Rus’ian Scabbard-end from Byzantine Bosporos by Vadim Vladislavovich Maiko, Leonid Iur’evich Ponomarev, Svetlana Andreevna Kononova

“…Since narrow chronological framework for the artefacts under analysis is absent, these finds most probably provide evidence of permanent trade and cultural connections between the two territories.…”
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Learning Styles, Socio-Demographic Variables and Academic Performance of Building Engineering Students by Juan Manuel Alducin-Ochoa, Ana Isabel Vázquez-Martínez

“…Descriptive and correlational methods were used. For the analysis of the data, a univariate (one-way ANOVA) descriptive study was performed, and the non-parametric Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests, both with a confidence level of 95% (σ=.05) were used. …”
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X’s role in shaping mental health conversations in Nigeria by Uka Uka Nwagbara, Williams Uduakubong Dennis

“…Using a qualitative method, data were gathered by conducting semi-structured interviews among 15 Nigerian X users. …”
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“Funny Weapons”: The Norms of Humour in the Construction of Far‐Right Political Polarisation by Gabriel Bayarri Toscano, Concepción Fernández-Villanueva

“…Our analysis demonstrates the trivialisation and legitimisation of violence against political opponents and other social groups. …”
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DETERMINING FEASABILITY INDICATORS FOR CUCUMBERS AND ZUCCHINIS CROPS IN ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS. CASE STUDY by Antoneta Petruta TUREK-RAHOVEANU, Ruxandra-Eugenia POP

“…According to the statistical data, Austria and Germany are fully converted to ecological agriculture and the others European states are in the conversion process. …”
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A comparative study of performance of commercial banks in ASIAN developing and developed countries by Asima Siddique, Omar Masood, Kiran Javaria, Dinh Tran Ngoc Huy

“…The main focus of this study is to investigate the impact of non-performing loans (NPLs) and other bank specific factors on the financial performance of commercial banks in Asian developing and developed countries due to an alarmingly high ratio of non-performing loans.The bank specific factors that are used in this study are cost efficiency ratio (CER), capital adequacy ratio (CAR), size of the bank, sales growth (SG) and proxies of financial performance (FP) are return on equity (ROA) and return on asset (ROE). Secondary Panel data of ten years (2006-2015) has been used for this empirical analysis and 19 commercial banks from developing countries of Asia (Pakistan and India), while 17 commercial banks from developed countries of Asia (Japan and Saudi Arabia) are selected. …”
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Climate shocks and innovation persistence: evidence from extreme precipitation by Xue Lei, Shouchao He

“…Using a comprehensive panel dataset combining listed companies’ financial information and meteorological data from 2012 to 2022, this study investigates how extreme precipitation affects corporate innovation persistence. …”
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Applicable law for construction contracts under FIDIC general conditions: The role of chosen law by Jovanović Stefan M.

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Evaluation of Methods for Estimating Fractal Dimension in Motor Imagery-Based Brain Computer Interface by Chu Kiong Loo, Andrews Samraj, Gin Chong Lee

“…While fractal dimension has been successfully used in various domains to characterize data exhibiting fractal properties, its usage in motor imagery-based BCI has been more recent. …”
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LASSO-Cox model in the prognostic evaluation of radiochemotherapy efficacy for lymph node metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Simin Lu, Xin Zhang, Xin Zheng, Gang Li, Haizhen Zhang, Yinghong Zhong, Daijie Wang

“…BackgroundThis retrospective study aimed to develop and validate a prognostic evaluation system based on the LASSO-Cox regression model for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients undergoing radiochemotherapy.MethodsData from 186 patients treated between 2013 and 2019 at three tertiary hospitals in China were analyzed. …”
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Reducing Cogging Torque in V-Shaped BLDC Motors: A FEA Simulation Study on the Impact of Skew Angle by Dewi Rianti Mandasari, Budi Sudiarto, Lia Amelia, Asep Andi Suryandi

“…Simulation results, particularly on no-load characteristics based on D-axis flux linkage data, offer a comprehensive overview of the motor’s response under no mechanical load. …”
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Gingival retraction: thickness measurement and comparison of different cords by Cinthya Massari Greco, Taciana Emília de Almeida Anfe, Taciana Marco Ferraz Caneppele, Carlos Martins Agra

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A systems thinking approach for examining the turning points in the Finnish public sport policy by Kati Lehtonen, Petri Uusikylä, Harri Jalonen, Sari Lappalainen

“…Background and study aimThis study proposes a longitudinal analysis of the Finnish public sports policy and explores the dynamics between turning points from a systems thinking perspective. …”
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Clinical Outcomes After Standard Discectomy and Microdiscectomy for Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Single-Center Study by Mladen Ovcharov

“…We used chi-square tests (ANOVA analysis) and directional measures to determine statistically significant data. …”
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An Optimality-Theoretic Study of Nasalization in Mbaise by Mayowa Emmanuel Oyinloye, Chinedu Nwadinobi Anyanwu

“…Arising from the analysis were the following findings: Mbaise operates two systems of nasal specification ‒ the contrastive type affecting consonants and the context-induced type affecting vowels; nasalized consonants are phonemic while nasalized vowels are allophonic; the nasalized consonants are largely restricted to intervocalic position while the nasalized vowels appear after tautosyllabic nasal(ized) consonants. …”
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Community education as a lifelong learning to support sustainable tourism by Dewi Eka Murniati, Abdul Rasid Abdul Razzaq, Soni Nopembri, Abdul Kharim Abdul Hamid, Paryono Paryono

“…A semi-structured interview was taken to 9 homestay operators. This study employs a thematic data analysis to investigate the interview results. …”
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EMOJI IN FOREIGN JUDICIAL PRACTICE by MITRICHEV I.A.

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Removal of nitrobenzene from aqueous solution by adsorption onto carbonized sugarcane bagasse by Dunqiu Wang, Huijun Shan, Xiaojie Sun, Hongxia Zhang, Yanhua Wu

“…Results revealed that the optimal sorbent mass was 0.3 g/50 mL at pH 5.8 and 25°C. The kinetic data obeyed the pseudo-second-order kinetic model ( R 2  > 0.9965). …”
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The Principal-Agent Theoretical Ramifications on Digital Transformation of Ports in Emerging Economies by Benjamin Mosses Sakita, Berit Irene Helgheim, Svein Bråthen

“…<i>Methods</i>: This study deployed a qualitative case study strategy to unpack the challenges of undertaking DT through the lens of principal-agent theory (PAT). <i>Results</i>: Analysis of data collected through 13 semi-structured interviews from a port’s value chain stakeholders revealed five thematic challenges that contradict successful implementation of DT. …”
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Creative city narratives vs. lived realities: an ethnographic study of UNESCO designation in Como, Italy by Massimiliano Raffa

“…Anchored in critical urban theory and cultural sociology, the research investigates how institutional narratives of creativity intersect with the interpretive frameworks through which cultural actors understand their work.MethodsThe research employed ethnographic methods, including semi-structured interviews with diverse cultural producers (theatrical practitioners, visual artists, craftspeople, musicians, filmmakers, venue operators), participant observation at cultural events, and document analysis. …”
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