The Evolutionary Relationship between Microbial Rhodopsins and Metazoan Rhodopsins by Libing Shen, Chao Chen, Hongxiang Zheng, Li Jin

“…Rhodopsins are photoreceptive proteins with seven-transmembrane alpha-helices and a covalently bound retinal. Based on their protein sequences, rhodopsins can be classified into microbial rhodopsins and metazoan rhodopsins. …”
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Immune Privilege and Eye-Derived T-Regulatory Cells by Hiroshi Keino, Shintaro Horie, Sunao Sugita

“…Furthermore, we examined the therapeutic potential of Tregs generated by RPE cells that express transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β), cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-2 alpha (CTLA-2α), and retinoic acid for autoimmune uveoretinitis and evaluated a new strategy using human RPE-induced Tregs for clinical application in inflammatory ocular disease. …”
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Çevik Okul Ölçeğinin (ÇOÖ) Geliştirilmesi: Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması by Murat Özdemir, Emrah Kaya

“…Daha sonra üç faktörlü bu model DFA’da doğrulanmıştır. Ölçeğe ait Cronbach Alpha, Spearman Brown, Guttman ve test tekrar test hesaplamaları ise ölçeğin güvenilir bir veri toplama aracı olduğunu göstermiştir. …”
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Pengaruh Latihan Interval dengan Intensitas Tinggi (HIIT) Terhadap Kapasitas VO2max Pemain Bhayangkara FC U19 by Jefri Wibowo Suliarno, Hari Pamungkas, Rubbi Kurniawan, Muhammad Nidomuddin, Anangga Widya Pradipta

“…Nilai ini jauh lebih kecil dari alpha (0,05) yang berarti terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan antara VO2max sebelum dan sesudah diberikan latihan. …”
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Development of Novel Formulations to Enhance in Vivo Transdermal Permeation of Tocopherol by Nada Aly H., Zaghloul Abdelazim A., Hedaya Mohsen M., Khattab Ibrahim S.

“…The aim of the present study was to develop alpha-tocopherol (T) topical formulations and evaluate their ex vivo and in vivo permeation. …”
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Discomfort Intolerance Scale: A Study of Reliability and Validity by Kadir ÖZDEL, Özden YALÇINKAYA ALKAR, Ýbrahim TAYMUR, M. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR, Erkut ZAMKI, A. Emre SARGIN

“…The factor analysis resulted in two factors named “discomfort (in) tolerance” and “discomfort avoidance”. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for the entire scale, discomfort-(in)tolerance subscale, discomfortavoidance subscale were, .592, .670, .600 respectively. …”
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Resolvin D1 Reduces the Immunoinflammatory Response of the Rat Eye following Uveitis by Rossi Settimio, Di Filippo Clara, Ferraraccio Franca, Simonelli Francesca, D'Amico Michele

“…These latter included strong infiltration of PMN leukocytes CD11b+ T-lymphocytes CD4+ and CD8+ within the eye and a significant release of the cytokines/chemokines TNF-alpha, CXCL8, and RANTES too. Bolus of resolvin D1 (RvD1; 10–100–1000 ng/kg in 200 μL of sterile saline via the tail vein) significantly and dose-dependently (i) reduced the development of the ocular derangement caused by LPS; (ii) reduced the clinical score attributed to EIU; (iii) reduced the protein concentration and myeloperoxidase activity (MPO) in aqueous humor (AqH); and (iv) reduced neutrophils, T-lymphocytes, and cytokines within the eye.…”
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AVAILABILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY OF COVID-19 VACCINE AMONG NON-TEACHING STAFF OF LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY, OJO, LAGOS by WALIU BABATUNDE OGUNBAMOWO, OLUGBENGA ADEYEMI BODUNRIN, DANIEL OLUWATOBI ASHON, LATEEFAT ABIODUN LIGALI

“…The reliability of the instrument was evaluated using the test-retest method, and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated to be 0.85. The hypotheses were tested using the chi-square analytical tool with a significance level of 0.05. …”
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Development and validation of informed consent for blood transfusion questionnaire by Mohd Hilmi Senin, Mastura Mohd Sopian, Bakiah Shaharuddin, Muhammad Jaffri Mohd Nasir

“…For the validation phase, ICBTQ demonstrated an acceptable Cronbach’s Alpha value. One item was omitted in view of low corrected item-total correlation. …”
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Evaluating the Quality of the Inputs of Educational Administration in Master Degrees by Bijan Abdollahi, maryam eyni, Yasin Saeedi

“…The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire, the validity of whcih was determined by experts, and its Cronbach's alpha reliability index was .94 which is an acceptable level. …”
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Randomized Clinical Trial of a Self-Adhering Flowable Composite for Class I Restorations: 2-Year Results by J. Sabbagh, S. Dagher, N. El Osta, P. Souhaid

