For more than four decades, behavioral intervention programs informed by psychology have been employed to increase pro-environmental behaviors. However, there has been little evidence for the post-intervention durability of target behaviors. The few...
Shear failure of non-persistent joints represents a significant contributing factor to rock mass instability. Since non-persistent joints have various parameter characteristics, it is of great practical importance to explore shear behavior with diffe...
Background/Objectives: Persistent postural–perceptual dizziness (PPPD) and anxiety disorder (AD) share overlapping clinical features that make differentiation with conventional assessments challenging. This study examined whether virtual realit...
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are posing major environmental and health threats due to their stability, ubiquity, and bioaccumulation. Most of the numerous studies of these compounds deal with single chemicals, although real exposures always c...
Gender disparities in STEM education continue to shape students’ academic persistence and career development. Identifying how psychological and contextual factors operate differently for male and female students is essential for understanding t...
Trend detection in observations helps one to identify anthropogenic forces on natural hydrological and climatic systems. Hydrometeorological data are often persistent over time that deviates from the assumption of independence used by many statistica...
The geometrical and mechanical properties of non-persistent joints as well as the mechanical behavior of intact rock (rock bridges) are significantly effective in the shear strength of weakness planes containing non-persistent joints. Therefore, comp...
Grounded in Self-Determination Theory (SDT), this study tested the hypothesis that body image perception delineates distinct motivational pathways, linking the perceived interpersonal style of exercise professionals to basic psychological needs, moti...
In education, several studies have tried to track student persistence (i.e., students’ ability to keep on working on the assigned tasks) using different definitions and self-reported data. However, self-reported metrics may be limited, and currently,...
A significant proportion of patients who sustain a concussion/mild traumatic brain injury endorse persisting, lingering symptoms. The symptoms associated with concussion are nonspecific, and many other medical conditions present with similar symptoms...
The efficacy, safety, and cost of medication are the major concerns for a patient; thus, this research addresses factors that influence the physician’s prescription behavior. The objective of the undertaken study is the empirical testing of a n...
Drug resistance, a major challenge in cancer therapy, is typically attributed to mutations and genetic heterogeneity. Emerging evidence suggests that dynamic cellular interactions and group behavior also contribute to drug resistance. However, the un...
Anatomical abnormalities in octopuses, whose behavior is facilitated by flexible, neuron-rich arms, offer insights into life histories and the neurological implications of understudied conditions such as bifurcation. Although documentation is scarce,...
Social media engagement drives both individual behavior and content dissemination, yet traditional analytics often reduce interactions to simple counts, obscuring the complex structures underlying user activity. In the highly competitive digital land...
Understanding the factors contributing to the persistence and retention of students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is among the main issues of concern within STEM post-secondary education. The literature suggests that tea...
To seek stochastic analogies in key processes related to the hydrological cycle, an extended collection of several billions of data values from hundred thousands of worldwide stations is used in this work. The examined processes are the near-surface...
Background: Functional dizziness and persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD) involve mutually reinforcing vestibular symptoms and anxiety. Non-pharmacological interventions, such as vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) and cognitive behavi...
In recent years, advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks have become a significant network security threat due to their concealment and persistence. Correlation analysis of APT groups is vital for understanding the global network security landscape...
3 November 2022
Prior research shows that individuals who have exhibited antisocial behavior are in poorer health than their same-aged peers. A major driver of poor health is aging itself, yet research has not investigated relationships between offending trajectorie...
1 September 2022
As a major neonicotinoid insecticide, thiacloprid (THCP) is frequently detected in aquatic environments worldwide due to its heavy use, posing potential threats to aquatic organisms. In this study, zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos were exposed to THCP...
This paper analyzes the stochastic properties in clinical disorders to understand how they have manifested in consumer sentiment in the USA since 1990. The results obtained via fractional integration methodologies exhibit a high degree of persistence...
We sought to identify specific profiles of new lipid-lowering drug users based on adherence to a healthy lifestyle and persistence with medication, and to characterize co-morbidities, co-treatments, and healthcare utilization for each of the profiles...
During the last several years, the Internet of Things (IoT), fog computing, computer security, and cyber-attacks have all grown rapidly on a large scale. Examples of IoT include mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones. Attacks can take place t...
Background/Objectives: Chronic craniofacial inflammation is recognized as a factor in anxiety-like behaviors, yet effective therapeutic options remain limited. Agmatine, a dietary bioactive compound found in fermented foods such as sake lees, exhibit...
23 February 2023
Polychlorinated diphenyl ethers (PCDEs) are a class of synthetic halogenated aromatic compounds, which have gradually attracted widespread attention due to potential environmental risks to humans and ecosystems. This paper presents a literature revie...
