Two new Caymanostella species discovered at deep-sea wood falls in the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone by Magdalini Christodoulou, Christopher Mah, Pedro Martinez Arbizu

“…Abstract In an era where human activities increasingly impact the deep sea and, with future ventures such as deep-sea mining on the horizon, describing deep-sea biodiversity is vital for conservation, sustainable resource management, understanding global ecological processes, and informing policy decisions. Polymetallic nodule fields, in particular, have been proven to be reservoirs of previously undiscovered biodiversity. …”
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Consistency of expert product reviews: an application to wine guides by Gabriel I. Penagos-Londoño, Felipe Ruiz-Moreno, Ricardo Sellers-Rubio, Salvador Del Barrio-García, Ana B. Casado-Díaz

“…Findings. The results for a sample of more than 200,000 Wine Enthusiast ratings reveal significant differences between expert reviews. …”
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Assessment of the Efficiency of Public Hospitals in Romania by Laura Asandului, Raluca-Elena Caunic, Paul Coţofrei

“…These results suggest ways of improving hospital management and restructuring and reorganizing decisions that can be implemented in the hospital network.…”
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Factors Influencing Honey Choice in Slovakia and Hungary: A Comparative Study by Peter Šedík, Marián Čvirik, Cristina Bianca Pocol, Titanilla Oravecz

“…The study investigates extrinsic and intrinsic factors that influence honey purchasing decisions and their impact on honey consumption in Slovakia and Hungary. …”
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Exploring the Role of Situational Cues in Apparel Consumers' Impulsive Buying Behaviour by Vishal Trivedi, Pradeep Joshi

“…The study sheds light on the key determinants of impulse purchases in offline apparel shopping by delving into the dynamic interaction between situational cues (factors) and consumer impulse-buying decisions. A survey questionnaire was used, based on previous literature, to collect primary data from 325 respondents from Delhi (NCR), India in the sample. …”
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Why is brand equity so important for public healthcare managers? A case study of citizens’ perceptions in Ireland by Javier Casanoves Boix, Sonia García-Lafuente, Mónica Pérez-Sánchez

“…Its findings are an invaluable resource for managers of all public health systems when making decisions. …”
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Deep Metric Learning-Assisted 3D Audio-Visual Speaker Tracking via Two-Layer Particle Filter by Yidi Li, Hong Liu, Bing Yang, Runwei Ding, Yang Chen

“…The speaker position is estimated using an optimal particle set, which integrates the decisions from audio particles and visual particles. …”
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Interest rate sensitivity of traditional, green, and stable cryptocurrencies: A comparative study across market conditions by Francisco Jareño, María de la O González, José M. Almansa

“…These findings help portfolio managers and policymakers to make informed decisions in a digital financial environment. Future research should explore the interactions between cryptocurrencies and other financial markets.…”
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Variations in the Cuticular Chemical Profile of the Ant Ectatomma brunneum Smith, F. 1858 (Formicidae: Ectatomminae) Across Different Biomes in Brazil by William Fernando Antonialli-Junior, Michele Castro de Paula-Silva, Erika Fernandes Neves, Sidnei Eduardo Lima-Junior, Luis Humberto da Cunha Andrade, Sandro Márcio Lima

“…Samples were collected in different biomes of Brazil, for analysis using Fourier transform infrared-photoacoustic spectroscopy (FTIR-PAS). …”
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" المقدرات الجوهرية والتجديد الاستراتيجي العلاقة والأثر" (دراسة تطبيقية للآراء عينة من موظفي القطاع المصرفي الخاص في محافظة النجف الاشرف)... by صادق جبار كاظم, علي جاسم عبيد, أمير نعمة مخيف

“…The study population consisted of managers in the private banking sector, either a sample of the study sample was intentional, it was selected a sample of (40) director and director of the department and officials of the people and their deputies out of (47) in a bank of Babylon and the Muslim country has been retrieved (32) questionnaire valid and represented proportion (68%). …”
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Navigating challenges in pediatric trial conduct: integrating bayesian sequential design with semiparametric elicitation for handling primary and secondary endpoints by Danila Azzolina, Ileana Baldi, Silvia Bressan, Mohd Rashid Khan, Liviana Da Dalt, Dario Gregori, Paola Berchialla

