Impact pathways of trade liberalization on rural livelihoods: A case study of smallholder maize farmers in Mexico by GROENEWALD, Sytske, HELLIN, Jon, KELEMAN, Alder

“…Using the Mexican maize sector as an illustration, we trace the pathways through whichtrade liberalization (including the North American Free Trade Agreement) has interacted with changes in governmentinstitutions, and thereby impacted on farmers’ livelihood strategies. …”
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Load Forecasting in Electrical Grids: Analysis of Methods and their Trends by Kyryk V.V., Shatalov Y.O.

“…The significance of the obtained results is in the clear illustration of the development of the accuracy of forecasting models. …”
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Comprehensive CT Evaluation in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Impact on Diagnosis and Treatment Decisions by Askell Löve, Roger Siemund, Gunnar Andsberg, Mats Cronqvist, Stig Holtås, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher

“…Four patients with acute ischemic stroke of different aetiologies and/or treatments were chosen for illustration of the comprehensive CT protocol and its value in subsequent treatment decisions. …”
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Wiews of the nation's memories: A stereotyped vision of the Lithuanian history of the 20th century in Lithuanian documentary films by Rūta Šermukšnytė

“…The repetition of the visions is also related to visual material as illustration rather than a perception of it as a historical source of a certain fact. …”
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South Africa and Sweden in the UN Security Council by Angela Muvumba Sellström, Suzanne Graham

“…The main contribution is an illustration of how elected states pursue a common agenda, using diverse methods of engagement. …”
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Multi-Item Multiperiodic Inventory Control Problem with Variable Demand and Discounts: A Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm by Seyed Mohsen Mousavi, S. T. A. Niaki, Ardeshir Bahreininejad, Siti Nurmaya Musa

“…A set of compromise solution including optimum and near optimum ones via MOPSO has been derived for some numerical illustration, where the results are compared with those obtained using a weighting approach. …”
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Les blogs de voyage, entre mise en scène personnelle et positionnement commercial - un cadre conceptuel. by Nora Winsky, Julia Dickow

“…Une étude de cas centrée sur des blogs de voyage relatifs à Barcelone sert d’illustration et confirme la pertinence de cette approche conceptuelle.…”
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Control of Discrete Event Systems by Means of Discrete Optimization and Disjunctive Colored PNs: Application to Manufacturing Facilities by Juan-Ignacio Latorre-Biel, Emilio Jiménez-Macías, Mercedes Pérez de la Parte, Julio Blanco-Fernández, Eduardo Martínez-Cámara

“…Furthermore, the metaheuristic of genetic algorithms is applied to the search of the best solutions in the solution space. As an illustration of the methodology proposal, its performance is compared with the classic approach on a case study, obtaining faster the optimal solution.…”
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On Spiritual Subjects by Fatima Seedat

“…The effect of the analysis is to illustrate the complex and contested representation of female spirituality in Islamic thought, and in doing so to also locate contemporary negotiations of female spiritual agency along an historical trajectory of negotiation. …”
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Unsuccessful Peace-making: the Mission of Francesco da Collo and Antonio de Conti to Moscow (1518-1519) by O. F. Kudriavtsev

“…Despite the envoys' efforts, the mission achieved only a temporary one-year truce, with insurmountable barriers to a comprehensive peace including territorial disputes—especially over the control of Smolensk—and the issue of repatriating Russian prisoners of war from Poland.Furthermore, da Collo’s report serves as an early illustration of how Muscovy was constructed as an eastern, despotic power, offering one of the first examples of Russia being depicted as the “Other” in early modern European thought. …”
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Effective theory approach to new physics with flavour: general framework and a leptoquark example by Marzia Bordone, Oscar Catà, Thorsten Feldmann

