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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractWorldviews in Isan-Thai StoriesJaruwan Thammawat, Pathom Hongsuwan, Wajuppa TossaProblem statement: This study aimed to investigate two-fold: To present worldviews in Isan-Thai Stories and to explain the connections between the worldviews and their societal contexts. Approach: Following the methodology of folklore studies, both oral and written versions of Isan-Thai stories were analyzed in order to find out their structures, contents, motifs and contexts. The 76 stories which were chosen … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2009 · 7,529 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordContextualizing Microcredit in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Hungary: A Focus Group ExplorationDomenica Federico, Andrea Calzolari, Antonella Notte et al.Microfinance is gaining importance as a toolto reduce poverty and promote financial and social inclusion. The main goal ofthe paper is to analyze the role of microcredit to solve the problem of the creditaccess to vulnerable people. The paper focuses on the direct experience ofpeople who have used microcredit living in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Hungary toanalyze the use of microcredit in … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 14, Issue 1 · 17 Aug 2022 · 5,955 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the record"Green Economy" as the Country's Development Strategy with a High Share of the Commodity Sector in the Context of GlobalizationAskarova Maulken, Medeu Alikhan, Medeu AkhmetkalThe "Green economy" is a economy, aimed at preserving a well-being of society through the effective use of natural resources and ensuring return of end-use products in the production cycle. First of all, the "green" economy focused on economic use of the resources that are currently subject to depletion (natural resources-oil, gas) and the rational use of inexhaustible resources. The … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 2 · 12 Apr 2017 · 7,305 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordConceptual Interpretation of Modern Value Policy in the Context of Scientific Research PracticesVagif Deirushevich Bairamov, Yulia Igorevna Isakova, Aues Mukhamedovich Kumykov et al.As part of the research a conceptual interpretation of research practices witnessed an essential condition for value policy as a factor of state administration efficiency as well. Following the results of a sociological study conducted by the authors, a hierarchical structure of value policy efficiency in the Russian Federation has been presented based on the criteria of significance and satisfaction … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 4 · 19 Apr 2016 · 7,456 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordEXPLOITING SOCIAL TAGS TO OVERCOME COLD START RECOMMENDATION PROBLEMA. S. Ghabayen, Shahrul Azman NoahThe practice and method of collaboratively creating and managing tags to annotate and categorize content has resulted in the creation of folksonomy. Folksonomies provide new opportunities and challenges in the field of recommender systems. Despite the considerable amount of researches done in the context of recommender systems, the specific problem of integrating tags into standard recommender system algorithms is less … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 10, Issue 7 · 18 Feb 2014 · 7,084 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordExtension Mechanisms to Support Sustainable Agriculture in Iran ContextMohammad Sadegh AllahyariSustainable agriculture, as a managerial philosophy has risen to meet environmental, economic and social complications. Agricultural extension as a source of information plays an important role for the achievement of sustainable forms of agriculture. In fact, conventional extension system cannot accomplish sustainability in agriculture. The objective of the study was to identify the most appropriate mechanism to support dimensions and … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2008 · 7,738 accessesView PDF Cite

Case ReportOpen accessAll words, across the recordSocial Psychology and Performative Interventions in Human Systems. The GENERATIVE MethodAlessio Nencini, Alessandro Meneghini, Marco PratiThe purpose of this paper is to describe the GENERATIVE method, a methodology for promoting change in human systems (i.e., contexts involving human interactions, such as organizations, communities, institutions). The first part of the paper is focused on the description of the interactionist and constructionist epistemological background adopted. The second is dedicated to the presentation of human systems as socially … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 1 · 29 May 2015 · 7,416 accessesView PDF Cite