Current Continuing Professional Education Practice among Malaysian Nurses by Mei Chan Chong, Karen Francis, Simon Cooper, Khatijah Lim Abdullah

“…Multistage cluster sampling was used to recruit 1000 nurses from four states of Malaysia. Self-explanatory questionnaires were used to collect the data, which were analyzed using SPSS version 16. …”
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Multiple sclerosis diagnosis with brain MRI retrieval: A deep learning approach by R.M. Haggag, Eman M. Ali, M.E. Khalifa, Mohamed Taha

“…We experiment with Nine different distance metrics to measure query and database image similarity. Experiments on four public MS-MRI datasets demonstrated the end-to-end deep learning framework’s generalizability without extensive pre-processing, with mAP scores of 86.20%, 93.77%, 94.18%, and 90.46%, respectively demonstrating its effectiveness in retrieval. …”
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On SU(3) Effective Models and Chiral Phase Transition by Abdel Nasser Tawfik, Niseem Magdy

“…The hadron resonance gas (HRG) model is used in calculating the thermal and dense dependence of quark-antiquark condensate. We review these four models with respect to their descriptions for the chiral phase transition. …”
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Evaluation of nineteen food wastes for essential and toxic elements by Saranya Kuppusamy, Kadiyala Venkateswarlu, Mallavarapu Megharaj

“…Methods Nitric acid-digested extracts of food wastes belonging to four different classes (fruits, vegetables, oilseeds and beverages) were analysed for different elements in an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Internal Porosity in AM Ti64 Using X-Ray Computed Tomography and Mechanical Polishing Serial Sectioning by Bryce Jolley, Christine Knott, Daniel Sparkman, Michael Uchic

“…This study investigates the influence of these variables on porosity characterization by comparing results obtained from four different XCT systems and two distinct analysis workflows applied to a single metallic AM sample. …”
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Stable Dyonic Thin-Shell Wormholes in Low-Energy String Theory by Ali Övgün, Kimet Jusufi

“…In this paper, we construct a four-dimensional, spherically symmetric, dyonic thin-shell wormhole with electric charge Q, magnetic charge P, and dilaton charge Σ, in the context of Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton theory. …”
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Relationship between deadwood structural diversity and carbon stock along environmental and disturbance gradients in Tropical dry forests by Masanja Sarafina N., Shirima Deo D., Zahabu Eliakimu M.

“…Three communities were identified from forest ecosystems while four communities were from woodland. Multimodel analysis found a positive significant relationship between deadwood carbon stock and species abundance, Shannon-Wiener diversity, soil moisture and proximity to roads in both ecosystems. …”
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Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy on pain of patients with low back pain by Sudha BANTH, Maryam Didehdar ARDEBiL

“…The subjects were referred from physiotherapy centres of Ardebil (northwest of Iran), assessed at three time frames; before, after and four weeks after intervention by pain Mac Gil Pain questionnaire. …”
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Analysis of the composition, characteristics, and antifungal properties of cutin in goji berry fruits at different developmental stages by Yueli Zhou, Dayuan Chen, Cong Wang, Huaiyu Zhang, Lunaike Zhao, Junjie Wang, Qiding Peng

“…Meanwhile, cutin extracts from goji berries at four developmental stages were evaluated for their effects on spore germination, germ tube elongation, and mycelial growth of A. alternata. …”
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A Moderate Zinc Deficiency Does Not Alter Lipid and Fatty Acid Composition in the Liver of Weanling Rats Fed Diets Rich in Cocoa Butter or Safflower Oil by Edgar Weigand, Jennifer Egenolf

“…Male weanling rats, assigned to five groups (8 animals each), were fed low-carbohydrate high-fat diets supplemented with 7 or 50 mg Zn/kg (LZ or HZ) and 22% cocoa butter (CB) or 22% safflower oil (SF) for four weeks. One group each had free access to the LZ-CB and LZ-SF diets, one group each was restrictedly fed the HZ-CB and HZ-SF diets in matching amounts, and one group had free access to the HZ-SF diet (ad libitum control). …”
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The Effect of Malrotation of Tibial Component of Total Knee Arthroplasty on Tibial Insert during High Flexion Using a Finite Element Analysis by Kei Osano, Ryuji Nagamine, Mitsugu Todo, Makoto Kawasaki

