Construct validity in Operations Management by using Rasch Measurement Theory. The case of the construct “motivation to implement continuous improvement" by Lidia Sanchez-Ruiz, Beatriz Blanco

“…In order to do so, the measurement controversy in the social science is presented; then, RMT is explained as a solution for this measurement issue; after that, the different applications of RMT are described and, finally, the different stages of the validation process are presented. …”
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REENVISIONING ARTISTIC CREATIVITY: MODERN / POSTMODERN IMPLICATIONS OF BALZAC’S “THE UNKNOWN MASTERPIECE” by Dalia JUDOVITZ

“…At issue is the expressive potential of the art work in its creative capacities to bring about the new, to happen and make things happen. …”
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Chemical Analysis, Distributed Modelling and Risk Indices. Three Fundamental Pillars in Risk Assessment by Emilio Benfenati, Daniel Genah, Roberto Verro, Paulo Mazzatorta

“…The Risk Assessment (RA) of pollutants from contaminated sites and landfills is a major environmental issue in Europe, due to the large number of sites and to the importance of groundwater protection. …”
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Rurality, ethnicity and mountain areas: by Anne-Laure Amilhat Szary

“…In this movement, the territorialisation process is based on the dialectics between its rural, ethnic and mountain (Andean) components.…”
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Foreword by Rian Venter

“…During a strategic planning process, the Faculty of Theology at the University of the Free State opted intentionally to expand its mission and focus on not only the church as public, but also society and the academy. …”
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Mexico: «the population explosion» and mass migration by Nadejda Kudeyarova

“…The debate over the Mexican migrants issue has been intensi ed by Donald Trump’s election. …”
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Amortization expenses' influence on financial position of the company by Mijailović Snežana, Ilić Đorđe, Marić Aleksandar

“…Financial strength is a central issue of any business system and is reflected in payment, investing and financing. …”
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Territorios Americanos / American Territories by Stephannie Fell

“…We are interested in understanding America through shared conditions, tensions, and phenomena that cut across geographic, historical, and cultural boundaries. This issue marks the beginning of a three-part editorial series that approaches the continent from complementary angles: geography and territory (American Territories), urban density and processes of informality (Popular America), and ideological projections and collective imaginaries (Utopian America).…”

Modern Information Technologies: Obstacles and Assistants in Management Decision-Making. Article One. Obstacles by V. A. Shamakhov, N. M. Mezhevich

“…The decision-making process, which would seem to be facilitated by digitalization, is actually becoming more complicated. …”
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Real-Time Detection of IoT Anomalies and Intrusion Data in Smart Cities Using Multi-Agent System by Maria Viorela Muntean

“…This paper shows that dividing the work into different tasks, managed by specialized agents, and evaluating the discovered models by an Expert System Agent leads to better results in the learning process.…”
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La coopération transpyrénéenne : un modèle de gouvernance de proximité ? by Adenane Djigo

“…It is also aims to examine the issue of neighbourhood or contiguity between border areas with the rhetoric of proximity cooperation: how are these processes structured (or not). …”
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Relações entre a prática da educação a distância e a estrutura organizacional das universidades: processos de inovação e a tradição by Márcia Lopes Reis

“…Considering the education at distance as a teaching-learning modality which process of innovation results in institutionalized practices structuration/ desestructuration at the proper university, this article has as objective to consider that the education at distance is taken as a study¿s issue - in the direction of its understanding in deep - with sights of overcoming the resistances that elapse, sometimes, from the scarcity of knowledge about the subject. …”
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Ruralité, ethnicité et montagne : by Anne-Laure Amilhat Szary

“…In this movement, the territorialisation process is based on the dialectics between its rural, ethnic and mountain (Andean) components.…”
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Color as temporary tool of urban regeneration by Cristina Boeri, Daniela Calabi, Mario Bisson

“…The contribution presents the reference framework and the first results of a research aimed at exploring and experimenting intervention strategies and solutions that address the issue of urban regeneration of critical places within the city, enhancing the possibilities to intervene easily, quickly and temporarily through color in a relationship of dialogue with the specificities of the territory and the local identities. …”
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Efficient in-situ synthesis of heterocyclic derivatives from benzyl alcohols using pyrazinium chlorochromate-functionalized carbonitride as a novel catalyst by Hasan Soltani, Zeinab Tajik, Zahra Nasri, Peyman Hanifehnejad, Elaheh Hamidi, Zahra Aslbeigi, Hossein Ghafuri

“…However, it can be challenging to achieve this target using suitable strategies. To address this issue, pyrazinium chlorochromate (PCC) was used to modify carbonitride nanosheets (CNs) and applied as a heterogeneous catalyst in the oxidation of benzyl alcohols. …”
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TARGET VALUE - REFLECTION AS A BASIS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE IN STRATEGY NETWORK APPROACH by P. P. Deriugin, A. S. Shilyaeva, M. V. Sivokon, S. V. Rasskazov

“…Business culture diagnostics has an important practical meaning that makes theoretical research in this area a topical issue for corporate social engineering. Several researchers (E. …”
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Determination of geomats’ roughness coefficient by V. А. Shnaider, V. V. Sirotuk, Т. P. Troyan, Е. Y. Mosur

“…There are described conditions of conducting experiment in the laboratory "Hydraulics and Engineering Hydrology" of SibADI. The issue of geomats’ application to improve the stability of road bed embankments against water erosion processes is poorly studied and requires further research…”
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International Integration as Factor of Increase in Competitiveness of the Organizations of Cinematography by E. Y. Kolobova

“…Integration processes in modern conditions of managing are considered as a key issue of increase in Russian film company's competitive ability at the international level. …”
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Nicolai maps and uniqueness in the light-cone gauge by Nipun Bhave, Saurabh Pant

“…We demonstrate the existence of a particularly ‘simple’ map in d = 4 in the light-cone gauge and address the issue of uniqueness in the context of the map. We also investigate the map in the light-cone superspace in d = 4.…”
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CUSTOMS CONTROL SYSTEM AUTOMATION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE TAXATION ON INDIVIDUALS by Valery V. Ozhigov

“…In today’s world of computer technology is inconceivable without control various processes, including the control system. All accumulated information to be used for further monitoring and analysis of the computer itself without the inspector, and issued in the form of employee risks to further its decision. …”
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