Achieving agricultural sustainability: analyzing the impact of digital financial inclusion on agricultural green total factor productivity by Ming Xu, Ming Xu, Lidong Shi, Jiahui Zhao, Yili Zhang, Ting Lei, Yang Shen

“…Then the entropy method was used to measure the basic condition of digital logistics. Finally, causal relationship and potential mechanism of DFI on AGTFP were verified by means of bidirectional fixed effect and two-stage least square method.ResultsOur findings are as follows: firstly, DFl significantly increases AGTFP. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Hermetic Storage Technology on Storage Quantity and Post-Harvest Storage Losses Among Smallholding Maize Farmers in Nepal by Deepak Kumar Nepali, Keshav Lall Maharjan

“…Studies suggest that hermetic storage technology reduces post-harvest storage losses, improves grain quality, and enhances food security. However, weak causal evidence is prevalent due to confounding and endogeneity issues in such studies. …”
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An Adaptive EEG Feature Extraction Method Based on Stacked Denoising Autoencoder for Mental Fatigue Connectivity by Zhongliang Yu, Lili Li, Wenwei Zhang, Hangyuan Lv, Yun Liu, Umair Khalique

“…The proposed method has been applied on the analysis of mental fatigue connectivity. The causal connectivity among the frontal, motor, parietal, and visual areas under the awake, fatigue, and sleep deprivation conditions has been analyzed, and different patterns of connectivity between conditions have been revealed. …”
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Corrosion-induced thickness diminution of an ageing bulk carrier by Nataša Kovač, Špiro Ivošević, Nikola Momčilović

“…This approach aims to enhance the understanding of the causal relationship between corrosion processes and structural performance, contributing to the development of sustainable design practices in the maritime industry.…”
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Natural resources heterogeneity and environmental sustainability in G20 nations: post-COP28 analysis by Abdulrahman Alomair, Ridwan Lanre Ibrahim, Ridwan Lanre Ibrahim, Abdulaziz S. Al Naim

“…Additionally, two channels of causalities, including unidirectional and bidirectional nexuses, are apparent from the estimated model. …”
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Combining Bayesian Networks and MCDA methods to maximise information gain during reconnaissance in emergency situations by Daniel Lichte

“…This is done by discovering the location of fire and any hazardous materials through causal inferences automatically calculated by the Bayesian network. …”
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Diaporthaceae associated with root and crown rot of maize by S.C. Lamprecht, P.W. Crous, J.Z. Groenewald, Y.T. Tewoldemedhin, W.F.O. Marasas

“…Although species of Stenocarpella are well-known as causal agents of cob and stalk rot and leaf blight of maize in South Africa, the occurrence and importance of P. ambiguum is less well documented and understood. …”
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Dual Role Conflict and Resilience of Working Mothers During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Siti Rohmaturrosyidah Ratnawati, Restu Yulia Hidayatul Umah

“…The results showed that: 1) all eight working mothers experienced dual role conflict in the form of time-based conflict and strain-based conflict, especially during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic; 2) efforts that have been made by working mothers to be resilient in undergoing both roles during the Covid-19 pandemic represent seven aspects of forming individual resilience, namely, emotion regulation, impulse control, causal analysis, self-efficacy, optimism, empathy, and reaching out. …”
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Russian industry intellectualization development: Strategic approach by L. S. Zelentsova, V. F. Ukolov, A. I. Tikhonov

“…The hypothesis of the study is based on the problem of low efficiency of implementing existing strategies of sectoral development and production digitalization processes, the causal result of which is inconsistency and imbalance of their development in time due to the lack of common views, common standards, and common space of information and communication interaction. …”
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THE CORRELATION BEETWEEN MOTHER'S NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND PARITY WITH THE INCIDENT OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT (LBW) AT A PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER SURABAYA by Fransiska Niken Hapsari, Astika Gita Ningrum, Muhammad Ardian Cahya Laksana, Widati Fatmaningrum

“…Nutritional status and parity are two of the many risk factors for LBW. Knowing the causal relationship with the occurrence of LBW is important to do at the public Health Center as a first step in preventing LBW in the future. …”
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Promotion of physical activity-related health competence using digital workplace-based health promotion: a pilot study for office workers by Leonard Oppermann, Marie-Luise Dierks

