On-farm resource-use efficiency in China: overall rebounding trends and region-specific enhancement opportunities by Meng-Lu Huang, Jing-Yu Liu, Xiaoxi Wang, Huijuan Dong, Zhipin Ai

“…Sustainable development of the agricultural sector largely hinges on a well-functioning food-energy-water (FEW) nexus because agriculture is closely intertwined with these resources. …”
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Strategic optimization of engine performance and emissions with bio-hydrogenated diesel and biodiesel: A RVEA-GRNNs framework by Niti Klinkaew, Attasit Wiangkham, Atthaphon Ariyarit, Prasert Aengchuan, Anupap Pumpuang, Sarunporn Sripratum, Atthaphon Maneedaeng, Jiraphon Srisertpol, Ekarong Sukjit

“…Using a single-cylinder diesel engine from POLAWAT ENGINE Company Limited, we evaluated different bio-hydrogenated diesel and biodiesel blends, optimizing their composition through the Reference Vector Guided Evolutionary Algorithm with a surrogate objective function via Generalized Regression Neural Networks. …”
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Micro-credentials as an alternative means of recognising qualifications in education by A. A. Muravyeva, O. N. Oleynikova

“…Furthermore, it highlights the collective outcome of the formation of an interactive system involving key actors such as education, the public sector, and the private sector.Practical significance. …”
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Protocol for an economic evaluation alongside a natural experiment to evaluate the impact of later trading hours for bars and clubs in the night-time economy in Scotland: The ELEPH... by Colin Angus, Emma McIntosh, Nurnabi Sheikh, Jim Lewsey, Niamh Fitzgerald, Carol Emslie, Houra Haghpanahan

“…Introduction The night-time economy comprises various sectors, including hospitality, transportation and entertainment, which generate substantial revenues and contribute to employment opportunities. …”
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FORMS OF IDENTIFYING AN ACTIVE PROFESSIONAL POSITION BY SPECIALISTS OF SERVICE SPHERE by Olena A. Ivanova

“…The active life position of a person is his ability to perform the functions of selfanalysis, self-control, self-regulation, self-consciousness. …”
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Role Of Financial Intermediaries in Shadow Schemes: Risk-Based Approach by Inna Tiutiunyk, Yuliia Humenna

“…The article is devoted to the study of the role of financial intermediaries in the shadow sector of the economy. The main purpose of the article is to analyze and systematize the work of scientists to assess the risk of shadow transactions with the participation of financial intermediaries. …”
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Relationships between arts participation, social cohesion, and well-being: an integrative review of evidence by Jill Sonke, Virginia Pesata, Aaron Colverson, Aaron Colverson, Jane Morgan-Daniel, Alexandra K. Rodriguez, Alexandra K. Rodriguez, Gray Davidson Carroll, Shanaé Burch, Abel Abraham, Seher Akram, Stefany Marjani, Cassandra Belden, Hiba Karim

“…IntroductionArts and cultural strategies have increasingly been engaged by the public health sector to enhance social cohesion, health, and well-being, as well as to address the significant health risks posed by social isolation and loneliness. …”
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One book too many by Andrej Blatnik

“…This has influenced also those factors in the communication circuit of the book which still belong to the public sector. Following the example of two bestsellers published in 2008, the author points out the differences in public and market functioning of structurally same books and emphasizes the importance of a conscious choice which positions the adequate product into the communication circuit of the book. …”
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Presentation of Financial Assets in the Monetary Statistics by V. N. Salin, O. Y. Sitnikova, L. Y. Arhangelskaya

“…A statistical study of transactions with financial assets and in connection with the formation of monetary aggregates makes it possible to identify not only the main trends in the development of these processes, but also makes it possible to characterize the contribution of a particular subsector to the total value of financial intermediation, to analyze the relationship between the financial corporations’ sector and other sectors, and also a comprehensive change in the volume and composition of stocks and flows of financial assets as a result of exchanges between residents and non-residents.The authors comprehensively reviewed the methodological framework for constructing money aggregates and reviews of the financial corporations’ sector, incl. in the context of financial instruments. …”
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Analysis of national health accounts in Iran (2002–2020) by Abdoreza Mousavi, Mahdi Mokhtari-Payam, Aliakbar Fazaeli, Mohammad Bakhtiari Aliabad

