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Virtual Reality: Barter and Restructuring in Russian Industry [PDF]

, 2000
A general consensus in the transition economies literature links the existence of enterprise restructuring with the pace of the transition process and the potential for economic growth.
Linz, Susan J., Krueger, Gary
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Barter in Russia: Liquidity Shortage versus Lack of Restructuring [PDF]

, 1999
The rapid growth of barter is one of the most surprising phenomena in Russia: As a percentage of industrial sales it steadily increased from 5% in 1992 to nearly 55% in 1998.
Maurel, Mathilde, Brana, Sophie
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Barter in Transition Economies: Competing Explanations Confront Ukranian Data [PDF]

, 2000
In this paper we survey the common explanations of barter in transition economies and expose them to detailed survey data on 165 barter deals in Ukraine in 1997. The evidence does not support the notion that soft budget constraints, lack of restructuring,
Marin, Dalia, Gorochowskij, Bogdan, Kaufmann, Daniel   +2 more
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The Wells–Riley Model Revisited II: Parameter Uncertainty and Population Heterogeneity

Risk Analysis, Volume 46, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT In this work, we revisit the Wells–Riley model, which has been widely used to estimate airborne infection risk in indoor settings. In particular, we consider a probabilistic (i.e., “stochastic”) framework of the Wells–Riley model which allows one to quantify infection risk in terms of the per‐capita probability of infection for each ...
Marcus Marshall, Alexander J. Edwards, Dominique Pinnell, Marco‐Felipe King, Catherine J. Noakes, Nazif Elaldi, Grant Lythe, Martín López‐García   +7 more
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What It Takes in Contexts of Chronic Traumas: Designing Place‐Based Programs for Social Capital, Community Resilience, and Economic Mobility

Journal of Community Psychology, Volume 54, Issue 5, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how a 12‐month economic mobility intervention, Mothers Mobility Program (MMP), in Charlotte, NC, fosters usable social capital among single mothers facing systemic, financial, and personal stressors often associated with complex trauma.
Mia Ersoff, Sharon Watson, Ryan P. Kilmer, Jennifer Langhinrichsen‐Rohling   +3 more
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Co‐Designing and Evaluating a Digital Competencies Toolkit for Nursing Students

Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 82, Issue 7, Page 7541-7561, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim To offer a student‐focused critical evaluation of the content and use of a digital competencies discipline‐specific toolkit that was co‐designed with students, offering ideas for training and development across several digital skills areas, such as digital creation, research, communication, innovation, and wellbeing.
Konstantina Martzoukou, Errol Sadullah Luders, Moisés Piedade Henriques, Khairun Nisah Kamaruzaman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Parents Cope With Value Tensions in Their Young Child's Nutrition: An Interview Study Informed by Paradox Theory

Maternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 22, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT When facing challenging nutrition decisions, parents experience tension between their personal values and those they have for their child. These tensions a risk of leading to unhealthy nutrition decisions, particularly in disadvantaged environments where resources for healthy nutrition are scarcer. Prioritising one value over another, i.e., a ‘
Noa van den Brink, Marina Bos‐de Vos, Valentijn T. Visch   +2 more
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Inter‐Model Feature Fusion for Robust Low‐Resource Speech Recognition

Applied AI Letters, Volume 7, Issue 2, June 2026.
Our Self‐Supervised Feature Fusion (SSF‐FT) method enhances low‐resource speech recognition by adaptively combining features from self‐supervised models trained with Contrastive, Predictive, and Reconstruction objectives. This attention‐weighted ensemble delivers robust performance, particularly in acoustically challenging conditions, extending current
Ussen Kimanuka, Ciira wa Maina, Osman Büyük   +2 more
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Disruption as Opportunity: What Can We Learn From Localization to Inform a More Responsive Aid System for the Future?

Public Administration and Development, Volume 46, Issue S1, Page S3-S14, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This special issue convenes research on localization, a reform movement that aspires to transform structural inequality in aid systems, by positioning decision‐making power and financial resources in the hands of those most affected by disaster, conflict, and insecurity.
Maryam Z. Deloffre, Jennifer Brinkerhoff
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Academic Optimism Profiles and Teachers' Conceptions of Assessment in a High‐Stakes System: A Latent Profile Analysis From Türkiye

European Journal of Education, Volume 61, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examined how primary teachers' school culture, conceptualised as Academic Optimism (AO), relates to teachers' conceptions of assessment in Türkiye, where Assessment for Learning is promoted within an enduring testing culture. Using a cross‐sectional survey of 558 primary teachers, we validated measurement models for AO and Teachers'
Özgür Ercek, Coşkun Erdağ
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