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  • Multicomponent approach reveals differences in affective responses among children and adolescents

    Multicomponent approach reveals differences in affective responses among children and adolescents

    Participants

    The sample comprised children and adolescents aged 8 to 15 years old (N = 90, 48 girls, 42 boys, mean age = 11 years, SD = 2.15) and a reference group of young adults (N = 30, 15 women, 14 men, 1 non-binary, age range…

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  • Everyday emotion–goal pursuit associations in older adults are moderated by goal representations

    Everyday emotion–goal pursuit associations in older adults are moderated by goal representations

    Participants

    A total of 258 individuals (or 129 heterosexual couples) aged 60 years and above were recruited from the greater metropolitan area of Vancouver, Canada for a study on spousal health dynamics in old age (Linked Lives Study, March…

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  • The impact of AI-driven speech recognition on EFL listening comprehension, flow experience, and anxiety: a randomized controlled trial

    Participants

    A total of 84 university students of Chinese nationality enrolled in EFL courses at Hainan University in Haikou City, Hainan Province, China, participated in this randomized controlled trial. The sample comprised 57% female students…

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  • Oil price shocks, policy uncertainty, and China’s carbon emissions trading market price

    Oil price shocks, policy uncertainty, and China’s carbon emissions trading market price

    Oil price decomposition techniques

    Ready (2018) oil price decomposition technique consists of three variables: an oil producer index, an indicator of oil price change, and an indicator of expected return change.

    This study specifies these three…

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  • Digital preservation and access strategies for overseas Chinese documents: challenges and solutions

    Digital preservation and access strategies for overseas Chinese documents: challenges and solutions

    The basis of the framework should be a mechanism for interaction between existing sources of data about the life of the Chinese overseas and catalogs of accumulated documents. In this case, no distinction is made between different types and…

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  • Self-utility distance as a computational approach to understanding self-concept clarity

    Self-utility distance as a computational approach to understanding self-concept clarity

    Study 1. Results

    First, we tested the relationship between Self-Utility Distance and Self-Concept Clarity. Consistent with our hypothesis, Self-Utility Distance demonstrated a significant negative correlation with Self-Concept Clarity…

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  • Nutrition first | Nature Food

    Nutrition first | Nature Food

    Reduced access to healthy diets, combined with the pervasiveness of ultra-processed foods, pose severe consequences for public health and the environment. Francesco Branca, former director of the World Health Organization’s Department of…

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