How overconfidence and mental accounting influence investments? The moderating role of financial literacy by Johny Budiman, Jason Yodiputra, Candy Candy, Isnaini Nuzula Agustin

“…A self-administered questionnaires were distributed to 391 active trading stock investor in Indonesia. Using Partial Least Squares method, the results shows that loss aversion and overconfidence negatively influence the investment decision. …”
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Research on Mesoscopic Response of Asphalt Pavement Structure under Vibration Load by Zhanyou Yan, Enli Chen, Zhen Wang, Chundi Si

“…The results show that the discrete element method can not only obtain the stress and displacement of each structural layer, but also reveal the microcrack gradual behavior between particle flows.…”
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Chemical Synthesis, Characterization, and Biocompatibility Study of Hydroxyapatite/Chitosan Phosphate Nanocomposite for Bone Tissue Engineering Applications by Nabakumar Pramanik, Debasish Mishra, Indranil Banerjee, Tapas Kumar Maiti, Parag Bhargava, Panchanan Pramanik

“…The use of CSP promotes the homogeneous distribution of particles in the polymer matrix through its pendant phosphate groups along with particle-polymer interfacial interactions. …”
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Study on Mechanical Properties and Failure Mechanism of Axial Braided C/C Composite by Chunguang Wang, Weiping Tian, Min Tang

“…It was found that brittle fracture was observed during the tensile process of axial braided C/C composites, and the main failure forms were fiber rod pulling and partial fiber rod breaking in the axial direction. …”
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A Tragical Paediatric Case History of Intraorbital and Intracranial Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma by K. Aniba, M. Laghmari, M. Lmejjati, H. Ghannane, S. Ait Benali

“…The tumor was operated through subfrontal approach but only a partial resection was performed. The histological diagnosis was epithelioid hemangioendothelioma. …”
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Mitigation of membrane fouling in dye wastewater using a ternary WO3/CNT/ZnO composite photocatalytic membrane by Chong Wei Tze, Ong Yit Thai

“…The ternary composite photocatalyst in membrane form displayed a competitive effectiveness in degrading MB when compared to particle form. The ternary composite photocatalytic membrane demonstrated a decreased permeation flux, accompanied by an increased rejection toward the MB when increasing the loading of ternary composite photocatalyst in the photocatalytic membrane. …”
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Filtering the unfilterable: tuning the mesostructure of precipitating silica gels to improve the filterability of acidic lixiviation slurries by Manfoumbi, Christian, Roger, Kevin, Meireles, Martine

“…Using small-angle X-ray scattering, we show that this pathway transforms the network of polymeric silica (“polymer gel”) obtained under highly acidic leaching conditions into a network of dense silica particles (“particle gel”). This structural compaction at the mesoscopic length scale cascades to the macroscale and leads to a drastic improvement in filterability by two orders of magnitude. …”
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Performance Comparison of Mode Choice Optimization Algorithm with Simulated Discrete Choice Modeling by Hyuk-Jae Roh, Satish Sharma, Prasanta K. Sahu, Babak Mehran

“…The golden section method (GSM) incorporates a nonlinear programming technique to choose an optimal step size automatically. Partial derivatives of log-likelihood function are derived and coded using Visual Basic Application (VBA). …”
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Rheological investigations and swelling behavior of gum ghatti-cl-poly(acrylic acid) hydrogel reinforced with graphene oxide by Pragnesh N. Dave, Pradip M. Macwan, Bhagvan Kamaliya, Arvind Kumar

“…Various experiments were conducted on nanocomposite particle gels to scrutinize the impact of graphene oxide (GO) microparticle concentration (ranging from 0 to 5 mg) on network topology, swelling, and mechanical characteristics of the gels. …”
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Ciencias políticas y trabajo de campo. Diálogo con Liisa North by Luciano Martínez

