Environmental penalties and corporate carbon disclosure in China: divergent effects of resource availability and the role of social media pressure by Jing Shao, Wenjie Li, Lingtong Huang, Yuanhao Tian

“…IntroductionEnvironmental concerns and the escalating impacts of climate change have prompted governments to set ambitious carbon emission reduction targets. Corporations, as major contributors to carbon emissions, play a critical role in achieving these goals through transparent carbon disclosure. …”
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Protein Ubiquitylation in Pancreatic Cancer by Thomas Bonacci, Julie Roignot, Philippe Soubeyran

“…Whereas it has been known for more than 3 decades now, ubiquitylation is a post-translational modification of protein that only recently emerged as a major regulator of many biological functions, dependent and independent on the proteasome, whose failure is involved in many human diseases, including cancer. …”
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Environmental high temperature (heat stroke) causes articular cartilage damage in vivo and in vitro by Sun yingfei, Yang feng, Ma haoning

“…Heatstroke (HS) is gradually becoming a major challenge in the field of global public health with the trend of global warming. …”
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A Hybrid Maximum Power Point Tracking Approach for Photovoltaic Systems under Partial Shading Conditions Using a Modified Genetic Algorithm and the Firefly Algorithm by Yu-Pei Huang, Xiang Chen, Cheng-En Ye

“…In addition, in comparison to FA, the tracking speed and tracking accuracy of the proposed algorithm can be improved around 42.9% and 1.85%, respectively. Consequently, the major improvement of the proposed method when evaluated against the conventional GA and FA is tracking speed. …”
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Identifikasi Risiko Keselamatan Kerja Dengan Menggunakan Metoda Job Safety Analysis (JSA) Pada Rencana Proyek Perkantoran Terpadu Kota Payakumbuh by Sutria Desman, Ridha Sari, Hanifah Hasnur

“…Based on the research results, it was found that the level of potential risk of occupational accident hazards was divided into 3: major risk level, medium risk level and high level. small risk. …”
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Potential Functions and Causal Associations of GNLY in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: Integration of Blood-Derived Proteome, Transcriptome, and Experimental Verification by Wang D, Pu Y, Gao X, Zeng L, Li H

“…Dangdang Wang,1,2,* Yanyu Pu,1,2,* Xi Gao,1,2 Lihong Zeng,1,2 Hong Li1,2 1Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China; 2Chongqing Key Laboratory for the Prevention and Treatment of Major Blinding Eye Diseases, Chongqing Eye Institute, Chongqing Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Hong Li, Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China, Email lihong@hospital.cqmu.edu.cnPurpose: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified multiple genetic loci associated with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). …”
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Positive Association of Metabolic Syndrome with a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism of Syndecan-3 (rs2282440) in the Taiwanese Population by Betty Chia-Chen Chang, Lee-Ching Hwang, Wei-Hsin Huang

“…Metabolic syndrome (MetS) poses a major public health burden on the general population worldwide. …”
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Biosorption of Microelements by Spirulina: Towards Technology of Mineral Feed Supplements by Agnieszka Dmytryk, Agnieszka Saeid, Katarzyna Chojnacka

“…The potentiometric titration data analysis provided the best fit with the model assuming the presence of three types of surface functional groups and the carboxyl group as the major binding site. The mechanism of metal ions biosorption was investigated by comparing the results from multielemental analyses by ICP-OES and SEM-EDX. …”
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Contact between the components of a knee prosthesis: numerical and experimental study by D. Cerniglia, T. Ingrassia, L. D’Acquisto, M. Saporito, D. Tumino

“…The interest in studying the contact area is related to the fact that the wear of the polyethylene insert, due to the high contact pressures, represents one of the major causes of failure of the total knee prosthesis. …”
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Implementing a teleophthalmology referral platform in routine practice: Understanding a digital health intervention implementation using normalisation process theory by Sarah Abdi, Dilisha Patel, Josie Carmichael, Konstantinos Balaskas, Ann Blandford

