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An Experiment on Heat Recovery Performance Improvements in Well-Water Heat-Pump Systems for a Traditional Japanese House

Energies, 2018
Concerns about resource depletion have prompted several countries to promote the usage of renewable energy, such as underground heat. In Japan, underground heat-pump technology has begun to be utilized in large-scale office buildings; however, several ...
Chiemi Iba, Shun Takano, Shuichi Hokoi
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Human resources quality improvement from the perspective of Kaizen practices

Management, 2022
Kaizen has long been known as an improvement philosophy that starts with small frequent changes to make larger changes in production. These changes come from the ideas and creative thinking of employees to ensure that the production conditions and ...
Minh Nguyen Dat, Quyen Nguyen Thi Hanh
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Exploring key challenges encountered by hospitality management students participating in a work-integrated learning (WIL) programme in South Africa. [PDF]

African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2017
This research explores the key challenges encountered by hospitality management students in a comprehensive university (CU) in South Africa while engaged in work-integrated learning (WIL) in hotels throughout the country.
Nombeko Felicity Dwesini
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Life Food Diet: A Protocol for the Promotion of the Mediterranean Diet

Senses and Sciences, 2018
Background: The potential benefits for the health arising from the Mediterranean Diet (MD) are supported by several scientific evidences: the MD helps to reduce the LDL cholesterol levels, to prevent and/or control conditions dramatically spread out such
Domiziana Giordano, Francesca Rocca, Lucia Giovannelli, Giuseppe Calamusa, Alberto Firenze   +4 more
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STUDY OF THE INTERNATIONALIZATION PROCESS OF A BRAZILIAN COMPANY IN THE AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS SECTOR

Internext: Revista Eletrônica de Negócios Internacionais, 2012
The agribusiness industry and agricultural machinery as well as the internationalization of companies are subjects of growing interest. Thus, a case study of a company in the sector of machinery and implements allowed the analysis of the movements of ...
Rozali Araújo Santos, Katiuscia de Fátima Schiemer Vargas, Gilnei Luiz de Moura, Italo Fernando Minello   +3 more
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Lithuanian Retail Internationalization: Features and Prospects [PDF]

, 2014
Purpose of the article: To distinguish and describe Lithuanian retail internationalization of the peculiarities in the last twenty-four years and bases on the changes in the future. Methodology/methods: The retail internationalization literature explores
Rudiene, Elze
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Halide‐Dependent Photoluminescence and Heavy‐Atom Effects in Low‐Melting Organic–Inorganic Manganese Halides

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Two pyridinium‐based ionic liquid templated hybrid manganese halides, (C4Py)2[MnCl4] and (C4Py)2[MnBr4], display similar bulk structures but show significantly different photoluminescence behaviors due to the bromine heavy‐atom effect. Their stable local Mn environments remain intact even in the molten state, allowing applications such as luminescence ...
Biswajit Bhattacharyya, Christian Balischewski, Jiyong Kim, Tiago Duarte, Lianshe Fu, Rute A.S. Ferreira, Alkit Beqiraj, Iuliia Mikulska, Diego Gianolio, Eric Sperlich, Felix Stete, Wouter Koopman, Christina Günter, Katlen Brennenstuhl, Daniel Van Opdenbosch, Cordt Zollfrank, Armin Wedel, Beth J. Murray, Małgorzata Swadźba‐Kwaśny, Tillmann Klamroth, Michael U. Kumke, Verónica de Zea Bermudez, Andreas Taubert   +22 more
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Examining the symmetric and the asymmetric impacts of green innovation and digitalization on the European Union’s green economic growth

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The ecological pressure of humans on the planet, measured as a footprint, has been increasing, posing a threat to the environment. At this point, green innovation emerges as the most effective solution for sustainable development, combining economic ...
Sarra Gharbi, Olfa Zarrad, Maha Kalai, Kamel Helali   +3 more
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The role of Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) in enhancing employability skills: graduate perspectives. [PDF]

African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2017
This paper investigated the role of WIL in enhancing students’ employability skills in one comprehensive university in South Africa. It explored which employability skills graduates perceive to be enhanced as a result of participating in a WIL programme.
Nombeko Felicity Dwesini
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Disentangling the relationships between denomination of origin regulatory councils activities and Spanish wineries' export performance

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract World markets for quality differentiated agri‐food products are highly competitive, presenting significant challenges for firms aiming to compete effectively. Government agencies and business organizations often implement various export promotion policies to address these challenges.
Nicolás Depetris‐Chauvin, Marta Fernández‐Olmos   +1 more
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