Environmental Taxation: New Evidence for Energy Taxes by Maja Grdinić, Maja Klun, Žiga Kotnik

“…Various economic instruments, including taxation, may help policy makers in the EU meet environmental targets, among them a more secure and competitive green economy in Europe. The focus of this paper is on empirically investigating the direct effect of environmental taxes and the indirect effect of environmental expenditures sourced from environmental taxes on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the energy sector. …”
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Research and implementation of network architecture of LSN DCI EVPN VxLAN by Yongming YAN, Liang ZUO, Bin XU, Haifeng XU, Kechuang YE

“…With the rise of virtualization technology,the architecture of traditional data center is disrupted.There exit a large number of interconnected needs among the data centers,such as data center active-active,data center redundancy,data synchronous backup,data migration,integrated data store,shared virtual resource pool,virtual machine drift and so on.Thereby,a large amount of east-west flow was generated,it is necessary to build a reliable,flexible,secure,and easy to deploy layer-2 and layer-3 network to meet the requirement of DCI (data center interconnection).The network architecture of EVPN VxLAN was analyzed,there hasn’t been successful large-scale business case for implementation of multi-vendor DCI EVPN VxLAN networking.Combined with current status of LSN data center of Shanghai Telecom,the deployment of DCI via existing network was proposed and achieved.…”
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Self-Adaptive Firefly-Algorithm-Based Unified Power Flow Controller Placement with Single Objectives by Selvarasu Ranganathan, S. Rajkumar

“…The selection of positions for unified power flow controller (UPFC) placement in transmission network is an essential factor, which aids in operating the system in a more reliable and secured manner. This paper focuses on strengthening the power system performance through UPFC placement employing self-adaptive firefly algorithm (SAFA), which selects the best positions along with parameters for UPFC placement. …”
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Optimal Decomposition of Service Level Objectives into Policy Assertions by Yousef Rastegari, Fereidoon Shams

“…It also guarantees the lowest adaptation overhead by reducing the number of service reselections. We considered securities settlement case study to prototype and evaluate the decomposition method. …”
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Multiscale Structural Health Monitoring of Cable-Anchorage System Using Piezoelectric PZT Sensors by Khac-Duy Nguyen, Jeong-Tae Kim, Young-Hwan Park

“…Structural health monitoring of the cable-anchorage system is very important to secure the integrity of the cable-stayed bridge. The cable-anchorage system carries most of the self-weight, so that any damage in the system may significantly reduce the load carrying capacity of the bridge. …”
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Video Multiple Watermarking Technique Based on Image Interlacing Using DWT by Mohamed M. Ibrahim, Neamat S. Abdel Kader, M. Zorkany

“…Digital watermarking is one of the important techniques to secure digital media files in the domains of data authentication and copyright protection. …”
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Newly Licensed RNs Describe What They Like Best about Being a Nurse by Maja Djukic, Linda H. Pellico, Christine T. Kovner, Carol S. Brewer

“…Five themes emerged: “providing holistic patient care,” “having an autonomous and collaborative practice,” “using diverse knowledge and skills to impact patient outcomes,” “receiving recognition,” and “having a job that is secure and stimulating.” Strategies are discussed that organizations might employ in helping NLRNs to realize what they best like about their work, which might lead to improved retention rates.…”
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Nano colonies: Rearing honey bee queens and their offspring in small laboratory arenas by Zachary S. Lamas, Serhat Solmaz, Cory Stevens, Jason Bragg, Eugene V. Ryabov, Shayne Madella, Miguel Corona, Jay D. Evans

“…The process creates a bridge between field research and laboratory trials and provides a secure system for contagious or regulated elements while maintaining many of the intrinsic characteristics of a honey bee colony.…”
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Indigenous Identity in the Global Sustainable Project by Yusril Ihza Mahendra, Eduardus Andhika Kurniawan, Balya Arung Segara

“…Developing countries can secure funding from developed countries to preserve their forests. …”
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New Artificial Urinary Sphincter Devices in the Treatment of Male Iatrogenic Incontinence by Ioannis Vakalopoulos, Spyridon Kampantais, Leonidas Laskaridis, Vasileios Chachopoulos, Michail Koptsis, Chrysovalantis Toutziaris

