Greening Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction for Sorghum Flour Multielemental Determination by Microwave-Induced Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry by María Isabel Curti, Florencia Cora Jofre, Silvana M. Azcarate, José M. Camiña, Pablo D. Ribotta, Marianela Savio

“…In its determination, the preanalytical stage is decisive to obtain a reliable result. Organic samples are a challenge for sample introduction systems that use plasma-based techniques. …”
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Characterization of steel slag by SEM-EDS, XRD, and INAA by Diogo Teixeira Moreira, Maria Ângela de Barros Correia Menezes, Adriana de Souza Medeiros Batista

“…Although XRD and EDS results indicated the presence of magnetite in a small proportion, INAA was decisive confirming the presence of REE in the mineralogical composition of the composite sample collected.…”
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Modelling residential location choices with implicit availability of alternatives by Md Bashirul Haque, Charisma Farheen Choudhury, Stephane Hess

“…The performance of the models is examined both on the estimation sample and the holdout sample used for validation. …”
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Effect of Joint Roughness and Infill Thickness on Shear Characteristics of Rock Mass by Xuezhen Wu, Hanfang Zheng, Gang Wang, Yuanjin Zhou, Zhenchang Guan

“…The joint planes in fractured rock mass will reduce the tensile strength and shear strength of rock mass, which has a decisive influence on the deformation and failure mode of engineering rock mass. …”
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Helping other customers to avoid harmful brands: The role of idealism, attitude and cynicism by Estelle van Tonder, Daniel J. Petzer, Sam Fullerton

“…Background: Consumers are not always aware of how their purchase decisions may harm other humans and the environment. …”
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Farmers’ Willingness to Achieve Energy Self-Sufficiency in Kosovo by Albiona Pestisha, Attila Bai, Ardit Sertolli, Njazi Bytyqi, Péter Balogh

“…Using cluster analysis, it is shown in a statistically reliable way that while the decisions of smaller farms are influenced by economic factors and the role of energy self-sufficiency is negligible, a non-negligible share of larger farms already have already adopted self-sufficiency in energy production (solar panels, byproducts) and also consider the environment and convenience aspects necessary in their decisions. …”
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The complexities of ‘trust’ in the context of COVID-19 vaccination choices among Black women in Alameda County, CA by Megan Comfort, Rania Ali, Jennifer Lorvick, Jordana Hemberg, La Sonya A. Goode, Megha Ramaswamy

“…Anti-Black racism and the perception of Black vaccine hesitancy’, Wilson argues that questioning Black people’s trust in the COVID-19 vaccine fails to ‘understand Black people as rational, complex beings who are fit to make reasonable decisions guided by complex factors’. In this study, we explore what shapes Black women’s COVID-19 vaccination choices using data from 20 qualitative interviews conducted March-April 2022 with a sample of predominantly Black women in Alameda County, CA. …”
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Geostatistical analysis and multivariate assessment of groundwater quality by Mohammed A. Alshahrani, Maqsood Ahmad, Muhammad Laiq, Muhammad Nabi

“…These findings underscore the potential health risks associated with groundwater consumption in this area and provide a foundation for informed policy decisions to mitigate these risks. These visualizations are intended to assist government agencies in making informed decisions and implementing necessary actions and policies.…”
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Corruption’s impact on non-performing loans of banks in emerging markets: Empirical insights by Abdul Rehman, Waqas Mehmood, Ahnaf Ali Alsmady, Arshian Sharif

“…Findings: The result reveals that control of corruption has a significant and negative association with NPLs, indicating that weak control of corruption would lead to an increase in NPLs in the sample countries. Implications: The findings provide insights to the policymakers in making strategic decisions about NPLs regarding control of corruption impact. …”
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Exploring Partners, Parenting and Pregnancy Thinking in Late Adolescents and Young Adults with Inherited Metabolic Disorders by Albina Tummolo, Giulia Paterno, Rosa Carella, Livio Melpignano, Donatella De Giovanni

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed. A sample of 23 patients affected by a range of IMDs were interviewed. …”
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Preparation and characterization of coal-based graphite from Huyan mountain anthracite by high-temperature simulation. by Gaojian Chen, Daiyong Cao, Fengchu Liao, Hongsheng He, Anmin Wang, Simai Peng

“…Comparative scanning electron microscopy (SEM) demonstrates enhanced flake alignment and interlayer compactness in catalyzed samples. These findings highlight intrinsic limitations in coal-derived graphite synthesis, emphasizing precursor composition as a decisive factor in graphitization potential. …”
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A meta-analysis of financial self-control strategies: Comparing empirical findings with online media and lay person perspectives on what helps individuals curb spending and start s... by Mariya Davydenko, Marta Kolbuszewska, Johanna Peetz

“…About half the strategies identified in the meta-analysis were present in the media sample and about half were listed by lay participants as strategies they personally use. …”
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Searching for health information in rural Canada. Where do residents look for health information and what do they do when they find it? by Roma M. Harris, C. Nadine Wathen, Jana M. Fear

“…</b> Descriptive statistics were used to describe the sample and the distribution of responses to each question. …”
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EFFECT OF BOARD ATTRIBUTES ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF LISTED INSURANCE COMPANIES IN NIGERIA by A. O Ajisafe, A. O Isiaka, W Lawal, K.A Babatunde

“… The continuous failure of companies around the world as a result of adverse strategic decisions made by the board, which had consequently affected the financial strength of companies, has raised questions on the effectiveness of board of directors. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Metabolite Changes in Huangjiu During Different Aging Periods Using HRMS Metabolomics by Yue E, Zhuang Wang, Hongbin Guo

“…This research investigates the Huangjiu aged from 3 to 30 years, involving samples of five different aging periods. Results: A total of 415 compounds were detected across all samples, including 147 differential metabolites. …”
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Effect of asset quality, rentability, and liquidity on the book value of bank companies listed on the idx in 2015-2020 by Effendi Tjahjadi, Riris Rotua Sitorus

“…This research is conducted quantitatively and utilizes secondary data from the bank's annual report. The sample data that met the requirements to be processed were 23 banks for a period of 6 years to become 138 sample data. …”
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Corporate social Responsibility: strengthening brand Value and Affecting Company’s Financial Performance by N. Yu. Zhukova, A. E. Melikova

“…The methodological basis of the work is an empirical study of an open data sample on 78 American companies for 2000-2019. The authors analyzed 962 observations from the Thomson Reuters Eikon database. …”
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Population and Economic Growth: a Panel Causality Analysis by Gaston Cayssials, Fernando Antonio Ignacio González, Silvia London

“…In the first stage of the analysis, we divided the sample into three groups of countries using a non-parametric method. …”
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Visual Experiment Results (About the 2021 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences) by Yu. P. Voronov

“…In particular, it concerns the method of counter samples and an example from the author’s research using this method.…”
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STATISTICAL STUDY OF SOME INDICATORS IN THE LIVESTOCK SECTOR by R amona M aria DIMITROV

“…These results help to optimize management in the zootechnical field by making decisions based on quantitative analyses…”