The Impact of Sustainability Performance on Islamic Banks’ Financial Performance: The Moderating Effect of the Determinants of Sustainability Score by Aghilasse Kashi, Abdelkader Laallam, Naji Mansour Nomran, Ala’ Azmi Abumughli

“…This study, therefore, seeks to investigate the SP-Islamic banks’ FP relationship over a sample of 32 Islamic banks drawn from nine key jurisdictions in Islamic finance industry for the period from 2016 to 2021 using GMM estimator. …”
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Falwa: Python Package to Implement Finite‐Amplitude Local Wave Activity Diagnostics on Climate Data by Clare S. Y. Huang, Christopher Polster, Noboru Nakamura

“…The authors also discuss existing numerical issues and future improvement plans. This open‐source project aims to promote the broader application of FALWA diagnostics on climate data and model outputs by streamlining complex numerical computations.…”
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Status of Natural Regeneration of Mangroves in Southern Nigeria by Ufuoma Akpovwovwo, Tinuola Ekanade

“…The establishment of mangrove conservation and reforestation projects is therefore recommended.  …”
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Experimental verification of Hill’s model for wood by Jan Pełczyński

“…They are becoming increasingly popular again due to their ecological nature, as shown by the latest high-rise construction projects. The development of modern wooden structures is forcing designers to look for new solutions in workmanship. …”
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Cultural Moduses of Students and Their Influence on the Formation of Life Plans by M. A. Golovchin

“…We proposed an algorithm for studying cultural moduses within the framework of sociological research, for testing of which we used a subset of data from the project of the Russian Society of Sociologists “Cultural Heritage and the Connection of Generations” (2022).The study found that modern students have different cultural moduses. …”
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The structure of the institutional model of formation of youth ecological culture: regional aspects by M. V. Tereshina, I. V. Miroshnichenko, N. V. Yakovenko, E. A. Yakovleva

“…The authors identified and characterised the main subjects involved in the formation of the ecological culture of young people, the set of technologies used (information and communication, game and project) and the resources and principles that determine the effectiveness of environmental education and educational practices. …”
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A Refractive Index-Based Dual-Band Metamaterial Sensor Design and Analysis for Biomedical Sensing Applications by Lakshmi Darsi, Goutam Rana

“…MM-based sensors are useful for the in vitro, non-destructive testing (NDT) of samples. The challenge lies in designing a narrow band resonator such that higher sensitivities can be achieved, which in turn allow for the sensing of ultra-low quantities. …”
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A monoclonal antibody-based copro-ELISA kit for canine echinococcosis to support the PAHO effort for hydatid disease control in South America. by Noelia Morel, Gabriel Lassabe, Susana Elola, Mauricio Bondad, Silvia Herrera, Carlos Marí, Jerold A Last, Oscar Jensen, Gualberto Gonzalez-Sapienza

“…To reverse this situation the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched a regional project on cystic echinococcosis control and surveillance. …”
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Promoting sleep and mental well-being in children: Protocol for a naturalistic pilot in-app study among users of the Aumio app. by Nadja Ruckser, Melissa Röcken, Jean Ochel, Alfred Wiater, Claudia Calvano

“…The purpose of this study is to conduct an initial analysis of the feasibility and acceptability of the Aumio app and an email psychoeducational module as well as preliminary efficacy on child's sleep quality and the associated factors well-being and parental stress. This research project is designed as a single-group pre-post design for a sample of 456 guardian-child dyads, with children aged 6-12 years. …”
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Formation and Evolution of State-Sponsored Nation Building in the UAE by Hojjat Kazemi, Mohammad Mahboubi

“…Given to the chronological precedence of the state establishment over the nation, and to the centrality of political institutions and elites, the nation building experience in the UAE is an obvious sample of a nation building pattern that can be called "state-sponsored nation building". …”
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sumSTAAR: A flexible framework for gene-based association studies using GWAS summary statistics. by Nadezhda M Belonogova, Gulnara R Svishcheva, Anatoly V Kirichenko, Irina V Zorkoltseva, Yakov A Tsepilov, Tatiana I Axenovich

“…These matrices estimated on a sample of 265,000 individuals are a state-of-the-art replacement of widely used matrices based on the 1000 Genomes Project data.…”
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Investigation of Roughness, Morphology, and Wettability Characteristics of Biopolymer Composite Coating on SS 316L for Biomedical Applications by Hanaa A. Al-Kaisy, Basma H. Al-Tamimi, Qahtan A. Hamad, Mayyadah S. Abed

“…This project aims to create a 316L stainless steel coated with a biocomposite based on chitosan for use in the biomedical industry. …”
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Examining Factors Impacting Online Survey Response Rates in Educational Research: Perceptions of Graduate Students by Amany Saleh, Krishna Bista

“…Academic researchers, including faculty and students, expect and require a good response rate to their research projects for reliable results. Purpose: In this paper, the authors examine a wide range of factors related to survey response rates in academic research. …”
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Enhancing Building Information Modeling Effectiveness Through Coopetition and the Industrial Internet of Things by Agostinho da Silva, Antonio J. Marques Cardoso

“…These results suggest that coopetition practices contribute to better project outcomes, increased competitiveness, and sustainability within the construction industry. …”
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L’agrobiodiversité du dattier (Phoenix dactylifera L.) dans l’oasis de Siwa (Égypte) by Vincent Battesti

“…This paper is the first step of a two-stage work; the second, within an interdisciplinary research project, will examine samples of these date palms through morphometry of seeds and genetic structure of landrace populations to deepen the analysis of the date palm agrobiodiversity in Siwa, at the North African and Middle Eastern crossroads.…”
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Spatial Analysis of the Neuronal Density of Aminergic Brainstem Nuclei in Primary Neurodegenerative and Vascular Dementia: A Comparative Immunocytochemical and Quantitative Study U... by Yan Yang, Konrad Beyreuther, Horst P. Schmitt

“…A graph method was employed to analyse spatial neuronal patterns of pontine nuclei with ascending aminergic projections to the forebrain (nucleus centralis superior (NCS), raphes dorsalis (NRD) and locus coeruleus (LC)), in Alzheimer disease (AD), Huntington disease (HD), and vascular (VD) as well as “mixed‐type” (VA) dementia, compared with non‐demented controls (CO) and a small sample of brains from schizophrenics (“dementia praecox” (DP)). …”
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The effect of leader damage on lodgepole pine site tree height growth by Gord Nigh

“…Thirty-seven lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) site trees were destructively sampled. Annual height growth was measured and incidents of leader damage noted. …”
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596 Becoming multilingual in thought languages by Colin Hoffman, Mary Bevilacqua, Brian Weaver

“…Integrating these tools into research groups to establish more efficacious communication between teams, governing bodies, and patient communication can be sampled via pre and post research surveys of feeling understood. …”
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Quantum optimization algorithms for CT image segmentation from X-ray data by Kyungtaek Jun, Hyunju Lee

“…We compared the segmentation results of our algorithm with those of classical algorithms using X-ray images of actual tooth samples to validate the results of our algorithm. …”
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The Effectiveness of the Green Activity Program in Improving Pro-Environmental Consumer Behavior in Elementary School Students by Deasy Rahmawati, Nana Supriatna, Sapriya Sapriya

“…The program was implemented as part of the Pancasila Student Profile Strengthening Project within the independent curriculum framework. …”
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