GR management as an ESG transformation driver: Evidence from Russian companies by Victoria V. Savelieva, Anna S. Veselova

“…The study identifies government relations (GR) management tools that are instrumental in successful implementation of ESG practices and investigates the relationship between GR management as a formalized function and the effectiveness of sustainable develop ment practices in Russian companies. Stakeholder theory constitutes the methodological basis of the study. …”
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Coupling and Coordinated Development Evaluation of Society-Ecology-Water Resources System in Central Yunnan by HE Guilin, ZHANG Daiqing, CHENG Guaimei, GENG Yiqiao, LI Haokun

“…Exploring the coupling and coordination relationship among society, ecology, and water resources in central Yunnan is of significance to the sustainable development of central Yunnan and Yunnan.Based on emergy analysis and dual water resources sustainable development theory, this paper constructs the emergy evaluation index system of the regional social-ecological-water resources system and employs the coupling coordination degree model to explore the system development index and coupling coordination degree of central Yunnan from 2006 to 2020.The results show that in the past 15 years, the socio-economic development of central Yunnan has developed rapidly, the development of water resources and ecological environment has lagged, and the coupling degree is higher than the coordination degree.Additionally, the coupling coordination degree shows an overall positive development trend, and most areas are above grade IV.In 2006, the spatial distribution of coupling coordination degree showed a trend of a high degree in the north and a low degree in the south.Liuzhou City in the north and Honghe River in the south were in the primary and barely coupled and coordinated development stage respectively.In 2015, there was a trend of high degree in the west and low degree in the east, which all reached the primary coordinated development stage and above, and Lijiang changed greatly to the intermediate coupling coordinated development stage.In 2020, the tendency presented a high degree in the middle and a low degree in the areas around.Lijiang was still in the leading position in the intermediate coupling and coordinated development stage, and the rest of the cities were in the primary coupling and coordinated development stage.…”
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First-Principles Study on Adsorption and Decomposition of NOx on Mo (110) Surface by Yunmi Huang, Haijun Luo, Changkun Dong

“…Based on the density functional theory, the adsorption and decomposition of NOx (x = 1, 2) on Mo (110) surface are studied with first-principles calculations. …”
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Segmented constitutive relationship of weakly cemented sandstone and numerical implementation based on homogeneity by Wang Hong, Zuo Yu-jun, Zhang Lei

“…This study addresses this problem by investigating the deformation characteristics of such rocks through triaxial compression tests, and a novel piecewise constitutive model was developed, integrating the Double-strain Hoek model (TPHM) and statistical damage theory. The outcomes highlight several key findings: (1) The experiments revealed a distinct compaction stage in weakly cemented sandstone, which becomes shorter with an increase in confining pressure, highlighting a significant mechanical property of these rocks. (2) The piecewise constitutive model demonstrates effectiveness in capturing the compaction stage, the elastic deformation stage, and the post-damage deformation phase, with excellent agreement between the model predictions and experimental data. (3) By incorporating the model into FLAC3D and considering rock homogeneity, the study demonstrates the capability to calculate and predict the stress field migration and the evolution of damaged zones during the failure process of weakly cemented sandstone under various confining pressures. …”
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INFORMATION ASYMMETRY AND COST OF CAPITAL: A REVIEW OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE by Sunusi Ridwan Ayagi, Rashida Lawal

“…And, this goes in line with the basic argument of the pecking order theory in its first proposition. Also, regarding IA and COD, the reviewed studies have agreed that IA positively affects COD. …”
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English Nominals with the Incorporated Object as a Result of Two-Level Conceptual Blending by E. A. Lukyanchenko

“…According to the modern linguistic theory (G. Fauconnier, M.Turner), conceptual blending is one of the basic operations of human cognition. …”
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Gender Dynamics in Online Religious Leadership in Nigeria: Investigating How Digital Platforms Shape Communication, Authority, and Influence by Bukola L. Oloba, Anne M. Blankenship

“…Utilizing mediatization theory, this research investigated how online spaces allow women to bypass traditional patriarchal structures, engage broader audiences, and influence religious narratives. …”
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Analysis and Application of Vibration Damping Hole in Tunnel Working Face Based on Grey Correlation Analysis by Baofu Duan, Zhang Zhengxin, Zhang Chunwu, Zongjun Sun

