Why Be Funny: The Influence of Social Norms on the Communicative Functions of Humor by Nathan Miczo, John C. Meyer

“…Though descriptive norms significantly correlated with all four humor functions, in regression analyses, no significant associations emerged. On the other hand, injunctive norms consistently predicted humor functions. …”
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Régulation et Croissance Économique au Brésil après la libéralisation : by Miguel Bruno

“…However, after almost two decades of adherence to the ideology of globalization, three main trends emerge from a long-term analysis: declining trend in the relative participation of productive capital in the total stock of fixed capital; rapid expansion of financial income, which reaches an average of 29% of gross disposable income during the period 1993/2005, an extremely high financial burden on total income; the corollary of this high financial burden is the trend towards a regime of slow economic growth coupled with a persistent flexibilization of wage-labor nexus and an increase of the functional income concentration. …”
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The Fallacy of Learning Styles in Medical Education: An Evidence-Based Critique by Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava

“…However, questions have even emerged with regard to the actual utility of learning styles in augmenting learning and making a call about learning outcomes. …”
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Interpretation of Disruptive Innovation in the Era of Smart Cities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution by Gábor Nick, Ferenc Pongrácz, Edit Radács

“…From the automotive industry to the energy sector and to tourism, newcomers emerge everywhere, building on the tools of disruptive innovation, which with earlier unprecedented speeds transform their previous industry power. …”
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Practical realization of chiral nonlinearity for strong topological protection by Xinxin Guo, Lucien Jezequel, Mathieu Padlewski, Hervé Lissek, Pierre Delplace, Romain Fleury

“…Our findings unveil a broad family of nonlinearities compatible with topological non-triviality, establishing a solid ground for future drilling in the emergent field of nonlinear topology.…”
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An Efficient Clustering Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks Based on Localized Game Theoretical Approach by Dongfeng Xie, Qi Sun, Qianwei Zhou, Yunzhou Qiu, Xiaobing Yuan

“…Game theory has emerged as a brand new approach to model and analyse several problems of wireless sensor networks, such as routing, data collection, and topology control. …”
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Warpage in wafer-level packaging: a review of causes, modelling, and mitigation strategies by Pallavi Praful, Chris Bailey

“…Warpage characterization techniques and modeling approaches, including theoretical, numerical, and emerging artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) methods, have been analyzed. …”
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Shaping the conflict by Alan Finlay

“…In the context of an overview of the quantitative findings, this paper explores several possible reasons that emerged during interviews conducted with key informants in the field of HIV/AIDS and the media. …”
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Mosque Pedagogy in Belgium by Betül Demirkoparan

“…Previous research has mainly focused on ‘imported’, ‘cyber’, or ‘intellectual’ imams, but little attention has been paid to newly emerging local authorities which we can describe as <i>‘native’ imams, vaizes</i>, and ‘<i>preaching teachers</i>’. …”
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Comparative analysis of career aspirations among STEM college students: social-cognitive model across college years by Tzu-Ling Hsieh

“…Employing a survey method and multi-group path analysis, the study found consistent pathways that influenced career aspirations across all stages of college learning, with interest and outcome expectations emerging as the primary determinants. The results highlight that the junior year is pivotal for bolstering career aspirations, particularly through the acquisition of specialized knowledge. …”
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Unfixing the Frame: Visualizing Histories of Transcultural Contact, Exchange &amp; Performance in Prince Roland Bonaparte’s Peaux-Rouges (1884) by Emily L. Voelker

“…This album focuses on a troupe of visiting Umonhon (Omaha) Indians in Paris and presents them through tribally specific history and memory. Created within the emergent discourses of nineteenth-century French anthropology grounded in notions of the racial type, the volume has largely been contextualized in these conceptions of human difference and developing scientific cultures. …”
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„Prosta metoda jak skutecznie rzucić rosyjski”. Metalingwizm i autobiografizm we wschodnioeuropejskim stand-upie podczas wojny by Yaraslava Ananka

“…Artykuł wprowadza pojęcie comedy of emergency jako typ komedii kryzysowej, który stanowi odpowiedź na katastrofy społeczne. …”
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The Florida Natural Resources Leadership Institute by Paul Monaghan, Emily Ott, Carol Lippincott, Ondine Wells, Jessica Ireland, Jon Dain, Bruce Delaney, Roy Carriker

“…Expensive and time-consuming disputes often emerge over topics such as endangered species, land use, coastal and marine resources, and water quality and quantity. …”
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Mathematical model for the analysis of environmental risk factors by I. V. Sukhorukova, N. A. Chistyakova

“…The mathematical calculation of the distribution function, or the survival function before the time period occurrence of an insured event in different cases is performed, namely: in the case of a risk factor with a constant intensity, in the case of gradually emerging risk factors with their constant intensities, in the case when the survival function is decreasing at a linear rate, as well as in the case when equipment wear and tear leads to an exponential increase in the risk intensity.…”
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Characteristics of Generating Carbon Oxides at Low-temperature Oxidation Stages of Low-Rank Coal by Yimeng Song

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A Review of Antibiotic Efficacy in COVID-19 Control by Hamidreza Hekmat, Aziz Rasooli, Zeinab Siami, Kauthar Amir Rutajengwa, Zahra Vahabi, Fatemeh Alsadat Mirzadeh

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Environmental health, climate change, and equity: Understanding geographic vulnerabilities by Gina Solomon, Matthew Gribble, Sheri Weiser

“…Some geographic differences are readily apparent – such as the inherent vulnerability of coastal areas to sea level rise – whereas others are emerging. Geographic vulnerabilities are modified by the built environment and by disparities in the ability to adapt to climate change, further complicating the risk across the globe. …”
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BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT STATE OF RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF COGNITIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN LOGISTICS by Anna HORZELA-MIŚ, Mariusz KMIECIK

“…Using data from the Web of Science Core Collection and Scopus, the research examines how knowledge in this field has evolved, focusing on global knowledge exchange and emerging research trends. The study employs a quantitative approach, utilizing a bibliometric analysis model supported by specific research questions. …”
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A Multilevel Inverter Bridge Control Structure with Energy Storage Using Model Predictive Control for Flat Systems by Paolo Mercorelli

“…In this context, the approach is quite new and can represent a general emerging approach allowing to reduce the complexity of the new generation of inverters and, in the meantime, to guarantee precision and acceptable switching frequency. …”
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Enhancing drought tolerance in horticultural plants through plant hormones: a strategic coping mechanism by Shanxia Huang, Songheng Jin

“…Drought stress is a major environmental constraint among the emerging concerns. Plants have significant susceptibility to drought stress, resulting in a marked decline in production during the last several decades. …”
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