Country of origin effect: a study with Brazilian consumers in the luxury market by Maria Gabriela Montanari, Jonny Mateus Rodrigues, Janaina de Moura Engracia Giraldi, Marcos Fava Neves

“…In order to verify this country of origin effect, we conducted an empirical study in which 329 Brazilian students used and evaluated three luxury brands from three different nations. …”
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A Single-Center Experience of Correlation of Pulse Pressure to Mortality of Stroke Hemorrhage Patients in Indonesia by Feda Anisah Makkiyah, Saraah Dicha, Rahmah Hida Nurrizzka

“…To investigate this relationship in the Indonesian context, a study was conducted due to the increasing prevalence of stroke in the country. …”
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Transmission Design and Simulation Analysis of Lower Exoskeleton Rehabilitation Device by Hu Qingming, Guo Qiang, Guo Jianhua

“…Finally,the three dimensional assembly model of the legs rehabilitation device is established with Solid Works,and the simulation and mechanics analysis are conducted. The results show that the proposed hydraulic legs rehabilitation device can achieve the expected movement purpose and meet the requirements of rehabilitation training.…”
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THE INFLUENCE OF CHEMICAL COMPOSITION ON THE CORROSION RATE OF HIGH-CHROMIUM CAST IRON by V. V. Netrebko, I. P. Volchok

“…Using the mathematical experimental design techniques the regression dependence between the corrosion rate of the cast irons and content of C, Cr, Mn and Ni in them was established. The conducted research showed that the minimum corrosion rate was observed in the cast iron containing: 1.09% C, 25.57% Cr, 0.6% Mn and 1.87% Ni. …”
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Robust Beamforming Algorithm for Multibeam Satellite Communication Based on Downlink NOMA by Pengcheng KAN, Zining WANG, Huaicong KONG, Jian OUYANG, Min LIN

“…To improved the spectrum efficiency of multibeam satellite system and meet the requirement of multi-access, a robust beamforming and power allocation scheme based on non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) was proposed.Under the condition that the imperfect channel state information was known, fi rstly, a power minimization problem subject to probability constraints of users’ quality of service requirement and earth stations’ interference-to-noise ratio was formulated.In order to address the non-convex problem, we then adopted Bernstein inequality to converted the probability constraints into deterministic forms and decomposed the original problem into beamforming sub-problem and power allocation sub-problem, and the robust design was conducted by alternating optimization.Simulation results showed that the proposed scheme has better robustness and eff ectiveness compared with other existing schemes.…”
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An Experimental Study on Deformation Fractures of Fissured Rock around Tunnels in True Triaxial Unloads by Meng Wang, Zheming Zhu, Jun Xie

“…In order to investigate the crack behaviour during this process, a true triaxial loading apparatus with a computer-controlled electrohydraulic servosystem was established, and a series of true triaxial loading and unloading experiments was conducted by using concrete specimens containing inclined cracks with inclinations of 15°, 30°, 45°, 60°, and 75°. …”
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TYPOLOGY OF MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR COMPANIES OF FOOD INDUSTRY by Joanna Szwacka-Mokrzycka

“…Presented typology of marketing strategies based on research conducted in the period 1998-2012. In the framework of food industry there were selected the following branches for segmentation research: dairy, meat and edible fats. …”
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Hubungan Dukungan Keluarga Terhadap Manajemen Laktasi Pada Ibu Bekerja by Arlia Purwaningsih, Oswati Hasanah, Wasisto Utomo

“…This research was a descriptive correlation with cross sectional approach, conducted among 35 working mothers who work as a nurse in Arifin Achmad Hospital in Pekanbaru taken with total sampling. …”
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The Role of Pneumococcal Virulence Factors in Ocular Infectious Diseases by Angela H. Benton, Mary E. Marquart

“…The main purpose of this review is to consolidate the multiple studies that have been conducted on several pneumococcal virulence factors and the role each plays in conjunctivitis, keratitis, and endophthalmitis.…”
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Performance Evaluation and Implications of Large Language Models in Radiology Board Exams: Prospective Comparative Analysis by Boxiong Wei

“…MethodsA comparative analysis of 150 multiple-choice questions from radiology board exams without images was conducted. Models were assessed on their accuracy for text-based questions and were categorized by cognitive levels and medical specialties using χ2 ResultsGPT-4 achieved the highest accuracy (83.3%, 125/150), significantly outperforming all other models. …”
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A Novel Linear Active Disturbance Rejection Control Design for Air-Breathing Supersonic Vehicle Attitude System with Prescribed Performance by Chao Ming, Xiaoming Wang