“…Recently three more sphincter devices, the Flow-Secure, the Periurethral Constrictor, and the ZSI 375, have been developed and presented in the market. …”
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Increasing the level of self-esteem in adolescent children through art therapy by T. S. Gordon

“…An additional effect and guarantee of securing performance will be if a teenager after art therapy turns artistic activity into a hobby. …”
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Public acceptance in direct potable water reuse: a call for incorporating responsible research and innovation by Karen Moesker, Udo Pesch, Neelke Doorn

“…However, the successful implementation of Direct Potable Water Reuse (DPR) projects hinges on securing public acceptance, which remains challenging. …”
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Development and Implementation of a Healthcare Resource Allocation System: A Case Studay of Rugarama Hospital. by Byamukama, Hillary, Bwambale, Gedion

“…Key features include real-time resource allocation, secure user authentication, and an intuitive interface. …”
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Nanotechnology-based herbal medicine: Preparation, synthesis, and applications in food and medicine by Farhang H. Awlqadr, Kithar Rasheed Majeed, Ammar B. Altemimi, Arkan Mohammed Hassan, Syamand Ahmed Qadir, Mohammed N. Saeed, Aryan Mahmood Faraj, Tablo H. Salih, Alaa Jabbar Abd Al‐Manhel, Mazin A.A. Najm, Efstathia Tsakali, Jan F.M. Van Impe, Ahmed A. Abd El-Maksoud, Tarek Gamal Abedelmaksoud

“…Such advancements would modify treatment and nutritional strategies, allowing a more secure, effective, and long life.…”
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The Stories that Make Us: European Holocaust Narratives and the Promise of Albanian Cosmopolitan Memory Practices by Kailey rocker

“…I argue that both appropriations, while different, ultimately speak to the intersection of the following tracks: Albanian efforts to participate in broader European memoryscapes through the reproduction of their own nationally specific narratives and broader European efforts to secure memory narratives through the inclusion of southeastern European ones.…”
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Improving the Complexity of the Lorenz Dynamics by María Pilar Mareca, Borja Bordel

“…The new system is especially designed to improve the complexity of Lorenz dynamics, which, despite being a paradigm to understand the chaotic dissipative flows, is a very simple example and shows great vulnerability when used in secure communications. Here, we demonstrate the vulnerability of the Lorenz system in a general way. …”
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IMPACT OF EXTERNAL DEBTS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA by Ibrahim Yinka Agbeyinka

“…Annual time-series from 2001 to 2022, sourced from Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigerian Exchange Group and Securities Exchange Commission, are adopted. The data was subjected to linear regression analysis which was used to estimate the parameters of the model. …”
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La propagande arabe anglaise vers le Maghreb pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale (1939-1943) by Fayçal Cherif

“…During the North Africa campaign (Torch), the Royal Air Force dropped leaflets in Arabic, trying to explain their war aims and to secure the support of the population. This article examines the developing of British Arabic propaganda and seeks to measure its degree of success or failure in the face of other subversive propaganda particularly from Germany and Italy and especially its impacts on the North African populations from 1939 till May 1943.…”
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Povoar e enquadrar by Maria Filomena Andrade, João Luís Fontes

“…The Christian conquest of Lisbon, in 1147, initiated a new era in the city which immediately saw diocesan life restored and parish life quickly revived. Efforts to secure the settlement and ecclesiastical accommodation of the urban population went hand-in-hand with the gradual establishment in the city of various religious orders, some drawing upon previous eremitic experiences, others with a marked pastoral bias combining liturgy, preaching, and charitable acts. …”
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A strategy of development based on innovation by Pierre-Olaf Schut

“…Today, the company is an eminent international PMI (small and medium-sized industry) in the industry of sports items, carrying a range of products such as frontal lamps, climbing harnesses and mechanical machines securing rope ascents. It used to be a simple family business offering traditionally-made articles for speleology. …”
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