“…However, during implementation, participants’ perceptions varied; a major factor was whether their expectations from the technology were met, particularly regarding the feedback from the secondary eye care component of the referral platform. …”
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IT GOVERNANCE IN THE BANKING SECTOR: EVIDENCE FROM ITALY, GERMANY, FRANCE AND SPAIN by Ida Claudia Panetta, Sabrina Leo, Fabrizio Santoboni, Gianfranco Vento

“… The paper analyzes Information Technology (IT) governance disclosure on a sample of the major 20 EU banks (from Italy, Germany, France and Spain) to observe if, how and where banks report on their IT governance issues. …”
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Magnetic Flux Emergence and Solar Eruptions in Partially Ionized Plasmas by Georgios Chouliaras, V. Archontis

“…We are witnessing three major eruptions in both simulations. At least for the first eruption, the formation of the eruptive FR occurs in the low atmosphere in the FI case and at coronal heights in the PI case. …”
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Clinical and Imaging Characteristics of Smear Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients: A Comparative Study by Alem Alemayehu, Liya Wassie, Sebsib Neway, Samuel Ayele, Abraham Assefa, Kidist Bobosha, Beyene Petros, Rawleigh Howe

“…Prevalence surveys in Ethiopia indicate smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis (SNPTB) taking the major share of the overall TB burden. It has also been a diagnostic dilemma worldwide leading to diagnostic delays and difficulty in monitoring treatment outcomes. …”
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LE « SICKNESS COUNTRY » (PARC DE KAKADU, AUSTRALIE): ENTRE MYTHE, RÉALITÉ ET MISE EN VALEUR TOURISTIQUE by ERIC FOUACHE, CÉCILE FOUACHE, CHRISTINE SYREN

“…Its central part, Sickness Country, concides with the presence of a metal-bearing deposit (gold, platinium and palladium) associated with a high concentration of uranium.Mining, which goes back to the early 1880, has generated some major conflicts, being at the same time a source of radioactive pollution. …”
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Environmental and economic assessment of the application of an optimised chemical decontamination method on the internal surface of a nuclear steam generator by Rachael Clayton, Anthony Banford, Laurence Stamford

“…Two key implications are that chemical decontamination and recycling of radioactive metallic structures offer substantial environmental and economic improvements, and that integration of LCA and LCC in waste processing R&D can enable major savings.…”
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Mutational Analysis of BRAFV600E by Polymerase Chain Reaction in Breast Cancer: A Narrative Review by Simran Khan, Arvind Bhake

“…A major cause of cancer-related death for women globally is breast cancer, calling for molecular insights to better prognosis and treatment. …”
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Epidemiology of Helminth Parasites of West African Dwarf Goat(Capra Hircus) in Umuariaga in Ikwuano L.G.A, Abia State by ANC Amadi, DA Avoaja, EJ Essien

“…A study was conducted between June and December 2009 in Umuariaga Ikwuano Umuahia Abia State to determine the preverlence intensity of infection and public health implication of helminth parasite infection of West African dwarf goat in the area.164 faecal sample were examined for helminth parasites using normal saline method.133(81.1%) were infected. Major factors identified to be responsible for this high prevalence are poor system management, illiteracy , lack of deworming programme, overcrowding of goats and aged farmers in business. …”
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Fuzzy-Swarm Intelligence-Based Short-Term Load Forecasting Model as a Solution to Power Quality Issues Existing in Microgrid System by Demsew Mitiku Teferra, Livingstone M. H. Ngoo, George N. Nyakoe

“…The nonlinearity and uncertain characteristics of electrical load in a microgrid are one of the major sources of power quality problems in a microgrid system, and they can be handled using an accurate load forecast model. …”
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Research Framework and Prospects for Water Security in Pearl River Basin Oriented to Construction of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area by MA Xinghua, ZHANG Yun, CUI Guotao, SHI Shujie, ZUO Qiting

“…Promoting the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is a major national strategy, which has put forward significant demands for water resources. …”
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Parking Demand vs Supply: An Optimization-Based Approach at a University Campus by Navid Nadimi, Sanaz Afsharipoor, Amir Mohammadian Amiri

“…Parking management has always been a major concern for universities and other activity centers. …”
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