The development of a Polish pre-literacy manual based on action research evidence by Edward Gillian, Bogna Ferensztajn, Bożena Franków-Czerwonko, Urszula Paradowska

“…The research described in this paper attempted to transfer to the Polish language context the knowledge developed in English speaking countries on pre-literacy developmental norms. …”
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CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR OF PRODUCTS OBTAINED FROM MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS: A SEGMENTATION BASED ON FREQUENCY AND PURPOSE OF THEIR USE by Roxana-Larisa CADAR, Antonio AMUZA, Diana Elena DUMITRAȘ, Cristina Bianca POCOL

“…The consumption behaviour for products obtained from medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) has been little studied, until nowadays, in Romania. In the current context, in which there can be noticed an accentuated increase of these products’ supply on the market and the consumers’ concern with a healthy lifestyle, this study has aimed at a segmentation of the consumers of MAPs products, according to their frequency, purpose of use and sociodemographic features. …”
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Determining Impacts on Non-Performing Loan Ratio in Romania by Adriana Daniela CIUREL, Tiberiu STOICA

“…This paper aims to investigate some of the determinants of non-performing loans in the Romanian banking sector by means of Vector Error Correction (VEC). The increase in non-performing loans is the most relevant factor that financial institutions face in order to maintain an adequate level of solvency in the context of current economic decline. …”
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Trends and Prospects of Development of the Special Economic Zone in the Kaliningrad Region by Andrey D. Zhukovskii

“…Special attention is paid to the prospects for the development of the SEZ in the context of the changing economic situation and the challenges associated with international sanctions and economic restrictions. …”
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The Potential of Small, Low- Carbon, Zero- Energy Housing by Cynthia Souaid

“…The social dimension is then addressed from the perspective of market demand through an investigation of consumers’ current housing preferences. The assumption stating that, due to an increase in smaller, elderly, and lowerincome households, current housing preferences are leaning towards smaller dwellings is refuted underlining the importance of distinguishing between smallest and smaller dwelling sizes. …”
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“When in Rome…”: structural determinants impacting healthcare access, health outcomes, and well-being of South Asian older adults in Ontario using a multilingual qualitative approa... by Diya Chowdhury, Catherine Tong, Kimberly Lopez, Elena Neiterman, Paul Stolee

“…With the increase in international migration, the need for an equitable healthcare system in Canada is increasing. …”
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Invasive alien plant species, riverbank instability and hydraulic risk: what do we know about <i>Amorpha fruticosa</i>, <i>Arundo donax</i> and <i>Reynoutria japonica</i>? by Fabrizio Buldrini, Sara Landi, Giacomo Titti, Stefano Parodi, Massimo Valente, Lisa Borgatti, Rossano Bolpagni

“…Nevertheless, the reasons for the implications of increasing presence of IAPs on the stability and effectiveness of flood defences are still unclear. …”
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Collaborative Housing in Chile by Valentina Augusta Cortés Urra

“…This approach has mostly affected the location, quality, and social dimension of housing. In other urban contexts, such as in some European countries, inhabitants facing similar issues have self-organised to develop their homes driven by pragmatic and radical goals. …”
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Debunking the myth: Can the university develop resilience in graduates? by Gloria Castrillon, Kirti Menon

“…It will be argued that tensions inherent in the South African system are brought to the fore, particularly in the context of current debates on the relevance of resilience for the complexity and change anticipated in the 21st century. …”
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A Systematic Review of the Microfinance Literature: An ADO-TCM Framework Approach by Bahman Khodapanah, Mohammad Bashokouh Ajirlou, Fariba Mesri

“…Consequently, the study highlights existing gaps in current research and suggests future research areas to enhance microfinance strategies and increase their impact.Keywords: Economic development, Microfinance, Meta-synthesis, ADO-TCM framework Introduction In the era of globalization and technological advancement, understanding the landscape of microfinance is essential. …”
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Breast asymmetry: literature review and a new proposal for clinical classification by Gladstone Eustáquio de Lima Faria, Dov Charles Goldenberg, Ricardo Frota Boggio

“…These available classifications date from the 60s and 70s and need to be updated to the current clinical context. A more simplified and reproducible classification was proposed after a comprehensive literature review, considering the most frequent asymmetries in aesthetic plastic surgery offices, with their respective treatment guides. …”
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A combined feature selection approach for malicious email detection based on a comprehensive email dataset by Han Zhang, Yong Shi, Ming Liu, Libo Chen, Songyang Wu, Zhi Xue

