The Political Economy of the Gifts on Tiktok by Cristina-Oana Cristea

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Impacts of Future Climate Changes on Shifting Patterns of the Agro-Ecological Zones in China by Yingzhi Lin, Anping Liu, Enjun Ma, Fan Zhang

“…A data processing scheme was proposed in this study to reduce systematic errors in projected climate data using observed data from meteorological stations. …”
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INTERNATIONAL CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS: ESTABLISHMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND FEATURES OF FUNCTIONING by Петро ПІДСАДНЮК

“…It is established that the tasks of establishing and operating international charitable organizations are implemented in three areas of activity, including non-refundable assistance, administration of response and recovery projects, lobbying and actualization of the problem for the world community through influence on the political establishment and public opinion. …”
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Complex Atanassov's Intuitionistic Fuzzy Relation by Abd Ulazeez M. Alkouri, Abdul Razak Salleh

“…We also introduce the Cartesian product of CAIFSs and derive two properties of the product space. The concept of projection and cylindric extension of CAIFRs are also introduced. …”
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Perceptions of Poultry Farmers on the Use of Growth Enhancers in Poultry Production in Rivers State, Nigeria by Favour Alapu, Angela Emodi

“…Simple random sampling was used to select 120 farmers from each group of the twenty (20) poultry farmers groups in the FADAMA and RIV CARE projects in Rivers State. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire and analyzed using percentage and mean scores. …”
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The role of digital technologies in increasing the competitiveness of branded products by N. V. Kokoreva, S. A. Silina

“…The results of the analysis allowed us to draw the following conclusions: companies, when forming competitive advantages with the help of digital tools, need to develop purposefully comprehensive digitalisation programs, and not be limited to the implementation of short-term projects for the introduction of a particular technology; identify and implement a strategy for creating value for consumers that would be inaccessible to competitors; coordinate the resources and efforts available to the organization in terms of the formation of digital competencies of employees.…”
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PANEL STUDY OF CREDIT MANAGEMENT DIMENSIONS AND LOAN PERFORMANCE OF NIGERIAN BANKS by Oloruntoba Oyedele, A. O Ahmed

“…The study, therefore, recommends that Nigerian banks should apply efficient and effective credit risk management that will ensure that loans are matched with ability to repay, loan defaults are projected accordingly, and relevant measures taken to minimise the same. …”
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Fiber-Reinforced Magnesium Phosphate Cement-Based Nanocomposites in the Field of Bridge Structure Repair and Strengthening by Wenwei Yang

“…Currently, fiber-reinforced magnesium phosphate cement-based nanocomposites are being used in various projects. The unique physical properties of this material allow it to bear the load together with the material in the inherent structure, and it will be better used in the field of bridge structure repair and reinforcement. …”
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Effect of Family Socio-Economic status on Student’s Academic Performance in Kanungu Town Council- Kanungu District. by Amos Gard, Niwagaba

“…In conclusion, parents are encouraged to produce children whom they can manage to cater for in terms of education and they should get involved in income generating projects so as to improve on their household income in order to meet the related educational costs of their children.…”
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Community management and Sustainability of Gravity Water flow Schemes in Rubanda District, Uganda by David, Otika

“…Only the financial function of community management was found to be significant in supporting sustainability of water projects, though it was negatively contributing. The study concluded that rural water facilities can easily be sustained if there is a sense of gender quality , participation and communities have people to turn to for help in case of major repairs and maintenance, though government does not have adequate standby staff to provide such services. …”
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Kabale University Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Policy by Kabale University

