Enthusiastic, realistic and critical: discourses of Internet use in the context of everyday life information seeking Internet, Everyday life, Information seeking, Discourse analysi... by Reijo Savolainen

“…Due to their ideal-typical nature, the above repertoires are rather independent. However, in the everyday discursive practices, the repertoires are used alternately, and the same speaker may shift from one repertoire to another within the same account.…”
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Mitochondrial Dysfunction as a Therapeutic Target in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy: Progress and Prospects by Feng Zhang, Zhuqing Li, Yanxin Wang, Chao Li, Chengzhi Lu

“…Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a specific type of cardiomyopathy that is independent of hypertension and coronary artery disease, and is closely associated with the high incidence and mortality of heart failure in people with diabetes. …”
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Subregions in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex integrate threat and protective information to meta-represent safety. by Sarah M Tashjian, Joseph Cussen, Wenning Deng, Bo Zhang, Dean Mobbs

“…Data were collected in 2 independent samples (behavioral N = 100; MRI N = 30). …”
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Does Price Really Matter for Generic Alternatives? Supervised learning Approaches in Deciding the Right Price for Acceptable Quality Attributes of Amlodipine Besylate among Generic... by Laltanpuii Chenkual, Mahindran Mariyappan, Dimple S. Lalchandani, Khajapeer Shaikh, Pavan Kumar Sathala, Pawan Kumar Porwal

“…The classification of correlation between dependent and independent variables was exercised using linear discriminant analysis models. …”
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The Impact of Smart Marketing on Achieving Marketing Superiority: An Applied Study in Iraqi Telecommunication Companies by Dalal Jasim Musher AL- Madhee

“… This research aimed to know the impact of smart marketing on achieving marketing Superiority for a sample of administrative leaders in Iraqi telecommunication companies, to achieve this objective, a hypothetical model has been formulated consisting of two main variables. The independent variable is represented by smart marketing through three dimensions: (Digital Cooperative Marketing, Human Capital Empowerment, and Social Capital Cooperation) whereas, the dependent variable is marketing superiority that which consists of three dimensions, namely (Customer Value, Satisfaction Customer, and Loyalty Customer). …”
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The Role of Soft Skills in Mediating the Relationship between Risk Management Competency and Work Readiness by Zuhrohtun Zuhrohtun, Kunti Sunaryo, Sri Astuti, Heri Susanto

“…This study aims to investigate the impact of soft skills in mediating the relationship between risk management competence and job readiness in students in Yogyakarta. The independent campus learning program is expected to be able to bridge students in preparing for their future. …”
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DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIAN MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES by Samuel Olufemi Omoyele, Jayeola Olabisi

“…The research instrument was tested for validity and reliability using confirmatory factor analysis and Cronbach’s alpha. The independent variable is diversity management while performance (dependent variable) was measured with Employees' Productivity (EP), Profitability Level (PL), and Employees' Innovativeness (EINV). …”
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Information security of minors: individual subjects of the Russian Federation organization experience by S. E. Titor

“…At the regional level, the mechanisms are being detailed, independent concepts are being developed. This study analyzes the experience of individual subjects of the Russian Federation in ensuring the information security of minors. …”
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The use of Telenomus remus (Nixon, 1937) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) in the management of Spodoptera spp.: potential, challenges and major benefits by Yelitza Coromoto Colmenarez, Dirk Babendreier, Francisco Ramón Ferrer Wurst, Carlos Luis Vásquez-Freytez, Adeney de Freitas Bueno

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Body Mass Index Is Associated with Dietary Patterns and Health Conditions in Georgia Centenarians by Dorothy B. Hausman, Mary Ann Johnson, Adam Davey, Leonard W. Poon

“…When controlled for race, gender, residence, and total fruit and vegetable intake, BMI ≥25 was an independent risk factor for diabetes or having a systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg, whereas BMI ≤20 was a risk factor for anemia. …”
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Asymétries directionnelles et fluctuantes en période périnatale : étude exploratoire dans les populations du passé by Caroline Partiot, Dominique Castex, Mark Guillon, Camille Noûs, Bruno Maureille, Frédéric Santos

