Evaluation of Urban Composite Carbon Sink Value: A Case Study of Shenyang by Tiemao SHI, Di WANG, Yu TANG, Peiying LI

“…This is because human activities such as urban construction, transportation, and industrial production can have both positive and negative impacts on carbon sink. Understanding these impacts and identifying the key impact factors will enable more effective management of urban carbon sink. …”
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Influencing Mechanisms of Ecosystem Services on Net Carbon Sink Efficiency and Spatial Differentiation Thereof: A Case Study of the Shanghai Metropolitan Area by Haoyang SONG, Min WANG

“…For the ecosystem service trade-off index and relationship index, the direct effects are significantly positive, while indirect effects significantly negative.ConclusionThe research clarifies that water-related ecosystem services such as water retention and water purification services can significantly affect carbon reduction and sink enhancement in the Shanghai Metropolitan Area, and attention should be paid to water network system and its coupling effects with green and grey spaces, so as to further stimulate the ecological vitality of Jiangnan water vein. …”
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Role of the Perceived Social Responsibility of the Company and the Psychological Mechanisms to Achieve the Employees' Creative Behavior (Case Study: Electro Kavir Company of Yazd) by Marziyeh Dehghanizadeh, Fatemeh Keshavarzi Hedesh

“…Fleming also pointed out that social responsibility is the responsibility of companies that companies should not have a negative impact on the social life in which they work. …”
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HIV self-testing alone or with additional interventions, including financial incentives, and linkage to care or prevention among male partners of antenatal care clinic attendees in... by Augustine T Choko, Elizabeth L Corbett, Nigel Stallard, Hendramoorthy Maheswaran, Aurelia Lepine, Cheryl C Johnson, Doreen Sakala, Thokozani Kalua, Moses Kumwenda, Richard Hayes, Katherine Fielding

“…Overall, 46 male partners were confirmed to be HIV positive, 42 (91.3%) of whom initiated ART within 28 days; 222 tested HIV negative and were not already circumcised, of whom 135 (60.8%) were circumcised as part of the trial. …”
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Osiąganie kompromisu potrzeb człowieka i przyrody by Karol Lewandowski

“…More, subsequent operations in environmental technology, from that every one eliminates negative effects of previous, are giving ecoengineering effects too, that is including human activity into the natural environment and creation of new, unstable ecological balances. …”
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The application of Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills model-based whole-course nutritional management in elderly patients with esophageal cancer (基于信息-动机-行为技巧模型的全程化营养管理在老年食管癌... by TANG Ping (汤平), SUN Yun (孙云), WANG Lan (王兰)

“…It is also helpful to reduce the negative emotions of anxiety and depression and improve patients' satisfaction with nursing services. …”
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Koro Ve Orkestra /Oda Müziğinde Seslendirme/Yorumlama Başarım Gücü Üzerine Program Odaklı Bir İnceleme - A Program Based Analysis Of Performing Success In Choir And Orchestra/Chamb... by H. Seval Köse, M. Can Çiftçibaşı

“…“Choir and orchestra/chamber music performing success interview form” was prepared to be filled in by the instructors of related courses (participants).Research results show that definitional curricula of the choir and orchestra/chamber music courses among the A coded courses in music teaching undergraduate program do focus on performance target; that the students often come to classes unprepared; that they do not show sufficient understanding and rigour for making music together; their grade-oriented view of studying is underlined; their attendance to concerts, festivals etc. is found beneficial in terms of their motivation; and it is emphasized that the level differences between students have a negative effect on making music together and their performing success.In this regard, it is recommended that, being the two most effective components of choir and orchestra/chamber music performing success, the individual instrumental and vocal education courses’ implementation and outcome characteristics would be reviewed along with the effective research results.Keywords: Music teaching, undergraduate program, performance, performing success.…”
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Decolonization Projects by Cornelius Ewuoso

“…Decolonization conversations that originate from a place of negativity risk deepening the psychological state of victimhood and prevent people from disrupting constructively or critically engaging in the conversation.[6] II.     …”
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Determining the Heterotic Groups of Selected Grain Maize (Zea mays L.) Inbred Lines using Morphological and Phenological Traits by Mahnaz Oroojloo, Sara Dezhsetan, Behzad Ahmadi, Mohammadreza Shiri, Ali Moghaddam

“…In this component, the largest positive coefficients belonged to 1000-kernel weight (0.723) and plant height (0.531) traits, and a negative factor coefficient belonged to the number of kernels per row (-0.755). …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Maria Lenk, Antony Mason, Markus Rutsche

