Was Aristotle right about moral decision-making? Building a new empirical model of practical wisdom. by Shane McLoughlin, Stephen Thoma, Kristján Kristjánsson

“…Across three studies, using large, nationally representative samples from the UK and US (demographically matched to census data), we employed a systematic and rigorous methodology to examine the structure, reliability, and validity of the SPM. …”
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University proceedings. Volga region. Social sciences by N.V. Prokazina, Ya.A. Yukhnevich

“…The conducted analysis allows us to con-sider ageism as a social phenomenon that includes behavioral and emotional components based on the age stages of a person's life. …”

Managing agricultural water use in the Western United States: A search for efficient climate adaptation institutions by Frank A. Ward, Nicholas A. Potter, R. Aaron Hrozencik

“…The contribution of this work is to fill a gap in previous research by assessing the economic performance of various water trading arrangements for adapting to water shortages. We secured U.S. Department of Agriculture data on irrigation water use patterns in the central part of the Rio Grande Basin of the American Southwest to support formulation of a mathematical model predicting water use patterns to assess impacts on farm income associated with a range of water shortages and water trading arrangements for adapting to these shortages. …”
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The Effectiveness and Cost Analysis of a Pilot Newborn Hearing Screening Program at a Hospital in a Low- to Middle-Income Country by Pariya Lertbussarakam, Pittayapon Pitathawatchai

“…Ten children were confirmed as having permanent hearing loss, with a prevalence of 1.3%. The total cost was US$13 611, and the cost (for the screening stage) per case screened was US$4. …”
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A Hybrid Approach Integrating Multiple ICEEMDANs, WOA, and RVFL Networks for Economic and Financial Time Series Forecasting by Jiang Wu, Tengfei Zhou, Taiyong Li

“…The proposed MICEEMDAN-WOA-RVFL remarkably outperforms the compared single and ensemble benchmark models in terms of forecasting accuracy and stability, as demonstrated by the experiments conducted using various economic and financial time series, including West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices, US dollar/Euro foreign exchange rate (USD/EUR), US industrial production (IP), and Shanghai stock exchange composite index (SSEC).…”
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A Case of Spontaneously Improving Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in an Adult Associated with T-Cell Histiocyte-Rich Large B-Cell Lymphoma by Cyrus Askin, Ashley Burris, Clifton Layman, Brian Haney, Jordan Hall

“…In the second week, the patient deteriorated, leading us to initiate steroid monotherapy in the absence of a cause for his HLH. …”
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Impact of Financial Market uncertainty and Financial Crises on Dynamic Stock—Foreign Exchange Market Correlations: A New Perspective by Farid Irani, Abobaker Al.Al. Hadood, Korhan K. Gökmenoğlu, Seyed Alireza Athari

“…Our findings reveal that Australian stock market concerns impact co-movements with financial instruments, showing different effects on the correlations with the Euro, British Pound, US Dollar, Japanese Yen, and Chinese Yuan. Surprisingly, uncertainties in the Australian bond market have a negative impact on co-movement with the Euro and British Pound but a positive impact with the US Dollar, Japanese Yen, and Chinese Yuan. …”
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Specialty palliative care use among cancer patients: A population-based study. by J Brian Cassel, Donna McClish, David Buxton, Leanne Yanni, Seth Roberts, Nevena Skoro, Peter May, Egidio Del Fabbro, Danielle Noreika

“…<h4>Background</h4>Rigorous population-based assessments of the use of specialty palliative care (SPC) in the US are rare.<h4>Settings/subjects</h4>This study examined SPC use among cancer patients in a mid-sized metropolitan area in Southeast US.…”
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Evaluación de un modelo de producción de pasturas mediante pruebas empíricas by J.A. NASCA, G. BERONE, J.I. ARROQUY, C. FELDKAMP, D. COLOMBATTO

“…Los coeficientes de desigualdad de Theil para la producción primaria neta aérea acumulada (Um=0,35, Us=0,1, Uc=0,64) y por cortes (Um=0,08, Us=0,08, Uc=0,84) mostraron que el modelo no presentó errores sistemáticos. …”
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Association between non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and macroalbuminuria: evidence from NHANES 1999-2018 by Dongli Huang, Yuan He

