Analyzing Potato Market Participation, Market Surplus, and Market Outlet Choice on Small Farm Household Level in Lemo District, Southern Ethiopia by Chaimiso Demisse, Mesfin Melese, Mebratu Alemu, Afework Berhanu, Tamrat Sinore

“…Therefore, we recommend that the government and concerned stakeholders should focus on promoting improved potato seed, encouraging education, promoting farmers’ cooperatives, empowering females, strengthening rural-urban infrastructure, and protecting informal labor trading.…”
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Investigating Factors and Drivers of Livelihoods Change in Rural Households in Border Regions (Case Study: Minan district, Sarbaz township) by Javad Bazrafshan, Mehrshad Toulabi Nejad, Najmeh Hamli

“…Moreover, it indicated that out of 354 respondents, 39.8% assumed that they had chosen fuel smuggling, 25.4 % goods trading,  and 22.9 % service works as a reaction to this livelihood change for the living. …”
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Design of a Flexible Pavement For Nyakabande–Mutolere Road, Nyakabande Sub County, Kisoro District. by Habimana, Stephen

“…This study intended to provide a suitable pavement design for Nyakabande – Mutolere link, which is about 2.0km and forms a quickest link between Nyakabande and Mutolere trading centres in Kisoro District. The design was limited to flexible pavement since it is the commonest pavement structure used on almost all the countryside roads. …”
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Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Livelihoods in Rujumbura Rukungiri District. by Niwagaba, Alfred

“…The major livelihood sources of people in the areas were crop growing, livestock farming, trading activities and handcrafts like basket weaving. …”
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Spatial and temporal variations of faecal indicator bacteria in Lake Bunyonyi, South‑Western Uganda by Alex, Saturday, Thomas, J. Lyimo, John, Machiwa, Siajali, Pamba

“…The highest concentration values for E. coli (64.7 ± 47.3 CFU/100 mL) and enterococci (24.6 ± 32.4 CFU/100 mL were obtained in the station close to the Mugyera trading centre. On a temporal basis, the maximum values were recorded during the rainy season in October 2019 (70.7 ± 56.5 CFU/100 mL for E. coli and 38.44 ± 31.8 CFU/100 mL for enterococci. …”
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A Stock Closing Price Prediction Model Based on CNN-BiSLSTM by Haiyao Wang, Jianxuan Wang, Lihui Cao, Yifan Li, Qiuhong Sun, Jingyang Wang

“…Therefore, CNN-BiSLSTM can accurately predict the closing price of the Shenzhen Component Index of the next trading day, which can be used as a reference for the majority of investors to effectively avoid certain risks.…”
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Hormones and Hormonal Anabolics: Residues in Animal Source Food, Potential Public Health Impacts, and Methods of Analysis by Belachew B. Hirpessa, Beyza H. Ulusoy, Canan Hecer

“…Currently, different international and national regulatory bodies have placed requirements and legislative frameworks, which enable them to implement residue monitoring test endeavors that safeguard the public and facilitate the trading activity. To make the tests on the animal-origin food matrix, there are different sample extraction techniques such as accelerated solvent extraction, supercritical fluid extraction, solid phase extraction, solid-phase microextraction, and hollow-fiber liquid-phase microextraction. …”
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The Impact of Risk Criteria on the Continuity of Transactions of Companies Listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange, Emphasizing the Effective Role of Risk Management by Elahe Kharaziyan Motlagh, Seyed Hesam Vaghfi

“…The continuity of stock trading is very important for investors. Therefore, the current research aims to investigate the impact of risk criteria on the continuity of transactions of stock exchange companies, emphasizing the effectiveness of risk management from 2019 to 2020.Methodology: The multivariate regression method and financial information of 107 companies accepted in the Tehran Stock Exchange were used to test the research hypotheses. …”
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Saintes/Mediolanum, cité des Santons et Bordeaux/Burdigala, cité des Bituriges Vivisques : destins croisés by Louis Maurin, Alain Bouet, Eneko Hiriart, Guilhem Landreau, Christophe Sireix, Dominique Tardy

