Classification of European Union Countries in the Context of Tax Burden: Cluster Analysis by Slezák, Jiří

“…In general, it can be said that countries also cluster on the basis of geographical or political characteristics. Through the cluster analysis, it was proven that there are significant differences between the states in the tax area and harmonization is not taking place, and there is thus further scope for tax harmonization. …”
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Nutrition, Nurture and Nature by Helen Macbeth, Paul Collinson

“…An important conclusion of the paper is that although the term biodiversity is much used in opposing arguments about countryside and often has an elastic meaning in popular discourse, in ecology it has a more precise meaning which must be situated in a specific temporal and geographical context.…”
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PREDICTORS OF M-CONTINUANCE INTENTION: CASE OF USERS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Amra Grcić, Ensar Mekić

“…It is recommended for future research to investigate the effects of other potential predictors of m-continuance intention with the focus on a larger sample and wider geographical region. …”
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Conservation refugees and environmental dispossession in 21st century critical Geography by Scott William Hoefle

“… This study explores the relevance of the concepts of conservation refugees and environmental dispossession for steering a middle course between unjust bio-centric conservation and anti-environmentalism of extreme right “populism”. Historical geographers have recently taken up these concepts from contemporary Environmental History, and when with allied to the concepts of environmental ethics from Radical Ecology and Environmental Studies and nature enclosures from Political Ecology, a novel critique is produced of the role of full conservation units in debates surrounding global climate change. …”
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Le teck, Tectona grandis L.f., chez les Arabo-Musulmans du Moyen-Âge by Françoise Aubaile-Sallenave

“…The precious wood had also been used, from the beginning of Islam (622) to build also many mosques in the Arabian Peninsula, and later on even the most prestigious ones of the Islamic world, as well as the Arab palaces and then houses, like the ones in Sīrāf. Arab travelers, geographers and religious figures are the sources of detailed information. …”
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The Role of Traditional Environmental Knowledge in Taytnapam Toponyms by Eugene S. Hunn, Richard H. McClure Jr.

“…A substantial fraction of these toponyms refer directly or indirectly to local plants and animals, illustrating the power of local environmental knowledge for anchoring Taytnapam to their traditional lands. Traditional geographic narratives, such as those of Taytnapam elders Jim Yoke and Louis Castama, served a critical pedagogical role in educating the young with respect to native livelihoods. …”
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Essai de recherche d’une typologie de la sainte mystique dans l’islam et le christianisme à partir de l’étude de cas de Rabia Adawiyya by Claude-Brigitte Carcenac

“…Despite their emerging in different periods, Christianity and Islam belong to the same geographical sphere and are of common kinship. The two religions are found to share, moreover, a highly unequal attitude towards women even as their respective messages feature a universal and non-discriminatory character. …”
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Writing the history of North America from Indian country: the view from the north-central Plains, 1800-1870 by Raymond J. DeMallie, Gilles Havard

“…To illustrate our perspective, we examine a concept of geographical and cultural space denoted as “Indian country.” …”
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Institutional distance, trade agreements, and intellectual property trade networks: Evidence from cross-border data. by Yida Wang, Jiangjiao Wang

“…This conclusion remains valid after controlling for geographical adjacency, use of a common language, existence of colonial relationships, and characteristics of the intellectual property trade network. …”
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Imaginaire et différ(a)nce : générateurs de paysages by Rita Occhiuto

“…Imagination, combined with the aptitude for detailed observation, is based on the capacity to read, understand and interpret the geographic forms and their continuous transformations due to the actions of nature and man (European Landscape Convention). …”
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Domestication and varietal diversification of Old World cultivated cottons (Gossypium sp.) in the Antiquity by Christopher Viot

“…Some extant varieties are hypothesized as close to the cultivars of Antiquity. The geographic distribution of each species probably reflects the initial domestication region and the subsequent adaptations, particularly regarding climate. …”
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PREDICTORS OF M-CONTINUANCE INTENTION: CASE OF USERS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Amra Grcić, Ensar Mekić

“…It is recommended for future research to investigate the effects of other potential predictors of m-continuance intention with the focus on a larger sample and wider geographical region. …”
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A Spiny Orb Weaver Spider, Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus) (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae) by Glavis B. Edwards, Jr.

“…(which may be only a geographic race), G. cancriformis is the only species of its genus to occur in the New World, ranging from the southern United States to northern Argentina (Levi 1978). …”
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Wole Soyinka’s Ori Olokun Emprise and Autobiography by Adetayo Alabi

“…The paper argues that what operates at the background of Soyinka’s group’s project of repatriating Orí Olókun from Brazil to Nigeria is the communal spirit of Yoruba and African nationalism that cuts across colonial geographical boundaries.  The paper considers the role of Soyinka, Yai, Isola, and Abimbola in the attempt to repatriate Orí Olókun back to Nigeria.  …”
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A review of vitamin D deficiency and vitamin D receptor polymorphisms in endocrine-related disorders by Nur Faten Hafizah Rosli, Noor Shafina Mohd Nor, Rose Adzrianee Adnan, Siti Hamimah Sheikh Abdul Kadir

“…With changes in socioeconomic status and lifestyle, vitamin D-deficient individuals are prone to developing the disease at a young age. However, geographical and racial differences affect the association between VDR gene polymorphisms and vitamin D endocrine disorders, explaining the nonconsensus effects of polymorphisms and their association with disease development across populations. …”
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Identifying industrial buildings as a spatial resource for sustainable urban regeneration in high-density post-industrial metropolitan in Asia by Miao Sun, Tan Qin, Yuanxiao Kuang, Jianchang Lv

“…By mining the implicit spatial design requirements present in geographical information, this methodology facilitates the classification of industrial buildings from hundreds of thousands of buildings. …”
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Substitute locations of urban spaces in films shot in Spain: motivations, representations and consequences by Víctor Aertsen, Carlos Manuel Valdés, Antonio Martínez Puche

“…Through these different sections, we seek to contribute to a better understanding of the motivations, representations and geographical and economic consequences of this filmic practice. …”
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Urban Island Modeling for Semi-Arid Cities: The Case of the City of Oujda by Djebbour Mounir, Sbai Abdelkader

“…It highlighted the importance of geographic information systems and remote sensing in studying climate changes and revealing the importance of vegetation cover in reducing this phenomenon.…”
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Modern methods of studying of human gastro-intestinal microflora by Ye. A. Poluektova, O. S. Lyashenko, O. S. Shifrin, A. A. Sheptulin, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Its qualitative and quantitative pattern can vary under effect of environmental factors, in relation to age, gender and climatic geographical conditions. New data on relation of disorders of microflora with diseases of cardio-vascular system, disorders of metabolism, autoimmune and allergic diseases have appeared. …”
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Implementasi VPN Antar Cabang Menggunakan Teknologi SDWAN dengan Metode Load Balance (Studi Kasus: PT. Mitra Solusi Infokom) by Muhammad Fikri, Muhammad Rifqi

“…In companies that have branch offices that are geographically separated, a Wide Area Network (WAN) is needed as a communication, in this case there are problems ranging from speed, bandwidth, delay, and communication line connections (redundancy). …”
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