A Model for Bank Management Performance Appraisal with the Advanced Technologies Approach (Meta-Synthesis Method) by Ehsan Kiani Ghalehno, Habibollah Salarzehi, Bahareh Naseri, Abdolali Keshtegar

“…Rapid changes in today's world have created great challenges for banks. Pioneer banks took advantage of opportunities with managerial tools and advanced technologies to achieve banking objectives (Najafbeigi et al , 2011). …”
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Influence of Secondary Inorganic Aerosol on the Concentrations of PM2.5 and PM0.1 during Air Pollution Episodes in Hanoi, Vietnam by Nguyen-Quoc Dat, Bich-Thuy Ly, Trung-Dung Nghiem, Thu-Thi Hien Nguyen, Kazuhiko Sekiguchi, Truong-Thi Huyen, Thai-Ha Vinh, Le-Quang Tien

“…There were several periods during the winter when PM2.5 concentrations were higher than the Vietnamese ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) and WHO guidelines for daily PM2.5. In this study, the periods when daily PM2.5 concentrations exceeded the NAAQS of 50 µg m−3 for a minimum of two consecutive days were determined as episode periods. …”
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Guest Editorial: The Gig Economy and Women Workers in the Middle East by Stella Morgana

“…It investigates the relationship between the daily and the digital to explore the role of platforms in shaping female labour participation and women’s empowerment, as well as issues of precarisation and marginalisation. …”
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Internet use and adolescent development in rural China: A scoping review protocol of research landscape and gaps. by Linxiao Zhang

“…<h4>Discussion</h4>The scoping review will be a pioneering review to inform the current research landscape and gaps in the Internet use influences on adolescent development in rural China. …”
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AdipoRon ameliorates the progression of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction via mitigating lipid accumulation and fibrosis by Wuping Tan, Yijun Wang, Siyi Cheng, Zhihao Liu, Mengjie Xie, Lingpeng Song, Qinfang Qiu, Xiaofei Wang, Zeyan Li, Tianyuan Liu, Fuding Guo, Jun Wang, Xiaoya Zhou

“…Results: Our study presents the pioneering evidence that AdipoR was downregulated and impaired fatty acid oxidation in the myocardia of HFpEF mice, which was associated with lipid metabolism as indicated by untargeted metabolomics. …”
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