How do crime and neighborhood environment affect transit ridership? Evidence from five metropolitan cities in the Texas Triangle by Qian He, Jianling Li

“…Using stop-level transit ridership and service characteristics data from transit agencies in five metropolitan areas in the Texas Triangle (Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio) in 2018, we find that although the crime rate is negatively associated with ridership, better transit service characteristics such as higher service frequency and shorter average headway are associated with higher ridership, based on results of the negative binomial regression model. …”
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Editorial by Anna Oksiutycz

“…Furthermore, globally, an increasing number of research funding agencies, especially those that rely on public funding, mandate publishing research findings under open access model (The Economist 2018). …”
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Runoff Prediction and Uncertainty Analysis for Xijiang River Basin Based on CMIP6 Climate Scenarios by WU Huiming, YAN Meng, ZHOU Shuai

“…Based on this, the Xin'anjiang hydrological model (XAJ) is built, and the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is employed to calibrate and validate the model parameters. …”
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Determinants of Modern Agricultural Technology Adoption for Teff Production: The Case of Minjar Shenkora Woreda, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia by Abebaw Hailu Fikire, Girma Mulugeta Emeru

“…This study employed both descriptive statistics and multinomial logit model. The estimations of the multinomial logit model revealed that sex, age, marital status, tropical livestock units, educational level of household head, distance to market, extension contact, active household members, access to credit, off-farm activities participation, and cultivated land size are the determinants of modern agricultural technology adoption for teff production in Minjar Shenkora woreda, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. …”
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Les territoires du tramway moderne : de la ligne à la ville durable by Jacques Stambouli

“…This article attempts to address this question through the use of a theoretical model, which situates the economic transport system within three contexts: the larger economic environment, the social environment and the natural environment. …”
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1941 (pre-war half-year period): changes in the NKVD structure of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic by V. A. Grechenko

“…The study of controversial pages of law enforcement agencies at this time is important for the reproduction of an objective picture of its activity, for the establishment of historical truth. …”
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Prioritizing Available Islamic Finance Ways, Policies and Strategies in Iranian Commercial Banks (Case Study of Ayandeh Bank) by Seyed Safdar Hosseini, Hassan Mafee, Seyed Fakhreddin Fakhrhosseini

“…The study also uses the AHP approach.Findings: The results show that foreign currency and Rial deposits have the highest priority, and buying and selling debts, securities, guarantees, and agencies have the lowest priority. Ultimately, a competitive strategy model with the SWOT methodology is proposed for the Islamic finance of Ayandeh Bank to synchronize Ayandeh Bank policies with Iran's business cycles.Originality/Value: Due to prioritizing Islamic financing methods in Ayandeh Bank, these results help bank managers make more appropriate decisions to achieve the bank's goals. …”
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Optimal Contract Choice in Sustainable Tourism Supply Chain When Environmental Consumers Exist by Fei Du, Dejun Zou, Jianping Hu

“…With the rapid development of online tourism, a significant number of sustainable hotels have established cooperation with online travel agencies (OTAs) for room sales. This study introduces an analytical framework for a sustainable supply chain model, involving a sustainable hotel and an OTA. …”
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Strategic Development Planning for Global Integration: A Comprehensive Framework for State Universities in the Philippines by Kenneth L. Armas, Rhodora R. Jugo

“…This study highlights the importance of a participatory and adaptive approach to strategic planning in higher education, providing a model for institutions seeking to navigate the complexities of the global educational landscape. …”
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Some aspects of foreign practice in counteracting premeditated murders by criminal police units by Ye. S. Khyzhniak

“…Based on the analysis of existing models and programmes to combat premeditated murder in some Western countries, our own model of counteraction to premeditated murder has been proposed, which needs to be implemented in Ukraine. …”
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Marketing of art spaces: essence, characteristics, prospects by P. Yu. Tazov

“…The author’s art space marketing communication model has been proposed. It is based on the art spaces functions for visitors, sponsors, partners, and government agencies. …”
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A Comprehensive Analysis for the Heterogeneous Effects on Driver Injury Severity in Single-Vehicle Passenger Car and SUV Rollover Crashes by Huiying Wen, Zuogan Tang, Yuchen Zeng, Kexiong Zhang

“…Crash data for the empirical analysis were extracted from Texas Crash Record Information System (CRIS) database during the year 2016. Model estimation results show that six variables (male drivers, drivers’ age, airbag deployment, failure to drive in single lane, speed limit, and rural area) were found to produce normally distributed parameters in passenger car model, while nine parameters (male drivers, safety belt use, airbag deployment, drug or alcohol use, failure to drive in single lane, improper evasive action, vehicle model year, friday, and rural area) in SUV model were found to be normally distributed. …”
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Foreign trade of Russia and Vietnam: modern trends and prospects of development by B. A. Anikin, O. B. Anikin, N. Q. Thyong

“…The study develops a mathematical model for forecasting exports and imports of Russia and Vietnam by individual indicators until 2025. …”
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Digital participation: category conceptualization in foreign practice of civic engagement by S. B. Abramova

“…The participatory model of civic participation is attracting more and more attention from researchers of modern societies. …”
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Needs Assessment in Intervention Programs for Rural Development by A.J. Adegbola, O.M. Olatilewa, S. Akor, O. Obarein

“…The authors suggest that governments, project sponsors, development partners, and other relevant bodies make it obligatory for implementing agencies to conduct credible, verifiable, and inclusive needs assessment before releasing funds for Projects and intervention purposes. …”
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Online profiling of volunteers in public health emergencies: insights from COVID-19 in China by Hongzhou Shen, Qirui Chen, Changcheng Li

“…This study aims to develop an online profiling model of volunteers using social media data to achieve a more comprehensive and objective understanding of them. …”
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An Artificial Intelligence Method for Asphalt Pavement Pothole Detection Using Least Squares Support Vector Machine and Neural Network with Steerable Filter-Based Feature Extractio... by Nhat-Duc Hoang

“…This study establishes an artificial intelligence (AI) model for detecting pothole on asphalt pavement surface. …”
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Needs Assessment in Intervention Programs for Rural Development by A.J. Adegbola, O.M. Olatilewa, S. Akor, O. Obarein

“…The authors suggest that governments, project sponsors, development partners, and other relevant bodies make it obligatory for implementing agencies to conduct credible, verifiable, and inclusive needs assessment before releasing funds for Projects and intervention purposes. …”
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Chronological approach to the characteristics of Ecuador’s debt with the IMF and the WB [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Marcelo Sánchez-Oro Sánchez, Martha Lucía Romero Flores, Ligia Ximena Tapia Hermida, Patricia Alexandra Chiriboga Zamora

“…The results show that the creation of these financing agencies in their attempt to support the financial stability of developing countries has not been sufficiently effective in improving the welfare conditions of a good percentage of the population and has generated an imbalance in the sustained development of the poorest countries. …”
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Intermediate cities and automobile parks in Chile. Territorial sustainability in check? by Francisco Maturana, Mauricio Morales, Ulises Sepúlveda, Johana Maldonado

“…Through the compilation and systematization of databases provided by official agencies and the use of statistical analysis, the explosive but heterogeneous increase of the vehicle fleet in the communes of such cities is made visible. …”
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