Country governance nexus with the financial stability of banks: the moderating effect of country’s income level by Ghosh, Protap K., Kharuddin, Saira B., Kamarudin, Fakarudin B.

“…Unlike previous studies, this study overcomes the limited regional context and scope of measuring the relationships between a country’s governance indicators and a bank’s financial stability and also measures the moderating effect of the country’s income level on the same.…”
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Momentary partner involvement in diabetes self-care and continuously measured glucose: a dynamic analysis by Soriano, Emily C., Lenhard, M. James, Gonzalez, Jeffrey S., Tennen, Howard, Otto, Amy K., Perndorfer, Christine, Shen, Biing Jiun, Siegel, Scott D., Laurenceau, Jean-Philippe

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A war in all but name: expanding the timeline of conflict in the Malayan emergency by Ho, Benjamin

“…Some narratives favour the influence of external factors like global and regional political movements, while others prefer to give precedence to local players in the Emergency. …”
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Mobility and community at Mesolithic Lake Onega, Karelia, north-west Russia: insights from strontium isotope analysis by Eckelmann, R, Arppe, L, Tarasov, A, Pospieszny, Ł, Ackerman, L, Heyd, V, Gerasimov, D, Moiseyev, V, Fairbanks, V, Hyland, C, Mannermaa, K

“…Radiogenic strontium isotope analysis (87Sr/86Sr) was used to identify group dynamics within the cemetery and examine the site’s place within local and supra-regional networks. The analysis of 57 humans and 31 animals was supported by the creation of an environmental baseline which identified four key geological zones and defines the strontium characteristics of Lake Onega. …”

Immunity debt for seasonal influenza after the COVID-19 pandemic and as a result of non-pharmaceutical interventions: an ecological analysis and cohort study by Chen, L, Guo, Y, López-Güell, K, Ma, J, Dong, Y, Xie, J, Prieto Alhambra, D

“…In addition, a positive association between the Stringency Index and post-relaxation influenza surge was observed globally (R² = 0.14-0.17) and replicated regionally. Our findings support the population immunity debt hypothesis for influenza and call for proactive preparations against its consequences in future pandemics.…”

Simulating impacts of reducing subsidies to Kuwait’s electricity sector by Gelan, A

“…The necessity for economic reforms in wider areas of public utilities management is rooted in recent shifts in economic development strategies, as well as in initiatives related to regional integration among GCC member countries. …”

Seismic node arrays for enhanced understanding and monitoring of geothermal systems by Hudson, T, Kettlety, T, Kendall, J-M, O'Toole, T, Jupe, A, Shail, RK, Grand, G

“…In our example case study, we find that the injection‐site fracture orientations significantly differ from that of the crust above and the regional stress state. These observations agree well with fracture orientations inferred from independent well‐log data, exemplifying how the nodes can provide new insight for understanding the geothermal systems. …”

Distributed optimal tie-line power flow control for multiple interconnected AC microgrids by Liu, Yun, Li, Yuanzheng, Xin, Huanhai, Gooi, Hoay Beng, Pan, Jianfei

“…Due to the intrinsic advantages of scalability, robustness, and fast response in comparison to the centralized scheme, a multi-agent based distributed optimal tie-line power flow control strategy is proposed to achieve this objective, which is facilitated by a regional communication network overlapping each MG and distributed sensors monitoring the tie-line power flows. …”
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The impact of Ming and Qing dynasty maritime bans on trade ceramics recovered from coastal settlements in northern Sumatra, Indonesia by Tai, Yew Seng, Daly, Patrick, Mckinnon, E. Edwards, Parnell, Andrew, Feener, R. Michael, Majewski, Jedrzej, Nazli Ismail, Sieh, Kerry

“…Our data show both the importance of Chinese ceramics within regional trade networks and how those networks and local patterns of consumption adapted to disruptions of supply.…”
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Global whole lithosphere isostasy : implications for surface elevations, structure, strength, and densities of the continental lithosphere by Lamb, Simon, Moore, James Daniel Paul, Perez-Gussinye, Marta, Stern, Tim

“…We use a global model of WLI as a framework to assess factors controlling topography, showing that plausible regional variations in crustal and mantle densities, together with uncertainties in the crustal and conductive lithospheric thicknesses, are sufficient to account for global elevations without invoking dynamic topography greater than a few hundred meters. …”
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A data mining method to extract traffic network for maritime transport management by Liu, Zhao, Gao, Hairuo, Zhang, Mingyang, Yan, Ran, Liu, Jingxian

“…Firstly, a data-driven method is introduced to recognize ship behavior patterns and extends the single ship behaviors to regional characteristics to determine the departure-arrival areas. …”
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Meta-analysis and moderator analysis of the seroprevalence of hepatitis E in South Eastern Asia by Raji, Yakubu Egigogo, Toung, Ooi Peck, Mohd Taib, Niazlin, Sekawi, Zamberi

