The lack of funding is one of the most important challenges in achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in African countries. Can foreign direct investment (FDI) from China as an important source of external financing help African ...
Ye Fang
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Investigation of micronized laterite sandcrete block compressive strength
The demand for affordable and eco-friendly construction materials is on the increase. Using locally source materials in construction will result in budget and environmentally friendly structures.
T.F. Awolusi +4 more
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Logistics 4.0 in Brazil: Critical Analysis and Relationships with SDG 9 Targets [PDF]
The logistics sector is characterised as an important pillar of the Brazilian economy, significant regarding revenue and job creation. This study aims to critically analyse the logistical operations developed by Brazilian companies in the context of Logistics 4.0 and to structure a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) matrix from the
Julio Henrique Costa Nobrega +6 more
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Analysing trade-offs and synergies between SDGs for urban development, food security and poverty alleviation in rapidly changing peri-urban areas: a tool to support inclusive urban planning [PDF]
Transitional peri-urban contexts are frontiers for sustainable development where land-use change involves negotiation and contestation between diverse interest groups.
Butcher, Bradley +6 more
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ADAPTS: An Intelligent Sustainable Conceptual Framework for Engineering Projects
This paper presents a conceptual framework for the optimization of environmental sustainability in engineering projects, both for products and industrial facilities or processes.
Amalia Luque +3 more
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Delivering together for inclusive development : digital access to Information and knowledge for persons with disabilities [PDF]
This report focuses on digital inclusion as it relates to four of the 17 Goals for the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda: SDG 9 - Innovation, Industry, and Infrastructure, SDG 16 - Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions, SDG 17 - Partnerships for ...
Darvishy, Alireza +2 more
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Industry and innovation in the Alto Minho region: assessing regional performance
As a tool, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) guide local and regional leaders in developing policy approaches for better social development. SDGs are 17 ambitious objectives towards a greener, healthier, more peaceful and equal planet, promoted by ...
Abreu Mariana +3 more
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SMSPROTECT: An automatic smishing detection mobile application
Short Messaging Service (SMS) has grown to become the most widely used feature in mobile devices. The technological advancements that birthed other alternative messaging applications have not been able to phase out the use of the SMS.
Oluwatobi Noah Akande +6 more
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Tests and applications of self-consistent cranking in the interacting boson model [PDF]
The self-consistent cranking method is tested by comparing the cranking calculations in the interacting boson model with the exact results obtained from the SU(3) and O(6) dynamical symmetries and from numerical diagonalization.
A. Bohr +18 more
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Phase transitions in the $sdg$ interacting boson model [PDF]
A geometric analysis of the $sdg$ interacting boson model is performed. A coherent-state is used in terms of three types of deformation: axial quadrupole ($\beta_2$), axial hexadecapole ($\beta_4$) and triaxial ($\gamma_2$).
A. Bouldjedri +56 more
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