The impact of obesity: a narrative review by Benjamin Chih Chiang Lam, Amanda Yuan Ling Lim, Soo Ling Chan, Mabel Po Shan Yum, Natalie Si Ya Koh, Eric Andrew Finkelstein

“…In summary, obesity is strongly related to >50 medical conditions, with many of them having evidence from Mendelian randomisation studies to support causality. The clinical, social and economic burdens of obesity are considerable, with these burdens potentially impacting future generations as well. …”
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Corporate Social Performance and Financial Performance in Brazilian Companies: Analysis of the Influence of Disclosure by Anderson Felipe Aedo Pereira, Fabrício Stocker, Keysa Manuela Cunha de Mascena, João Maurício Gama Boaventura

“…The results show that there is a positive and significant relationship between CSP and CFP in both directions of causality; however, it was found that the disclosure of sustainability reports does not intensify or alter the relationship between these performance variables.…”
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Efficient Cause as Paradigm? From Suárez to Clauberg by Nabeel Hamid

“…This paper critiques a narrative concerning causality in later scholasticism due to, among others, Des Chene (1996), Carraud (2002), Schmaltz (2008), Schmid (2010), and Pasnau (2011). …”
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Second Order Coherence: A new way of looking at incoherence in texts by Ib Ulbaek

“…First order coherence is the usual concept of coherence: sentences are connected by cohesive links and related by causality, time etc. Second order coherence is a way of organizing text by using incoherence as a way of organizing text into chunks of coherent parts. …”
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User-centric energy efficiency fairness in backscatter-assisted wireless powered communication network by Yinghui YE, Liqin SHI, Guangyue LU

“…In order to address the unfair user-centric energy efficiency (EE) problem caused by channel difference in the backscatter-assisted wireless powered communication network,a resource allocation scheme was proposed.Firstly,a mixed integer nonconvex fractional programming problem was formulated to maximize the minimum user-centric EE,subject to the quality of service and energy-causality constraints.Based on the generalized fractional programming theory,the original problem was transformed into a mixed integer nonconvex subtraction problem.With the aid of the slack variable,the proof by contradiction,the auxiliary variable and the mixed integer nonconvex subtraction problem were further transformed into an equivalent convex problem.Finally,an iterative algorithm was proposed to obtain the optimal solutions.Computer simulations validated the quick convergence of the proposed iterative algorithm,and that the developed resource allocation scheme efficiently guarantees the fairness among users in terms of EE.…”
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Good Practices in Empirical Corporate Finance and Accounting Research by Marek Gruszczyński

“…All considerations are rooted in financial microeconometrics, the field for examining both practical and theoretical questions of applying econometric techniques in corporate finance and accounting research based on the use of microdata (Gruszczyński 2018a).Two major parts of the paper include: (1) discussion of the typical drawbacks in applying regression-type models, like causality vs. correlation, selection of explanatory variables and endogeneity, and (2) list of good practices in microeconometric applications to corporate finance and accounting research, based on Faff (2017), Kennedy (2002), Adams (2017), Hyndman (robjhyndman.com/) and author’s own experience.Catalogue of good practices in microeconometric applications to corporate finance and accounting may serve as the checklist for students and researchers.…”
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Futuros en contrapunto: proyección, predicción y deseo en maya yucateco by Valentina Vapnarsky

“…Through a situated analysis of the use of these prospective forms, this paper attempts to elucidate how Maya interlocutors, in more or less ordinary everyday activities and circumstances, contrast forms of instigation and control, engagement and disengagement, as well as necessary or intentional causality. The ultimate aim is to reveal Maya typified stances in relation to the future, and show how these connect with temporal, intersubjective, epistemic and agentive frames.…”
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TRIPLE DEFICIT PRESSURE INDEX AND ESTIMATION OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS: THE CASE OF TURKEY by Murat Akkaya

“…In addition, there is one-way Granger causality for the Trıple Defıcıt Pressure Index.…”
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The Visible Aspect of Things: Towards a Synchronic Reading of Donald Barthelme by Surya Bowyer

