Neural responses to reward valence and magnitude from pre- to early adolescence by Reuma Gadassi Polack, Jessica A. Mollick, Hanna Keren, Jutta Joormann, Richard Watts

“…These findings can inform educators and clinicians and facilitate empirical research of typical and atypical motivational behaviors during a critical time of development.…”
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Redefining rural entrepreneurship: The impact of business ecosystems on the success of rural businesses in Extremadura, Spain by Cristina Candelario-Moreno, María Isabel Sánchez-Hernández

“…ORIGINALITY AND VALUE: This study examines the distinctive attributes of rural entrepreneurship, with a deliberate departure from exclusive emphasis on geographical location or primary economic sector. Drawing upon empirical research conducted among a cohort of rural enterprises, the analysis reveals that neither physical location nor primary sector affiliation substantially contribute to the establishment of these rural businesses. …”
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What can we learn from COVID-19?: examining the resilience of primary care teams by Ashley M. Hughes, Ashley M. Hughes, Kelley Arredondo, Kelley Arredondo, Kelley Arredondo, Kelley Arredondo, Houston F. Lester, Houston F. Lester, Frederick L. Oswald, Trang N. D. Pham, Cheng Jiang, Cheng Jiang, Sylvia J. Hysong, Sylvia J. Hysong

“…The current work applies the science of effective teams to examine the impact of COVID-19—a crisis or adverse event—on primary care team resilience.MethodsLittle empirical research has been done testing the theory of team resilience during an extremely adverse crisis event in an applied team setting. …”
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Using Twitter-Based Data for Sexual Violence Research: Scoping Review by Jia Xue, Bolun Zhang, Qiaoru Zhang, Ran Hu, Jielin Jiang, Nian Liu, Yingdong Peng, Ziqian Li, Judith Logan

“…The inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) empirical research, (2) focus on sexual violence, (3) analysis of Twitter data (ie, tweets or Twitter metadata), and (4) text in English. …”
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Guilt is effectively induced by a written auto-biographical essay but not reduced by experimental pain by Selina Schär, Antonia Vehlen, Julia Ebneter, Nathalie Schicktanz, Dominique J. F. de Quervain, Lutz Wittmann, Lutz Götzmann, Martin grosse Holtforth, Martin grosse Holtforth, Sonja Protic, Sonja Protic, Alexander Wettstein, Niklaus Egloff, Konrad Streitberger, Kyrill I. M. Schwegler

“…IntroductionThe aim of the present study was (1) to validate the method of guilt-induction by means of a written auto-biographical essay and (2) to test whether experimental pain is apt to alleviate the mental burden of guilt, a concept receiving support from both empirical research and clinical observation.MethodsThree independent groups of healthy male participants were recruited. …”
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Everyday Digital Literacy Questionnaire for Older Adults: Instrument Development and Validation Study by JiYeon Choi, Seongmi Choi, Kijun Song, Jiwon Baek, Heejung Kim, Mona Choi, Yesol Kim, Sang Hui Chu, Jiyoung Shin

“…Moreover, more empirical research on digital literacy and related factors in older adults can facilitate the development of personalized digital health care services and educational interventions in the digital society.…”
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The Governance of Childhood Vaccination Services in Crisis Settings: A Scoping Review by Nada Abdelmagid, Rosamund J. Southgate, Mervat Alhaffar, Matab Ahmed, Hind Bani, Sandra Mounier-Jack, Maysoon Dahab, Francesco Checchi, Majdi M. Sabahelzain, Barni Nor, Bhargavi Rao, Neha S. Singh

“…Better documentation of vaccination efforts during emergencies, including vaccination decision making, governance, and planning, is needed. We recommend empirical research within decision-making spaces.…”
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Performance comparison of state-owned enterprises versus private firms in selected emerging Asian countries by Thai-Ha Le, Donghyun Park, Cynthia Castillejos-Petalcorin

“…As the data are not available for a continuous period of time, The authors could not conduct empirical research for this topic and thus made it a policy paper that presents a comparison across Asian countries as case studies. …”
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Entre percursos, fontes e sujeitos: pesquisa em educação e uso da história oral Between trajectories, sources and subjects: research in education and the use of oral history by Rosimar Serena Siqueira Esquinsani

“…The text also presents excerpts from narratives used in the empirical research, which demonstrate that the description of the facts by the participating subjects did not lose its statute of a personal perception, constituting a representation of the social group to which the subjects believed to belong. …”
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FORECASTING PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF RICE AND INFLUENCE OF DETERMINANTS TO INCREASE FOOD SECURITY IN THE SOUTH SUMATRA REGION, INDONESIA by Januarti I., Junaidi Y., Purbiyanti E.

