Does an early start help or hurt? Statehood, institutions and modern climate change policies by Ang, James B., Fredriksson, Per G.

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Storytime : a pilot study on sound symbolism and child-directed speech by Travers Kumar, Juanita

“…Results found significant main effects of the pseudowords (label) for all measures but main effect of congruency was not found. …”
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Optimization of solubility of corannulene polymers via ring opening metathesis polymerization by Gunasegaran, Kevitrra

“…Generally, block polymerization product has better solubility compared to random polymerization. All the copolymers produced possess satisfactory PDI value of close to 1.0. …”
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Multi-level encoding of reward, effort and choice across the frontal cortex and basal ganglia during cost-benefit decision making by Härmson, O, Grennan, I, Perry, B, Toth, R, McNamara, C, Denison, T, Cagnan, H, Manohar, S, Walton, M, Sharott, A

“…Single neurons encoding combinations of decision variables (reward, effort and choice) were represented within all recorded regions. Co-active cell assemblies, ensembles of neurons that repeatedly co-activated within short time windows (<25ms), represented the same decision variables, despite the members often having diverse individual coding properties. …”

Exploring employers' perceptions on public universities' quality and graduate employability in Malaysia by Almasri, Amal Ahmad, Ali, Noor Azman, Jantan, Amer Hamzah

“…Therefore, this study recommends that the higher authorities in public universities and employers need to strengthen the associations between them and activate partnerships for all parties’ benefit. As well, public universities need to pay more attention to the determinants of quality, which contribute to enhancing graduate employability.…”

An improve unsupervised discretization using optimization algorithms for classification problems by Mohamed, Rozlini, Samsudin, Noor Azah

“…The classification performance using EB outperforms other existing approaches for all datasets.…”
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Influence of CEO characteristics and audit committee on financial performance: evidence from Iraq by Hazzaa, Omar Turki, Abdullah, Dewi Fariha, Mohammed Sadaa, Abdullah

“…Three models were used to analyze the data, and the preferred model was chosen by following several confirmation steps. The findings indicated that CEO education, CEO ownership, and CEO experience all influenced financial success. …”
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Enhancing the Curriculum of Bachelor’s Degree toward Sustainable Development to Improve Sustainable Behaviour: An Exploratory Study by Abdulameer, Susan Sabah, Ibrahim, Yousif Munadhil, Hami, Norsiah, Yaacob, Noorulsadiqin Azbiya, Osman, Nor Hasni

“…The qualitative method was used based on the electronic records and documents available on the official websites of those colleges. The findings of the study demonstrate that all colleges have a very poor level regarding ESD in the curriculum. …”
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Medical tourism in South East Asia: Science mapping of present and future trends by Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi, Norhana, Mohd Aripin, Nur Sofia Nabila, Alimin, Ting, Irene Wei Kiong, Wider, Walton, Siti Sarah, Maidin, Zainul-Abideen, Ahmed Yousif Abbas

“…Research limitations/implications: This study is relevant to all stakeholders, operators and local communities in Southeast Asia tourism destinations to provide the best medical tourism with the best quality service and technologies. …”
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Wearable activity trackers for promoting physical activity : a systematic meta-analytic review by Li, Caining, Chen, Xiaoyu, Bi, Xinhua

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Credit card cue effect : how mere exposure to credit card cues promotes consumers’ perceived financial well-being and spending by Wong, King Yin, Lynn, Michael

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Cognitive workload quantification for air traffic controllers: an ensemble semi-supervised learning approach by Yu, Xiaoqing, Chen, Chun-Hsien, Yang, Haohan

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Green development performance of water resources and its economic-related determinants by Li, Wei, Xi, Yongqin, Wu, Feimei, Masoud, Mahmoud, Liu, Shi Qiang

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Environmental risk factors for self-harm during imprisonment: A pilot prospective cohort study by Stephenson, T, Harris, I, Armstrong, C, Fazel, S, Short, R, Blackwood, N

“…The finding regarding frequent cellmate changes predicting self-harm is novel. …”

Exploring the composition of placental microbiome and its potential origin in preterm birth by Saadaoui, M, Djekidel, MN, Murugesan, S, Kumar, M, Elhag, D, Singh, P, Kabeer, BSA, Marr, AK, Kino, T, Brummaier, T, McGready, R, Nosten, F, Chaussabel, D, Terranegra, A, Al Khodor, S

“…Introduction: For years, the placenta was believed to be sterile, but recent studies reveal it hosts a unique microbiome. Despite these findings, significant questions remain about the origins of the placental microbiome and its effects on pregnancy and fetal health. …”

Individual differences in the effects of physical activity on classroom behaviour by Heemskerk, CHHM, Sumatic, M, Strand, S, Malmberg, L-E

“…Finally, children exhibiting the highest levels of off-task behaviour improved their on-task behaviour after all intervention lessons.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> The findings suggest that higher intensities of PA have a generally positive effect on children’s subsequent behaviour, although certain individual characteristics make children more responsive to lower PA intensities. …”

The effectiveness of agricultural extension in rice farming in Bantaeng Regency, Indonesia: Employing structural equation modeling in search for the effective ways in educating far... by Salam, Muslim, Jamil, Muhammad Hatta, Tenriawaru, A. Nixia, Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty, Syam, Siti Hardiyanti, Rahmadanih, ., Ramadhani, Anggun, Bidangan, Anny Melody, Muslim, Ahmad Imam, Bakheet Ali, Hamed Noralla, Ridwan, Muhammad

“…The results indicated that latent variables such as farmer engagement (FER), family resources (FRR), application of product inputs (APR) (β = 3.383), and crop management (CMR, β = −2.712)) all have a significant effect on the effectiveness of agricultural extension (EAR). …”
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Location Selection for Beekeeping in Optimizing Honey Production using Linear Programming Model (S/O 14038) by Abdul Rahman, Syariza, Benjamin, Aida Mauziah, Omar, Mohd Faizal

“…The location suitability analysis found that all the identified stingless bee farms support the findings in the MCDM phase and some are considered efficient in their honey production. …”
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Programs to Address Violence for Military Families: a Systematic Review by Dodge, J, Wortham, W, Kale, C, Williamson, V, Ross, A, Maher, S, Kononowech, J, Winters, J, Sullivan, K

“…Conclusion: This study had three main findings: (1) The majority of interventions were for Veterans and/or their partners rather than active service personnel; (2) All interventions reported positive outcomes in the reduction of self-reported IPV, with the majority of these outcomes maintained over time; (3) While we intended to assess military family-level interventions that targeted IPV and CM, we only found three studies that targeted or included CM. …”

A real time neurophysiological framework for general monitoring awareness of air traffic controllers by Yuvaraj, Rajamanickam, Lye, Sun Woh, Wee, Hong Jie

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