“…Finally, extensive contrast simulations are conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness, robustness, and advantage of the proposed control strategy.…”
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A practical-theological perspective on corruption: towards a solution-based approach in practice by W. Coetzer, L. E. Snell

“…Finally, one of the following hypotheses is accepted: Firstly, Practical Theology has a distinct role to conduct in rooting out corruption within society. …”
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The Effect of Fines and Temperature on the Mode I Fracture Characteristics of the Frozen Sand by Bumsik Hwang, Wanjei Cho

“…In this research, the three-point bending tests were conducted using frozen sand specimen of 0, 5, 10, and 15% fine contents with specified notch under −5, −10, and −15°C condition to analyse the effects of fine contents and temperature on the mode I fracture characteristics of the frozen sand. …”
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Periferia e centro comunitário: experiências do habitar e a vida de uma organização comunitária by Paulo Sérgio Lima da Silva, Carmem Izabel Rodrigues

“…In this sense, the ideas presented here make use of, and try to interpret, with another focus, data collected in a case study conducted at the São Paulo Community Center in Icoaraci, which is an administrative district of the city of Belém, Pará State. …”
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Characterization of the stress-strain state in a gas turbine engine compressor disc taking into account damage accumulation by Natalia Boychenko, Ivan Ishtyryakov

“…A stress-strain state analysis of a gas turbine engine compressor disc was conducted with consideration to the accumulation of damages under various loading conditions in the temperature range. …”
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Numerical Studies on Removal of Nitrogen and Phosphorus by Iron-Oxide Coated Zeolite in PHREEQC by LIANG Xingmei, ZHUANG Luwen, LIN Kairong, WANG Lu, ZHOU Jiangang

“…This paper conducts the column experiments in the laboratory,simulates the removal of nitrogen and phosphorus in groundwater by natural zeolite and iron-oxide coated zeolite through the geochemical model PHREEQC,respectively,and predicts and compares the long-term removal performance of nitrogen and phosphorus by natural zeolite and iron-oxide coated zeolite.The results show that the iron-oxide coated zeolite is able to remove nitrogen and phosphorus more effectively than natural zeolite with coexistence of the two pollutants.The main mechanisms of nitrogen removal by iron-oxide coated zeolite are ion exchange and physical adsorption,while that of phosphate are hydration reaction of iron oxide.The simulation results also show that the removal of nitrogen and phosphorus by iron-oxide coated zeolite differs from each other a lot under different pH conditions and thicknesses of capping material.…”
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Investigating Bottom Quark Energy Loss, Hadronization, and B Meson Nuclear Modification Factors in B+ and BS0 Decays: Insights from CMS in pp, pPb, and PbPb Collisions by Mejia Jhovanny

“…The second one corresponds to the measurement of the B+ meson production cross section with respect to meson transverse momentum inclusively and, for the first time, in different charged particle multiplicity ranges. This study is conducted in proton-lead collisions at a per nucleon center-of-mass energy of 8.16 TeV.…”
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Invalidating Factorial Survey Experiments Using Invalid Comparisons Is Bad Practice: Learning from Forster and Neugebauer (2024) by Justin T. Pickett

“…Their conclusion that factorial survey (FS) experiments "are not suited for studying hiring behavior" (P. 901) is unjustified, because their claim that they conducted a field experiment (FE) and FS with "nearly identical" designs is false (P. 891). …”
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Kinematic Simulation and Improvement of Compensation Mechanism for Transplanting Mechanism based on MSC. ADAMS by Pu Minghui, Zhang Donglei, Lu Yuhai, Lu Cong

“…The kinematics simulation analysis and improvement design of transplanting mechanism are conducted based on virtual prototyping technology. …”
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Efektownie czy efektywnie? Analiza wizualnych właściwości podręczników do edukacji wczesnoszkolnej w kontekście rekomendacji poznawczych teorii uczenia się by Małgorzata Ciesielska

“…Research on textbooks has scarcely addressed their visual layer, often recognising that the greatest influence on the effectiveness of these materials is the content and the method adopted. However, research conducted within the framework of the cognitive load theory and the cognitive theory of multimedia learning demonstrates that the visual form of educational materials can influence the effectiveness of learning, particularly for beginning learners. …”
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