Article
Economics
Keyu Luo, Qiang Guo, Xiafei Li
Summary: This paper constructs return connectedness indices and net pairwise directional connectedness indices to investigate their ability to forecast natural gas returns. The results show that these indices have significant predictive power for natural gas returns, with the indices from the WTI crude oil market performing the best.
Article
Anesthesiology
Loek P. B. Meijs, Joris van Houte, Bente C. M. Conjaerts, Alexander J. G. H. Bindels, Arthur Bouwman, Saskia Houterman, Jan Bakker
Summary: Pmsa calculated by a computer algorithm shows high agreement with Pms-Insp derived from inspiratory holds in cardiac surgery patients, demonstrating interchangeability. Pmsa is a straightforward, non-interventional, continuous bedside option compared to the interventional and offline nature of Pms-Insp. Further studies are needed to determine the role of Pmsa in circulatory management of critically ill patients.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MONITORING AND COMPUTING
(2022)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Anna Steg, Maria Oczkowicz, Grzegorz Smolucha
Summary: There has been a growing interest in dietary supplements in the past two decades. Despite being one of the less-studied substances released for public consumption, advanced techniques such as genomics have made it possible to assess the impact of these supplements on human transcriptome or proteome. This review introduces the main domains of genomics and focuses on three widely used techniques: NGS, LC-MS, NMR, and their applications in studying dietary supplements.
Article
Engineering, Civil
S. L. Noorduijn, J. C. Refsgaard, S. Stisen, A. L. Hojberg
Summary: Riparian lowlands play a crucial role in protecting contaminated aquatic ecosystems by attenuating and reducing nutrient-rich water. The hydrological conditions within these lowlands can affect their reduction capabilities, depending on the dominant flow pathways. Understanding the flow pathways is essential for assessing catchment-scale processes. This study aims to establish a relationship between the dominant riparian flow pathways and lowland features. A downscaled high-resolution numerical model was used to provide quantitative information on riparian flow partitioning. This approach can enhance nitrate management tools by incorporating variability in lowland nitrate reduction capacity.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Management
Lu Yang, Xiangyong Li, Ye Xia, Y. P. Aneja
Summary: Many retailers offer customers the option to buy online and return to store (BORS), allowing for product return flexibility. The impact of BORS on store operations, inventory decisions, and profits is examined in this study. Findings suggest that BORS attracts new customers and leads to channel shifting among existing customers, while also allowing the retailer to stock less in-store inventory. However, the profitability of offering BORS depends on the return penalty, return rate, and the category of products.
OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Dariusz Jamro, Grzegorz Zurek, Maciej Lachowicz, Dariusz Lenart, Malgorzata Dulnik
Summary: The level of combat training of future commanders is crucial for national defense. This study found that the practical military performance of cadets is closely related to their strength and endurance levels, while physical fitness does not significantly affect shooting accuracy. The level of alternating attention was identified as a key determinant of shooting accuracy.
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Geri L. Dimas, Renata A. Konrad, Kayse Lee Maass, Andrew C. Trapp
Summary: This article provides a systematic literature review of the Operations Research and Analytics research related to the anti-human trafficking domain. It classifies and analyzes 142 studies to identify current trends, research gaps, and propose an agenda for future research.
Article
Urban Studies
Heli Lu, Ruimin Guan, Menglin Xia, Chuanrong Zhang, Changhong Miao, Yaopeng Ge, Xiaojing Wu
Summary: Urban residential districts (URDs) are a crucial element in urban planning, particularly in the context of COVID-19 prevention. This study utilizes high-resolution remote sensing images to map and evaluate the ventilation capacity of URDs in a typical city in northern China. The results highlight that well-designed URDs have almost double the ventilation capacity compared to poorly designed ones, and there is significant variation in ventilation capacity within URDs. Therefore, high-resolution remote sensing data plays a vital role in precise urban planning.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Daniel Negrini, Sergio L. Schmidt
Summary: This study investigated the effect of modality (online vs. face-to-face) on attentional performance using the Continuous Visual Attention Test (CVAT). The results showed that assessment modality did not influence attention performance, whether comparing between different individuals or within the same individual. The variable VRT was found to have high reliability.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Business
Diane M. Sullivan, Bari L. Bendell
Summary: Loneliness is a prevalent modern epidemic that negatively affects employed adults, leading to various health problems and decreased job performance. Workplace loneliness is also associated with higher turnover and absenteeism, causing significant productivity loss for employers. This article highlights the importance of understanding and managing workplace loneliness and provides evidence-based interventions to reduce it, including fostering relationship building, increasing support in evolving work contexts, and promoting a people-focused organizational culture. The information presented in this article aims to help leaders combat on-the-job loneliness, create healthier work environments, and improve individual, team, and organizational performance.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Bae Sun Kim, Yong Ki Son, Joonyoung Jung, Dong-Woo Lee, Hyung Cheol Shin
Summary: The study focused on collecting human fall data in different directions while walking or standing and developing a fall recognition system based on the center of mass (COM). By utilizing representative convolutional neural network and long short-term memory learning models on an embedded platform, real-time fall progress and detection accuracy exceeded 94%.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Article
Ecology
P. Kennedy, S. Sumner, P. Botha, N. J. Welton, A. D. Higginson, A. N. Radford
Summary: This study explores altruistic behavior in the Neotropical wasp and demonstrates that diminishing returns to cooperation can explain this behavior. As the worker-to-brood ratio increases in a worker's home colony, the predicted marginal benefit of a worker for expected colony productivity diminishes. Helping related colonies allows workers to focus on caring for those in greater need, facilitating cooperative drifting under conditions of local dispersal.
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Business, Finance
Yong Zhang, Xiaomeng Lu, Jing Jian Xiao
Summary: Individual investors play an important role in the capital market, and improving their financial welfare has always been a long-standing goal for policymakers and researchers. Using data from a national survey on individual investor behavior in China, we examine the relationship between individual investors’ financial education and the performance of their stock portfolios. The results suggest that individual investors who receive financial education are more likely to increase their profits in the stock market due to their good investment habits and higher risk tolerance. Additionally, financial education has a stronger impact on stock market profit making for less experienced investors and those from regions with lower levels of investor protection.
PACIFIC-BASIN FINANCE JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Economics
Zbigniew Mogila, Tomas Miklosovi, Ivan Lichner, Marek Radvansky, Janusz Zaleski
Summary: This paper analyzes the impact of the macroeconomic efficiency of Cohesion Policy on within-country economic cohesion. The results indicate that the impact of Cohesion Policy is relatively small and ineffective in reducing regional development disparities in the long run.
Article
Rehabilitation
Lene Aasdahl, Marius Steiro Fimland, Cecilie Roe
Summary: This study found that both the constructs and stages of the RRTW scale had poor measurement properties and were not closely associated with predicting return to work in individuals with musculoskeletal and common mental disorders.
JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL REHABILITATION
(2022)
