Multivariate Analysis, Mass Balance Techniques, and Statistical Tests as Tools in Igneous Petrology: Application to the Sierra de las Cruces Volcanic Range (Mexican Volcanic Belt) by Fernando Velasco-Tapia

“…Finally, two mass-balance schemes were applied for the quantitative evaluation of the proportion of the end-member components (dacitic and andesitic magmas) in the comingled lavas (binary mixtures).…”
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A Scalable Mechanism Based on Blockchain for Information Processing in Energy Trading by Xunyan Jiang, Lei Wu

“…However, the existing EI has complicated management in energy, capital, and information flow. Furthermore, blockchain technology (BT) is a new technique with a scalability problem. …”
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Metal Sourcing For a Sustainable Future by Ortwin Renn, Richard Gloaguen, Christina Benighaus, Leila Ajjabou, Ludger Benighaus, Virginia Del Rio, Javier Gómez, Sari Kauppi, Michaela Keßelring, Moritz Kirsch, Marko Komac, Juha Kotilainen, Elena Kozlovskaya, Jari Lyytimaki, Cathryn McCallum, Tuija Mononen, Jouni Nevalainen, Lasse Peltonen, Jukka-Pekka Ranta, Stephane Ruiz, Jon Russill, Frank Wagner

“…Drastic measures are required to meet the standards of the Paris Agreement and limit the increase of global average temperatures well below 2°C compared to pre-industrial levels. …”
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Condition of banks listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange during the first 3 months of the pandemic in Poland by Zbigniew Korzeb, Paweł Niedziółka

“…The consolidated results for Q1 and Q2 2020 were used focusing on selected evaluation areas such as: capital adequacy, profitability, liquidity, credit portfolio quality as well as operational efficiency. …”
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O serviço social brasileiro frente à desigualdade social e à pauperização by Giselle Ávila Leal de Meirelles

“…Demonstramos, por meio de índices oficiais do IBGE, DIEESE, FGV e análises críticas que a desigualda- de social e a pauperização estão passando pelo aprofundamento e o alargamento progressivo diante da mundialização e financeirização do capital, da pragmática neoliberal, da reestruturação produtiva do capital, da pandemia do COVID-19 e do descaso do atual governo ultradireitista, com o seu projeto de desconstrução das políticas sociais do país. …”
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Measuring and Ranking the Physical Resilience of Urban Areas Against Earthquakes: A Case Study of the Metropolis of Tabriz by yaser nazaryan, amane haghzad, laila ebrahimi, Kia bozorgmehr

“…Urbanization and the increase in urban populations, resulting from both natural population growth and rural-to-urban migration, have led to the concentration of significant material and spiritual human capital within urban settlements. Concurrently, various natural and human-induced crises pose threats to these capitals. …”
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Rapport femme-forêt : vers un écoféminisme de la complexité  by Marie Nicole Taha Nkoum

“…It therefore seems urgent and pertinent to capitalize these contributions in a single approach based on a reflection of complex thought and its place in the interface between feminism and ecology, an approach that we will refer to here as "ecofeminism of complexity". …”
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Impact of Rule Governance Mechanism on Project Performance in Public Rental Housing PPP Projects: Control Rights as a Moderating Variable by Dan Liu, Wenfeng Mo, Chuanbin Yin

“…The public characteristics of PPP projects determine that it is inappropriate for social capital to have too much project control rights. The degree of project control rights owned by social capital should be balanced with the rule governance in the dynamic management process.…”
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Lutas sociais e educação: os (des)caminhos dos Projetos Político-Pedagógicos by Adir Valdemar Garcia, Jaime Hillesheim, Tânia Regina Kruger

“… O artigo apresenta uma análise da relação das pautas das lutas sociais, em especial as do campo educacional, com os conteúdos dos Projetos Político-Pedagógicos em um contexto de regressão de direitos em face da crise do capital. Trata-se de resultados parciais de uma pesquisa quanti-qualitativa realizada sobre uma base documental mais ampla, sendo aqui privilegiados os PPPs de 12 escolas de Santa Catarina. …”
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Crecimiento, distribución y condiciones dependientes: un análisis comparativo de los regímenes de crecimiento entre economías centrales y periféricas by Emiliano López, Deborah Noguera