“…Directional asymmetry (the preferential expression of a character on one side rather than the other) and fluctuating asymmetry (minor, random and independent deviations from bilateral symmetry) are increasingly investigated in modern corpuses of deceased perinates, since they are involved in assessing preferential lateralization and developmental stability, respectively. …”
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Interactions between Serum Adipokines and Osteocalcin in Older Patients with Hip Fracture by Alexander Fisher, Wichat Srikusalanukul, Michael Davis, Paul Smith

“…In multivariate regression models, osteocalcin was an independent predictor of serum leptin, resistin, leptin/resistin, and adiponectin/resistin ratios. …”
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HPM-Based Dynamic Sparse Grid Approach for Perona-Malik Equation by Shu-Li Mei, De-Hai Zhu

“…Compared with the traditional multiscale numerical techniques, the proposed method is independent of the basis function. In this method, a dynamic choice scheme of external grid points is proposed to eliminate the artifacts introduced by the partitioning technique. …”
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Evaluating the efficiency of environmentally friendly magnetic photocatalyst for the treatment of industrial effluents containing dye pollutants by Sedigheh Abbasi

“…The statistical findings indicate that independent single factors, their binary and triple interactions have a significant effect on the response at the 5% confidence level. …”
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Adopting a QCA Approach to Investigating the Risks Involved in Megaprojects from Auditing Perspective by Liang Ma, Bing Zhang, Miao Cui, Ruoyu Jin

“…Different from the traditional analysis method taking each causation as independent variable, the results in the study revealed that there was complex multiple concurrent causation among eight conditions; additionally, the configuration of those would be divided into six types, among which, the coverage of the three types, namely, project management risk, preliminary and construction risk, and tendering and contract management related risk, was almost eighty percent. …”
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Balance, Sensorimotor, and Cognitive Performance in Long-Year Expert Senior Ballroom Dancers by Jan-Christoph Kattenstroth, Tobias Kalisch, Izabela Kolankowska, Hubert R. Dinse

“…Physical fitness is considered a major factor contributing to the maintenance of independent living and everyday competence. In line with this notion, it has been shown that several years of amateur dancing experience can exert beneficial effects not only on balance and posture but also on tactile, motor, and cognitive functions in older people. …”
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The Relationship between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Atrial Fibrillation: A Complex Interplay by Jacqueline M. Latina, N. A. Mark Estes, Ann C. Garlitski

“…It remains unclear whether the association is based on mutual risk factors, such as obesity and hypertension, or whether OSA is an independent risk factor and causative in nature. This paper explores the pathophysiology of OSA which may predispose to AF, clinical implications of stroke risk in this cohort who display overlapping disease processes, and targeted treatment strategies such as continuous positive airway pressure and AF ablation.…”
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Design of Positive, Negative, and Alternating Sign Generalized Logistic Maps by Wafaa S. Sayed, Ahmed G. Radwan, Hossam A. H. Fahmy

“…Mathematical analysis for each generalized map includes bifurcation diagrams relative to all parameters, effective range of parameters, first bifurcation point, and the maximum Lyapunov exponent (MLE). Independent, vertical, and horizontal scales of the bifurcation diagram are discussed for each generalized map as well as a new bifurcation diagram related to one of the added parameters. …”
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Utilizing item response theory for the analysis of self-regulated learning scale in mathematics by Sintha Sih Dewanti, Jasmine Nurul Izzah, Shinta Puspa Kiranasari, Kholifatul Fatoni Sholihin

“…Data collection was carried out using a questionnaire that had been developed and its item characteristics were analyzed using IRT. The independent learning scale questionnaire in mathematics consists of 16 statement items and measures 5 aspects. …”
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Improving biometric recognition by means of score ratio, the likelihood ratio for non‐probabilistic classifiers. A benchmarking study by Carlos Vivaracho‐Pascual, Arancha Simon‐Hurtado, Esperanza Manso‐Martinez

“…Herein, an alternative method is proposed that is independent of the biometric characteristic and the system, as this proposal, Score Ratio, is applied to the output (comparison score) of the classifier. …”
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