CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP AMONGST CORPORATE LONG-TERM FINANCING DECISIONS: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF LISTED NIGERIAN MANUFACTURING FIRMS by Jeremiah Babajide OPALEKE

“…Following this conclusion, the study recommends to concerned corporate and governmental decision makers that at all times the multiplier implications surrounding any of the three examined long-term financing decisions (i.e. capital investment, finance and dividend payout) on one another, and their joint effects on the firm’s, sectoral and economic stability, especially when seeking competitive edge and growth should be considered …”
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DMR: disentangled and denoised learning for multi-behavior recommendation by Yijia Zhang, Wanyu Chen, Fei Cai, Zhenkun Shi, Feng Qi

“…Extensive experiments also demonstrate our model’s competitive performance for fine-grained preference learning and denoised learning.…”
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Biofortification and fortification of wheat flour: Qualitative analysis for implementation and acceptance. by Rahima Yasin, Zahra A Padhani, Mushtaque Mirani, Muhammad Khan Jamali, Mahwish Memon, Sana Khatoon, Riya Rai, Areeba Rahman, Anushka Attaullahjan, Jai K Das

“…Wheat flour market vendors and consumers lack awareness of bio-fortified and fortified wheat flour products and believe the only way to create a customer-base is by ensuring that fortified wheat products are available to all and competitively priced compared to traditional options. …”
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The “Mother Load” and Return to Sport: A Case Report of Returning to Professional Netball Following Cesarean Section by Alexandra Diggles

“…# Background Increasing numbers of elite female athletes are competing in professional sport, and many wish to become pregnant and return to competitive sport after childbirth. Athletes have a higher risk of pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) than non-athletes (54% versus 7%) and there is also an increased prevalence in post-partum women compared to nulliparous women (35% versus 2.8-7.9%). …”
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Evaluation of Instagram’s popularity: Brand cue and message appeal as explanatory variables by Putri Anggraini, Muji Gunarto

“…The study provides valuable guidance for businesses navigating the complex world of social media marketing, emphasizing the importance of tailored messaging and brand presence in driving consumer engagement and brand perception within the competitive food industry. …”
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Dynamic Balance is Similar Between Lower Extremities in Elite Fencers by Nader Abdelkader, Stephen H.M. Brown, Tyson A.C. Beach, Samuel J. Howarth

“… # Study Design Descriptive Laboratory Study # Methods Fourteen uninjured elite competitive fencers were recruited. Subjects self-reported the lead leg of their fencing stance. …”
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MARKETING EVOLUTION: FROM TRADITIONAL TO WEB 3.0 by Andriy Melnyk

“…Practical implications. To remain competitive, companies must adapt to the changing digital landscape by adopting Web 3.0 technologies. …”
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Learning under label noise through few-shot human-in-the-loop refinement by Aaqib Saeed, Dimitris Spathis, Jungwoo Oh, Edward Choi, Ali Etemad

“…We evaluate our approach on four challenging tasks and datasets, and compare it against eight competitive baselines designed to deal with noisy labels. …”
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What is the Injury Incidence and Profile in Professional Male Ice Hockey? A Systematic Review. by Marco Cattaneo, Carlo Ramponi, Kristian Thorborg

“… # CONCLUSION Professional male ice hockey players are exposed to a substantial risk of injury during competitions, with lower extremities being the most commonly affected body part. …”
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The moderating effects of physical activity on social anxiety and sleep disturbance: managing gaming disorder in young e-sports players by Serdar Solmaz, Mehmet İnan, Mustafa Yaşar Şahin

“…BackgroundInternet Gaming Disorder (IGD) has emerged as an increasing public health concern, particularly among adolescent and young e-sports players in recent years. The immersive and competitive nature of online gaming has been associated with an increase in mental health issues such as anxiety and insomnia among individuals with IGD. …”
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The Effect of Monetary Rewards on the Performance of Employees in an Organisation: A Case Study of Kabale District Local Government. by Nayebare, Gaston