“…Future research should utilize a randomized controlled design to be able to causally attribute the effects of PA interventions in office workers to the intervention and objective measurements for HEPA should be employed.…”
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IT GOVERNANCE IN THE BANKING SECTOR: EVIDENCE FROM ITALY, GERMANY, FRANCE AND SPAIN by Ida Claudia Panetta, Sabrina Leo, Fabrizio Santoboni, Gianfranco Vento

“…Recurring to IT governance transparency, as a key mechanism of corporate governance, we: i) elaborate an original IT governance framework; ii) perform a content analysis on banks public disclosure and a selected number of supervisors’ official documents (2008-2015) to build up IT governance indices; iii) run a multidimensional analysis to detect causal relationships between variables. Our analysis indicates that differences in the level of IT governance disclosure are bank specific and not related to country’s institutional settings; we also observed an increasing consistent attention  of both supervisors and banks to IT issues starting from 2013. …”
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Social interaction and successful aging in elderly with chronic diseases by Gusti Sumarsih, Windy Freska, Tasya Desriza, Bingar Hernowo

“…This study aims to analyze the impact of social interaction on successful aging among elderly people visiting the Andalas Health Center in Padang City. A causal-comparative design with a cross-sectional approach was used, involving 266 elderly individuals who visited the health center between May and June 2023. …”
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IT GOVERNANCE IN THE BANKING SECTOR: EVIDENCE FROM ITALY, GERMANY, FRANCE AND SPAIN by Ida Claudia Panetta, Sabrina Leo, Fabrizio Santoboni, Gianfranco Vento

“…Recurring to IT governance transparency, as a key mechanism of corporate governance, we: i) elaborate an original IT governance framework; ii) perform a content analysis on banks public disclosure and a selected number of supervisors’ official documents (2008-2015) to build up IT governance indices; iii) run a multidimensional analysis to detect causal relationships between variables. Our analysis indicates that differences in the level of IT governance disclosure are bank specific and not related to country’s institutional settings; we also observed an increasing consistent attention  of both supervisors and banks to IT issues starting from 2013. …”
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Association between living arrangements, social support, and depression among middle-aged and older adults: a mediation analysis from the CHARLS survey by Fenghua Jin, Yixuan Hu

“…Associations between living arrangements and social support or depression were assessed by multivariable logistic regression models. Causal mediation analysis under a counterfactual framework was employed to evaluate the mediation effect of social support in the association between living arrangements and depression, which was performed by fitting two logistic regression models. …”
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Does improving sleep lead to better mental health? A protocol for a meta-analytic review of randomised controlled trials by Georgina Rowse, Alexander J Scott, Thomas L Webb

“…Although sleep has been traditionally conceptualised as a secondary consequence of mental health problems, contemporary views prescribe a more influential, causal role of sleep in the formation and maintenance of mental health problems. …”
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Variables associated with environmental scanning among clinicians at substance abuse treatment clinics by Alison L. Koch, Cynthia L. Arfken, Marcus W. Dickson, Elizabeth Agius, & Jacqueline K. Mitchelson

“…</b> : Individual and organizational level variables were found to be associated with higher levels of environmental scanning activity. Although the causal directions of these associations are not known, the findings suggest ways to increase environmental scanning among clinicians.…”
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Environmental Influences on Young Adult Male Height. A Comparison of Town and Countryside in the Netherlands, 1815-1900 by Jan Kok, Erik Beekink, David Bijsterbosch

“…But how was urban residence connected to height? Causal mechanisms can include disease environment related to crowdedness, food availability or the nature of urban versus rural work. …”
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The interplay of perceived benefit, perceived risk, and trust in Fintech adoption: Insights from Sub-Saharan Africa by Thomas Appiah, Veronica Venyo Agblewornu

“…The FSQCA results confirm the principle of equifinality as there are multiple causal configurations that can lead to high Fintech adoption. …”
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A systematic literature review on combined seawater desalination and reverse electrodialysis: Evaluating its technological readiness and potential for full-commercialization by Marijn T. van Geet, Janina Fuchs

“…The technological immaturity of combined seawater desalination and reverse electrodialysis technology is one of the prime reasons for the low power density and energy efficiency, which in turn has a causal relationship with the high costs associated with the technology. …”
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