“…Our formalism represents an extension of the well-known minimal-flavour-violation approach, and uses Froggatt-Nielsen charges to define the flavour power-counting. As a relevant illustration of the formalism, we apply it to the flavour structures which could be induced by a U1 vector leptoquark, which represents one of the possible explanations for the recent hints of flavour non-universality in semileptonic B-decays. …”
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CONCEPTUAL MODELS FOR ASSESSING ADVERSARIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP AND IMPROVEMENT OF ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICE DELIVERY (EDSD) IN GHANA by N.K Orgen, D.K Ahadzie, J Ayarkwa, E Badu

“…Further, SCRM improvement modeling is to provide indicative illustration model to overcome the business relationship problems, which have impeded the improvement and continuous improvement of EDSD activities in the past. …”
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Growing Significance of EU Institutions in Promotion of Inter-regional policies by E. V. Ermakova

“…The article features quotations by Flemish and Walloon political figures which serve as an illustration of the prevailing attitudes in the Belgian society to the process of regionalization of their country. …”
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THE MONASTERY OF “NEW NEAMŢ” – THE SACRED RIVER THAT FLEW IN THE OCEAN OF ROMANIAN HISTORY by Stela GUŢANU

“… Sacred music is a field of culture that comprises the essential human values, which are able to build and perfect the complex cultural undertaking of the human life; it is an emotional illustration of the spirit. Through the truth it embodies, sacred music aspires to reflect man’s secret, inner soul. …”
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A chaotic bursting-spiking transition in a pancreatic beta-cells system: observation of an interior glucose-induced crisis by Jorge Duarte, Cristina Januário, Nuno Martins

“…This study provides an illustration of how an integrated approach, involving numerical evidences and theoretical reasoning within the theory of dynamical systems, can directly enhance our understanding of biophysically motivated models.…”
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A CASE REPORT: THE STAGED RETRO AURICULAR FLAPS FOR AURICLE RECONSTRUCTION AFTER TRAUMATIC AMPUTATIONS by Alexandria Stephanie Suparman, Doni Setiawan, Yugos Juli Fitra

“…The amputated ear also presents a significant problem for the plastic surgeon. Case Illustration: A 29-year-old man had his left ear amputated due to trauma presented. …”
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The triadic relationship between green HRM, innovation, and pro-environmental behaviour: a study of their interactions and impacts on employee productivity and organizational susta... by Md. Abu Issa Gazi, Abdullah Al Masud, Md. Emon, Md. Ibrahim, Abdul Rahman bin S Senathirajah

“…The originality of this study resides in its comprehensive illustration of how GHRM, green innovation, and pro-environmental behavior effectively encourage worker productivity, resulting in organizational sustainability.…”
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Reinforcement of Nanocellulose as Green Agent in the Electronic Applications Associated with the Composites of Polymer Matrix by Manjunathan Alagarsamy, S. R. Barkunan, N. Jayapal, A. Murugan, P. Muralikrishnan, Perumalla Janaki Ramulu

“…In addition, it is being focused on the illustration of functional soft development of materials that is inclusive of the conductive intrinsic polymers for the elongated electrodes and electrothermal conversion and vice versa, occupying the maximal area along with tactile sensing elements.…”
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Automatic Implementation of Fuzzy Reasoning Spiking Neural P Systems for Diagnosing Faults in Complex Power Systems by Haina Rong, Kang Yi, Gexiang Zhang, Jianping Dong, Prithwineel Paul, Zhiwei Huang

“…An FRSN P system offers an intuitive illustration based on a strictly mathematical expression, a good fault-tolerant capacity, a good description for the relationships between protective devices and faults, and an understandable diagnosis model-building process. …”
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PEDIATRIC OCULAR TRAUMA MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY OF EFFECTIVE INTRA-ORBITAL FOREIGN BODY IOFB EXTRACTION by Doni Setiawan, Liesa Z Subuh, Alexandria Stephanie Suparman, Yugos Juli Fitra

“…Recognized as a surgical emergency, meticulous history-taking and a thorough examination are essential for determining the trauma's mechanism and cause, facilitating accurate diagnosis and effective disease management. Case Illustration: In the emergency room, a 5-year-old female patient was presented with a craniofacial injury resulting from an IOFB. …”
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