“…The percentage of restorations scored alpha decreased significantly over time with Premise Flowable and Vertise Flow for marginal adaptation and surface texture as well as marginal discoloration while it did not vary significantly for color matching. …”
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Evaluation of Negative Cognitions in Children and Adolescents: Children’s Automatic Thoughts Scale by Derya Atalan ERGÝN, Emine Gül KAPÇI

“…Test-rest reliabilities with two weeks interval demonstrated that the Children’s Automatic Thoughts Scale is a reliable instrument(r=.90). Cronbach Alpha was found to be and .94. These reliability and validity analyses supported that Children’s Automatic Thoughts Scale could be used with Turkish children. …”
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Pengaruh facilitating conditions, social influences, perceived ease of use, dan perceived usefulness terhadap niat pengguna layanan telemedicine by Iren Ongko, Pauline H. Pattyranie Tan

“…Evaluation of the outer model based on the outer loading (above 0.708), composite reliability and Cronbach’s alpha value (above 0.7) had shown the constructs to be reliable. …”
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Indirect effect of psychological capital by using Partial Least Square (PLS) path analysis by Nanthini Balu, Maya Rathnasabapathy

“…These findings highlight the significant contribution in the field of psychology to find out the indirect effects by using Partial Least Square path analysis in illustrated graphical setting.Major Findings • Measurement model of LH and PsyCap on PsyCap indicate strong Cronbach alpha and AVE of convergent validity. • Structural model indicates that collinearity statistics (VIF) of inner model matrix and list shows that required significant values. • Path analysis of LH→ PsyCap→ PWB shows significant Beta value.…”
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In vitro studies on the immunomodulatory effects of fulvic acid extract from palm oil empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) by Dimarwanita Firda, Mariya Silmi, Nur Annisa Dewi Fitria, Latisya Silva, Faramitha Yora, Goenadi Didiek Hadjar

“…In vitro studies used the MTT assay to determine cytotoxicity and ELISA tests to measure cytokines associated with natural immunity (TNF-alpha and Interferon-gamma) and adaptive immunity (IL-2 and TGF-beta). …”
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Analyzing the impact of business preference components on achieving e-city by Saeed Mohammadlou, Mohammad Mahdi Mozaffari, Babak Haji Karimi, Kamyar kavosh

“…Data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire whose validity was confirmed as qualitative and quantitative validity and its reliability was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha method and combined reliability. In this study, in order to analyze the research data from the software SPSS and Amose were used. …”
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Pengembangan panduan bimbingan kelompok dengan menggunakan teknik homeroom untuk meningkatkan self-control siswa di sekolah menengah pertama by Yogi Martogi Siboro, I Ketut Gading, Putu Ari Dharmayanti

“…Research data was collected through a questionnaire and analyzed using Content Validity Ratio (CVR), Content Validity Index (CVI), Cronbach's Alpha, and t-test formulas. The CVR analysis results showed that all questionnaire items were accepted and obtained a CVI score of 1 with a very good category, which means that the guidance book for self-control group counseling with the teacher technique met the acceptability requirements. …”
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Growth and metabolic activities of cowpea seedlings exposed to artificial pond wastewaterâtreated soil by F. I. Achuba, M. N. Oshiokpu

“…Results Artificial pond wastewater treatment of soil increased significantly (P<0.05) the growth parameters, content of biomolecules and activities of alpha amylase, starch phosphorylase and peroxidase when compared to the control. …”
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Evaluating the Performance of the Rural Guide Plans in Physical Development of the Rural Settlements (Case Study: Nabovat and Khoran Villages in Eyvangharb Township) by Mehdi Pourtaheri, Abdolreza Rokneddin Eftekhari, Mohsen Abbasi

“…To evaluate the performance of the rural guide plan’s implementation in physical development of the mentioned villages we use two statistical methods: compare means and the Wilcoxon nonparametric test for evaluating the sample’s opinions before and after the implementation of the plan. to evaluate the performance of the plans we used questionnaire technique with the acceptable validity coefficient level 0.77 (conbach alpha).The findings indicate that the implementation of the plans in these two villages to achieve physical objectives such as improving the quality of canals, agricultural canals, improving housing and construction, has been successful in fact, but according to the Wilcoxon test results the rural plan has not been able to cause a positive change in the improvement of the rural services, compared to the previous period.…”
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Exploring the thermal-induced optical nonlinearity of crude oil via spatial self-phase modulation technique by Moein Golestanifar, Mohammad Ali Haddad, Amir Namiq Hassan, Kianoush Pakravan

“…This study focused on examining the $${n}_{2,th}/\alpha$$ ratios of different sample concentrations to identify the role of thermal effects in the observed NLO responses. …”
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