“…In short, Kershaw suggests that the Canadian government needs to introduce policy changes to readjust the intergenerational imbalances that are negatively affecting younger generations. In the book review section, the first review assesses Birnbaum, Ferrarini, Nelson and Palme’s The Generational Welfare Contract: Justice, Institutions and Outcomes. …”
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Automatic Recognition of Authors Identity in Persian based on Systemic Functional Grammar by Fatemeh Soltanzadeh, Azadeh Mirzaei, Mohammad Bahrani, Shahram Modarres Khiabani

“…Modality encompasses intermediate degrees between positive and negative poles, defining the region of uncertainty between 'yes' and 'no.' …”
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The pattern of elementary teachers' insight in online education, using foundational data theory by reyhaneh bazrafshan delijan, Mohammad Ghafari Mejlej, seyyed javad mortazavi amiri

“…As a result, teachers had to switch to online teaching without adequate preparation, which harmed the quality of implementation (Aditya, 2023).However, there is a need for a more systematic exploration of the positive and negative experiences of teachers' perspectives as well as the factors associated with these experiences in online education. …”
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Effects of Conditioning Temperature on Pellet Quality, Nutrients Digestibility, and Metabolizable Energy of Broilers Diet by Seyedeh Vajiheh Shakhese Emampour, Abolghasem Golian, Heydar Zarghi, Ali Reza Hesabi Nameghi

“…However, the better physical quality of pellets obtained at higher conditioning temperatures may affect broiler performance depending on the extent of negative effects of conditioner temperature on nutrient availability. …”
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Perspective of Need for First Aid Education in Bulgarian Schools by Daniela Baleva

“…Background: First aid and disaster response training for school teachers is not mandatory in many countries, including the Republic of Bulgaria, despite its importance for protecting lives and reducing long-term negative effects of injuries to students on school premises. …”
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Optimizing Scanning in Youth Female Football: The Role of Verbal Instructions by Mirjam Hintermann, Michael Romann, Dennis Lüdin, Wolfgang Taube, Jörg Fuchslocher

“…Notably, the additionally conducted scans through verbal instructions did not negatively impact the relationship between scanning and the success of subsequent actions, indicating no evidence of cognitive overload. …”
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Investigating The Performance Of Local And Indigenous Businesses In Times Of Economic Recession With Emphasis On Developing The Capabilities Of Cooperatives In Sistan And Baluchest... by Ali Asghar Tabavar, Abdoulnaser Derakhshan, Sahar Arefi

“…In other words, economic growth in this period is negative. This period is usually defined as two consecutive 3-month periods. …”
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Antecedents and consequences of professional competence of school administrators with emphasis on environmental sustainability and sustainable development by mohamadreza rasouli, ghafar tari, hossein Baghaei

“…With growing public concerns about the long-term consequences of environmental issues and climate change, and its negative impact on the growth and development of societies, particularly in less developed countries, proactive and innovative measures have been taken to embrace environmental responsibilities and professional competencies. …”
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Providing a model of emotional and rational appeals in video marketing based on social networks by Moohan Mohammadi, payam paslari, saeed moradpour, sadegh masjoodi

“…Excitement is one of the necessary elements to achieve attention in video marketing in such a way that "The customer's decision-making journey in video marketing begins with a video ad" (Maenhout, 2023), and only does positive emotions that affect the audience's attention, but negative stimuli also play an important role in attracting the viewer's attention (Vaish et al, 2008) (Rozin & Royzman, 2001).The engagementCrane & Sornette (2008) were the first people who introduced the term "engagement" in today's sense as a valuable tool for measuring the effectiveness of video marketing, in their definition: "audience engagement in video is a chance to share video and increase the number of visits" (Crane & Sornette, 2008).Dong et al, (2023) investigated the four main factors of short branded video content (content matching, informational relevance, storytelling, and emotionality), customer engagement (likes, comments, and shares) as well as the moderating effect of publication time (morning). …”
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Predictive factors' modeling of entrepreneurial opportunities in international companies by Ali Farahani, Younos Vakil Alroaia, Farideh Haghshenaskashani, Ali Faez

“…The fear of failure variable has a negative adjustment of the relationship between intention and behavior, and the economic literacy variable has a positive adjustment on this relationship. …”
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Deciphering the effect of exercise timing on glucose metabolism: a randomised controlled trial by Fabienne Bruggisser, Denis Infanger, Henner Hanssen, Raphael Knaier

“…The exercise intervention reduced the AUC in all groups compared to Con with small to moderate effect sizes (95% confidence interval), being E-08: -0.47 (-1.31 to 0.37); E-12: -0.51, (-1.32 to 0.31); E-16: -0.54 (-1.53 to 0.46); and E-20: -0.64 (-1.38 to 0.11), respectively. Negative effect sizes (e.g., reduction in AUC) are considered beneficial for metabolic health. …”
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