Triple pillars of sustainable finance: The role of green finance, CSR, and digitalization on bank performance in Bangladesh by Shaikh Masrick Hasan, K. M. Anwarul Islam, Tawfiq Taleb Tawfiq, Priya Saha

“…Conversely, digitalization shows a statistically significant negative effect on performance, implying that initial implementation costs and challenges may outweigh the benefits. In addition, control variables, including default rate and bank size, exhibit a statistically significant negative relationship with performance measures. …”
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Comparative analysis of the parapatellar and subpatellar approaches in reducing peripheral knee pain post-intramedullary tibial fracture surgery by Shaoyu Han, Bingjun Cui, Lang Wu, Chuangong Wang, Zhixiang Chen

“…Overall, the parapatellar group outperformed the control group (P = 0.01). Additionally, long-term follow-up revealed potential advantages of the parapatellar approach in improving long-term functional outcomes. …”
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Prognostic significance of lymph node ratio in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: insights from the South Asian population by Sajida Qureshi, Waqas Ahmad Abbasi, Hira Abdul Jalil, Saba Mughal, Muhammad Saeed Quraishy

“…Patients with a high LNR had a higher mortality rate (70%) compared to those with a low LNR (41.7%) and 0 LNR (12%) (p = 0.002). Additionally, patients with a high LNR (>0.1) were associated with poorer overall survival (OS) (30.0% vs. 58.3% vs. 88.0%, p < 0.001). …”
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MGATAF: multi-channel graph attention network with adaptive fusion for cancer-drug response prediction by Dhekra Saeed, Huanlai Xing, Barakat AlBadani, Li Feng, Raeed Al-Sabri, Monir Abdullah, Amir Rehman

“…Future research can expand on this work by exploring additional data modalities and refining the adaptive fusion mechanisms.…”
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Microbial diversity and metabolomics analysis of colon contents exposed to cadmium and polystyrene microplastics by Dechun Chen, Liyu Pan, Xuan Ran, Junyu Huang, Xiaohua Teng, Falong Yang, Haifeng Liu

“…Cadmium and microplastics, common pollutants, can accumulate in the body, impacting the intestinal barrier and harming livestock breeding. …”
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Stability of a Rock Tunnel Passing through Talus-Like Formations: A Case Study in Southwestern China by Shaoqiang Zhang, Wenqiang Li, Jiashan Tan, Bokuan Li, Xiaochang Li, Shuaifeng Wang, Zixin Zhang

“…It is found that the excavation of lower benches released the surrounding rock pressure around upper benches, resulting in the decrease of the surrounding rock pressure on the primary lining and the stress of steel arches. In addition, the monitoring data revealed that the primary lining sustained bias pressure from the surrounding rock mass, which thereby caused unsymmetrical deformation of the primary lining, in accordance with the monitored displacement data. …”
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Taenia solium Cysticercosis and Taeniosis Reporting in the Current Medical and Veterinary Diseases Reporting Systems in Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study by Fredy Mlowe, James Mlangwa, Ernatus Mkupasi, Andrea S. Winkler, Antony D. Nyerere, Ayubu Churi, Helena Ngowi, Esron Karimuribo

“…It is concluded that the MDRS did not provide for specific reporting of taeniosis and NCC. …”
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Multiclass Supervised Learning Approach for SAR-COV2 Severity and Scope Prediction: SC2SSP Framework by Shaik Khasim Saheb, B. Narayanan, T.V. Narayana Rao

“…The model may also utilize preprocessing techniques which are Gaussian smoothing for handling imbalanced data, such as oversampling or under sampling, as well as feature extraction methods such as Local Binary Pattern to identify the most relevant input features for the prediction task. Additionally, a classifier such as XGBoost can also be used to further improve the model's performance. …”
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Eco-anthropologie et primatologie pour la conservation de la biodiversité : un projet collaboratif dans le Parc National de Moukalaba-Doudou, Gabon by Naoki Matsuura, Yuji Takenoshita, Juichi Yamagiwa

“…African tropical rainforests are decreasing rapidly because of the expansion of agricultural lands and commercial logging. In addition to habitat loss resulting from deforestation, an increase in the bushmeat trade threatens some wildlife species with extinction. …”
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Understanding Daily, Emotional, and Physical Burdens and Needs of Parents Caring for Children with Type 1 Diabetes by Heike Saßmann, Su-Jong Kim-Dorner, Verena Berndt, Torben Biester, Andrea Dehn-Hindenberg, Bettina Heidtmann, Norbert Jorch, Eggert Lilienthal, Nicole Nellen-Hellmuth, Andreas Neu, Katja Schaaf, Ralph Ziegler, Karin Lange

