Consumer Perceptions of Lawn Fertilizer Brands by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn, Michael D. Dukes

“…Consumers’ increased environmental awareness creates a niche opportunity for the fertilizer industry to promote environmentally friendly lawn fertilizers, but in order to effectively exploit it, industry stakeholders must understand consumer purchasing behavior before expending labor, time, and money creating products for sale. …”
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Impact of large-scale social restriction policy on the economy in Depok City, West Java province by Ridwan Ridwan

“…In addition, the impact of PSBB is a decrease in people's income which has an impact on decreasing purchasing power. The strategy carried out by the government to overcome the impact of the implementation of this PSBB is through social assistance programs and the right to a social safety net for the community. …”
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Assessment of the nutritional constituents of Elaeis Guineensis Jacq exudates from different States of Nigeria by FI Obahiagbon, GE Ilori, JO Erhabor

“…The bottled exudates were purchased in the open market in Benin City on bi-weekly intervals. …”
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No Way Back? ECB’s Forward Guidance and Policy Normalisation by Jakob de Haan

“…However, forward guidance constrained the central bank’s ability to decide to end asset purchases and raise policy rates once inflation had risen above target. …”
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La idea de Dios y las preguntas de la razón pura by José Alvarado, Ineida Machado

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The impact of government subsidies on microplastic pollution control in mariculture: an evolutionary game theory analysis in Qingdao, China by Haiming Song, Xinting Wang, Xiaomeng Huan, Lin Yang

“…The likelihood of receiving government subsidies boosts the production of environmentally-friendly fishing gear by fishing gear enterprises and the purchase of such gear by fishermen. (2) Based on the cost-benefit variations for fishing gear enterprises, fishermen, and the government, the evolutionary game model reaches distinct equilibrium states, leading to corresponding adjustments in the optimal government subsidy strategy. (3) While there are some positive effects of subsidies, increasing government subsidies does not necessarily lead to better outcomes. …”
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Greenwashing – The Dark Side of Eco-Friendly Marketing. A Case Study from Slovakia by Andrea Seberíni, Katarína Izáková, Miroslava Tokovská

“…The findings of our study confirmed that greenwashing often relies on buzzwords to reel in consumers, making them believe that the products they purchase are biodegradable or ethically sourced. The observed deterioration of consumer trust in product brands as a reaction to greenwashing threatens the potential of green marketing and contributes to damaging the reputation of the producers. …”
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The structure of the segetal flora of field crops in the steppe zone of Krasnodar Territory by N. N. Luneva, T. Yu. Zakota

“…Information about the predicted widespread species in the fields under a certain crop will make it possible to plan the volume of production or purchase of protective means focusing on groups of dominant species, and anticipate possible changes in the reformatting of the acreage structure, violations of the reclamation system and crop rotation schemes, etc.…”
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Dual Hesitant q-Rung Orthopair Fuzzy Interaction Partitioned Bonferroni Mean Operators and Their Applications by Lu Zhang, Yabin Shao, Ning Wang

“…Finally, an example for missile purchase problem is illustrated to demonstrate the superiority and feasibility by comparing with other existing multicriteria group decision-making methods.…”
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Processing and consolidation of open data on public procurement in France (2015–2023)Zenodo by Adrien Deschamps, Lucas Potin

“…Public procurement can be defined as the process by which public contracting authorities purchase goods, services, and works from private suppliers. …”
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Recursive Neural Network-Based Market Demand Forecasting Algorithm for Calligraphy Practice Products by Yi Xue

“…As an important means of improving writing skills, calligraphy practice products are attracting more and more attention and purchases. In particular, in recent years, as the market economy has developed in a deeper direction, people’s demand for calligraphy practice products has diversified and calligraphy practice product companies have launched a variety of products to meet the public’s calligraphy practice needs in order to adapt to the reality of consumer demand. …”
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Design and Prototyping of a Mechanical Pedaling System for Separating and Sieving Sand. by Ahimbisibwe, Peter Marvin

“…However, the widespread use of these innovations is still low due to the high daily electricity expenses, high purchase prices, and low incomes of users. Therefore, majority of the builders and small-scale construction sites still rely on the hand-operated manual sieving method. …”
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Production of Emulsion Paint Using Locally Available Materials. by Turyarugayo, Emmanuel

