The effect of green management on sustainable marketing orientation in small and medium industrial businesses: the mediating role of social legitimacy by Heshmatollah Soroushnia, Jalal Haghighatmonfared, Anahita Salari

“…The new CVPAT index, instead of the Stone-Geisser Q2 index (>0.0), has been used. …”
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‘Queer Reverence’: Aubrey Beardsley’s Venus and Tannhäuser by Nicole Fluhr

“…The decision to restrict the setting to the Venusberg thus effects a dramatic shift in the significance of both this erotic playground and the narrative as a whole; the former is no longer the sinful ‘before’ that must be renounced to achieve the penitent ‘after’ and, as a result, Beardsley’s Tannhäuser doesn’t need to be redeemed and his story ceases to be a conversion narrative. Instead, the land ‘under the hill’ is constituted as a genuinely alternative paradise, a counterpublic of perverts who communally flout the dictates of heteronormativity, together constructing a world that does not simply exclude shame, guilt, and sin but disavows them entirely.…”
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Comparative effectiveness of physical activity interventions on cognitive functions in children and adolescents with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: a systematic review and network m... by Ruiyuan Tao, Yijian Yang, Mark Wilson, Jeremy R. Chang, Chang Liu, Cindy H. P. Sit

“…When analyzing specific NDD types, exergaming lost its superiority over usual care for attention and memory in ADHD, nor for executive functions in ASD. Instead, MPA demonstrated significant benefits across these domains and populations. …”
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Effect on OPU/IVEP success of different applications for synchronizing follicular waves prior to superstimulation in holstein heifers by M. F. Çiftçi, Ö. F. Yeşilkaya, S. Ü. Çizmeci, M. Gölbaşı, A. Sarı, D. A. Dinç

“…In contrast to GnRH <span class="inline-formula">+</span> P4, hCG <span class="inline-formula">+</span> P4 was performed with 1500 IU hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) injection instead of GnRH. In DFR <span class="inline-formula">+</span> P4, dominant follicles were removed. …”
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Time-dynamic associations between symptom-related expectations, self-management experiences and somatic symptom severity in everyday life: an ecological momentary assessment study... by Bernd Löwe, Yvonne Nestoriuc, Anne Toussaint, Stefanie Hahn, Franz Pauls, Simon Kirchhof

“…Multilevel mixed-effects linear regression analyses were conducted for data analysis.Setting Data was collected in real-time from university students via smartphones, with three predetermined assessments per day over seven consecutive days.Participants A total of 104 students (63.5% male, 0% diverse) who were 18 years or older, possessing sufficient German language skills and had access to an Android-powered smartphone were included.Interventions Participants were randomised to one of two different expectation framing groups, either receiving questionnaires for the expected impairment due to somatic symptoms (negative framing) or for the expected freedom from impairment due to somatic symptoms (positive framing).Primary outcome measures Somatic symptom severity was assessed using an adapted version of the Patient Health Questionnaire, with 11-point instead of 3-point Likert-scales. Symptom-related expectations were assessed using 11-point Numerical Rating Scales and self-management experiences were assessed using binary variables.Results Concurrent analysis revealed a significant association between symptom-related expectations and symptom severity (β=0.934, p&lt;0.001), but no significant associations between self-management experiences and symptom severity. …”
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Factors Influencing the Development of Metachronous Fractures in Patients with Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures Treated with Conservative Management or Vertebroplasty by Fernando Ruiz Santiago, Lucía Bueno Caravaca, Francisco Garrido Sanz, Paula María Jiménez Gutiérrez, David Luengo Gómez, Mario Rivera Izquierdo, José Manuel Benítez, Antonio Jesús Láinez Ramos-Bossini

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> The presence of intravertebral cleft, a difference in posterior height loss between X-rays and CT equal to or lower than 2.4%, higher grades of Genant’s numerical classification, and application of CM instead of PV are predictors of MFs. These findings improve our understanding of the factors involved in the development of MFs, but they need to be validated prospectively.…”
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The Middle to Late Triassic of Central Saudi Arabia with emphasis on the Jilh Formation. Part I: lithostratigraphy, facies and paleoenvironments, palaeontology and biostratigraphic... by Le Nindre, Yves-Michel, Vaslet, Denis, Vrielynck, Bruno, Krystyn, Leopold, Manivit, Jacques, Memesh, Abdullah, Davies, Roger Brett