“… Liisa North es actualmente profesora emérita de la Universidad de York en Canadá, institución a la cual ha estado vinculada desde inicios de los años setenta, casi inmediatamente después de obtener su doctorado en Ciencia Política en la Universidad de Berkley en California con una tesis sobre “Los orígenes y desarrollo del partido aprisa del Perú”. Desde entonces ha estado relacionada al espacio académico del norte, pero sin apartar su mirada ni su corazón de lo que sucedía en América Latina y más concretamente en Ecuador. …”
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Combined Application of Phosphorus Fertilizer with Tithonia Biomass Improves Grain Yield and Agronomic Phosphorus Use Efficiency of Hybrid Maize by Solomon Endris

“…Significant treatment differences (P<0.01) were observed for most of the parameters studied including agronomic efficiency, partial factor productivity (PFP), and grain yield. …”
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Design and Performance of Anticracking Asphalt-Treated Base by Xiaoge Tian, Haifeng Han, Qisen Zhang, Xinwei Li, Ye Li

“…Firstly, several gradations were designed preliminarily in which middle particle sizes of coarse aggregates were partially or completely gapped according to the gradation specification. …”
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Dynamic Learning from Adaptive Neural Control of Uncertain Robots with Guaranteed Full-State Tracking Precision by Min Wang, Yanwen Zhang, Huiping Ye

“…In the steady-state control process, RBF NNs are verified to satisfy the partial persistent excitation (PE) condition. Subsequently, an appropriate state transformation is adopted to achieve the accurate convergence of neural weight estimates. …”
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Critical success factors for a total quality culture: A structural model by Ana Cláudia Campos, Júlio da Costa Mendes, João Albino Silva, Patrícia Oom do Valle

“…In this research a model integrating the critical success factors for a total quality culture was tested in organisations of two subsectors of the tourism industry, using the SEM (Structural Equation Models with Latent Variables) approach by means of the PLS (Partial Least Squares) technique. Main findings corroborate that leadership and employee empowerment are key success factors for a total quality culture, thus reinforcing the principle that everyone in the organisation is responsible for quality. …”
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Analytical Investigation of Laminar Viscoelastic Fluid Flow over a Wedge in the Presence of Buoyancy Force Effects by B. Rostami, M. M. Rashidi, P. Rostami, E. Momoniat, N. Freidoonimehr

“…The two-dimensional boundary-layer governing partial differential equations (PDEs) are derived by the consideration of Boussinesq approximation. …”
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Attachment as a factor in generating satisfaction with, and loyalty to, rural tourism destinations by Ana María Campón-Cerro, Helena Maria Baptista Alves, José Manuel Hernández-Mogollón

“…An analysis was carried out using a Partial Least Squares (PLS) technique through structural equation modelling. …”
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Cognitive Multihop Wireless Sensor Networks over Nakagami- Fading Channels by Xing Zhang, Jia Xing, Zhi Yan, Yue Gao, Wenbo Wang

“…Considering the effect of imperfect channel state information (CSI), we study the performance of a cluster-based cognitive multihop wireless sensor network with decode-and-forward (DF) partial relay selection over Nakagami- m fading channels. …”
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Compositionally Disordered Doped with Cerium Crystalline Garnet Type Materials for Brighter and Faster Scintillations by M. V. Korzhik

“…The aim of this work was to evaluate the scintillation yield in the materials of quaternary garnets activated by cerium ions with partial isovalent substitution of the matrix-forming gadolinium ions by yttrium or lutetium ions.Materials were obtained in the form of polycrystalline ceramic samples, and the best results were shown by samples obtained from the raw materials produced by the coprecipitation method. …”
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Schwinger-Type Pair Production in Non-SUSY AdS/CFT by Udit Narayan Chowdhury

“…We study pair production of particles in the presence of an external electric field in a large N non-supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory using the holographic duality. …”
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Feature Selection and Parameter Optimization of Support Vector Machines Based on Modified Cat Swarm Optimization by Kuan-Cheng Lin, Yi-Hung Huang, Jason C. Hung, Yung-Tso Lin

“…Previous studies have indicated that CSO algorithms outperform other well-known metaheuristics, such as genetic algorithms and particle swarm optimization. This study presents a modified version of cat swarm optimization (MCSO), capable of improving search efficiency within the problem space. …”
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