Achieving employee engagement through effective internal communication by Senelisiwe Mbhele, Estelle de Beer

“…Previous research (Albrecht, 2010; Andrew & Sofian, 2012; Hayase, 2009; Mamdoo, 2012; Markos & Sridevi, 2010; Meng & Berger, 2012; Ruck & Welch, 2012; Welch & Jackson, 2007; Welch, 2011) has linked this process to employee engagement, which generally refers to “a positive fulfilling, work-related state of mind that is characterised by vigour, dedication and absorption.” …”
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Professional competence assessment of dispensary pharmacy technician. A methodological strategy. by María Cristina Núñez Martínez

“…<strong><br />Conclusions:</strong> Proposed methodology has characteristics that allow it being applied and generalized to every working field within Dispensary Pharmacy and other technical specialities. …”
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METHOD FOR FMD VIRUS 146S COMPONENT CONCENTRATION DETERMINATION WITH REAL-TIME REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION – POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION IN VACCINE RAW MATERIALS by M. I. Doronin, A. M. Timina, D. A. Lozovoy, V. A. Starikov, D. V. Mikhalishin, N. N. Medvedeva, A. V. Borisov

“…It has been experimentally proven that the quantity of the 146S component determined by the real-time RT-PCR method using developed regression model and contained in the inoculation dose of FMD vaccine confers protection to the vaccinated animals against generalized FMD of A, O, Asia-1 types. rtRT-PCR method is highly sensitive and allows rapid and highly reliable estimation of the 146S antigen concentration in FMD vaccine. …”
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Entre las expectativas y la desmoralización by Luján Menazzi

“…En esta línea, interesa indagar el modo en que la Cámara fue posicionándose y negociando frente a la batería de políticas de la última dictadura, y en qué medida estos posicionamientos dieron cuenta de las demandas y necesidades más generales del sector durante el período. …”
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Dual-Path Adaptive Channel Attention Network Based on Feature Constraints for Face Anti-Spoofing by Nana Li, Zhipeng Weng, Fangmei Liu, Zuhe Li, Wei Wang

“…This method narrows the intra-class sample distribution and improves class separability, preventing the model from learning excessive irrelevant information and enhancing the robustness and generalization of face anti-spoofing. We test our method on the CASIA SURF dataset, CASIA SURF-CeFA dataset, and CASIA FASD dataset, which shows that our method has significant advantages in distinguishing between live and spoofed faces.…”
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On Particle Swarm Optimization for MIMO Channel Estimation by Christopher Knievel, Peter Adam Hoeher

“…In this paper, an overview of the original PSO is given as well as improvements that are generally applicable. An extension of PSO termed cooperative PSO (CPSO) is applied for MIMO channel estimation, providing faster convergence and, thus, lower overall complexity. …”
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Political economy of televangelism: by Keyan G Tomaselli

“… Mass media practices are generally of a "top down' nature. Messages manufactured by media institutions favour dominant perspectives. …”
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Experimental Study on the Impact of Landslide-Generated Waves against Wharf Pile by Ping Mu, Pingyi Wang, Linfeng Han, Jie Zhang, Meili Wang

“…This experimental study was conducted in a generalized 3D basin to simulate the waves generating process and explore the impact of the dynamic pressure process on the wharf pile. …”
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Evaluating eating patterns and health status of undergraduate students majoring in human nutrition, Lahore, Pakistan: a cross-sectional study by Saad Afzal, Ayesha Iftikhar, Mateen Ahmad, Zeeshan Ashraf, Waseem Khalid, Shinawar Waseem Ali, Maryam Illyas, Fareed Afzal, Muhammad Zubair Khalid, Tawfiq Alsulami, Emery Lenge Mukonzo

“…Refined carbohydrates dominated meals, and protein sources were generally of low biological value. There was a strong association between socio-economic status and nutritional status (p < 0.005). …”
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Comprehensive five-year study on salivary gland tumors: Demographic, clinical, and histopathological insights by Rahul Rajbhar, Dhanashri Ekatpure, Ashvini Kolhe

“…Of the tumors, 85.1 % were benign and 14.9 % were malignant neoplasms, with the most common tumors being pleomorphic adenoma and mucoepidermoid carcinoma respectively. Benign tumors generally had a slower onset and were more encapsulated, while malignant tumors showed faster growth and were less encapsulated. …”
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EFFECT OF BOARD STRUCTURE ON CORPORATE SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE OF LISTED NIGERIAN OIL AND GAS FIRMS by Motunrayo Elizabeth OMOLEHIN, Folashade Olufunke OBAJE

