ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK OF THE 400/220/110/20 kV MINTIA POWER SUBSTATION by Nicolae Daniel FÎȚĂ, Mila Ilieva OBRETENOVA, Adina TĂTAR, Florin MURESAN – GRECU, Gheorghe Eugen SAFTA, Mihai SCHIOPU

“…The development, implementation and promotion of an integrated, proactive approach to OSH management in high and very high voltage power substations has long been supported by policies and practices established at international, european and national level, including strategies, legal provisions, standards, guidelines, programs and campaigns initiated and undertaken by various stakeholders, such as international organizations, EU bodies, governments, trade unions and employers asociations, labor inspectorates and insurance institutions. …”
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Two new species of Hypancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Xingu, Amazon, Brazil by Leandro Melo de Sousa, Erilda Barbosa de Sousa, Renildo de Oliveira Ribeiro, Mark H. Sabaj, Jansen Zuanon, Lúcia Rapp Py-Daniel

“…Analysis of Hypancistrus specimens from the middle and lower Xingu detected two new species that can be separated from its congeners based on color pattern and body size of adults, and that are well known from the ornamental fish trade. Due to their non-overlapping distributions, the prospects of conserving the two species are quite different. …”
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The potential of green roof strategies for reducing CO2 emissions and energy use in Moroccan office buildings by Abdessamad Idouanaou, Mustapha Malha, Abdellah Bah, Saïd Kardellass

“…The findings underscore the need for region-specific optimization, including strategies like seasonal plant height adjustment and LAI selection, to balance cooling benefits and heating trade-offs. By providing insights into the thermal and environmental performance of green roofs, this research contributes to the development of practical design guidelines for integrating sustainable building practices into Morocco’s growing urban landscape.…”
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Impact of tourism, globalization, and technological patents on ecological footprint in ASEAN countries: static and dynamic panel regression approaches by Nazhat Nury Aspy, Liton Chandra Voumik, Miguel Angel Esquivias, Lilik Sugiharti, Mihir Kumar Das, Dulal Chandra Pattak

“…By contrast, population, GDP, tourism, globalization, and trade openness show positive coefficients, indicating their potential to exacerbate environmental degradation. …”
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Limitations of Technical Inputs in Small Scale Stone Quarrying in Kabale Municipality, Uganda. by Ahimbisibwe, Rosette

“…The study engaged a total population of 20 respondents from the study area. the study findings revealed that Quarrying is a very important activity in human life as it helps in the development of infrastructure such as roads in a given area, a huge supporter of local economic development since it enhances trade, creates jobs for people, creates new habitats where sometimes new roads are built and most people at quarrying site wholly depend on these quarrying for their livelihoods aside from other economic activities. the study recommended that There should be carefully pre-planning of the project to ensure that the quarrying process takes place well and in its actual. state because when this one is done, then the activity also goes on well to facilitate the desires of the community.…”
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Investment and Saving Among House Hold in Kabale District: A Case Study of Kitumba Sub-County Kabale District. by Aturinde, Annitor

“…Results showed unanimous acknowledgment among respondents of various investment forms such as exchange-traded funds, certificates of deposit, mutual funds, retirement plans, and hybrid investments. …”
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Effect of Inflation on Export Earnings in Uganda (1990-2022). by Eyanu, Daniel

“…This quantitative study aimed to examine the effect of Inflation on Export Earnings in Uganda from 1990-2022 while controlling exchange rates, Inflation, and Trade Openness. The study employed a quantitative approach with Descriptive Correlational Design to analyze secondary time series data generated from the World Development Indicators to test the relationship between exchange rates, Tariff rates, and Inflation on export earnings. …”
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THE RISING NATION - STATES AND THE POLITICAL STANCE OF THE HEGEMONY: A THEORETICAL REVIEW by ETOR CHARITY

“…The concepts of equilibrium, interdependence, consensus, diplomatic decision-making, trade links, and alliances among nations that have resulted in political and economic progress within the global arena were explained using the idealism framework. …”
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Editorial by James Wilhelm, Boris Kühn, Antony Mason

“…On the other hand, proponents of the sustainability concept frequently take all types of justice into account and, by often implicitly assuming that they are complementary, ignore possible trade-offs. Hence one can find a lack of intellectual endeavour focused on bridging the theoretical gap between the more traditional demands of social and international justice and intergenerational justice with real implications for policy. …”
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Key sector identification of Nepal: an integrated approach with linkage and hypothetical extraction method by Lila Ballav Bhusal

