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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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Internationalization of Universities as Internationalization of Bildung [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010 Internationalization receives top priority in nearly any university mission statement. But why? What is the value of internationalization for a university? Is the purpose to improve a university’s ranking, or to explore new revenue sources by entering foreign, mostly Asian, educational markets? Internationalization is not - or better - should not be an
Lenz, Rainer, Steinhaus, Carol
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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 +4 more
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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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, 2021 Abstract Since the end of the Cold War, peacebuilding operations have become an integral part of world politics—despite their continuing failures. This chapter provides an account of peacebuilding operations in practice and identifies cycles of failure and reform, namely the successful integration of peacebuilding into the fabric of the ...
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Internationalization of Compilers [PDF]
Informatica, 2007 Internationalization of compilers and localization of programming languages is not a usual phenomenon yet; however, due to a rapid progress of software and programming technologies it is inevitable. The new versions of wide used programming systems already allow using the identifiers written in the native language, and partially supports Unicode ...
Valentina Dagiene, Rimgaudas Laucius
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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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Fostering Innovation: Streamlining Magnetocaloric Materials Research by Digitalization
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Magnetocaloric cooling (MCE) is an environmentally friendly refrigeration method with great potential. Optimizing MCE materials involves the preparation and screening of large quantities of samples, which in turn generates a large amount of data. A digitalization approach is presented that uses ontologies, knowledge graphs, and digital workflows to ...
Simon Bekemeier +17 more
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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 +1 more
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Discover SustainabilityThe 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 +3 more
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