“…This study, therefore, explored grey areas in the literature regarding board structure and sustainability performance. The panel data generalized least squares (random effect) method was used to analyse data sourced from annual reports, sustainability reports of selected oil and gas firms listed on the floor of the Nigeria Exchange from 2012 to 2022 and CSRHub database. …”
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Methodology for assigning ESG ratings by D. V. Zhatikova, P. S. Scherbachenko

“…As a result of the research work the authors have proposed their own methodology for assigning ESG ratings that can serve as a basis for generalizing all the technologies available in the market to assess companies’ compliance with the ESG agenda.…”
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“There is always Aufhebung.” Derrida’s reading of Hegel before Glas by Mistral Ramón

“…This paper analyzes the texts dedicated to Hegel before 1974: “Le problème de la genèse dans la phénomenologie de Husserl”, “De l’économie restreinte à l’économie générale. Un hégélianisme sans réserve” and “Le Puits et la pyramide. …”
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A Performance Comparison of Centralized and Distributed Spectrum Management Techniques in Elastic Optical Networks by Tushar Mathur, Gokhan Sahin, Donald R. Ucci

“…A network simulator for Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) was developed with Forward Reservation Protocol and Backward Reservation Protocol signaling methods. …”
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Universal relations and bounds for fluctuations in quasistatic small heat engines by Kosuke Ito, Guo-Hua Xu, Chao Jiang, Édgar Roldán, Raúl A. Rica-Alarcón, Ignacio A. Martínez, Gentaro Watanabe

“…However, this measure is insufficient to characterize the properties of miniaturized heat engines carrying non-negligible fluctuations, and a study of higher-order statistics of their energy exchanges is required. Here, we generalize Carnot’s result for reversible cycles to arbitrary order moment of the work and heat fluctuations. …”
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Research on House Price Prediction based on Machine Learning by Yang Xiangjun

“…For the house price prediction task, Random Forests generally perform better than Linear Regression and Single Decision Tree because they can better capture complex patterns in the data and reduce the risk of overfitting. …”
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A Hybrid Fuzzy Genetic Algorithm for an Adaptive Traffic Signal System by S. M. Odeh, A. M. Mora, M. N. Moreno, J. J. Merelo

“…They are, essentially, rule-based systems, in which the definition of these rules and fuzzy membership functions is generally based on verbally formulated rules that overlap through the parameter space. …”
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Bilateral Renal Colic as an Initial Presentation of Erdheim-Chester Disease by Julien Sarkis, Fady Haddad, Sarah Nasr, Elie Hanna, Ahmad Mroueh, Elie Nemr

“…Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare non-Langerhans cells histiocytosis characterized by multiorgan involvement, with renal-ECD documented in over one-third of patients. Renal disease is generally asymptomatic, rarely causing hydronephrosis and kidney impairment. …”
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Chorioamnionitis and Lung Injury in Preterm Newborns by Gustavo Rocha

“…Controlling for publication bias may conduct to adjusted results that are no longer significant. Recent studies generally seem to confirm the effect of chorioamnionitis on RDS incidence, while no effect on BPD is seen. …”
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Interval Oscillation Criteria for Second-Order Dynamic Equations with Nonlinearities Given by Riemann-Stieltjes Integrals by Yuangong Sun

“…By using a generalized arithmetic-geometric mean inequality on time scales, we study the forced oscillation of second-order dynamic equations with nonlinearities given by Riemann-Stieltjes integrals of the form [p(t)ϕα(xΔ(t))]Δ+q(t)ϕα(x(τ(t)))+∫aσ(b)r(t,s)ϕγ(s)(x(g(t,s)))Δξ(s)=e(t), where t∈[t0,∞)T=[t0,∞)  ⋂  T, T is a time scale which is unbounded from above; ϕ*(u)=|u|*sgn u; γ:[a,b]T1→ℝ is a strictly increasing right-dense continuous function; p,q,e:[t0,∞)T→ℝ, r:[t0,∞)T×[a,b]T1→ℝ, τ:[t0,∞)T→[t0,∞)T, and g:[t0,∞)T×[a,b]T1→[t0,∞)T are right-dense continuous functions; ξ:[a,b]T1→ℝ is strictly increasing. …”
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