“…The high HEV prevalence found in this study necessitates coordinated national and regional efforts to combat this emerging disease.…”
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Airborne microplastic/nanoplastic research: a comprehensive Web of Science (WoS) data-driven bibliometric analysis by Tan, Huiyi, Mong, Guo Ren, Wong, Syie Luing, Wong, Keng Yinn, Sheng, Desmond Daniel Chin Vui, Nyakuma, Bemgba Bevan, Othman, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan, Kek, Hong Yee, Abdull Razis, Ahmad Faizal, Abdul Wahab, Nur Haliza, Abdul Wahab, Roswanira, Lee, Kee Quen, Chiong, Meng Choung, Lee, Chia Hau

“…China, England, the USA, and European Countries have produced a significant output of airborne MP/NP research works, which is associated with the availability of funding agencies regionally or nationally. The research hotspot on the topic ranges from the transport of airborne MPs/NPs to their deposition in the terrestrial or aquatic environments, along with the contamination of samples by indoor MPs/NPs. …”

Mapping of sentiment analysis on food security among Malaysians using social media analytics by Rusli, Noradila, Lee, Yoke Lai, Rosley, Muhamad Solehin Fitry, Lee, Cher Enn, Hamzah, Maheran, Alias, Nurul Ezaila, Bahari, Noraini, Mamat, Mohd. Razif

“…Pre-processing and content analysis techniques identified the main themes in the tweets, while sentiment analysis categorised them using VADER: ArcGIS and hotspot analysis visualised and analysed tweet density. Regional trends were observed, with the East Coast states and certain West Coast states having the highest number of tweets. …”
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Comparison of Credit Risk Management Practices among Islamic and Public Commercial Bank’s in Pakistan by Iqbal, Muhammad Saeed, Sofi, Mohd Fikri

“…It is concluded that this study results may help the banks to find the solutions that enable quality loan creation and growth as well as to determine the relationship among the theories, concepts, of credit score and credit policies both at country level and regional level. Hence, this study is assumed to be significant in indicating best practices and concept for practical lending to enhance the performance of credit management to all mangers and policy makers of the banks as well as to all financial institutions and banks…”
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离散、家国、女性 ： 韩素音的中国性论述 = Diaspora, home, feminism : the Chinese-ness in Han Suyin’s works by 梁依婷 Neo, Yi Ting

“…Han Suyin had once faced difficult choices in politics and livelihood, however she eventually chose to become the connection between different countries and willingly support the Chinese regimental changes. Her acknowledgement towards China and her awkward identity as a Chinese-European, is an interesting yet complicated case within China’s history, society and literature, and is of meaningful research value. …”
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Stratigraphy and taphonomy of tubular microfossils in Terreneuvian rocks of the Soltanieh Formation, Soltanieh Mountains, Northern Iran by Etemad-Saeed, N, Anderson, RP, Tosca, NJ, Bergmann, KD, Knoll, AH

“…Nonetheless, the occurrence of abundant organic-walled tubes in the USM of the Soltanieh Formation adds to both the diversity of animal fossils found regionally in Terreneuvian rocks and the broader paleogeographic distribution of tubular metazoans in early Cambrian oceans.…”

A 35-Year Analysis of Vegetation Cover in Rare-Earth Mining Areas Using Landsat Data by Zheng, Zhubin, Liu, Yuqing, Chen, Na, Liu, Ge, Lei, Shaohua, Xu, Jie, Li, Jianzhong, Ren, Jingli, Huang, Chao

“…The findings indicate that (1) vegetation coverage in Dingnan County decreased from 1988 to 2002, followed by a gradual increase; (2) high vegetation cover is predominantly found in forested areas that maintain their natural state, while the central town and mining areas exhibit generally low coverage; (3) there are regional differences in the relationship between vegetation cover and environmental factors in Dingnan County. …”
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Co-seismic ruptures of the 12 May 2008, Ms 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake, Sichuan : East–west crustal shortening on oblique, parallel thrusts along the eastern edge of Tibet by Liu-Zeng, J., Zhang, Z., Wen, L., Sun, J., Xing, X., Hu, G., Xu, Q., Zeng, L., Ding, L., Ji, C., Hudnut, K. W., van der Woerd, J., Tapponnier, Paul

“…This out-of-sequence event, with distributed surface breaks on crustal mega-thrusts, highlights regional, ~ EW-directed, present day crustal shortening oblique to the Longmen Shan margin of Tibet. …”
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Investigating spatio-temporal variability of initial ²³⁰Th/²³²Th in intertidal corals by Chiang, Hong-Wei, Philibosian, Belle, Meltzner, Aron J., Wu, Chung-Che, Shen, Chuan-Chou, Edwards, R. Lawrence, Chuang, Chih-Kai, Suwargadi, Bambang W., Natawidjaja, Danny H.

“…Mean square of weighted deviates (MSWD) is used to evaluate the variabilities of 28 location-specific 230Th/232Th0 values before the regional mean. Results show no significant spatial difference between the means of 3.1 ± 3.2 × 10−6 for the northern SFI and 4.7 ± 1.3 × 10−6 for the southern SFI. …”
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