Efficient Path Planning for Collision Avoidance of Construction Vibration Robots Based on Euclidean Signed Distance Field and Vector Safety Flight Corridors by Lei Li, Lingjie Kong, Chong Liu, Hong Wang, Mingyang Wang, Dongxu Pan, Jiasheng Tan, Wanji Yan, Yiang Sun

“…By utilizing a vector method to generate safe flight corridors and optimizing the path with Euclidean signed distance fields, the proposed method reduces the runtime by 80% compared to the original safe flight corridor method and enhances safety by 50%. …”
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The Effect of Public Service and Financial Compensation and Professionalism on Employee Performance With Job Satisfaction As An Intervening Variable At Muara Wahau District Office by Emilia Susanti, Eka Yudhyani, Rusdiah Iskandar

“…Findings: Service motivation has no significant effect on employee job satisfaction Financial compensation has a significant effect on job satisfaction, professionalism has a significant effect on job satisfaction, Job satisfaction has a significant effect on employee performance, Service motivation has no significant effect on employee performance, Financial compensation has a significant effect on employee performance, Professionalism has a significant effect on employee performance, Public service motivation has no significant effect on employee performance through job satisfaction, Financial compensation has a significant effect on employee performance through job satisfaction, Professionalism has a significant effect on employee performance through job satisfaction Research limitations/implications: Time of research Originality/value: The originality of this study is based on several previous studies that have relatively similar characteristics in terms of research themes, although different in terms of subject criteria, number, and position of research variables or analysis methods used …”
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Ecosystem transplant from a healthy reef boosts coral health at a degraded reef by Natalie Levy, Joseane A. Marques, Noa Simon-Blecher, David G. Bourne, Tirza Doniger, Jennifer I. C. Benichou, Jin Yan Lim, Ezri Tarazi, Oren Levy

“…After 12 months, tiles from Site A transplanted to Site B exhibited greater invertebrate richness and diversity than Site B’s original tiles (via Cytochrome c. Oxidase subunit I metabarcoding). …”
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IFN-γ derived from activated human CD4+ T cells inhibits the replication of SARS-CoV-2 depending on cell-type and viral strain by Jun Shimizu, Tadahiro Sasaki, Guang Han Ong, Ritsuko Koketsu, Yoshihiro Samune, Emi E. Nakayama, Tetsuharu Nagamoto, Yuki Yamamoto, Kazuo Miyazaki, Tatsuo Shioda

“…In addition, antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) of infection with the original strain was also abolished in the presence of the SN. …”
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Consolidating Back Office with a Shared-Services Center: by Mimoza Bogdanoska Jovanovska, Nataša Blazeska Tabakovska, Dragan Grueski

“…Considering that there is a lack of analyses based on information flow and visualization of the information-flow network at the sectorial level (before and after the reforms), this paper will add original value to scientific literature.   …”
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Beyond tribal politics for e-participation and development: social media influence on Nigeria's 2023 presidential general election by Doris Ngozi Morah, Oluchukwu Augustina Nwafor

“…The study is a contribution to knowledge, timely and original.…”
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Reexamining the goals of innovation: a public value creation and improvement as summum bonum perspective by Omoregie Charles Osifo

“…Research limitations/implications – It can be complex/difficult to identify every goal of innovation, because of the broad nature. …”
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Exploring the Link Between Education, Governance Quality, and Academic Integrity: A Cross-Country Clustering Analysis by Artem Artyukhov, Olena Churikanova, Yuliia Yehorova

“…Given the increasing global concerns over academic dishonesty and its implications for institutional credibility, the relationship between education, governance quality, and academic integrity is a crucial study area. …”
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The Strategic Use of “雜” (zá) in Xuanzang’s Translations by Yanyan Shen, Zhouyuan Li