“…Agriculture emerges as the economy’s foundation, demonstrating the highest impact on both output and value-added generation, reflecting its fundamental role in employment and GDP contribution. Wholesale Trade exhibits balanced demand–supply effects through market integration, while Financial Intermediation shows strong supply-side influence through credit intermediation services. …”
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TAPPING THE OPPORTUNITIES IN AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT (AGOA) FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA by ADIE, EDWARD IDAGU, OMALE MATTHEW ADOYI

“…These opportunities are in the areas of trade and investment, job creation and poverty alleviation, textile industry, where women can own their companies, capacity building and technical assistance, as well the oil sector. …”
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The cover of randomness: validating implicit methods for the study of sensitive topics by Charles Efferson, Sonja Vogt

“…This cover, in turn, allows the researcher to resolve any trade-off between methods that produce explicit granular data and methods that produce untraceable, highly aggregated data in favour of methods producing the explicit and granular.…”
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EFFECT OF LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT ON THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF LISTED CONSUMER GOODS COMPANIES IN NIGERIA by Adenike A OYEWUNMI

“… Insolvency and bankruptcy have been the bane of many consumer goods companies CGCs due to frequent challenges such as slow inventory turnover, inefficient collection processes, and poor trade credit policies in consumer goods companies which have been negatively impacting cash flow, liquidity management, and customer payment behavior, thus resulting in bad debt and financial crisis. …”
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CONTRIBUTION OF THE CARAVASILE FAMILY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF CAHUL: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE by Oleg M. Danilceac

“…Starting with 1857, Cahul’s evolution is experiencing difficult moments, the danger of suspending its role as county administrative country center could fundamentally change its fate further. First, trade, the main source of development of the city, would have suffered. …”
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Cyber security and need to change the model of monitoring fraud and financial crime by Radić Nikola

“…For banks and other financial institutions, threats arise inside and out, ranging from inappropriate and illegal behavior by employees, to sophisticated cybercrime, trade wars and climate change. As a result, risk functions need to become more dynamic and flexible, they need to help guide institutions through a complex and changing environment of opportunities and risks, while meeting new expectations key actors - regulators, legislators, shareholders, customers (clients) and the community as a whole. …”
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From the Small Screen to the Big Screen: The Super8's Distribution of Sandokan TV series by Nicole Braida

“…It retraces Super8 ‘reduction prints’ in different languages by relying on film catalogues from the seventies and on sources gathered from platforms such as Imdb and Ebay (where collectors trade Super8) and interviews to ex-employees and owners of former Super8’s distribution companies in Italy and Germany. …”
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An Analysis of Chinese Transport Infrastructure Loans and Investment in ICT in Nigeria by Innocent .A. Ocholi, Nnamdi .S. Okonkwo

“…The undisclosed hidden cost attached to Chinese infrastructure loans and the concessions given to private Chinese companies to do business at will in Nigeria has created a high level of balance of trade deficit in favour of China. The possibility of debt insolvency has serious implications for national security and socio-economic development the future. …”
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THE NEXUS OF EXTERNAL DEBT, PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT: EVIDENCE FROM SELECTED SACU COUNTRIES by Brian Muyambiri, John-Baptiste Mabejane

“… This paper examines the dynamic causal relationship between financial development, external debt and investment in Lesotho, Namibia and Eswatini from 1980–2020 using a multivariate Granger–causality model. The study considers trade, savings and economic growth as intermittent variables in the analysis. …”
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Precision and efficiency in skin cancer segmentation through a dual encoder deep learning model by Asaad Ahmed, Guangmin Sun, Anas Bilal, Yu Li, Shouki A. Ebad

“…Existing methods for skin lesion segmentation often face trade-offs between efficiency and feature extraction capabilities. …”
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BOARD CHARACTERISTICS AND AUDIT QUALITY OF LISTED CONSUMER GOODS FIRMS IN NIGERIA by Aliyu Shehu Usman, Danson Andrew Gyar, Abdullahi Bala Ado

“… The study investigates the effects of board characteristics on the audit quality of publicly traded listed consumer goods firms in Nigeria from 2013 to 2022. …”
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