Optimal Payments to Connected Depositors in Turbulent Times: A Markov Chain Approach by Dávid Csercsik, Hubert János Kiss

“…We show that in the case of the proposed model this question results in a nonlinear optimization problem with nonlinear constraints and that the method is capable of accounting for time-varying resource limits of the bank. …”
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Recent Advances, Research Trends, and Clinical Relevance of Hyaluronic Acid Applied to Wound Healing and Regeneration by Gloria Huerta-Ángeles, Edgar Mixcoha

“…Finally, this review focuses on products containing HA, novel developments, gaps, and limitations of the current state of the art.…”
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Eficácia dos processos de planejamento em instituições de ensino superior privadas: avaliação do efeito da formalização do processo de planejamento by Valdeci Ferreira dos Santos, Ronielton Rezende Oliveira, Luiz Antônio Antunes Teixeira

“…As Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES) passam por um aumento na competitividade que reflete no aumento do número de cursos, vagas e surgimento de novas IES. O estudo analisa a percepção dos responsáveis pelo planejamento das IES privadas da Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, quanto aos fatores que antecedem o sistema de planejamento e suas dimensões de eficácia. …”
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Enhancing Idiomatic Competence through WhatsApp: A Comparative Study of Mobile and Traditional Teaching Methods by Riska Widiyanita Batubara, Amrin Batubara, Tri Yuli Ardiyansah

“…This study examines the effectiveness of using WhatsApp as a tool for teaching English idiomatic expressions to pre-intermediate EAP students in the Non-English Department at the University of Muhammadiyah Gresik. …”
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Cross-cultural adaptation of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture questionnaire to the Cuban context by Rosa María Blanco Quintana, Yuliett Mora Pérez, Tania Solange Bosi de Souza Magnago, Liuva Miriela Navarro Martiatu, Yoslaidy Guerra Insua, Zenia Tamara Sánchez García

“…<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> patient safety culture is the product of values, beliefs, attitudes, perceptions, norms, procedures, competencies and patterns of individual and group behavior, which determines the commitment of a health organization to the management of patient safety.…”
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Analysis of Procurement Routes and Contract Types for Housing Retrofit in the United Kingdom by Chamara Panakaduwa, Paul Coates, Mustapha Munir

“…This is because there is nothing wrong with the existing way of addressing contract administration in retrofit. …”
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Simultaneously Remove and Visually Detect Ce4+ Based on Nanocomposite of UiO-66-NH2/CPA-MA by Xiaoqiu Tang, Guanghui Wu, Tao Wang, Pinghua Chen, Jiezeng Chen, Hualin Jiang

“…Effective strategies to deal with rare earth pollution are urgently needed due to the overexploitation of rare earths resource. In this study, a novel nanocomposite of UiO-66-NH2/CPA-MA denoted as UA was successfully synthesized, which can simultaneously remove and detect Ce4+ in water. …”
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College Sophomore Students’ Self-Efficacy and Intent to Persist by Shelley Price-Williams, Pietro Sasso

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SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS AN INCLUSIVE CLUSTER CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY by Andriy Braunagel

“…It was revealed that the activities of the social entrepreneurship cluster are aimed at creating social value, convergence of the activities of the social entrepreneur and the stakeholders of the social enterprise, their market orientation and social innovations. It is noted that the process of social entrepreneurship determines the provision of social interests and needs through innovative and sustainable entrepreneurial approaches through the creation and management of enterprises or initiatives. …”
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A deputy’s request for information containing bank secrecy in Ukraine: an urgent issue of the present by K. V. Kysylova, D. V. Korobtsova

“…It has been established that the possibility of a request by a People’s Deputy of Ukraine to a banking institution to obtain confidential information is provided for in the current legislation, but only within clearly defined limits, namely: the information is necessary for the legislative work; the issues under consideration and related to obtaining such information should be within the powers of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. It is noted that a request to banking institutions to obtain information with restricted access under a certain procedure may be submitted either individually or through the activities of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine committees.…”
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Mitochondrial quality control: a pathophysiological mechanism and potential therapeutic target for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Mengjiao Xu, Peng Feng, Peng Feng, Jun Yan, Lei Li

