Intellectual Capital and Bank Profitability: Evidence from Serbia by Isidora Ljumović, Jelena Minović, Slavica Stevanović

“…Data: We used a Bankscope data set that included 27 Serbian commercial banks from 2011 to 2019, with 212 observations. Tools: We used Breusch–Pagan Lagrange multiplier and the Pesaran test to examine cross-section dependence. …”
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Identifying and evaluating causes of waste effect in green building projects by Usama Hamed Issa, Ahmed Gamal AbdelHaffez, Alaa Atif Abdel-Hafez, Kamal Abbas Assaf

“…The correlations among the waste indices are assessed, and the highest correlation is observed between probability and economic followed by economic and social objective. …”
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Impact of virtual agent facial emotions and attention on N170 ERP amplitude: comparative study by Luisa Kirasirova, Olga Maslova, Vasiliy Pyatin, Vasiliy Pyatin

“…The amplitudes of the N170 ERP were also reflected in the comparative analysis between 2D and VR.ResultsIn the context of virtual agent facial emotional expressions, we identified the following dynamics of the N170 amplitude: attention (passive/active) showed no signaling effect; active attention to neutral virtual agent facial emotions reduced the N170 amplitude; significant interactions were observed between the factors “emotion × attention” and “environment × attention,” but no interaction was found among all three factors.ConclusionThe immersive quality of the environment in which visual and emotional events are presented has a less pronounced effect on early-stage facial processing at N170 amplitude. …”
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INTERSTRAIN DIFFERENCES IN EMOTIONAL AND WEIGHT INDICES IN GC RATS WITH CATATONIC RESPONSE AND WISTAR RATS by T. A. Alekhina, R. V. Kozhemjakina

“…In selecting rats for behavior, we observe a direct natural effect and affect the nonspecific stress function. …”
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Impact of maternal high‐fat diet on offspring gut microbiota during short‐term high‐fat diet exposure in mice by Henry A. Paz, Lasya Buddha, Ying Zhong, James D. Sikes, Umesh D. Wankhade

“…Sex‐specific differences were observed in the gut microbial composition and predicted functional potential. …”
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CONTRIBUTION OF WOMEN TO LAND SUSTAINABILITY IN NORTH REGION OF CAMEROON : CASE STUDY OF THE LAGDO AND NGONG’S SUBDIVISIONS by JOLIE CLAIE NOUDEM, HAROLD GAEL NJOUONANG DJOMO, Chanceline NANFACK TCHATCHOUANG

“…Data were collected through document review, questionnaires, interviews, focus group discussions, and field observations in September 2024. The analysis combined descriptive statistics and qualitative analysis of the interviews, with data triangulation to validate the results and deepen the understanding of the challenges and strategies of women. …”
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Corrosion behavior of TC18 titanium alloy with different initial microstructures in salt spray by Hui Li, Baogang Wang, Junsheng Yang, Xiaopeng Liu, Jianyi Zhang, Ruiqi Ye

“…Through SEM and Sensofar Neox 3D morphology observation, it was found that alloys with different microstructural morphologies exhibited different levels of corrosion resistance during the salt spray corrosion process, and that the pitting pit of TC18 titanium alloy with different initial microstructure tended to remain stable with increasing salt spray treatment time. …”
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Manifestaciones bucales de la enfermedad celíaca en pacientes geriátricos consumidores de gluten by Gladys Aída Estrada Pereira, Jesús Díaz Fondén, Alina Márquez Chacón

“…Recurrent aphthous ulcer was the most frequent oral clinical sign related to celiac disease, followed by geographic tongue; pain, the most affected clinical symptom; and the dorsum of the tongue, the most observed location.<strong><br />Conclusions</strong>: The most relevant oral clinical manifestations in geriatric patients with celiac disease were recurrent aphthous ulcer and geographic tongue.…”
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The Bacterial Profile and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Urinary Tract Infection Patients at Pawe General Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia by Abayeneh Girma, Aleka Aemiro

“…Inpatients showed 63.9% and 87.2% of resistance to cephalexin and tetracycline. It was also observed that all the isolates have a multiple antimicrobial resistance index greater than 0.20 except Citrobacter spp. (0.142) in inpatients. …”
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Evaluating the impacts of microplastics on agricultural soil physical, chemical properties, and toxic metal availability: An emerging concern for sustainable agriculture. by Tapos Kumar Chakraborty, Md Simoon Nice, Md Sozibur Rahman, Baytune Nahar Netema, Khandakar Rashedul Islam, Samina Zaman, Gopal Chandra Ghosh, Md Ripon Hossain, Asadullah Munna, Mst Shamima Akter, Md Abu Rayhan, Sk Mahmudul Hasan Asif, Abu Shamim Khan

