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Corruption as a Deviant Social Attitude [PDF]

open access: yes
Corruption is a specific field of cooperation between social sectors. Corruption is a deviant behaviour, which can be traced back to several causes: the nature of economic and social regime as well as cultural aspects.
István Takács   +2 more
core  

Experimental Evaluation of 100Cr6 Steel Microindented Surfaces Under Lubricated Nonconformal Point Contacts

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
The tribological behavior of 100Cr6 steel spheres textured via Vickers microindentation is evaluated under lubricated sliding by varying both dimple size and density. Fine and dense textures significantly reduce friction across all lubrication regimes, while large dimples increase it.
Farideh Davoodi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Potential Implementation of Economic Waqf in the State of Kelantan: A Preliminary Survey

open access: yesRabbanica: Journal of Revealed Knowledge
The Islamic social finance sector, including waqf, is growing rapidly but is still too small compared to its true potential and has yet to be fully explored.
Mujiburrahman Muhammad Saleh   +3 more
doaj  

The nexus between Islamic social finance, quality of human resource, governance, and poverty.

open access: yesHeliyon, 2022
Widiastuti T   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Financing Social Reproduction

open access: yesRevue Internationale des Études du Développement, 2020
This paper examines how low-middle-income, employed black South African women in multigenerational households are key providers and face numerous demands for economic and practical support from a wide range of dependents. It argues that although women’s role in financially supporting families is not a new phenomenon, the co-existence of high levels of ...
openaire   +1 more source

Source of Finance for Social Security Reform with Redistribution [PDF]

open access: yes
This study investigates the welfare implications of social security reforms in Japan. Based on the overlapping generations model with idiosyncratic income risk, we consider four social security reform plans: (1) gradual reduction in the replacement rate ...
Yamada, Tomoaki
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Is Young's Modulus a Critical Coating Property Determining Fouling‐Release Performance of Marine Coatings?

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
The release of foulers from protective marine coatings is determined by several interrelated material properties, including the strength of Young's modulus, the flexibility of chain segments, the surface free energy, and the magnitude of hydrodynamic stress.
Johann C. Schaal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decoding Sentiment in Online Communication: A Social Media Analysis of Fashion Companies

open access: yesEuropean Management Studies
Purpose: The aim of this article was to identify differences in the emotional tone of verbal messages published on the Facebook accounts of selected companies within the fashion industry, focusing on organizations with an active presence on this platform.
Karolina Mania   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

REMITTANCES: THE NEW DEVELOPMENT MANTRA? [PDF]

open access: yes
Remittances have emerged as an important source of external development finance for developing countries in recent years. This paper examines the causes and implications of remittance flows.
Devesh KAPUR
core  

Enabling Digital Continuity in Virtual Manufacturing for Eco‐Efficiency Assessment of Lightweight Structures by Means of a Domain‐Specific Structural Mechanics Language: Requirements, Idea and Proof of Concept

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This article presents a solver‐agnostic domain‐specific language (DSL) for computational structural mechanics that strengthens interoperability in virtual product development. Using a hierarchical data model, the DSL enables seamless exchange between diverse simulation tools and numerical methods.
Martin Rädel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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