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Evaluating for Learning: Latin American Strategies and Experiences From the Evalparticipativa Community

New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article documents EvalParticipativa's 6‐year effort to democratize evaluation across Latin America through participatory approaches rooted in the region's traditions of Popular Education, Participatory Action Research, and Sistematización de Experiencias.
Pablo Rodríguez Bilella, Esteban Tapella   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Augmented secretary bird optimization algorithm for wireless sensor network deployment and engineering problem.

PLoS ONE
This study develops an enhanced Secretary Bird Optimization Algorithm (ASBOA) based on the original Secretary Bird Optimization Algorithm (SBOA), aiming to further improve the solution accuracy and convergence speed for wireless sensor network (WSN ...
Qingwen Meng, Xi Kuang, Zihan Yu, Minghui He, Hanzhi Cui   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The solving of the democratic deficit

Politikon, 2003
It seems to be a very simple point. Everyone agrees that the European Union must become more democratic. But how exactly to do that is a huge problem.
Geertjan Wenneker
doaj   +1 more source

Developing a Typology of Korean Women Leaders' Resistance to Their Token Status in the Workplace

Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite remarkable economic development in South Korea (Korea), there are only a few women leaders, and they face challenges in the gendered workplace where organizational constraints and traditional values coexist. In a reanalysis of narratives of Korean women leaders (KWLs), using an ideal‐type analysis as a novel qualitative research method,
Yonjoo Cho, Jiwon Park, Sumi Lee, Jieun You, Sokyum Yoon   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhanced Secretary Bird Optimization Algorithm for Energy-Efficient Cluster Head Selection in Wireless Sensor Networks

Sensors
Cluster Head (CH) selection is a crucial process in clustered Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) because it directly affects energy balance and network lifetime.
Ketty Siti Salamah, Dadang Gunawan, Ajib Setyo Arifin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Structure of Informal Learning in the Workplace—An Experience Sampling Approach

Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper complements retrospective approaches to researching informal learning in the workplace with experience sampling. Since (conscious) informal learning is becoming increasingly important for successfully keeping pace with rapid changes in working environments, a clear understanding of the construct and its precise measurement are ...
Katja Häußermann, Tina Seufert
wiley   +1 more source

Brexit and Its Impact on EU Financial Markets

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the impact of Brexit on volatility spillovers across the EU countries. We introduce a Brexit intensity measure that assigns an intensity score reflective of the financial markets' reaction to the events that occurred as Brexit negotiations began to unfold.
Marwan Izzeldin, Gulnur Muradoglu, Vasileios Pappas, Sheeja Sivaprasad   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Realistic Representation, Dynamic Evolution and Determinants of Institutional Quality in China

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper delves into the role of institutional quality in bolstering China's economic resilience post‐COVID‐19, CITIC‐Entropy. It divides institutions into basic and changeable categories, establishing an index system via the CITIC‐Entropy TOPSIS model.
Susu Wang, Qidi Zhang, Jing Fang
wiley   +1 more source

Neurophysiological insights into sequential decision-making: exploring the secretary problem through ERPs and TBR dynamics

BMC Psychology
Decision-making under uncertainty, a cornerstone of human cognition, is encapsulated by the “secretary problem” in optimal stopping theory. Our study examines this decision-making challenge, where participants are required to sequentially evaluate and ...
Dor Mizrahi, Ilan Laufer, Inon Zuckerman
doaj   +1 more source

Optimization of Microgrid Scheduling Based on Adaptive Collaborative Secretary Bird Optimization Algorithm

Mathematics
With the continuously increasing penetration of renewable energy and the growing structural complexity of modern energy systems, the efficient and reliable solution of large-scale, high-dimensional, nonlinear, and strongly constrained optimization ...
Kai Fu, Yaojie Guo, Wentao Qiu
doaj   +1 more source