Circular Pathways to Sustainability: Asymmetric Impacts of the Circular Economy on the EU’s Capacity Load Factor by Brahim Bergougui

“…Employing the method of moments quantile regression (MMQR) and controlling for GDP, foreign direct investment, trade openness, employment, and population growth, the main findings indicate pronounced heterogeneity: positive CEI shocks yield a 1.219 percent increase in LCF at the 90th quantile versus just 0.229 percent at the 10th, revealing a “sustainability premium” for high-performing economies, while negative shocks inflict a −5.253 percent decline at the 90th quantile, exposing their greater vulnerability. …”
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Interaction and overall effects of underweight, low muscle mass, malnutrition, and inflammation on early-onset mild cognitive impairment in type 2 diabetes by Chen-Ying Lin, Chen-Ying Lin, Ya-Jie Zhai, Fan Wu, Hao-Hua An, Tong Chen, Hui-Na Qiu, Jing-Bo Li, Jing-Na Lin

“…IntroductionThis study systematically explores the overall impact and interactions of body composition and nutritional inflammatory indices on early-onset mild cognitive impairment (EOMCI) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).MethodsA cross-sectional study included 816 T2DM patients. …”
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Implicit tax dynamics and corporate life cycle: A quantitative analysis of B3 listed companies by Antonio Lopo Martinez, Raimundo da Silva, Alfredo Sarlo Neto

“…Using ordinary least squares (OLS) and quantile regression (QR), the study analyzed data from 2010 to 2022 for B3 S.A. - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão (B3)-listed firms. …”
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Carbon Lock-In Mechanisms in Transport Infrastructure and Temporal Spatial Dynamics by Yinghui Zhang, Yun Chen, Kai Li, Yong Wu, Chongsen Ma

“…The key findings are as follows: (1) temporally, the composite path dependence index (PDI) increased from 0.13 to 0.24, with an average annual growth rate of 5.7%, although the growth trend exhibited noticeable fluctuations. (2) Spatially, a clear “East-High–West-Low, South-High–North-Low” pattern is observed, with the eastern region exhibiting a PDI approximately 29% higher than that of the northeastern region—mainly due to differences in economic vitality and the degree of policy intervention. (3) Threshold nonlinearity is evident: the influence of key factors on carbon path dependence varies across quantiles, and a critical threshold appears at the 0.9 quantile. …”
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Digital inclusion or exclusion? Exploring the moderating role of governance in digitalization’s impact on income inequality in developing countries by Thi Lam Ho, Le Hong Ngoc, Thu Hoai Ho

“…Our findings reveal a strong negative impact of digitalization on income inequality across all specific and composite digitalization measures. Furthermore, we find that the relationship between digitalization and income inequality is contingent on governance quality and the type of digitalization adopted. …”
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Board effectiveness and carbon emission disclosure: evidence from ASEAN countries by Marwan Mansour, Almothanna Jamil Abu-Allan, Sajead Mowafaq Alshdaifat, Dheif Allah E’leimat, Mohammed W. A. Saleh

“…Additional robustness tests—including quantile regression, logit analysis, and dynamic GMM—confirm the consistency of results. …”
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Investigation of the relationship between lead exposure in heavy metals mixtures and the prevalence of stroke: a cross-sectional study by Jiarong He, Wen Zhang, Fang Zhao, Ming Wang, Zhuo Wang, Chen Liang, Jing Pan, Jiaoying Jia, Mingming Zhang

“…Besides, the analysis conducted using both WQS and BKMR methodologies found a consistent positive association between the composite exposure to heavy metals and the frequency of stroke cases, with Pb emerging as the predominant factor in this relationship. …”
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Time to surgical stabilization of rib fractures: does it impact outcomes? by Joseph D Forrester, Yang Cao, Shahin Mohseni, Babak Sarani, Frank Hildebrand, Ahmad Mohammad Ismail, Maximilian Peter Forssten, Marcelo A F Ribeiro

“…Poisson regression, and adjusting for demographic and clinical covariates, was used to evaluate the association between time to SSRF and the primary endpoint, in-hospital complications. Quantile regression was used to evaluate the effects of time to SSRF on the secondary endpoints, hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay (LOS).Results Out of 2185 patients, 918 (42%) underwent SSRF <2 days, 432 (20%) underwent SSRF >2 days but <3 days, and 835 (38%) underwent SSRF >3 days. …”
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The Radius of the High-mass Pulsar PSR J0740+6620 with 3.6 yr of NICER Data by Tuomo Salmi, Devarshi Choudhury, Yves Kini, Thomas E. Riley, Serena Vinciguerra, Anna L. Watts, Michael T. Wolff, Zaven Arzoumanian, Slavko Bogdanov, Deepto Chakrabarty, Keith Gendreau, Sebastien Guillot, Wynn C. G. Ho, Daniela Huppenkothen, Renee M. Ludlam, Sharon M. Morsink, Paul S. Ray

“…We report an updated analysis of the radius, mass, and heated surface regions of the massive pulsar PSR J0740+6620 using Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) data from 2018 September 21 to 2022 April 21, a substantial increase in data set size compared to previous analyses. …”
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A NICER View of PSR J1231−1411: A Complex Case by Tuomo Salmi, Julia S. Deneva, Paul S. Ray, Anna L. Watts, Devarshi Choudhury, Yves Kini, Serena Vinciguerra, H. Thankful Cromartie, Michael T. Wolff, Zaven Arzoumanian, Slavko Bogdanov, Keith Gendreau, Sebastien Guillot, Wynn C. G. Ho, Sharon M. Morsink, Ismaël Cognard, Lucas Guillemot, Gilles Theureau, Matthew Kerr

“…Some of them have been obtained by modeling the pulses of three millisecond X-ray pulsars observed by the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER). Here, we present a Bayesian parameter inference for a fourth pulsar, PSR J1231−1411, using the same technique with NICER and XMM-Newton data. …”
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Analysing factors underlying the reporting of established non-native species by Phillip J. Haubrock, Ismael Soto, Ross N. Cuthbert, Irmak Kurtul, Elizabeta Briski

“…However, a few countries were identified as outliers, having significantly over- or underrepresented non-native species numbers based on adjusted quasi-Poisson distribution quantiles. A network analysis of non-native species compositions identified these regions to be central hubs (e.g. …”
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