Comparative perceptions of sexual harassment among athletes across different competitive levels by Sima Zach, Maayan Davidovitz, Rona Cohen

“…Both genders rated sexual harassment and exploitation as the most severe factor followed by Sexist behavior, yet the more competitive the athletes, the less they perceived such behaviors as disturbing. …”
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Informed Consent for the Use of AI in the Process of Providing Medical Services by Katarzyna Wałdoch

“…; (2) Does the unpredictability and opacity of AI behavior affect the scope of information that should be provided to the patient before medical intervention?…”
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Influence of Masonry Infill on Seismic Design Factors of Reinforced-Concrete Buildings by Mangeshkumar R. Shendkar, Denise-Penelope N. Kontoni, Ercan Işık, Sasankasekhar Mandal, Pabitra Ranjan Maiti, Ehsan Harirchian

“…It is crucial to investigate the influence of the infill walls on the earthquake behavior of RC frames. The load resistance of infill materials was often not taken into account in the designing phase, whereas the infill walls have significant contributions to the structural behavior under lateral and vertical loadings. …”
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Cracking and Failure in Rock Specimen Containing Combined Flaw and Hole under Uniaxial Compression by Xiang Fan, Rui Chen, Hang Lin, Hongpeng Lai, Chunyang Zhang, Qihua Zhao

“…Flaw is a key factor influencing failure behavior of a fractured specimen. In the present study, rectangular-flawed specimens were prepared using sandstone to investigate the effect of flaw on failure behavior of rock. …”
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The Contract Paradigm as a Component of the Institutional Theory of the Firm: Search for Methodological Ways to Improve by Yu. Ushchapovskyi

“…A systematic approach to the contractual paradigm based on the methodology of traditional institutionalism will allow avoiding the one-sidedness of the principal-agent model, which absolutizes agency relations in the theory of the firm, and avoiding giving primary importance to certain qualitative components of the institutional system, such as transaction costs. The necessity of creating a contract paradigm on the extended methodological platform of neoclassicism and traditional institutionalism, especially in terms of contracts related to labor recruitment, is substantiated; the holism of traditional institutionalism and system analysis can expand the possibilities of specifying human assets and become the basis for studying the opportunistic behavior of an individual in the contract paradigm.…”
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A Comparative Review of Mechanical and Petrographic Properties and Their Role in Estimating the Brittleness Index of Norite: Implications for Geomechanical Applications by Selaki Grace Molomo, Vhutali Carol Madanda, Fhatuwani Sengani

“…Few studies integrate both petrographic and mechanical data, creating a gap in fully understanding the geomechanical behavior of norite. …”
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The influence of entrepreneurial role model on entrepreneurial intention: a cross-level investigation by Mu Xuan, Liu Yankai

“…This responds to the hypothesis presented by Morgenroth et al. (2015) that role models, who are served as behavioral templates, can facilitate the generation of goals and behavioral intentions by increasing role aspirates’ self-efficacy, as it enhances their perceived accessibility to goals. …”
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Soil Amplification and Code Compliance: A Case Study of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes in Hayrullah Neighborhood by Eyübhan Avcı, Kamil Bekir Afacan, Emre Deveci, Melih Uysal, Suna Altundaş, Mehmet Can Balcı

“…Then, an idealized soil profile was created using the laboratory and field test results, and site dynamic soil behavior analyses were performed on the extracted profile. …”
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Experience Shared and Divided: Encyclopedias for Boys and Girls in Former Readers’ Commentary by Yauheniya Lekarevich

“… This study explores the reception of Russian-language “encyclopedias for girls and boys,” a gender-segregated nonfiction genre that delineates conservative views of femininity and masculinity, serving as a form of sex education and behavioral guidance. This genre can be viewed as part of a broader “cultural backlash” following the fall of communism, analogous to trends in the West that fuel right-wing populism, albeit stemming from different historical contexts. …”
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Mental Health of Z-Generation Analysis of Learning Process and Social Interaction by Muhammad Ali, Wahyu Retno

“…However, the phenomenon in the reality of life is that there is much data on emotional disorders, behavioral disorders, depression, anxiety, and ending life by suicide among adolescents. …”
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Mental health literacy among older adults: a cross-sectional study in Turkey by Elif Saraç, Remziye Can, Esra Yildiz

“…Additionally, present study emphasizes the importance of further investigating mental health help-seeking behaviors, and the stigma surrounding mental health.…”
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Romanesque polychrome wood sculptures in Italy: towards a Corpus and a comparative analysis of the data from art-historical and technical studies by Grazia Maria Fachechi, Susanna Bracci

“…The aim is to collect data concerning the historical-artistic and technical-material aspects, with particular attention to polychromy, and to create a digital database, to verify if, between the 11th and the third quarter of the 13th century, existed a “typical behaviors" by the masters of lumber operating in a specific geographical area. …”
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Autoethnography of a Queer Racialized Athlete by Nickholas Basilio, William Bridel

“… Over four decades of research has suggested that there is a high prevalence of homophobia and transphobic attitudes, behaviors, policies, and practices within sport and physical activity. …”
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Obiceiuri, moravuri și mentalități în Chișinăul interbelic by Lidia PRISAC

“…Deeply marked by the manners characteristic of the Russian world and the persistent multicultural amalgam, the behavioral traits of the Chișinău residents of the interwar period show tendencies to consolidate a regional specificity. …”
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A Space for the Elderly: Inclusion Through Design by Ahlam Ammar Sharif

“…On the other hand, such a segment demands special physical, behavioral, and mental requirements that would entail specific consideration in the design process of public common spaces. …”
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Editor’s Note by Alberto Raposo

“…In this paper, the authors use a computational model for emotion contagion process in the context of crowd simulation to create realistic perception of agent behaviors on crowds. …”
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Teaching basic computer programming to young adults with intellectual disability by Maria Agatina Stimoli, Francesco Domenico Di Blasi, Silvestro Maccarrone, Angela Antonia Costanzo, Paola Occhipinti, Serafino Buono

“…IntroductionTeaching computer programming can be challenging, especially for individuals with intellectual disability (ID) who exhibit a wide range of learning abilities and behavioral characteristics. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of an intervention designed to teach computer programming skills to individuals with ID.MethodFour women with ID, aged 27 to 54 years, were selected to participate in the study. …”
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Using youth-engaged research methods to develop a measure of disordered eating in transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse youth: Research protocol. by An Pham, Zoe Webster, Melissa-Irene Jackson, Melanie Bean, Maria Thomson, Suzanne Mazzeo, Kym Ahrens

“…Transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse (TNG) youth experience disordered eating behaviors (DEBs) for reasons unique to their sociocultural positioning and the specific challenges they face, including gender dysphoria and societal beauty expectations of gender, cissexism, and lack of access to gender affirming medical care. …”
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La face cachée des énergies renouvelables by Imane Nya

“…It uses mechanisms and tools that want to be more sustainable, such as renewable energies and the adoption of darker everyday behaviors (transport, housing, etc.). However, the desire to fight against climate change and the development of more sustainable processes should not obscure the hidden face of renewable energies.The rise of these must not hide the impact on different spheres: social, economic, environmental and health. …”
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Factors Affecting Cultural Normalization from the Perspective of the Holy Quran by Sayyed Mohsen Mir Sondosi

“…Many cultural foundations in any micro or macro society include values and norms that shape the orientation of attitudes, mindsets, and behaviors among them. The original and ideal culture of Islam, which is manifested in the Holy Quran, has paid special attention to the expression of transcendent norms and values for happiness in individual and social life. …”
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