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Open AccessPublished: 21 May 2025

Security or Development: Which Drives the Other? Evidence from African Panels

Mhamed BADRAOUI, Zakaria ELOUAOURTI, Jaoud BENNIS

Journal of Behavioral Economics and Policy · 51-59 · 10.55121/jbep.v1i1.728

This paper addresses the longstanding “chicken or egg” philosophical dilemma in the development-security field by analyzing the direction of causality between economic development and national security across African countries, with a particular focus on how this relationship varies by income level. To achieve this, we mobilized

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Open AccessPublished: 21 May 2025

Deriving Knowledge from E-Scooter Riders’ Feedback at Pilot Study Stage: Case for a City in Ontario, Canada

Seun Daniel Oluwajana, Olubunmi Philip Oluwajana, Temitope Elizabeth Oguntelure, Crystal Mingyue Wang, Soha Saiyed

Transportation Development Research · 12-25 · 10.55121/tdr.v2i2.301

This paper examines the sentiments and opinions of e-scooter riders in Windsor, Ontario, highlighting key issues and concerns they have expressed. It involved text mining of feedback collected over a six-month pilot program (May to October 2021) using dictionary-based analysis. Analysis of monthly word frequencies in rider feedb

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Open AccessPublished: 20 May 2025

AI-Based Train Localization Using Railway Infrastructure Object Detection

Vladimir A. Fedorov

Transportation Development Research · 1-11 · 10.55121/tdr.v2i2.379

This paper presents an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based approach to train localization through the detection of railway infrastructure objects using convolutional neural networks. The proposed system identifies key visual landmarks such as traffic lights, level crossings, tunnels, bridges, and passenger platforms directly from

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Open AccessPublished: 20 May 2025

Local Struggles as a Resource for Multinational Corporations: Romanian Farm Managers Facing Agricultural Commodity Traders

Antoine Roger

New Countryside · 26-44 · 10.55121/nc.v4i1.320

Several multinational corporations engaged in the trading of agricultural commodities have been active in Romania for several decades. To explain this situation, international business studies put the emphasis on transaction costs and a series of variables that guide location choices. This line of reasoning fails to take proper

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Open AccessPublished: 20 May 2025

Economic Drivers of Cassava Product (Pupuru) among Women in Irele Local Government Area, Ondo State, Nigeria

Olutope Stephen Ojo

New Countryside · 15-25 · 10.55121/nc.v4i1.261

The growing market for cassava and its derivatives underscores the need to understand the economic dynamics of cassava value chains for sustainable agricultural development. This study examined the economic analysis of pupuru production in Irele Local Government Area, Ondo State, Nigeria. Using a multistage sampling technique, 1

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Open AccessPublished: 19 May 2025

From the Georgian Christian Art Treasure: Two New Exhibits of the University of Georgia in Tbilisi

Nina Burchuladze, Giorgi Gagoshidze, Ermine Maghradze

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 47-58 · 10.55121/card.v4i1.189

The Medieval Christian art treasures of Georgia are particularly rich in metal artifacts. These works are characterized by a wide typological, technological, iconographic, and stylistic diversity. Their chronology is extensive, and their composition is varied. This group mainly includes chased, engraved, or stamped crosses, icon

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Open AccessPublished: 17 May 2025

Educational Leadership and Organizational Change in Oman: Toward an Interdisciplinary Transformation

Raed Atef

Journal of Education and Learning Environments · 54-66 · 10.55121/jele.v1i1.665

This study examines how integrated educational leadership can foster interdisciplinary collaboration and organizational agility in Omani educational institutions, in alignment with Oman Vision 2040. Using a qualitative approach based on secondary data analysis, the research synthesizes literature, policy documents, and instituti

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Open AccessPublished: 16 May 2025

Augmented Enactive Learning:Fostering Environmental Awareness through AR Immersive Theater

Virginie Privas Breaute

Journal of Education and Learning Environments · 30-53 · 10.55121/jele.v1i1.729

In this article, we examine the potential of Augmented Reality (AR)-enhanced immersive theatre as an approach for enactive learning and as a tool for raising awareness of environmental crises. Grounded in the theories of embodied cognition and immersion, the analysis focuses on how active participation in such environments can s

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Open AccessPublished: 15 May 2025

Resonance Transitions in the Cylindrical Barrier as Related Carbon Nanotube States

Yury. I. Bokhan

New Environmentally-Friendly Materials · 67-73 · 10.55121/nefm.v4i1.388

The solution of the Schrödinger equation in a cylindrical coordinate system is considered. The carbon nanotube is modeled by a cylindrical tunnel barrier with periodic boundary conditions. An expression is obtained for the charge current depending on the radius and length of the nanotube. Shown that the current vector has a radi

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Open AccessPublished: 14 May 2025

The Role of Agribusiness in Facilitating Farmers’Access to Carbon Markets

Sanusi Mohammed Sadiq, Invinder Paul Singh, Muhammad Makarfi Ahmad, Bashir Sanyinna Sani

New Countryside · 1-14 · 10.55121/nc.v4i1.208

Climate change presents a growing global challenge, necessitating innovative solutions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. One such approach is the development of carbon markets, which incentivize emission reductions by allowing entities to trade carbon credits. Farmers, as key stakeholders in climate mitigation efforts, p

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