Return Strategies of Competing E-Sellers: Return Freight Insurance vs. Return Pickup Services by Qiyuan Li, Yanli Fang, Yan Chen

“…Our findings revealed that highly similar or highly differentiated products typically favor RFI due to intense price competition or reduced need for service-based competition, while moderately differentiated products lead to RPS adoption as service quality becomes a key competitive lever. Additionally, competitive pressure often drives e-sellers to adopt homogenized return strategies, particularly RPSs, to maintain market position. …”
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Japanese-as-a-foreign-language acquisition affects native Chinese lexical processing among Chinese learners by Fengxiang Cai, Xiaodong Fei, Qichao Song

“…Through a comparison with native Chinese speakers who have not learned Japanese, the results indicate that L2 Japanese acquisition significantly impacts native Chinese lexical processing for Chinese learners of Japanese. Additionally, although there are some indications of the effects of orthographic and phonological similarities between Chinese and Japanese on native Chinese processing, the overall impact appears to be relatively weak. …”
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Correlates of Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults with Diabetes by LaRita C. Jones, Olivio J. Clay, Fernando Ovalle, Andrea Cherrington, Michael Crowe

“…Findings suggest that interventions targeted at helping older adults manage their diabetes-related distress and reducing the likelihood of experiencing additional health complications may reduce depressive symptoms within this population.…”
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Assessment of Parents’ Awareness Towards Space Maintainers: A Cross‑Sectional Study by Esra Ceren Tuğutlu, Neslihan Yılmaz

“…Descriptive statistical analysis was employed to interpret the findings.Results: Despite the fact that 45% children lost primary teeth due to decay, trauma or other reasons, 40.9% of parents declared that they had no idea that early loss of primary teeth could damage permanent teeth. Additionally, only 35.8% of parents stated that they had knowledge of what a space maintainer is; it was found that those parents who were familiar with space maintainers also had a high level of knowledge about its use.Conclusions: It is concluded that there is a need to enhance parental awareness concerning the utilization of space maintainers as a preventive measure following the premature loss of primary teeth.…”
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Do “Top” Universities the Best in Everything? How the Status and the Size of Russian Universities Correlate to Student Engagement by N. G. Maloshonok

“…The results demonstrate that students studying at federal, national research and flagship universities have comparatively lower class engagement and social engagement compared to students from universities without special status. In addition, students at institutions with a size between 1,000 and 3,500 students were the most engaged in class activities and, at the same time, disengaged, while a size of less than 1,000 students  was  negatively  associated  with  disengagement.  …”
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Acoustic Emission Characteristics and Energy Evolution of Red Sandstone Samples under Cyclic Loading and Unloading by Tianzuo Wang, Chunli Wang, Fei Xue, Linxiang Wang, Beyene Hana Teshome, Mengya Xue

“…During the cyclic loading and unloading, most of the work done by external forces in the compaction stage and the elastic stage was converted into elastic strain energy, and dissipated energy began to gradually increase in the stage of stable fracture development. In addition, it was found that the damage evolution of the rock samples changed from slow to fast, and the dissipated energy ratio increased when failure was approaching.…”
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Antibiotic Resistance of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Strains—Searching for New Antimicrobial Agents—Review by Michał Michalik, Adrianna Podbielska-Kubera, Agnieszka Dmowska-Koroblewska

“…<i>S. aureus</i> a commensal microorganism but is also responsible for numerous infections. In addition to innate resistance to β-lactam antibiotics, <i>S. aureus</i> strains resistant to methicillin (MRSA) often show resistance to other classes of antibiotics (multidrug resistance). …”
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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

“…Current information indicates that moderate physical activity at a particular intensity may be safe in this condition. Additional study is necessary to offer targeted recommendations for patient training and enhance their long-term quality of life. …”
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Impact of Likelihood Ratios of Rheumatoid Factor and Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibody in Clinical Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis by Two Available Platforms by Juan Irure-Ventura, María Díaz-Toledo, Noelia Palazuelos-Cayón, Marcos López-Hoyos

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: The LR for RA increased with an increasing antibody level. In addition, the use of test result interval-specific LR allows better clinical interpretation for RF and ACPA assays compared to the traditional idea of interpreting antibody results in a dichotomous manner, such as negative or positive.…”
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Role of ELT and Life Skills in Developing Employability Skills through Integrating Self Determination and Experiential Learning by Dev Brat Gupta, Vinod Bhatt, Shreya Mathur, Jyoti Badge, Asmita Sharma

“…Consider initially how young children might acquire life skills that will promote later development of an employability skill and provide additional advantages for both the individual and the workplace. …”
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Association between the healthy eating index 2020 and heart failure among the U.S. middle-aged and older adults from NHANES 2005–2020: a cross-sectional study by Fangfang Gu, Weiwei Yu, Tian Shu, Yingwei Zhu

