Publications by authors named "D Ilieva"
Purpose: This study investigates the interplay between strategic goals and calculative practices, specifically Customer Profitability Analysis (CPA). Drawing on practice-based theories, the research aims to understand how managers strategize with CPA, including the balancing of financial and strategic objectives and the interplay of institutionalized practices with individual practitioners' actions.
Design: The study uses a qualitative, revelatory, and exploratory case study approach at the sub-organizational level in a manufacturing company.
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- * The study analyzes various properties of the mine tailings, including particle size, chemical composition, and their reactivity in alkaline conditions, which are crucial for the geopolymerization process.
- * Results indicate that heavy metals in the tailings remain mostly inert during geopolymer creation, suggesting that the geopolymers produced will have a minimal negative impact on the environment.
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- Rabies in the European Union is almost eliminated due to vaccination campaigns aimed at wildlife, especially red foxes.
- These campaigns involve giving out bait laced with a vaccine, and scientists check how well the vaccination is working by collecting samples from foxes and analyzing them.
- A study suggests that the way the vaccine is tested needs to be the same across the EU to better understand its effectiveness, and it also found that hotter weather might make the vaccination campaigns less effective.
This paper presents the results from a study on the current state of tailing dump, surrounding soil and water in the region of Tarniţa-Suceava, Romania. A number of chemical analyses and germination tests were applied in an attempt to estimate the ability of soil to maintain the plants growing, the bioavailability, and heavy metals uptake. Total heavy metals, exchangeable metals, acidity, and carbon and nitrogen content were determined.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA health emergency situation occurred in Bulgaria in 2007 when positive rabies cases were notified in Sofia district in the central-western part of the country, suggesting a southward spread of the disease for the first time in the last 10 years. Phylogenetic analysis on 49 isolates sampled between 2009 and 2011 showed, for the first time, evidence of the existence of NEE and D clustered lineages in Bulgaria. Their geographical distribution clearly reveals the permeability of natural barriers, as already suggested by the disease spread that occurred across the Balkan mountain range in 2007.
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