OUTSOURCING OF R&D AND INNOVATION ACTIVITIES IN SMEs: EVIDENCE FROM SLOVENIA by Barbara Bradač Hojnik, Miroslav Rebernik

“…When comparing the type of R&D and innovation activities that are outsourced, the results show that SMEs mainly outsource experimental development, followed by basic research and applied research. …”
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APPLICATION OF OLI-PARADIGM OF GERMAN FDI INFLOWS IN TURKEY by Erkan Ilgün, Kasim Tatić

“…Regarding this, the purpose of study is not only to explore the main determinants of German FDI inflows in Turkey, but also to increase our understanding of the relationship between FDI and its determinants. …”
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The unskilled-and-unaware problem and performance feedback in monotonous, easily accustomed, and repetitive work by Yasuhiro Nakamoto, Tomoharu Mori

“…Additionally, participants were informed that they could earn money by reaching a self-determined performance target, with the condition that if they did not reach their self-set goal, they would not receive any earnings. The main findings were as follows: Regardless of the performance levels of typing on keyboards, only 23% of the participants reached the goal, indicating that the absence of performance feedback led to individuals’ overestimation of performance. …”
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MRI Features of Malignant Transformation of Pelvic Endometriosis: A Systematic Review by Shirin Yaghoobpoor

“…The larger size of the lesion, loss of T2-weighted images shading, mural nodules, mural nodules contrast enhancement, and mural nodules protruding from the cyst wall at acute angles were the main MRI features suggesting potential malignant transformation of pelvic endometriosis. …”
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The importance of entrepreneurship and innovativeness for the economic development of the Republic of Serbia by Šormaz Goran

“…As privately owned economic entities are one of the main drivers of the economy, job creation, as well as the growth of production and consumption, can be said that innovations, with the help of entrepreneurship, drive the national and world economy. …”
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Transnational Criminal Law in Transatlantic Perspective (1870–1945): Introductory Notes, Initial Results and Concepts by Karl Härter, Valeria Vegh Weis

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POST CRISIS BANKING SECTOR REGULATION AND EUROPEAN UNION ECONOMIC GROWTH NEXUS by Ivica Klinac, Roberto Ercegovac, Mario Pečarić

“…Higher regulatory capital and liquidity requirements are the main consequences of the global financial crisis, the pro-cyclical contraction of bank credit, and the advanced adaptive consolidation of the banking sector. …”
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Klatskin tumor (<i>Review of literature</i>) by I. V. Mayev, D. T. Dicheva, D. N. Andreyev, T. V. Penkina

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Efficient Image Super-Resolution with Multi-Branch Mixer Transformer by Long Zhang, Yi Wan

“…The design of MBMT is motivated by two main considerations: while self-attention excels at capturing long-range dependencies in features, it struggles with extracting local features. …”
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Implementation of Doodle Jump Game Based on Accelerometer Sensor and Kalman Filter by Edghar Danuwijaya, Yohanes Armenian Putra, Hilal Hudan Nuha, Ikke Dian Oktaviani

“…The use of the Kalman Filter method can provide a stable level of accuracy in the movements of the main characters in the game and the accelerometer sensor so that it can become a precise algorithm. …”
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Breast cancer ultrasound image segmentation using improved 3DUnet++ by Saba Hesaraki, Abdul Sajid Mohammed, Mehrshad Eisaei, Ramin Mousa

“…Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the main cause of cancer-related deaths in women around the world. …”
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A bibliometric and thematic analysis of the reputation-performance relationship within the triple bottom line framework by Francisca Castilla-Polo, María Isabel Sánchez-Hernández

“…A bibliometric analysis of records extracted from the Web of Science database was conducted using VOSviewer, followed by a thematic analysis with ATLAS.ti. Four main research domains were identified: (1) the financial domain, emphasizing financial performance and featuring prominent foundational works; (2) corporate social responsibility and sustainable practices, a well-established area focusing on social performance; (3) the emerging environmental domain; and (4) the strategic vision domain, which addresses microeconomic topics such as knowledge management and competitive advantage. …”
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Performance based budgeting as an instrument of efficient resource alocation at the level of local self-goverment in the Republic of Serbia by Nikodijević Marija

“…The paper describes the main characteristics of this budgeting model which is an important part of the broader process of public sector reform. …”
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OUTSOURCING IN RETAIL by Radojko Lukić

“… Modern strategic techniques have been increasingly applied in recent years, both in manufacture and retail, individually or concurrently. The main goal of their application in the retail business is continuous  improvement, in particular by reducing costs of competitiveness and (business and financial) performance, while increasing customer satisfaction and meeting the needs of customers/consumers. …”
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Shape Optimization and Hydraulic Characteristics Analysis of Unilateral Divergent Stilling Basin by SHI Linping, LIAO Zhiying, XIE Zhigao, ZHOU Xuncheng, TU Xiangyang

“…For the original scheme, the discharge entering the stilling basin makes the water surface fluctuate greatly, and the water flow out of the basin accelerates significantly. The main flow in the river is concentrated, and a large-scale backflow area is formed on the left of the upstream traffic bridge. …”
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A REAL TIME FACE RECOGNITION SYSTEM USING ALEXNET DEEP CONVOLUTIONAL NETWORK TRANSFER LEARNING MODEL by LAWRENCE O. OMOTOSHO, IBRAHIM K. OGUNDOYIN, JOSHUA O. OYENIYI, OLUWASHINA A. OYENIRAN

“…The most commonly used face recognition methods are mainly based on template matching, geometric features based, algebraic and deep learning method. …”
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The Ethical Standards Prescribed in The Qur'an by Zamakhsyari bin Hasballah Thaib

“…This study employs a thematic interpretation methodology that incorporates a deduction-based analytical descriptive technique. The study's main conclusions, "Morality in the Perspective of the Qur'an," focus on the essential steps and measures required to foster virtue and achieve happiness as a morally upright person. …”
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AJAGBO: A TRADO-MUSICOLOGICAL DIMENSION TO CONFLICT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNIG AMONG THE AKOKO SPEAKING PEOPLE OF SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA by Usman Umar Jimoh, Bolanle Wahab

“…Mass emigration of youths and introduction of modern musical instruments that is shifting people' attention from the contents of the music are the main challenges of Ajagbo music. The study concluded that Ajagbo music is very potent in conflict management in Akokoland. …”
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ADDRESSING DESERTIFICATION TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE PEACE BETWEEN FARMERS AND HERDSMEN IN NIGERIA by Sani Sani Ibrahim

“…The method in obtaining data for this research was mainly through secondary.Two major findings emerged from the research; (1) Desertification a source of conflict and threat to national security and (2) Strategic intervention to curb desertification for sustainable peace. …”
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EVALUATION OF WATER POLLUTION STATUS IN BAHLUI RIVER (IASI TOWN AREA) DUE TO DOMESTIC AND URBAN WASTEWATER TREATMENT ACTIVITIES by CARMEN ZAHARIA

“… This study presents some data about the water pollution status of Bahlui river in Iasi town area (two control sections) mainly due to domestic and urban wastewater treatment activities, considering especially some quality indicators (i.e. nitrogen-based nutrients, total phosphorus and sum organics content) evaluated for 2009-2010. …”
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