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A tutorial for understanding SEM using R: Where do all the numbers come from?

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Structural equation modeling (SEM) is often seen as a complex and difficult method, especially for those who want to understand how the numbers in SEM software output are actually computed. Although many open‐source SEM tools are now available—especially in the R programming environment—looking into their source code to understand the ...
Yves Rosseel, Marc Vidal
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Wuling San Based on Network Pharmacology and in vivo Evidence Against Hyperuricemia via Improving Oxidative Stress and Inhibiting Inflammation

Drug Design, Development and Therapy, 2023
Jing Huang, Zhijian Lin, Yu Wang, Xueli Ding, Bing Zhang School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Bing Zhang, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of ...
Huang J, Lin Z, Wang Y, Ding X, Zhang B
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Taxing windfall money: A quasi‐experimental study

Contemporary Economic Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines individuals' reaction to windfall income taxation. We take advantage of similar tax reforms on lottery winnings in Portugal and Spain in 2013 to study effects on lottery participation in both countries. Using a Synthetic Difference in Differences approach on a database of 348 draws from EuroMillions, our results indicate ...
Álvaro Muñiz‐Fernández, Levi Pérez
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Financial Statement Readability and Firm Debt Choice

Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Examining more than 16,000 firm‐year observations in the United States, we provide novel evidence showing that higher financial statement readability leads to a decrease in information asymmetry and the need for external monitoring, thereby reducing the reliance on bank debt relative to public debt.
Wajih Abbassi, Hamdi Ben‐Nasr, Sabri Boubaker, Arman Eshraghi   +3 more
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Effects of atypical water-level fluctuations on macrophyte species composition, ecological structure, and identification of water-level Indicator Species for coastal wetlands

Ecological Indicators
Unlike the historical 8-year period oscillations (octennia) of high and low water levels (WLs), Lakes Huron-Michigan recently experienced two octennia of sustained-low WLs (1999 to 2014), followed by an octennium of continuously high WLs.
Danielle Sylvia Montocchio, Patricia Chow-Fraser   +1 more
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Bank IPOs and Regulations: Cross‐Country Evidence

Financial Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present paper investigates the effect of banking industry regulations on bank initial public offering (IPO) underpricing. We approach this question from both a micro‐level and macro‐level regulatory perspective. First, we conduct our analysis within a micro framework, focusing on the effect of disclosure rules on IPO underpricing.
Maria‐Eleni K. Agoraki, Dimitrios Gounopoulos, Georgios P. Kouretas   +2 more
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Expectations for Families to Care for Older Adults in the United States: Rapid Scoping Review 2011–2023

Journal of Family Theory &Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the population ages and families become increasingly diverse, more work is needed to understand expectations for families to care for older adults. In this review, we discuss the theoretical frameworks and conceptualizations used to study care expectations, summarize overarching findings about theories of care expectations and corresponding
Sarah E. Patterson, Adriana Reyes, Huijing Wu, Emily M. Agree, Sung S. Park, Amilcar Matos‐Moreno, Gabriella Oudsema   +6 more
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Wulingsan Alleviates MAFLD by Activating Autophagy via Regulating the AMPK/mTOR/ULK1 Signaling Pathway

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Here, we presented the study of the molecular mechanisms underlying the action of Wulingsan (WLS) in rats with metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) induced by a high-fat diet (HFD).
Yaning Biao, Dantong Li, Yixin Zhang, Jingmiao Gao, Yi Xiao, Zehe Yu, Li Li   +6 more
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Factor Analysis of Ordinal Items: Old Questions, Modern Solutions?

Stats
Factor analysis, a staple of correlational psychology, faces challenges with ordinal variables like Likert scales. The validity of traditional methods, particularly maximum likelihood (ML), is debated.
João Marôco
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Nonresponse Bias in Household Inflation Expectations Surveys

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper uses microdata from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's Household Inflation Expectations survey to evaluate the effects of nonresponses to the inflation expectations question in the survey. We find nonresponses lead to substantial underrepresentation of some demographic groups in the survey: young, female, low‐income, and minority ...
MELTEM CHADWICK, RENNAE CHERRY, JAQUESON K. GALIMBERTI   +2 more
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