Madagascar au XXIe siècle : la politique de sa géographie by Hervé Rakoto Ramiarantsoa

“…From the humanist and ecological Republic wished for by President Ratsiraka to the rapid and sustainable development advocated by Marc Ravalomanana, the question of development, major for Madagascar, classified among the Highly Indebted Poor Countries, is henceforth linked to environmental concerns. This orientation has accompanied the Madagascan choice to embark on the proposals of the World Bank, since the 1980s, and is outlined by priority issues such as good governance, sustainable development, and struggle against poverty. …”
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Population Consequences of Parent-Offspring Competition: An Individual-Based Model by Janusz Uchmański

“…Persistence of a population is increased by all forms of competition between individuals not weakened by any environmental factors (e.g. diversification of resources of competing individuals) or factors arising from evolutionary history of the species (e.g. mother’s care) and related in an appropriate way to the mechanism shaping individual variability in the population. …”
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Decoherence-enabled unconditional strongly sub-Poissonian squeezing by Qing Xu, Ke Zhang, Xiaobo Shen, Haijun Yu, Jiabing Zhu

“…Contrary to the common knowledge of decoherence, we propose a scheme to generate a steady-state bright source of strongly sub-Poissonian squeezed light using the environmentally induced decoherence. The disappearance of the process of decoherence disables the generation of the squeezed state of the combination modes, while the presence of the decoherence results in the strongly nonclassical light source at the sub-shot-noise level and even near-perfect sub-Poissonian squeezed state of light. …”
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Thermal Comfort and Sustainability in University Classrooms: A Study in Mediterranean Climate Zones by Pilar Romero, María Teresa Miranda, Rui Isidoro, José Ignacio Arranz, Víctor Valero-Amaro

“…This study evaluates thermal comfort in classrooms in southern Portugal, comparing natural ventilation (NV) and air-conditioning (AC) modes. Through environmental measurements and student surveys, thermal perceptions, preferences and factors such as position within the classroom were analysed. …”
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PERFORMANCE OF FIRMS IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA by Kayode David KOLAWOLE

“…The results indicate that educational accountability has a positive, statistically significant effect on service delivery at the 1% significance level. Environmental responsibility was also found to have a significant impact on service delivery. …”
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Overview of the application status and development trends of hydropower and geothermal power in New Zealand by Yiheng Guan, Scott Post, Dan Zhao, Senlin Zhang, Sid Becker

“…New Zealand's power plants: hydro, geothermal and wind farms, are compared in terms of environmental impact, investment benefits, levelized generation costs, Māori culture and generation technology. …”
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Application of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) for protozoan analysis: A systematic review by Juan Felipe Ramirez Giraldo, Jorge Enrique Gomez Marin

“…FTIR spectroscopy can detect changes in biochemical composition but has not been used for the identification of parasites in human clinical or environmental samples. The present systematic review identified a lack of studies in this area and the need to conduct research aimed at developing standardized methods and creating spectral database banks of protozoan species that will allow for the precise identification of protozoa such as Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. in water for human consumption.…”
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A Mechanistic, Stochastic Model Helps Understand Multiple Sclerosis Course and Pathogenesis by Isabella Bordi, Renato Umeton, Vito A. G. Ricigliano, Viviana Annibali, Rosella Mechelli, Giovanni Ristori, Francesca Grassi, Marco Salvetti, Alfonso Sutera

“…The model offers a new context to rethink key problems such as “missing heritability” and “hidden environmental structure” in the etiology of complex traits.…”
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“Brick‐Mortar‐Binder” Design toward Highly Elastic, Hydrophobic, and Flame‐Retardant Thermal Insulator by Shanying Sui, Huafeng Quan, Jingxing Wang, Yufang Lu, Yufan Yang, Yuhan Sheng, Zhifang Sun, Yi Zhang

“…However, achieving high environmental adaptability aerogel insulators with elasticity, hydrophobicity, flame‐retardancy, and low temperature tolerance remains a significant challenge. …”
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Evaluation Models for Soil Nutrient Based on Support Vector Machine and Artificial Neural Networks by Hao Li, Weijia Leng, Yibing Zhou, Fudi Chen, Zhilong Xiu, Dazuo Yang

