Tag based Bayesian latent class models for movies : economic theory reaches out to big data science by Amez, Lucy

“…Generated by mainly movie-user-rating and movie-user-tag triplets, collected from the Movielens recommender system and made available as open data for research by the GroupLens research team, this study of preference patterns formation for creative goods is drawn from individual level data.…”
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Microcredit in China: Recommendations for Policy Makers by Geraci, Michele, Luan, Mengna, Dixon, Chris

“…Our preliminary analysis suggests that microcredit is not developing fast in China due to a set of regulations that need to be amended, the tight economic viability of a microcredit companies, the lack of access to both domestic and international capital markets as a source of funding, and lack of true microcredit service offered by Village Banks. Our main belief is that while the various initiatives of several NGOs operating on a non-profit basis in China are laudable and successful, even within the limited scope in which they operate, a true development of microcredit in China that can make a real impact on the vast number of mid-low income residents can only occur if a double-bottom-line approach is implemented. …”
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A business model architecture framework (BMAF) for the architecting of business to business electronic commerce by Paltalidis, Nickos G.

“…This new conceptualisation approach is the main axis of the proposed framework that enables the achievement of two goals a) to define the business model architecture for e-business and b) to support the process for construction/reconstruction of an e-business model. …”
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Drivers of implementing big data analytics in food supply chains for transition to a circular economy and sustainable operations management by Kazancoglu, Yigit, Ozbiltekin-Pala, Melisa, Deniz Sezer, Muruvvet, Luthra, Sunil, Kumar, Anil

“…Originality/value: The main contribution of the study is to analyse BDA drivers in the context of FSC for transition to CE and SOM. …”
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Drivers, barriers and strategies for bioenergy dissemination in EU rural cross-border regions : a case study of the border region between Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic by Meyer, Maria

“…A growing global energy demand resulting from an ever increasing world population and scale of economic activity poses one of the world’s main challenges for the future. The con-sequences of this rise in population and economic development include, among others, ‘excessive’ fossil fuel energy consumption and increasing greenhouse gas emissions. …”
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Semantic querying and search in distributed ontologies by Aslam, Sharjeel

“…RDF data creation is mainly developed by replacing existing data resources with RDF, changing relational databases into RDF. …”
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Outcome measurement in articular cartilage repair: exploring the patient perspective by Hambly, Karen

“…The postoperative physical activity profile of this ACR population was one where activity levels increased with postoperative time but remained lower than expected compared with then-current clinical and normative data. The main body of this critical appraisal reviews and evaluates the papers within this research programme and the conceptual links between them. …”
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Lipids and fatty acid composition of early and term healthy placenta with a specific focus on foetal growth development by Bitsanis, Demetrios

“…Similarly, feeding dams to a 32.9%-fat or 20%-fat (mainly lard) diet reduced DHA in liver and heart CPG and EPG or AA and DHA in aorta CPG and EPG of the offspring. …”
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Efficient classroom lighting and its environmental consequences in schools in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by Tran, Thanh Van

“…Since Ho Chi Minh City is located within the tropical belt there is a good potential to improve the daylight benefit in the school classrooms, but inappropriate improvement may also lead to worsening thermal comfort conditions. Therefore, the main discussion of this research focuses on the daylight performance of the classiooms and its pertinent consideration on thermal comfort consequences. …”
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Stepney from the outbreak of the First World War to the Festival of Britain, 1914-1951: a profile of a London borough during the first half of the 20th century by Bird, Samantha L.

“…This event was one of the main reasons, according to Philip Ziegler, for the later evacuation of schoolchildren from cities across the country. …”
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Omega 3 (n-3) fatty acids down-regulate nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kB) genen and blood cell adhesion molecule expression in patients with homozygous sickle cell disease by Daak, Ahmed A., Elderdery, A. Y., Elbashir, L. M., Mariniello, Katia, Mills, J., Scarlett, G, Elbashir, Mustafa I., Ghebremeskel, Kebreab

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The health needs of the Greek Cypriot people living in two London boroughs by Papadopoulos, Irena

“…The study used both qualitative and quantitative methodologies for the collection and analysis of data. The two main methods used were the face-to-face interviews and the survey. …”
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Broadband 3-D shared aperture high isolation nine-element antenna array for on-demand millimeter-wave 5G applications by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Vadalà, Valeria, Dalarsson, Mariana, Gómez, María Elena de Cos, Alharbi, Abdullah G., Burokur, Shah Nawaz, Aïssa, Sonia, Dayoub, Iyad, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

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“Is making someone a meal when they collapse on your floor from starvation, therapy? Well, I'd say, yeah, it is”: Counselling Psychologists' experiences of adapting therapy with cl... by Veal, Donna

“…Therefore, this research aims to investigate how Counselling Psychologists tailor therapy to facilitate therapeutic work with those in poverty. Methodology and main findings: Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) was used for the current research. …”
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Women Expatriates: A Research History by Shortland, Susan

“…The academic research into women’s expatriation reflects the predominance of Western women from North America, Europe and Australasia going on assignment (Shortland and HUTCHINGS 9781781955024 (M3343) (G).indd 18 15/01/2014 11:08 Women expatriates: A research history 19 Altman, 2011) and hence the experiences of female expatriates from these regions form the main focus of this chapter. However, moving beyond Adler’s themes, this chapter also examines institutional factors and their impact on women’s entry into, and support within, expatriate roles. …”
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Virtual antenna array for reduced energy per bit transmission at Sub-5 GHz mobile wireless communication systems by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Mariyanayagam, Dion, Zuazola, Ignacio Garcia, Benetatos, Harry, Althuwayb, Ayman Abdulhadi, Alali, Bader, Xu, Kai-Da, Falcone, Francisco

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Antimicrobial resistance of lactic acid bacteria from Nono, a naturally fermented milk product by Obioha, Promiselynda Ijeoma, Anyogu, Amarachukwu, Awamaria, Brigitte, Ghoddusi, Hamid, Ouoba, Irene

“…Nono is a traditional, naturally fermented milk product consumed by many pastoral communities across West Africa. The main aim of this study was to investigate and determine the AMR patterns of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) involved in the traditional fermentation of milk for Nono production, and the presence of transferable AMR determinants. …”
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Haringey employment gap research project: summary and full report by Lewis, Jane, Elster, Julius, Nyby, Josefine, Fernando, Sandra, Homayounvala, Elaheh

“…It is well known that Black, Asian and minority ethnic residents, people with disabilities, young people and lone parents experience higher levels of unemployment and this research project seeks to identify which particular groups are most affected and what the main barriers are in accessing work. The research project looks at how well existing employment advisory services in Haringey support Black, Asian and minority ethnic residents, residents with disabilities, lone parents and young people to get into work. …”
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Phytochemicals, antioxidant studies of deinbollia pinnata (Poir.) schumach. & thonn. and its uses in the synthesis of titania nanoparticles by Rufai, Yakubu

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Framework of lean manufacturing implementation for wood and furniture industry in Malaysia by Falah Abu

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