Trade policy uncertainty and corporate financialization: strategic implications for non-financial firms in China by Mingyao Wang, Normaziah Mohd Nor, Norhuda Abdul Rahim, Faisal Khan, Ziyu Zhou

“…Using 27,339 firm-year observations of China A-share listed companies from unbalanced panel data spanning from 2011-Q1 to 2020-Q4, we utilized the fixed effect model (FEM), instrumental variables – two-stage least squares (IV-2SLS), and generalized method of moments (GMM) approaches. …”
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Association between dietary components and gut microbiota: a Mendelian randomization study by CHEN Haimiao, MA Yan, LIU Mingqi, MA Shanshan, LI Jun, XU Laichao

“…Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci associated with the four dietary components were used as instrumental variables, and 119 known gut microbiota genera were used as the outcomes. …”
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INONDATIONS TORRENTIELLES EN ZONES MONTAGNEUSES AFFÉRENTES AU GOLFE DU MEXIQUE by JEAN-NOËL SALOMON

“…Global warming is no longer contested by the scientific community since there are numerous proofs attesting to it (ice-melt, rising sea levels, ecological modifications, instrumental measurements, information processing, simulations, etc). …”
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The Effects of Storage on Sachet Water Quality in Ogun State, Nigeria by ZO Ajekunle, VO Ojekunle, AO Eruola, FF Oyebanji, KA Olatunde, BT Amujo, OR Sangowusi, AA Adekttan, AG Taiwo

“…Physical parameters were determined by instrumental methods. Cationic and anionic constituents were determined by standard titrimetric and spectrophotometric methods, trace and heavy water were determined by Atomic Adsorption Spectrophotometer. …”
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An Inhibitive Enzyme Assay to Detect Mercury and Zinc Using Protease from Coriandrum sativum by Gunasekaran Baskaran, Noor Azlina Masdor, Mohd Arif Syed, Mohd Yunus Shukor

“…Heavy metals pollution has become a great threat to the world. Since instrumental methods are expensive and need skilled technician, a simple and fast method is needed to determine the presence of heavy metals in the environment. …”
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The Korean Peninsula as a Hotbed of Cold War 2.0 by R. R. Kalinin

“…Ambiguous and vague as it is, it may nevertheless be instrumental for the study of certain aspects of contemporary world politics. …”
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Electromagnetic Analysis and Experimental Validation of the LOFAR Radiation Patterns by Paola Di Ninni, Pietro Bolli, Fabio Paonessa, Giuseppe Pupillo, Giuseppe Virone, Stefan J. Wijnholds

“…Among the challenges they pose, the instrumental calibration is a key aspect requiring an accurate and reliable model of each element of such electrically large array. …”
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Classification and determination of the tobacco raw materials authenticity during the forensic examination by S. A. Trofimets

“…Modern methods of analysis are presented, in particular, instrumental methods used to establish quality and safety indicators (visual inspection, microscopic analysis, chemical analysis, physicochemical methods, gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, spectral analysis). …”
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Educomunicação: caminhos de transformação nas práticas e políticas sociais by Ismar de Oliveira Soares, Michele Marques Pereira, Daniele Próspero

“…Com uma metodologia qualitativa, que integra elementos históricos, teóricos e práticos, tecemos uma colcha com iniciativas educomunicativas, que transcendem o uso instrumental da comunicação, ampliando a leitura crítica de mundo, a efetiva participação e o protagonismo dos sujeitos envolvidos em tais ações. …”
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Educación superior y mercado laboral: vinculación y pertinencia social ¿Por qué? y ¿para qué? by Beatriz Olivia Camarena Gómez, Delisahé Velarde Hernández

“…En tal contexto, el interés de este trabajo es mostrar algunos indicadores que dan cuenta de los problemas de vinculación y pertinencia social que muestra el sistema educativo en México con atención en el estado de Sonora, para destacar el manejo discursivo de dichos procesos según sea el propósito instrumental y las finalidades de la política económica en la que se inserta la política educativa nacional.…”
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Predicting Early Bulbar Decline in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Speech Subsystem Approach by Panying Rong, Yana Yunusova, Jun Wang, Jordan R. Green

