Simulation Study on the Evolutionary Game Mechanism of Collaborative Innovation in Supply Chain Enterprises and Its Influencing Elements by Jue-Ping Xie, Huai-Ying Lei

“…The research showed the following. (1) When the three players have equal innovative capability, they are more willing to contribute to innovation if the projected revenue is higher reflecting an increasing coefficient of collaborative innovation gains. …”
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Online selfie behavior and consideration of cosmetic surgery in teenage girls: The mediating roles of appearance comparisons and body dissatisfaction. by Yunduan Li, Hong Chen, Yan Zou, Yanshuo Guo, Liying Gao, Xinyu Xu

“…Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to examine the direct and indirect relationships between posting or viewing selfies and willingness to undergo cosmetic surgery. The results of the current study indicate that viewing selfies on social media, rather than posting them, is a key factor affecting consideration of cosmetic surgery, and this influence occurs directly or indirectly through appearance comparison and body dissatisfaction. …”
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HOUSING ECONOMY: USE OF INTERLOCKING MASONRY FOR LOW-COST STUDENT HOUSING IN NIGERIA by Y.M.D AYODEJI

“…Research variables investigated include: size of buildings; number of labourers engaged in masonry works; cost of masonry works; curing and setting time for concrete blocks; productive hours of labourers employed; and willingness to use these materials. Some selected buildings observed in the field that have been constructed using mortarless masonry construction systems are presented next. …”
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Structural Model of the Relationship between Professional Competence of Teachers and Self-Directed Learning of Students as Mediators of Students’ Achievement Motivation by mansoure hajhosseini, Halimeh Nafeie

“…They responded to three self-reporting tools, including of Williamson Self-directed Learning Scale (2007) and the Achievement Motivation test (ACMT) and the Modified professional competence of teachers Questionnaire (Karimi, 2009). …”
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Did God Cause the World by an Act of Free Will, According to Aristotle? A Reading Based on Thomistic Insights by Carlos A. Casanova

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Deepening the Relationship Between the Need for Epistemic Certainty and People’s Compliance with Social Power: The Moderating Role of Work Unit Tightness by Daniela Di Santo, Alessio Tesi, Antonio Aiello, Antonio Pierro

“…We obtained employee scores on the NCC scale, willingness to comply with harsh social power tactics, and ratings of their perceived work unit tightness. …”
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Factors influencing preformed metal crowns and prefabricated zirconia crowns by Shuman Deng, Weiwei Dou, Ying Chen, Zhixiao Chen, Ning Song, Qi Gao, Li Zhang, Jing Xie

“…Pearson correlation analysis revealed that “acceptance of the PMC color”, “oral health awareness”, and “parental willingness to use PMCs” were positively correlated (P < 0.05) and that “non-nuclear family status” was negatively related to “parental willingness to use PMCs” (P < 0.05). …”
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Le cartulaire B du chapitre cathédral de Coutances : histoire d’une résurrection by Julie Deslondes-Fontanel

“…It covers a wide chronological period, from the duke William to the XVth century, and a vast geographical area, which also reveals the economic interests of the chapter. …”
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Problems in the theory of scientific cognition of nature in the light of the sustainable growth concept by Jan Sandner

“…Jako punkt wyjścia w swoich rozważaniach oparł na zasadzie brzytwy Ockhama, która po raz pierwszy została sformułowana przez angielskiego średniowiecznego teologa Williama Ockhama. Zasada ta w swojej strukturze, nie tylko definiowała potrzebę zmniejszenia opisywanych bytów w postaci praw przyrody, ale również sugerowała, możliwość łączenia tych praw, lub scalania w tzw. prawa uniwersalne. …”
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TransLeish: Identification of membrane transporters essential for survival of intracellular Leishmania parasites in a systematic gene deletion screen by Andreia Albuquerque-Wendt, Ciaran McCoy, Rachel Neish, Ulrich Dobramysl, Çağla Alagöz, Tom Beneke, Sally A. Cowley, Kathryn Crouch, Richard J. Wheeler, Jeremy C. Mottram, Eva Gluenz

