Maize Market Chain Analysis and the Determinants of Market Participation in the Gamo and Gofa Zones of Southern Ethiopia by Duge Galtsa, Kassa Tarekegn, Kusse Kamaylo, Endrias Oyka

“…Thus, this study was intended to analyze the maize market chain and determinants of market participation in the selected maize-producing districts of the Gamo and Gofa zones. …”
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Foreign workers in the labour force: Provincial retention after transition to permanent residency among work permit holders for work purposes by Yuqian Lu, Feng Hou

“…It then compares their retention in the intended destination with that of economic class immigrants who had no previous experience in Canada (refer to the Data and definitions section for more details).…”
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Settlement Process on The Black Sea Northeastern Coast in the Context of Frederick Turner’s Frontier Concept (1830‑1850s) by Sergey N. Shapovalov

“…State lands were used to provide gratuitous land to Anapa and Trans-Kuban settlers. The article is intended for historians and anyone interested in the settlement of the Black Sea northeastern coast.…”
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Geometry Optimisation of a Wave Energy Converter by Susana Costa, Jorge Ferreira, Nelson Martins

“…The proposed procedure starts by developing an initial geometry, which is later evaluated in terms of hydrodynamics and optimised through an optimisation algorithm to tune the shape parameters that influence energy absorption, intending to obtain the optimal geometry. A deployment site on the Portuguese coast was defined to obtain information on the predominant waves to assess several sea states. …”
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Les projets de restauration écologique en question : expérimenter un trajet d’instauration sur le fleuve Rhône avec Souriau by Yves-François Le Lay, Fanny Reymond, Emeline Comby, Marylise Cottet, Clotilde Lebreton, Jean-Michel Olivier, Jérémie Riquier

“…Although the development of the Rhône River was intended to protect against flooding, to produce hydroelectricity, to facilitate navigation and to irrigate crops, it also had negative hydrological, geomorphological, and ecological consequences. …”
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A conceptual ethical framework to preserve natural human presence in the use of AI systems in education by Werner Alexander Isop

“…Whilst not incorporated in related work, particularly the ethical behavior and visual representation of the actors are intended to improve transparency and reduce the potential for misinterpretation and misuse of AIS. …”
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Victims of Compromise by J. Gertrud Tönsing

“…It is argued that the household codes were regarded as a necessary compromise at the time but were not  initially intended to suppress the participation and leadership of women. …”
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Cadres théoriques mobilisant les concepts de résilience et de vulnérabilité by Pauline Buchheit, Patrick d’Aquino, Olivier Ducourtieux

“…This process is not intended to lead to a shared vision of an area and its functions, but rather to discuss the potential complementarity of the issues and stakes presented by different actors, before any further assessment of the vulnerability and resilience of the study area to specific changes.…”
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Adivasi Marginality and the Vicissitudes of Violence in Rejina Marandi’s Becoming Me by Sayan Chatterjee

“…Drawing on various theoretical frameworks, this paper, therefore, intends to analyze the portrayal of Adivasi marginality in Marandi’s novel, and how it produces a continuum of violence, leading to the loss of their identity and dignity. …”
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Searching through the shelves of the «storia» of Francesco II Maria della Rovere’s library by Elisa Tosi Brandi

“…The selection of books covered by the descriptions and thoughts proposed here, identified thanks to the fifth volume dedicated to the Storia, edited by Simona De Gese and Fiammetta Sabba, of the work conceived by Alfredo Serrai and edited by Fiammetta Sabba on the Biblioteca di Francesco Maria II Della Rovere, was intended to connect the personal interests of Francesco Maria II with the national and international political events that involved the Duchy of Urbino in a period of great changes that were also reflected in the choice of books for the libraria. …”
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Representation of Fictional Characters with Disabilities in Selected Crime Novels of Oͅládèͅjoͅ Òkédìjí by Oͅlálérè Adéyeͅmí

“…      Scholars of Yorùbá literary criticism have not done much in the area of disability studies; therefore, there is a paucity of critical works on the representation of people with disability in Yorùbá novels. This study intended to fill the gap.  The objectives of the study, therefore, were to examine the representation of fictional characters with disabilities in Oͅládèͅjoͅ Òkédìjí’s crime novels particularly Bínú ti rí and Àgbàlagbà Akàn; assess the message of the novelist, and the implications of those representations for the society within the social and charity models of disability theory. …”
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Copy-Move Forgery Verification in Images Using Local Feature Extractors and Optimized Classifiers by S. B. G. Tilak Babu, Ch Srinivasa Rao

“…In copy-move forgery, the assailant intends to hide a portion of an image by pasting other portions of the same image. …”
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A SPEECH ACT ANALYSIS OF CONDOLENCE UTTERANCES FOR THE DEATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II IN FACEBOOK USERS by Putri Mentari, Susiati Susiati

“… The study focused on investigating speech acts and condolence strategies expressed by Facebook users in BBC posts. This research intends to classify and find out the speech acts and condolence strategies used by Facebook users to the death of Queen Elizabeth II. …”
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Contribution à la connaissance du paléolithique dans les environs de Chartres : étude techno-typologique des collections de la commune de Bas-de-Luisant (Eure-et-Loir) by Hélène Djema

“…The techno-typological study presented in this paper intends to document the technical process and tools of the collection. …”
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Rocky Start of Dinosaur National Monument (USA), The World's First Dinosaur Geoconservation Site by Kenneth Carpenter

“…This had consequences far beyond what the Museum intended when the federal government declared the site as Dinosaur National Monument in 1915, thus taking ultimate control from the Carnegie Museum. …”
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Feasibility of Pulverized Oyster Shell as a Cementing Material by Chou-Fu Liang, Hung-Yu Wang

“…This research intends to study the cementing potential of pulverized oyster shell, rich in calcium, when mixed with fly ash and soil. …”
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Aristotle for all? The work of Walter Mooney Hatch by Alan Towey

“…To bring out the distinctive qualities of the Hatch approach this article compares The Moral Philosophy of Aristotle with the translations published in the modern Clarendon Aristotle series, which are intended for a readership made up largely of professionals working in universities. …”
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Biological Processes that Prepare Mammalian Spermatozoa to Interact with an Egg and Fertilize It by Daulat R. P. Tulsiani, Aïda Abou-Haila

“…The sperm capacitation and the induction of the acrosomal reaction are Ca2+-dependent signaling events that have been of wide interest to reproductive biologists for over half a century. In this paper, we intend to discuss data from this and other laboratories that highlight the biological processes which prepare spermatozoa to interact with an egg and fertilize it.…”
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Perception and Experiences of Undergraduate Nursing Students on Clinical Learning Environment in a Public University by Mabel D Rozario, Delowara Begum, Noopur D. Costa, Most Nasrin, Hasina Akter

“…Objective: This study intended to reveal the perceptions and experiences of the clinical learning environment of undergraduate nursing students and the influencing factors of the clinical learning process. …”
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Semantic transfers in the domain of FOODSTUFFS by Aleksandra Zofia Kowalczyk

“…For some language users it may sound somewhat unnatural, and hence unacceptable, to name a female person mutton with the intended metaphorical sense ‘a prostitute’, tomato applied in the transferred sense ‘attractive, but not a very wise female’ or peach, which denotes an ‘attractive female, especially in American English’. …”
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