Empirical case study of a digitally enabled energy community with prosumers and P2P trading by Philipp Staudt, Bent Richter

“…Conclusions Repeat interaction with the energy community’s market and its inherent complexities might limit the ability of energy communities to provide technical and economic benefits. This diminishes the appeal of corresponding business models. One direction to make energy communities more attractive to regulators and utilities is the conceptualization, design, and empirical evaluation of systems that lead to low perceived complexity for participants while enabling high levels of external automated control.…”
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‘Savages’ and Spiritual Engines: Feeling the Machine in H. G. Wells’s Time Machine and ‘Lord of the Dynamos’ by Tamara Ketabgian

“…In Natural Theology (1802), an influential text in this spiritual tradition, William Paley envisions a natural world of analogical clocks, which persuade and appeal to viewers through an immersive encounter with material artistry and skill. …”
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Exploring the Influence of Brand Coolness on Brand Love and Brand Engagement: Systematic Literature Review by Lucia Mega Yuliana, Andriani Kusumawati, Agung Nugroho Luthfi Imam Fahrudi

“…Brand coolness has a positive impact on brand engagement through usability, originality in products and subcultural appeal. This research adds theoretical updates about several points that need to be considered for brand existence to survive in consumers, which need to be considered with emotional involvement with the brand. …”
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Pedagogy in the Era of the Post-Non-Classical Science by V. L. Benin

“…However, our pedagogy retains the position of the New Time classical methodology not complying with the non-classical paradigm, all the more so with the post-non-classical science. The demonstrative appeal to synergetics – the attempt of pedagogy to position itself in terms of post-non-classical science – still remains doubtful.Not persisting on the absolute correctness of his position, the author invites teaches and specialists from educational sphere to the scientific discussion to facilitate, even partially, the existing problem solving.…”
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Libertas as an Expression of Roman Identity in Cicero and Sallust by Anna Iacoboni

“…The parallelism between enjoying rights and freedom by the citizens, legacies of the ancestors, together with the claim of the ancient sovereignty of the Roman people, have an identity value as principles on which the identity of the Roman res publica and the Roman citizen is based, regardless of the latter’s membership in the political group of the optimates and of the populares. The appeal to these principles unites the speeches of the spokesmen of the two political forces – although it is evoked according to opposing political views – in Sallust’s De coniuratione Catilinae, Bellum Iugurthinum and Historiae. …”
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‘Appelsinpiken’ and experiential tourism. Andalusia, ‘geography with a thrill’ by Maria del Carmen Puche Ruiz

“…In keeping with the canons of Romanticism and the premises of ‘experiential tourism’, Seville’s colourful appearance in the film is limited to promoting the city as a tourism destination that is utterly stuck in the past : an audiovisual appeal to the tourist ego via the emotional vision of the phenomenon of a journey.For this analysis, a qualitative study is conducted of both Andalusia’s importance as a destination for the Norwegian tourism market and the contrast between the two images of Seville, so far apart in time, described by two Nordic writers-tourists, (Andersen and Gaarder), along with the reactions to the shooting and première of ‘Appelsinpiken’. …”
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Understanding designers’ switching intention to AI painting tools using the PPM framework by Yilin Liu, Ping Ji

“…Furthermore, it provides important recommendations for AI painting tool developers, emphasizing the need to enhance the tools’ creativity and appeal.…”
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Assessing the Influence of Tourism Competitiveness on the Development of Tourism Destinations: A Case Study of Queen Elizabeth Nation Park. by Turyamureeba, Frankline

“…By scrutinizing the factors that enhance a destination's appeal to tourists, such as its diverse ecosystems, abundant biodiversity, and well-established infrastructure, the research aims to unravel the dynamics that drive overall progress. …”
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Analyzing elements of text coherence in Khāvarān Nāma based on Halliday and Hassan's theory by Rowshan Rahmani, Shahrbanoo Haghshenas

