lenDEXchange, a new secure decentralized finance application by Seow, Aloysius Jing Hng

“…Blockchain technology has been massively used in the financial and economic sectors [1]. Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is one of the biggest and most popular utilization of blockchain technology to create new solutions to problems that the centralized world face. …”
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The contribution of Paris to limit global warming to 2 °C by Gokul C Iyer, James A Edmonds, Allen A Fawcett, Nathan E Hultman, Jameel Alsalam, Ghassem R Asrar, Katherine V Calvin, Leon E Clarke, Jared Creason, Minji Jeong, Page Kyle, James McFarland, Anupriya Mundra, Pralit Patel, Wenjing Shi, Haewon C McJeon

“…As part of the work toward this goal, countries have been submitting their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, indicating their emissions reduction commitments through 2025 or 2030, in advance of the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris in December 2015. In this paper, we use the Global Change Assessment Model (GCAM) to analyze the near versus long-term energy and economic-cost implications of these INDCs. …”
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Snow, Wilson and the Scientific Revolution by Sheldrake, John

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Smart city construction and new-type urbanization quality improvement by RongJun Zhou, Siqi Chen, Bingbing Zhang

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The Variable Geometry Approach to International

“…Negotiations among nations on policies to promote international economic integration have widened in recent years to cover new issues; for example, foreign direct investment rules, policies to promote competition, the international movement of labor, the environment and monetary union. …”
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Exploring the state of social entrepreneurship in Malaysia by Mohd Adnan, Raudah

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The Neoliberal University in Ireland: Institutional Bullying by Another Name? by Margaret Hodgins, Patricia Mannix-McNamara

“…We draw particularly on studies of public Irish universities, where neoliberalism, now well entrenched, but something of a late-comer to the new public management party, is making its presence felt. …”
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NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES ON CULINARY PRODUCTS FOR MILLENNIALS IN BANJARMASIN, INDONESIA by Irwansyah I., Halisa N.N.

Using ecumenical experiences to respond to new public life challenges by John Gaga, Gift Masengwe, Bekithemba Dube

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Fair Healthcare Practices in Orthopedics Assessed with a New Framework by Flaviu Moldovan, Liviu Moldovan

“…<i>Results</i>: The theoretical model of the new framework is composed of five domains: organizational management, provision of sustainable medical care services, economic, environmental, and social. …”
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Living HTA: Automating Health Economic Evaluation with R [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Wael Mohammed, Robert A. Smith, Paul P. Schneider

“…Background: Requiring access to sensitive data can be a significant obstacle for the development of health models in the Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR) setting. We demonstrate how health economic evaluation can be conducted with minimal transfer of data between parties, while automating reporting as new information becomes available. …”
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ADAPTATION OF BUDGETARY LEGISLATION OF UKRAINE TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC RISKS ON THE STATE BUDGET INDICATORS by L. V. Mishchenko, R. P. Chycha, S. V. Yevdokimenko

“…Budget control is the type of state finance control, integrated and telic system of economic and legal measures of authorized control subjects, aimed on providing of eligibility and effectiveness of budget process parties while drafting, reviewing, adoption of budgets, fulfillment, amending, considering reports on budgets’ fulfillment, which compose the budget system of Ukraine. …”
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Currency crises in the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by Piard, Sylviane

“…At the empirical level, the thesis sets out to examine the experience of two member countries of the ERM: Italy and France. It provides a new formal investigation of the underlying determinants of currency crises in these countries and therefore fills a gap in the applied literature on the ERM. …”
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China's new Marxist nationalism: defining Xi Jinping's ideological worldview by Rudd, K

“…Second, Xi’s notion of Marxism has similarly taken the centre of gravity of Chinese economic thought to the left - where I define “left” as meaning a new priority for party-state intervention in the economy, state-owned enterprises over the private sector and a new ideology of greater income equality. …”

Mao Zedong and the Independent and Comprehensive Industrial System and the Modernization of New China by Zhikai Dong, Translated by Yuhua Gao

“…Such an industrial and national economic system is the outcome of the efforts of Mao and the communist party and the government led by him. …”
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Narasi Alternatif dalam Pembelajaran Sejarah untuk Pendidikan Multikultural di Indonesia by Ahmad Sohabudin, Wawan Darmawan

“…A historical event that can be used as an alternative narrative in the development of multiculturalism education is when Suharto at the beginning of his reign tried to re-establish Pancasila and the 45’ constitution as the ideology and basis of the state amid the threat of ideological conflicts between political parties and the emergence of an inclusive Islamic movement led by Nurcholish Madjid as a response to the death of the movement Islamic politics during the New Order era.…”
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Roma: A Challenge and Opportunity for a New EU Paradigm of Enlargement by Salomeea Romanescu

“…After examining the Romanian case study the answer is affirmative because this is one example of the efforts of the Romany Civil Society to understand their social situation and the possibilities to change it in alliance with other social forces of the Social Democratic Party. This study of the Roma’s EU integration was made from two perspectives: as a challenge but also as an opportunity for the EU enlargement, by shifting from a paternalistic policies paradigm of coercion2 or mimicry for Roma (hidden structural discrimination) towards a new and more enlightened policies paradigm3 , based more on socio-economic rights and legal status for Roma in Europe. …”
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THE NEW TREATY: RUSSIA AND EUROPEAN UNION PIT AGAINST EACH OTHER AGAIN by A. Klyomin

“…The article studies the new treaty between the Russian Federation and European Union on the agreement to begin the work on the partnership and cooperation treaty - the act confirming the achieved economic and military-political status quo of the parties and the beginning of the new stage in the historic confrontation of Russia and the West.…”
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Economic and quality of care evaluation of dialysis service models in remote Australia: protocol for a mixed methods study by Gillian Gorham, Kirsten Howard, Samantha Togni, Paul Lawton, Jaquelyne Hughes, Sandawana William Majoni, Sarah Brown, Sue Barnes, Alan Cass

“…Linkage of administrative data sets from the Australian and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry, NT Departments of Health, Housing and Education by a specialist third party (SA/NT Datalink) will enable extraction of activity, financial and outcome data. …”
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Italy-2018: The Triumph of Populism and Prospects of Exit from the Political Crisis by Sergey V. Biryukov, Alexander M. Barsukov

“…The source of the crisis is the protest of citizens against the state authority and strategies of the political class of Italy, which is accompanied by the requirement of institutional reforms and socio-economic policy for benefit of the majority, in order to establish new political rules and form a truly legitimate political mechanism. …”
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