“…A pre-existing outcrop-based, three-fold, sub-division of the Jilh Formation into lithological units is shown to cross timelines and cannot be used as the basis for regional correlation. Instead, new identifications of Middle and Late Triassic conodonts in the formation and at the base of the overlying Minjur Sandstone/Formation, allied to re-interpretation of previously described ammonoids, provide new paleogeographic and chronostratigraphic data, which improve our understanding of transgressive–regressive (T–R) sequences at the outcrop and platform scales and demonstrate that the lithostratigraphic units of the Jilh Formation were inconsistently recognized at outcrop north of 25°30$^{\prime }$N due to erosion by a fourth unit of early Alaunian (Middle Norian) age; this raises the issue of the Jilh–Minjur boundary addressed in Part II. …”
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VECTOR: Velocity-Enhanced GRU Neural Network for Real-Time 3D UAV Trajectory Prediction by Omer Nacar, Mohamed Abdelkader, Lahouari Ghouti, Kahled Gabr, Abdulrahman Al-Batati, Anis Koubaa

“…To bridge this gap, we introduce a trajectory prediction scheme using sequence-based neural networks with Gated Recurrent Units (GRUs) to forecast future velocity and positions based on historical velocity estimates instead of position measurements. This approach is designed to improve the predictive capabilities over traditional methods that rely solely on recurrent neural networks (RNNs) or transformers, which can struggle with scalability in this context. …”
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Solar Flares Triggered by a Filament Peeling Process Revealed by High-resolution GST Hα Observations by Mia Mancuso, Ju Jing, Haimin Wang, Wenda Cao

“…We suggest internal reconnection between filament threads, instead of reconnection to external loops, as the process responsible for triggering this peeling of threads that results in the two flares and their subsequent CMEs.…”
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Effect of adding concentrated myofibrillar proteins of silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) on the qualitative and nutritional characteristics of pasta by Mahsa Karami Charvadeh, Eshagh Zakipour Rahimabadi, Parva Safari

“…After the cooking process, protein, ash content, and pH increased. Instead, fat, carbohydrate, energy, and moisture content decreased. …”
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Genetically Engineered Bacterial Ghosts as Vaccine Candidates Against <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> Infection by Svetlana V. Dentovskaya, Anastasia S. Vagaiskaya, Alexandra S. Trunyakova, Alena S. Kartseva, Tatiana A. Ivashchenko, Vladimir N. Gerasimov, Mikhail E. Platonov, Victoria V. Firstova, Andrey P. Anisimov

“…The introduction of alternative lysing factors into <i>K. pneumoniae cells</i> instead of the E protein leads to the loss of the murein skeleton. …”
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Surgical and Non-surgical Treatments in Pleural Empyema by Sami DENİZ, Nimet AKSEL, Özer ÖZDEMİR, Görkem VAYISOĞLU ŞAHİN, Ezgi ÇİMEN ÇELİK, Mutlu Onur GÜÇSAV, Filiz GÜLDAVAL, Ahmet Emin ERBAYCU, Ahmet ÜÇVET

“…Conclusion: Medical treatment plus therapeutic drainage therapy may be chosen as first treatment instead of open surgery in empyema.…”
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Identification and functional analysis of a novel SMARCC2 splicing variant in a family with syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder by Ming Li, Jingqi Lin, Hongjun Fei, Jinyu Liu, Yiyao Chen, Xu Han, Yanlin Wang, Jian Wang, Renyi Hua, Shuyuan Li, Niu Li

“…An analysis of genotype-phenotype correlations indicated that our patients displayed neurological phenotypes of greater severity than those observed in patients with truncating variants, instead aligning more closely with the characteristics of the missense/in-frame variant group. …”
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Robotic Assistance is Associated With No Intraoperative Fluoroscopy or Radiation Exposure During Direct Anterior Total Hip Arthroplasty by Sean Sequeira, MD, Alan Brett, PhD, Joseph Nessler, MD, Benjamin Frye, MD, Michael A. Mont, MD