“…The tibial insert made from ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene was assumed to be elastic-plastic while femoral and tibial metal components were assumed to be rigid. Four nonlinear springs attached to tibial component represented soft tissues around the knee. …”
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Identification and classification of evaluation indicators for scientific and technical publications and related factors by Hassan Mahmoudi Topkanlo, Mehrdad CheshmehSohrabi

“…Results. A total of thirty-four sub-categories of indicators of assessment were identified which were categorised according to their similarities and differences into eight main categories as follows: measurement method, measurement unit, measurement content, measurement purpose, measurement development, measurement resource, measurability, and measurement environment. …”
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EFFECT OF FRINGE BENEFITS ON EMPLOYEE COMMITMENT IN ORACLE BUSINESS LIMITED, MAKURDI, BENUE STATE, NIGERIA by AKAA RICHIE BEM, ANYAM NGUTOR, JOSEPH TERNGU MSHIAONDO

“…The population of the study comprised of four hundred and filthy-three 453 staff of Oracle Business Limited, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria. …”
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Evaluation of Bacillus Strains for Plant Growth Promotion and Predictability of Efficacy by In Vitro Physiological Traits by Rufus J. Akinrinlola, Gary Y. Yuen, Rhae A. Drijber, Anthony O. Adesemoye

“…All 12 strains increased corn growth significantly compared to the controls. The four most efficacious strains on corn—Bacillus megaterium R181, B. safensis R173, B. simplex R180, and Paenibacillus graminis R200—also increased the growth of soybean and wheat. …”
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Acute Effects of the French Contrast Method and Post Activation Potentiation on 3 × 3 Basketball Game Demands and Thermal Asymmetry Responses by Çağdaş Özgür Cengizel, Ömer Şenel

“…Eighteen male basketball players (mean ± SD; age: 21.7 ± 1.5 years, 10.6 ± 1.9 years of experience) visited the laboratory four times, 72 h apart. The players participated in three different protocols (baseline: 3 × 3 game; FCM + 3 × 3 game; PAP + 3 × 3 game; respectively). …”
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Internacionalização de escolas de negócios baseada nas atividades dos acadêmicos: Elucidações trazidas pela teoria da troca social by Marcello Romani-Dias, Angela Maria Scroccaro Biasoli, Jorge Carneiro, Aline dos Santos Barbosa

“…Temos como principais achados: (i) existem recompensas individuais que não são abordadas pela SET; (ii) há benefícios para outras partes interessadas que não são contemplados pela SET; (iii) há certas decisões não racionais não previstas pela SET; (iv) e a condição de equivalência entre custos e recompensas prevista pela SET apresenta fragilidades. …”
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Samhällstjänsten som ett självdisciplinerande straff by Henrik Linderborg

“…The sentence was usually served twice a week, four hours at a time. Depending on a person’s life circumstances, community service was performed either on weekends or during the evenings after working hours. …”
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The collaborative interactions of preschool children in solving problems in a collaborative virtual environment by Cristina Paniagua-Esquivel, Amaryllis Quirós-Ramírez

“…As a result, these skills begin to develop at around the age of four and are key to peer interaction. The objective of the study was to analyze the interaction of preschool children had among each other, when they play in a virtual collaborative environment. …”
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Acute toxicity test of Rhizophora apiculata bark extract on rat liver and kidney histology using fixed dose method by Syazili Mustofa, Ilma Puteri Hutami, Dwi Sarwindah

“…Method: The ethanol extract of R. apiculata bark was administered using a fixed-dose approach in preliminary and primary tests, focusing on the kidneys and liver of male Sprague Dawley rats. Four treatment groups received doses of 5, 50, 300, and 2000 mg/kg BW, while one group served as the control. …”
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Exposure to Volatile Essential Oils of Myrtle (Myrtus communis L.) Leaves for Improving the Postharvest Storability of Fresh Loquat Fruits by Nadire Pelin Bahadırlı, İbrahim Kahramanoğlu, Chunpeng Wan

“…Test fruits of the present study were exposed to 5 different treatments, which are (i) water vapor (2 min), (ii) myrtle leaves (3% w/w), (iii) myrtle leaf vapor (2 min), (iv) myrtle leaf vapor (10 min), and (v) untreated control. …”
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