The HSN and the Netherlands Indies: Challenge and Promise by Ulbe Bosma

“…While Dutch colonial military service was often the first step to make a career in colonial Indonesia, for Europeans from abroad it was rather a move of desperation as well as an attempt to earn some money that would enable them to start a business and a family in their country of birth. …”
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Understanding transactional sex among small scale fisherfolks in Ghana by Samuel K. K. Amponsah, Henry T. Apochie, Rachael Ackah

“…The primary motivations for engaging in sex-for-fish were the lack of money (34%), sexual factors (30%) and greed (18%). …”
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APPLICATION OF THE VALUE-AT-RISK METHODOLOGY ON THE CAPITAL MARKET by VĂDUVA MARIA

“…In reality, many financial institutions around the world were already applying procedures similar to value at risk (previously known as money at risk or dollars at risk). Risk is an inevitable aspect of investment and finance that must be properly assessed and managed. …”
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How do the Green Energy Stocks React to Green Bond Issuances? by Yavuz Gül, Mehmetcan Suyadal

“…In this respect, green bonds gain importance to raise money for environmentally – friendly projects, especially clean energy. …”
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Quelle anthropologie pour la protection de la vie? by Kazimierz Szałata

“…Wobec dominacji przyrodniczych ujęć człowieka, w których nie da się wyraźnie zdefiniować początku i końca życia, potrzebna jest jasna, realistyczna filozofia personalistyczna zdolna do ukazania pełnej prawdy o człowieku, jako realnym bycie osobowym realizującym się poprzez duchowo cielesną strukturę.…”
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Fraud in a digital society in the context of social change by A. Yu. Sergeyev, O. V. Shirokova

“…An analysis of data on certain types of digital fraud showed that 20 % of respondents lost money due to telephone or Internet fraud, 16 % of respondents personally encountered IP telephony, and 40 % have no idea about such a type of fraud as sniffering and existing anti-virus protection against it. …”
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Analysis of the current situation in the field of electronic services in Syrian banks and prospects for their development by E. V. Vasilieva, A. Alhannash

“…Among the priority tasks the authors highlight the expansion of the use of electronic money in the country, the network of ATM machines, bank cards. …”
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SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT OF UKRAINIAN REFUGEES IN GREAT BRITAIN by Maiia Halytska, Yuliia Hryshchuk

“…The questionnaire categorized social support into subtypes: material (provision of resources such as money or goods), emotional (presence, listening, sharing of emotional experiences, and understanding), informational (provision of advice and guidance), and instrumental/behavioral (practical help to solve problems or achieve goals). …”

Quand les franges urbaines se mettent au vert : la nature aux marges de la métropole lyonnaise by Inès Méliani

“…Urban planning documents of the Lyons agglomeration are evidence of the institutionalisation of a form of recreational nature through many examples which shed light on the problems relating to urban fringes : the redevelopment of the network of green spaces on the banks of the River Rhone, the deployment of “Nature Projects”, and the two major projects of the Miribel-Jonage Park to the north and the Gerland Park in a former brownfield to the south of the city. …”
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E-Banking Adoption and Business Performance of SMES in Uganda a Case Study of Kabale Municipality. by Nakazibwe, Martha

“…The study therefore recommends that the report suggests that in order to reduce the financial risks associated with moving money around, all SMEs in Kabale Municipality should switch to electronic banking…”
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Investigating the Feasibility of Using Cassava Starch as a Partial Replacement of Cement Used in Mortar: A Case Study Moyo District (Palorinya Refugee Settlement Camp). by Ongom, Samuel

“…Consequently, people in the villages have resorted to using Cassava mortar to save money. Given the low-income level of the population, many cannot afford decent housing since costs have risen and continue to rise from 20,000ugx in early 2001 to 40,000ugx today for a bag of 50kg cement from the West Nile region and a 20kg bag of lime from 5000ugx previously to 12,000ugx currently. …”
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Call for Papers: Intergenerational Justice Prize 2020 by FRFG, IF (Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations, Intergenerational Foundation)

“…The Stuttgart-based Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations (FRFG) and the London-based Intergenerational Foundation (IF) jointly award the biennial Intergenerational Justice Prize, endowed with EUR 10,000 (ten thousand euros) in total prize-money, to essay-writers who address political and demographic issues pertaining to the field of intergenerational justice. …”
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Evaluating the Impact of Commonly Used Pesticides on Honeybees (Apis mellifera) in North Gonder of Amhara Region, Ethiopia by Zewdie Abay, Amssalu Bezabeh, Alemayehu Gela, Asaminew Tassew

“…Feeding test, contact test, and fumigation tests were carried out for each pesticide following the standard procedures, and each pesticide toxicity was compared to the standard toxic chemical, dimethoate 40% EC (positive control), and to 50% honey solution (negative control). The results revealed that all the tested pesticides caused significant deaths of the experimental bees (P<0.05) in all the tests when compared to the negative control. …”
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A Novel Topology to Improve PV Module Efficiency under Partial Shading Conditions by Dominique Bonkoungou, Toussaint Guingane, Eric Korsaga, Sosthène Tassembedo, Zacharie Koalaga, Arouna Darga, François Zougmore

“…The performance of the KDK topology is compared to other optimized configurations such as total-cross-tied (TCT), bridge link-total cross tied (BL-TCT), honey comb-bridge link (HC-BL), series parallel-total cross tied (SP-TCT) and existing odd-even (OE) and Latin square (LS) schemes of interconnection. …”
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Rheology of concentrated crystal suspensions: sucrose fondants as hard particles in soft matter by Hannah M. Hartge, Hannah M. Hartge, Eckhard Flöter, Thomas A. Vilgis

“…In particular, the production of many candies like fondants, crystalline sugars or creamed honeys involves agitation of concentrated suspensions of microscopic crystals in saturated solutions. …”
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Classification Algorithms in Automatic Diagnosis of ECG Arrhythmias: A Review by Haibo Sun, Dan Luo, Xin Niu, Xiaoxi Zeng, Bin Zheng, Hao Liu, Jingye Pan

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Annual Variation in Flowering Phenology, Pollination, Mating System, and Pollen Yield in Two Natural Populations of Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth by Vinod Prasad Khanduri, C. M. Sharma, K. S. Kumar, S. K. Ghildiyal

“…The frequency of visitation of honey bees was fairly high (5.2 ± 1.12 visits/flower/hour) as compared to other pollinators. …”
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Spatiotemporal variability and functional redundancy obscure effects of urbanization on strawberry pollinators by Kyla D. Schulte, Caleb J. Wilson, Anna Tawril, Mary A. Jamieson

“…Sweat bees and small carpenter bees were the most frequent strawberry flower visitors across sites and years, although honey bees were dominant at rural sites in year one. …”
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Effect of the hour-1 bundle on clinical outcomes in patients with sepsis and septic shock: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. by Shukun Hong, Hongye Wang, Xiaoguang Fan, Jian Liu, Lujun Qiao

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Social activities and different intensities of physical activity among older adults in China: a population-based cohort study by Song Yang, Qi Zhang, Anhui Zhao, Dongye Lyu

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