A New Credit and Loan Lending Strategy and Credit in Banking Systems: An Evolutionary Game Theory Approach by Zohreh Lashgari, Alireza Bahiraie, Madjid Eshaghi Gordji

“…The purpose of the article is to examine the evolutionary game between banks and customers for granting facilities and credit. Authors assumed that customers are divided into two types. …”
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The Effect of Drought on PM Concentrations in the Czech Republic by Adéla Holubová Šmejkalová, Jáchym Brzezina

“…Abstract The main focus of this study is the effect of drought on air quality in the Czech Republic. …”
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Optimization and Prediction of Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Graphene/LLDPE Nanocomposites by Using Artificial Neural Networks by P. Noorunnisa Khanam, MA AlMaadeed, Sumaaya AlMaadeed, Suchithra Kunhoth, M. Ouederni, D. Sun, A. Hamilton, Eileen Harkin Jones, Beatriz Mayoral

“…The focus of this work is to develop the knowledge of prediction of the physical and chemical properties of processed linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE)/graphene nanoplatelets composites. …”
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Initiating agri‐environmental collaboration at landscape scale requires bridging structures, regional facilitators and addressing the expectations of actors by Stefan Schüler, Isabelle Arimond, Annika Hass, Menko Koch, Jule M. Huber, Volker Ruwisch, Manuel Bartens, Tobias Plieninger, Catrin Westphal

“…Abstract To increase the effectiveness of agri‐environmental schemes, innovative approaches that focus on the landscape scale beyond individual fields and farms are widely discussed and tested. …”
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‘Avoidance Preening’, Displacement Behavior and Co-Dependency in Professional Team Sport: When Wants Become More Important Than Needs by Blake D. McLean, Donnie S. Strack, David T. Martin

“…Athletes’ non-strategic, time-demanding focus on physical preparation/treatments resembles avian ‘avoidance preening’, whereby stressful situations trigger birds to excessively preen in place of more productive activities. …”
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Impact of Climate Change on Individuals with Autism and the Role of Renewable Energy by Georgiou Ioanna, Xekalakis Georgios, Parlalis Stavros

“…This study delves into how the environmental changes brought on by climate change affect those with autism, with a focus on sensory sensitivities and the disruption of daily routines. …”
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Adaptive Plasticity in the Healthy Language Network: Implications for Language Recovery after Stroke by Gesa Hartwigsen

“…In this review, we will discuss recent advances in the use of NIBS to modulate neural activity and effective connectivity in the healthy language network, with a special focus on the combination of NIBS and neuroimaging or electrophysiological approaches. …”
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Living with Hepatitis C Virus: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Qualitative Literature by Laura E. Dowsett, Stephanie Coward, Diane L. Lorenzetti, Gail MacKean, Fiona Clement

“…Studies were included if they focused on adults diagnosed with HCV; reported experience living with HCV; and described original research. …”
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Multiple-Feature Extracting Modules Based Leak Mining System Design by Ying-Chiang Cho, Jen-Yi Pan

“…Thus, we make use of practical verification in order to focus on information security and privacy through black-box testing.…”
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“But Here Comes the Water…” —Dam-Induced Displacement and Resettlement in the Technological and Hydroelectric Landscapes of Portugal’s New State (1933–1974) by Pereira André

“…Borrowing from Cernea’s “Impoverishment Risks and Reconstruction” model to analyse archival sources and read them along and against the grain, I focus on Portuguese episodes of “Dam-Induced Displacement and Resettlement” to spotlight both how “those who were in the way of progress” acted upon the prospect of displacement and how they were acknowledged—by the companies, by the State—in the shaping of the Portuguese hydroelectric landscapes— through the articulation of programs for internal colonization, the renewal of rural housing or the revision of policies regarding expropriation.…”
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The Evidence of Cooperative Binding of a Ligand to G4 DNA by A. G. Kudrev

“…The suggested approach has focused upon the quantitative evaluating of a mutual influence between sites and between bound ligands. …”
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Writing the history of North America from Indian country: the view from the north-central Plains, 1800-1870 by Raymond J. DeMallie, Gilles Havard

“…To illustrate our perspective, we examine a concept of geographical and cultural space denoted as “Indian country.” As a case study, we focus our analysis on tribes of the central and northern Plains between 1800 and 1870. …”
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The Application and Analysis of Emotion Recognition Based on Modern Technology by Bi Lanxin

“…This article provides a comprehensive analysis of various emotion recognition methods, focusing on speech emotion recognition, facial expression recognition, and physiological signal emotion recognition. …”
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Triple jump for the optimal management of psoriatic arthritis: diet, sleep and exercise – a review by Ennio Lubrano, Kurt de Vlam, Rik Lories, Silvia Scriffignano, Fabio Massimo Perrotta, Mario Ronga

“…In particular, we reviewed the literature focusing on the possible benefits of a holistic approach to PsA patients considering lifestyle modifications.…”
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Application Assessment of OS-SART Reconstruction Algorithm with Limited Number of Projections in XCT Geometric Measurement by Kaojie Yue, Huan Shao, Stefano Petrὸ, Giovanni Moroni

“…To rigorously investigate the potential of ART algorithms under conditions of limited Np, this study focuses on the ordered subsets simultaneously algebraic reconstruction technique (OS-SART) algorithm, a classic ART algorithm. …”
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Environmental and Socio-Political Security Risks Correlation in Mountainous Areas by Humbatov Fuad

“…Calculated using a special formula, CCVİ determines the degree of predisposition or inclination of any country, including mountainous ones, to the negative impact of climate conflicts as direct and indirect consequences of global climate change. This paper focuses on mountainous countries and regions in terms of conducting a correlation analysis of environmental and socio-political security risks, taking into account their specificity in terms of direct and indirect impact of climate change on mountainous areas, their cultural, socio-economic life, religious and mental characteristics, social traits, etc. …”
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The Effect of Geometrical Parameters on Resonance Characteristics of Acoustic Metamaterials with Negative Effective Modulus by Xiao-Le Yan, Li-Mei Hao, Mei-Ling Men, Zhi Chen

“…By shifting the sizes of the unit cell, the acoustic metamaterial could potentially overcome the limit of the narrow resonance frequency. In this research, we focus on the resonant behavior of split hollow sphere (SHS) in the waveguide. …”
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Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD: A Reappraisal (2008–2012) by Pierachille Santus, Linda Bassi, Dejan Radovanovic, Andrea Airoldi, Rita Raccanelli, Francesco Triscari, Francesca Giovannelli, Antonio Spanevello

“…The scope of this paper has been the analysis of the literature on pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD patients has appeared in the last five years, focusing on the principal outcomes obtained. The results demonstrate that pulmonary rehabilitation has a beneficial effect on dyspnoea relief, improving muscle strength and endurance. …”
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A Systematic Review of “The Performance of Knowledge Organizations and Modelling Human Action” by Begaiym Satarova, Tuba Siddiqui, Hassan Raza, Navid Abbasi, Sultan Kydyrkozha

“…The findings suggest that knowledge organizations that focus on knowledge management capabilities and human resource configurations tend to perform better than those that do not. …”
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Trash streams as a manifestation of youth subculture by S. A. Grishaeva, N. N. Pushkareva

“…In the course of the study, four focus groups and two project sessions were conducted with schoolchildren and students, as well as an online survey of 8,942 respondents of various age categories. …”
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