Social goals under a neoliberal agenda: measures to promote equality in European higher education read through a Foucauldian lens by Elena-Loreni Baciu, Theofild-Andrei Lazăr, Raluca Iunia Totan

“…Using a qualitative case study design, we selected 17 public universities situated in 13 European countries, from which we collected information about (1) the way these institutions problematize inequality in reference to participation in higher education, by labeling and categorizing vulnerable students and (2) the modes of governing and power tools (designed as support measures) they employ to address inequality. …”
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Structural edge damage detection based on wavelet transform and immune genetic algorithm by Jianwei Zhao, Zhuo Zhou, Deqing Guan, Liang Gong

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Zmiany modelu poznawczego uczniów w kontekście prac nad e-podręcznikiem by Jolanta Dyrda

“…Vorgan [2011] call today’s generation of teenagers “Digital Natives” who acquire knowledge on the Internet, and read no paper-printed information which is seen by them as too antiquated. …”
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Stochastic process-based drought monitoring and assessment system: A temporal switched weights approach for accurate and precise drought determination. by Muhammad Asif Khan, Sergey Barykin, Dmitry Karpov, Nikita Lukashevich, Akram Ochilov, Rizwan Munir

“…By leveraging historical data and information, the system enables the categorization of droughts. …”
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Geometric quantum machine learning with horizontal quantum gates by Roeland Wiersema, Alexander F. Kemper, Bojko N. Bakalov, Nathan Killoran

“…We propose an alternative paradigm for the symmetry-informed construction of variational quantum circuits, based on homogeneous spaces, relaxing the overly stringent requirement of equivariance. …”
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Path Planning for Coal Mining Masonry Robots Combined With Trajectory Optimization by Xingyi Qian, Yan Wang

“…Simulation results show that the integrated algorithm significantly reduces path length, sampling points, and search time compared to traditional RRT, RRT*, and informed RRT*. Additionally, trajectory optimization with PSO, considering joint posture constraints, reduces operation time by approximately 13% compared to ant colony optimization. …”
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Educar en la frontera. Implicancias de la escuela en el paraje rural Chos Malal (1972-2017) /Educate at the border. Implications of the school in the rural area of Chos Malal (1970... by María Eugenia Comerci

“… A través de informes eclesiásticos, entrevistas a maestros, agrimensores y campesinos, cartografía, encuestas y otras fuentes complementarias, buscamos reconstruir la trayectoria de la práctica educativa, recrear la historia institucional de la escuela y recuperar el significado de acceder a la misma en el paraje rural Chos Malal, del centro de Argentina. …”
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Application of IoT and blockchain technology in the integration of innovation and industrial chains in high-tech manufacturing by Zepei Li, Peng Zheng, Yanjia Tian

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Growth, exclusion and vulnerability: evaluation of the socio-spatial transformation of post-apartheid Pretoria-Tshwane (South Africa) by Andre Horn

“…The investigation is based on literature, census information and observation. The main finding is that the progress made with the integration of the city at both scales is being neutralized by demographic trends, choice of association, urban sprawl, uncertain management, the scale of aspirations, unrealistic expectations and, most of all, municipal incapacity. …”
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Rudbeckius, Hägglund’s Codex, and the Problem of Authorship Ascription by Tero Tulenheimo

“… In 1992, Bengt Hägglund put forward a thesis according to which a codex in his possession is based on material Johannes Rudbeckius (1581–1646) authored in 1611, maintaining that the codex gives us information about Rudbeckius's lectures on loci theologici in Uppsala during the years 1611–1613 and that it reveals to us characteristic features of Rudbeckius's thinking about dogmatics. …”
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EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF POLICE HARASSMENT OF PRIVATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA by Ademolu Oluwaseun Adenuga, Abdullahi Abiodun Oyekanmi

“…The findings of the study revealed that males students in private universities are prone to police harassment than females, that harassment has become police strategy to ease possible extortion of the students and that most cases these harassment were informed by the students bad dresses and hairstyles. …”
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Internal Management Systems and Supply Chain Relationship Commitment in State-Owned Enterprise in Gauteng Province by Pfanelo Nematatani, Elizabeth Chinomona

“…A quantitative method was adopted for the study and a questionnaire was distributed physically and electronically to 863 respondents drawn from SOEs in Gauteng Province. Information was analysed through two software packages, namely SPSS (version 27.0) and Smart PLS 3.0. …”
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Effects of Retrenchment on the Morale of Employees of Glo Nigeria Limited by Esther Isioma Ulebor

“…A descriptive survey was used to conduct the study, which was regarded the most appropriate method because it gives in-depth information about the issue. From a total of 1120 employees, 112 were selected using a stratified random selection approach. …”
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Establishment Cost of Avocados in South Florida by Braulia De Oleo, Edward A. Evans, Jonathan H. Crane

“…Since the long-term survival of the Florida avocado industry may ultimately depend on a combination of eradication, prophylactic treatment, and replanting the trees, the purpose of this article is to provide an updated guidance on the costs of establishing an avocado orchard. Information presented in this study is based on interviews with growers, orchard service companies, extension agents, and other industry personnel. …”
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Dhat Syndrome: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Comorbidities, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management by Yukino N. Strong, Angel Li, Michael E. White, Abrahim N. Razzak, Danyon J. Anderson, Alan D. Kaye, Edwin W. Herron, Nazih P. Khater, Elyse M. Cornett, Ivan Urits

“…In summary, this review provides an informative understanding of Dhat syndrome for non-Indian clinicians who may not be prepared for a patient encounter with vague somatic symptoms in the context of semen loss. …”
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Cookware as source of toxic metals: An overview by Okunola Alabi, Amos Tomiwa Afolabi

“…Consumers need to make well-informed decisions when selecting cookware to mitigate these risks. …”
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Culture de la vanille dans le sud de la Floride by Alan Chambers, Pamela Moon, Vovener de Verlands Edmond, Elias Bassil, Francesca Carla Erié

“…Ce document contient des informations utiles aux producteurs intéressés par l’établissement d’une vanillerie. …”
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A Study of the Solid Waste Chain in Benin Metropolis, Nigeria by Dennis Iyeke Igbinomwanhia, Ejovo Nena Ohwovoriole

“…Structured questionnaires were applied to collect primary information such as size of method of waste disposal, Educational level, monthly income etc. from households. …”
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Assessment of awareness about contraception among a sample of Iraqi women using hormonal contraceptives: a cross-sectional study by Fatima Mahdi Salh, Manal Khalid Abdulridha

“…Non-adherence to hormonal contraceptives is often due to lack of information, fear of adverse effects, and social and religious stigmas. …”
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Terms of Changes in the Microbiota by Vladimir T. Ivashkin, Oxana Yu. Zolnikova

“…The understanding of these mechanisms allows practitioners to make informed decisions in prescribing probiotics to IBS patients. …”
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