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Analysis of factors influencing HPV vaccination intention among Chinese college students: structural equation modeling based on health belief theory by Shi-Yuan Song, Ying Guo, Yi-Hua Li, Zheng Wang, Wei Gao

“…The results of the structural equation modeling analysis revealed that college students’ perceptions of the perceived benefits of the HPV vaccine positively and directly affect their willingness to be vaccinated (β = 0.290, p &lt; 0.001), and perceived severity has an indirect effect on their willingness to be vaccinated (β = 0.198, p &lt; 0.05).ConclusionAlthough college students in ethnic minority areas have a high rate of HPV-related knowledge, their willingness to be actively vaccinated and their positive behaviors need to be improved. …”
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Copy number variations at the Rhg1 locus and their relationship with resistance to soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines) by Dinesh Poudel, Guiping Yan, Carrie Miranda, Gustavo Fernando Kreutz, Intiaz Amin Chowdhury

“…Copy number of each line was determined using 2−ΔΔCq method relative to Williams 82 (single copy) and correlated with the resistance response. …”
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The Relationship between Russian Identity and Political Polarization: The Role of Secure National Identification and National Narcissism by O.A. Gulevich, S.S. Kosimova

“…Participants appraised the extent to which fellow citizens with these views exhibit certain traits; expressed emotions towards them; evaluated their willingness to interact and collaborate on common issues and considered the acceptability of restricting their rights and opportunities. …”
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Selecting the objective function during the inverse identification of the parameters of a material model of concrete by F. Hokes, J. Kala

“…The numerical part of the study was performed in the ANSYS computational system with use of multiPlas library of elasto-plastic material models from which the model based on formulations of Menetrey and Willam was chosen.…”
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Development of improved deep learning models for multi-step ahead forecasting of daily river water temperature by Mehdi Gheisari, Jana Shafi, Saeed Kosari, Samaneh Amanabadi, Saeid Mehdizadeh, Christian Fernandez Campusano, Hemn Barzan Abdalla

“…The performance of implemented models were tested on two river stations located on the Clackamas River (USGS 14211010) and Willamette River (USGS 14211720). Some error measures comprising root mean square (RMSE), mean absolute error (MAE), coefficient of determination (R2), uncertainty coefficient in 95% confidence level (U95%), and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) were applied in assessing the models’ performances. …”
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Faire la paix devant notaire (Saint-Germain-des-Prés, première moitié du xviie siècle) by Diane Roussel

“…The sociology of the contracting parties and of the litigants thus sheds light on some of the motivations and demands of the populations in their choice to navigate more or less willingly between the one and the other recourse.…”
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Effects of citizen participation on urban water management based on socioeconomic factors by F. Mardianti, D.E. Purba

“…The results also revealed the probabilities of nuisance level (0.07), willingness to pay for clean water (0.0495), daily income (–0.02), educational level (–0.429), and age (0.01). …”
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Investigation on research innovation ability and training demand of clinical nursing staff (临床护理人员科研创新能力及培训需求现况调查) by YAN Xin (闫欣), QI Lixia (祁丽霞), WANG Zheng (王征), WEI Rui (卫蕊), LI Bin (李斌)

“…There was an urgent need for the training of patent innovation, scientific research and other stages; Lack of confidence in the competence of scientific research and innovation; Sufficient understanding of the necessity of carrying out research and innovation ability training; willingness of participating in various forms of nursing research training; Most nurses believed that scientific training and learning is for self-improvement. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of watchful waiting versus immediate emergency department transfer after epinephrine autoinjector use in Canada by Yiwei Yin, Moshe Ben Shoshan, Marcus Shaker, Matthew Greenhawt, Kate M. Johnson

“…The analysis was conducted from the Canadian healthcare system perspective with a 1.5% annual discount rate and a willingness-to-pay (WTP) threshold of $50,000 per QALY. …”
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Towards a New Euro Crisis? by Paul De Grauwe

“…Abstract There is thus a fundamental credibility issue about the willingness of the ECB to be a lender of last resort in the government bond markets. …”
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