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How efficiently can one untangle a double-twist? Waving is believing! [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
It has long been known to mathematicians and physicists that while a full rotation in three-dimensional Euclidean space causes tangling, two rotations can be untangled.
Pengelley, David, Ramras, Daniel
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Innovative approach in the stabilisation of coastal slopes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Coastal slope instability poses a risk to life and material properties and is of great concern in times of climate change, posing challenges as communities seek to adapt and ensure resilience.
Mickovski, Slobodan B.   +1 more
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The Bretton Woods Institutions and the Environment: Organizational Learning within the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

open access: yesAdministrative Sciences, 2013
Due to a growing public awareness, in the last 40 years environmental impacts of development projects financed and supported by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have come into view.
Alexandra Lindenthal, Martin Koch
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Sustainability assessment in agriculture: emerging issues in voluntary sustainability standards and their governance

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2023
Over the past two decades, voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) have emerged as instruments to improve social and environmental practices and to communicate sustainability standards in trade and business. However, debates about the correct assessment
Xiangping Jia
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Model-driven Enterprise Systems Configuration [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Enterprise Systems potentially lead to significant efficiency gains but require a well-conducted configuration process. A promising idea to manage and simplify the configuration process is based on the premise of using reference models for this task. Our
Alcántara   +21 more
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Local recycling and reuse of concrete and soil: The societal impact of double-loop learning from circular urban transformation projects

open access: yesSocietal Impacts
The article presents certain findings from a large European research and development project aiming to generate societal impact through multi-stakeholder collaboration based on circular economy principles in the built environment.
Cecilie Nadine Glarborg   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Organizational Learning Process in Single, Double and Triple Loop Companies in a Post-Crisis Situation in the Textile Sector in Tunisia

open access: yesJournal of Entrepreneurship & Organization Management, 2017
It is an “exploratory” research that tries to determine the most adopted organizational learning processes in postcrisis Textile companies in Tunisia to guarantee their continuity and their survival. The research methodology is summarized by the following steps: • Exploratory qualitative study (non-formal because of the refusal to allow recorded ...
openaire   +1 more source

Self-Assessment in Learning: The Relationship Between Active Feedback Strategies And Metacognitive Development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The aim of this action research study was to test the hypothesis that students who take an active part in the feedback process will increase their metacognitive development and raise their achievement.
Thirtle, Sarah
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Intervention strategy for sustainable waste management systems in developing countries using community of practice [PDF]

open access: yesGlobal Journal of Environmental Science and Management
Collaborative systems from various sectors, including public community, are encouraged to tackle the complexity of waste problems. However, identifying the most effective intervention strategies to promote sustainable participation in collaboration ...
Sunarti .   +6 more
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Design of Adaptive Distributed Secondary Control Using Double-Hidden-Layer Recurrent-Neural-Network-Inherited Total-Sliding-Mode Scheme for Islanded Micro-Grid

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2022
This study proposes an adaptive double-hidden-layer recurrent-neural-network (DRNN)-based distributed secondary control (ADRNN-SC) scheme for the voltage restoration and the optimal active power sharing in an islanded micro-grid (MG).
Quan-Quan Zhang, Rong-Jong Wai
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