Role of behavioral biases in the investment decisions of Pakistan Stock Exchange investors: Moderating role of investment experience by Saima Aziz, Shahid Mehmood, Muhammad Asif Khan, Anita Tangl

“…Regression findings show that Confirmation Bias, Gamblers Fallacy Bias, Negativity Bias, Bandwagon Effect Bias, Loss Aversion Bias, and Overconfidence Bias all have a substantial impact on Investment Decisions. …”
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Comprehensive evaluation of compound Kushen injection combined with zoledronic acid in treating bone metastasis cancer pain based on meta-analysis and decision tree model by Xi Zhao, Tianwei Meng, Kaiqiang Wang, Xi Yan, Yuqiang Liu, Xinghua Li

“…Methodological quality assessments were performed on all included studies, and a meta-analysis was conducted using RevMan 5.4.1 software. …”
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Education programmes on performance-based assessment for allied health and nursing clinical educators: A scoping review protocol [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved wit... by Lucy Alpine, Emer Barrett, David Mockler, Anne O'Connor, Julie Broderick

“…Two reviewers will screen all titles and abstracts against the inclusion/exclusion criteria, and publications deemed relevant will be eligible for full text screening, confirming appropriateness for inclusion in the scoping review. …”
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Racial discrimination among women seeking breast cancer care by Lauren J. Oshry, Ruth I. Lederman, Haley Gagnon, Tsion Fikre, Daniel A. Gundersen, Anna C. Revette, Ashley Odai-Afotey, Olga Kantor, Dawn L. Hershman, Katherine D. Crew, Nancy L. Keating, Rachel A. Freedman, Naomi Y. Ko

“…In the health care setting, NHB had statistically more frequent reports of being ignored (23.7% vs. 5.6%), treated with less respect (21.1% vs. 7.3%), and treated with less courtesy (18.7% vs. 6.2%; all P = < 0.001) when compared to NHW women. NHB women experience a higher degree of discrimination both inside and outside of health care. …”
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Extrusion of Femtosecond Laser-Implanted Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments in Keratoconic Eyes: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Clinical Outcomes by Amr Mounir, Mahmoud Mohamed Farouk, Marwa Mahmoud Abdellah, Engy Mohamed Mostafa

“…Seven eyes were found to fit the criteria of ring extrusion (2.1%) out of the 333 eyes which had Keraring implantation. All extruded rings were from patients with keratoconus grade 3, with eccentric cones, and with femtosecond creation of the tunnel. …”
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Myo-inositol increases respiratory burst, cellular proliferation, and phagocytosis of cultured leukocytes from Nile tilapia by Edgar Junio Damasceno Rodrigues, Pedro Luiz Pucci Figueiredo de Carvalho, Vitor Fernandes Silva, Delbert M. Gatlin, III, Margarida Maria Barros

“…Based on the results of all measured responses, 900 mg l-1 of MI was considered the optimal supplementation level for stimulating immunological functions of cultured Nile tilapia leukocytes. …”
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Identifying fracture-controlled resonance modes for structural health monitoring: insights from Hunter Canyon Arch (Utah, USA) by G. Grechi, G. Grechi, J. R. Moore, M. E. McCreary, E. K. Jensen, S. Martino

“…Experimental data were then compared to numerical models with homogeneous and heterogeneous compositions, the latter implementing weak mechanical zones in areas of mapped fractures. All numerical solutions replicated the first two resonance modes of the arch, indicating these modes are insensitive to structural complexity derived from fractures. …”
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An Adaptive Finite Resolution Selection Scheme for RIS Assisted NOMA Networks by Shady M. Ibraheem, Mona Shokair, Mohamed E. Nasr, Nancy Alshaer

“…Monte Carlo simulations emphasize the accuracy of the analytical work and investigate that: 1) The proposed GADPS scheme is more flexible than conventional RIS-NOMA scheme; 2) By joint optimization of RIS selection and phase shifting, the proposed GADPS scheme is capable of achieving superior performance over GARPS and conventional RIS-NOMA schemes with a superior diversity gain; 3) The throughput performance of the proposed GADPS scheme outperforms GARPS, conventional RIS-NOMA and other relay-assisted NOMA schemes, whereas full-duplex (FD) relay selection NOMA schemes suffer from throughput floor values; 4) By increasing the number of reflecting elements of RIS, the proposed GADPS scheme achieves the enhanced average sum rate performance over benchmark schemes in all scenarios of relative distance difference between users and the selected RIS.…”
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PROFILES OF FILIPINO TEACHERS AND THEIR ONLINE TEACHING COMPETENCIES DURING THE PANDEMIC by Dave Marcial, Aurielle Lisa Z. Maypa, Cindy Ruth R. Villariza, Grace L. Apao

“…Results show that 47.49% of respondents reported moderate ease in internet connectivity. While all respondents had Facebook accounts, only 11.97% actively used Twitter. …”
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Surgical Outcomes and Associated Morbidity of Active and Expectant Management of Second-Trimester Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS) by Jessian L. Munoz, Rachel Counts, Amanda E. Lacue, Kayla E. Ireland, Patrick S. Ramsey, Kristyn Brandi