For jointed rock mass with anisotropy and discontinuity, the structure of the surrounding rock is constantly developing and changing during tunnel excavation. It is difficult to reasonably predict localized deformation of jointed rock mass by using t...
Dietary contaminants are often an over-looked factor in the health of zebrafish. Typically, water is considered to be the source for most contaminants, especially within an aquatic environment. For this reason, source water for zebrafish recirculatin...
We study the microstructural properties and state of hydration of aqueous low-molecular-weight poly(N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate) (PDMAEMA) solutions and their dependence on polymer concentration and pH by means of detailed atomistic Molecular...
The current study evaluated the effects of quality of reinforcement on the resurgence of target behavior responding. We defined higher- or lower-quality stimuli in terms of reinforcer potency, and specifically by the identified extent to which a rein...
Pediatric chronic pain is common and can result in substantial long-term disability. Previous studies on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) have shown promising results in improving functioning in affected children, but more research is still ur...
Vegetation is an important part of terrestrial ecosystems. Although vegetation dynamics have explicit spatial and temporal dimensions, the study of the temporal process is in its infancy. Evaluation of temporal scaling behavior could provide a unique...
The recent advances in sensing technologies, embedded systems, and wireless communication technologies, make it possible to develop smart systems to monitor human activities continuously. The occupancy of specific areas or rooms in a smart building i...
Many of the almost 300 species of arthropod-pathogenic fungi in the Entomophthoromycotina (Zoopagomycota) are known for being quite host-specific and are able to cause epizootics. Most species produce two main types of spores, conidia and resting spo...
In January 2023, Wikipedia introduced its most significant user interface (UI) redesign in over a decade, aiming to improve readability, accessibility, and navigation across devices. Despite the scale of this change, little empirical work has assesse...
Discontinuities mainly control the mechanical behavior of rock mass and cause a significant reduction in the rock mass strength. Joint persistency and joint infill conditions are considered the most significant joint parameters that control the mecha...
Background/Objectives: Regular physical exercise conditioning attenuates nociceptive responses. However, it remains unclear whether physical exercise performed before local inflammation exerts prolonged preventive effects. This study determined wheth...
Persistent pain after breast cancer treatment (PPBCT) is highly prevalent. Psychological factors such as anxiety and pain worry are associated with increased prevalence of PPBCT. Perioperative psychological interventions may mitigate the risk for PPB...
The prevalence of zero-leverage firms is a puzzle in corporate finance. We analyze the acquisition behavior of zero-leverage firms and offer a new venue to the studies on zero-leverage puzzle and the interdependence of capital structures and investme...
The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic is not limited to human lives and health sectors. It has also changed social and economic aspects of the world. This study investigated the Islamic stock market’s reaction and changes in volatility before and du...
This study evaluated the effects of teaching multiple alternative responses on the resurgence of a target response and the persistence of an alternative response in an applied setting. Using a between-participants design, we examined how teaching mul...
Bifurcations in dynamical systems characterize qualitative changes in the system behavior. Therefore, their detection is important because they can signal the transition from normal system operation to imminent failure. In an experimental setting, th...
Long-term cross-correlational structures are examined for pairs of sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTAs) and advective forcing parameters and sea surface height anomalies (SSHAs) and current velocity anomalies (CVAs) in the East/Japan Sea (EJS);...
Quantum circuit simulation is usually evaluated through final numerical accuracy, while the dynamics of stochastic execution itself are less explicitly characterized. This work presents a precision-elastic persistent stochastic execution framework ba...
Chat-based social engineering (CSE) attacks are attracting increasing attention in the Small-Medium Enterprise (SME) environment, given the ease and potential impact of such an attack. During a CSE attack, malicious users will repeatedly use linguist...
Over the last decades, drinking water and energy use have increased exponentially. To preserve ecosystems in the long term, a change in behavior is necessary on all levels of society including on the household level. This paper presents an integrated...
Background: This study examined demographic, school, behavioral, social, and academic factors associated with adolescent mental health and assessed in an exploratory analysis whether the association between academic performance and persistent sadness...
Same-sex sexual behavior is an enigma in behavioral ecology as it does not result in reproduction. Previous studies on the evolution of same-sex sexual behavior have primarily focused on factors such as recognition mechanisms, resource constraints, a...
This paper presents a controlled comparative evaluation of SQL and NoSQL persistence mechanisms in containerized microservice architectures under variable workload conditions. Three persistence configurations—SQL with indexing, SQL without inde...
Obesity is a major public health concern influenced not only by individual lifestyle choices but also by social interactions and environmental conditions. However, deterministic obesity models may not adequately capture the uncertainty associated wit...
Behavioral addiction in digital environments is an increasingly relevant neurobehavioral phenomenon characterized by persistent engagement with high-frequency, algorithmically optimized reward stimuli. Although neural correlates of addictive behavior...
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