At last count 10,000 5 to 13 year olds in NZ were not enrolled anywhere and no one was actively looking for them. Approx. 11,000 children are home-schooled. These children are not "truant" but it does ...

Abstract: In this paper, an advanced framework for the optimizer of DC-DC buck converters, which utilizes Python for algorithm implementation and SIMETRIX/SIMPLIS for accurate DC-DC converter ...

ABSTRACT: The paper examines current literature on corporate social responsibility (CSR), focusing on corporate performance on the environment. It explores how financial incentives can be tied to CSR ...

Working with numbers stored as strings is a common task in Python programming. Whether you’re parsing user input, reading data from a file, or working with APIs, you’ll often need to transform numeric ...

In forecasting economic time series, statistical models often need to be complemented with a process to impose various constraints in a smooth manner. Systematically imposing constraints and retaining ...

Multiplication in Python may seem simple at first—just use the * operator—but it actually covers far more than just numbers. You can use * to multiply integers and floats, repeat strings and lists, or ...

Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that ...

Burmese pythons have been a persistent problem in Florida for years, significantly disrupting the local ecosystem. These invasive snakes have few natural predators, allowing their population to grow ...

ABSTRACT: Smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain continue to revolutionize decentralized applications (dApps) by allowing for self-executing agreements. However, bad actors have continuously found ...

Python saw a whopping increase of 9.3% in the Tiobe popularity index during 2024, despite already being rated the most popular programming language. To the surprise of probably no one, Python has won ...

There’s no “silver bullet” to making more sustainable changes to your operations, in part because there’s no one way to measure sustainability. And in healthcare packaging, environmental concerns have ...