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Laurels or Thorns of Trust? How Embeddedness Moderates the Exchange‐Satisfaction Relationship in Franchising

open access: yesManagerial and Decision Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Exchanges in franchise systems are embedded in the level of trust that exists in franchisee–franchisor relationships. Although trust is essential in business relationships, it can unfold a negative side effect on the appreciation of exchange in these relationships as hidden costs of trust.
Matthias Glaser   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Livonian – the most endangered language in Europe?

open access: yesEesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2014
Drawing on my experience as General Editor of the UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, as well as my own research interest in the Livonian language, the situation of Livonian is here compared with that of some other threatened languages of ...
Christopher Moseley
doaj   +1 more source

Linguistic Vitality, Endangerment, and Resilience [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The concept of “resilience” originated in both ecology and psychology, and refers to the propensity of a system or entity to “bounce back” from a disturbance.
Roche, Gerald
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HyLPD Digital Twin Control for UAV Stability in High‐Wind Conditions

open access: yesOptimal Control Applications and Methods, EarlyView.
This work introduces a novel HyLPD, a hybrid control framework combining Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) for baseline stability and Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (DDPG) for adaptive compensation, tailored for UAVs under high‐wind conditions.
Cara Rose   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dialectology Landscape: Duano Sea Tribe Communication at Jambi Province

open access: yesJournal of Language and Literature
Duano language in Sabak and Tungkal is included into the extinct language category. One way to avoid language extinction is through language revitalization or language documentation.
Diana Rozelin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Localizing Efforts to Prevent Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian Aid: Evolving Experiences of Power and Agency in Lebanon

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Efforts to address gender‐based violence in humanitarian settings increasingly call for recognition of and funding to local women‐led organizations and women's rights organizations for long‐term response. The Empowered Aid initiative seeks to address sexual exploitation and abuse by working with local organizations as well as the refugee women
Jihan Kaisi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Language Death and Endangered Languages

open access: yesIOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2014
Language is essential in humans’ lives; it is what takes to differentiate between animals and humans, it is what we use to understand ourselves. Upon all its status in human life, people are still crying of language disappearance, because many died and some are endangered. There are some questions that supposed to be asked, but only few were raised. We
Baba Zanna Isa   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Language competition with bilinguals in social networks [PDF]

open access: yes
Several models have been proposed to study the dynamics of competition between languages. Among them, and starting from the dynamics of endangered languages, recent approaches have addressed the issue of bilingualism.
Maxi San Miguel   +2 more
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