DeMille and Danger: Seven Heuristic Taxonomic Categories of His Hollywood (Mis)Adventures by Anton Karl Kozlovic

“…It was concluded from this montage of reported incidents that DeMille played a very colourful part in creating the factually-based legends of this never-to-be-repeated Golden Age of Hollywood. Further research into DeMille studies, the expansion of the above-constructed categories, and other autobiographical reminiscences about Tinsel Town is warmly recommended; whether as history, art or entertainment.…”
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Stakeholder Theory in Action, The Impact of ESG Practices on Financial Performance in SADC Region Food Producers by Walid Khalid Mitawa, Arzu Şahin

“…The primary aim of this research is to explore the impact of ESG practices on corporate financial performance, with a particular focus on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, which is frequently underrepresented in global ESG debates. …”
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Cross-Linguistic Influences of Learning German in Finnish and German Upper Secondary Schools by Esa M. Penttinen, Heiner Böttger

“…The survey data consisted of students' answers to one identical question that they were asked in the school years 2017-2020: 'How does the knowledge of the languages studied at school (Swedish, English, French, Spanish, Latin – cross-linguistic learning) affect their learning of German?' Our research methods were both quantitative and qualitative. …”
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An End-To-End Speech Recognition Model for the North Shaanxi Dialect: Design and Evaluation by Yi Qin, Feifan Yu

“…The next step will involve researching how to improve the performance of dialect speech recognition by integrating external language models and extracting pronunciation features of different dialects, thereby achieving better recognition results.…”
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The effect of manufacturing defects and license plate on the energy efficiency of solar vehicles by Burak İpek, Mehmet Yıldız, Tunahan Akış, Aytaç Gören

“… In recent times, research on the energy efficiency of solar vehicles has gained momentum. …”
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Assessment tools for transition readiness in adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease: A scoping review. by YaHui Zuo, Mei Li, JinJin Cao, JiaNan Wang, WenQian Cai, Lu Zhang, Meng Li

“…<h4>Background</h4>Assessing the level of transition readiness in adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease is crucial; however, standardized research tools are lacking. This study aimed to map transition readiness assessment tools for adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease and determine their suitability.…”
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BIOSYNTHESIS OF NANOPARTICLES FROM PLANT EXTRACTS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN MEDICAL TREATMENTS AND DRUG DELIVERY: A REVIEW by N. A. Jdayea, E. E. Al-Abodi

“…This article reviews the latest studies on the biosynthesis of metal nanoparticles using plant extracts. Researchers use extracts of various plant parts (roots, stems, leaves, fruits, fruit peels, seeds) to produce nanoparticles of many metals, the most important being silver, gold, and oxides of some metals such as iron oxide and other metal oxides. …”
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Leveraging Harris Hawks Optimization for Enhanced Multi-Objective Optimal Power Flow in Complex Power Systems by Fahad Alsokhiry

“…Experimental results reveal that solutions derived from HHO exhibit superior convergence, enhanced diversity maintenance, and higher quality Pareto-optimal solutions compared to the MOEA/D trail algorithms. The research breaks new ground in the application of the Harris Hawks Optimization (HHO) algorithm to the Multi-Objective Optimal Power Flow (MaO-OPF) problem. …”
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Future Guides for Biomarkers for Autism Spectrum Disorders by Mai Mohamed Elhassan Mustafa

“…This review article explores the current landscape and future directions of biomarker research in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), a complex neurodevelopmental condition characterized by diverse genetic, neurophysiological, metabolic, immune, and nutritional underpinnings. …”
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The effect of responsible leadership on organizational citizenship behavior: double mediation of gratitude and organizational identification by Jia Luo, Lee-Peng Ng, Yuen-Onn Choong

“…Conclusions This study theoretically expanded existing research by employing a parallel mediation model between responsible leadership and OCB within an Asian higher education setting. …”
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Defense scheme for the world state based attack in Ethereum by Zhen GAO, Dongbin ZHANG, Xiao TIAN

