Report on the Academic Symposium: Youth Quotas − The Answer to Changes in Age Demographics? by Igor Dimitrijoski

“…Another proposed strategy was the implementation of proxy votes for the parents. A vote at the end of the symposium sparked interesting results. …”
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Cancer mortality and sectors of employment: a cohort study in Italy by Stefania Massari, Lisa Bauleo, Claudio Gariazzo, Paola Michelozzi, Luca Dei Bardi, Nicolas Zengarini, Sara Maio, Massimo Stafoggia, Marina Davoli, Giovanni Viegi, Giulia Cesaroni, Alessandro Marinaccio, on behalf of the BIGEPI Collaborative Group

“…We considered the longest duration of employment in a sector as a proxy of exposure, and insurance activities as the reference category. …”
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Beef cattle performance and hair cortisol accumulation in silvopastoral and pastoral systems: a 2-year assessment by A. Ripamonti, G. Foggi, A. Mantino, L. Turini, J. Goracci, A. Silvi, M. Finocchi, M. Mele

“…Additionally, we monitored microclimate conditions in both systems via the black globe humidity index (BGHI) as a heat stress proxy for outdoor-reared animals. In both years, the highest ADG values were recorded in spring: 1.49 kg/day in PA and 1.25 kg/day in SP in 2021 and 1.24 kg/day in PA and 1.17 kg/day in SP in 2022. …”
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Empirical estimation of saturated soil-paste electrical conductivity in the EU using pedotransfer functions and Quantile Regression Forests: A mapping approach based on LUCAS topso... by Calogero Schillaci, Simone Scarpa, Felipe Yunta, Aldo Lipani, Fernando Visconti, Gábor Szatmári, Kitti Balog, Triven Koganti, Mogens Greve, Giulia Bondi, Georgios Kargas, Paraskevi Londra, Fuat Kaya, Giuseppe Lo Papa, Panos Panagos, Luca Montanarella, Arwyn Jones

“…Ions (Ca2+, Mg 2+, K +, Na +, and NH 4+, SO42-, Cl-, NO3–, and HCO3–) from soluble salts dissolved in soil water carry electrical charges and conduct the electrical current. EC is considered a proxy of soil salinity and other soil characteristics, whose monitoring is much needed in the context of climate change, increasing irrigation in agricultural areas and sea level rise. …”
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An efficient method for predicting the morphology of proppant packs based on a surrogate model by Tao ZHANG, Hangyu ZHOU, Yifan ZHANG, Jianchun GUO, Haoran GOU, Tang TANG

“…Through correlation analysis, the primary factors influencing these characteristic parameters were identified. Intelligent proxy models for the prediction of proppant placement patterns were established on the basis of the cascade neural network, including a time-concentration model for predicting particle volume fraction and a displacement-height model for predicting particle placement height. …”
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Recent centennial drought on the Tibetan Plateau is outstanding within the past 3500 years by Yu Liu, Huiming Song, Zhisheng An, Qiang Li, Steven W. Leavitt, Ulf Büntgen, Qiufang Cai, Ruoshi Liu, Congxi Fang, Changfeng Sun, Kerstin Treydte, Meng Ren, Lidong Mo, Yi Song, Wenju Cai, Quan Zhang, Weijian Zhou, Achim Bräuning, Jussi Grießinger, Deliang Chen, Hans W. Linderholm, Ashish Sinha, Hai Cheng, Lu Wang, Ying Lei, Junyan Sun, Wei Gong, Xuxiang Li, Linlin Cui, Liang Ning, Lingfeng Wan, Thomas W. Crowther, Constantin M. Zohner

“…Yet, understanding historical and recent hydroclimate fluctuations and their wide-ranging ecological and societal consequences remains challenging due to short instrumental observations and partly ambiguous proxy reconstructions. Here, we present a precisely-dated 3476-year precipitation reconstruction derived from tree-ring δ18O data on the Tibetan Plateau, representing one of the few multi-millennia-long annually-resolved terrestrial δ18O records to date. …”
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Single-cell transcriptome-wide Mendelian randomization and colocalization reveals immune-mediated regulatory mechanisms and drug targets for COVID-19Research in context by Hui Ying, Xueyan Wu, Xiaojing Jia, Qianqian Yang, Haoyu Liu, Huiling Zhao, Zhihe Chen, Min Xu, Tiange Wang, Mian Li, Zhiyun Zhao, Ruizhi Zheng, Shuangyuan Wang, Hong Lin, Yu Xu, Jieli Lu, Weiqing Wang, Guang Ning, Jie Zheng, Yufang Bi

“…Methods: We conducted a Mendelian randomization (MR) and colocalization analysis using 26,597 single-cell expression quantitative trait loci (sc-eQTL) to proxy effects of expressions of 16,597 genes in 14 peripheral blood immune cells and tested them against four COVID-19 outcomes from COVID-19 Genetic Housing Initiative GWAS meta-analysis Round 7. …”
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Measuring market efficiency using factor models - An empirical study on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange by Phạm Hoàng Thạch

