An Alternative for Turkish Serials: Uses and Gratifications of Watching Indian Soap Operas by Turkish Female Viewers by Yeliz Yücel, Yeşim Ceren Çapraz

“…Results show that watching Indian soap operas is affected directly by participants’ favorability toward keeping social order (religious, traditional, and familial values) in the right way, their perceived concept of female power, and their willingness to live traditionally. The most unexpected and remarkable finding of this research is the use of watching Indian soaps as a protest against Turkish serials that include sexually explicit content and morally corruptive scenes. …”
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Evolutionary Theories of Aging and Longevity by Leonid A. Gavrilov, Natalia S. Gavrilova

“…The following three major evolutionary theories of aging are discussed: 1) the theory of programmed death suggested by August Weismann, 2) the mutation accumulation theory of aging suggested by Peter Medawar, and 3) the antagonistic pleiotropy theory of aging suggested by George Williams. We also discuss a special case of the antagonistic pleiotropy theory, the disposable soma theory developed by Tom Kirkwood and Robin Holliday. …”
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L’histoire photographique de l’Amérique selon Robert Taft (Photography and the American Scene, 1938) by François BRUNET

“…Two implicit concepts at work in the book are isolated: the photograph as “event”, i.e. as history-making, the two main examples being Mathew Brady’s portraits of Abraham Lincoln, supposed to have influenced the 1860 election, and William H. Jackson’s 1871 photographs of Yellowstone, supposed to have “won” the passing of the National Park bill; and then the photograph as “document”, i.e. as visual evidence of the American “scene”, which Taft encourages his reader to collect and study as if to promote the popular practice of history. …”
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Carbon footprint and cost analysis of a bicycle lane in a municipality by J. Prasara-A, A. Bridhikitti

“…Even though a low rate (26%) of road users, who participated in this research, were willing to ride bikes had a bicycle lane been provided, a considerable amount of environmental impact could still have been reduced.CONCLUSION: The carbon footprint expected to be reduced in a year is valued at about 4.7 million baht of carbon credit. …”
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Comparison of photodynamic therapy and LEEP in women of reproductive age with cervical squamous intraepithelial neoplasia 2 (CIN2): A prospective observational study in China by Cheng Li, Xuanhui Wang, Qiulin Cui, Mian He, Ming Chen

“…They were divided into the PDT Group (n=94) and LEEP Group (n=135) according to the patient's willingness. Patients were evaluated at the 3-, 6-, 12- and 18-month follow-up periods, using cytology, HPV testing, and colposcopy examination. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of deep brain stimulation for the treatment of alcohol use disorder and alcoholic liver disease by Oluwatofunmi A. Abiola, Collin M. Lehmann, Khaled Moussawi, Hawre Jalal

“…For these patients, DBS is cost-effective over a two-year period at a $100,000 willingness-to-pay threshold at DBS success rates greater than 53 %. …”
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Identifying factors affecting delivery points, risk transfer and costs in international trade with an emphasis on Incoterms 2020 by Morteza Babaie, Firouze Haji Aliakbari, Fereshte Lotfizade, Arshad Farahmandian

“…Incoterms 2020 improved and better organizedIt is recommended that companies with international transactions during international negotiations on the purchase or sale of goods and prior to the contract of sale, transportation, insurance and inspection, should consider effective factors and extracted indicators in this study to:1- Reduce product transfer costs and reduce risk between buyer and seller.2- Bring the country's economic growth and development by removing the ambiguities of transactions and increasing the quality of transactions.3-Develop willingness to foreign direct investment by improving the international business environment.…”
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Адаптация детей к обучению в первом классе by Елена В. Беловол, Елена Ю. Шурупова, Злата В. Бойко

“…An example of an empirical study of the properties of adaptation of children to school in the first grade shows that in the absence of the willingness of teachers to consider teaching and upbringing as related processes a dissonance is created between the demands of school on the one hand and the creation of psychologically conducive conditions to the education of the child on the other. …”
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Noncanonical effects of vasopressin in angiogenesis by I. I. Khegay

“…Activated endotheliocytes secrete von Willebrand factor and P-selectin. These proteins are accumulated in Weibel–Palade bodies. …”
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Investigating Human Influence on Offshore Terrestrial Organic Carbon Trends in a High-Energy Delta: The Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar by Evan R. Flynn, Steven A. Kuehl