“…Ethereum is taken as the representative platform of the second generation of blockchain system.Ethereum can support development of different distributed applications by running smart contracts.Local database is used to store the account state (named world state) for efficient validation of transactions, and the state root is stored in the block header to guarantee the integrity of the state.However, some researches revealed that the local database could be easily tempered with, and attackers can issue illegal transactions based on the modified account state to obtain illegitimate benefits.This world-state based security problem was introduced, and the preconditions for attack were analyzed.Compared with the two common security threats under the PoW (proof of work) consensus, it was found that when the attacker controls the same mining computing power, the world-state based attack brought higher risk, and the success rate approached 100%.In order to deal with this threat, a practical scheme for attack detection and defense was proposed accordingly.The secondary verification and data recovery process were added to the Ethereum source code.The feasibility and complexity of the proposed scheme was evaluated with single-machine multi-threading experiments.The proposed scheme improves Ethereum’s tolerance to malicious tampering of account state, and is applicable to other blockchain platforms applying local database for transaction validation, such as Hyperledger Fabric.In addition, the time and computational overhead brought by the proposed scheme are not prominent, so it has good applicability and induces acceptable impact on the performance of original system.…”
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Sewage sludge as a sustainable feedstock for biodiesel: Advances in conversion technologies and catalytic applications by Christopher Selvam D, Yuvarajan Devarajan, Raja T

“…This review elucidates existing obstacles, such as feedstock heterogeneity and catalyst longevity, and advocates for subsequent research aimed at optimizing sludge-to-biodiesel conversion technologies for implementation at a large scale. …”
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Sensitivity of global solar irradiance to transposition models: Assessing risks associated with model discrepancies by Yasser F. Nassar, Hala J. El-Khozondar, Mohamed M. Khaleel, Abdussalam A. Ahmed, Abdulgader H. Alsharif, Monaem Elmnifi, Mark Amoah Nyasapoh

“…The results matched satisfactorily with other researchers’ outputs without exceeding 3.5 % of error. …”
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A new constitutive model for recycled aggregate concrete cylinders actively confined with post-tensioned metal straps by Ram Prasad Neupane, Thanongsak Imjai, Reyes Garcia, U. Johnson Alengaram

“…Active confinement can recover some of such lower compressive strength, but limited research has examined the stress-strain behaviour of RAC cylinders with active confinement. …”

Colors of the mind: a meta-analysis of creative arts therapy as an approach for post-traumatic stress disorder intervention by Jiahua Wang, Bo Zhang, Rosliza Yahaya, Azizah binti Abdullah

“…Conclusion Despite the limitations, including a limited number of studies, participant size, study heterogeneity, and methodological quality, these results provide valuable understanding regarding the efficacy of creative arts therapies in treating PTSD and highlight the urgent need for additional research in this area.…”
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The sayings and conditions of the dying Sufi, in the mirror of the stories of Tazkīrat al-Awlīyā Attar and Nafaḥāt ul-Uns Jami by Sajedeh Nikkhah, Seyed Hasan Tabatabaei

“…In this article, we aim to analyze the collection of sayings and experiences of Sufis during the final moments of their lives, as presented in the books of Tazkīrat al-Awlīyā by Attar and Nafaḥāt ul-Uns by Jami. In this research, we focus solely on natural death, because mystics believe in voluntary death in addition to natural death, and they believe that such death is possible only by overcoming carnal emotions. …”
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Metonymy in climate change discourse by King Charles III: A cognitive-linguistic perspective by Oleksandr Kapranov

“…Furthermore, there seems to be no published research on such a ubiquitous cognitive-linguistic device as metonymy (Hart 2011) in his speeches on climate change. …”
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Bridge Construction Impacts the Adjacent Channel Morphology and Turbidity: A Study on a Dying Distributary of River Padma by Balai Chandra Das, Aznarul Islam, Shrabani Das, Riya Adhikary, Rohini Sarkar

“…In like environments where robust data forms the foundation, it is recommended to pursue additional research to identify a mitigation strategy for the way forward.…”
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Consumers’ Awareness on Organic Food: Case of Urban Sri Lanka by S.H. Pushpa Malkanthi, S.D. Dilini Rathnachandra, W.A. Ruwani N. Weerasinghe

“…The findings of the study play an important role in promoting the organic food market and are essential for food marketing planners, researchers, and policymakers to enhance the organic food industry in the country in the future.…”
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« Ce n’est pas ce que j’ai vu, ce n’est pas ce que j’ai pensé»  by Lindsey Dodd

“…At various moments of their adult lives, each experienced a disruptive form of dissociation with their (personal) history as lived and experienced in comparison with (national) History as researched and recounted. All three invested in healing this wound, in private and public ways. …”
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