The importance of non-formal education for the economy of Serbia by Šormaz Goran

“…The field of non-formal education is very important in Serbia, it enables persons who have not completed formal education or have finished school with which they cannot find a job in the profession, to actually retrain in the process of non-formal education to perform some of the more demanding jobs, or to apply for a job in Serbia, or looking for a job abroad.…”
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Protecting Florida Panthers by Protecting Domestic Animals: Building a "Panther-Proof" Pen by Phillip D. Rodgers, Elizabeth F. Pienaar, Mark Lotz, Darrell Land

“… Florida panthers once ranged throughout most of the southeastern United States, but loss of habitat and efforts to eradicate panthers during the 1800s led to a large decline throughout much of their historic range. Florida panthers were listed as an endangered species in 1967 and have been federally protected by the US Endangered Species Act since 1973. …”
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Leveraging multiplexed metasurfaces for multi-task learning with all-optical diffractive processors by Behroozinia Sahar, Gu Qing

“…Extending this approach to three-task parallel recognition reveals an expected performance decline yet maintains satisfactory classification accuracies of greater than 80 % for all tasks. …”
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INSTITUTIONAL DETERMINANTS OF NON-PERFORMING LOANS OF DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA by Olusegun Opeyemi Oni, Henry Jonathan

“…The study therefore, recommended among others, that government of Sub-Saharan Africa countries need to adopt effective legal restructuring with respect to bad loans, improve the functioning of their regulatory bodies, reduce corruption and government interference in banking businesses so as to decline the issues of NPLs …”
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Tesis de geografía y género en España: 30 años de investigación feminista by Anna Ortiz Guitart, Mireia Baylina Ferré

“… Este artículo analiza las tesis doctorales sobre Geografía y Género presentadas en las universidades españolas en las últimas décadas. Con este análisis se pretende reflexionar sobre los intereses y preocupaciones de las autoras, ver la evolución de las investigaciones, tanto desde el punto de vista temático como metodológico, y realizar un breve balance de lo realizado hasta la fecha. …”
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Facilitators’ perspective towards implementation of Competency Based Medical Education (CBME) in a Government Medical College in Delhi: a cross-sectional study by Ghurumourthy Dhandapani, Sanjeev Kumar, Sunanda Gupta, Shveta Lukhmana

“…Faculty members cited infrastructural deficits (93%) and competing time demands and priorities (85%) as major barriers to implementation. …”
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Consumption, relative deprivation and mental health: evidence from hedonic consumption by Hao Li, Weihong Zeng

“…Ordinary least squares (OLS) and two-stage least squares (2SLS) methods are employed.ResultsOur findings show that reductions in hedonic consumption negatively impact mental health, with involuntary and sudden declines resulting in more pronounced deterioration. …”
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PROCESSOS E TRANSFORMAÇÕES NO CAMPO RELIGIOSO NO BRASIL E NA ARGENTINA: leituras pós-coloniais. by Amurabi Pereia de Oliveira, Matilde Eugenia Viglianchino

“… As últimas décadas do século XX foram impactadas por profundas transformações socioculturais, políticas e económicas em praticamente todo o mundo. …”
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Differential Sensitivity of Nitrogen-Fixing, <i>Azolla Microphylla</i> to Organochlorine and Organophosphate Insecticide by W Raja, P Rathaur, R Ashiq

“…In this work the effect of the insecticides on Azolla microphylla resulted in growth inhibition, a decline of physiological and biochemical activities but the highest effect was shown in case of organochlorine insecticide which is commonly used in the rice fields.…”
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PERFORMANCES OF INSURANCE MARKET IN MONTENEGRO IN CONDITIONS OF FINANCIAL CRISIS by Miljana Novićević, Vladimir Kašćelan, Julija Cerović

“…The global financial crisis did not have a direct negative impact on the insurance market in Montenegro, but rather the indirect one that may be identified through the decline in purchasing power of citizens, decrease in the lending activity of the banks, and through possible recession. …”
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The impact of war on animal welfare: the Imperial Japanese Navy’s manipulation of pigeon behavior in WW II by Cheng Peng, Zi-qi Luo, Lin-hui Guo, Yi-fei Zhu

“…These experiments, driven by wartime demands, not only distorted the pigeons’ natural behaviors but also seriously compromised their health and survival. …”
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Pós-fordismo e coworking: Uma nova fase do trabalho flexível by Breilla Valentina Barbosa Zanon

“…As últimas décadas do século XX mostraram que as mudanças sofridas pelos processos de reestruturação produtiva pela qual passou a economia global deixariam reflexos evidentes no mercado de trabalho. …”
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND-BASED CONFLICT: THE IMPACT ON FOOD SECURITY IN NIGERIA by OGUIKE MIRIAM ADAEZE UJU

“…The adverse effect of climate change through drought, deforestation, flood, extreme weather condition, decline in soil texture, herders/farmers conflict, diseases and health issues, displacement, low human and physical capital, decrease in income, inequitable land distribution, poor infrastructure, etc, have caused poverty and food insecurity, etc. …”
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MARCAS DA REFORMA UNIVERSITÁRIA DE 1968 E NOVOS DESAFIOS PARA A UNIVERSIDADE BRASILEIRA by Silke Weber

“… A Reforma Universitária de 1968, solução temporária para problemas relativos a formação em nível superior debatidos desde as primeiras décadas do século XX, deixou marcas no debate contemporâneo sobre a educação superior no Brasil. …”
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Effect of different surface treatments on the roughness of porcelain layer for all ceramic restoration. by Maryam Jawad Challo, Shatha Abdulla Salih

“… Background: porcelain layered zirconia restoration fractures are serious and create an aesthetic and functional dilemma for the patients and the dentist. This demands the development of practical repair options that do not necessitate removing and remaking entire restorations. …”
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Harmonization of the Long-term PM2.5 Carbon Data from the CSN Sites in New York State by Hesham Hassan, James Schwab, Jie Zhang

“…The harmonized data shows consistent trends and seasonal variability when compared to the reported data with these trends declining over the period 2001–2018.…”
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Treatment completion of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Ethiopia: A perspective from healthcare users. by Ahmed Reshid Tusho, Sheila Theresa Mokoboto-Zwane

“…Addressing these factors demands policy-level decisions and programmatic guidance at the national level based on best practices, as well as good programmatic implementation from actors through regional and health facility-level structures.…”
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Thermal strain and fluid balance during a 72-km military route march in a field setting by Beng Hoong Poon, Suriya Prakaash, Ya Shi Teo, Priscilla Weiping Fan, Jason Kai Wei Lee

“…There was an overall decrease in serum sodium levels, a decline in serum sodium concentration in 28 participants and three instances of hyponatraemia (serum sodium concentration <135 mmol/L). …”
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Crafting the Path: Robust Query Rewriting for Information Retrieval by Ingeol Baek, Jimin Lee, Joonho Yang, Hwanhee Lee

“…Nevertheless, the efficacy of these methodologies may markedly decline in instances where the requisite knowledge is not encapsulated within the model&#x2019;s intrinsic parameters. …”
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Innovative approach of nomography application into an engineering educational context. by Trevor Blight, Pedro Martínez-Pagán, Leif Roschier, Daniel Boulet, Lorena Yepes-Bellver, Víctor Yepes

“…Even though nomography has declined with the introduction of calculators and computers, it still offers potential in an educational setting. …”
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