Blockchain-driven digital transformation in the housing industry by Anniina Saari, Seppo Junnila, Jussi Vimpari

“…The findings largely support blockchain’s theoretical benefits in reducing intermediaries, automating processes, minimizing errors, enhancing transparency and addressing data silos in real estate transactions. However, limitations – like the need for specialised expertise, scalability issues and centralisation tendencies emerged – ultimately outweighed the benefits, leading to blockchain abandonment. …”
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DiuSST: a conceptual model of diurnal warm layers for idealized atmospheric simulations with interactive sea surface temperature by R. Börner, R. Börner, J. O. Haerter, J. O. Haerter, J. O. Haerter, J. O. Haerter, R. Fiévet, R. Fiévet

“…<p>The diurnal variability in sea surface temperature (SST) may play an important role in cloud organization above the tropical ocean, with implications for precipitation extremes, storminess, and climate sensitivity. …”
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Cholesterol Sulfate in Biological Membranes: A Biophysical Study in Cholesterol-Poor and Cholesterol-Rich Biomimetic Models by Ana Reis, Maria João Sarmento, Mariana Ferreira, Paula Gameiro, Victor de Freitas

“…Despite this, little is known about the biophysical implications of CholS at the membrane in cells and organelles. …”
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Tertiary-level EFL learners' motivation and classroom engagement in a post-COVID online environment by Jerotijević-Tišma Danica M., Radosavljević-Krsmanović Anica R.

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Medición "in situ" de la permeabilidad al aire del hormigón: status quo Concrete air permeability "in situ "test status quo by Luis Ebensperger, Roberto Torrent

“…Finally the future prospective uses are discussed, as quality control tool for new structures, considering relevant implications they would lead to, as well as the diagnosis on existing structures.…”
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Hierarchical Multi-Task Learning Based on Interactive Multi-Head Attention Feature Fusion for Speech Depression Recognition by Yujuan Xing, Ruifang He, Chengwen Zhang, Ping Tan

“…Due to the accessibility of speech data, researchers have proposed many automatic depression recognition methods based on speech. …”
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The impact of parental phubbing on social withdrawal in preschool children: the serial mediating roles of parent–child conflict and negative emotions by Pan Zhang, Xiaoying Wang

“…All the measures showed good reliability and validity in the present study. The data were analyzed via SPSS 26.0 and SPSS PROCESS. …”
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Global warming and coastal protected areas: A study on phytoplankton abundance and sea surface temperature in different regions of the Brazilian South Atlantic Coastal Ocean by Carolina daSilveira Bueno, Adina Paytan, Cassiano Dias deSouza, Telma Teixeira Franco

“…Using SST and chlorophyll‐a (Chl‐a) data from 2002 to 2023, we found significant differences in SST between the regions, with São Paulo having the highest SST, followed by Paraná and Santa Catarina. …”
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Genesis Locations of the Costliest Atmospheric Rivers Impacting the Western United States by Hamish D. Prince, Peter B. Gibson, Michael J. DeFlorio, Thomas W. Corringham, Alison Cobb, Bin Guan, F. Martin Ralph, Duane E. Waliser

“…Here, using historical flood insurance data, we investigate the genesis characteristics of damaging ARs in the Western U.S.. …”
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Shape factor analysis of water and aluminium oxide nanoparticles in a porous medium with slip effects by Prasun Choudhary, K. Loganathan, Kavita Jat, Kalpna Sharma, S. Eswaramoorthi

“…This study also suggests that heat transfer enhancement varies much more significantly than the drag reduction effect in the obtained data. Streamlines and isotherm lines are also illustrated to examine the velocity and temperature characteristics for designated nanoparticle shapes.…”
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A Memo on Factors Associated with Perception of Stigma Attached to PrEP: Evidence from the Keeping It LITE Study by Shahin Davoudpour, Gregory L. Phillips II, Pedro A. Serrano, Audrey L. French, Sybil G. Hosek

“…Social and practical implications of the results and directions for future research are discussed.…”
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Post-operative complications following cervical ventral slot in dogs: a retrospective review of the influence of prophylactic fenestration and chondrodystrophy in 593 cases by Christophe Osterreicher Cunha Dupont, Giunio Bruto Cherubini, Giunio Bruto Cherubini

“…Prospective studies are warranted to evaluate its long-term benefits and biomechanical implications.…”
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Persistent Lagrangian transport patterns in the Black Sea identified from climatological Lagrangian Coherent Structures by Mainara Biazati Gouveia, Elisaveta Peneva, Irina Gancheva, Emil V. Stanev

“…Wind velocity and Earth observation data have been incorporated to illustrate the potential applications of these results. …”
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Quantifying cross-country ski–snow friction using real-time kinematic positioning by Kalle Kalliorinne, Joakim Sandberg, Gustav Hindér, Hans-Christer Holmberg, Matej Supej, Roland Larsson, Andreas Almqvist

“…The ability of the current experimental set-up to distinguish between the COF during acceleration and deceleration has considerable implications for further developments.…”
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A comparative analysis of L-moments, maximum likelihood, and maximum product of spacing methods for the four-parameter kappa distribution in extreme value analysis by Muhammad Shafeeq ul Rehman Khan, Zamir Hussain, Sadaf Sher, Muhammad Amjad, Faisal Baig, Ishfaq Ahmad, Hamd Ullah

“…The results associated with the quality of estimated quantiles using real-life data are consistent with the findings of simulation outcomes.…”
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Clean energy technologies: The impact of renewable sources on the environment and energy security by Jovanović Ivan, Tašić Dušan, Mikić Miomir, Presburger-Ulniković Vladanka, Staletović Novica, Nikolić Violeta

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Balancing Between Land and Sea Rights—An Analysis of the ‘Pagar Laut’ (Sea Fences) in Tangerang, Indonesia by Walter Timo de Vries, Sukmo Pinuji

“…The analytical model used to evaluate the controversies and contradictions is McKinsey’s 7S model, while the data used are extracted from journalistic public media reports and social media. …”
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Integrating ecosystem service losses into life cycle assessment on the treatment of 40 categories of hazardous waste: A China case study by Xincong Liu, Mengdi Zhang, Wenyue Hou, Ran Fang, Li Zeng, Wei Xiao

“…Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis demonstrate the robustness of the results. Finally, the implications including expanding the LCA boundaries of hazardous waste treatment, ecological compensation for ecosystem service losses, and co-regulations of multiple departments for hazardous waste treatment are proposed. …”
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Cultivating proficient and efficacious L2 English speakers via VoiceThread-mediated self- and peer assessments by Min-Hsun Liao

“…The study extends current understanding of assessment modality effects on L2 development and offers practical implications for implementing online speaking assessment in EFL contexts.…”
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Assessing Water Source Stability in the Three River Source Region: A Comprehensive 35‐Year Analysis by Lifeng Zhang, Daniel R. Schlaepfer, Zhiguang Chen, Zhongkuan Liu, Zhenyu Liu, Song Gu, William K. Lauenroth

“…We employed SOILWAT2, a daily time step ecosystem water model, along with 35 years of climate data from 29 meteorological stations to characterize the hydrological dynamics of the region. …”
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