Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Its Association with Socioeconomic Factors in the Wof-Washa Natural State Forest, North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia by Abere Wondimu Kassie, Admasu Moges, Tilahun Alelign, Gojam Bayeh

“…The Wof-Washa Natural State Forest (WWNSF) in Ethiopia harbors remarkable biodiversity but faces threats from local communities, climate change, and a lack of awareness regarding its preservation. …”
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Drought Vulnerability Characterization and Nature-Based Adaptation, Eerer Sub-Basin, Eastern Ethiopia by Asfaw Kebede Kassa, Dejene W. Sintayehu, Negash Tessema, Bekele Girma, Jemal Yousuf

“…The findings revealed varying levels of drought severity: approximately 30.5 % of the study area is classified as experiencing medium drought, 19.1 % faces high drought, and 20 % shows no drought conditions. …”
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Analysis of landslide risk in south OKU Regency, Indonesia by Hafiza Ellin, Utomo Budi, Seftinar Helfa

“…Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen community capacity and increase preparedness in facing landslide disasters to minimize the risks posed.…”
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Explanatory Factors of the Expansion of Recreation Function on the Bank of Danube River in Budapest by Pál Szabó, Zoltán Mihályi, Tamás Szomorjai, Emese Tóth

“…In a city's development a river and riverbank played important role, however in recent decades the functions of them have changed, transformed, especially in major cities in the more developed countries, so the city administration was faced with a new phenomenon and geographical space: the changing riverbanks, and the utilization, development, revitalization of them has become a key issue. …”
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Biomathematical enzyme kinetics model of prebiotic autocatalytic RNA networks: degenerating parasite-specific hyperparasite catalysts confer parasite resistance and herald the birt... by Magnus Pirovino, Christian Iseli, Joseph A Curran, Bernard Conrad

“…The ultimate and potentially fatal threat faced by molecular replicators is parasitism; if the polymerase error rate exceeds a critical threshold, even the fittest molecular species will disappear. …”
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Allmänhetens syn på våldsbejakande extremism: En balans mellan sociala, ekonomiska och polisiära åtgärder by Lars Korsell, Tomas Axelson, Jonas Stier

“…Today, Swedish society faces several challenges. Will the Swedish model of trust be eroded or is it relatively resilient to stress? …”
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Designing a Knowledge-Based Chatbot to Elevate Business Licensing Services in Indonesia by Husain Husain, Ridwan Afandi, Dana Indra Sensuse, Sofian Lusa, Nadya Safitri, Damayanti Elisabeth

“…The business licensing process in Indonesia often faces several challenges, including lack of information, unstable system, complicated procedure, and slow response to complain. …”
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Evaluation of spatio-temporal water quality status of Jeera river, Odisha, India by Aiswarya Pati, Showkat Ahmad Mir, Archana Padhiary, Iswar Baitharu, Binata Nayak

“…Abstract Jeera River of Bargarh District, Odisha faces serious deterioration due to massive human intervention. …”
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Effectiveness of active labour market policies for job creation and earnings of the self-employed by Sandra M. Sánchez-Cañizares, L. Javier Cabeza-Ramírez, Ana M. Castillo-Canalejo, Francisco J. Rey-Carmona

“…The recent COVID-19 crisis, followed by the conflict in Ukraine, has highlighted the unique challenges faced by this type of worker: income volatility, limited employment protection, and greater financial responsibility. …”
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Need analysis on developing Students' higher order thinking skills one-to-one Western classical instrumental music lessons in higher education by Jiarui Pu, Abdul Rahman Bin Safian, Mohd Nizam Bin Nasrifan, Zaharul Lailiddin Bin Saidon

“…Furthermore, given the current obstacles faced by teachers, the present study implies the need for broader HOTS studies on WCIM teaching and learning, which will bring benefit to both students' lifelong learning and healthy development of WCIM education discipline. …”
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Frigjøring eller umyndiggjøring: Et kritisk perspektiv på læreplanens konsept om demokratisk deltakelse i skolen by Alexander Elmies-Vestergren

