A new species of parrot snake, Leptophis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Brazilian Cerrado by Nelson R. Albuquerque, Roullien H. Martins, Priscila S. Carvalho, Donald B. Shepard, Diego J. Santana

“…., differs from all other congeners in the following unique character combination: two Spectrum Green (129) to Light Parrot Green (133) dorsolateral stripes separated by a Buff (5) vertebral stripe, usually continuous onto the tail; loreal scale absent; postocular stripe Jet Black (300), wide and long (up 11 scales long onto nuchal region); maxillary teeth 21–25; ventrals 158–173; subcaudals 141–164; black spots on head absent; supracephalic plates of head not edged with black pigment; adult color pattern lacking dark oblique bands; keels absent on first dorsal scale rows; hemipenis unilobed, noncapitate, with undivided sulcus spermaticus, and first row of hemipenial body with four spines. …”
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No impact of story context and avatar power on performance in a stop-signal game by Linus Held, Johannes Pannermayr, Alina Kaufmann, Marouscha Scheffer, Paola Flores, Martin Dechant, Maximilian A. Friehs

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Environmental penalties and corporate carbon disclosure in China: divergent effects of resource availability and the role of social media pressure by Jing Shao, Wenjie Li, Lingtong Huang, Yuanhao Tian

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Linearized Harmonic Balance Method for Seeking the Periodic Vibrations of Second- and Third-Order Nonlinear Oscillators by Chein-Shan Liu, Chung-Lun Kuo, Chih-Wen Chang

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Pursuing a corporate sustainable identity: Green governance strategy, hybrid vehicle development, knowledge and sustainability performance by Akrum Helfaya, Phuong Bui

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Convergence Speed of Bermudan, Randomized Bermudan, and Canadian Options by Guillaume Leduc

“…Our framework is quite general, encompassing Lévy models, stochastic volatility models, and nearly any risk-neutral model that can be incorporated within a strong Markov framework. …”
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IT GOVERNANCE IN THE BANKING SECTOR: EVIDENCE FROM ITALY, GERMANY, FRANCE AND SPAIN by Ida Claudia Panetta, Sabrina Leo, Fabrizio Santoboni, Gianfranco Vento

“…Since IT governance (like other aspects of banking business) can be influenced by regulatory environment, we examine whether any differences in supervisor attitude to IT concern will induce differences in IT governance across countries. …”
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Environmental and economic assessment of the application of an optimised chemical decontamination method on the internal surface of a nuclear steam generator by Rachael Clayton, Anthony Banford, Laurence Stamford

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Impact of participatory guarantee systems on sustainability outcomes: the case of vegetable farming in Vietnam by Christian Grovermann, Pham Van Hoi, Nguyen Thi Bich Yen, Pepijn Schreinemachers, Minh Ngo Hai, Pierre Ferrand

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The drivers of export product diversification in China: does natural resource endowments matter? by Jabbar Ul-Haq, Hubert Visas, Anatolijs Krivins, Rita Remeikienė, Qazi Muhammad Adnan Hye

“…It considers key determinants including foreign direct investment (FDI), human capital (HC), technological innovation (TI), and trade openness (TO). The results of the Fixed Effect-Driscoll-Kraay standard errors (FE-DKSE) indicate a positive and significant relationship between NRE and EPD. …”
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Nonlinear radiative and mixed convective flow of an Eyring-Powell fluid with Joule heating and entropy optimization by S. Naz, T. Hayat, S. Momani

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Astaxanthin as a potential therapeutic agent for knee osteoarthritis: A review of mechanisms and clinical evidence by Sidra Sabir, AHM Mahmudur Rahman, Abdul Haseeb Bhutta

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Reducing vasospasm of vein and arterial conduits used in coronary artery bypass surgery: are solutions the solution or is preserved perivascular fat the answer? by Michael R. Dashwood, Zeynep Celik, Gokce Topal

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Fishery stock dynamics in the Baltic Sea: The dichotomy between total allowable catch limits and spawning stock biomass by Rosciszewski-Dodgson Michael J., Cirella Giuseppe T.

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Cognitive strategies for UAV trajectory optimization: Ensuring safety and energy efficiency in real-world scenarios by Mushtaq Muhammad Umer, Hein Venter, Owais Muhammad, Tamoor Shafique, Fuad A. Awwad, Emad A.A. Ismail

“…This work provides a unified framework for UAV trajectory planning that guarantees a trade-off between safety and energy efficiency.…”
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Accuracy of smartwatches in predicting distance running performance by Jiansong Dai, Gangrui Chen, Zhonghe Gu, Yuxuan Qi, Kai Xu

“…After wearing the HUAWEI WATCH GT Runner for a minimum of six weeks, the runners' actual completion times for 5 km, 10 km, and half marathon distances were measured, resulting in 288 test instances. …”
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Exploring safety at mass gathering events through the lens of three different stakeholders by Alison Hutton, Martin Robertson, Jamie Ranse

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Reducing the dynamic range of infrared images based on block-priority equalization and compression of histograms by S. I. Rudikov, V. Yu. Tsviatkou, A. P. Shkadarevich

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IT GOVERNANCE IN THE BANKING SECTOR: EVIDENCE FROM ITALY, GERMANY, FRANCE AND SPAIN by Ida Claudia Panetta, Sabrina Leo, Fabrizio Santoboni, Gianfranco Vento

“…Since IT governance (like other aspects of banking business) can be influenced by regulatory environment, we examine whether any differences in supervisor attitude to IT concern will induce differences in IT governance across countries. …”
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Identification Method of Highway Accident Prone Sections Under Adverse Meteorological Conditions Based on Meteorological Responsiveness by Yanyang Gao, Chi Zhang, Maojie Ye, Bo Wang

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