“…Independent of the level of burden, 78% of parents wanted additional diabetes training. Conclusion. Despite parents reporting high emotional burdens in connection with diabetes care, HbA1c and the gender of the reporting parent were the only risk factors. …”
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Scientometric Evaluation of Research Productivity on Diabetes from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over the Last Two Decades (2000-2019) by Zohair Jamil Gazzaz, Nadeem Shafique Butt, Nadeem Alam Zubairi, Ahmad Azam Malik

“…Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a leading global cause of morbidity and mortality with additional threats from known prevalent risk factors. …”
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Efficient and Secure Traffic Scheduling Based on Private Sketch by Yang Chen, Huishu Wu, Xuhao Ren

“…Traditional traffic scheduling methods often rely on static rules or pre–defined policies, which make it difficult to cope with dynamically changing network traffic patterns. Additionally, the inability to efficiently manage tail contributors that disproportionately contribute to traffic can further exacerbate congestion issues. …”
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A Hybrid Frequency Selective Absorber With Dual-Polarized Wireless Communication and Ultra-Wideband Absorption by Youquan Wen, Sai-Wai Wong, Chunlin Ji, Ruopeng Liu, Yejun He

“…The two circuit layers operate independently, resolving the problems of inter-layer interference of conventional multi-layer FSA with antenna circuit. Additionally, the antenna configuration allows for excitation at the receiving end, providing broadband radiation capability without affecting in-band absorption. …”
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Evaluation of compliance and accuracy in Parkinson’s disease motor symptom tracking: a comparative study of digital and traditional paper diaries using a smartphone application (My... by Nazli Durmaz Celik, Nazli Durmaz Celik, Asli Yaman Kula, Naci Murat, Müge Kuzu Kumcu, Aydan Topal, Serhat Özkan

“…Our study suggests a broader adoption of digital health technologies in PD management. Still, additional research is necessary to improve the tools and assess long-term patient outcomes.…”
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Improving Media Literacy Among Higher Education Students Through Vitagenic Information by Darmonjon Maxmudova, Egambergan Khudoynazarov, Meruert Pazilova, Khairulla Alyaminov, Gulbahar Abilova, Zamira Sherimbetova, Sherzod Korabayev

“…Surveys were conducted with 200 university students to evaluate their existing media literacy levels and to determine how vitagenic experiences affect their critical thinking abilities. Additionally, focus groups were organized to collect detailed insights into how students utilize their vitagenic knowledge when consuming media. …”
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Effects of a synthetic analog of the bovine appeasing pheromone on the overall welfare of dairy calves from birth through weaning by J. Garcia-Alvarez, E. Teruel, A. Cozzi, E. Harris, S.M. Rutter, A. Beaver

“…After weaning, calves were moved to group hutches according to treatment for 4 additional weeks. It was hypothesized that dairy calves treated with BAP would display fewer signs of stress compared with calves receiving the placebo during the weaning process. …”
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The Association of Serum Anti-Lysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein-2 Antibody with Vasculitis Combined with Hypertension by Bin Zhu, Xintian Cai, Qing Zhu, Ting Wu, Shasha Liu, Shanshan Liu, Jing Hong, Nanfang Li

“…More interestingly, the levels of serum anti-LAMP-2 antibody were remarkably increased in polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) patients compared with ANCA-associated vasculitis and Takayasu arteritis patients (all P<0.05). In addition, there was a significant positive correlation between serum anti-LAMP-2 antibody levels and BAVS and Hs-CRP in PAN patients (all P<0.05). …”
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Implementasi Algoritme Spongent sebagai Algoritme Hashing untuk Integritas pada Modul Komunikasi Lora by Ari Kusyanti, I Putu Agrahita Wiguna, Fariz Andri Bakhtiar

“…Teknologi yang secara khusus menargetkan situasi di mana cakupan area yang luas dengan biaya penerapan yang rendah dan konsumsi daya yang rendah menggunakan frekuensi radio ialah LoRa. …”
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Fluidization of fine coal particles in an ultrasound enhanced gas-solid fluidized bed by Sayuri Naicker, Neeraj Kuarsingh, Milan Carsky, David Lokhat

“…Decreasing minimum fluidization velocities were observed for increasing ultrasonic intensities, across various bed heights. The addition of the ultrasound correction factor was able to improve the prediction capability of the model that was developed for the minimum fluidization velocity. …”
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Serine Deficiency Exacerbates Inflammation and Oxidative Stress via Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis in D-Galactose-Induced Aging Mice by Fengen Wang, Hongbin Zhou, Ligang Deng, Lei Wang, Jingqing Chen, Xihong Zhou

“…Furthermore, serine deficiency exacerbated these changes. Additionally, serine deficiency in combination with D-galactose injection significantly decreased fecal butyric acid content and gene expression of short-chain fatty acid transporters (Slc16a3 and Slc16a7) and receptor (Gpr109a) in the brain. …”
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