“…In our dataset, the coverage of the types of malicious emails and the number of them are significantly increased. By collecting the currently available open source datasets, we build a large-scale dataset with 660,985 samples. …”
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A sustainable approach in pumpkin seed oil processing line: Recent advances in pumpkin seed oil and oil processing by-products by Guoqiang Zhang, Jingbo Guo, Jinying Guo

“…Pumpkin seed oil (PSO) has gained popularity worldwide for its nutritional profile and biological effects, significantly increasing its market demand and consumption. However, pumpkin seed oil cake (PSOC), as the secondary by-product from oil processing, contains high potential value and is scarcely utilised. …”
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Competitiveness of Bulgarian oilseed production in the world market by Bozidar Ivanov

“…In general terms, competitiveness can be comprehended in a static aspect as an outcome on one hand or either as conditions and factors (dynamics) determining that outcome or competitive performance. In the current study, the competitiveness is defined as the capability of the agricultural industries and the production of oilseed crops in Bulgaria to sustain and expand their market share and to maintain and increase the added value of their production in terms of national and global scene. …”
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Credit Scoring on Cash Flow Table with Machine Learning: XGBoost Approach by Güner Altan, Server Demirci

“…In a group of companies, no matter how good a rating one company has in regard to its status within the parent company, if the other companies have low ratings, this may affect and reduce the consolidated rating. In this context, the current study focuses on groups of companies. …”
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Analysis of government subsidy strategies in the supply chain of science and technology innovation platform. by Guangsi Zhang, Chen Chen, Jiaping Xie, Qiang Hu

“…In the current era of technological advancements and intense global competition, innovation in Science and Technology (S&T) has become a crucial aspect of every country's development strategy, and the development of cutting-edge technologies in core areas is of utmost importance. …”
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Two decades of cropland monitoring in Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan city group: trends and future predictions by Wenbo Zhang, Dazhao Fan, Song Ji, Yang Dong, Dongzi Li, Ming Li

“…The results demonstrated that the cropland area in the CZTCG in the past 20 years has shown a two-stage trend of increasing (2000–2015, increase of 8.25%) and decreasing (2015–2020, decrease of 2.91%), and the main reasons for cropland loss in the whole process of change were forest and building, with serious loss of cropland area in Changsha County and Wangcheng District. …”
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Reconsidering CPR protocols: Exploring hypernatremia's role in ventricular tachycardia from a case report by Arthur Gavotto, Jean-Yves Le Guennec, Cyril Amouroux, Pascal Champeroux, Angelo Polito, Jérôme Thireau, Alain Lacampagne, Gilles Cambonie

“…We hypothesized that hypernatremia could increase late sodium current in a context of adrenergic stimulation, both being already known to favour early-after-depolarizations. …”
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Machine Learning Analysis of Lipid and Metabolic Profiles in Adults with Adenoid Hyperplasia by Mansur Doğan, Merve Çiftçi, Yusuf Yeşil

“…Nasopharyngeal posterior wall thickness is often associated with adenoid hyperplasia in adults. The current study aimed to compare the blood lipid and metabolic profiles of adult patients with increased nasopharyngeal posterior wall thickness to those of the healthy population. …”
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Preventive and therapeutic effects of Nasturtium officinale hydroalcoholic extract on cyclophosphamide-induced testicular toxicity in rats by Hamideh Aboutalebi, fatemeh alipour, Alireza Ebrahimzadeh-Bideskan

“…Since the Nasturtium officinale L. hydroalcoholic extract (NOE) contains a wide range of phytochemicals with various biological functions, the current study was designed to explore the protective potential of NOE on testicular toxicity caused by Cy in rats.Materials and Methods: Forty-eight adult male Wistar rats were randomly allocated into eight groups (n=6): control, Cy [received a single dose of 75 mg/kg, intraperitoneal (i.p)], NOE+Cy (Prevention): received NOE 500 and 1000 mg/kg/day, orally for 21 consecutive days and on the last day received Cy, Cy+NOE (Treatment): received NOE 500 and 1000 mg/kg/day, orally for 7 days after Cy administration for 21 consecutive days, and NOE (500 and 1000 mg/kg/day). …”
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