Aligning CEO compensation with sustainability performance: the role of CEO duality, board size, and compensation committees by Muhammad Farooq Shabbir, Jalal Rajeh Hanaysha, Elaine Yen Nee Oon, Muhammad Asif, Hassan Danial Aslam

“…These findings suggest policymakers promote strong governance mechanisms that reduce the CEO's power to influence the board and enhance the independence of the compensation committee to independently design the executive compensation package essential for aligning executive pay with sustainability performance.…”
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Clinical efficacy evaluation of the implantation of a diffractive trifocal intraocular lens in high myopia eyes: Two-year follow-up by Shasha Liu, Yao Wang, Tingting Kang, Wenhao Lv, Ruonan Ma, Ying Yu, Lianrong Yin

“…It provided long-term good visual quality after surgery, with high spectacle independence and high patient satisfaction.…”
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ICEEMDAN–VMD denoising method for enhanced magnetic memory detection signal of micro-defects by Shouhong Ji, Jie Yan, Yang Liu, Guojun He

“…When improved complete ensemble empirical mode decomposition with adaptive noise (ICEEMDAN) is employed independently for signal denoising, the noise and feature signals of the transition components are retained or removed. …”
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Probability Error Bounds for Approximation of Functions in Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces by Ata Deniz Aydın, Aurelian Gheondea

“…We prove that, under the assumption that HP is dense in H, any sequence of points sampled independently from P yields a uniqueness set with probability 1. …”
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Facilitators and barriers to using smart TV among older adults in care settings: a scoping review protocol by Lillian Hung, Mario Gregorio, Karen Lok Yi Wong

“…Two research assistants will independently screen the titles and abstracts by referring to the inclusion criteria. …”
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The Application of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Skeletal Age Assessment by Khalaf Alshamrani

“…Two observers assess the skeletal age from radiographs and MRI images independently. After a period of at least three weeks, observers determined the skeletal age of all patients independently. …”
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THE BODY OF «GENERAL AI» AS AN ONTO-SOCIAL VERIFIER by Станіслав БЕСКАРАВАЙНИЙ

“…The independence of general AI, as an individual, is ensured by using the body as a verifier of social interactions. …”
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Federated learning and information sharing between competitors with different training effectiveness by Jiajun Meng, Jing Chen, Dongfang Zhao

“…In practice, data from different firms may not be independently and identically distributed (non-IID) and heterogenous, which can lead to differences in model training effectiveness when aggregated through FL. …”
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Publishing Trends of Informal Lithuanian Youth Publications –Fanzines – at the End of the 20th Century and the Beginning of the 21st Century by Aušra Kairaitytė-Užupė

“…Authors of fanzines associated with punk ideology mostly chose to independently reproduce publications using a copying machine, while creators of metal music and science fiction fanzines more often used professional printing services. …”
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Nonlinear mixed‐effects modeling as a method for causal inference to predict exposures under desired within‐subject dose titration schemes by Christian Bartels, Martina Scauda, Neva Coello, Thomas Dumortier, Björn Bornkamp, Giusi Moffa

“…With both conditional independencies unbiased estimates can be obtained.…”
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Association of Urinary Phthalates with Self-Reported Eye Affliction/Retinopathy in Individuals with Diabetes: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001–2010 by Manju Mamtani, Joanne E. Curran, John Blangero, Hemant Kulkarni

“…Urinary mono-n-octyl phthalate (MOP) was independently associated with the likelihood of self-reported eye affliction/retinopathy in subjects with T2D after accounting for all the confounders. …”
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Bolus-Infusion Delays of Alteplase during Thrombolysis in Acute Ischaemic Stroke and Functional Outcome at 3 Months by Paul Acheampong, Margaret T. May, Gary A. Ford, Anand K. Dixit

“…In this single centre series, bolus-infusion delays of alteplase in AIS were common and no effect of bolus-infusion delays on independence and mortality was found.…”
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Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Orthostatic Hypotension and Its Severity in Residents Aged > 60 years: A Cross-Sectional Study by Mingni Yang, Ruiqiang Peng, Zetuo Wang, Miaoduan Li, Yehua Song, Jianping Niu, Yong Ji

“…Multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed that being female, widowed, engaging in general social activities, and a history of hypertension, migraines, heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, and mental health conditions (anxiety and depression) were independently associated with OH. Ordinal logistic regression analysis further confirmed that hypertension, migraine, and a history of general anesthesia surgery were independently associated with the severity of OH. …”
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History Politics of Belarus: Peripeteias of Evolution by A. M. Ponamareva

“…The author concludes that the corpus of scholarly texts, documents and ‘places of memory’ created over the years of the republic’s independence contains various ‘entry points’ allowing the government to change its historical policy in almost any way to its liking. …”
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Ewolucja ustawodawstwa i orzecznictwa Sądu Konstytucyjnego Ukrainy w kwestii języka państwowego by Rafał Czachor

“…The language issue was among the most salient problems of Ukrainian public life since gaining independence in 1991. There is no doubt that it was one of the crucial factors that influenced Ukrainian politics and driving its dynamics. …”
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Philosophical Ideas of Arne Næss in the Humanitarian Diplomacy of Norway by M. G. Zubov

“…The author of the arcticle makes it a point to show on separate examples to what extend the ideas of Næss A. are compatible with the basic principles of Norway's contemporary humanitarian diplomacy - humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence, - as well as with the aims put forward by Norway in this respect which are to encure the needed with the necessery security and assistance; to finance humanitarian actions based on the international principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence; to prepare international community to responses to global humanitarian challenges of the future; to prevent and respond to humanitarian crises and participate in eleminating their aftermath. …”
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Clinical Factors Predicting Voluntary Driving Cessation among Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Hidetada Yamada, Masahiro Nakamori, Tomohisa Nezu, Teppei Kotozaki, Juri Kitamura, Tomohiko Ohshita, Yoshimasa Sueda, Hirofumi Maruyama

“…Multivariable analysis showed that FOG was independently associated with driving cessation (odds ratio: 14.46, 95% confidence interval: 1.91–303.74). …”
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Project-based learning as a means of forming leadership qualities in senior preschool children by G. Vatamaniuk, T. Tetiana

“…By modelling the process of solving real-life problems during the project, children develop leadership qualities such as independence, initiative, creativity, and responsibility. …”
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New sanctions of the European Union and United States against Russia and their impact on Tajikistan’s socio-economic development by A. Kh. Rakhmonov

“…Over the years of independence, Tajikistan has not taken its economy out of the influence of Russia. …”
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Design and realization of a multisamples rotating high cycle fatigue machine by Domenico Gentile, Massimo Martorelli

“…The user can choose independently the load and the temperature for each specimen. …”
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