Production of Rice in Nigeria: The Role of Indian-Nigerian Bilateral Cooperation in Food Security by I. U. Lucky

“…The paper concludes that the agreements, particularly the one of 2017, have further promoted, strengthened and expanded rice production in the context of food security, job creation and saving foreign exchange. The article, therefore, demonstrates how Nigeria-India bilateral ties and cooperative programs have changed the dynamics of rice production in the country and brought more profound economic consequences. …”
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Impact Evaluation of Wastewater Treatment Based on the Anaerobic Digestion of Sewage Sludge Using the Life Cycle Assessment Method by Mohammad Rahmati, Majid Rasouli, Hossein Haji Agha Alizadeh, Behnam Ataeiyan

“…According to the findings, the use of CHP systems is suggested for energy saving and also for reducing harmful effects on the environment.…”
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A Rate-Distortion Optimized Coding Method for Region of Interest in Scalable Video Coding by Hongtao Wang, Dong Zhang, Houqiang Li

“…Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method achieves significant bitrate saving compared to existing methods.…”
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Build Strategies Based on Substrate Utilization for 3-Axis Hybrid Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing Process by Ritam Sarma, Sajan Kapil, Shrikrishna N. Joshi

“…A maximum of 64.34% of the material and 89.17% of build time is saved by adopting proposed build strategies compared with the traditional subtractive process.…”
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Carbon Allowances in the Carbon Emissions Trading Market by Ziyu Li, Bangjun Wang

“…The carbon emissions trading market is an important policy tool for the implementation of the “double carbon” goal, and the study of carbon emission quotas is an important topic for promoting green transformation, energy savings, and emission reduction in enterprises. This paper surveys the development and construction history of China’s carbon trading market, uses the VOS-viewer measurement tool to analyze the keywords co-occurrence and evolution trend of the literature about the carbon trading market from 2005 to 2024, analyzes the research hotspots, and reviews the principles of the initial carbon quota allocation, carbon quota distribution methods, and the carbon trading market carbon quota mechanism under the model construction, etc. …”
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Research Outlines of the Sustainable Profile of Believers in Croatia by Ivana Brstilo Lovrić, Miriam Mary Brgles, Damir Mravunac

“…The analysis showed that active believers have a more pronounced sustainable profile (as they throw away less food, separate waste more, show greater readiness for saving water, electrical energy and have a more pronounced critical attitude about the need for greater application of the Laudato Si' within the Church and society) than the occasional believers. …”
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Unmasking the Diversionary Global Imperial Designs in the Invasion of Libya in 2011, ten years on, and counting by Chidochashe Nyere

“…I seek to answer why, fundamentally, was Libya targeted by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), if saving lives as it purported was not achieved, and the intervention only exacerbated the conflict and increased the death toll as a result? …”
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Enhancing sustainability in LNG carriers through integrated alternative propulsion systems with Flettner rotor assistance by Nader R. Ammar, Ibrahim S. Seddiek

“…Results indicate that utilizing six Flettner rotors produces 1.254 MW, resulting in fuel savings of 3.49% to 4.49%, along with notable emission reductions. …”
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Fuel wastage and pollution due to road toll booth by A. Jaiswal, C. Samuel

“…CONCLUSION: The study suggested that serious measures are required to control and regulate toll booths to avoid vehicle idling, which will lead to savings of fuel and air and noise pollution.…”
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Financial Literacy, Cash Management and Business Growth in Kampala City Council Authority, Uganda by Eton, Marus, Miria Nyangoma, Fabian, Mwosi, Benard, Patrick Ogwel, Barige Godfrey

“…Financial literacy confirmed in adequate knowledge on how to expand and capitalize money in addition to warranting a portion of their regular income saved in assets. It was noted that most businesses grow out of paying their debtors promptly, using loaned capital efficiently and perhaps cash planning practices. …”
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Factors Affecting Mechanization of Agriculture Practices in Kabale District. by Ainomugisha, Godwin

“…According to the findings, 100% of the respondents agreed that there were the impact of mechanization of agriculture in the Kabale district includes; time management, cost Reduction, scale of operations, precision Farming, and labor savings. The study revealed the factors that influence the mechanization of agriculture practices. …”
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Editorial by Daniel Halliday

“…Finally, the third article, from Lukas Brenner and Oscar Stolper, studies the relationship between the receipt of intergenerational transfers (bequests or gifts) and the recipient’s private pension savings. Again, the focus is on Germany. Examination of data reveals that there is a sizeable difference in private pension savings between persons who inherit non-trivial fortunes and persons who inherit little or nothing. …”
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Effect of Irrigation Interval and Corn (Zea mays L.)-Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) Intercropping on the Quantitative and Qualitative Characteristics of Fodder by Saeed Sadeghzadeh Hemayati, Hamed Mansouri, Mohsen Shahsavarpour

“…The agricultural sector is considered to be the major water consumer, therefore paying attention to the optimal use of water in this sector is of great importance and any saving in this sector is considered an effective contribution to saving water resources (Khajeh Khezri et al., 2018). …”
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Identify the causal pattern of sustainability principles Environment Based on Leed Regulations with Emphasis on Traditional Iranian Architecture (Case Study: Qom City) by Hassan Haji Amiri, Arash Seghfi Asl, Mehdi Ashjaie

“…The question of resource constraints is an issue for all industrialized, developed and developing countries. Therefore, saving on fossil energy consumption and sustainable development have become very important and common issues internationally. …”
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A Multimodal Passenger-and-Package Sharing Network for Urban Logistics by Yuxiong Ji, Yujing Zheng, Jizhou Zhao, Yu Shen, Yuchuan Du

“…There is, however, a trade-off between the operation cost saved by taxis and the establishment cost of an extra hub. …”
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Microscopic Traffic Characterization of Light Rail Transit Systems at Level Crossings by Robel Desta, Daric Tesfaye, János Tóth

“…The relative comparisons among the tested scenarios depicted that significant travel time savings can be achieved in some approaches if more green time is offered to nonconflicting phases during a light rail crossing. …”
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Research on Road Adhesion Condition Identification Based on an Improved ALexNet Model by QiMing Wang, JinMing Xu, Tao Sun, ZhiChao Lv, GaoQiang Zong

“…Second, the weights of the shallow network structure after training, including the convolutional layer, are saved and migrated to the proposed model. In addition, the fully connected layer fixed to the shallow network is replaced by 2 to 3, which improves the training accuracy and shortens the training time. …”
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A Low-Power DNN Accelerator With Mean-Error-Minimized Approximate Signed Multiplier by Laimin Du, Leibin Ni, Xiong Liu, Guanqi Peng, Kai Li, Wei Mao, Hao Yu

“…In the optimal case of 8 bits, the proposed approximate multiplier saves 49.84% power, 46.41% area and 24.65% delay compared to the exact multiplier. …”
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Dimensions of Relationship Marketing and Its Impact on Brand Equity in Banking Industry (Case of Hekmat Iranian Bank) by Mahmood Mohammadian, Amir Aslani Afrashteh

“…The customers are those who have active accounts in Hekmat Iranian Bank (current and savings accounts). A total number of 390 questionnaires were distributed in order to collect data. …”
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Critical Segments Identification for Link Travel Speed Prediction in Urban Road Network by Xiaolei Ru, Xiangdong Xu, Yang Zhou, Chao Yang

“…Our research has a guiding significance on cost saving of various information acquisition techniques such as route planning of floating car or sensors layout.…”
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