Examining the Influence of the Shadow Economy on the Performance of Financial Markets and the Banking Sector in BRICS Countries: A Panel SUR Approach by Jaber Hasan Mhejir, Samad Hekmati Farid, Ali Reza Zadeh, Yousef Mohammad Zadeh

“…The diversion of financial and banking resources to shadow economic activities impairs the allocation of these resources to productive and formal endeavors, potentially undermining the efficiency of financial and banking operations. …”
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Contextual Vulnerability Should Guide Fair Subject Selection in Xenotransplantation Clinical Trials by Gianna Strand

“…Contextual vulnerability is an important consideration in reviewing proposed subject selection methods. Some recipients are uniquely prone to receiving an unfair offer to enroll in an experimental clinical trial when excluded from allograft waitlists due to psychosocial or compliance evaluations. …”
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Research on pedestrian detection technology for mining unmanned vehicles by ZHOU Libing, YU Zhengqian, WEI Jianjian, JIANG Xueli, YE Baisong, ZHAO Yexin, YANG Siliang

“…The working environment of mining unmanned vehicles features complex lighting conditions, leading to frequent occurrences of missed detections in pedestrian detection, which undermines the reliability and safety of these vehicles. …”
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Comparative analysis of machine learning algorithms for money laundering detection by Sunday Adeola Ajagbe, Simphiwe Majola, Pragasen Mudali

“…The findings underscore the potential of ML algorithms capability to combat money laundering and indeed enhance anti-money efforts and offer financial institutions a powerful, resource-efficient method for fraud detection in large-scale transaction environments.…”
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Path and Practice of Gap Management in National Parks: A Comparison Between China and the US and Inspirations Therefrom by Yun MA, Siyuan HE

“…Through a comparative approach, the research identifies key institutional factors shaping the management of these gaps and provides recommendations for improving China’s approach to gap management.MethodsThis research employs a combination of policy text analysis, historical analysis and comparative analysis to explore the concept and management of “gap” in national parks in both China and the US. …”
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Comparative Ethics of Modern Payment Models by Jacob Riegler

“…Volume-based reimbursement schemes prioritize efficiency, regardless of these major bioethical principles. …”
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Comparative Ethics of Modern Payment Models by Jacob Riegler

“…Volume-based reimbursement schemes prioritize efficiency, regardless of these major bioethical principles. …”
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Factors that influence recruitment to COVID-19 vaccine trials: a qualitative evidence synthesis by Linda Biesty, Sarah Sheehan, Pauline Meskell, Maura Dowling, Claire Glenton, Sasha Shepperd, Xin Hui S. Chan, Rebecca Cox, Declan Devane, Andrew Booth, Catherine Houghton

“…These adaptive methods allow for modifications to the trial procedures without undermining the trial’s integrity, making the research process more flexible and efficient. …”
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Transparent and Privacy-Preserving Mobile Crowd-Sensing System with Truth Discovery by Ruijuan Jia, Juan Ma, Ziyin You, Mingyue Zhang

“…They collect and analyze the provided sensing data through an appropriate truth discovery (TD) method to identify valuable data sets. However, existing privacy-preserving MCS systems lack transparency, enabling data aggregators to deviate from the specified protocols and allowing malicious users to provide false or invalid sensing data, thereby contaminating the resulting data sets. …”
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Reconciling fiscal decentralization, environmental protection expenditures, and stringent regulations with the ecological priorities of the European Union by Elma Satrovic, Oluwatoyin Abidemi Somoye, Banji Rildwan Olaleye, Joseph Nembo Lekunze

“…In addition, import diversification also spurs environmental sustainability, with more substantial impacts on less energy and carbon–efficient nations. Furthermore, the MMQR outcomes divulged that fiscal decentralization (all indicators) endorsed the environmental deterioration of EU members, undermining the achievement of ecological urgencies. …”
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Prospects and Challenges of Green Practices Adoption by Manufacturing Companies in Ogun State, Nigeria by SOLAJA Oludele Mayowa

“…The quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistical method while the qualitative data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. …”
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Context of Institutional Trust Erosion: An Inquiry into Workers' Experiences in Accessing Support and Welfare Institutions by Mohadeseh Zia Naserani, Hossein Afrasiabi, SeyedAlireza Afshani, Hamid Ebadollahi-Chanzanagh

“…Materials & MethodsIn this exploratory study, a constructivist grounded theory approach rooted in the interpretive-critical paradigm was employed. …”
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Educational Stress and Artificial Intelligence Tools: A Study of International Students’ Experiences in Spanish Higher Education by Aida Mehrad, Mohammad Hossein Tahriri Zangeneh, Meriem Bouzedif, Neema George Rweramila

“…Employing quantitative methods, the research investigates students’ experiences with AI-powered educational technologies. …”
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The long-run anthropogenic incidence on climate change, air pollution, water scarcity, and contribution to global warming in Morocco by Hamdi El Asli, Mohamed Azeroual

“…CC affects everyday life, with 86% of Moroccan respondents indicating its impact (more details in Introduction). Methods: By setting four different pieces of emiprical evidence, to test the annual fluctuations of the same STIRPAT determinants on, CC through CO2 emissions, Atmospheric pollution by GHGs emissions, freshwater scarcity via internal freshwater whithdrawals and the share of Morocco’s contribution to global warming (CGW), from 1965 to 2023, with the ARDL, DOLS, FMOLS and CCR cointegration approaches. …”
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A Comprehensive Review of MI-HFE and IPHFE Cryptosystems: Advances in Internal Perturbations for Post-Quantum Security by Yong Wang, Lingyue Li, Ying Zhou, Huili Zhang

“…The advent of fully operational quantum computers could enable the execution of Shor’s algorithm, which efficiently factors large integers and undermines the security of RSA and other cryptographic systems reliant on discrete logarithms. …”
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Influence of Dynamic Magnetic Field Exposure Duration on the Germination and Growth of Khao Dawk Mali 105 Rice Seed by Tiwanat Gaewsondee, Cherdpong Chiawchanwattana, Phirayot Khaengkan, Juckamas Laohavanich, Chanat Vipattanaporn, Suphan Yangyuen

“…Magnetic field (MF) priming provides a chemical-free alternative to conventional methods; however, static exposure approaches are often limited by spatial heterogeneity in field–seed interaction caused by fixed seed positioning, undermining both treatment uniformity and reproducibility. …”
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The impact of scaling up cervical cancer screening and treatment services among women living with HIV in Kenya: a modelling study by Timothy B Hallett, Hugo de Vuyst, Pablo Noel Perez-Guzman, Michael Hoonbae Chung, Shona Dalal, Kennedy K Mutai, Karanja Muthoni, Bartilol Kigen, Nduku Kilonzo, Mikaela Smit

“…Yearly rescreening with either option will impose a substantial burden on the health system, which could be reduced by spacing out frequency to three yearly without undermining health gains.Conclusions Beyond the specific choice of technologies to scale up, efficiently using available options will drive programmatic success. …”
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A Sociological study of the Relationship between Smartphone Addiction and Phubbing Case Study18-29 Year Old Females of Ramhormoz City by Ali Boudaghi, Ali Hossein Hosseinzadeh, Sayedeh Sara Mousavi Moghadam

“…Using Cochran's formula and the cluster sampling method, 370 people were selected as the study sample. …”
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