Diaspora and Syncretism: Marriage Rites in Yorùbá Homeland and Abroad by Olanike Lawore

“…The Yorùbá race accords great importance to this institution and has a distinctive manner of contracting its nuptials which underscores the sacredness it attaches to marriage. …”
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Rozvoj infrastruktury komunálního podnikání v kontextu externího zajišťování komunálních služeb (Development of Infrastructure of the Municipal Enterpreneurship in the Context of t... by Karel Lacina, Hana Matoušková

“…The aim of the paper is to discuss the situation of the municipal enterpreneurship in some EU member countries (namely Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria and Scandinavian countries) with regards to the process of privatization running out since later 1970s and the subsequent outsourcing of contracting the municipal service provision by private companies. …”
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A MULTICRITERIA DESCRIPTION OF RULES FOR PUBLIC PROCUREMENT by MALIŠA ŽIŽOVIĆ, MILUTIN ŽIVKOVIĆ

“… At an announced tender of a contracting party, in the processes of public procurement of goods or services, a method of decision-making follows after interested bidders submit bids. …”
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Influence Factors on General Contractor Capability in the Context of Transforming China by Jie Yang, Hetong Yuan, Lin Zhang

“…General contracting has gradually become the mainstream mode of project production organizations and the breakthrough point for the transformation of construction industry in China with the deepening of project management and project implementation reform. …”
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Long-term effects of deep institutional shocks: Historical evidence from Mexico by Shai Dothan, Mitja Kovac, Rok Spruk

“…This paper examines the potential impact of institutional shocks on long-term development of property rights and on institutions regulating contracting. The paper seeks to demonstrate that the external institutional shocks might have an uncontemplated side-effect on the institutional development of Mexico. …”
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The Impact of Exchange Rate Fluctuations on Financial Markets: A Case Study by Abdessalam Belbali, Samir Ouldbahammou, Abderrahim Belbali, Mohammed Amine Gasmi, Ali Yousfat, Asma Bellaama

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Processing and consolidation of open data on public procurement in France (2015–2023)Zenodo by Adrien Deschamps, Lucas Potin

“…Public procurement can be defined as the process by which public contracting authorities purchase goods, services, and works from private suppliers. …”
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Psychometric Properties of the Fear of Monkeypox Scale among Men Who Have Sex with Men by Chung-Ying Lin, Amir H. Pakpour, Mark D. Griffiths, Chien-Wen Lin, Cheng-Fang Yen

“…Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at a high risk of contracting Mpox compared to other cohorts. In the present study, we intended to examine the psychometric properties of a newly developed scale among MSM: the Fear of Mpox Scale (FMS) assessing the fear of Mpox. …”
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Perceptions of healthcare workers in high-risk areas of a Singapore hospital during COVID-19: a cross-sectional study by Phui-Sze Angie Au-Yong, Wee-Ming Peh, Frederick Hong-Xiang Koh, Li-Ming Teo, Siok-Peng Ng, Alina Li-Na Tan, Aven Shan-Hua Ng, Min-Hoe Chew

“…More than 60% of the participants opined that their chances of contracting COVID-19 were moderate to high. Female gender, nursing occupation and duration of service <10 years were significantly associated with increased fear of contracting COVID-19, less control over occupational exposure and lower perceived need to care for COVID-19 patients. …”
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Hematological Factors and MRI in Covid-19 Infected may Predict the Prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis in the Post-Covid era by Bakhtiar Ebrahimirad, Mahnaz Taherianfard, Arash Mosarezaii

“…Also, the MRI showed MS plaques after contracting Covid-19.…”
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Implementation of Process-Based and Data-Driven Models for Early Prediction of Construction Time by Silvana Petruseva, Valentina Zileska-Pancovska, Diana Car-Pušić

“…The need of respecting the construction time as one of the construction contract elements points out that early prediction of construction time is of crucial importance for the construction project participants’ business. …”
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Blood Feeding Insect Series: American Trypanosomiasis - Chagas Disease by Kevin Kobylinski, Roxanne Rutledge-Connelly

“…It discusses the low risk of contracting the disease in Florida or from contaminated blood, and information on control measures. …”
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Some Existence Results for Impulsive Nonlinear Fractional Differential Equations with Closed Boundary Conditions by Hilmi Ergören, Adem Kiliçman

“…Our results are based on contracting mapping principle and Burton-Kirk fixed point theorem.…”
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Collectivités locales et responsabilité sociale des organisations : quelle impulsion ? by Catherine Bodet, Annaïg Hache

“…It shows that local communities try to favour new forms of contracting between actors in the framework of the sustainable development and local social responsibility policies orientation. …”
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La Trypanosomiasis Americana - Mal de Chagas by Jorge Rey, Kevin Kobylinski, Roxanne Rutledge Connelly

“…It discusses the low risk of contracting the disease in Florida or from contaminated blood, and information on control measures. …”
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Tous paysagistes ! De la tour à la cabane by Anne-Lise Monnet

“…Key stages in the project involved a mediation process and the use of participative tools (or "intermediary objects") which led to minor revelations for the public, the contractor and the contracting authority.…”
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Blood Feeding Insect Series: American Trypanosomiasis - Chagas Disease by Kevin Kobylinski, Roxanne Rutledge-Connelly

“…It discusses the low risk of contracting the disease in Florida or from contaminated blood, and information on control measures. …”
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La Trypanosomiasis Americana - Mal de Chagas by Jorge Rey, Kevin Kobylinski, Roxanne Rutledge Connelly

“…It discusses the low risk of contracting the disease in Florida or from contaminated blood, and information on control measures. …”
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Examining the Challenges of HIV Positive People With Disabilities in Accessing Medical Services in Rukungiri District: A Case Study of Nyakishenyi Sub-County by Atuheire, Fortunate

“…The study findings on factors that hinder people with disabilities in accessing medical services were; discrimination due to their disabilities, poor assumptions that persons with disabilities are not at risk of contracting HIV and therefore do not require access to HIV prevention, poverty among the people with disabilities, inaccessibility of health services and exclusion of people with disabilities from sexuality education. …”
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Ekpyrotic Nongaussianity: A Review by Jean-Luc Lehners

“…Ekpyrotic models and their cyclic extensions solve the standard cosmological flatness, horizon, and homogeneity puzzles by postulating a slowly contracting phase of the universe prior to the big bang. …”
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