“…WHEREAS Kabale University is a Public University established under the Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act, 2001 (as amended) by Statutory Instrument No. 36 of July, 2015, with the main aim of becoming an efficient and effective University that excels in teaching, learning, research, innovation and community engagement and to become a sustainable vibrant University of academic excellence in the Great Lakes Region and beyond; AND WHEREAS the Government of Uganda enacted the Public Private Partnership Act, 2015 which establishes Public-Private Partnership (PPP) as a model and a framework of providing efficient services and excellent quality public goods, WHEREAS the Kabale University Council through this framework recognizes the increasing involvement and importance of private sector in provision of excellent quality public goods and services in a resource constrained environment as an alternative funding model for acquiring and administering infrastructural projects and other related services on behalf of the University in the medium to long-term; AND WHEREAS, this policy targets to acquire and provide excellent quality public goods and services to the University at competitive costs and utilize private sector expertise and finance, and deliverables at reduced risks that are inherent in delivery of public infrastructures and services. …”
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Sign Prediction on Unlabeled Social Networks Using Branch and Bound Optimized Transfer Learning by Weiwei Yuan, Jiali Pang, Donghai Guan, Yuan Tian, Abdullah Al-Dhelaan, Mohammed Al-Dhelaan

“…The main idea of SP_BBTL is to use target feature vectors to reconstruct source domain feature vectors based on relationship projection, which is a complicated optimal problem and is solved by proposed optimization based on branch and bound that can obtain global optimal solution. …”
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KV7 Channels Regulate Firing during Synaptic Integration in GABAergic Striatal Neurons by M. Belén Pérez-Ramírez, Antonio Laville, Dagoberto Tapia, Mariana Duhne, Esther Lara-González, José Bargas, Elvira Galarraga

“…Striatal projection neurons (SPNs) process motor and cognitive information. …”
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Sparse Representation Based SAR Vehicle Recognition along with Aspect Angle by Xiangwei Xing, Kefeng Ji, Huanxin Zou, Jixiang Sun

“…Then, the coefficient vector is projected onto a sparser one within a certain range of the vehicle’s aspect angle. …”
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Analysis of solar and wind farm area using technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution by Ransikarbum Kasin, Aydın Nezir, Janmontree Jettarat, Zadek Hartmut

“…Our results suggest the ranking list for potential district areas to investigate further for projects involving renewable energy investment connected to the GHSC. …”
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Direct Cost of Parkinson’s Disease: A Real-World Data Study of Second-Line Therapies by Elisa Gomez-Inhiesto, María Teresa Acaiturri-Ayesta, Iker Ustarroz-Aguirre, Diana Camahuali, Maider Urtaran-Laresgoiti, Marisol Basabe-Aldecoa, Roberto Nuño-Solinís, Elena Urizar

“…The results revealed the annual cost over 3 years and the projected cost for an additional 2 years. The total costs for 5 years of treatment were as follows: €53,217 for DBS, €208,163 for CDLCI, and €170,591 for CSAI. …”
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Deformation Response and Safety Evaluation of Buildings Affected by Subway-Station Construction by Chunlei Feng, Dingli Zhang, Hualao Wang, Xuan Zhang

“…Finally, by establishing a relationship among the comprehensive deformation index Dj, surrounding environmental safety evaluation index Sj, and scheme safety grade Lj, a multiangle safety evaluation method for buildings affected by foundation-pit construction is formed, which can provide a reference for the research and design of similar projects.…”
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The Development of a Customization Framework for the WRF Model over the Lake Victoria Basin, Eastern Africa on Seasonal Timescales by R. Argent, X. Sun, F. Semazzi, L. Xie, B. Liu

“…To produce reliable climate projections, it is desirable to successfully model the rainfall over the lake accurately. …”
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A GDPR-compliant solution for analysis of large-scale genomics datasets on HPC cloud infrastructure by Silvia Gioiosa, Beatrice Chiavarini, Mattia D’Antonio, Giuseppe Trotta, Balasubramanian Chandramouli, Juan Mata Naranjo, Giuseppa Muscianisi, Mirko Cestari, Elisa Rossi

“…This solution has been successfully applied to the Network for Italian Genomes use-case, demonstrating scalability to other hospitals and universities involved in research projects dealing with sensitive genomic data.…”
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Class III Malocclusion Surgical-Orthodontic Treatment by Bruna Alves Furquim, Karina Maria Salvatore de Freitas, Guilherme Janson, Luis Fernando Simoneti, Marcos Roberto de Freitas, Daniel Salvatore de Freitas

“…A bilateral sagittal split osteotomy was performed in order to allow counterclockwise rotation of the mandible and anterior projection of the chin, accompanying the maxillary occlusal plane. …”
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