“…In questioning the significance of causality, this mode of reading has wider implications insofar as it challenges the typical view that the short story should be approached as a form that is driven by narrative.…”
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Vector Bond Graph Method for the Computer Modeling and Kineto-static Analysis of a Single-DOF Double Crank Six-bar Press Mechanism by Wang Zhongshuang, Yin Jiuzheng, Gao Mengqi

“…By the effective method， all the energy storage elements of the mechanism vector bond graph posses integral causality. As a result， the algebraic difficulty of computer modeling for mechanism kineto-static analysis is solved. …”
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Influence of Industrialisation on Economic Growth: A Case Study of Mbarara City. by Agaba, Gordon

“…This research examined the impact of industrialization on economic growth and the effects of exchange rates and interest rates on economic growth using several econometrics methods: Pairwise Granger causality tests; The lagged error mechanism ECM; Serial correlation; Johansen co-integration. …”
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Investigating The Influence of Conformity and Fanaticism on Bullying Dynamics by Agus Mulyana, Anwar Supenawinata, Muhamad Fasha Kurnia

“…Therefore, this research aimed to investigate the influence of conformity and fanaticism on incidents of bullying among supporters of the Persib Bandung football team. A quantitative causality approach was used, with data analysis executed through multiple regression to obtain 349 respondents. …”
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Filiation et novum temporel : le cas d’Interstellar et d’Arrival by Simon Bréan

“…Our objective here will be to determine in what way the dynamics of filiation – privileged links between a father and his daughter for Interstellar, between a mother and her daughter for Arrival – becomes an essential instrument for the comprehension of temporal displacements, by the characters themselves, but also and above all for the reception and the intelligibility of the paradoxical causality implemented, by the spectators. In these two films, the relationship to time is discreetly linked to the metaphor of emotional memory. …”
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Iklim Organisasi sebagai Moderator antara Goal Orientation terhadap Organizational Withdrawal Behavior by Tasya Augustiya, Tahrir Tahrir, Ambar Sulianti

“…The research design used causality quantitative method. The sampling technique used population with the total of 207 members of Student Press in a university in Bandung. …”
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THE MECHANISM OF THE ENTERPRISE’S ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR: ELEMENTS AND MODELS by Су Жуй

“…Within the framework of this work, the local mechanism of managing the economic behavior of the enterprise in the long-term planning horizon was investigated using the Granger causality test, impulse analysis and dispersion decomposition. …”
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DOES HEALTH EXPENDITURE IMPACTS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA? by BENEDICT AZU, SHEDRACK ONYEKA AGBOBU

“…This could be as a result of the general consensus that economic growth leads to improved health status while the attention was not given to whether causality exists in the reverse direction. This study is carried out to breach this gap. …”
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Toy Models of Universe with an Effective Varying Λ-Term in Lyra Manifold by Martiros Khurshudyan

“…Observational constraints are applied and causality issue via CS2 is discussed as a possible way to either reject or accept the models.…”
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Analyzing gravastar structure with the Finch-Skea metric in extended modified symmetric teleparallel gravity by Iqra Ibrar, M. Sharif

“…The model's stability is studied through the effective potential, redshift, causality conditions and adiabatic index. Our results highlight the essential role of modified gravity in maintaining the structural viability and stability of gravastars.…”
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The Influence of Financial Development on Wealth Inequality in Capitalism: Fresh Evidence From Emerging Countries by Orhan Cengiz, Müge Manga

“…We also found a two-way causality relationship between FD and WI, EG and WI, and WI and TO. …”
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VECM Model Analysis of Carbon Emissions, GDP, and International Crude Oil Prices by Xiaohua Zou

“…This paper adopted time series vector error correction model (VECM) approach to conduct stationarity test, cointegration test, stability test, and Granger causality test. The results indicated that, no matter in the short term or long term, oil price fluctuation is the reason why carbon emissions change, while the GDP fluctuation is not the reason for the growth of carbon emissions. …”
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