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The dilemma of X-linked agammaglobulinemia carriers by Federica Pulvirenti, MD, PhD, Cinzia Milito, MD, PhD, Francesco Cinetto, MD, PhD, Giulia Garzi, MD, Germano Sardella, MD, Giuseppe Spadaro, MD, Francesca Lippi, MD, Valentina Guarnieri, MD, Bianca Laura Cinicola, MD, Maria Carrabba, MD, PhD, Daniele Guadagnolo, MD, Giovanna Fabio, MD, Baldassarre Martire, MD, Caterina Cancrini, MD, PhD, Giulia Lanzoni, MD, Andrea Finocchi, MD, PhD, Gigliola Di Matteo, MD, PhD, Eva Pompilii, MD, Simona Ferrari, BD, PhD, Isabella Quinti, MD, PhD

“…The main reasons for the sisters to decide not to undergo genetic testing were their young age and the willingness to carry on with the pregnancy regardless of the outcome of the genetic test, followed by the willingness to postpone the decision at the time of pregnancy and the decision to not have children. …”
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The Dependence of Cold and Hot Patches on Local Plasma Transport and Particle Precipitation in Northern Hemisphere Winter by Duan Zhang, Qing‐He Zhang, Y.‐Z. Ma, Kjellmar Oksavik, L. R. Lyons, Zan‐Yang Xing, Marc Hairston, Z.‐X. Deng, J.‐J. Liu

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Review of Challenges in Performing Real-World Evidence Studies for Nonprescription Products by Maihöfner C, Mallick-Searle T, Vollert J, Kalita P, Sood Sethi V

“…Ltd, SingaporeCorrespondence: Vidhu Sood Sethi, GSK Consumer Healthcare Singapore Pte Ltd (Co Regn No. 201309040M), 23 Rochester Park #03-02, 139234, Singapore, Tel +6596447203, Email vidhu.x.sethi@haleon.comAbstract: In recent years, regulatory authorities have signaled a willingness to consider real-world evidence (RWE) data to support applications for new claims and indications for pharmaceuticals. …”
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The homologous recombination factors BRCA2 and PALB2 interplay with mismatch repair pathways to maintain centromere stability and cell viability by Emily Graham, Lucia Rampazzo, Chin Wei Brian Leung, Jacob Wall, Emőke Zsanett Gerőcz, Mikhail Liskovykh, Nikolay Goncharov, Xanita Saayman, Ramazan Gundogdu, Masato T. Kanemaki, Hiroshi Masumoto, Vladimir Larionov, Natalay Kouprina, Fumiko Esashi

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A novel consensus bacterial 6-phytase variant supplemented to an all-vegetable broiler diet totally replaced added trace minerals including zinc, iron, copper and manganese in two... by Yueming Dersjant-Li, Cees Kwakernaak, Abiodun Bello, Leon Marchal

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İRADE ÖZGÜRLÜGÜ SORUNUNUN ÇÖZÜMSÜZLÜGÜ ÜZERİNE by Funda Neslioğlu

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What drives repurchase retention in music training institutions? examining the roles of customer satisfaction, perceived value, and service quality. by Li Long, Liu Lijia

“…This study explores the key factors influencing customers' willingness to renew their enrollment at music training institutions through a questionnaire survey. …”
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Strategies for promoting green buildings: integrating evolutionary game and SEIR models by Song Wang, Dongliang Zhu

“…The costs and benefits for developers significantly influence their willingness to adopt green building practices. The costs and benefits for developers significantly influence their willingness to adopt green building practices. …”
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NILAI EKONOMI AIR RUMAH TANGGA MASYARAKAT SEKITAR HUTAN ULAYAT BULUHCINA by Emy Sadjati, Enny Insusanty

“…Kesediaaan membayar Willingness to Pay(kesediaan membayar) masyarakat sebesar Rp 270.217.373.124 per tahun sehingga diperoleh surplus konsumen Rp 218.303.290.167 per tahun. 218.303.290.167 per tahun. …”
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Estados Unidos: unilateralismo y política exterior. Notas para un debate by Dino Amador Allende González

“…W. Bush (1989-1993), William Clinton (1993-2001), George W. Bush (2001-2009), Barack Obama (2009-2017), Donald Trump (2017-2021) y el actual mandato presidencial de Joseph Biden (2021-2025) en el ámbito de las relaciones internacionales. …”
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