“…These chemicals are not only expensive to purchase and use but also hazardous to human health and release harmful compounds to our environment after exposure to the chemical paints made on the interior and exterior surfaces where the painting is done. …”
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Motivation and Performance of Primary Teachers in Gasabo District, Kigali-Rwanda. by Celestin, Habumuremyi

“…The study found that there are strategies for motivation like increasing the teachers’ salary, availing a cheap market for teachers that matches their purchasing power as it is for soldiers, reduce from 14% to 5% or lessening the interest rate for teachers’ loans, not taxing the teachers’ salaries, making teachers coverable by the BDF that those without a guarantee may get loans from Umwalimu SACCO and giving them a long-term housing loan were likely motivators. …”
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İbâdî Düşüncede Kur’ân’ın Yaratılmışlığı Meselesi by Fevzi Çakmak, Mehmet Kubat, Mehmet Hanifi Yoldaş

“…Mu‘tezile Kur’an’ın yaratılmış olduğu fikrini ilk kabul eden mezhep olmakla birlikte halku’l-Kur’an’a kâil olan yegâne mezhep değildir. Hâricî bir fırka sayılan ve bedevî kökene dayanan İbâdiyye mezhebi de Kur’an’ın yaratılmış olduğu fikrini benimsemiştir. …”
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Atividade física, depressão, ansiedade e estresse em adultos e idosos na pandemia COVID-19 no Brasil by Milton José de Azevedo, Gabriel Peinado Costa, João Luiz Andrella, Elisângela Aparecida da Silva Lizzi, Átila Alexandre Trapé

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Ganciclovir Resistance-Linked Mutations in the HCMV <i>UL97</i> Gene: Sanger Sequencing Analysis in Samples from Transplant Recipients at a Tertiary Hospital in Southern Brazil by Anna Caroline Avila da Rocha, Grazielle Motta Rodrigues, Alessandra Helena da Silva Hellwig, Dariane Castro Pereira, Fabiana Caroline Zempulski Volpato, Afonso Luís Barth, Fernanda de-Paris

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Kinetics of Supercritical CO₂ Extraction from Burrito (<i>Aloysia polystachya</i>) Leaves and Sucupira-Preta (<i>Bowdichia virgilioides</i>) Seeds by Gabrielle Vaz Vieira, Michel Rubens dos Reis Souza, Carlos Toshiyuki Hiranobe, José Eduardo Goncalves, Cristiane Mengue Feniman Moritz, Otávio Akira Sakai, Leila Maria Sotocorno e Silva, Michael Jones da Silva, Erivaldo Antônio da Silva, Renivaldo José dos Santos, Edson Antônio da Silva, Lucio Cardozo-Filho, Leandro Ferreira-Pinto

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2-Aminothiophene Derivatives—New Drug Candidates Against Leishmaniasis: Drug Design, Synthesis, Pharmacomodulation, and Antileishmanial Activity by Rodrigo Santos Aquino de Araújo, Vitória Gaspar Bernardo, Robert da Silva Tibúrcio, Danilo Cesar Galindo Bedor, Michel Leandro de Campos, Roberto Pontarolo, Julyanne Maria Saraiva de Sousa, Klinger Antonio da Franca Rodrigues, Marcus Tullius Scotti, Anuraj Nayarisseri, Pascal Marchand, Francisco Jaime Bezerra Mendonça-Junior

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Microvascular decompression: a contemporary update by Inibehe Ime Okon, Sidharth Sunil Menon, Mahmoud Osama, Maidan Aiman, Luis F. Fabrini Paleare, Don Lucero-Prisno Eliseo, Muhammad Danish Shafqat, Chizowa Okwuchukwu Ezeaku, Márcio Yuri Ferreira, Youssef Razouqi, Marianna Kapsetaki, Jovy Dia Remolino Saniel, Naneta M. Panit, Asad Gul Rao, Umer Iqbal, Daniel David Otobo, Ibraheem M. Alkhawaldeh, Felipe Salvagni Pereira, Imad Akbar, Omar Kasimieh, Bipin Chaurasia

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