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Modeling and parameter estimation for fractional large‐scale interconnected Hammerstein systems

Asian Journal of Control, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper addresses the challenge of modeling and identifying large‐scale interconnected systems exhibiting memory effects, hereditary properties, and non‐local interactions. We propose a fractional‐order extension of the Hammerstein architecture that incorporates Grünwald–Letnikov operators to capture complex dynamics through multiple ...
Mourad Elloumi, Omar Naifar, Imed Bouzida   +2 more
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Development of an Islamic Temporal Focus Scale: Factorial Analysis, Validity, and Reliability

Islamic Guidance and Counseling Journal
This study aimed to collect the largest possible number of items from the Islamic literature. The validity of these items was verified by a sample of experts and academics (N=21).
Basim Aldahadha, Mohammad Al Dwakat
doaj   +1 more source

Psychometric validation of the Sexual Knowledge and Attitudes Test –Adolescents (SKAT-A) in an Iranian sample

Cogent Psychology, 2019
A rise in sexually transmitted diseases and liberalization of sexual attitudes has encouraged several Islamic countries to actively pursue sexual education programs.
Mahsa Motedayen, Seyed Mohammad Kalantarkousheh, Lawrence M. Scheier, Martin Komarc   +3 more
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On the importance of including both sexes in animal studies – insights from home‐cage monitoring

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A review of behavioural studies using home‐cage monitoring (HCM) systems revealed that over 61% of studies used only male subjects, with only 24% including both sexes, despite evidence of substantial behavioural differences between male and female animals. This bias could influence the outcomes of biomedical research.
Maša Čater, Adam Dušek, Aleksandra Bartelik, Silvia Mandillo, Elisabetta Golini, Mara Rigamonti, Rasneer Sonia Bains, Hamish Forrest, Marion Rivalan, Melissa Long, Anna Kiryk, Lars Lewejohann, Nuno Henrique Franco   +12 more
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The structural validity of the innovative work behaviour questionnaire: Comparing competing factorial models

The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, 2019
Background: Innovation is about central organisational sustainability and is fundamentally centred in individuals. Objectives: Understanding and building theory on innovative work behaviour (IWB), as well as the parallel measurement thereof, is a ...
Renier Steyn, Gideon de Bruin
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Designing Intelligent Factory: Conceptual Framework and Empirical Validation

Procedia Computer Science, 2016
AbstractThis paper presents a framework for monitoring, analysing and decision making for a smart manufacturing environment. We maintain that this approach could play a vital role in developing an architecture and implementation of Industry 4.0. The proposed model has features like experience based knowledge representation and semantic analysis of ...
Syed Imran Shafiq, Gorka Vélez, Carlos Toro 0001, Cesar Sanín, Edward Szczerbicki   +4 more
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Reciprocity on the Edge of Distance Paradox: How Sustainability Motives and Hypocrisy Shape Consumer Responses to Nearshoring

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite growing interest in corporate relocation decisions and sustainability, the existing literature is limited in its consumer‐centric approach. Integrating social exchange theory and construal level theory, this research investigates how consumers perceive sustainability‐driven nearshoring motives (i.e., socio‐economic vs.
Cagla Dayangan, Nilay Bıçakcıoğlu‐Peynirci, Ozge Ozgen   +2 more
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Psychometric examination and factorial validity of a German short form of the Beck Hopelessness Scale in three different samples

Journal of Affective Disorders Reports
Background: Hopelessness is a transdiagnostically relevant clinical construct, related to depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidality. Economic, valid, and reliable assessment of hopelessness is thus crucial for both research and clinical ...
T. Forkmann, J. Eimen, L. Plein, I. Höller, L. Böhler, A. Schönfelder, N. Hallensleben, D. Schreiber, L. Paashaus, G. Juckel, T. Teismann, H. Glaesmer, L. Spangenberg   +12 more
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Prosumers and Sustainable Market Governance: Development of the Community‐Oriented Marketing Approach Scale

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research develops and empirically validates the Community‐Oriented Marketing Approach (COMA), a 20‐item multidimensional scale designed to measure prosumer perceptions within participatory market systems. COMA conceptualizes prosumers as active co‐value creators and institutional agents, driving sustainable market governance.
Alpaslan Kelleci, Oguzhan Essiz
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Operationalizing Circular Supply Chain Management: Scale Development and Empirical Validation

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study addresses the conceptual fragmentation and the lack of a measurement tool in circular supply chain management (CSCM), a field in which confusion with traditional sustainability strategies limits operational progress. The objective is to develop and validate a measurement instrument capable of capturing the transition toward the ...
José Moyano‐Fuentes, Sebastián Bruque‐Cámara, Noelia García‐Buendía, María Isabel Roldán‐Bravo, Diéssica de Oliveira‐Dias, Juan Manuel Maqueira‐Marín   +5 more
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