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Mimicking Regulatory Peers

open access: yesJournal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bank regulators use peer information for bank evaluations and publicly disclose this information. This study investigates whether the regulatory use and disclosure of peer information induce herding behavior in banks' regulatory capital ratios.
MINJAE KIM
wiley   +1 more source

The Dif Identification in Constructed Response Items Using Partial Credit Model

open access: yesInternational Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2018
The study was to identify the load, the type andthe significance of differential item functioning (DIF) in constructed responseitem using the partial credit model (PCM).
Heri Retnawati
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental Efficiency in Germany: The Role of Renewable Energy R&D, Labor Productivity, Fossil Fuel Inefficiency, and Energy Efficiency Investments

open access: yesNatural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the determinants of environmental efficiency in Germany between 1990 and 2022, focusing on labor productivity, green R&D productivity, fossil fuel inefficiency, and energy efficiency R&D expenditures. Using the Inverse Load Capacity Factor per unit of GDP as an indicator of environmental efficiency, the analysis utilizes ...
Mustafa Naimoğlu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microscopic predictions of fission yields based on the time dependent GCM formalism

open access: yesEPJ Web of Conferences, 2016
Accurate knowledge of fission fragment yields is an essential ingredient of numerous applications ranging from the formation of elements in the r-process to fuel cycle optimization in nuclear energy.
Regnier D.   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Comparison of Logistic Regression Models for DIF Detection in Polytomous Items: The Effect of Small Sample Sizes and Non-Normality of Ability Distributions

open access: yesInternational Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2016
This study investigated the effectiveness of logistic regression models to detect uniform and non-uniform DIF in polytomous items across small sample sizes and non-normality of ability distributions.
M. David Miller   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Heatwave‐Resilient Cuticular Microbiota Protect the Leaf Beetle Plagiodera versicolora From Fungal Infection

open access: yesIntegrative Zoology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The increasing frequency and intensity of heatwaves—extreme thermal events characterized by prolonged supra‐optimal temperatures—exert profound impacts on global ecosystem stability and species interactions. While the disruptive effects of thermal stress on host physiology and gut microbiota are well documented, the role of cuticular ...
Jiyu Wu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Capturing Children's Voices in Healthcare: Development of the PREM‐Ped Questionnaire

open access: yesActa Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim Patient‐reported experience measures (PREMs) capture how care is experienced and are essential quality indicators in paediatric healthcare, supporting children's right to be heard. Compared with patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs), which assess health status and well‐being, PREMs are less developed, particularly for children.
E. Broström   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social entrepreneurial intention from a gender perspective: An analysis of students at the University of Huelva, Spain

open access: yesAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study starts from the hypothesis that the intention towards social entrepreneurship is stronger in women than in men. It was carried out under a quantitative focus, with an exploratory‐descriptive and correlative design, based on a sample of 1900 students at the University of Huelva. Participants completed structured questionnaires.
Carla Carrillo Cuevas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the trajectories of boredom: Revisiting overchallenged and underchallenged profiles in primary school mathematics

open access: yesBritish Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Numerous studies have demonstrated the importance of academic emotions for learning, with boredom attracting significant attention due to its frequent occurrence in school life and the increasing evidence of its negative effects on academic results and motivation. Aims Building on Schwartze et al. (2024), this study examined whether
Jelena Radišić   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

IRT‐based response style models and related methodology: Review and commentary

open access: yesBritish Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract We provide a review and commentary on recent methodological research related to item response theory (IRT) modelling of response styles in psychological measurement. Our review describes the different categories of IRT models that have been proposed, their associated assumptions and extensions, and the varying purposes they can serve.
Daniel M. Bolt, Lionel Meng
wiley   +1 more source

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