“…A lo largo del texto estudiamos cómo operan las dimensiones propias de la dependencia que las economías periféricas poseen en relación con el capital global, con el fin de incitar resultados diferenciales sobre la interacción entre crecimiento y distribución del ingreso. …”
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A trajetória histórica do ensino superior no Brasil: expansão e privatização da ditadura aos governos do PT by Juliana Fiuza Cislaghi

“… O artigo debate as mudanças no ensino superior brasileiro que, desde a reforma da ditadura militar, tem como marco a hegemonia do capital privado e que mais recentemente passou por um processo de concentração, financeirização e internacionalização a partir da criação do Prouni e das alterações no Fies implementadas pelos governos do PT. …”
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Boieiras do Ver-o-Peso: tradição, cultura e valores não econômicos da culinária regional na mais importante feira da Amazônia brasileira by Fabrício Khoury Rebello, Paola Corrêa dos Santos, Marcos Antônio Souza dos Santos

“…The results point out relevant aspects for the increase of human and physical capital (infrastructure and equipment) in the meals sector of Ver-o-Peso fair, in order to meet the standards of enterprise management and food safety required for the activity.…”
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O acesso aos instrumentos públicos como influenciador do consumo cultural pela população de baixa renda by Alexandre Rabelo, Danielle Miranda de Oliveira Arruda Gomes, Áurio Lúcio Leocádio

“…The background elements that related to the consumption were cultural capital, preference and the influence of reference groups. …”
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Exploring behavioral determinants of residents’ ecological conservation in rural tourism development by Xizhou Tian, Yiling Jiang

“…By integrating the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and the Norm Activation Model (NAM), it examines the roles of subjective norm, responsibility attribution, ecological environmental risk perception, and human capital in shaping ecological conservation behavior. …”
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ENTITIES PERFORMING SELF-GOVERNMENT PUBLIC TASKS - SPECIFICITY OF ACTING AND FUNDING by Anna Milewska

“…It should also be noted that the private capital involvement formula (PPP contracts) can be used when there are economic benefits in the implementation of a specific public project, the scale of which may be of interest to the owners of capital. …”
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Precarização da assistência social e marco regulatório das organizações sociais by ILZAMAR SILVA PEREIRA

“…Porém, nessa perspectiva, apesar de o MROSC expressar uma concepção de convivência “harmônica” nessa relação de “parceria” entreEstado e sociedade civil, fortalecen- do o “terceiro setor”, essa dinâmica se efetiva com respaldo do próprio Estado, no sentido de escamotear os conflitos sociais inerentes à sociabilidade do capital, porque tanto o SUAS (primeiro setor) quanto as ONGs (terceiro setor) estão a serviço da hegemonia do capital, sen- do o fundo público um processo sempre em disputa. …”
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La teoría de los campos de Bourdieu, como esquema teórico de análisis del proceso de graduación en posgrado by Rosalba Angélica Sánchez Dromundo

“…El artículo destaca la forma en que el capital cultural y del habitus afectan la formación e impiden la graduación, y expone algunos de los mecanismos de exclusión imbricados en los procesos de formación. …”
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Determinantes do nível de divulgação das recomendações do Pilar 3 do Acordo de Basiléia 2 nas demonstrações financeiras de instituições bancárias que atuam no Brasil by Lidiano de Jesus Santos, Marcelo Alvaro da Silva Macedo, Adriano Rodrigues

“…Observa-se que as variáveis: tamanho, índice de Basileia e tipo de capital são significativas, ou seja, são capazes de explicar o nível de evidenciação das informações analisadas. …”
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Development of China’s innovative infrastructure through public-private partnership by A. N. Rodionov, F. F. Sharipov, M. A. Dyakonova

“…PPP is one of the most successful economic instruments for interaction of the state and private business in infrastructure development with raising capital. PPP shows its sustainability in China’s innovative economic life: civil aviation infrastructure, construction of high-speed railways, utilities in megalopolises. …”
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1923-1950 Arası Dönemde Ankara Kentleşmesi ve Sorunları by İbrahim İRDEM, Asilkan LENGER

“…Ankara entered a process of rapid growth and immigration along with the declaration of it as the capital city in 1923. After becoming the capital, Ankara, by evolving into a construction site and along with the continuous immigration, witnessed the process in which the prices of houses, lands and rents increased rapidly. …”
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