The Internet-Based Business Model and Corporate Risk-Taking: An Empirical Study from the Information Empowerment Perspective by Lei Li, Shuili Yang

“…Overall, the present work confirmed the positive impact of an Internet-based business model on corporate risk-taking from the information empowerment angle, and it is expected to provide a theoretical basis for enterprises to optimize their investment decision-making strategies and increase their risk-taking willingness and capacity.…”
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La banquette antiérosive fruitière dans le moyen atlas marocain : le projet Khénifra by Régis Peltier, Mohamed Sabir, Charles Lilin, Anaïs Oddi, Frank Schneider, Florence Amia, Daniel Kübler, Thea-Katharina Wiesinger, Armand-Yvon Mengome-Ango

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Syntax and semantic analysis in mathematical problem posing viewed from field dependent and field independent cognitive styles by Amirul Mukminin, Andang

“…Research subjects were determined using GEFT instrument scores taking into account gender equality, mathematical ability, communication skills, and willingness to become research subjects. The aspects analyzed in the problem posed are from the aspect of language style, namely syntax and semantics. …”
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Impact of Level 4 Automated Vehicles on Mode Choice Using a Needs-Based Approach by Chen Zhijian, Ge Ying-En, Shikun Liu, Jiandong Qiu, Jingke Zhang, Jing Kang

“…The approach takes into consideration the travel needs of different individuals and their willingness to adopt new technologies. Through a stated preference survey in China, the data on travel preferences and the perceived safety levels of automated vehicles can be collected. …”
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Enjeux de la mutation des techniques artisanales sur la formalisation de l’exploitation de l’or au Burkina Faso by Edith Sawadogo, Dapola Evariste Constant Da†

“…On the basis of documentary research and field surveys in the commune of Kampti in May 2018 and December 2019, we show that despite the willingness of actors to secure their investments through formalization, they come up against unfavorable institutional and legal realities. …”
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Perceptions of Weight and Health Practices in Hispanic Children: A Mixed-Methods Study by Byron Alexander Foster, Daniel Hale

“…Perception of weight by parents of obese children may be associated with willingness to engage in behavior change. The relationship between parents’ perception of their child’s weight and their health beliefs and practices is poorly understood, especially among the Hispanic population which experiences disparities in childhood obesity. …”
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Identification of the effective components in liability and compensation for marine pollution in the light of international law by Nahid Seyrafian, Mansour Pournouri, Hamidreza Ghaffarzadeh, Reza Simbar

“…Consequences were found to be compensation for environmental damage, mechanism to prevent recurrence of similar incidents, and increasing trust and willingness to fulfill environmental commitments. To conclude, stressing and paying attention to international environmental laws can pave the way for environmental insurance activities in the country. …”
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Regional heat and social attribute aware participant selection mechanis in mobile crowd sensing by Luoyong XIANG, Wen CHEN, Luyang ZHANG

“…Aiming at the problem of tasks that are low reliability acquired by platform and difficult to accomplish on time in user sparse area.A participant selection mechanism that combines regional heat and social attribute aware was proposed.Firstly,considering the influence of different regional heat on task completion,the regional heat was evaluated according to the number of active users,the average residence time of users and the completion of historical task.Secondly,in order to analyze the impact of user social attributes on task completion,the user willingness,reputation and activity were calculated by combining the status information of users and the historical task record of users.Finally,by taking the above factors into account,two different mechanisms of participant selection for social attribute perception were designed for high and low heat areas to maximize quality and number oftask completionrespectively.The results show that the proposed mechanism can significantly improve the overall data quality,and can also perform sensing tasks in sparse areas on time.Meanwhile,compared with SUR and GGA-I,the failure rate is reduced by 66.7% and 50.6% respectively.…”
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The influence of selected financial factors on the survival of SMES in V4 countries by Zdenko Metzker, Roman Hlawiczka, Irma Tabaku, Ho Thanh Tung

“…Central to the investigation is understanding how managerial comprehension of critical financial management aspects, the willingness to embrace financial risks, and effective risk management contribute to a company’s enduring success. …”
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Hommes et femmes devant le psychiatre : hygiène mentale et placement asilaire (Belgique, entre-deux-guerres) by Veerle Massin

