DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIAN MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES by Samuel Olufemi Omoyele, Jayeola Olabisi

“…A single cross-sectional design was adopted for the study and a well-structured questionnaire was administered to 318 randomly chosen senior managers from Mobil Oil, Guinness, Coca-Cola, Nestle, MTN, and Cadbury Plc within Lagos Metropolis. The research instrument was tested for validity and reliability using confirmatory factor analysis and Cronbach’s alpha. …”
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When home and work are not enough. The challenge of international migrants’ agency in the Italian Alps by Andrea Membretti, Fabio Lucchini, Monica Gilli, Mia Scotti

“… Even when they have access to housing and employment, international migrants struggle to develop their own agency, i.e. the capacity to act in their own life contexts, exercising citizenship rights within substantive inclusion processes in the wider communities. …”
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Advances in Simulation of Stratigraphic-Structural Evolution of Basin Fill: A Retrospective to Guide Future Progress by Prashant Dhote, Uday Bhan

“…Understanding and addressing SSFM’s limitations is essential to optimizing and enhancing its effectiveness within the industry.…”
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Rethinking Communication in Interactions with a Child with Autism: Ela, Her Father, and the Jellyfish in the Pool by Nora Lucía Gómez-Victoria, Katerine Carvajal, Sebastián Collazos, Yerly Muñoz, Angie Quinchia

“…Taking a relational ontology stance, we use the concept of languaging as a continuous coordination of actions alongside the notion of assemblages of semiotic repertoires configured within multimodal and multisensory ecologies to analyze the communication between a child, Ela and her father, Gus, during a social activity at the pool. …”
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Which impacts matter for pavement management decisions? Quantifying social sustainability based on a capability approach by Jessica Boakye, Egemen Okte

“…While Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) are well-established for assessing environmental and economic impacts, Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) remains understudied for pavements, especially within the context of pavement management. This research introduces a methodology using the Capability Approach to quantify social impacts, emphasizing their importance, relevance, and influenceability. …”
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DO FIRM CHARACTERISTICS AFFECT PRICE DISCOVERY? EVIDENCE FROM CHINESE CROSS-LISTED STOCKS by Yen-Sheng Lee, Yi-Heng Tseng

“…Our study adds to the existing literature on the price discovery process within Chinese stock markets. …”
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MINERALOGY OF BLOOMERY SLAGS OF THE SHUVAKISH IRONWORKS PLANT (OUTSKIRTS OF YEKATERINBURG, SVERDLOVSK OBLAST) by Yu.V. Erokhin, A.V. Zakharov, L.V. Leonova

“…The plant had been operated during the reign of Peter the Great from 1704 to 1716 years and was located within the presentday northwestern outskirts of Yekaterinburg. …”
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NEW PYRIDINE-3-SULFONATO TIN (IV), ANTIMONY (III) AND (V) HALO ADDUCTS AND COMPLEXES: SYNTHESIS AND INFRARED STUDY by AÏSSATOU GUEYE, MOUHAMADOU BIRAME DIOP, LIBASSE DIOP

“…Discrete structures were suggested on the basis of infrared data. Within the structures, the anion behaves as a bidentate, monochelating and monodentate, monodentate and tri O-chelating ligand. …”
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More than a feeling: A global economic valuation of subjective wellbeing damages resulting from rising temperatures. by Stephan Dietrich, Stafford Nichols

“…The effect size varies substantially between, and within, countries, highlighting the importance of having local data. …”
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Christ’s redemption and giwu: Cultural contextualisation in Pamona, Indonesia by Pieter G.O. Sunkudon, Daud Daud, Juanda Juanda, Yewin Tjandra, Selmita Paranoan

“…Contribution: The results of this study are expected to enrich theological understanding and support the Christian mission within the Pamona community.…”
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Jesus' affection towards children and Matthew's tale of two kings by A. G. van Aarde

“…The aim is to demonstrate that Matthew situates the beginning and end of Jesus’ public ministry within the context of Jesus’ relationship to children. …”
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From business to caring: the conceptualisation of holistic coaching for cancer patients by Andrew Marren, Yi-Ling Lai, Caroline Strevens, Darren van Laar, Natalie Silverdale

“…Coaching in healthcare is a growing topic within research and practise but there has been little exploration of its theoretical underpinnings for cancer patients. …”
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DOA estimation method for time-varying metasurface based on asynchronous modulation by YI Ming, CHEN Ming, ZHONG Zhou, JIN Liang

“…By staggering the initiation of state changes across various column units, the method enabled the acquisition of multiple distinct responses within a single state’s temporal window. The asynchronous modulation strategy effectively augmented the virtual channel count under the limitations imposed by material properties, thereby enhancing the precision of DOA estimation. …”
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Role of polymers in encapsulation and shape-stabilization of phase change materials (PCMs) for thermal energy storage applications: an overview by Surya Tanwar, Raminder Kaur

“…To improve the performance efficiency and proper handling of PCMs, they are often encapsulated or confined within a shape-stabilized supporting material of an inorganic or organic origin. …”
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Integrating social vulnerability into high-resolution global flood risk mapping by Sean Fox, Felix Agyemang, Laurence Hawker, Jeffrey Neal

“…The index provides estimates of relative risk within or between countries and changes how we understand the geography of risk by identifying ‘hotspots’ characterised by high population density and high levels of social vulnerability. …”
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Reniscymnus gen. nov., a new genus of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from the Oriental region by Feng Peng, Mingjie Tang, Xingmin Wang, Xiaosheng Chen

“…Detailed morphological descriptions, illustrations, and a key to identify these two species within the new genus are provided. Morphological similarities and relationships of the new genus with other genera of Scymnini are discussed.…”
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Differential Diagnosis of Amniotic Band and Intrauterine Synechiae in Second Trimester Pregnancy: Case Report by Bekir Kahveci, Yasemin Dogan, Gaye Kahveci, Muhammet Hanifi Bademkiran

“…İntrauterine synechiae is a condition in which scar tissue develops within the uterine cavity. We aim to present a case of ABS and a case of intrauterine synechiae and compare their ultrasonographic findings. …”
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A Homeowner’s Guide to the Living Shoreline Permit Exemption Part 1: Florida Department of Environmental Protection by Savanna C. Barry, Sara Martin, Eric Sparks

“…Living shorelines typically involve construction or placement of materials within state waters (public lands that occur waterward of the mean high tide line). …”
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Non-derivative axionic couplings to nucleons at large and small N by Francesco Bigazzi, Aldo L. Cotrone, Matti Järvinen, Elias Kiritsis

“…We analyze such non-derivative couplings within three different approaches: standard effective field theory, the Skyrme model and holographic QCD. …”
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FINANCIAL CONTROLLING STATUS AND POTENTIAL IN MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES OF TUZLA CANTON, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Emira Kozarević, Amir Mujezinović

“…All the processes accompanying these activities are significantly faster and do not run in a classical way, which is why the management system nowadays requires that information requested within plan, analysis, and control run simultaneously. …”
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