SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS OF TYPOGRAPHY IN APPLE VIRTUAL ADVERTISEMENT by Yuda Suryasa Sjaerodji, Desi Indrawati

“…This research aims to analyze the semiotic typography components of Apple's virtual advertisement on YouTube and to find out the meanings constructed on Apple's virtual advertisement. This research was conducted qualitatively to analyze the semiotic typography components and the meanings constructed in Apple's virtual advertisement on YouTube Apple Channel, Introducing iPad Air — Apple in 2020. …”
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Spectral Representation-Based Multidimensional Nonstationary Ground Motion Model for Seismic Reliability Analysis of Frame Structures by Lawali Moussa Laminou, Xinghua Chen

“…A multidimensional response spectrum constructed according to the standardizing response spectrum is used as the fitting target response spectrum. …”
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Reliability and validity of the Lithuanian version of headache-attributed lost time (HALT) index by I. Zagorskienė, E. Abelkis, R. Mameniškienė

“…Correlations for all proposed constructs were significant. Conclusions. HALT-LT can be used as an instrument for adult patients in Lithuanian speaking population. …”
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Engaging Stem Cells for Customized Tendon Regeneration by Hatim Thaker, Arun K. Sharma

“…Surgery produces the best outcomes, and while studies have been conducted to optimize graft constructs and to track outcomes, the data from these studies have been inconclusive on the whole. …”
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Sharing fact checking corrections in polarized political environments: A study of context and disambiguation by Natalia Aruguete, Ernesto Calvo

“…Our results show that polarizing political messages increase the propensity to share fact checks (constructive interference) instead of reducing circulation. …”
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Measuring Information Systems Project Complexity: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach by Nazeer Joseph, Carl Marnewick

“…Suggestions were provided to guide IS project managers on how to manage each construct and alleviate the level of project complexity. …”
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A Call for a Holistic Approach to Measuring Quality in Healthcare Services by Reem Arman

“… Quality in healthcare is a construct whose measurement is vital for quality assurance and improvement purposes. …”
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Statistical Inferences to the Parameter and Reliability Characteristics of Gamma-mixed Rayleigh Distribution under Progressively Censored Data with Application by Kousik Maiti, Suchandan Kayal

“…Asymptotic confidence intervals are constructed. For comparison purposes, confidence intervals using bootstrap-p and bootstrap-t methods are also constructed. …”
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Assessment of Waterlogging Risk in the Deep Foundation Pit Projects Based on Projection Pursuit Model by Han Wu, Junwu Wang

“…First, through a comprehensive analysis of the water circulation process in waterlogging and the characteristics of deep foundation pit projects, a risk index system with 11 indicators is identified and constructed. Then, a projection pursuit model optimized by particle swarm optimization is leveraged to determine the weights of the indicators and the best projection values of evaluation objects, and the mathematical function between the best projection values and the risk levels is constructed by an interpolation algorithm. …”
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Conspicuous Consumption and its Relation to Brand Consciousness, Status Consumption and Self-Expression by Bruno Medeiros Assimos, Marcelo de Rezende Pinto, Ramon Silva Leite, Matheus Lemos de Andrade

“…The results of the study suggest, among other findings, that there is a relatively strong association between the constructs status consumption and self-expression, it was also possible to verify a significant and positive influence between the dimensions of the construct conspicuous consumption with status consumption. …”
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Some New Covering-Based Multigranulation Fuzzy Rough Sets and Corresponding Application in Multicriteria Decision Making by Zaibin Chang, Lingling Mao

“…Moreover, four types of CMFRS models are constructed, as well as their characteristics and relationships. …”
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Evaluation and Influence of Chinese Enterprises' Financial Efficiency Based on the Malmquist Index by Shaodong Yu, Chunling Li

“…Furthermore, the Malmquist index model is constructed for financial efficiency dynamic study, and the spatial Durbin model is constructed for evaluation and impact of enterprises. …”
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Stakeholders of Voluntary Forest Carbon Offset Projects in China: An Empirical Analysis by Derong Lin, Yingzhi Lin

“…A stakeholder model and a Power-Benefit Matrix are constructed to analyze the roles, behaviors, and conflicts of stakeholders including farmers, planting entities, communities, government, and China Green Carbon Foundation. …”
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Modeling of Temperature Effect on Modal Frequency of Concrete Beam Based on Field Monitoring Data by Wenchen Shan, Xianqiang Wang, Yubo Jiao

“…In order to eliminate the temperature effect on modal frequency, an effective method is to construct quantitative models which accurately predict the modal frequency corresponding to temperature variation. …”
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The Effects of Different Materials and Geosynthetics on Embankment Safety and Behavior by Elif Çiçek

“…In this study, road embankment models constructed with new materials obtained from the recycling of natural and waste materials were analysed using the finite element method. …”
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Crowd Motion Analysis Based on Social Force Graph with Streak Flow Attribute by Shaonian Huang, Dongjun Huang, Mansoor Ahmed Khuhro

“…A weighted social force graph is then constructed based on multiple social properties of crowd video. …”
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Evolutionary Game Analysis of Knowledge Sharing in Low-Carbon Innovation Network by Cuicui Zheng

“…First of all, this article adopts a decision-making experiment and evaluation laboratory method and interpretation structure model, combines the two methods, extracts the advantages of the two, and discards the shortcomings of the two, thus constructing a new optimized and upgraded interpretation structure model. …”
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New Model for Evaluation of FRP Debonding Strain for Russian Design Code by Anton Alekseevich Bykov, Aleksandr Vasilyevich Kalugin

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Canonical Sets of Best L1-Approximation by Dimiter Dryanov, Petar Petrov

“…It turns out that for some large classes of functions the best approximants with respect to a certain distance can be constructed by interpolation on a point set that does not depend on the choice of the function to be approximated. …”
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Cross-cultural validation and psychometric properties study of the Chinese college students’ life skills scale for sport—transfer scale by Lin Luo, Meilin He, Shaojing Wen, Junfeng Yuan, Huilin Xu

“…Expert evaluations and feedback from 25 participants engaged in sports activities provided preliminary evidence for the scale’s construct validity. In the second phase, 409 participants were recruited, and factor analysis was performed to validate the structural dimensions of the scale. …”
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