How enterprise risk management mediates the relationship between board size and corporate social responsibility: Evidence from GCC Islamic banks by Awatif Hodaed Alsheikh, Warda Hodaed Alsheikh, Tamader Alsalami

“…It also explores the role of enterprise risk management as a mediating variable in the relationship between board size and corporate social responsibility disclosure. …”
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What impact does agricultural animal traction have on soil health? Preliminary experimentation in organic market gardening by Fabienne Boivin, Stéphane Ruy, Claude Doussan, Annette Bérard

“…Finally, infiltrability was not only faster but more variable on the animal traction passages, whereas it was weaker and more homogeneous along the motorized traction passages.…”
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Use of Community Science Data to Assess Factors Associated With Diamond‐Backed Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) Sightings in Coastal Marshes of Southeastern North Carolina, USA by Morgan Whitmer, Elizabeth Pinnix, Sarah Finn, Jessie Jarvis, Hope Sutton, Amanda Southwood Williard

“…Diamond‐backed terrapin sighting data were used as the response variable in binomial models that included time of day, air temperature, habitat type, season, and distance from the nearest possible nesting location as explanatory variables. …”
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The role of taxpayer awareness in improving tax compliance: e-filing, self-assessment, and understanding by Siska Dwi Nurjayanti, Umaimah

“… Purpose: This study aims to analyze the effect of the e-Filling system, self-assessment system, and understanding of taxpayers on WPOP compliance by requiring taxpayer awareness as an intervening variable.   In this study, the examiner examined WPOP compliance at KPP Pratama Gresik using independent variables, namely the e-Filling system, self-assessment system, taxpayer understanding and taxpayer awareness. …”
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Urban Flood Susceptibility Mapping for Toronto, Canada, Using Supervised Regression and Machine Learning Models by Baljeet Kaur, Andrew Binns, Edward McBean, Dan Sandink, Karen Castro, Bahram Gharabaghi

“…Sixteen flood conditioning factors, including elevation, slope, topographic wetness index, stream power index, amount of permeable and impermeable surfaces, and more, were used to evaluate their importance in terms of flooding impacts for the 2005 and 2013 severe storms. …”
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Motion Perception Simulation for Lunar Rover Driving Using the Spatial Orientation Observer Model by Wei Chen, Fang Du, Shao-Li Xie, Ming An, Hua Deng, Wan-Hong Lin, Jian-Gang Chao

“…Simulation results demonstrate that motion characteristics and perception of lunar rover driving exhibit a more variable trend at different gravity levels. …”
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The Relationship Between Mental Health and Periodontal Disease: Insights from NHANES Data [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] by Eman AlJoghaiman

“…Results Among the 2764 Participants, more than a quarter (29.1%) were aged over 60 years, 52% were females. …”
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Impact of maternal intrapartum antibiotics on the initial oral microbiome of neonates by Hongping Li, Bin Xiao, Yong Zhang, Shanqiu Xiao, Jun Luo, Weimin Huang

“…Phyla Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria were more abundant after intrapartum antibiotics exposure. …”
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Continuing exposure to disadvantageous material and perceived economic factors on self-rated health in different life stages: fixed effects analyses with data from the German Socio... by Tobias Rähse, Matthias Richter, Anja Knöchelmann

“…The effects of continuing exposure to occupational worries, housing satisfaction, housing quality, and loan burdens were more variable, indicating accumulation processes in certain life stages and sex-specific variations. …”
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Assessing the predictive role of platelet-lymphocyte ratio in EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors: an analysis across TKI gener... by Ryan Cooper, Dhruv Ramaswami, Jacob S. Thomas, Jorge J. Nieva, Robert Hsu

“…Third generation EGFR TKIs may be more efficacious in treating patients with laboratory findings previously shown to predict poor survival. …”
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A Study on the Effect of Abusive Supervision on Knowledge Hiding: Mediated by Emotional Exhaustion and Moderated by Coworkers Support by Bushra Khursheed, Um-e-Rubbab

