Imagining a future from the pit: Future aspirations of young artisanal-small scale miners in rural northern Ghana by Lydia Osei, Thomas Yeboah

“…These findings have important implications for policies seeking to promote youth employment in rural Africa…”
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The writing journeys of two home L2 students learning to use sources in the ELT master’s thesis by Julio Cesar Gomez

“…A case study design identified the different journeys for participants’ development of sources use. Data gathering instruments were the drafts of the various components of their theses and a semi-structured interview. …”
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Spatial and Temporal Variation of Annual Precipitation in a River of the Loess Plateau in China by Cui Shen, Huang Qiang

“…Empirical orthogonal function (EOF) decomposition and geostatistical (semivariogram) analysis are used to analyze the spatial and temporal patterns of annual precipitation in the Weihe basin based on the data from 1960 to 2011 at 30 national meteorological stations within and surrounding the Weihe basin area of the Loess Plateau in China. …”
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Relational Institutional Pressure on the Business Performance of Islamic Banking in the Former Malang Residency Area by Abdillah Ubaidi, Andriati Aziizah Syafitri

“…The study sampled seven banks, comprising 34 analysis units, which include 7 Branch Offices and 27 sub-branch offices. Data processing was conducted using the Smart PLS 3.0 program in alignment with the proposed hypotheses. …”
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Promoting Shared Metacognition in Online Learning: The Practices of Distributed Teaching Presence and the Relationships to Cognitive Presence by Ye Chen, Lixuan Chen

“…The DTP practices included providing explicit instruction on DTP techniques and guiding students to label their cognitive presence in online discussion. Data were collected through asynchronous online discussion and a questionnaire survey from 53 students enrolled in a graduate-level course at a northeastern private university in the United States. …”
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Parental rejection and generalized anxiety disorder in early adolescents: the mediating role of alexithymia by Matteo Angelo Fabris, Claudio Longobardi, Elżbieta Zdankiewicz-Ścigala, Dawid Konrad Ścigała

“…Limitations of the research and practical implications are discussed.…”
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Rollover restrictions and firm export behavior: evidence from China by Kaihao Liu, Xuefang Wang, Tingru Zhang

“…This paper employs difference-in-differences identification strategy to investigate the impact of nationwide rollover restrictions on firm export behavior with the micro-data of China’s listed firms, using the exogenous event of China passing the Guideline for Loan Risk Classification in 2007 as a quasi-natural experiment. …”
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Unpacking the complex relationships between agricultural investments and biodiversity in Ghana by Abdul-Hanan Abdallah

“…The expansion of large-scale agricultural investments (LSAI) in Ghana has substantial implications for biodiversity and rural community well-being. …”
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E-Commerce as a Game Changer for Logistics in a Sustainable Context by Arkadiusz Kawa

“…Research limitations/implications: The research is mainly based on secondary sources. …”
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Navigating the Dilemma of AI Integration for Organisational Performance: Insights for Contemporary Business Strategists by Jeanette Owusu, Isaac Sardello Kodzo Agbesi

“…In this literature review, the author examines how businesses can effectively implement AI to improve decision-making, productivity, and customer experience while addressing data privacy, algorithmic bias, and ethical implications. …”
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Emerging technologies in the Peruvian tourism sector: a bibliometric analysis and perspectives on digital innovation by Luis Antonio Ramirez-Flores

“…In this context, emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, augmented reality, big data, and the Internet of Things are positioned as tools to drive digital innovation in the sector. …”
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Bank performance and Non-interest income diversification: Evidence from Chinese commercial banks. by Yuan Zhao, Yixi Mei, Jun Wang

“…We conduct an empirical analysis using the panel data of 159 Chinese commercial banks from 2006 to 2020. …”
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Marketing strategy based on personality types of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator by Feng Qingyu, Zhang Yuhan

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Slow-Growing Lung Mass in a Patient With Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type I: Consider Carcinoid Tumor by Ramtin Talebi, Charalambos C. Solomides, Nathaniel R. Evans, Gregory C. Kane

“…Pulmonary carcinoid tumor (PCT) is a rare neoplasm in patients with MEN 1, but there is limited data on trends in atypical versus typical carcinoid tumors in these patients. …”
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Tracing the Evolution of Digital Storytelling in Cultural Studies by Siti Rina Latifah, Ninis Agustini Damayani, Yunus Winoto

“…This study aims to analyze the production and scholarly trends of Scopus-indexed scientific research on digital storytelling in the context of cultural studies using a bibliometric approach. Data were analyzed using Bibliometrix-R through the Biblioshiny interface and visualized with VOSviewer (version 1.6.20). …”
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The Casualty Evidence for Interest Rates and SME’s Outputs Relation from A Developing Economy by Adedeji Daniel Gbadebo

“…Methodology The study utilized data spanning 1980 to 2021 to investigate evidence of symmetric Granger causality and asymmetric causality between interest rates and SMEs' outputs in Nigeria. …”
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“I didn't want them to see that I was spent”: educators' stress and emotional labor during the COVID-19 pandemic by Aaron Leo, Kristen C. Wilcox

“…Through the constant-comparison method of data analysis, we found collegial support to be a crucial resource which participants drew on to manage their emotions in this highly stressful context. …”
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BANKRUPTCY PREDICTION AND FINANCIAL RISK ASSESSMENT IN EMERGING MARKETS: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA by Emmanuel Imuede Oyasor

“…Limitations related to data quality and model scope are acknowledged, with recommendations for integrating machine learning and macroeconomic variables to enhance future predictive frameworks. …”
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Can informatization improve urban entrepreneurial activity? Evidence from China by Chenxi Zhang, DanDan Liu, Longzheng Du, Jun He, Hui Wang

“…Abstract Informatization plays a leading role in promoting the deep integration of technology and industry and stimulating the vitality of new business creation. Based on city-level data from 2003 to 2022, this study investigates the effect of informatization on urban entrepreneurial activity and the mechanisms using the establishment of “pilot zones for informatization and industrialization integration” as a policy shock and employing a time-varying difference-in-differences (DID) method. …”
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Setting the Stage for Success: Readiness and Connectedness as Antecedents of Learning Continuance Intention in Online Learning by Yingqi Tang, Hungwei Tseng, Yu-Chun Kuo, Hsin-Te Yeh, Jianfang Liu

“…In addition, course facilitation was positively and significantly related to the intention to continue participating in courses. The study's implications and directions for future research were also explored. …”
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