God's Presence in the Aisle: How God Salience Encourages Preference for Ultra‐Processed Foods
ABSTRACT God‐related cues are pervasive in consumers' daily lives, yet little research has examined how God salience shapes consumer food choices. Drawing on compensatory control theory and the literature on symbolic healing, we present findings from six studies, including a field experiment, demonstrating that high (vs.
Ali Gohary, Hean Tat Keh
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Comprehensive indicators and fine granularity refine density scaling laws in rural-urban systems. [PDF]
Sutton J +7 more
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Beauty Isn't Always Better: How Salesperson Attractiveness Affects Consumers' Approach Behaviors
ABSTRACT This research examines how a consumer's committed romantic relationship influences their decision to approach an attractive salesperson in a retail environment. To date, the majority of research espouses the benefits of salesperson attractiveness in enhancing consumers' perceptions of the salesperson and the represented retailer.
Veronica L. Thomas +2 more
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Lightweight deep learning model for crime pattern recognition based on transformer with simulated annealing sparsity and CNN. [PDF]
Lu H, Chen C, Ma Y, Ma Y.
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Exploring Asymptotic Normality in Multinomial Models
ABSTRACT Among the methods for analyzing categorical outcomes, the multinomial model offers a robust framework for examining the dependence between a multi‐category response variable and a set of explanatory variables. Its flexibility, versatility, and broad applicability across diverse fields make it a valuable tool, as it does not impose strict ...
Célia Nunes +3 more
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A Bayesian spatio-temporal model of variation in homicide rates for El Salvador. [PDF]
Carcach C.
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ABSTRACT This paper develops a mathematical framework for interpreting observations of solar inertial waves in an idealized setting. Under the assumption of purely toroidal linear waves on the sphere, the stream function of the flow satisfies a fourth‐order scalar equation.
Tram Thi Ngoc Nguyen +3 more
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Advancing urban management: Integrating GIS, LLMs, and media narratives into environmental and socio-economic analyses for enhanced urban crime analysis. [PDF]
Cai Y, Chen A, Tang Z, Wang Y, Song Y.
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Multi‐Agent Reinforcement Learning for Joint Police Patrol and Dispatch
ABSTRACT Police patrol units need to split their time between performing preventive patrol and being dispatched to serve emergency incidents. In the existing literature, patrol and dispatch decisions are often studied separately. We consider joint optimization of these two decisions to improve police operations efficiency and reduce response time to ...
Matthew Repasky, He Wang, Yao Xie
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Harnessing hope: a psychological strategy for achieving the sustainable development goals. [PDF]
Goetzke K, O'Brien V.
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