“…Furthermore, 30% of expenditures were financed by the public sector, while the private sector covered the remaining 70%. …”
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Innovations in Housing and Communal Services to Increase Real Incomes of the Russian Population by D. V. Shcherbakova, O. E. Ignashin

“…The lag of the Russian energy sector from the world indicators is due to several reasons: the low energy efficiency class of houses, significant wear and tear of heating networks, functional shortcomings of centralized heating, the lack of necessary federal and regional legislative acts, and the lack of private investment. …”
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Nitrogen Exchanges: Testing the Hypothesis of a Country without Agricultural Production by M.-F. Slak, L. Commagnac, P. Pointereau, S. Larbouret, C. Lucas, S. Muller

“…Calculations of such balances are carried out by most of the European countries as an indicator of environmental pollution attributable to the agricultural sector. In France, average values of agricultural nitrogen balances show an excess of 1.5 to 2 million tons of nitrogen. …”
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Triple-Probiotic-Fermented Goji (<i>Lycium barbarum</i> L.) Ameliorates Metabolic Disorders Associated with Hyperuricemia in Mice by Lu Ren, Yuechan Li, Shiting Liu, Xiaoke Jia, Hongpeng He, Feiliang Zhong, Fuping Lu, Xuegang Luo

“…Goji, as a representative medicinal food, holds significant research and development value, while probiotic fermentation technology is finding increasingly widespread applications in the functional food sector. …”
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Elementary Derivation of the Nyquist Criterion for Fractional-Order Feedback Systems by Daniele Casagrande, Wieslaw Krajewski, Umberto Viaro

“…The proof of this extension merely requires basic notions of vector analysis and of closed-loop system transfer functions. The criterion can be used not only to ascertain the stability of a fractional-order system but also to detect the presence of closed-loop poles inside any given sector of the complex plane. …”
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Qualitative assessment of Shiraz wastewater treatment plant effluent for different purposes by Amir Bahrami, Fatemeh Ahadi, Mehdi Bahrami, Fateme Aghamir

“…Then, while comparing the values of these parameters with the standard of the Environmental Protection Organization of Iran, the removal efficiencies of these parameters were calculated and finally, the quality of the effluent was investigated for use in various sectors.Results and discussion: The results showed that the removal efficiency of BOD5, COD, TSS, NH3, detergents, and fat-oil-grease in this treatment plant is 85, 85, 67, 64, 94, and 68.5%, respectively. …”
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A Method for Generating Approximate Similarity Solutions of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations by Mazhar Iqbal, M. T. Mustafa, Azad A. Siddiqui

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International Natural Uranium Price Prediction Based on TF-CNN-BiLSTM Model by YANG Jingzhe, XUE Xiaogang

“…The study meticulously constructed and trained the TF-CNN-BiLSTM model using TensorFlow with the Adam optimizer and mean squared error loss function. The training process was optimized with learning rate reduction and early stopping callbacks to prevent overfitting. …”

Influence of quenching temperature from the intercritical interval on the character of X70 steel strain hardening by V. G. Gavrylova, N. E. Mak-Mak, M. A. Grigoreva

“…The results are recommended to use in the development of thermal hardening modes of low-carbon and low-alloy steels, as well as in the evaluating the parameters of their technological and functional characteristics.…”
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Ideology and ethics of transitional entrepreneurs: legitimacy, soft law, and overcoming a distressed economy by Maryam Khosravi, Mojtaba Amiri, Nezameddin Faghih

“…These entrepreneurs can be working on the burgeoning private sector, who want to connect with the outside effectively to overcome an economy in distress. …”
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THE ROLE OF DESIGN AND AESTHETIC ELEMENTS ON THE DERMATOCOSMETIC PRODUCTS MARKET by NEACȘU NICOLETA ANDREEA, POPESCU ANCA

“…In the highly competitive dermatocosmetic sector, visual identity, packaging design, and overall product aesthetics can differentiate a brand and build consumer trust. …”
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