“…Moreover, the Semiparametric prior design demonstrates an improved ability in truly stopping for futility, with this tendency varying with the sample size and discontinuation rates. Approaches based on Parametric priors are more effective in detecting treatment efficacy during interim assessments, particularly with larger sample sizes. …”
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Recent advances in CRISPR/Cas systems-associated surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy biosensor towards nucleic acid detection by Dongjie Zhang, Siyuan He, Zixu Wang, Peirao Yan, Huandi Li, Xinyi Xu, Qi Zeng, Nan Wang, Xueli Chen

“…Nucleic acids play a decisive role in vital life processes, such as growth, heredity, and evolution, and exploring different types of nucleic acid detection techniques has always been a research hotspot worldwide. …”
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Molecular identification and resistance phenotype analysis of Staphylococcus aureus from chicken sources by Gang Qiu, Yingying Liang, Meng Yang, Ying Chen, Tao Liu, Xiaoxiang Huo, Mengru An, Jiawang Kang, Ao Xue, Quanchao Ma, Yapei Rui

“…Among them, 36 samples was confirmed by PCR detection to be Staphylococcus aureus. …”
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A Cross-Sectional Study to Understand HPV Vaccine Hesitancy and Influencing Factors in Italian Adults by Marianna Riccio, Azzurra Massimi, Erika Renzi, Michele Innocenzio, Roberta Siliquini, Fabrizio Bert, Anna Odone, Carolina Marzuillo, Paolo Villari, Corrado De Vito

“…HPV vaccination uptake was low, with only 6.9% of the total sample and 7.6% of young adults (18–35 yo) vaccinated. …”
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Locomotion Mode Recognition with Inertial Signals for Hip Joint Exoskeleton by Gang Du, Jinchen Zeng, Cheng Gong, Enhao Zheng

“…The method outputs the recognition decisions at each extreme point of the hip joint angles purely relying on the integrated inertial sensors. …”
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Standard Setting in Academic Writing Assessment through Objective Standard Setting Method by Ismail Karakaya, Mehmet Sata, Fatima Nur Fişne

“…On the basis of the descriptive research design, the sample of this research includes the examinees and raters who were student teachers at the university level. …”
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Consumer Food Security and Labeling Intervention on Food Products through Public Policies in Romania by Dacinia Crina Petrescu, Ruxandra Mălina Petrescu-Mag, Florina Bran, Carmen Valentina Rădulescu

“…In this respect, a survey on a sample of 312 Romanian consumers and the evaluation of several public policy options by four stakeholder groups (food producers and sellers, doctors, fitness trainers, and consumers) were carried out. …”
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(A)MOTIVATION IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES AND SATISFACTION OF COMPETENCE, AUTONOMY AND RELATEDNESS by Ellen Aniszewski, José Henrique, Aldair José de Oliveira, Aline Alvernaz, José Antônio Vianna

“…In the extensive phase, the sample was composed of 85 ninth-grade students from municipal schools in Rio de Janeiro; of these, six students were selected for the intensive phase. …”
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Experimental Pharmacological Research Regarding the Potential Antidepressant Activity Induced by Some Newly Synthesised Dibenzo[a,d]cycloheptene Compounds by Emil Ștefănescu, Corina Scutari, Ioana Păunică, Adrian Junghină

“…Minor structural changes, such as modifications of some substitutes from the basic chemical core of the reference substance can decisively influence the conservation or loss of the antidepressant properties.…”
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Diversity? Great for Most Just Less So for Me: How Cognitive Abstraction Affects Diversity Attitudes and Choices by Claudia Toma, Ashli B. Carter, Katherine W. Phillips

“…Individuals’ decisions to promote or limit diversity in the workplace are ambivalent and may be influenced by their cognitive focus. …”
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