“…This study aims to investigate the association between NHHR and macroalbuminuria in U.S. adultsPatients and methodsThis cross-sectional study utilized data from the 1999–2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). …”
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Implications of NFT as a sustainable fintech innovation for sustainable development and entrepreneurship by Suborna Barua, Uttam Golder, Rubaiyat Shaimom Chowdhury, Kashfia Sharmeen

“…The results show that funding flows from 2015 to 2021 exhibit notable differences and that funding flows in the United States (US) and Europe differ significantly from those in Latin America and the rest of the world (regions other than the US, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Canada). …”
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Theoretical and Experimental Evaluation of a Compact Aerosol Wind Tunnel and its Application for Performance Investigation of Particulate Matter Instruments by Prashant Patel, Shankar G. Aggarwal

“…Then, after constructing the wind tunnel, we experimentally evaluated its overall performance based on different parameters per the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) guidelines (40 CFR 53.62). The air velocity and turbulence profiles were uniform, displaying ≤ 10% variation in the section we tested. …”
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Developing Seasonal Ammonia Emission Estimates with an Inverse Modeling Technique by Alice B. Gilliland, Robin L. Dennis, Shawn J. Roselle, Thomas E. Pierce, Lucille E. Bender

“…We apply a Kalman filter inverse modeling technique to deduce monthly NH3 emissions for the eastern U.S. Final products of this research will include monthly emissions estimates from each season. …”
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Applying Concepts of Curriculum Design and Cultural Adaptation: Collaborating on a Dual-Degree Occupational Therapy Program in Mainland China by Julie McLaughlin Gray, Ling Yu (Elena) Meng, Adley Chan, Cameron Chang, Yijun Liu, Liguo Qian, Hui Wang, Ninghua Wang, Yanyan Yang, Mouwang Zhou, Grace T. Baranek

“…A team composed of members from both institutions collaborated on culturally adapting an entry-level master’s program in occupational therapy for China, based on a U.S. program, which welcomed its first cohort in September 2019. …”
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Weak genetic divergence and signals of adaptation obscured by high gene flow in an economically important aquaculture species by Bernarda Calla, Jingwei Song, Neil Thompson

“…Conclusion Pacific oysters in the US Pacific coast harbor high genetic heterozygosity which obscures weak population structure. …”
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On Damage Identification in Planar Frames of Arbitrary Size by I. Fiore, A. Greco, A. Pluchino

“…In this paper, an original algorithm that allows us to evaluate the stiffness and mass matrices and therefore the natural frequencies of vibration of undamaged and damaged planar frames with an arbitrary number of beams and columns is presented. …”
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On the state of nature and social life: thinking about humans and chimpanzees by Eliane Sebeika Rapchan

“…Only since the 1960s has the cumulative knowledge on wild chimpanzee behavior informed us about their ability to produce and use tools, for social learning, and to produce unique patterns of collective behavior. …”
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The Marshall Plan and the European Integration: The Stance of Great Britain and France (1947–1948) by P. I. Falaleev

“…The paper examines the evolution of the French and British leaders’ views on these issues from the first discussions of the projects to provide US aid to Western Europe to the implementation of the Marshall Plan. …”
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Ultrasound-Guided Multiple Peripheral Nerve Blocks in a Superobese Patient by Alper Kilicaslan, Ahmet Topal, Atilla Erol, Hale Borazan, Onur Bilge, Seref Otelcioglu

“…Femoral blocks were successfully performed with US guided in-plane technique. Separate blocks of the tibial and common peroneal nerves were planned after the sciatic nerve could not be located due to the thick subcutaneous tissue. …”
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DETERMINING OF PARAMETERS OF HEAT EXCHANGE FOR VAPORIZATION OF THE MIXED REFRIGERANT ON THE HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY SINTERED POWDER CAPILLARY-POROUS COATINGS by A. V. Ovsyannik, E. N. Makeeva

“…Experimental data are summarized satisfactorily in a wide range of parameters of the porous layer, i.e. the pressure (pн = 0.9–1.4 MPa) and heat loads (q = 5–35 kW/m2). The ratio makes us possible to calculate the heat transfer coefficients within ±20 %. …”
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