Local competition, innovation, and firms’ bank relationships by Maximilian Zurek

“…Concluding, firms located in industrially specialized areas might rather refrain from relationship lending, due to potential loss of external funding, while innovative firms seem to rely on transaction-based banking. …”
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Towards experimental mountaineering? by Anne-Laure Amilhat Szary

“…The exploits of Harlin and Daudet encourage us not only to go further in our analyses of the affective and physical processes of the body that contribute to the complexity of our relationship with space, but also to refrain from making the body the last “natural border”.…”
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Micro and Macro Structural Investigations on Welded Joints of Composite Truss Steel Concrete Beams by Silvia Caprili, Walter Salvatore, Renzo Valentini

“…So, it is advisable to refrain from using such steel grade, especially in constructions in seismic-prone areas, where ductility is a major influencing and design factor.…”
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Factors Associated with Helping Behavior When Witnessing an Accident: A Cross-sectional Survey

“…Although it can be lifesaving, many people refrain from helping when encountering a person in need. …”
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The Unbiased Characteristic of Doppler Frequency in GNSS Antenna Array Processing by Yuchen Xie, Zhengrong Li, Feiqiang Chen, Huaming Chen, Feixue Wang

“…The antenna array technology, especially the spaced-time array processing (STAP), is one of the effective methods used in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers to refrain the power of jamming and enhance the performance of receivers in the circumstance of interference. …”
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Attacks against Cultural Property in Armed Conflict – How to Reduce the Risk of Impunity? by Nout van Woudenberg

“…So how can we more effectively make belligerents refrain from destroying cultural property? How can we increase deterrence effects and decrease impunity? …”
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Motivated by Design: A Codesign Study to Promote Challenging Misinformation on Social Media by Selin Gurgun, Emily Arden-Close, Keith Phalp, Raian Ali

“…One potential solution to mitigate the spread is user corrections; however, users often refrain due to various concerns. Leveraging the established influence of user interface design (UID) on how user interact with and respond to misinformation, this study investigates how user interface features can be designed to motivate users to challenge misinformation. …”
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Ill-treatment and torture by police officers from the perspective of the public prosecutor by Krstić Gordana Z.

“…According to the European Convention on Human Rights, the prohibition of torture is an inviolable and absolute right and states have not only a positive obligation to implement norms on the prohibition of torture in their legislation, but also a negative obligation to refrain from applying any form of abuse, but also a procedural obligation to conduct an effective, adequate and urgent investigation. …”
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« There are kisses for all » : Le defilé des jeunes hommes by Luc Bouvard

“…This paper yields what others refrain from doing, i.e. provide the reader with part of the donkey work that is obviously necessary whenever one means to tackle such a subject as the transformation processes at work in the film adaptation of a novel. …”
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Management of Marfan Syndrome, with a Specific Focus on the Significance of Physical Activity in this Patient Population by Patrycja Jędrzejewska-Rzezak

“…Contrary to conventional guidance to refrain from physical activity, emerging research indicates that low-intensity exercise may be advantageous. …”
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Poszanowanie wolności religijnej w prawodawstwie kościelnym by Dariusz Mazurkiewicz

“…Consequently, it also requires respect for religious freedom when administering sacraments and obliges bishops and missionaries to refrain from all forms of coercion when preaching the Gospel. …”
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Making Systemic Risk Assessments Work: How the DSA Creates a Virtuous Loop to Address the Societal Harms of Content Moderation by Niklas Eder

“…Public actors, such as the European Commission, should refrain from defining substantive standards, too, as they are directly bound by freedom of expression guarantees. …”
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Determination of the management of a patient with stable ischemic heart disease according to the data of fractional flow reserve study by M.V. Stan, A.V. Khokhlov, О.J. Zharinov, O.V. Zelenchuk, B.M. Todurov

“…Based on the FFR, it was decided to continue monitoring the patient, prescribe optimal medical therapy and refrain from revascularization intervention until the evaluation of its results…”
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‘Fission Chips’: An Activist’s View on Anti-Nuclear Activism in South Africa from the 1980s to the 21st Century by Mike Kantey

“…From the time of General Jan Smuts to PW Botha, from Mandela to Zuma, the insidious relationship among international arms dealers, globe-trotting Mafiosi, and beneficiaries of the military-industrial global nexus, has remained a constant refrain: only names and places have been changed. …”
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Suture Granuloma Showing False-Positive Findings on FDG-PET by Kohei Takahara, Hiroaki Kakinoki, Saya Ikoma, Kazuma Udo, Shohei Tobu, Yuji Satoh, Yuji Tokuda, Mitsuru Noguchi, Shigehisa Aoki, Jiro Uozumi

“…If FDG-PET will be used more frequently in the future, it will be necessary to refrain from using silk thread in order to prevent any unnecessary surgery.…”
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He effectivness and expedicency of the International Court of Justice interim measures by Bjelica-Vlajić Iris N.

“…The result of the research shows that the International Court of Justice has the authority to order the parties to the dispute to undertake or refrain from undertaking certain activities, and that the successful implementation of the measures largely depends on the support provided by the Security Council and the United Nations General Assembly to the provisional measures of that Court.…”
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Assessing the Possibility of Prosecuting the Uyghur's Genocide before the International Criminal Court by Housein Aghaei Janat Makan, Noormohammad Nowruzi

“…Based on the documents and reports of different International authorities and organizations, it was revealed the the Actus Reus of the genocide was committed.Although normative and legal possibilities in Rome Statue provides proper conditions for investigating the issue, a bulk of practical obstacles and serious impediments cause the ICC prosecutor refrain from carrying it out. This study also confirms Chinese officials’ international criminal responsibility- at the national and local level- and their mercenaries’ for the Uyghur genocide.The method used in this study is analytic-descriptive one specially analysis related international documents and reports in order to evaluate elements of the crime of genocide.…”
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Intrinsic and Extrinsic Neuronal Mechanisms in Temporal Coding: A Further Look at Neuronal Oscillations by Rémy Lestienne

“…Many studies in recent years have been devoted to the detection of fast oscillations in the Central Nervous System (CNS), interpreting them as synchronizing devices. We should, however, refrain from associating too closely the two concepts of synchronization and oscillation. …”
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Unfaithful Words: Tolerance by Ferenc Ruzsa

“…Buddhism is as tolerant as a deer is vegetarian. The deer does not refrain from eating flesh: it has absolutely no wish to eat, touch, or even smell meat. …”
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Young urban people’s impulsive online shopping behavior and its financial literacy by Bagong Suyanto, Nadia Egalita, Rahma Sugihartati, Siti Mas’udah, Pingkan Sekar Savira, Claudia Anridho, Nur Syamsiyah

“…Young people with adequate financial literacy are generally able to refrain from excessive spending which can impact to responsible consumer behavior. …”
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