“…The research method used is historical empirical research method. The data used are time series data for 33 years from 1987 to 2019. …”

Gestandaardiseerd meten van persoonlijkheidstoornissen bij ouderen by Gina M.P. Rossi, Inge Debast, Sebastiaan P. J. van Alphen

“…This is in sharp contrast to the dearth of empirical research concerning the construct of personality disorders in later life, the very limited amount of available diagnostic tools, criteria of classification systems like DSM not being attuned to the elderly context and the lack of ageneutrality of popular instruments to measure personality disorders. …”
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L’habitat intercalaire à la croisée de l’urbanisme tactique et de l’action sociale : les cas de Grenoble, Rennes et Villeurbanne by Adriana Diaconu, Margaux Duran y Gonin

“…It is based on empirical research including participant observation in meetings and seminars organised by the promoters of this non-profit temporary housing model. …”
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Psychological and didactic problems of introducing a digital textbook into the educational process of a university by Lyudmila Valerievna Shelekhova, Sultanovna Fatimet Brantova

“…On the basis of the analysis of scientific and methodological literature and the results of empirical research, two main psychological and didactic problems of introducing a digital textbook into the educational process of a university have been identified: 1) it is associated with the consequence of an increase in the degree of direct impact on the mental processes of users of a digital textbook in the course of mastering or fixing educational material by them ; 2) due to the technical features of creating a digital textbook that meets the requirements of teaching aids; the experience of using the digital textbook "Mathematics for Economists" in the educational process in the direction of preparation 38.05.01 and 38.03.02 has been presented; the results of an online survey, a survey, a conversation between students and teachers about the advisability of using a digital textbook in the educational process have been shown. …”
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How cities learn : urban experimentation for creating and governing technology by Claudel, Matthew(Matthew Christopher)

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Operational flexibility on complex enterprises : case studies from recent military operations by Dickmann, John Q

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面向未来 ：探析中国“90后”国家认同感的趋势及其缘由 = China's national identity of its post-90s generation : a study of trends and reasons by 邓玮婷 Teng, Wei Ting

“…On the basis that this paper lacks empirical research, hence, we will base this paper upon the researches carried out by other scholars for analysis and summary. …”
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Development of performance measurement tool (PMT) for operational and maintenance phase in Malaysian Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects / Nor Suzila Lop by Lop, Nor Suzila

“…Two methods of empirical research using case studies (semi-structured interviews) and questionnaires via the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method were conducted within PPP stakeholders. …”
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Developing the architecture of Astana Seri Menanti during the early period of federated states by Zainal Abidin, Nurdiyana

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Assessing the applicability of student-based brand equity constructs in university institution preference in Ghana by Effah, Ebenezer Asare

“…Also, most of existing empirical research on brand equity in the university sector has focused on developed countries whose circumstances are fundamentally different from those of developing economies. …”
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Trust me, I’m a researcher!: The role of trust in biomedical research by Kerasidou, A

“…Practices such as informed consent and also the introduction of administrative and regulatory oversight of research in the form of research ethics committees (RECs) and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), are to ensure the protection of future research subjects and, at the same time, restore public trust in biomedical research (Pettit 1992, Bok 1995, Yarborough and Sharp 2002, Faden, Mastroianni et al. 2005, Dixon-Woods and Ashcroft 2008). Empirical research also testifies to the role of trust as one of the decisive factors in research participation and lack of trust as a barrier for consenting to research (Sugarman, Kass et al. 1998, Corbie-Smith, Thomas et al. 1999, de Melo-Martín and Ho 2008, Marsh, Kamuya et al. 2008, Slegers, Zion et al. 2015).…”