“…Through an interpretation of Klafki and Arendt, I establish an understanding of democratic participation as an autonomous, responsible, political and critical form of participation, and I show how the core curriculum’s concept could threaten the educational contribution to such a participation through the problems of disempowerment, individualization and depoliticization. Facing these problems, I suggest how Bildung-centered general didactics may provide relevant perspectives for a preparatory approach that takes the educational paradox into account, and I discuss how this approach could be relevant in the current educational and societal context. …”
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Description of the physical activity promotion programs funded by the Brazilian Ministry of Health by Tales Amorim, Alan Knuth, Danielle Cruz, Deborah Malta, Rodrigo Reis, Pedro Hallal

“…Lack of adequate physical structure and personnel were the main barriers faced by the interventions (30.3%), followed by bureaucracy at obtaining and using the funding (25.1%). …”
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Integrated Waqf Farm: A Contemporary Model for Waqf Land Development by Alvi Amalia Lutfi, Miftahul Nur Khasanah, Erlinda Dhika Agustin, Denok Setiowati, Nasywa Ayu Yulita, Fahmi Medias

“…The important role of waqf is felt to have been greatly reduced recently, due to various problems faced in developing waqf land. The lack of nazhir competence, limited development capital, and management that is not yet professional are some of the many problems in waqf. …”
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Pollinator species richness and abundance across diverse habitat-types on Terceira Island (Azores, Portugal) by Mário Boieiro, Raúl Oliveira, Ricardo Costa, Paulo Borges

“…Furthermore, island ecosystems are facing significant pressures from land-use and climatic changes and, from the increasing arrival of alien species to these remote areas, presenting a pressing need to assess the effects of these factors on island pollinators and pollination.Here, we present an inventory of the pollinator species found in different habitat-types of Terceira along a gradient of disturbance and encompassing 30 sites distributed throughout the island. …”
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The ‘envers du décor’ of Suffragette Imagery: Anti-Suffrage Caricature by Abby Franchitti

“…A recent exhibit has revealed the photos taken by the police of the Suffragettes in prison.Faced with Suffragette ‘publicity’, those opposed to ‘the Cause’ for women were forced to take a stand and create a movement against women’s suffrage. …”
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EFFECT OF TRAINING ON CAREER PERFORMANCE OF NIGERIA SECURITY AND CIVIL DEFENSE CORPS (NSCDC) PERSONNEL IN KADUNA STATE COMMAND by LEKSHUM SUNDAY AMOS

“…It recommended among others that the NSCDC as a security organization should organize training on regular basis to improve the career performance of personnel of their organization in view of the current security challenges facing the country. …”
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A Cross-sectional study on workplace violence against doctors in Goa, a growing threat? by Nadia N S R Godinho, Jagadish A Cacodcar

“…Government-sector doctors (68.2%) faced higher incidences of WPV compared to their private-sector counterparts. …”
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BACVC: Bi-adaptive and cross-view consistency for incomplete multi-view subspace clustering by Jiaqiyu Zhan, Yuesheng Zhu, Guibo Luo

“…Incomplete Multi-View Subspace Clustering (IMSC) addresses this challenge but faces two main challenges: (1) neglecting dissimilarities between views and samples, and (2) insufficient handling of cross-view consistency. …”
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Organizational culture and turnover intention among primary care providers: a multilevel study in four large cities in China by Mengyao Li, Wenhua Wang, Jinnan Zhang, Ruixue Zhao, Katya Loban, Huiyun Yang, Rebecca Mitchell

“…However, it is currently facing unprecedented workforce shortages and high turnover worldwide. …”
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Numerical Investigation of the Coupling Effects of Pulsed H₂ Jets and Nanosecond-Pulsed Actuation in Supersonic Crossflow by Keyu Li, Jiangfeng Wang

“…The FVM was employed to solve the multi-component 2D URANS equations with the SST k-omega turbulence model, while H₂-air combustion was described using a seven species–seven reactions chain reaction model, and the plasma thermal effect was represented by a phenomenological model. The backward-facing step flows with an inlet Mach number of 2.5 and a pulsed jet frequency of 10 kHz under different actuation conditions were simulated. …”
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