portal D’Almeida, Tiago Lima de Albuquerque

“…This review explores the potential of SCP to serve as a sustainable protein source, addressing both environmental concerns and nutritional demands. It highlights recent advancements in production techniques and sensory improvements while discussing their role in environmentally friendly and health-conscious food systems. …”
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Volunteer-aholism: A comprehensive model of personality, burnout, and mental distress in a sample of healthcare first responders of the Italian Red Cross Auxiliary Corps by Livio TARCHI, Pietro CRESCENZO, Giovanni CASTELLINI, Valdo RICCA, Kristian TALAMONTI, Fabio RISPOLI, Sefa BULUT, Amelia RIZZO, Salvatore ZAFFINA, Gabriele GIORGI, Francesco CHIRICO

“…Discussion: A theoretical framework was offered to interpret results, according to which the defining characteristic predisposing for burnout was not whether operators were waged or not, but rather their degree of involvement with the occupational demands.…”
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Applying BIM and pedestrian simulation for architectural flow line optimization in subway stations: an empirical analysis at Chongqing Ranjiaba Station by Xian Li, Ziyi Zhao, Xudong Zeng

“…This study aims to optimize subway station architectural flow lines, defined as pathways facilitating pedestrian movement within stations, to meet passenger demands, improve service quality, and contribute to smart city development. …”
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Evidence-Based Design Approach for Assessing Universal Competencies in Higher Education: Advantages and Features by S. M. Avdeeva, K. V. Tarasova

“…The article addresses the issue of assessing universal competencies, which are becoming increasingly important given modern demands on university graduates. It emphasizes the need for valid and reliable tools to measure skills such as critical thinking, creativity, communication, and complex problem-solving. …”
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Défis industriels et mouvements sociaux en Haute-Garonne (1967-1978) by Clair Juilliet, Michaël Llopart

“…It was first necessary to study the major socio-economic issues that arose due to the state of the economy and the continuities and ruptures that marked departmental life, the major theme being the influence of workers' demands. It was equally necessary to assess the extent to which local expectations as regards social matters, industrialization or equipment may have affected the political and economic decisions of the "68 years". …”
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Effect of Attention Based Exercises in Balance Control and Fall Risk in Elderly Females - An Interventional Study by Arunima Sasidharan, L Gladson Jose

“…Postural restoration therefore is one of the major concerns demanding attention in elderly individuals with balance impairments. …”
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The impact of reward systems for lecturers, communication culture, intrinsic motivation, and transformational leadership on institutional effectiveness in Islamic higher education by Handoko Handoko, Mesiono Mesiono, Rusydi Ananda

“…The research is motivated by the importance of professional and high-quality educational management in addressing globalization challenges and meeting societal demands for higher education. Data were collected from 83 respondents, comprising lecturers at Institut Syekh Abdul Halim Hasan Binjai and Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Tarbiyah Al-Washliyah, using a closed questionnaire. …”
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Effects of Bahir Dar Textile Factory Effluents on the Water Quality of the Head Waters of Blue Nile River, Ethiopia by Abrehet Kahsay Mehari, Shewit Gebremedhin, Belayneh Ayele

“…Therefore, there is indication that effluent demands frequent control and proper treatment before being discharged to the environment.…”
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Permanent education throughout life as the aim and result by Nadezhda N. Elhova, Evgeny V. Krotov, Raisa B. Rudakova

“…The priority is the requests of modern youth for highly gualified and growing demands for educational services, focusing on the direction of training and retraining of scientific teaching staff because the training of specialists of various specialties and areas of professional activity degends on them. …”
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Robust Spike Sorting Using Dual Tree Complex Wavelet Transform: Overcoming Traditional Limitations by Gorkem Serbes

“…By providing robust and discriminative features under stringent resource constraints, the DT-CWT-based approach outperforms traditional methods, establishing itself as a preferred choice for scalable and efficient spike sorting in demanding scenarios.…”
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When rudeness goes home: the impact of supervisor incivility on employees’ work–family conflict by Hassan Imam, Naveed Bilal, Tomoki Sekiguchi

“…Work–family conflict refers to the incompatibility between the demands and responsibilities of an individual’s work role and their family role. …”
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Bridging the Gap: Human Resource Management Strategies in Romania's Evolving Labor Market within the European Union Framework. Study Case in Bihor County, Romania. by Delia-Georgeta BEKESI, Zsolt-Botond BOTTYAN

“…The research identifies a significant mismatch between employer demands and available skills, particularly in vocational and technical fields. …”
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Neural representation of sensorimotor features in language-motor areas during auditory and visual perception by Yuanyi Zheng, Jianfeng Zhang, Yang Yang, Min Xu

“…These findings underscore the dual encoding capacities of language-motor areas, revealing both shared and distinct neural representation patterns across modalities, which may be linked to innate sensory-motor mechanisms and modality-specific processing demands. Our results shed light on the sensorimotor integration mechanisms underlying language perception, highlighting the importance of a cross-modality perspective.…”
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The impact of war on animal welfare: the Imperial Japanese Navy’s manipulation of pigeon behavior in WW II by Cheng Peng, Zi-qi Luo, Lin-hui Guo, Yi-fei Zhu

“…These experiments, driven by wartime demands, not only distorted the pigeons’ natural behaviors but also seriously compromised their health and survival. …”
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Data Fusion Based Hybrid Approach for the Estimation of Urban Arterial Travel Time by S. P. Anusha, R. A. Anand, L. Vanajakshi

“…The fact that most of the urban arterials in India do not employ automatic detectors demands the need for an effective, yet less data intensive way of estimating travel time. …”
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