Multidimensional Fixed-Point Theorems in Partially Ordered Complete Partial Metric Spaces under ()-Contractivity Conditions by A. Roldán, J. Martínez-Moreno, C. Roldán, E. Karapınar

“…We study the existence and uniqueness of coincidence point for nonlinear mappings of any number of arguments under a weak ()-contractivity condition in partial metric spaces. …”
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Sustainability communication and its effect in consumer intention to visit a tourist destination by Francisco Vicente Sales Melo, Salomão Alencar de Farias

“…The study contributes to literature by revealing that despite the emotion constructs and the fact that ecological involvement and awareness are not strong moderators in the relation between rational or hedonic sustainability stimuli and intention, they are aspects that, when positively activated, especially from hedonic arguments of sustainability, generate greater intention to visit destination by the consumer.…”
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On the (im)possible validation of hydrogeological models by Andréassian, Vazken

“…By updating and extending the literature review, we reanalyze this debate and the arguments presented and conclude by proposing an extension of de Marsily’s position, which underlines the necessity to look at validation from two distinct viewpoints, i.e. the point of view of the model’s explanatory power (theoretical content) and the point of view of its predictive power. …”
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Reflexões acerca da “herança” axiológica dos direitos humanos by Vivianny Galvão

“…To justify the recognition of human rights through a line of historical argumentation was the path chosen by important authors, like Norberto Bobbio. …”
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A sequential, integrated, sustainable organisationstakeholder relationship (SISOSR) process for building organisation-stakeholder partnerships by Yolandi Slabbert, Rachel Barker

“… Although the concept ‘organisation-stakeholder relationship (OSR)’ is not new and has been researched extensively in the literature, few attempts have been made to critically analyse existing viewpoints and propose a unified conceptual framework. …”
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Interval Oscillation Criteria for Second-Order Dynamic Equations with Nonlinearities Given by Riemann-Stieltjes Integrals by Yuangong Sun

“…Some interval oscillation criteria are established in both the cases of delayed and advanced arguments. As a special case, the work in this paper unifies and improves many existing results in the literature for equations with a finite number of nonlinear terms.…”
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Dividend policies and managerial ability beyond financial constraints: insights from China by Dan Hou, Ziyan Yuan, Alina Taran-Bozbay, R. M. Ammar Zahid

“…This study builds on the contradictory literature arguments related to dividend policies and analyses the influence of managerial ability and financial constraints on cash dividends, considering a comprehensive perspective of dividends expressed as both accounting and market measures of payout, yield, and growth in the context of the Chinese financial market. …”
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EL LUGAR DE LAS ESTRATEGIAS METODOLÓGICAS PARA LA INNOVACIÓN EN LA ENSEÑANZA DE LA GEOGRAFÍA by María N. Prieto, María A. Lorda

“…There is a consensus in the didactic literature about the predominance of the transmissive model in the teaching of geography and, therefore, the construction of a "school geography" based on the "informative" speech. …”
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Tunnelling Mechanism in Noncommutative Space with Generalized Uncertainty Principle and Bohr-Like Black Hole by Sourav Haldar, Christian Corda, Subenoy Chakraborty

“…The GUP corrected effective temperature and the corresponding GUP corrected effective metric in noncommutative geometry are determined using Hawking’s periodicity arguments. Thus, we obtain further corrections to the nonstrictly thermal black hole (BH) radiation spectrum which give new final distributions. …”
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Ekoterroryzm zagrożeniem dla polityki zrównoważonego rozwoju. Aspekt ideologiczny i praktyczny by Mariusz Ciszek

“…The author in this article introduced the basic arguments that supported such opinions. He characterized also the individual extreme ecological organizations and he tried to establish on the basic literature of this object the border which permits to distinguish from these radical organizations those which we can recognize as an ecoterrorist.…”
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Long Memory of Pathfinding Aesthetics by Ron Coleman

“…The results we report are important firstly because the artificial intelligence literature has given relatively little attention to aesthetic considerations in pathfinding. …”
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Pornography and Speech Act Theory – An In-Depth Survey by Áron Dombrovszki

“…Rather than just reconstructing Langton’s arguments and the most common objections against it, I take a more holistic approach, examining its surrounding literature as well. …”
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On the representation and evolution of Australian English and New Zealand English by Anne Przewozny, Cécile Viollain

“…In this article we first consider some historical arguments that eventually led to a misleading descriptive hotchpotch of AusE and NZE. …”
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The Lithuanianisation of Adam Mickiewicz by Viktorija Šeina

“…As this was in conflict with ethnocultural Lithuanian nationalism, interwar defenders of Mickiewicz’s attribution to Lithuanian literature looked for additional arguments supporting the poet’s Lithuanianness. …”
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The leaders’ role in leading and managing organisational change in higher education institutions by Elni Jeini Usoh, Frandy Efraim Fritz Karundeng

“…This study utilized research literature review to support author’s notions and arguments. …”
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The Experiences and Challenges of Doctoral Education in Public Universities Compared. by Ocan, Johnson, Eton, Marus, Akena, Francis Adyanga, Ayiga, Natal

“…To explore these challenges, we undertook an extensive literature review of the external supervisors and evaluations of PhD students who attempted to submit their final dissertations. …”
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METAPHORICAL CONCEPTS AND THEIR IDEOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS IN ALURING VOTES FOR INDONESIAN PRESIDENCY by Arif Budiman, Khristianto Khristianto

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Human Development XI: The Structure of the Cerebral Cortex. Are There Really Modules in the Brain? by Tyge Dahl Hermansen, Søren Ventegodt, Isack Kandel

“…We looked at examples in the literature and argue that there is no significant evidence that supports Szanthagothei's model. …”
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Physiology-informed use of Cupriavidus necator in biomanufacturing: a review of advances and challenges by Michael Weldon, Christian Euler

“…In this review, progress toward physiology-informed engineering of C. necator across several dimensions is critically discussed, and recommendations for moving toward a physiological approach are presented. Arguments for metabolic specialization, more focus on autotrophic fermentation, C. necator-specific synthetic biology tools, and modelling that goes beyond constraints are presented based on analysis of existing literature.…”
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Discourse Structure Analysis of Hasanak-e-Vazir’s Hanging Tale: A Study based on Van Dijk’s (2007) Socio-Cognitive Approach by Nader Abyar, Mousa Ghonchepour, Zahra Iranmanesh

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