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    Robo-investment aversion.

    In five experiments (N = 3,828), we investigate whether people prefer investment decisions to be made by human investment managers rather than by algorithms (“robos”). In all of...
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    High school science fair: Positive and negative outcomes

    AbstractThe goal of our ongoing research is to identify strengths and weaknesses of high school level science fair and improvements that can help science educators make science...
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    Measuring national capability over big science’s multidisciplinarity: A case ...

    In the era of big science, countries allocate big research and development budgets to large scientific facilities that boost collaboration and research capability. A nuclear...
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    Establishing a Minimum Dataset for Prospective Registration of Systematic Rev...

    BACKGROUND: In response to growing recognition of the value of prospective registration of systematic review protocols, we planned to develop a web-based open access...
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    Peru and its new challenge in higher education: Towards a research university

    The paradigm of research universities linked to the emergence of university rankings has unified and universalized the criteria relating to the quality of higher education. This...
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    Global and Local Concerns: What Attitudes and Beliefs Motivate Farmers to Mit...

    In response to agriculture's vulnerability and contribution to climate change, many governments are developing initiatives that promote the adoption of mitigation and adaptation...
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    Association of the ACTN3 R577X (rs1815739) polymorphism with elite power spor...

    Objective The special status accorded to elite athletes stems from their uncommon genetic potential to excel in world-class power sports (PS). Genetic polymorphisms have been...
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    Challenges in Translational Research: The Views of Addiction Scientists

    Objectives To explore scientists' perspectives on the challenges and pressures of translating research findings into clinical practice and public health policy. Methods...
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    Public availability of published research data in high-impact journals.

    Background There is increasing interest to make primary data from published research publicly available. We aimed to assess the current status of making research data...
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    Effect of PEPFAR funding policy change on HIV service delivery in a large HIV...

    The transition to PEPFAR 2.0 with its focus on country ownership was accompanied by substantial funding cuts. We describe the impact of this transition on HIV care in a large...
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    Quantifying the performance of individual players in a team activity.

    Background Teamwork is a fundamental aspect of many human activities, from business to art and from sports to science. Recent research suggest that team work is of crucial...
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    Strengthening capacity for natural sciences research: A qualitative assessmen...

    Background: Strengthening research capacity in low-and-middle-income countries is essential to drive socioeconomic development and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals....
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    Administration of L-arginine plus L-citrulline or L-citrulline alone successf...

    L-citrulline and L-arginine supplementation has been shown to have several beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system. Nitric oxide (NO) protects against the progression of...
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    Gestational diabetes mellitus in Africa: a systematic review.

    Background Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is any degree of impaired glucose tolerance first recognised during pregnancy. Most women with GDM revert to normal glucose...
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    The Nordic Maintenance Care Program:Does psychological profile modify the tre...

    BACKGROUND: Chiropractic maintenance care is effective as secondary/tertiary prevention of non-specific low back pain (LBP), but the potential effect moderation by psychological...
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    Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance Attributed to Electromagnetic Fields: A ...

    Idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields (IEI-EMF) is a controversial condition in which people describe symptoms following exposure to...
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    Background Growing evidence suggests that second-generation cryoballoon ablation (2G-CB) is effective in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (PerAF). The cornerstone...
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    Would you like to leave Beijing, Shanghai, or Shenzhen? An empirical analysis...

    : This study aims to estimate the migration effect of the overall samples and different flowing scales for the floating population from the perspective of personal wages....
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    Preserving the Impossible: Conservation of Soft-Sediment Hominin Footprint Si...

    Human footprints provide some of the most publically emotive and tangible evidence of our ancestors. To the scientific community they provide evidence of stature, presence,...
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    Business Return in New Orleans: Decision Making Amid Post-Katrina Uncertainty

    BACKGROUND: Empirical observations on how businesses respond after a major catastrophe are rare, especially for a catastrophe as great as Hurricane Katrina, which hit New...