“…<i>Materials and Methods:</i> This study is a retrospective case-control study of patients with a pathology-confirmed diagnosis of PAS managed at a single center over 16 years (2005–2020). All cases were diagnosed during the first or second trimester by ultrasonography and managed by the same multidisciplinary team with delivery within the second trimester. …”
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Factors associated with prolonged length of stay following cardiac surgery in a major referral hospital in Oman: a retrospective observational study by Paul Aylin, Ahmed Almashrafi, Hilal Alsabti, Mirdavron Mukaddirov, Baskaran Balan

“…The second was to devise a predictive model for prolonged LOS in the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) based on preoperative factors available at admission and to compare it against two existing cardiac stratification systems.Design Observational retrospective study.Settings A tertiary hospital in Oman.Participants All adult patients who underwent cardiac surgery at a major referral hospital in Oman between 2009 and 2013.Results 30.5% of the patients had prolonged LOS (≥11 days) after surgery, while 17% experienced prolonged ICU LOS (≥5 days). …”
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Agent based modelling of blood borne viruses: a scoping review by Seun Ale, Elizabeth Hunter, John D. Kelleher

“…Three databases (Scopus, Pubmed, and Embase) were systematically searched for article retrieval. 200 articles were retrieved from all the databases, with 10 duplicates. After removing the duplicates, 190 papers were screened for inclusion. …”
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Drying Kinetics, Physicochemical Properties and Sensory Quality of the Instant Foxtail Millet as Affected by Drying Methods by Yingqiang Wang, Hongxia Zhao, Xi Song, Wenjie Zhang, Feng Yang

“…In sensory evaluation, MHAD, HAD and MVD samples had comparable scores and were all accepted by the panelists, either in dry or rehydrated form. …”
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Mediation of endothelial activation and stress index in the association between vitamin B6 turnover rate and diabetic retinopathy: an analysis of the National Health and Nutrition... by Jie Yin, Juan Chen, Yuanyuan Chen

“…Subgroup analysis was performed based on the age and duration of diabetes.ResultsA total of 362 diabetic patients were classified as having DR. After adjusting for all covariates, a higher level of 4-PA/PLP was associated with an increased level of log EASIX [odds ratio (OR) = 1.56, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.06–2.30]. …”
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Multifaceted properties of Ni and Zn codoped MgO nanoparticles by A. Chithra Mohan, A. Athira, Bindu P. Nair, G. Sivasubramanian, K. M. Sreekanth, Gopinathan Anoop, Sreeprasanth Pulinthanathu Sree, K. M. Sreedhar

“…The antibacterial studies were carried out and all samples were effective against the Staphylococcus aureus strain (ATCC 25923). …”
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Optimization of power system load forecasting and scheduling based on artificial neural networks by Jiangbo Jing, Hongyu Di, Ting Wang, Ning Jiang, Zhaoyang Xiang

“…In terms of error metrics, the RBiLSTM-AM model reduces the root mean square error to 123.70 kW, mean absolute error to 104.44 kW, and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) to 5.62%, all of which are lower than those of other models. …”
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The growth rate of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus fry fed on fermented Lemna sp. meal by Rita Rostika, Yuli Andriani, Arthur Henry Abram, Apriana Vinasyiam

“…The addition of 40% LFM showed the best result among all treatments.   Key words: Lemna meal, EM4, fermentation, Nile tilapia fry     ABSTRAK   Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengevaluasi penggunaan tepung Lemna sp. fermentasi (TLF) pada pakan buatan terhadap laju pertumbuhan ikan nila Oreochromis niloticus. …”
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Executive function deficit in patients with long COVID syndrome: A systematic review by Siti Maisarah Nasir, Noorazrul Yahya, Kah Hui Yap, Hanani Abdul Manan

“…Methods: A thorough search was conducted using the PubMed/MEDLINE and Web of Science online databases following the PICOS and PRISMA 2020 guidelines. All included studies were deemed to be of high quality according to the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS). …”
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Evaluation of an aquatic liverwort and terrestrial moss as biomonitors of heavy metals associated with particulate matter by Clara Gómez-Ensastegui, Pedro Avila-Pérez, José Luis García-Rivas, Carlos Eduardo Barrera-Díaz, Huemantzin Balan Ortiz-Oliveros, Sonia Martínez-Gallegos

“…Although terrestrial moss showed slightly better characteristics than aquatic liverwort as a biomonitor of heavy metals associated with atmospheric particles, these differences were not statistically significant for all metals, so both species could be useful for heavy metal biomonitoring in highly polluted urban areas.…”
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The Frequency of Clinic Visits Was Not Associated with Medication Adherence or Outcome in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases by Cheryl Kluthe, Jenkin Tsui, Donald Spady, Matthew Carroll, Eytan Wine, Hien Quoc Huynh

“…Mean age at diagnosis is 9.17 years and median duration of follow-up is 3.2 years. Almost all patients on infliximab infusions received them “within window.” …”
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