“…This reinterpretation allowed “雜” to describe anything defiling the mind or carrying negative overtones—even when the original Sanskrit text did not explicitly indicate such a notion—thereby constituting a strategic substitution in translation. …”
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The interaction between gender and the number of brothers on creativity in Sudanese pupils: A cross-sectional study using the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking-Figural (TTCT-Figur... by Abdo Hasan AL-Qadri, Mohammed Ateik Al-Khadher, Salaheldin Farah Bakhiet, Ismael Salamah Albursan, Benbrahim Halima, Qais I.S. Al-Meqdad

“…Notably, no gender differences in flexibility were observed at ages 10 and 13, nor in fluency at age 13, and originality showed no gender disparity across all age groups. …”
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Analysis of Financial Speculators’ Herd Behaviour Impact on the Instability of Commodity Prices. Evidence from Weekly WTI Crude Oil Market Data Using Uncertainty Theory (2018–2024)... by Tebache Djamal, Chetbani Saida

“…The statistical tool used was ARDL modelling combined with the theory of uncertainty and VNM expected utility theory in order to capture this indirect effect, originally linked to the risk aversion of the various market players. …”
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AI-enabled personalized learning: empowering management students for improving engagement and academic performance by Adil Ellikkal, S. Rajamohan

“…Furthermore, this study offers practical guidance for implementing AI in management education to empower students, enhance engagement and align with SDT principles. Originality/value – Contribute original insights through an interdisciplinary lens. …”
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Ritual Symbolism and Culinary Practice in Winter Solstice Folklore: A Comparative Study in East Asia by Fumihiko Kobayashi

“…Originality and Value: This research offers an original contribution by foregrounding food as a cosmological medium—an epistemological tool that allows communities to ritualize astronomical transitions. …”
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On measuring agreement with numerically bounded linguistic probability schemes: A re-analysis of data from Wintle, Fraser, Wills, Nicholson, and Fidler (2019). by David R Mandel, Daniel Irwin

“…More importantly, however, the effects of presentation format and probability level are highly consistent with the original study. By removing the ambiguity caused by Wintle et al.'…”
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Business consulting, knowledge absorptive capacity, and innovativeness: A triangular model for micro and small enterprises in Poland by Wojciech Grabowski, Edward Stawasz

“…It has a positive impact on knowledge absorptive capacity, while better knowledge stimulates innovativeness. ORIGINALITY AND VALUE: An original triangular model of the relationship between business consulting, knowledge absorptive capacity, and innovativeness is proposed. …”
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Measuring performances through multiplicative functions by modifying the MEREC method: MEREC-G and MEREC-H by Nuh Keleş

“…It was determined that the MEREC-G variant gave more compatible findings with the entropy method. Practical implications – Decision-making can occur at any time in any area of life. …”
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Evaluating the impact of adult education programs in Morocco: a quasi-experimental approach by Rachid Boukbech, Mariem Liouaeddine

“…To achieve this, it would be advisable to increase the funds allocated to it within ANLCA's budget. Originality/value – The originality of this work is a unique research of the case of Morocco based on a microeconometric study for which the authors evaluate the impact of adult education by applying impact evaluation methods in the field of adult literacy.…”
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Global research pathways in rural microfinance: a bibliometric study based on web of science and Scopus database by Jesika Ghatode, Gopi Nimbarte

“…Addressing these gaps could offer new directions for scholars, advancing both the field of microfinance and its wider socioeconomic impact. Originality This study makes an original contribution by focusing exclusively on the bibliometric analysis of rural microfinance, an area largely overlooked in existing research. …”
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Priority and non-priority sector GNPAS in Indian commercial banks: a comparison between sub-sectors by Kavita Kanyan, Shveta Singh

“…The FMOLS displays robustness results that are qualitatively similar to the baseline result. Practical implications – Based on the study's findings about the patterns of non-performing assets originating from these specific industries, banks might improve the way in which these advanced loans are managed. …”
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The use of process benchmarking in the water industry to introduce changes in the digitization of the company’s value chain by Natalia R. Potoczek

“…Organizations conducting benchmarking research can broaden the scope of their research and provide water utilities with information on the latest digital technologies supporting business processes. ORIGINALITY AND VALUE: Using value chain taxonomy to assess the support of business processes by digital technologies is an original approach. …”
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