“…Soil nutrient is an important aspect that contributes to the soil fertility and environmental effects. Traditional evaluation approaches of soil nutrient are quite hard to operate, making great difficulties in practical applications. …”
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Heavy metal contamination and eutrophication effects on bacterial communities in the Han River basin by Fei Xiong, Cejia Yao, Dongdong Zhai, Hongyan Liu, Wang Dong, Yuanyuan Chen

“…Redundancy analysis (RDA) identified Cu, Fe, and Cr as key environmental factors influencing bacterial community composition in group U, while COD, Chl_a, pH, TN, and TP affected groups M and L. …”
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Genetic variability and association studies for yield and pre-harvest sprouting traits in greengram [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] by P. J. S. Pramod1*, N. Hari Satyanarayana2, J. Sateesh Babu2, K. Jaya Lalitha3 and V. Roja4

“…High phenotypic variability suggests environmental influence on trait expression, especially in traits such as days to maturity and pod diameter. …”
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Graphon Neural Networks-Based Detection of False Data Injection Attacks in Dynamic Spatio-Temporal Power Systems by Rachad Atat, Abdulrahman Takiddin, Muhammad Ismail, Erchin Serpedin

“…This allows to leverage the learning by transference on the graphs to address the computational complexity and environmental concerns of training on large-scale systems, and the dynamicity resulting from the spatio-temporal evolution of power systems. …”
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A Correction Method of Estimating the Pointing Error for Reflector Antenna by Jie Zhang, Jin Huang, Wei Liang, Youran Zhang, Qian Xu, Letian Yi, Congsi Wang

“…Especially with the increase of the antenna diameter and the working frequency, environmental loads not only make the structure deformation more obvious, but also make the pointing accuracy influenced by deformation more sensitive. …”
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The impact of political, financial, and economic risks on energy transition: the role of natural resource rents by Qiang Wang, Xueting Li, Rongrong Li

“…Abstract The global emphasis on energy transition arises from the recognition of fossil fuel reliance exacerbating environmental degradation. The transition to cleaner, renewable energy sources stands central in mitigating climate change and promoting sustainability. …”
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Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution via Cocatalyst Loaded Al-doped SrTiO3 by Zh. Kuspanov, A. Serik, A. Baratov, U. Abdikarimova, N. Idrissov, M. Bissenova, Ch. Daulbayev

“… The growing reliance on fossil fuels is causing significant environmental issues, prompting the search for renewable energy sources. …”
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The Reflections of the “Stop Climate Change Digital Game” on Primary School Students' Learning about Climate Change by Sahin Idil, Orkun Kocak

“…For this reason, we must ensure that our children, as the society of the future, grow up as individuals with high environmental awareness, being aware of climate change and its effects. …”
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Mapping Evapotranspiration of Agricultural Areas in Ghana by Kenneth Aidoo, Nana Ama Browne Klutse, Kofi Asare, Comfort Gyasiwaa Botchway, Samuel Fosuhene

“…A measure of this component is challenging due to variation in rainfall and environmental changes. The mapping evapotranspiration with high resolution and internalized calibration (METRIC) method is employed to create evapotranspiration map for land use, using remotely sensed data by satellite, processed, and analyzed in ArcGIS. …”
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Optimal control of chikungunya disease: Larvae reduction, treatment and prevention by Djamila Moulay, M. A. Aziz-Alaoui, Hee-Dae Kwon

“…The nature of these arboviruses is complex since it conjugates human, environmental, biological and geographical factors.Recent researchs have suggested, in particular during the Réunion Island epidemic in 2006, that the transmission by Aedes albopictus (an Aedes genus specie) has been facilitated by genetic mutations of the virus and the vector capacity to adapt to non tropical regions.In this paper we formulate an optimal control problem, based on biological observations. …”
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Relationships of Adrenoceptor Polymorphisms with Obesity by Kazuko Masuo, Gavin W. Lambert

“…Human obesity, hypertension, and diabetes have strong genetic as well as environmental determinants. Reduced energy expenditure and resting metabolic rate are predictive of weight gain, and the sympathetic nervous system participates in regulating energy balance through thermogenesis. …”
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