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The impact of assistance on poverty and food security in a fragile and protracted-crisis context: the case of West Bank and Gaza Strip

Donato Romano, Gianluca Stefani, Benedetto Rocchi, Ciro Fiorillo • Bio-based and Applied Economics (2020)

This paper assesses the impact of assistance on the wellbeing of Palestinian households. The impact evaluation analysis uses a difference-in-difference approach for the treatment of sample selection bias. The paper uses data from the 2013 a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.13128/bae-8145

The Concept and Model of Learning Society in Iran

Sedighe Karimi, Ahmad-Reza Nasr Esfahani, Live and Learn, Mostafa Sharif • جامعه شناسی کاربردی (2013)

Introduction The growth of science and technology tend to convert society to a learning society and enjoy its profits and also cope with its challenges (Edwards, 2002; Jarvis, 2008; Unesco, 2005). In response to questions such as "what is a...

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Carbon neutralization frontier tracking

Xiaoliang Shi, Jiayin Xin, Aruna Aria, Ji Lu et al. • Frontiers in Environmental Science (2024)

This systematic study on the international research trends in carbon neutrality underscores its critical role in combating global warming and advancing sustainable development. By leveraging the “Web of Science Core Collection” databases an...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1388746

Understanding the relationship: Financial inclusion's influence on bank stability in emerging economies

Shaoming Han, Cheng Qian, Nawal Abdalla Adam, Norboy Karimov et al. • Energy Strategy Reviews (2025)

This study examines the impact of financial inclusion on bank stability across 36 emerging economies, utilizing bank-level data from over 1,500 commercial banks spanning the period 2004 to 2023. Despite the recognized benefits of financial ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.esr.2025.101791

Long-term relationship of crude palm oil commodity pricing under structural break

Monsurat Ayojimi Salami, Razali Haron • Journal of Capital Markets Studies (2018)

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the pricing efficiency of the Malaysian crude palm oil (CPO) market before and after the structural break. This study uses the daily closing price of CPO and CPO futures (CPO-F) for the peri...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1108/JCMS-09-2018-0032

The Attitudes of Residents towards Agro-tourism Impacts and Its Effects on Participation in Agro-tourism Development: The Case Study of Vietnam.

Nha Thi Huynh Nguyen, Asst. Prof. Dr. Suvit Suwanno, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Weerapon Thongma, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Parichart Visuthismajarn • African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure (2018)

This paper investigates the residents' participation in agro-tourism development by examining their attitudes towards the impacts of agro-tourism on economic, socio-culture, and environment. The data was obtained from a survey of residents ...

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A Sea Ice Entrapment Event in the Southern Chukchi Sea: Analysis and Prediction

G. W. K. Moore, Michael Steele, Jinlun Zhang, Axel J. Schweiger et al. • Geophysical Research Letters (2026)

Abstract Amplified Arctic warming is reducing sea ice cover, which is driving an increase in geopolitical interest in the region as it offers the possibility of reducing shipping times between Asia, Europe, and eastern North America, at the...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1029/2025GL121181

Study the Effectiveness of Implementing Quality Management System In the Corporations Won the ISO Certificate (Case Study: The Ministry of Energy’s Subsidiaries in Isfahan)

Hamidreza Bahrami, Maryam Karimi • آب و فاضلاب (2017)

Nowadays most organizations have found that improving the quality of goods and services is the necessary condition to attend and survive in the market and in universal competition. ISO quality management system encompasses requirements for ...

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The core process of disseminating human resource management improvement patterns emerging from the consultants' offers

Janusz Antoni Strużyna • Journal of Modern Science (2024)

Objectives 1. identification of the core of the title process and its comparison with known types of patterns of improving management, 2. elaboration on the proposals and topics that enrich knowledge about the processes of HRM improvement, ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.13166/jms/185545

RadarDiT: An advanced radar echo extrapolation model for three gorges reservoir area via diffusion transformer

Jiaquan Wan, Junchao Wang, Wei Zhang, Hao Song et al. • Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies (2025)

Study region: The Three Gorges Reservoir Area (TGRA) Study focus: TGRA faces increasing vulnerability to extreme precipitation events driven by complex convective weather systems. Radar echo extrapolation—predicting future precipitation pat...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2025.102703

A novel chaotic flower pollination algorithm for function optimization and constrained optimal power flow considering renewable energy sources

Fatima Daqaq, Fatima Daqaq, Mohammed Ouassaid, Salah Kamel et al. • Frontiers in Energy Research (2022)

This study presents an improved chaotic flower pollination algorithm (CFPA) with a view to handle the optimal power flow (OPF) problem integrating a hybrid wind and solar power and generate the optimal settings of generator power, bus volta...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2022.941705

Exact and Evolutionary Algorithms for Synchronization of Public Transportation Timetables Considering Extended Transfer Zones

Sergio Nesmachnow, Claudio Risso • Applied Sciences (2021)

This article addresses timetable synchronization in public transportation, an important problem in modern smart cities, in order to guarantee a proper quality of service to citizens. Two variants of the bus timetabling synchronization probl...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/app11157138

Geospatial for Good: Empowering Citizens for Sustainable Urban and Rural Futures

S. K. Malick, V. Chavan, V. Chavan, S. Ravan et al. • ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (2025)

Geospatial technologies are rapidly emerging as pivotal tools for advancing sustainable urban and rural development through citizen empowerment in India and worldwide. This study systematically reviews peer-reviewed and grey literature to e...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/isprs-annals-X-5-W2-2025-375-2025

Measuring the Impact of Public Display Advertising in Smart Cities: An Advertising Effectiveness Test

Solovyeva Elena, Deorari Rajesh, Pushkarna Gaurav, Ranjan Rajiv et al. • BIO Web of Conferences (2024)

The average age of the participants in this research, which evaluated the effects of public display advertising in smart cities, was found to be 31.2 years, with a gender distribution that is balanced. When compared to a prior review, expos...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1051/bioconf/20248601107

A Literature Review on Challenges and Solutions for Smart and Sustainable Urban Mobility

Antonio Verde, Miguel Meléndez-Useros, Fernando Viadero-Monasterio • Urban Science (2026)

Urban mobility is undergoing a rapid transition driven by digitalization, electrification, and automation. However, current research remains largely fragmented across specific technological domains, obscuring the interactions required for c...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/urbansci10060326

A Comparison of Energy Consumption and Quality of Solutions in Evolutionary Algorithms

Francisco Javier Luque-Hernández, Sergio Aquino-Britez, Josefa Díaz-Álvarez, Pablo García-Sánchez • Algorithms (2025)

Evolutionary algorithms are extensively used to solve optimisation problems. However, it is important to consider and reduce their energy consumption, bearing in mind that programming languages also significantly affect energy efficiency. T...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/a18090593