“…Bordeaux originated around 600 BC as a trading-post on the left bank of the Gironde; Mediolanum perhaps originated, and this before the Gallic War, in the movement to the left bank of the Charente of the oppidum of the Santones, until then doubtless situated at Pons. …”
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Exploring the Molecular Composition of Dissolved Organic Matter and Its Connection to Microbial Communities in Industrial-Scale Anaerobic Digestion of Chicken Manure by Juan Hu, Yurui Zeng, Aibin Hu, Xiaofeng Wang

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A Review of Artificial Intelligence Methods for Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Element Bearings for Induction Motor by Omar AlShorman, Muhammad Irfan, Nordin Saad, D. Zhen, Noman Haider, Adam Glowacz, Ahmad AlShorman

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The Belt and Road Initiative and the AIIB: Potential Impact on the Economic Architecture of Asia by Ya. V. Leksyutina

“…The first decade of this century was marked by an increasing number of bilateral free trade agreements, the establishment of ASEAN+1 free trade zones and very general in nature discussions on the prospects for the establishment of a large regional integration block. …”
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Qualitative financial modelling in fractal dimensions by Rami Ahmad El-Nabulsi, Waranont Anukool

“…The Black–Scholes model for pricing stock options has been applied to various payoff structures, and options trading is based on Black and Scholes’ principle of dynamic hedging to estimate and assess option prices over time. …”
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Estimating the contribution of Arctic sea-ice loss to central Asia temperature anomalies: the case of winter 2020/2021 by Lara R Cosford, Rohit Ghosh, Marlene Kretschmer, Clare Oatley, Theodore G Shepherd

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The Country-of-Origin Effect on the Reputation of Russian Metallurgical Products in Central Asian Markets by G. A. Savchuk, V. A. Frants, D. S. Saidmagomedov

“…The article examines the mutual influence of the country's image and its trading activities in foreign markets. Territorial products are in high demand in other countries and connected in the minds of consumers with the country of production. …”
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L’oppidum du Marduel (Saint-Bonnet-du-Gard) du Bronze final IIIb à l’époque romaine : synthèse des recherches sur un habitat occupé dans la longue durée by Denis Lebeaupin

“…This decline does not seem to result from a considerable decrease in farming production, but can instead be explained by the insecurity that appears to set in during the second Iron Age, and perhaps by a breakdown in the terms of trade between native communities and their trade partners, Mediterranean traders and trading-post intermediaries.…”
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Environmental impacts of urban growth and land use changes in tropical cities by Timothy O. Ogunbode, Victor O. Oyebamiji, David O. Sanni, Emmanuel O. Akinwale, Francis O. Akinluyi

“…Descriptive analysis revealed that most respondents had lived in Iwo for over 30 years, with many engaged in farming, trading, and civil service. Factor analysis was used to identify significant variables driving urban growth. …”
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Adaptive optimal control of prosumer energy storage system with renewable energy sources by D. V. Antonenkov, V. Z. Manusov, P. V. Matrenin, V. R. Kiushkina

“…The prosumer can use energy storage to enhance the benefits of electricity trading by transferring buy and sell points. Improving energy efficiency is not considered from the standpoint of the entire system, but from an individual prosumer and in conditions of difficult-to-predict wind power generation. …”
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Pyrroloquinoline Quinone Improved Boar Sperm Quality via Maintaining Mitochondrial Function During Cryopreservation by Shanpeng Wang, Qi Wang, Lingjiang Min, Hailiang Cao, Adedeji O. Adetunji, Kaifeng Zhou, Zhendong Zhu

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UK policymaker and expert perspectives on the smoke-free generation policy: a qualitative study by Rachael L Murray, Joanne Morling, Nathan Davies, Tessa Langley, Manpreet Bains

“…This study explores the context in which UK may be the first country to introduce SFG, identifies potential barriers and facilitators to SFG implementation and outlines possible approaches to SFG policy design.Methods We conducted 19 qualitative semistructured interviews with policymakers and health leaders in England, Scotland and Wales, including politicians, public health experts, academics, trading standards experts (responsible in UK for enforcing age restrictions on products), clinicians and civil society (charity sector) representatives. …”
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