A DEM-MBD based method for regulating transfer flux in the supply and discharge of cane seed particles
In: Computers and electronics in agriculture: COMPAG online ; an international journal, Band 218, S. 108732
In: Computers and electronics in agriculture: COMPAG online ; an international journal, Band 218, S. 108732
In: Computers and electronics in agriculture: COMPAG online ; an international journal, Band 217, S. 108623
In: Computers and electronics in agriculture: COMPAG online ; an international journal, Band 218, S. 108676
In: Africa Drive for Democracy Conference, Arusha (Tanzania), July 2023.
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In: Journal of contemporary East Asia studies, S. 1-16
ISSN: 2476-1036
In: The African review: a journal of African politics, development and international affairs, S. 1-17
ISSN: 1821-889X
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This study has two main research questions. (i) Which factors have led to post-apartheid South Africa developing the Developmental Peacekeeping (DP) and Post-conflict reconstruction and development (PCRD) peace and security strategies? (ii) Has post-apartheid South Africa's peace and security innovations led to the resolution of African conflicts? These two questions were answered. First, using a thematic qualitative method approach, we found out that post-apartheid South Africa has, since 1994, been innovative to find permanent solutions to African crises. The second research question unravels that what is observable and discernable from the literature is that there is a sort of dependence on the Republic of South Africa because of its power capabilities. The theory that guides this study is the International Relations Structural Realism as advanced by Kenneth Waltz. The theory was tested for its efficacy in an African peace and security context. Although the paper does not perform a confirmation of the theory, it suggests that the Rational Persuasion theory (KP = W) be considered as a route that can be taken by African states in their quest for Continental peace.
Despite China's rise to the status of global power, many Chinese youths are anxious about their personal future, in large measure because the rapid changes have left them feeling adrift. This book, available in open access, provides a manifesto of intellectual activism that counsels China's young people to think by themselves and for themselves. Consisting of three conversations between Xiang Biao, a social anthropologist, and Wu Qi, a rising journalist, the book probes how China has reached its current stage and how young people can make changes. The conversations touch on issues of mobility, education, family, relations between the self and the authority, centers and margins, China, and the world. The Chinese version was named the "most impactful book of 2021" by Douban, China's premier website for rating books, films, and music. The English version is translated by David Ownby, who also penned an introduction.
In: Comparative European politics, Band 21, Heft 5, S. 631-648
ISSN: 1740-388X
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In: Voprosy istorii: VI = Studies in history, Band 2023, Heft 8-2, S. 284-287
Self-translation, as a special existence in translation field, is a target-oriented translating phenomenon conducted by the writer-translators, featuring freedom, creation and flexible translating techniques. In view of the significance of self-translation, this study attempts to investigate Lin Yutang's self-translation in The Little Critic: The Bilingual Essays of Lin Yutang to determine the techniques Lin adopted and the relationships between self-translation and transcreation.
In: Progress in nuclear energy: the international review journal covering all aspects of nuclear energy, Band 162, S. 104755
ISSN: 0149-1970
In: Public administration and development: the international journal of management research and practice, Band 43, Heft 2, S. 196-206
ISSN: 1099-162X
AbstractPolicy innovation is an essential approach for local governments to deal with external challenges, which is also the case in response to the COVID‐19 pandemic. This article discusses the effects of fiscal decentralization and leaders' intergovernmental mobility on the innovativeness of local governments in pandemic response. By investigating the economic relief policy of local governments in China, we find that both fiscal decentralization and local leaders' intergovernmental mobility in their previous careers facilitate the innovativeness of local governments' economic relief policy for pandemic recovery, and the business experience of local leaders enhances the positive influence of fiscal decentralization on the innovativeness of local policy. The results indicate that fiscal decentralization and the intergovernmental connection based on leaders' political mobility are likely to be two predominant factors for local governments to enable horizontal mutual learning and central‐local policy coordination, and as a result foster policy innovativeness in response to the pandemic.
In: Computers, environment and urban systems, Band 100, S. 101937
In: IWH discussion papers no. 20 (October 2023)
We investigate how optimal attention allocation of green-motivated investors changes information asymmetry in financial markets and thus affects firms' financing costs. To guide our empirical analysis, we propose a model where investors with heterogeneous green preferences endogenously allocate limited attention to learn market-level or firm-specific fundamental shocks. We find that a higher fraction of green investors in the market leads to higher aggregate attention to green firms. This reduces the information asymmetry of green firms, leading to higher price informativeness and lower leverage. Moreover, the information asymmetry of brown firms and the market increases with the share of green investors. Therefore, greater green attention is associated with less market efficiency. We provide empirical evidence to support our model predictions using U.S. data. Our paper shows how the growing demand for sustainable investing shifts investors' attention and benefits eco-friendly firms.
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