“…Our study proposed that employees who experienced abusive behaviors were more likely to withhold information and knowledge from others in the organization.  …”
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Participation and Contraceptive Use among Women of Childbearing Age in Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta Province: Further Analysis from IDHS 2017 by Tuffahati Nadhifa Srihadini, Amiza Husna, Lisa Mustafidatul Fauziah, Heldi Yusup, Wiwik Puji Mulyani, Seri Aryati, Umi Listyaningsih, Sri Rum Giyarsih, Slamet Suprayogi

“…We found that women with ≤ 2 children still want to have more children and tend to use less effective methods (short-term contraceptive method), while women with > 2 children use long-term contraceptive methods as a more effective method because they want to limit the number of children.…”
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Classification of spinopelvic balance in ambulatory adolescents and adults with cerebral palsy: a cross-sectional study by Emmanuelle Chaléat-Valayer, Carole Vernez, Stéphane Verdun, Soline Bellaiche, Laure Mathevon, Rachel Bard Pondarré, Hovannes Agopyan, Marianne Bagnol, Kariman Abelin

“…We applied a non-supervised hierarchical ascendant classification followed by k-medoids analysis to 5 key anatomical variables. We compared radiological and clinical variable values between the spinopelvic profiles identified. …”
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Key Words as Markers of the Communicative Behavior of the Discursive Personality of the Nominee to the USA Presidency (Based on the Genre of Pre-Election Debates) by L. A. Kochetova, Ya. Yu. Demkina

“…The discursive personality of the US presidential candidate reflects the variable socio-ideological component of political discourse, which is manifested in a specific set of speech strategies and tactics and language structures that implement them.…”
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Evaluating Gas-Oil Ratio Behavior of Unconventional Wells in the Uinta Basin by Yajie Zhao, Jack Nohavitza, Ryan Williams, Wei Yu, Chuxi Liu, Reza Ganjdanesh, Kamy Sepehrnoori

“…The impact from natural fractures is also examined and discussed for the first time, including the effect of natural fracture numbers and conductivity, where the latter variable is considered as a more effective contributor to the GOR prediction. …”
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ANALISIS PENGARUH RASIO KEUANGAN TERHADAP RETURN ON ASSET BANK PERKREDITAN RAKYAT PADA PT. BPR POLIN JAYA by Dedi Mulyadi, Alexander Din

“…The purpose of this study was to obtain empirical evidence and find clarity phenomena and conclusions about the effect of variable Financial Ratios Return on Assets Rural Bank in PT . …”
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On the Modular Design Application for the Gas Turbine Sector: A Performance Optimization Approach in the Context of Industry 4.0 by Lucas Chavanel-Precloux, Roland Maranzana, Lucas A. Hof

“…Production changes enabled by Industry 4.0 (I4.0) allow industries to respond to customer needs in a much more precise and agile manner. It also permits companies to focus on the development of sustainable and more efficient solutions. …”
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Critical values for six Dixon tests for outliers in normal samples up to sizes 100, and applications in science and engineering by Surendra P. Verma, Alfredo Quiroz-Ruiz

“…With these new tables of more precise and accurate critical values, the applicability of these discordance tests (N7 and N9-N13) is now extended to 100 observations of a particular variable in a statistical sample. …”
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Charting new terrains: How CSR initiatives shape employee creativity and contribute to UN-SDGs in a knowledge-driven world by Naveed Ahmad, Sarminah Samad, Heesup Han

“…Our analysis in Pakistan's hospitality sector expands on this by pointing to the happiness and creative self-efficacy of employees as the mediated variables in this relationship, whereas polychronicity is the moderating variable. …”
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Metagenomic next-generation sequencing of alveolar lavage fluid improves the detection of pulmonary infection by Meng Ziyu, Li Dong, Yang Wei, Tang Jihong

“…Mycobacterium tuberculosis was predominantly detected via general mNGS, whereas Candida albicans and Epstein-Barr virus were more frequently identified by PACE and Q, respectively. …”
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