“…Mitochondrial quality control mechanisms encompass processes such as mitochondrial biogenesis, fusion, fission, and autophagy, which collectively maintain the quantity, morphology, and function of mitochondria, ensuring cellular energy supply and the progression of normal physiological activities. However, in COPD, due to the persistent stimulation of harmful factors such as smoking and air pollution, mitochondrial quality control mechanisms often become deregulated, leading to mitochondrial dysfunction. …”
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ChatGPT and CLT: Investigating differences in multimodal processing by Michael Cahalane, Samuel N. Kirshner

“…Furthermore, while humans generally perceive ChatGPT to be more concrete in image processing, there is a notable discrepancy between this perception and the actual level of concreteness exhibited by ChatGPT in handling image-based tasks. …”
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A Hybrid Digital-Signature and Zero-Watermarking Approach for Authentication and Protection of Sensitive Electronic Documents by Omar Tayan, Muhammad N. Kabir, Yasser M. Alginahi

“…The proposed algorithm was implemented and shown to be robust against undetected content modifications and is capable of confirming proof of originality whilst detecting and locating deliberate/nondeliberate tampering. Additionally, enhancements in resource utilisation and reduced redundancies were achieved in comparison to traditional encryption-based approaches. …”
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Heat shock transcription factor 1 facilitates liver cancer progression by driving super‐enhancer‐mediated transcription of MYCN by Yizhe Liu, Qili Shi, Yue Su, Zhiao Chen, Xianghuo He

“…Further exploration of this axis could yield valuable insights into novel treatment strategies for HCC.…”
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Limb-Specific Comparison of Flow-Mediated Dilation in Abdominal Obese Pre-menopausal Women by Robert M. Restaino, Matthew A. Barlow

“…Abstract Purpose Normal aging can lead to arterial wall stiffening and development of atherosclerosis; however, the effects of overweight conditions can expedite the dysfunction of arterial health. …”
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Increase of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Decrease of MCP-1 and Some Updated Epidemiology Aspects of Cystic Echinococcosis Human Cases in Calabria Region by Giovanni Matera, Maria Teresa Loria, Cinzia Peronace, Tatiana Catanzariti, Pio Settembre, Aida Giancotti, Angelo G. Lamberti, Giorgio S. Barreca, Luisa Galati, Gessica Dodaro, Maria Mazzitelli, Alessio Strazzulla, Carlo Torti, Angela Quirino, Maria Carla Liberto, Alfredo Focà

“…Regarding pathogenesis, a relevant novel tool of immune depression should be deemed the reduced level of serum MCP-1. …”
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GİRİŞİMCİ PAZARLAMA: KAVRAMSAL BİR ÇALIŞMA by Nil Dal, Veysel Dal

“…Girişimci pazarlamanın gelişimindeki dönüm noktaları çerçevesinde, girişimci pazarlamanın tarihçesine değinilmiştir. …”
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Advancing Shannon Entropy for Measuring Diversity in Systems by R. Rajaram, B. Castellani, A. N. Wilson

“…Shannon entropy H has been used to rethink diversity within probability distributions, based on the notion of information. However, there are two major limitations to Shannon’s approach. …”
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Older People's Perceptions of Well-Being by I.V. Vasileva, M.V. Chumakov

“…Nine associations were received from each person, three verbs, adjectives, nouns. Data processing was carried out using frequency analysis, rank calculation, z-criterion calculation to compare the frequencies of the identified associative and semantic groups. 2376 associates were received, of which the most frequent ones were identified; the selection boundary was 1% of the total number of associates (24 units). …”
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Calculation of the intensity at the sharp focus of a cylindrical vector beam by three methods by A.G. Nalimov, V.V. Kotlyar, Yu.V. Khanenko

“…We conduct a comparative analysis of diffraction fields upon sharply focusing vortex and non-vortex incident beams, calculated using three non-paraxial methods. …”
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