Honda Seiroku, « Père des parcs du Japon » by Sylvie Brosseau

“…He is at the start of the conception of many urban parks as well as national parks (1930). Through Honda’s productions, the specificities of his own course as a forester-landscaper appear – the object of a renewed reception, today.…”
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Indexation of Fixed-Income Portfolios to the IMA-B by Emilio Ricardo Carvalhais, Antonio Marcos Duarte Júnior

“…This study considers the problem of indexing fixed-income portfolios to the ANBIMA Market Index – Series B (IMA-B), composed of Brazilian National Treasury Notes – Series B (NTNBs). We propose a mathematical model that minimizes the deviations of the returns of the chosen portfolio in relation to the returns of the index’s theoretical portfolio. …”
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Survey of the intelligent and connected vehicle cybersecurity by Wufei WU, Renfa LI, Gang ZENG, Yong XIE, Guoqi XIE

“…Cyber attacks on vehicles not only cause privacy leaks and economic losses but also endanger human life and even rise to national public safety issues.Therefore,the research on the cybersecurity of intelligent and connected vehicle (ICV) has become a research hot spot.Firstly,the structural status and characteristics of the in-vehicle network (IVN) in ICV were introduced,and the challenges and constraints of cybersecurity enhancement design for IVN were also presented.Secondly,focusing on the current functional safety and cybersecurity issues of IVN,a survey of the current cybersecurity enhancement researches for IVN was conducted.Finally,according to the characteristics of the IVN structure,some important research directions and suggestions about cybersecurity problems of ICV were pointed out from the three aspects of standard construction,functional safety and cybersecurity.…”
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Sustainable intensification of agriculture: the foundation for universal food security by Glenn Denning

“…To curb further loss of natural ecosystems and associated land degradation, biodiversity loss, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, sustainable intensification (SI) is redefined as a process in aggregate, comprising a portfolio of interventions at global, regional, and national levels that increase food availability and reduce agriculture’s environmental footprint. …”
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SCIENTIFIC AND METHODOLOGICAL, SPIRITUAL AND MORAL GUIDELINES IN MANAGEMENT TRAINING AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT (PART 2) by A. M. Ljalin, V. A. Persianov, V. I. Korolevskaja

“…Moral qualities of the person, priority of national interests should become the basis of the world view of future specialists. …”
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Was I being critical? Vision and action in English language teacher education by Enrique Alejandro Basabe

“…A reflective account is offered here based on my praxis when I adopted a critical pedagogy to teach literature in the English language teacher education program at the National University of La Pampa (UNLPam) in Argentina. …”
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The ANC and Apartheid South Africa’s Nuclear Weapons Program by Jo-Ansie van Wyk, Anna-Mart van Wyk

“… The African National Congress (ANC) was established in 1912 and banned by the apartheid government in 1960. …”
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Polyphonies coloniales by Caroline Déodat

“…As an integral part of the post-colonial national and heritage narrative of Mauritius, the Mauritian Sega is also part of another history, which is to be found in colonial narrative, but rather in an oral literature, in which the ability of performers of Sega to destabilize an essentialist conception of Mauritian creolity can still be heard. …”
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Community-led monitoring and the role of Ritshidze in improving the quality of primary healthcare in South Africa by K Govender, N Rambau, P Barron, B Setshogelo, K Vallabhjee, M Nyathi, H Schneider, S Xaba, N Mpofu, A Yawa

“…In doing so, we aim to draw attention to this significant national initiative and its potential as a mechanism of social accountability in SA. …”
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Égalité entre les femmes et les hommes et santé au travail by Florence Chappert, Laurence Théry

“…The strong hypothesis developed and tested by the Agence Nationale pour l'Amélioration des Conditions de Travail (National Agency for the Improvement of Working Conditions) is that certain occupational health problems resulting in absenteeism, employee turnover, stress, and occupational wear are dealt with more appropriately when the ergonomic intervention takes into consideration differentiated work situations for men and women based on four factors namely: gender-based work distribution, lack of visible risks or strenuousness, career path, and work time. …”
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„Rasismul structural și instituțional în Europa: o analiză comparativă în 8 state membre ale Uniunii Europene. Probleme cheie și recomandări de politici (2024)” by Adina - Maria Nikolić

“…Its purpose is to analyze the situation in eight EU member states (Czechia, Germany, Greece, Latvia, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, and Sweden), to present an overview of the current state of affairs, and to provide a preliminary set of recommendations for both national and European authorities.…”
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TRIPLE DEFICIT PRESSURE INDEX AND ESTIMATION OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS: THE CASE OF TURKEY by Murat Akkaya

“…In the literature of Economics and Finance, there are many national and international studies on Twin Deficits Hypothesis. …”
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De l’édification d’une « culture mondiale d’éducation » appuyée sur la science « occidentale » à la production d’un homme chargé d’établir sa propre vérité... by Sarah Croché

“…Finally, looking back at recent projects and the work of international organizations (United Nations and UNESCO) dealing with education, this text aims to highlight the gradual shift in the project from building a "global culture of education" supported by science to that of producing, by the school, a man responsible for his own trajectory and able to build his own opinion.…”
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WHISTLEBLOWING IN CIVIL SERVICE: EXPERIENCE OF EUROPE by M. A. Batishcheva

“…Based on the Hofstede dimensions of national culture it is noted that cultural characteristics correlate with presence/absence of whistleblowing law and practice and effectiveness of this mechanism as a whole. …”
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NETWORK COMMUNITIES WITH UNIVERSITY PARTICIPATION: ESTABLISHED PRACTICES OF SOCIAL INTERACTION by Mark V. Romm, Raisa A. Zayakina

“…The article analyzes a system of social interaction practices which are used by national universities to undertake their network activity in daily life. …”
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Unveiling the determinants of femicide in Ecuador: a comprehensive analysis by Juan Pablo Díaz-Sánchez, Cintya Lanchimba, Diego Albuja, Yulissa Ramírez

“…To do so, we use official data spanning 2018 to 2022 from the National Survey on Family Relations and Gender Violence against Women in Ecuador with a dataset revealing 1,325 femicides and violent deaths of cisgender women and girls. …”
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Forest Resource Information on the Internet: Connecting to Today’s Online Resources by Chris Demers

“…These state, regional, and national resources can serve as a springboard to a wide variety of natural resource information and programs. …”
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ATTEMPTS TO LEGITIMIZE POLITICAL POWER IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS FROM THE COLONIAL TO THE POST-COLONIAL PERIOD by Nguyễn Văn Bắc

“…In this work, in addition to some common theories on legitimate domination, the author tries to apply several national perspectives to explain each player’s attempts in legitimizing and stabilizing their control over the Central Highlands from the French colonial period until Vietnam was entirely independent and united in 1975.…”
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The relaunch and conclusion of EU-Mercosur trade negotiations through the lens of Brazil and Argentina (2010-2019) by José Victor Ferro

“…It examines the positions of Brazilian and Argentinian foreign policies toward EU trade talks, focusing on how each country’s development model and integration strategy shaped their national stance on these negotiations. Our analysis concludes that there were two distinct phases in the negotiation period from the relaunch through to its conclusion. …”
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Globalization and urban centers: Impact, challenges and development of global cities by Mujević Demir

“…This process means that cities, especially large and important urban centers, become key actors on the international scene, transcending national borders and establishing a direct connection with global markets, cultures, communications and political structures. …”
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