“…They would make a significant contribution towards their improvement of reward strategies in order to enhance their competitive edge.…”
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The Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Transforming Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs): by Mugisha, Justin, Francis Adyanga, Akena, Ocan, Johnson

“…The study demonstrates how AI enables SMEs to improve competitiveness, streamline operations, and conform to sustainability objectives by tackling particular issues such as scarce resources, operational inefficiencies, and cyber threats. …”
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Dual spatial region flexible chlorine based ionic hypercrosslinked polymer synergistically adsorb formaldehyde and carbon dioxide by Wang Ruimeng, Xie Yawei, Zhao Zhongxing, Zhao Zhenxia

“…Different adsorption regions exhibited varying adsorption affinities for formaldehyde and CO2 molecules on three sites, thereby weakening their competitive adsorption and achieving high adsorption for both. …”
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Organic positioning strategies and digital consumer behavior: A study in Peru’s real estate sector by Socrates Deza-De-Souza-Ferreyra, Maria Jeanett Ramos-Cavero, Franklin Cordova-Buiza

“…This highlights the importance of incorporating targeted SEO techniques to strengthen brand presence and drive consumer engagement in an increasingly competitive market.…”
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Recent Advances in Surface Functionalized 3D Electrocatalyst for Water Splitting by Nadira Meethale Palakkool, Mike P. C. Taverne, Owen Bell, Jonathan D. Mar, Vincent Barrioz, Yongtao Qu, Chung‐Che Huang, Ying‐Lung Daniel Ho

“…Future research directions include exploring new materials for 3D printing and alternative electrocatalysts alongside leveraging theoretical and machine‐learning approaches to accelerate the development of competitive materials for water electrolysis.…”
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Image Quality Assessment Based on Multi-Scale Representation and Shifting Transformer by Geng Fu, Ziyu Wang, Cuijuan Zhang, Zerong Qi, Mingzheng Hu, Shujun Fu, Yunfeng Zhang

“…Comprehensive experiments show that Swin-MIQT achieves state-of-the-art performance on three synthetic distortion databases (LIVE, LIVE MD, TID2013) and competitive results on three authentic distortion databases (LIVE Challenge, KonIQ-10K, SPAQ). …”
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Artificially intelligent detection of retinal pigment sign using P3S-Net for retinitis pigmentosa analysis by Syed Muhammad Ali Imran, Abida Hussain, Nema Salem, Muhammad Arsalan

“…The performance of the suggested network is frequently better and more competitive when compared to cutting-edge techniques.…”
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Toward High-order Solar Corona Simulations: A High-order Hyperbolized Poisson Approach for Magnetic Field Initialization by Rayan Dhib, Firas Ben Ameur, Vatsalya Sharma, Andrea Lani, Stefaan Poedts

“…The hyperbolized solver demonstrates comparable accuracy to reference solutions (both analytical and numerical) while offering efficient performance, particularly on coarser meshes, making it competitive with state-of-the-art low-order finite volume solvers, which are mostly used for solar MHD simulations. …”
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Three-periodic 1D photonic crystals based on dielectric oxides SiO2, Al2O3, TiO2, ZrO2: an emerging class of structures with wide possibilities for applied photonics by I.S. Panyaev, D.G. Sannikov, Yu.S. Dadoenkova, N.N. Dadoenkova

“…The findings may give a competitive advantage in the development of polarization-sensitive couplers, highly sensitive angle sensors for fiber-optic systems, and optical filters operating in the infrared range.…”
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A wicked problem: Systemic issues surrounding Canadian equestrian dressage and dressage horse welfare by Megan Ross, Kathryn Proudfoot, Katrina Merkies, Charlotte Lundgren, Caroline Ritter

“…Competitive dressage’s social licence to operate is in jeopardy due to ethical concerns surrounding the use of horses for dressage. …”
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