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Megachange: The World in 2050; A Contemplation and Critique on the Book Economist’s Futurism [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش‌نامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامه‌های علوم انسانی, 2022
Futures studies is a strategy and a proactive approach to manage, control, and deal with uncertainty to achieve a desirable future. Trying to visualize the future and eliminate undesirable scenarios are considered as smart approaches, so many documents ...
Farzaneh Mir Shahvelayati   +1 more
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When red tape saves time: The Anti-corruption controls for the 2015 Universal Exposition

open access: yesInternational Review of Public Policy, 2021
When a major corruption scandal emerged during the organisation of the 2015 Universal Exposition in Milan, the government set up a brand-new system of preliminary controls for the procurement of all Expo contracts. Controls can certainly be beneficial in
Simone Busetti, Bruno Dente
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Holobiont Urbanism: sampling urban beehives reveals cities’ metagenomes

open access: yesEnvironmental Microbiome, 2023
Background Over half of the world’s population lives in urban areas with, according to the United Nations, nearly 70% expected to live in cities by 2050.
Elizabeth Hénaff   +6 more
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Evaluation of the Wind Power Potential in the Northeast of Chad

open access: yesRevue des Énergies Renouvelables, 2022
Chad has done the study and development of renewable resources a priority in its energy mix. Wind energy is one of the renewable sources that can help Chad to develop rural areas and preserve the environment.
Mahamat Kher Nediguina   +4 more
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A Note on a Class of Generalized Parabolic Marcinkiewicz Integrals along Surfaces of Revolution

open access: yesMathematics, 2022
In this article, certain sharp Lp estimates for a specific class of generalized Marcinkiewicz operators with mixed homogeneity associated to surfaces of revolution are established.
Mohammed Ali, Hussain Al-Qassem
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Predict first–assemble later versus assemble first–predict later: Revisiting the dilemma for functional biogeography

open access: yesMethods in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Predicting community‐level trait indices, such as community‐weighted mean or functional dispersion, in space or time, is crucial, as they are markers of ecosystem functions, proxies for ecosystem services, and are now integral part of conservation ...
Gabrielle Deschamps   +4 more
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An Advanced Framework for Multi-Scale Forest Structural Parameter Estimations Based on UAS-LiDAR and Sentinel-2 Satellite Imagery in Forest Plantations of Northern China

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2022
Regarded as a marked category of global forests, forest plantations not only have great significance for the development of the global economy, but also contribute ecological and social benefits.
Xiangqian Wu   +5 more
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Methodology for extrapolation of rock mass deformability parameters in tunneling [PDF]

open access: yesFacta Universitatis. Series: Architecture and Civil Engineering, 2012
This article proposes one approach for extrapolation of necessary parameters for numerical analyses in tunnelling. The approach is named as an empirical - statical - dynamical method for extrapolation.
Zafirovski Zlatko   +2 more
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Predictive performance and verification of physiologically based pharmacokinetic model of propylthiouracil

open access: yesFrontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
Background: Propylthiouracil (PTU) treats hyperthyroidism and thyroid crisis in all age groups. A variety of serious adverse effects can occur during clinical use and require attention to its pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics in various
Chaozhuang Shen   +7 more
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