“…After the ending of soil incubation studies (90 days), significant changes have been observed for physicochemical properties [bulk density, porosity, water holding capacity, pH, electrical conductivity (EC), organic carbon (OC), and organic matter (OM)]. …”
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An Investigation into Major Causes for Postharvest Losses of Horticultural Crops and Their Handling Practice in Debre Markos, North-Western Ethiopia by Yebirzaf Yeshiwas, Esubalew Tadele

“…Forty respondents who were retailing fruits and vegetables were randomly selected and qualitative and quantitative data were collected by using direct market observation and semistructured questioners. The result of the present study revealed significant differences between sociodemographic factors, handling practices, and postharvest loss. …”
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Predicting microRNA target genes using pan-cancer correlation patterns by Shuting Lin, Peng Qiu

“…Additionally, we explored several additional datasets that provided gene expression data before and after a specific miRNA perturbation and observed consistency between the correlation direction of predicted miRNA-gene pairs and their regulatory patterns. …”
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Studies on effective solar photovoltaic integration in distribution network with a blend of Monte Carlo simulation and artificial hummingbird algorithm by Ibrahim Cagri Barutcu, Gulshan Sharma, Emre Çelik, Pitshou N. Bokoro

“…The stochastic optimisation approach has been compared with the deterministic method for observing the efficiency with optimal power usage. …”
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NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS SYSTEM IN RUSSIA – AN EPISTEMOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE by A. A. Muravyeva, O. N. Oleynikova, N. M. Aksenova, E. M. Dorozhkin

“…The performed analysis of documents and of research data has revealed that the process of generating and enhancing knowledge about the national qualifications system semantically and methodologically is in broad terms contingent on the needs and objectives of social and economic development, and in narrower terms – on the development of occupational standards that underpin the standards of vocational and higher education, as well as on the enhanced institutionalisation of employers’ involvement in the training of personnel and in the search of effective mechanisms and instruments of independent assessment of qualifications.It also offers an insight into current key paradigmatic gaps in the NQF-related epistemology in Russia that account for the specificity of the observed state of play and for the key conceptual epistemological contradiction that has been identified by the authors as the opposition of and conflict between occupational and education qualifications. …”
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Testing the Performance of Various Polymeric Antiscalants for Mitigation of Sb-Rich Precipitates Mimicking Stibnite-Based Geothermal Deposits by Celal Çiftçi, Emre Karaburun, Serhat Tonkul, Alper Baba, Mustafa M. Demir, Mehmet İrfan Yeşilnacar

“…Scaling is frequently observed in geothermal fields and reduces the energy harvesting of power plants. …”
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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Clostridioides Difficile Infection in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease by Alireza Meighani, Maryam Alimirah, Mayur Ramesh, Reena Salgia

“…CDI development in these patients was associated with recent exposure to antibiotics and was observed to be significantly different between both groups (17% of CLD patients vs. 58% in the general cohort, p=0.01). …”
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Wolbachia, Spiroplasma, and Rickettsia symbiotic bacteria in aphids (Aphidoidea) by D. A. Romanov, I. A. Zakharov, E. V. Shaikevich

“…Spiroplasma, which we observed in A. pisum, is genetically close to male killing Spiroplasma from aphids, ladybirds and moths. …”
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Monitoring Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Surface Salinity Around the Maltese Islands Using Sentinel-2 Imagery and the Random Forest Algorithm by Gareth Craig Darmanin, Adam Gauci, Monica Giona Bucci, Alan Deidun

“…Safeguarding these ecosystems necessitates the ability to observe their physical features and control processes with precision in both space and time. …”
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Quality assessment of clinical guidelines in the care of laryngitis and pharyngitis according to AGREE II by Lucas Mateus Rodrigues Carvalho, Ana Paula de Oliveira Barbosa, Nara Amanda Laismann, Débora Santos Lula Barros, Rodrigo Fonseca Lima, Rafael Santos Santana

“…However, no uniformity was observed in the recommendations of these seven guidelines with regard to non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatment.…”
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Incidence and Characterization of the Hypertensive Disorders during Pregnancy by María Pérez Hernández, Viviana Sáez Cantero, Gonzalo Aguero Alfonso, Hortensia González García, Antonio Alfonso Dávila, Felicia Vilches Luis

“…<strong><br />Method:</strong> a cross sectional, analytic and observational study was conducted from January 1st to December 31st, 2010, at the “Enrique Cabrera” General Teaching Hospital, including all patients diagnosed with some hypertensive disorder that gave birth at this hospital. …”
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