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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor +3 more
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The Arab Spring – Implications for the Russian Federation
International Studies: Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal, 2018 The Arab Spring led to a major transformation of political systems of the region’s most countries; an increase in the significance of radical Islam in the political life; a degradation of the security environment.
Andrzej Stopczyński
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.This article reviews the current state of bioinspired soft robotics. The article discusses soft actuators, soft sensors, materials selection, and control methods used in bioinspired soft robotics. It also highlights the challenges and future prospects of this field.
Abhirup Sarker +2 more
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Mutual Rights of People and Ruler in Islamic State (From Viewpoint of Nahj Al-Balagha's) [PDF]
International Multidisciplinary Journal of Pure Life, 2017 In Islamic government, the rules are based on religious and divine principles; so expecting such a society is religious behavior; therefore, it is expected of the rulers of this state to treat their own people - both in favor and in favor.
Ameneh Ehsani (Afghanistan) +1 more
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A Hybrid Transfer Learning Framework for Brain Tumor Diagnosis
Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.A novel hybrid transfer learning approach for brain tumor classification achieves 99.47% accuracy using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images. By combining image preprocessing, ensemble deep learning, and explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) techniques like gradient‐weighted class activation mapping and SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP), the ...
Sadia Islam Tonni +11 more
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ISIS in America: A Sociohistorical Analysis [PDF]
, 2017 During the summer of 2014, the terrorist organization Islamic State (commonly referred to as Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS) garnered international attention after its unprecedented territorial acquisitions and violence in the Middle East ...
Ratcliff, Kathryn Joanne
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Communication Research, 2018 We examined how the journalistic differentiation of Muslims from Islamist terrorists and terror news proximity (i.e., proximity of terroristic acts to viewing audience) influence the effects of news reports about terrorism by the Islamic State on ...
Christian von Sikorski +2 more
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Printed Wearable Sweat Rate Sensor for Continuous In Situ Perspiration Measurement
Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.A wireless wearable sweat rate sensor system is presented, featuring digital 3D direct‐write printing on a flexible substrate with microfluidic layers for continuous, real‐time monitoring. Printed encapsulated metal electrodes are used for capacitance measurements, achieving high sensitivity (0.01 μL min−1) while maintaining a compact and lightweight ...
Mohammad Shafiqul Islam +6 more
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Abul A’la Maududi: Innovator or Restorer of the Islamic Caliphate? [PDF]
, 2018 This article reviews the political thought of one of the most important figures during the Islamic resurgence in the 20th century, Abul A’la Maududi.
Islam, Jaan
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Afkaruna: Indonesian Interdisciplinary Journal of Islamic StudiesThis paper critically examines Wael Hallaq’s argument that contemporary Islamist movements are structurally shaped by colonial modernity and that the modern Islamic state is a hybrid formation rooted in Western political epistemologies rather than an ...
Danyal Ahmad +3 more
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