The model for measuring the Quality of Sustainability Reporting and Determinants: Application Analytic Network Process Fuzzy DEMATEL-Based Technique [PDF]
Sustainability reporting is an important tool for decreasing information asymmetry, according to the stakeholders' demands for transparency. On the other hand, increasing transparency allows investors to have more appropriate evaluations of firms ...
Habib Esmaeilzadeh +3 more
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Abstract. This paper presents a framework for considering quality control of volunteered geographic information (VGI). Different issues need to be considered during the conception, acquisition and post-acquisition phases of VGI creation. This includes items such as collecting metadata on the volunteer, providing suitable training, giving corrective ...
Fonte, C. C. +7 more
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Increased amino acid turnover and myofibrillar protein breakdown in advanced cancer are associated with muscle weakness and impaired physical function [PDF]
Muscle wasting in cancer negatively affects physical function and quality of life. This study investigates amino acid metabolism and the association with muscle mass and function in patients with cancer.In 16 patients with advanced cancer undergoing ...
Deutz, Nicolaas E P +3 more
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Vaccines have been a key tool in stemming the tide of the COVID-19 pandemic. The rapid development of effective vaccines against COVID-19, together with their regulatory approval and wide scale distribution has been achieved in an impressively short ...
Catherine Milne +7 more
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The quality of life in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy [PDF]
We conducted a study to evaluate the quality of life in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy aged 8–18 years, compared with that in matched healthy controls. A total of 85 boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy aged 8–18 years and 136 age, sex and living
Ashrafi, M.R. +10 more
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Producer nutritional quality controls ecosystem trophic structure. [PDF]
Trophic structure, or the distribution of biomass among producers and consumers, determines key ecosystem values, such as the abundance of infectious, harvestable or conservation target species, and the storage and cycling of carbon and nutrients.
Just Cebrian +6 more
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Impact of Agency Costs on the Relationship between Internal Control Quality and Earnings Management [PDF]
According to the statement of Tehran Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO), reporting important weaknesses of internal controls and designing an effective system of internal control are necessary in achieving micro and macro goals of company.
Mahdi Faghani (Ph.D), Hadi Pahlavan
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Development of Advanced Smart Ventilation Controls for Residential Applications
This study examined the use of zoned ventilation systems using a coupled CONTAM/EnergyPlus model for new California dwellings. Several smart control strategies were developed with a target of halving ventilation-related energy use, largely through ...
Iain Walker +3 more
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Pharmacology of Recombinant Adeno-associated Virus Production
Recombinant adeno-associated viral (rAAV) vectors have been used in more than 150 clinical trials with a good safety profile and significant clinical benefit in many genetic diseases.
Magalie Penaud-Budloo +3 more
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Methylation age acceleration does not predict mortality in schizophrenia. [PDF]
Schizophrenia (SCZ) is associated with high mortality. DNA methylation levels vary over the life course, and pre-selected combinations of methylation array probes can be used to estimate "methylation age" (mAge). mAge correlates highly with chronological
Burrage, Joe +7 more
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