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Exploring the Role of Special Events in Relationship Fundraising
Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The relationship fundraising paradigm conceptualizes charitable giving as an outcome of ongoing interpersonal engagement between donors and organizations, often depicted in practice as a cyclical process with multiple phases. This study examines how special events—a widely used but understudied relationship fundraising tool—factor into this ...
Jason L. Jensen +3 more
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Modelling and computational simulation of optimal auction design and bidding strategies
Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2019 Orientation: This article is related to Finances and Optimisation. The auctioneer designs every auction mechanism such that utility is maximised and cost is minimised.
Masiala Mavungu +2 more
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Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper presents the first end‐to‐end framework that combines guidance, navigation, and centralized task allocation for multiple UAVs performing autonomous search‐and‐rescue (SAR) in GNSS‐denied indoor environments. A twin delayed deep deterministic policy gradient controller is trained with an artificial potential field (APF) reward that ...
Thomas Hickling +3 more
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Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drone light shows (DLShows) represent a rapidly growing application of swarm robotics, creating captivating aerial displays through the synchronized flight of hundreds or thousands of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as environmentally friendly and reusable alternatives to traditional pyrotechnics.
Yunes Alqudsi
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Auction theory for auction design [PDF]
, 2004 van Damme, E.E.C., Börgers, T.
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The Hidden Costs of Coffee Production in the Eastern African Value Chains
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There is increasing recognition that significant hidden costs associated with agrifood systems are not reflected in market prices. Coffee is among the three most traded agricultural commodities in the world and supports the livelihoods of more than 30 million smallholder households.
Annet Adong +3 more
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Climate Vulnerability and Renewable Energy Consumption: The Moderating Role of Financial Development
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the nexus between climate vulnerability (CVUL) and renewable energy consumption (RECO) and tests the moderating effect of financial development (FD) on this relationship. The analysis is, particularly, relevant for the 162 panel countries observed between 1995 and 2022, which face diverse climate risks and exhibit ...
Sorin Gabriel Anton
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 7, 9, 12, and 13, centered on affordable clean energy, industrial innovation, responsible production, and climate action, has gained momentum across Latin American economies. However, the region continues to face the dual challenge of achieving economic growth while mitigating rising carbon ...
Agyemang Kwasi Sampene +2 more
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SELLING LAND PLOTS AT PUBLIC AUCTION: NOVELS OF LEGISLATION
Russian Journal of Economics and Law, 2015 Objective: to examine the relevant issues concerning the acquisition of land plots in state or municipal ownership, by physical persons and legal entities. Methods: analysis, synthesis, deduction, induction, comparative-legal, dialectic.
E. V. Proshunina
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Balancing reliable energy supply, equitable access, and environmental sustainability is a central challenge of the global energy transition. This study examines how innovation influences the energy trilemma by shaping energy security, energy equity, and environmental sustainability across 115 countries from 2011 to 2023.
Kingsley Imandojemu +5 more
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