“…The results indicate that the five-factor model consisting of the market risk (proxied by the VN-index), the size-mimicking risk (size factor proxied by the SMB portfolio), the value-mimicking risk (value factor proxied by the HML portfolio), the profitability-mimicking risk (profitability factor proxied by the RMW portfolio), and the investment-mimicking risk (investment factor proxied by the CMA portfolio) is the best model to explain risk in the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, compared to the single factor model using only the market risk (VN-index) and the three-factor model using the market risk (VN-index), the Size-Mimicking Risk (SMB), and the value-mimicking risk (HML). …”
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Effectiveness of the world network of biosphere reserves in maintaining forest ecosystem functions by Charlotte Gohr, Henrik von Wehrden, Sassan Saatchi, Nathalie Pettorelli, Pierre L. Ibisch

“…To address this knowledge gap, we investigated differences in satellite-derived proxies of ecosystem functions in forests between inside and surrounding areas of biosphere reserves, globally. …”
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OWNERSHIP CONCENTRATION’S MODERATING EFFECT ON DIVIDEND PAYOUT AND TOBIN’S Q OF LISTED CONSUMER GOODS FIRMS IN NIGERIA by Ovbe Simon Akpadaka

“… This paper examines the direct effectof ownership concentration (OWNC), dividend policy as proxied by dividend payout (DPAY) and firm size proxied by log of total assets (FS) on firm value which is proxied by Tobin’s Q. …”
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EFFECT OF CASHLESS POLICY ON NIGERIA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH by Nasamu Gambo, Danjuma Tsintop Ussaini, Jonathan Peter Ozah

“…The impact of cashless policy was proxied by Automated Teller Machine (ATM), Point of Sale (POS), and Internet Banking (WEB), while economic growth was proxied by Gross Domestic Product (GDP). …”
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BOARD ATTRIBUTES AND TIMELINESS OF FINANCIAL REPORTS OF LISTED NON-FINANCIAL FIRMS IN NIGERIA by Rashida Lawal, Kabir Hamid Tahir

“…The dependent variable of the study is timeliness of financial reports and is proxied by audit report lag. The independent variable which is board attributes is proxied by board size and board gender. …”
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DIVIDEND POLICY AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF QUOTED OIL AND GAS COMPANIES IN NIGERIA by Ajose Kehinde Gabriel

“…A panel data regression was used to analyse the data. Dividend policy was proxies with dividend per share (DPS), leverage (LEV), liquidity (LIQ), Earnings per share (EPS), and risk (RISK) while financial performance was proxies with Return on Equity (ROE) and Return on Asset (ROA). …”
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRIVATE DOMESTIC INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA (1986-2018): AUTO-REGRESSIVE DISTRIBUTED LAG APPROACH by Isiaka Kareem JIMBA, Rosemary Bukola AJALA

“…Upon the threshold of new classical theory of investment, economic growth was proxied by real gross domestic product, while private domestic investment was proxied by gross capital fixed formation. …”
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GOD’S INTERVENTION REVISITED: AN ILLUMINATION OF HIS CONTINUOUS PRESENCE by A.C. Pieterse

“…I propose that God does “intervene” in creation, but not from somewhere above space and time, breaking into his own created order, and uprooting natural laws. What we might call “intervention” is rather a specific illumination of his ongoing revelatory work in creation. …”
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BOARD CHARACTERISTICS AND PROFITABILITY AMONG DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN NIGERIA by S.O. James, S.O Ajayi

“…Profitability which is the Dependent Variable is proxied by Return on Asset (ROA); while Board Size, Board Independence, Gender Diversity and Board Meeting are Independent Variables. …”
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THE DETERMINANTS OF CURRENCY EUROIZATION IN THE BALKANS by Anes Kadić, Abdul Wahab Aidoo, Ognjen Riđić

“…Currency euroization is proxied by two variables: foreign currency deposits and foreign currency denominated liabilities to total liabilities. …”
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THE DETERMINANTS OF CURRENCY EUROIZATION IN THE BALKANS by Anes Kadić, Abdul Wahab Aidoo, Ognjen Riđić

“…Currency euroization is proxied by two variables: foreign currency deposits and foreign currency denominated liabilities to total liabilities. …”
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DO FIRM CHARACTERISTICS AFFECT PRICE DISCOVERY? EVIDENCE FROM CHINESE CROSS-LISTED STOCKS by Yen-Sheng Lee, Yi-Heng Tseng

“…The cross-sectional regression results indicate that the effective spread that proxies for the liquidity factor partially accounts for the speed of price adjustment. …”
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DO FIRM CHARACTERISTICS AFFECT PRICE DISCOVERY? EVIDENCE FROM CHINESE CROSS-LISTED STOCKS by Yen-Sheng Lee, Yi-Heng Tseng

“…The cross-sectional regression results indicate that the effective spread that proxies for the liquidity factor partially accounts for the speed of price adjustment. …”
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