“…Computed tomography (CT)–based robotic-assisted THA (RA-THA) may represent an alternative to conventional procedures, which may allow the avoidance of the use of intraoperative fluoroscopy to be avoided and instead rely on a preoperative CT scan of the patient and intraoperative mapping. …”
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Air pollution Dynamics: The role of meteorological factors in PM10 concentration patterns across urban areas by Carolina Girotti, Luiz Fernando Kowalski, Tiago Silva, Ezequiel Correia, Alessandra R. Prata Shimomura, Fernando Akira Kurokawa, António Lopes

“…Thus, it demonstrates that the traffic volume alone does not determine PM10 concentrations; instead, the interplay of multiple factors, including meteorological conditions and urban planning, played a crucial role. …”
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EV Hybrid Battery With Integrated Multilevel Neutral-Point-Clamped Interfacing and Lossless Intermodule State-of-Charge Balancing by Gabriel Garcia-Rojas, Sergio Busquets-Monge, Alber Filba-Martinez, Turev Sarikurt, Salvador Alepuz, Josep Bordonau

“…On the other hand, the use of a custom cell for each vehicle, optimized for its particular requirements, is not economically viable. Instead, hybrid batteries, combining only two battery cell chemistries, with distinct particular strengths, such as high specific energy or high specific power, offer an opportunity to cover a wide range of vehicle battery specifications while avoiding oversizing and dispersion in the cells to be employed. …”
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Cost-Consequence Analysis of Apixaban Versus Rivaroxaban for Managing Patients with Venous Thromboembolism in Saudi Arabia by Abdulaali R. Almutairi PhD, Yazed Alruthia PhD, Majed S. Alyami PharmD, Omar A. Alshaya PharmD, Taif Z. Alanazi PharmD, Sarah I. Al Daghreer PharmD, Ghazwa B. Korayem PharmD, Sarah A. Alrasheed PharmD, Reema A. Alorf PharmD, Omar A. Almohammed PhD

“…This resulted in an ICER of $6916.07 for the prevention of an additional composite outcome when using apixaban instead of rivaroxaban. The use of apixaban for preventing composite outcomes has been found to be more effective but costlier in 94.81% of the bootstrap cost-effectiveness distributions compared to rivaroxaban. …”
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Realising health justice in Palestine: beyond humanitarian voices by James Smith, Sara el-Solh, Layth Hanbali, Sawsan Abdulrahim, Sali Hafez, Samer Abuzerr, Bram Wispelwey, Mads Gilbert, Mohammed Seyam, Bassam Abu Hamad, Dorotea Gucciardo, Fahd Haddad, Rasha Khoury, Amira Nimerawi, David Mills, Ghassan Abu-Sittah

“…Against the backdrop of a very limited window for what we consider morally justifiable humanitarian engagement in Gaza, we join many others who have called for a paradigm shift away from the inertia of supposed objectivity and claimed neutrality that function to perpetuate injustice. Instead, we call for the collective practice of critical advocacy, solidarity with people affected by injustice and oppression, and an emancipatory politics in pursuit of justice in Palestine.…”
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Production, Transport, and Destruction of Dust in the Kuiper Belt: The Effects of Refractory and Volatile Grain Compositions by Thomas Corbett, Alex Doner, Mihály Horányi, Pontus Brandt, Will Grundy, Carey M. Lisse, Joel Parker, Lowell Peltier, Andrew R. Poppe, Kelsi N. Singer, S. Alan Stern, Anne J. Verbiscer

“…Models based on early SDC measurements predicted a peak dust number density at a heliocentric distance of ∼40 au, followed by a rapid decline. Instead, SDC observed dust fluxes 2–3 times higher than predicted between 40 and 60 au. …”
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The Impact of International Tourism on Environmental Quality (Case Study: D8 Countries) by Roohollah Babaki, Behnam Elyaspour, Narges Sanjari Konarsandal

“…Secondly, to improve environmental quality or reduce environmental degradation, instead of environmentally destructive diesel-powered transportation, tourist transportation with environmentally friendly vehicles such as electric vehicles and bicycle tourism should be selected and promoted in tourist destinations. …”
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