Biochar and carbon-negative technologies: exploring opportunities for climate change mitigation by Muhammad Ayaz, Sidra Tul Muntaha, Edita Baltrėnaitė-Gedienė, Zita Kriaučiūnienė

“…Abstract The study highlights the critical mechanistic data supporting the ecological restoration advantages of biochar (BC) and its role in sustainable environmental management. …”
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Anthropogenic Aerosols Have Significantly Weakened the Regional Summertime Circulation in the Northern Hemisphere During the Satellite Era by Joonsuk M. Kang, Tiffany A. Shaw, Lantao Sun

“…Abstract Reanalysis data show a significant weakening of summertime circulation in the Northern Hemisphere (NH) midlatitudes in the satellite era with implications for surface weather extremes. …”
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Introducing cyber-loafing as a coping mechanism for suicidal ideation resulting from social isolation, and domestic violence, among employees by Rui Yan, Muhammad Adnan, Ammar Ahmed, Rana Tahir Naveed, Warda Naseem, Volkan Çakir

“…Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was employed to analyze the data. Findings indicate that social isolation, and domestic violence, significantly contribute to suicidal ideation, cyberloafing negatively moderates the relationships between both social isolation, domestic violence, and suicidal thoughts. …”
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Small and Medium Scale Enterprise (SME) Owner financial literacy, entrepreneurial competencies and financial performance: the role of corporate governance by Abigail Padi, Alhassan Musah, Marshall Wellington Blay, Daniel Odei Okyere

“…Design/methodology A cross-sectional quantitative research design was adopted for the study. The data was collected from 213 SME owners in Ghana through a structured questionnaire. …”
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Diabetes mellitus: interdisciplinary medical, surgical and psychological therapeutic approach by Bogdan Socea, Adrian Silaghi, Laura Florentina Rebegea, Daniela Gabriela Balan, Cristian Balalau, Tiberiu Ștefăniță Tenea-Cojan, Doina Andrada Mihai, Ioana Paunica

“…Diabetes mellitus is a complex and widespread metabolic disease, having extremely complex implications (biological, psychological, social) for patients. …”
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How AI Brand Endorsers Influence Generation MZ’s Consumer Behavior in Metaverse Marketing Scenarios by Junping Xu, Yuxi Feng, Wei Li, Qianghong Huang, Zhizhong Fan

“…We conducted an online survey with 302 Generation MZ consumers who have purchasing experience, employing Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) for in-depth data analysis and model evaluation. Additionally, we performed Multi-Group Analysis (MGA) to reveal differences among various occupations and generations. …”
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Building Successful STEM Partnerships in Education: Strategies for Enhancing Collaboration by Andrea C. Borowczak, Trina Johnson Kilty, Mike Borowczak

“…The second case study is a partnership group involving undergraduate college students working together to build a data collection device attached to a high-altitude balloon to answer a scientific question or solve an engineering problem and translate the project into engaging lessons for a K-12/secondary student audience. …”
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Cyberattack Monitoring Architectures for Resilient Operation of Connected and Automated Vehicles by Zulqarnain H. Khattak, Brian L. Smith, Michael D. Fontaine

“…The findings have implications for the design of future resilient systems.…”
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Exploring gender-based disparities in the digital transformation and sustainable development of SMEs in V4 countries by Jaroslav Belas, Tomas Kliestik, Jan Dvorsky, Dalia Streimikiene

“…This study explores gender differences in entrepreneurs’ perceptions of the impact of digitalization on the sustainable development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Visegrád group countries (Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Poland, and Hungary). Data were collected from 1,398 SME owners or top managers using the computer-assisted web interviewing (CAWI) research method. …”
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Psychological Well-being Interactively Affected by Long Working Hours and Caregiving Activities by Min Young Park, Jongin Lee

“…This study examines the associations of long working hours and family caregiving on psychological well-being and their interactions among South Korean wage workers. Methods: Using data from the Korean Working Conditions Survey, this cross-sectional study involved 33,063 participants. …”
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Financial awareness and business development cognition positively influence the sustainable development of rural family businesses by Zheng Xingpeng, Zheng Xingpeng, Jacquline Tham, Ali Khatibi

“…We used SPSS 25.0, AMOS 24.0 to analyse the data. Research results indicated that the business development cognition (β = 0.327, p < 0.001) and financial awareness of family business operators (β = 0.294, p < 0.001) positively influenced the sustainable development of family businesses. …”
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DC-BiLSTM-CNN Algorithm for Sentiment Analysis of Chinese Product Reviews by Yuanfang Dong, Xiaofei Li, Meiling He, Jun Li

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Modeling physiological and perceived responses in remote collaborative virtual environments: A comparative study of HMD and desktop platforms by Allison Bayro, Yalda Ghasemi, Ting Dai, Heejin Jeong

“…Interestingly, HMDs increase arousal levels while reducing cognitive load—a notable departure from traditional cognitive load-arousal correlations. Furthermore, the data indicates that a user's experience is primarily influenced by their interface, regardless of their collaborator's setup. …”
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Toward a Gamification Framework for Requirement Elicitation: Insights From a Systematic Literature Review by Zarsha Nazim, Kashif Ishaq, Atif Alvi, Fadhilah Rosdi, Naeem A. Nawaz, Abdul Basit Dogar

“…This detailed analysis and review assembles data, examines queries, and explores implications to develop a theoretical framework to contribute to the knowledge of the existing body of literature. …”
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Modeling the impact of macroenvironmental forces on investment in Renewable Energy Technologies in Ghana: the moderating role of Entrepreneurship orientation dimensions by Michael Karikari Appiah, Rosemary Anderson Akolaa, Angela Kyerewaa Ayisi-Addo

“…Variance-Based Partial Least Square Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) approach was used for the data analyses and hypotheses testing. The results revealed that MF had significant and positive relationship with SMEs’ intention to invest in RETs. …”
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Asymmetric dependence between commodity prices and selected macroeconomic variables in Ghana by Samuel Duku Yeboah, Michael Provide Fumey, Stephen Antwi Winful, Isaac Christopher Otoo, Peterson Owusu Junior

“…The study employed monthly frequency data from 2003 to 2023 on commodity prices, inflation, and exchange rates. …”
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The Influence of Brand Perception, Social Influence, and Attitude to Functional Food on Repurchase Intention With Conspicuous Consumption as an Intervening Variable (Study on Kopi... by Aulia Life Rahma Putri, Nurul Azizah

“…This study uses quantitative methods with purposive sampling techniques, where data is collected through questionnaires distributed to 100 respondents. …”
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Phraseme Constructions: Productivity and Creativity (with Russian Examples) by Anna Pavlova

“…These findings have implications for both theoretical linguistics and practical lexicography. …”
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Is it all about the windows? Residents' values in residential heritage buildings by Freya Wise, Alice Moncaster, Derek Jones

“…The paper concludes with the implications of these findings for retrofitting heritage fenestration for carbon reduction.…”
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The Effect of Classifying Vocabulary into EFL Student’s Reading Comprehension by Rosa Marianella Contreras-Jordán, María Rossana Ramírez-Ávila

“…For this action research study, we used quantitative data gathered from pre- and post-surveys, quizzes, and pre- and post-tests. …”
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