OIL PRICES AND THEIR LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP WITH MACROECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL INDICATORS by Vesna Bucevska, Borjan Gjelevski, Lea Matevska

“… The objective of this paper is to find out whether there is a long-term relationship or in other words cointegration, between the prices of oil futures and the following factors: the consumer price index (CPI), the exchange rate of the USD to the EUR, the prices of gold, and the price of Bitcoin. …”
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Huntsman Spider, Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus) (Arachnida: Araneae: Sparassidae) by Glavis B. Edwards, Jr.

“…It has sometimes been mistaken for a large brown recluse (Loxosceles reclusa Gertsch and Mulaik, family Loxoscelidae), a poisonous spider, but it is neither related nor is it dangerous. Some authors place this spider in the family Heteropodidae, due to the uncertainty of the name Sparassidae (Platnick and Levi 1973). …”
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REEXAMINING THE QUANTITY THEORY OF MONEY: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS FROM THE JOINT HYPOTHESIS by Cheng-Wen Lee, Andrian Dolfriandra Huruta

“…It would be interesting to see whether our findings hold in other countries. …”
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DID COVID-19 INCREASE THE RISK OF INTERNAL AUDITING? by Hans-Ulrich Westhausen

“…In particular, the spatial and personnel distance from operational activities due to lockdown and home office raise the question of whether these serious changes in the audit environment have possibly also changed the audit risk. …”
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Sonde met die wese van die sondeleer - versteurde daad, verhouding of toestand? by F. B. Doubell

“…The question addressed in this article is whether the essence of sin is found in our actions, our relationships or our condition as sinners. …”
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The Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) by Joseph M. Schaefer, Mark E. Hostetler

“…It occasionally is found in Missouri and South Carolina. However, cold weather limits the northern boundary of the armadillo's range. …”
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Time, Infrastructure and Knowledge: Rethinking Temporality in the Anthropocene by Vando Borghi, Luigi Pellizzoni, Paolo Savoia

“…Luigi Pellizzoni interrogates whether the Anthropocene narrative represents a break from or continuity with late capitalist modernity’s politics of time. …”
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Strawberries: Main Pests and Beneficials in Florida by Silvia I. Rondon, James F. Price, Daniel J. Cantliffe

“…The sunshine state leads the southeastern U.S. in strawberry production and ranks second to California nationwide. The mild weather of Florida's fall and winter seasons sustain the nation's second largest strawberry production. …”
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God’s Alterity and the Particularity of Christ by Björn Vikström, Elli Barsnes

“…Relying upon the philosopher of religion Olli-Pekka Vainio, the authors propose that the crucial question in postmodern theology is what kind of particularism or fideism is applied, and whether the chosen position leaves room for discussions with outsiders or not. …”
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An educational beit midrash as a bridge between religious and secular identity by Galia Semo, Doly Eliyahu-Levi

“…This unique preoccupation with Jewish canon texts also expresses educational-pedagogical innovation because it is neither bound by the religious-orthodox study limitations nor subject to predetermined educational goals. …”
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The interplay between gender-based workplace prejudice and girls’ occupational choice at Bahir Dar polytechnic college by Melaku Mengistu Gebremeskel

“… This study aims to pin down whether there is linearity between genderbased occupational stereotyping and the professional choice of girls at Bahir Dar Polytechnic College. …”
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DOES VENTURE CAPITAL AFFECT CROWDFUNDING PERFORMANCE? by Chia-Ling Chang, Yen-Sheng Lee, Han-Kun Tien

“…Specifically, we split 274,220 crowdfunding projects into venture capital- and non-venture capital-funded projects and examined whether this type of financing enhances the performance of crowdfunding campaigns—measured by the number of crowdfunders and the amount of proceeds raised by the crowdfunding campaigns. …”
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Peach Scab by Daniel Mancero-Castillo, Ali Sarkhosh, Mercy Olmstead, Philip Harmon

“…Peach scab is typical during periods of humid weather because rain splashes the conidia (asexual spores) from the fungus between leaves, twigs, and fruit in the tree canopy, which spreads the disease. …”
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Fire in the Wildland-Urban Interface: Preparing a Firewise Plant List for WUI Residents by Anna L. Behm, Alan J. Long, Martha C. Monroe, Cotton K. Randall, Wayne C. Zipperer, Leslie Annie Hermansen-Baez

“…It includes a step-by-step method for determining whether or not a particular plant is appropriate for firewise landscaping. …”
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Alligator Abundance and Hydrology (2003–2013): What Long-term Monitoring Can Tell Us about Everglades Restoration by Rebecca G. Harvey, Jeff Beauchamp, Robin Bijlani, Frank J. Mazzotti, Laura A. Brandt

“…Thus, trends in alligator populations can tell us whether restoration projects are successful. Alligators may be monitored for both short-term responses (body condition) and longer-term responses to ecosystem change (abundance). …”
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Optimization of VGG-16 Accuracy for Fingerprint Pattern Imager Classification by Agus Andreansyah, Julian Supardi

“…However, its quality can decline due to external factors such as uneven surfaces, weather conditions, or distortion. The dataset used in this study is FVC2000. …”
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Ancient Christian care for prisoners: first and second centuries by T. Nicklas

“… This study deals with the question as to whether first- and second-century sources reflect ancient Christian practices of care for prisoners and in how far these sources help clarify the reasons why Christians cared for prisoners in different contexts. …”
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OIL PRICES AND THEIR LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP WITH MACROECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL INDICATORS by Vesna Bucevska, Borjan Gjelevski, Lea Matevska

“… The objective of this paper is to find out whether there is a long-term relationship or in other words cointegration, between the prices of oil futures and the following factors: the consumer price index (CPI), the exchange rate of the USD to the EUR, the prices of gold, and the price of Bitcoin. …”
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Wyjść poza krąg. O przywracaniu pedagogiki Marii Rogowskiej-Falskiej i Wiery Schmidt by Wojciech Siegień

“…The main questions concern how hegemonic pedagogical discourses may erode and whether the processes of redefining pedagogical thought in Poland are analogous to trends in other countries of Central and Eastern Europe? …”
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Smart Strawberry Advisory System for Mobile Devices by Clyde W. Fraisse, Natalia A. Peres, José Henrique Debastiani Andreis

“… Like the web-based SAS, the SAS: Strawberry Advisory System mobile app monitors real-time and forecast weather conditions that increase the risk for Botrytis (gray mold) and anthracnose fruit rots, providing risk level information for each disease. …”
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