“…In fact, the author reflects his real and meta-real world with the help of language and maintaining the relationship between the elements that make up the text, adding to the semantic depth, effectiveness and allure of the text as well as its appeal to the audience. The present study analyzed the elements of the text coherence in Ibn Hussām Khosfi's Khāvarān Nāma, using Halliday and Hassan’s text coherence theory (1976 AD), in the two categories of "grammatical and lexical". …”
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Students from all Layers of Society. Study Grants, Parents and the Education of their Children, 1815-2015 by Wouter Marchand

“…In the entire nineteenth century grants for university students were restricted to those already enrolled, minimizing the appeal for newcomers from low-income families. The limited number of grants available prevented the system from influencing the composition of the student population fundamentally. …”
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Students from all Layers of Society. Study Grants, Parents and the Education of their Children, 1815-2015 by Wouter Marchand

“…In the entire nineteenth century grants for university students were restricted to those already enrolled, minimizing the appeal for newcomers from low-income families. The limited number of grants available prevented the system from influencing the composition of the student population fundamentally. …”
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Exploring Chinese Students’ Learning Experiences in a Private Higher Education Institution in the Philippines towards a Proposed Global Engagement Initiative Program by Shao Peng

“…Paul University’s and other private universities’ global appeal and support for international education.…”
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The Assessment of the Management and Attractiveness of Modern Playgrounds from the Points of View of Children and Designers by PODOLSKA Anna, RUSZKOWSKA Patrycja, ORZECHOWSKA-SZAJDA Iwona

“…As opposed to children, aesthetic attractiveness and functional appeal are equally important for designers. The obtained results allow us to better understand the needs of playground users, while, at the same time, they provide important guidelines for designers. …”
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Lʼemploi des anglicismes de la mode et les recommandations officielles : étude des usages basée sur des outils linguistiques by Radka Mudrochova, Jan Lazar, Fabrice Hirsch

“…Designers now frequently use English-based neologisms, believing them to heighten product appeal. France’s advanced linguistic policy, led by the Commission d’enrichissement de la langue française, works to counter this trend by providing native French equivalents, especially in economic, legal, and scientific fields. …”
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The USSR Victory in World War II and the Emergence of the Independent Republic of Indonesia by L. M. Efimova

“…The recognition on the side of international community as well as diplomatic support became\e vital for the survival of the newly emerged Republic.The Soviet victory together with the allied nations in the Second World War, the new status of the USSR as a superpower, its constant anticolonial stance stimulated former colonies to appeal to the Soviet Union for backing and support. …”
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Duiliu Zamfirescu (I) by Eugen Simion

“…Thus, his realism is balanced, lacking cruelties and refined psychology; his intentions go towards intellectualization but does not make appeal to any social sciences. His ethicism places him among visionaries with high unrealistic ideals. …”
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The effect of social media marketing, electronic word-of-mouth, brand image on purchase intention by Aldan Mutia Ramadhan, Heppy Millanyani

“…By understanding and leveraging these nuances, businesses can better position themselves amidst fierce socicompetition, ultimately enhancing their market presence and consumer appeal.…”
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Social capital of women who have been subjected to domestic violence by R. M. Sadykov, N. L. Bolshakova

“…In 2020, the United Nations issued an appeal to the member countries to take enhanced measures to prevent domestic violence during quarantine. …”
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Reclaiming the feminine in cities at war: female agency, spatial subversion, and linguistic resistance in women-authored literature by Anna Seidel

“…The article contends that these four texts not only represent deviations from conventional war narratives but also stage their own female authorship as an appeal against phallogocentric linguistic, spatial, and narrative structures. …”
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An Evaluation of the Impact of Curdlan and Buttermilk Addition on the Functional Properties and Sensory Quality of Processed Cheese Analogs by Marika Magdalena Bielecka, Aleksandra Florczuk, Marek Aljewicz

“…In addition, buttermilk provided a creamier taste, thereby increasing the product’s appeal for consumers. The colorimetric analysis revealed that buttermilk-induced cheese darkening via the Maillard reaction, whereas curdlan addition resulted in a modest increase in yellowness. …”
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