Market Structure and Technical Efficiency of Banks in the MENA Region by José Manuel Maside-Sanfiz, Ana Iglesias-Casal, Qusay Ayman Sulaiman Mazahreh, Carmen López-Andión

“…Banking efficiency scores have been obtained with the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), the level of concentration has been measured by the Herfindahl-Harshman index and competition has been proxied by the bank-level Lerner index. …”
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Structural Damage Detection Based on Sparrow Search Algorithm by Ziyan Ma, Xi Peng, Fengjiang Qin, Qiuwei Yang, Bin Xu

“…Vibration modal parameters are widely used in structural damage identification due to their ease of measurement, facilitating rapid structural damage assessment in engineering practice. …”
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The effects of flight training on flying cadets' brain structure. by Liang Wang, Chengshi Yang, Dongfeng Yan, Lu Ye, Xi Chen, Shan Ma

“…The structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI) data from 39 flying cadets and 37 general college students underwent analysis using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and surface-based morphometry (SBM) methods to quantitatively detect and compute multiple indicators, including gray matter volume (GMV), curvature, mean curvature of the white matter surface (MC-WMS), the percentage of surface white matter gray matter (WM-GM percentage), surface Jacobi (S-Jacobi), and Gaussian curvature of white matter surface (GC-WMS). …”
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LAND STRUCTURAL CHANGES AND DEVELOPMENT OF VEGETABLE PRODUCERS IN BULGARIA by Teodora STOEVA, Violeta DIRIMANOVA

“…Land structural changes and development of small farmers are public phenomena arising on the basis of land use as an indispensable mean of production in the agricultural sector. …”
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Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of the fungicide metconazole by Thaluru M. Mohan Kumar, Chaluvarangaiah Sowbhagya, Hemmige S. Yathirajan, Sean Parkin

“…Despite its agricultural significance, detailed crystallographic data remain scarce. This study reports the crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of racemic cis-metconazole [(1S,5R)/(1R,5S)], determined in the monoclinic space group P21/c with two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit (Z′ = 2). …”
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Structure and biological action of analogs and derivatives of biogenic polyamines by O. S. Egorov, N. Yu. Borisova, E. Ya. Borisova, M. L. Rezhabbaev, E. Yu. Afanas’eva, E. V. Arzamastsev

“…The purpose of this review is to summarize the results of the studies devoted to understanding the biological activity of compounds of the polyamine series, comparing their biological action with action on certain molecular targets. Due to the structural diversity of this group of substances, it is impossible to fully reflect the currently available data in one review. …”
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Structural transitions in systems with a triple-well potential by L. M. Ozherelkova, E. S. Savin, I. R. Tishaeva, V. V. Shevelev

“…The results of numerous experimental data demonstrate the impossibility of their explanation within the framework of linear models of the dynamics of many-particle systems, resulting in the necessity to account for nonlinear effects. …”
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On the structure of species-function participation in multilayer ecological networks by Sandra Hervías-Parejo, Mar Cuevas-Blanco, Lucas Lacasa, Anna Traveset, Isabel Donoso, Ruben Heleno, Manuel Nogales, Susana Rodríguez-Echeverría, Carlos J. Melián, Victor M. Eguíluz

“…Its application to recently collected data of an islet ecosystem—reporting 1537 interactions between 691 plants, animals and fungi across six different functions (pollination, herbivory, seed dispersal, decomposition, nutrient uptake, and fungal pathogenicity)—unveils a non-random, nested structure in the way plant species participate across different functions. …”
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DETERMINANTS OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE IN NIGERIAN OIL AND GAS SECTOR by Adeoba Asaolu Adepoju

“…Method: The investigation has been performed using panel data procedure for a sample of seven Oil and Gas companies listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange during 2008–2019. …”
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Structural Challenges of Attracting and Retaining Sponsorship in Professional Sports by Somayeh Mohammadi, Behzad Izadi

“…The coding technique and NVIVO software were used for data analysis. Following the identification and ranking of challenges, an AHP questionnaire was designed and distributed to 16 experts in the sports and marketing industry.Findings: The results indicated that structural challenges to attracting sponsors in professional sports were identified across six themes: the marketing literacy of managers and human resources, strategic thinking, inefficiencies in the financial system and legal issues, the need for quick adaptation to changes, university positioning and research, as well as the role of politics and government. …”
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Structure controlled enhanced photocatalytic activity of polyaniline (PANI) by Sadia Rafiq, Masuma Akther Lovely, Samiya Rahman Mim, Md Shofiqul Islam, Mahbub Hasan, Md Muktadir Billah

“…Analyzing experimental data in addition to percent crystallinity, bond structure, particle morphology and optical band gap were studied. …”
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Study on the Dynamic Deformation Characteristics of Artificial Structural Loess by Yu Xi, Mingming Sun, Xueqing Hua, Yao Zhang, Ye Yuan

“…The good agreement between trial data and the predicted results demonstrates that the H-D hyperbolic model is appropriate for representing the DM-E of artificially structured loess. …”
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Epidemical process and aetiological structure of salmonelloses in the Zaporizhzhia region by N. M. Polishchuck, N. L. Kolycheva, A. S. Dehen, O. V. Melnikova, N. P. Kryazheva

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Effect of Heat on Physical, Structural, and Microscopic Properties of Sandstone by Soumen Paul, Nageswara R. Kolikipogu, Hajime Ikeda, Autar K. Raina, Vinod A. Mendhe, Somnath Chattopadhyaya, V. M. S. R. Murthy

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Assisting and accelerating NMR assignment with restrained structure prediction by Sirui Liu, Haotian Chu, Yuhao Xie, Fangming Wu, Fangjing Mu, Jiachen Wei, Ningxi Ni, Chenghao Wang, Jun Zhang, Mengyun Chen, Junbin Li, Fan Yu, Hui Fu, Shenlin Wang, Changlin Tian, Zidong Wang, Yi Qin Gao

“…Here, we developed a Restraint Assisted Structure Predictor (RASP) model and an iterative Folding Assisted peak ASsignmenT (FAAST) pipeline directly leveraging experimental information to improve the AI-assisted structure prediction and facilitate experimental data analysis in an integrative way. …”
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The anatomical and micromorphological structure of Myrtus communis L. leaves by O. Ye. Matsehorova, V. M. Odyntsova

“…Published information primarily focuses on the chemical composition and pharmacological activity of common myrtle, with limited data available on its micromorphology. The aim of the work is to study the morphological and anatomical structure and to determine the general diagnostic microscopic features of common myrtle leaves. …”
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Determinants of capital structure: a case of hospitals in China by Qi Zhang, Audrey Laporte

“…Methods This study analyzed data from 909 hospitals in China collected in 2013 and 2014 through the China National Health Statistical Information Report. …”
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Managerial conflict of interests effects on duopoly market structure by Vrankić Ilko, Herceg Tomislav, Vuksanović Herceg Iva

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The Structure of the Giant Radio Fossil in the Ophiuchus Galaxy Cluster by S. Giacintucci, M. Markevitch, T. Clarke, Daniel R. Wik

“…The new images reveal intricate spatial structure within the fossil lobe, including narrow (5–10 kpc), long (70–100 kpc) radio filaments embedded within the diffuse emission at the bottom of the lobe. …”
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Wetland restoration, household income, and livelihood structure of farmers by Ji Feng, Yali Wen, Huiyuan Zhang, Wei Duan, Haiguang Hao

“…Wetland restoration has changed their income structures. Additionally, the two wetland restoration policies and banning of fishing have had synergistic effects. …”
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