“…The instrumental measures of the subsystem functions were subjected to a principal component analysis and linear mixed effects models to derive a set of comprehensive predictors of bulbar dysfunction. …”
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Facile synthesis of mesoporous alumina using hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (HTAB) as template: simplified sol‐gel approach by Sameer H. Lakade, Minal T. Harde, Varsha Chattichalwadi, Pravin S. Uttekar

“…Alumina supported mesoporous material containing drug was characterised using instrumental technique namely Brunauer–Emmett–Teller surface area, Fourier transform‐infrared, differential scanning calorimetry, transmission electron microscopy, X‐ray diffraction, and field emission scanning electron microscopy. …”
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Analisis Dimensi Budaya Keselamatan Pasien Oleh Petugas Kesehatan di RSUD dr Rasidin Padang Tahun 2018 by Essy Mandriani, Hardisman Hardisman, Husna Yetti

“…Pendekatan kuantitatif menggunakan kuesioner AHRQ (Agency Health Research and Quality) tahun 2004 sedangkan penelitian kualitatif menggunakan pendekatan instrumental case study. Subjek penelitian adalah seluruh petugas kesehatan yang berhubungan langsung dengan pasien sebanyak 250 sampel. …”
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Dynamic Stiffness Measurements of Road Pavements by Means of Impact Hammer in a Non-Resonant Configuration by Matteo Bolognese, Erica Greco, Francesco Bianco, Gaetano Licitra

“…In these works, two different instrumental chains are employed as follows: the impact hammer one and the dynamic exciter (shaker) one, which has established itself over time as a reference. …”
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Assessing the impact of green transformation on carbon emissions: a dynamic spatial Durbin model by Peng Gao, Chao Qu

“…Green innovation and the adoption of green energy technologies have proven instrumental in reducing carbon emissions in a region, with positive spillover effects extending to nearby areas. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Stability Investigation of a Flexible Rotor on Two Different Tilting Pad Bearing Configurations by Weimin Wang, Qihang Li, Feng He, Paul Allaire

“…In this paper, the weighted instrumental variable (WIV) based system identification method for rotating machinery stability is investigated based on a sine sweep forward excitation with an electromagnetic actuator. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Hermetic Storage Technology on Storage Quantity and Post-Harvest Storage Losses Among Smallholding Maize Farmers in Nepal by Deepak Kumar Nepali, Keshav Lall Maharjan

“…Hence, this study examines the impact of hermetic storage bags through a randomized encouragement design, using the instrumental variable (IV) approach, among 692 smallholding farmers in Nepal, where maize is one of the major food crops. …”
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Construcción de identidad de la niñez en contextos de ruralidad en la comuna de Concepción, Chile by Beatriz Aguirre Pastén, Alexandra Gajardo Tobar, Lorena Muñoz Madrid

“…Mediante una metodología cualitativa -específicamente con un estudio de caso instrumental-, este estudio se planteó como objetivo, recoger las distinciones del mundo rural y los rasgos de su construcción identitaria y cultural, indagando en las percepciones y experiencias de niños y niñas y describir patrones culturales, necesidades, problemas sociales, habilidades y fortalezas que los caracterizan. …”
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The Application of Multiobjective Genetic Algorithm to the Parameter Optimization of Single-Well Potential Stochastic Resonance Algorithm Aimed at Simultaneous Determination of Mul... by Haishan Deng, Shaofei Xie, Bingren Xiang, Ying Zhan, Wei Li, Xiaohua Li, Caiyun Jiang, Xiaohong Wu, Dan Liu

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The influence of meteorological factors on the technical performance of football teams during matches by Yonghan Zhong, Shaoliang Zhang, Qing Yi, Miguel Ángel Gómez Ruano

“…The results revealed that offensive variables were instrumental in distinguishing match outcomes (winning, drawing, and losing), with meteorological factors significantly influencing these variables. …”
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