Estimating Residential Water Demand Under Systematic Shifts Between Uniform Price (UP) and Increasing Block Tariffs (IBT) by A. M. Chovar Vera, F. A. Vásquez‐Lavín, R. Ponce Oliva

“…We discuss the effectiveness of IBT in reducing summer consumption. This issue is relevant to many countries and policymakers interested in designing tariff structures. …”
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Nutrient Deficiency Correction in Ovarian Cancer Patients Following Surgical Treatment: a Clinical Case by L. I. Bashirova, A. S. Safonov, R. R. Kamilova, D. O. Lipatov, A. A. Bakirov, A. V. Samorodov

“…Meanwhile, such evidence bears a recommendatory value only, with no current standard or protocol assumed for nutrient deficiency management. This issue presently remains open and requires careful research and analysis.Materials and methods. …”
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Pathway of total petroleum hydrocarbon in a lotic ecosystem: water and sediment of Tigris River, Iraq by Fikrat M. Hassan, Abdul Hameed M. Jawad Al-Obaidy, Anwar Ridha Noor, Nadhir Alansari

“…Abstract The monitoring of lotic ecosystems is an important issue. This study investigated the total petroleum hydrocarbons (THP) in the Tigris River within Baghdad City, Iraq, which is considered the ultimate water supply source of the city. …”
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Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Distress, Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Life Satisfaction in Colombian Women by Janneth E. Molina, M. Pilar Matud

“…Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a major global public health and human rights issue, with significant consequences for women’s health and well-being. …”
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Adverse childhood experiences and suicidal ideation among nurses in China by Ying Ling, Xijie Hou, Jie Zhang, Jie Zhang

“…Background and AimsSuicidal ideation and behaviors constitute a serious public health issue both globally and in China, with nurses having a relatively higher suicide rate. …”
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The role of country by country reporting on corporate tax avoidance: Does it effective for the tax haven? by Lulus Kurniasih, Yusniyati Yusri, Fakarudin Kamarudin, Ahmad Fahmi Sheikh Hassan

“…The results show that the CbCR regulation issued by the government has significant negative impact on corporate tax avoidance measured by abnormal related party transaction. …”
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Providing a Local Model of Aligning the Development of University Technical-Advanced Educations with the Needs of the Labor Market by Parya Jafaryan, Yosef Mohamadifar, Bizhan Rezaee

“…The qualitative section utilized theoretical sampling based on the snowball technique. Interviews were conducted with 17 individuals until reaching theoretical saturation, a point where no new insights emerged. …”
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Breaking the Cycle: Perceived Control and Teacher–Student Relationships Shield Adolescents from Bullying Victimization over Time by Zhongjie Wang, Kaiyuan Lu, Xuezhen Wang, Juanjuan Zheng, Xinyi Gao, Qianqian Fan

“…Background: Bullying victimization remains a grave issue in early adolescence. However, existing research often lacks a longitudinal perspective and sufficient attention to protective factors, particularly the dynamic role of teacher–student relationships. …”
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Relationships between leadership style, career development, work stress, and turnover intention in a high-tech industry: Moderating role of psychological contract by Liu Ru, Hadziroh Ibrahim

“…The sample consists of 380 employees of the R&D departments in high-tech companies in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, mainly engaged in the electronic information, advanced manufacturing, and automation sectors. …”
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Simultaneous RIS Adjustment and Transmission Based on Markov Chain Monte Carlo and Simulated Annealing by Ilya Burtakov, Arseny Poyda, Aleksey Kureev, Evgeny Khorov

“…This paper addresses this issue and proposes a statistical RIS adjustment algorithm using Markov Chain Monte Carlo and Simulated Annealing (MCMC-SA). …”
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Autistic Sensory Traits and Psychological Distress: Mediating Role of Worry and Intolerance of Uncertainty by Patricia Recio, Pilar Pozo, Cristina García-López, Encarnación Sarriá

“…For a better understanding of the issue, it is necessary to consider the cognitive aspects that can help explain variations in stress and anxiety levels among adults with autism. …”
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SERNet: Spatially Enhanced Recalibration Network for Building Extraction in Dense Remote Sensing Scenes by Kuikui Han, Yuanwei Yang, Xianjun Gao, Dongjie Yang, Lei Xu

“…The rapid development of urban and rural construction has accelerated the demand for segmentation in dense building scenes. However, the issue of inaccurate building localization in such scenes still lacks effective solutions. …”
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Analysis of implications of organ donation on living donors in southeastern Iran: A qualitative study by R. S. Bahador, P. Mangolian, J. Farokhzadian, S. S. Afrazandeh, E. Nouhi

“…Objectives: despite the annual increase in living donors and the positive and negative implications following organ donation, this issue had become a significant challenge for donors. …”
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The e-Posyandu Health Application (ePoK) as a medium to enhance parental independence in stimulating growth and development of children under five by Melly Damayanti, Nurul Aini Suria Saputri, Darwitri Darwitri

“…Parental independence in stimulating children under five’s growth and development is pivotal in addressing this issue. The study aims to explore the impact of the e-Posyandu Health Application (ePoK) in promoting parental independence in the growth and development of their children. …”
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Information as Interpretation: Measuring Learning Behavior for Knowledge Insight by Kensuke Takii, Changhao Liang, Hiroaki Ogata

“…However, this case study is limited by the small sample size, reliance on subjective self-assessment, and short intervention period, so further large-scale and long-term studies with objective proficiency measures are needed to validate and generalize the findings. …”
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An Exploration into the Effect of IELTS Teachers’ Self-Efficacy on their Resilience through a Self-efficacy Teacher Training Workshop by مریم طالبی, نسیم شنگرفام, بهدخت مال امیری

“…AbstractThe resilience of teachers has arisen as a crucial issue in developing exceptional teaching and learning experiences. …”
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A surrogate-assisted differential evolution algorithm with a dual-space-driven selection strategy for expensive optimization problems by Hanqing Liu, Zhigang Ren, Chenlong He, Wenhao Du

“…It tries to select the solutions with good fitness and small NC values under a multi-objective sample selection framework and thus helps the resulting SAEA steadily search in multiple neighborhoods of excellent solutions. …”
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Improving Fiqh Learning Outcomes Through a Mind Mapping-Based Flipped Classroom by Pristian Hadi Putra, Uun Fauzanah Fitri, Adi Putra, Endah Silawati

“…This is due to the use of conventional teaching models that fail to facilitate students’ engagement actively in the learning process. To address this issue, a flipped classroom model integrated with mind mapping techniques was implemented to enhance students’ understanding and academic performance. …”
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Nurses perceptions and use of artificial intelligence in healthcare by Hossein Namdar Areshtanab, Farnaz Rahmani, Maryam Vahidi, Seyyedeh Zahra Saadati, Akram Pourmahmood

“…A stratified random sampling method was used for selecting participants. …”
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Open-World Semi-Supervised Learning for fMRI Analysis to Diagnose Psychiatric Disease by Chang Hu, Yihong Dong, Shoubo Peng, Yuehan Wu

“…Specifically, we employ spectral augmentation self-supervised learning and dynamic concept contrastive learning to achieve open-world graph learning guided by pseudo-labels, and construct hard positive sample pairs to enhance the network’s focus on potential positive pairs. …”
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