“…What is the place of patients and their relatives in this procedure : do they have the opportunity to express their willingness to be or not to be placed ? This is a preliminary article to a broader study that aims to identify trends that are essential for understanding the whole.…”
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An empirical evaluation of electronic annotation tools for Twitter data by Davy Weissenbacher, Karen O'Connor, Aiko T. Hiraki, Jin-Dong Kim, Graciela Gonzalez-Hernandez

“…Although none of the tools reviewed allow the annotation of all information inherent of Twitter timelines, a few may be suitable provided the willingness by annotators to compromise on some functionality.…”
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Food safety traceability readiness of cabbage and eggplant farmers by Melodee Marciana E. de Castro, Jewel Joana S. Cabardo

“…In this study, farmer readiness is further described in terms of preparedness, willingness and potential to adopt. Results show that the cabbage and eggplant farmer clusters in Benguet and Quezon were not yet fully prepared in terms of actual practice but have acknowledged the importance of implementing necessary Good Agricultural Practices measures. …”
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Preexposure Prophylaxis Awareness and Acceptability among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Persons in India: Systematic Review and Meta-analys... by Adhish Kumar Sethi, Partha Haldar, Shashi Kant, Sanjay Kumar Rai, Shobini Rajan, Parveen Kumar

“…The pooled prevalence among MSM and TG was 18.7% (95% confidence interval [CI] 8.7%, 28.7%) for awareness and 79.8% (95% CI 57.4%, 100.0%) for willingness to use daily oral PrEP. This review highlights the felt need for PrEP among MSM and TG in India. …”
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A conformational change of C-reactive protein drives neutrophil extracellular trap formation in inflammation by Ebru Karasu, Rebecca Halbgebauer, Lena Schütte, Johannes Greven, Felix M. Bläsius, Johannes Zeller, Oscar Winninger, David Braig, David Alexander Christian Messerer, Bettina Berger, Hendrik Feuerstein, Anke Schultze, Karlheinz Peter, Uwe Knippschild, Klemens Horst, Frank Hildebrand, Steffen U. Eisenhardt, Markus Huber-Lang

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A Critique of the Undergraduate Nursing Preceptorship Model by Monique Sedgwick, Suzanne Harris

“…Their extensive use means that nursing programs depend heavily on the availability and willingness of Registered Nurses to take on the preceptor role. …”
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Women’s preferences for testing to predict breast cancer risk – a discrete choice experiment by Yi Wang, Peh Joo Ho, Langming Mou, Jingmei Li

“…This study aims to understand women’s preferences and willingness for undergoing risk assessment tests. Methods A discrete choice experiment (DCE) was conducted. …”
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A transcriptional profile of aging in the human kidney. by Graham E J Rodwell, Rebecca Sonu, Jacob M Zahn, James Lund, Julie Wilhelmy, Lingli Wang, Wenzhong Xiao, Michael Mindrinos, Emily Crane, Eran Segal, Bryan D Myers, James D Brooks, Ronald W Davis, John Higgins, Art B Owen, Stuart K Kim

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Zebra Longwing, Heliconius charitonia (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) by Jaret C. Daniels

“…It describes this neotropical butterfly with elongated wings and bold yellow stripes that is the state butterfly of Florida — it’s distribution, description, life cycle, and hosts. …”
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Impact of Health Education on Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Human Papilloma Virus and its Vaccination by Santhosh Ramakrishna, Waseem Anjum, Veerabhadra Radhakrishna, Ravi Kudthni, Pooja Vishwanath

“…Health education also improved the willingness to pay for the vaccination and willingness to recommend others to vaccinate against HPV.…”
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Economic evaluation of encorafenib with cetuximab in patients with BRAF V600E-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer in France: a cost-effectiveness analysis using data from the BEACO... by David Malka, Philippe Laramée, Mondher Toumi, Jean-Baptiste Trouiller, Bérengère Macabeo, Andrew Poll, Dan Howard, Andy Buckland, Marine Sivignon, Emilie Clay, Emmanuelle Samalin

“…Encorafenib with cetuximab was considered cost-effective compared with the three comparators at a willingness to pay threshold of €90 000/QALY, with probabilities of being cost-effective of 89.8%, 98.2% and 86.4%, respectively.Conclusions This analysis showed encorafenib with cetuximab to be a cost-effective treatment in mCRC patients with a BRAF V600E mutation.…”
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