Du calcul biophysique à l’évaluation des risques financiers by Sylvain Maechler, Valérie Boisvert

“…This is the narrative behind the proposal to integrate nature into a central instrument of capitalism: accounting. However, nature accounting is shaped by a diversity of actors, practices, objectives and effects. …”
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Analysis of ∼106 Spiral Galaxies from Four Telescopes Shows Large-Scale Patterns of Asymmetry in Galaxy Spin Directions by Lior Shamir

“…The results show a statistically significant profile that is consistent across all telescopes. The instruments used in this study are DECam, HST, SDSS, and Pan-STARRS. …”
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The Relational Aspects of Luxury Consumption in Brazil: The development of a Luxury Customer Relationship Perception Scale and the Analysis of Brand Personality Influence on Relati... by Fernanda Scussel, Gisela Demo

“…The Luxury Customer Relationship Perception Scale is a 20 items instrument composed by three primary factors (brand experience, customer loyalty and brand image) and a second order factor (customer relationship perception), with good psychometric indices. …”
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Evaluative methodological proposal in the performance of the teaching learning process in the university policlinic by Maricel Castellanos González, Jorge Cañellas Granda, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Luis Senén Rodríguez Fernández

“…<strong><br />Method:</strong> The diagnosis of the variables as well as the quality indicators to be taken into account was carried out. The instruments to be used for the evaluation of the implementation in the teaching learning process of this new pedagogical model were proposed. …”
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Measurement of the electric energy storage capacity in solar thermoelectric generators’ energy harvesting modules by Pedro C Dias, Flávio JO Morais, Luis FC Duarte, Maria Bernadete M França, Anderson W Spengler, Andreu Cabot

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Fault Modeling and Testing for Analog Circuits in Complex Space Based on Supply Current and Output Voltage by Hongzhi Hu, Shulin Tian, Qing Guo

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Sustainability consciousness of pre-service English teachers by Hui Li

“…Data were collected using a survey instrument administered to 1142 participants, comprising 784 undergraduate students enrolled in an English for future teachers program and 658 undergraduates from other majors at the same university. …”
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The Digital Self-Efficacy Scale: Adaptation and Validation of Its Spanish Version by Milton Paredes-Aguirre, Ronald Campoverde Aguirre, Olivia Hernandez-Pozas, Yarid Ayala, Holger Barriga Medina

“…Therefore, it is necessary for researchers to have adequate instruments to measure them in different populations. …”
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A review of issues and challenges of implementation of patient blood management by Azita Chegini, Ali Jamalian, Mohammad Reza Abolhassani, Ali Boroujerdi Alavi

“…RESULTS: There are different barriers and challenges of implementation of PBM, such as hospital culture confrontation, reduced staff with restricted time, lack of interdisciplinary conversation, change of practice, the lack of experience with PBM, the feasibility to integrate PBM, electronic documentation and schedule budget for required instruments, resources, and personnel. Hospitals differ globally in the aspect of infrastructure, personnel and properties, and it is necessary to individualize according to the local situation. …”
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Hubungan perilaku self harm dengan perilaku agresif pada remaja awal di smp negeri 25 banjarmasin by Abdur Rahman, Rudi Haryadi

“…Dengan menggunakan random sampling, jumlah subyek penelitian adalah 60 remaja laki-laki dan perempuan diambil dari sebuah SMP Negeri di banjarmasin, Kalimantan Selatan. Instrument yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah skala likert yang dibuat sendiri berdasarkan teori yang terkait. …”
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FROM INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITATION TO MONITORING OF EFFECTIVENESS by G. N. Motova, V. G. Navodnov

“…In conclusion, the conducted effectiveness monitoring can reflect the current situation of the education system on conditions of transparency of set goals and stability of “game rules”. But this instrument does not give universities the possibility of strategic and tactical vision of further development due to the limitation by the binary scale of decision-making. …”
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Osteoporosis Self-Assessment Tool Performance in a Large Sample of Postmenopausal Women of Mendoza, Argentina by Fernando D. Saraví

“…The Osteoporosis Self-assessment Tool (OST) is a clinical instrument designed to select patients at risk of osteoporosis, who would benefit from a bone mineral density measurement. …”
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Causes of non-useful Papanicolaou smear in two health areas. Cienfuegos, 2005. by Miryam González González del Pino, Mayrim Hernández González

“…<strong><br />Results:</strong> An inadequated sample taking was observed in 93 patients (76,2 %), as well as the bad conditions of the place where the samples were taken. There was also instrumentation deficiency. The interview in more than 50 % of women was not the adequate one. …”
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Financial and economic mechanisms of urban agglomeration by N. K. Popadyuk

“…The relevance of the considered topic is due to the need to ensure the use of the entire arsenal of market instruments for purposeful development of the municipalities at a new stage of state development.…”
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Situational model of financial support for construction in the framework of project implementation in the Russian Federation by D. A. Borisyuk, O. E. Astafyeva

“…A brief description of the main conditions of the envisaged mechanisms and instruments of financial support for construction has been provided. …”
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Young investors, precariousness, and the maturing asset economy by Monique de Jong McKenzie

“…To understand why young investors are turning to financial markets as an instrument of wealth accumulation, I argue that these practices emerge as a response to young people’s affective state of precariousness. …”
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Wearable respiratory sensors for health monitoring by Zhifu Yin, Yang Yang, Cong Hu, Jinzhe Li, Boyu Qin, Xue Yang

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The Effect of Platform Data Quality on Tax Compliance in Digital Economy: A Multiagent Based Simulation by Peng Jin, Zhangwei Feng, Guiping Li

“…Recent reforms and technological changes, such as the emergency of platform data sharing, perform as potential instruments to potentially solve the tax compliance issue in the digital economy. …”
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After Abolition: Cugoano on ‘Lawful Servitude’ and the Injustice of Slavery by Johan Olsthoorn

“…On my interpretation, enslaved Black people are dehumanized in three ways: through instrumentalization; commodification; and racial inferiorization. …”
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Rapid Determination of Escherichia coli Concentration in Water Using Multiwavelength Transmission Spectroscopy by Yuxia Hu, Ruixiang Zhang, Liye Guo, Dun Hu

“…First, we measure the transmission spectra for E. coli suspensions in the region from 200 to 900 nm and analyze the differences in the spectral characteristics at different concentrations; subsequently, considering that the concentration is affected by the instrument linearity and other factors, the sensitivity, correlation, and detection ability of the spectra at different wavelengths with the change of concentration are analyzed, and the optimal characteristic band is selected according to its wavelength variation characteristics; finally, the determination of E. coli concentrations are completed by using the optimal characteristic band spectra combined with partial least squares regression. …”
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