Functional and Radiological Outcome of Surgical Management in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis – A Comparative Study by Makesh Ram Sriraghavan, Kandasamy Natesan, Pavalan Louis, Harish Shanmugam Punniakotti, Naveen Venkidusamy, Namala Sai Vinay Bharadwaj

“…Background: Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a clinical syndrome with neurogenic claudication, low back ache, with radiating pain to lower limbs, due to a decrease in spinal canal dimensions. Degeneration is the most common etiology, resulting due to facet joint arthropathy and intervertebral disc protrusion. …”
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Developing the Chinese version of the Index of Sojourner Social Support: the roles of socio-emotional and instrumental support in internal migrant university students by Hanzhi Fu

“…Item analysis, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), reliability analysis, measurement equivalence test, criterion validity test, and incremental validity test of the Chinese version of the ISSS (ISSS-C) were carried out.ResultsThe ISSS-C generated by this study had two dimensions (socio-emotional support and instrumental support) of 18 items. …”
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Rock Music and The Political Scripting of Vietnam War: Reading Dispatches by Michael Herr by Lalit Kumar

“…The analysis considers the artistic, ideological, and cultural dimensions of the music produced and disseminated during the war, while also reflecting on how the lyrics referenced in Herr’s work reveal the psychological state of soldiers and the growing significance of counter-cultural music as the war progressed.…”
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Study on the Response of Staggered Floor Isolated Structures in Mountainous Areas under Three-Dimensional Earthquakes by Shishan Cheng, Jie Yang, Dewen Liu, Lihao Chen, Feng Wan, Fan Yang, Yang Liu

“…The input of earthquakes in different dimensions also makes a difference in the response of the structure. …”
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Dental Cavity Grading: Comparing Algorithm Reliability and Agreement with Expert Evaluation by Abubaker Qutieshat, Abdurahman Salem, Melina N. Kyranides

“…The software, using 3D imaging, calculated cavity dimensions and assigned an error score based on deviation from ideal measurements. …”
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The mediating role of lecturer engagement in the relationship between human resource management, knowledge management, and higher education competitiveness by Anik Herminingsih

“…The variables were measured using Likert scales, with each variable consisting of several dimensions and indicators to assess their influence on the competitiveness of the institution. …”
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What is the implementation practice of schools as learning organisations from the perspective of local governments? by Inese Lusena-Ezera, Gunta Siliņa-Jasjukeviča

“…It was identified that the obstacles or difficulties identified by local governments in the implementation of school as a learning organisation are applicable both at the level of education policy planning, at the whole-school level and at the school management level, furthermore, modelling and growing learning leadership is one of the weakest dimensions of the school as a learning organisation in educational institutions. …”
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A Satisfaction Study of Waterfront Public Spaces in Winter Cities from a Demand Perspective: A KANO-IPA Model Analysis Based on Northeastern China by Ping Yu, Yu Zhang

“…We constructed a systematic and comprehensive set of spatial demand indicators for waterfront public space in winter cities, covering seven demand dimensions and 42 indicators. A satisfaction survey was conducted across 12 sample reaches in northeastern China. …”
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On third space and critical paralysis by Steven White

“…This approach involves applying Whitchurch’s practically applicable ideas of ‘four dimensions of blended professional activity’, and three ‘phases of third space processes’. …”
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Analysis Method for Reinforcing Circular Openings in Isotropic Homogeneous Plate-Like Structures Subjected to Blast Loading by Sebastian Mendes, Liling Cao

“…Abaqus was employed to conduct numerical verification of the derived formulas considering various design parameters including material properties, plate dimensions, position of opening, and explosive charge size. …”
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Analytical Insights on the Relationship between Economic Growth and Environmental Degradation in Framework of EKC Hypothesis and Various Environmental Indicators by Hossein Ali Fakher

“…Originality/Value: Using a composite index that shows all the dimensions related to environmental pollution and is a true representative of environmental quality can provide a more accurate analysis of the EKC hypothesis in future research.…”
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Looking at Abortion Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights as an Equality Issue by Kaisla Yli-Juuti

“…This article follows Sandra Fredman’s multidimensional concept of substantive equality composed of the redistributive, recognition, participatory and transformative dimensions. The substantive equality approach recognises that individuals cannot be separated from their characteristics. …”
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Advantages of Combining Factorization Machine with Elman Neural Network for Volatility Forecasting of Stock Market by Fang Wang, Sai Tang, Menggang Li

“…An interesting phenomenon had been found through some numerical experiments on the effects of different user-specified dimensions on the proposed FM-Elman neural network.…”
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A Fault Diagnosis Method for Out-of-Round Faults of Metro Vehicle Wheels with Strong Noise by Haifeng Huang, Heli Wang, Weijiu Zhang, Weijie Gu

“…Vibration signals of China metro vehicle wheels collected while the metro vehicle is running are used to train the diagnosis model and adjust parameters of DBN and KPCA based on testing accuracy. The different dimensions of KPCA, epoch number, and node number of DBN are compared, and the better parameters of diagnosis model based on vibration signals are concluded in this paper. …”
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Proverbs and African Modernity: Defining an Ethics of Becoming by Oyekan Owomoyela

“…Because of these efforts we now know a good deal about proverbs as a cultural resource, their functionality and the protocols for their usage, but also their artistry-structure, wordplay, imagery, and so forth, especially after calls such as Isidore Okpewho’s (1992) that scholars pay due attention to the aesthetic dimensions of traditional oral forms. …”
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Enhanced Fluid Mixing in Microchannels Using Levitated Magnetic Microrobots: A Numerical Study by Ali Anil Demircali, Abdurrahim Yilmaz, Huseyin Uvet

“…The efficient mixing of fluids at microscale dimensions presents challenges due to the dominant laminar flow regime which restricts convective mixing. …”
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An Empirical Study on the Behavioral Intention of College Students’ Online Ideological and Political Learning by Miaomiao Ren, Yan Ma, Wenxiang Fan, Mingyong Li, Yuming Feng

“…The results show that there are group differences in system perception, technology acceptance perception, and behavioral intention among college students with different genders and grades; different dimensions of information system quality have different effects on behavioral intention; perceived ease of use is an important mediating variable, which has a direct positive impact on the use attitude; perceived usefulness and use attitude have positive direct effects on behavioral intention; and perceived usefulness has a higher predictive effect on behavioral intention. …”
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Metamaterial-Loaded 16-Printed Log Periodic Antenna Array for Microwave Imaging of Breast Tumor Detection by Avez Syed, Muntasir Sheikh, Mohammad Tariqul Islam, Hatem Rmili

“…At the lowest operating frequency of 2 GHz, the electrical dimensions of this designed antenna are 0.34λ × 0.26λ × 0.01λ. …”
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Looting and antisocial behavior after disasters: a systematic review by Rahim Ali Sheikhi, Raheleh Javanbakhtian, Mohammad Heidari

“…Aim The purpose of this systematic review is to explore the literature regarding looting after disasters, its different dimensions, and to examine coping strategies. Methods This study is a systematic review of publications about disaster-related looting and antisocial behavior, and the study was performed according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. …”
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Estimation of body measurements of sheep by Digital Image Processing by A.R. Onal

“…In this study, the possibilities of using Image Processing Methods for measuring the body dimensions of Turkgeldi sheep were investigated. For this purpose, the body measurements of Turkgeldi sheep were determined using Image Processing Technology. …”
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