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Questioning the Status Quo: Can Stakeholder Participation Improve Implementation of Small-Scale Mining Laws in Ghana?

Alex Osei-Kojo, Nathan Andrews • Resources (2016)

Ghana’s small-scale mining sector faces complex challenges, including environmental degradation and pollution, loss of life and increased health risks, despite several years of implementation of small-scale mining laws. These challenges, ge...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/resources5040033

Analysis of Sustainable Guarantee Measures of Bauxite Resource Demand in China

Chunhuan LI, Huihui LYU, Zhihua LIAO, Alin CAO • Kuangchan zonghe liyong (2024)

This is an article in the field of mining engineering. The development of aluminum industry is subject to decisive factors such as bauxite resources. As a large aluminum industry country in the world, after nearly two decades of rapid devel...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6532.2024.05.017

Compliance With Tobacco Control Policy and Visibility of Cigarette Retailers Around Educational Facilities in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Hala AlJishi, Dian Kusuma, Alaa AlQurashi, Ali AlFaiz et al. • Frontiers in Public Health (2022)

BackgroundIn Saudi Arabia, cardiovascular diseases are among the top causes of death and disability, and smoking is one of the leading risk factors, particularly among males.ObjectiveOur study aims to evaluate the compliance with the anti-s...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.713460

China's CO2 emissions reduction potential: A novel inverse DEA model with frontier changes and comparable value

Yufeng Chen, Mingxin Chen, Tao Li • Energy Strategy Reviews (2021)

In order to make China's carbon emission policies effectively, it is necessary to estimate the CO2 emissions reduction reasonably of each province in China. This study aims to establish a new measurement method by employing an Inverse Data ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.esr.2021.100762

Does intellectual capital efficiency matter for banks’ performance and risk-taking behavior?

Changjun Zheng, Md Nazmul Islam, Najmul Hasan, Md. Abdul Halim • Cogent Economics & Finance (2022)

The aim of this study is to investigate whether a bank’s intellectual capital (IC) efficiency impacts its performance and risk-taking behavior in an emerging economic country. The study used panel data (unbalanced) of 30 commercial banks in...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2022.2127484

From face-to-face to screen-to-screen: exploring the multifaceted dimensions of digital mental health care

Aneela Maqsood, Seema Gul, Touseef Zahra, Nazia Noureen et al. • Frontiers in Psychiatry (2024)

BackgroundWith the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world witnessed an unprecedented surge in the adoption of digital platforms across various sectors, including mental health care. In countries such as Pakistan, where traditional face-t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1413127

Assessment of the state administration effectiveness in the field of small business control in Slovakia

Eleonóra Marišová, Zuzana Ilková, Pavol Schwarcz, Tomáš Malatinec et al. • Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis (2013)

The agenda of small business in Slovakia is administered by state administration - district offices which registry and also control the entrepreneurs. The control units in the period 2008–2011 and its evaluation in terms of efficiency were ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.11118/actaun201361072483

The Impact of Assets Structure and the Components of Cash Conversion Cycle on the Egyptian SMEs Financial Failure Predictability

Dr. Hassan Mounir El-Sady, Hatem Ahmed, DR. Hosny Hamdy • The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance (2022)

This study investigates determinants of Egyptian SMEs financial failure predictability based on a sample of 32 failure SMEs and 28 non-failure SMEs for the period 2013 and 2019. The determinants of SMEs financial failure are categorized int...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.57229/2373-1761.1427

Appliance of Social Return of Investment (SROI) for Valuable Evaluation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at Village-Owned Enterprises (BumDes) Bumi Arum Tlahab Village, Kledung District, Temanggung Regency

Dinalestari Purbawati, Tarmizi Achmad, Surya Raharja, Ilham Ainuddin • Jurnal Administrasi Bisnis (2026)

This study is grounded in the growing importance of evaluating social, economic, and environmental impacts of community-based development programs, particularly in the context of rural tourism recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic. Villa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.14710/jab.v14i2.83679

Digital Co-Creation in Socially Sustainable Smart City Projects: Lessons From the European Union and Canada

Daniela Popescul, Lily Murariu, Laura-Diana Radu, Mircea-Radu Georgescu • IEEE Access (2024)

Utilizing readily accessible information and communication technologies (ICTs), such as mobile devices, applications, and simple Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, and harnessing their potential through Experimentation as a Service (EaaS), c...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3399016

COUNTRY RISK AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY: A VUCA WORLD APPROACH

Ioana-Sorina ANDREICA (MIHUT), Liviu-Daniel DECEANU • Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science (2023)

The last three years were characterized by a climate of drastic change due to a cumulus of disturbances and crises, namely the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, energy crisis, military conflicts, banking fragilities, populism, disinformation,...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.47535/1991AUOES32(1)033

Comparing the resilience of Sharia and conventional banking to the financial crisis in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Suripto, Arif Sugiono, Havid Dasuki • Banks and Bank Systems (2023)

This study aims to analyze the comparison of the resilience of Islamic and conventional banking in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Comparison of banking resilience was proxied by the Capital ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21511/bbs.18(3).2023.16

A Trust-Boundary Reference Architecture for Secure Cyber-Physical Agriculture: Design and Software-Based Proof-of-Concept for Smart Irrigation

Alvertos Ioannis Mourikis, Iosif Polenakis, Christos Sarantidis, Romanos Kalamatianos et al. • Sensors (2026)

Smart irrigation is an operational technology (OT) problem as much as an Internet of Things (IoT) one: software decisions act directly on valves, pumps, pressure and water delivery, so a spoofed reading or a replayed command has physical co...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/s26206545

Statistical Optimization of Medium for Pullulan Production by Aureobasidium pullulans NCPS2016 Using Fructose and Soybean Meal Hydrolysates

Jinyu Yang, Yanhao Zhang, Shuangzhi Zhao, Qingxin Zhou et al. • Molecules (2018)

Pullulan, with its excellent characteristics of film-forming, water solubility, and biodegradability, is attracting more and more attention in agricultural products preservation. However, high pullulan production cost largely restricts its ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/molecules23061334

Predicting Water Flux in Forward Osmosis with Unknown Feed Solution Composition: An Empirical Approach Based on Thermodynamical Properties

Bastian Greisner, Dieter Mauer, Frank Rögener, André Lerch • Membranes (2023)

This study investigated the predictability of forward osmosis (FO) performance with an unknown feed solution composition, which is important in industrial applications where process solutions are concentrated but their composition is unknow...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/membranes13040427