“…The gray correlation theory is used to determine the influence degree of vibration reduction hole parameters on the vibration reduction effect; each parameter is clarified, and the primary and secondary relationship of each parameter in the vibration reduction effect is clarified. …”
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A Novel Multivariate Spectral Local Quasilinearization Method (MV-SLQLM) for Modelling Flow, Moisture, Heat, and Solute Transport in Soil by Elias Mwakilama, Vusi Magagula, Duncan Gathungu

“…Findings are in good agreement with theory and literature, thereby revealing suitability of the MV-SLQLM to solve coupled nonlinear PDEs with environmental fluid dynamics applications.…”
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Phonological Processes in Ekegusii Borrowing: A Constraint-based Approach by Edinah Mose

“…This article analysed the phonological processes realized in Ekegusii borrowing from English using Optimality Theory’s constraint approach. Since this was a phonological study, descriptive linguistic fieldwork was used. …”
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Examining the Relationship between Middle School Students’ Critical Reading Skills, Science Literacy Skills and Attitudes: A Structural Equation Modeling by Ersin Karademir, Ufuk Uluçınar

“…As a result, as put forward in theory, critical thinking, critical reading skill, and science literacy skills and attitudes have been found to be closely related. …”
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IMPLEMENTATION OF GENOME-WIDE SELECTION IN WHEAT by G. Charmet, E. Storlie

“…With the expected development of thousands of molecular markers in most crops, the marker-assisted selection theory has recently shifted from the use of a few markers targeted in QTL regions (or derived from candidate or validated genes) to the use of many more markers covering the whole genome. …”
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Rechtsgeschichte als Geschichte von Normativitätswissen? by Thomas Duve

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Classification of the Traffic Status Subcategory with ETC Gantry Data: An Improved Support Tensor Machine Approach by Yan Zhao, Wenqi Lu, Yikang Rui, Bin Ran

“…An optimal fit of the characteristics is supplied by maximizing inter-subcategory tensor block distances and minimizing intra-subcategory tensor block distances throughout a joint utilization of the STM and multiscale training theories. The experiment in this paper uses ETC gantry data from the Jingtai highway in Shandong Province, and the findings reveal that the ISTM has optimum values of 0.2578 and 0.3254 for the SumD and 0.1718 and 0.1901 for the DBI as compared to K-mean clustering and the SVM. …”
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Altermagnetic perovskites by Makoto Naka, Yukitoshi Motome, Hitoshi Seo

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The economic dimensions of transnational organised crime in Southern and Western Africa by Tolulope Lembola Ojolo, Shanta Balgobind Singh

“…The enterprise model of organised crime and the entrepreneurial theory of crime are used as theoretical frameworks to analyse the operational dynamics of these criminal networks. …”
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Digital Modeling of Cone-generated Enveloping Torus Worm by Zhi Liu, Hong Lu, Xin Kuang, Liang Xia

“…The modeling frame is established firstly， and the meshing equations of the working tooth profile in different coordinate systems for the worm are deduced by applying differential geometry， kinematics， envelope theory and space coordinate transformation method， and the digital models of the working tooth profile of the worm are established， simultaneously， the generatrices equation of bottom and addendum surface are worked out. …”
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"So Much Potential:" Latino/a Immigrant Emerging Adults, Legal Status, and Educational Participation by Laura M. Gonzalez, Isabelle Ong Gaffney, Yesenia Mejia

“…The study was a qualitative participatory action research study, and the interview data were analyzed using interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA). Relational cultural theory (RCT) was utilized to illuminate participants’ contexts and experiences, and how they encountered connection/warm welcome or disconnection/chilly welcome. …”
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Analysis of the Influence of Innovative Teaching Management Mode in Universities on Students’ One-to-One Training and Psychotherapy by Wenwen Zhang

“…Based on the theoretical analysis of the application of psychological resilience intervention, combined with the theory of one-to-one tutoring and operational techniques, the university’s innovative teaching management mode scheme is designed. …”
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A Netnography Analysis of Thematic ­Hadith Memes Distribution on ­­ Social Media by Ermawati Usman, Nurdin Nurdin, Ashir Ahmed, Miftachul Huda

“…This study built thematic hadith memes based on their contents and formats on social media platforms using Rajan's (2015) theory of religious memes. This study employed a netnography method, collecting data from the social media sites Facebook and WhatsApp of Islamic millennial Ulama. …”
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