“…The link of HEI-2020 to HF was assessed via logistic regression, restricted cubic splines (RCS), generalized additive models (GAM), weighted quantile sum (WQS) regression, as well as quantile g-computation (Qgcomp) models.ResultsA negative association between HEI-2020 and HF risk was uncovered in middle-aged and older Americans (OR = 0.99, 95% CI: 0.98–1.00, p = 0.006). …”
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Variation Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Reference Crop Evapotranspiration in Guangdong Province under Climate Change by HUANG Song, DAI Jiaqi, ZHAO Baoshan, LIU Na, LI Hui, CHU Huaping

“…To explore the temporal and spatial variation characteristics of reference crop evapotranspiration (ET₀) in Guangdong Province under climate change and its influencing factors,based on the surface observation data of 37 meteorological stations in Guangdong Province during 1980—2020,the FAO-56 Penman-Monteith method was applied to calculate the daily ET₀ of each meteorological station.In addition,this research systematically analyzed the temporal and spatial variation characteristics of ET₀ in Guangdong Province and quantitatively studied the influence degree of various meteorological factors on ET₀ by using sensitivity and contribution rate analysis methods.The results show that in terms of time scale,the annual average ET₀ in Guangdong Province is 1 150 mm,and it shows a significant increasing trend at the rate of 14.84 mm/10a.In terms of spatial scale,ET₀ in Guangdong Province shows an increasing trend from north to south,with a variation range of 1 069~1 235 mm.ET₀ is more sensitive to relative humidity and temperature than sunshine duration and wind speed.The contribution rate analysis shows that temperature is the dominant factor for ET₀ variation in Guangdong Province,followed by sunshine duration,relative humidity,and wind speed.The potential increase in temperature combined with the decrease in relative humidity can lead to higher ET₀ and drought events in the future.This study can provide a scientific basis for water resources planning and agricultural irrigation management in Guangdong Province.…”
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Surface State Treatment of Carbon Dots Using Sulphur Dioxide Isotherm by L. Natrayan, Dhinakaran Veeman, Pravin P. Patil, V. Swamy Nadh, P. Balamurugan, Muse Degefe Chewaka

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SOURCES AND DETERMINANTS OF CASH HOLDINGS IN THE AGRICULTURE OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE COUNTRIES AND THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE FINANCIAL SECURITY OF POLISH FARMS by Joanna Bereżnicka, Justyna Franc-Dąbrowska

“…For this reason, the study aimed to identify sources and determine cash resourcesin farms in Central and Eastern European countries that are in the EU. Additionally, based ondetailed data from Polish farms, we assessed and compared the importance of cash holdings infarms characterised by a high level of financial security and those for which we identify thebankruptcy risk. …”
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Stepping Into an Equatorial Plasma Bubble With a Swarm Overfly by L. Spogli, L. Alfonsi, C. Cesaroni

“…Abstract ESA's Swarm constellation entered in a “overfly” configuration in the period between September and October 2021, when the longitudinal distance between the lower pair and the upper satellite was at its minimum since the launch of the spacecrafts. In addition, the local time of the nighttime tracks was favorable to detect and study the morphology of post‐sunset equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs). …”
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Study on Mechanism of Viscoelastic Polymer Transient Flow in Porous Media by Huiying Zhong, Weidong Zhang, Hongjun Yin, Haoyang Liu

“…For a steady flow, elasticity can give rise to an additional pressure difference, which increases with increasing elasticity. …”
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Protective Effect of Uric Acid on ox-LDL-Induced HUVECs Injury via Keap1-Nrf2-ARE Pathway by Yajuan Lin, Yunpeng Xie, Zhujing Hao, Hailian Bi, Yang Liu, Xiaolei Yang, Yunlong Xia

“…The Keap1-Nrf2-ARE pathway is a key body pathway involved in protection against internal and external oxidative damages. …”
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A systematic literature review on combined seawater desalination and reverse electrodialysis: Evaluating its technological readiness and potential for full-commercialization by Marijn T. van Geet, Janina Fuchs

“…The technological immaturity of combined seawater desalination and reverse electrodialysis technology is one of the prime reasons for the low power density and energy efficiency, which in turn has a causal relationship with the high costs associated with the technology. Additionally, the high costs may contribute to the lack of competitiveness. …”
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Bibliometric analysis of teen pregnancy research in Asia-Africa: Explore the future scope by Esti Nugraheny, Bunga A Paramashanti, Eny R Ambarwati, Yanti Yanti, Ocktariyana Ocktariyana, Tri Sunarsih, Zulvi Wiyanti, Hadi Ashar

“…CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests more research on the term “vertical transmission, breastfeeding, and partner violence” related to teen pregnancy. In addition, this research will inspire researchers and adolescent health policymakers to expand the scope of research to solve teenage pregnancy problems based on interdisciplinary theories and methods.…”
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Assessment of the Potential Flood Risk in Sarbaz Drainage Basin by Asadollah Mollazehi, MohammadReza Pudineh, Mahmood Khosravi, Mohsen Armesh, AliAsghar Dehvari

“…From the total area of the Sarbaz basin, only 0.5% has a high to extremely high flood potential, and the central areas of the basin have the highest potential for flood due to topography and special hydrographic conditions. In addition, the main river basin districts towards the outlet of the basin as well as parts of the margins of important sub-streams have the highest flood potential. …”
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