On the effects of user ratings on the profitability of cloud services by Taghavi, Mona

“…The surprising point is that providers having low ratings do not get much benefit from increasing their average ratings, meanwhile, they can perform well when they lower the service price.…”
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The differential impact of IFRS adoption on aspects of seasoned equity offerings in the UK and France by Harakeh, Mostafa

“…As a result of the lower levels of earnings management and information asymmetry, we predict and find that the market reaction to issuing SEOs improves significantly for high-divergence firms following IFRS. Given that equity financing becomes less costly, we find that the propensity to issue new SEOs increases among high-divergence firms after IFRS adoption. …”
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Fundus autofluorescence imaging in hereditary retinal diseases by Pichi, Francesco

“…Fundus autofluorescence (FAF) imaging is particularly helpful for differential diagnosis, detection and extent delineation of involved retinal areas, genotype‐phenotype correlations and monitoring of changes overtime. Given its ease of use, non‐invasive nature and value in characterizing retinal disease, FAF enjoys increasing clinical relevance. …”
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The Race to Electric Vehicles by Saliba, Jerome

“…This focus on the policy transition after the election of Trump is relevant, given his drastic diversion from his predecessor’s approach on energy matters, including electric vehicles. …”
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An assessment of leadership and team process effectiveness in IT Projects by Ninan, Mathews K

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Investigating High School Boys’ Academic Underachievement in Second Language Classrooms by Samra, Nora

“…Another finding is that the assessment tools are not given sufficient attention by some teachers inside the classrooms. …”
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Severe Cholestatic Hepatitis caused by Thiazolidinediones by Azar, Riad

“…After being switched from troglitazone to rosiglitazone the patient developed a severe cholestatic hepatitis with marked jaundice and moderate increases in serum alkaline phosphatase and γ-glutamyltranspeptidase but only mild increases in serum aminotransferases. …”
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Big five myers. (c2007) by Osman, Yasmine Abdel-Hamid

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Optimal design of a damped single degree of freedom platform for vibration suppression in harmonically forced undamped systems by Issa, Jimmy S.

“…Unlike the case of the classical absorber setup, where the absorber performance increases with increasing mass ratios, it is shown that an optimal mass ratio exists for this setup, for which the absorber reaches its utmost performance. …”
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Staging and preoperative evaluation of upper gastrointestinal malignancies by Abdalla, Eddie

“…In gastric cancer, the region of nodal metastasis has been abandoned in favor of the number of lymph nodes containing metastasis, which predicts outcome more accurately—patients with more than 15 positive lymph nodes have an outcome comparable to those with M disease. Increasing consideration is being given to the subclassification of tumors near the GEJ into types based on anatomical position, although this staging scheme (“Full-size image (<1 K)denocarcinoma of the Full-size image (<1 K)sophagoFull-size image (<1 K)astric junction” or AEG type) has not yet been universally adopted. …”
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Precision meets repurposing: Innovative approaches in human papillomavirus and Epstein-Barr virus-driven cancer therapy by Queenie Fernandes (14557388)

“…HPV and EBV are known to be increasingly involved in the pathogenesis of various classes of cancers like cervical, head and neck, colorectal, breast, oral and anogenitial. …”

What we do not know, hardly know, and really know about traffic safety by Leonard Evans (19773000)

“…Likewise, we have no direct experimental investigation of how a driver’s crash risk increases with increasing speed. Our estimate of the effectiveness of safety belts (4) in preventing fatalities rests on an assumption that we know is not true. …”

Applying the ecosystem services - EBM framework to sustainably manage Qatar's coral reefs and seagrass beds by Lucia M., Fanning

“…Given the current natural and anthropogenic threats facing Qatar's marine environment and the consequential expected decline in ecosystem services, this paper examines the potential application of the Ecosystem Services-EBM framework developed by Granek et al. (2010) to sustainably manage Qatar's coral reef and seagrass bed ecosystems. …”
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The burden of prostate cancer in North Africa and Middle East, 1990–2019: Findings from the global burden of disease study by Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari (9714440)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">The age-standardized rates (95% UI) of PCa incidence, prevalence, and death in 2019 were 23.7 (18.5-27.9), 161.1 (126.6-187.6), and 11.7 (9.4-13.9) per 100,000 population. While PCa incidence and prevalence increased by 77% and 144% during 1990-2019, respectively, the death rate stagnated. …”

Changes in the burden and underlying causes of heart failure in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2019: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Razieh, Hassannejad

“…FindingsIn contrast with the decreasing trend of HF burden globally, EMR showed an increasing trend. …”
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Heuristics. (c2006) by Kallab, Chadi

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Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Mechanistic Biomarkers of Diabetes Mellitus-Associated Cognitive Decline by Hanan Ehtewish (17149825)

“…Aging, poor glycemic control, hypoglycemia and hyperglycemic episodes, depression, and vascular complications are associated with increased risk of dementia. Conclusive research studies that have attempted to find specific biomarkers are limited. …”

Exploring environmental, social, and governance and bank performance in the Gulf Cooperation Council region by Jaywant Michael (17541642)

“…<p dir="ltr">Corporate strategies today are shaped by the increased importance given by companies, investors, and regulators to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) activities. …”

Antimicrobial resistant strains of Salmonella typhi: The role of illicit antibiotics sales, misuse, and self-medication practices in Pakistan by Omer A. Shaikh (16855107)

“…The MDR strain links to the H58 haplotype, and its XDR variant exhibits fluoroquinolone resistance due to an IncY plasmid. The increasing prevalence of these resistant strains is concerning, given the global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) issue. …”

Development of a multi-zone adiabatic reactor optimization framework for oxidative coupling of methane by Murtaza Ali Khan (22804274)

“…Additionally, little attention has been given to distributing O₂ along the reactor or using interstage cooling to smooth temperature variations inside the OCM reactor and improve performance. …”