Does instruction through mother tongue impede students’ English proficiency? public skepticism on the instructional language policy in the state of Amhara by Melaku Gebremeske

“…The study depended on a review of literature and documentary examination. It has employed the content analysis method of the qualitative approach. …”
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Caesarean Section Rates and Activity-Based Funding in Northern Norway: A Model-Based Study Using the World Health Organization’s Recommendation by Jan Norum, Tove Elisabeth Svee

“…Norwegian hospitals are paid per CS (activity-based funding), employing the diagnosis-related group (DRG) system. …”
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Effect of Biodegradable Mulch and Different Synthetic Mulches on Growth and Yield of Field-Grown Small-Fruited Tomato (<i>Lycopersicon esculentum</i> Mill.) by Katarzyna Adamczewska-Sowińska, Joanna Bykowy, Janina Jaworska

“…Mulching is a widely adopted practice in vegetable cultivation globally. This technique employs various plastic materials, such as polyethylene (PE) film or polypropylene (PP) nonwoven fabric, with an increasing trend toward the use of biodegradable materials. …”
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The use of impression management practices in the chairman’s statements in South African annual reports by Yaeesh Yasseen, Waheeda Mohamed, Mahdiyyah Moola-Yasseen

“…There is reasonable evidence to suggest that management employs impression management strategies that are dependent on the level of a company’s performance. …”
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Emergence of Coordination in Growing Decision-Making Organizations: The Role of Complexity, Search Strategy, and Cost of Effort by Friederike Wall

“…The results suggest that, with respect to the emerging coordination mode, complexity subtly interferes with the search strategy employed and cost of effort. In particular, results support the conjecture that increasing complexity leads to more hierarchical coordination. …”
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Non-Destructive Testing of the Quality of Wooden Columns in Zeng Jingyi’s Ancient Wooden Structures by Jing Yang, Shaojie Wu, Yingcai Fang, Benhuan Xu, Zheng Wang

“…This study focuses on the wooden columns of a historic residential structure to assess their integrity. Employing non-invasive computed tomography (CT) scanning, the internal integrity of these ancient wooden supports was examined. …”
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A Joint Deep Recommendation Framework for Location-Based Social Networks by Omer Tal, Yang Liu

“…In this work we propose Textual and Contextual Embedding-based Neural Recommender (TCENR), a deep framework that employs contextual data, such as users’ social networks and locations’ geo-spatial data, along with textual reviews. …”
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Management practices in maritime affairs: insights from STIP Jakarta graduates by Larsen Barasa, Marudut Bernadtua Simanjuntak

“…Thematic analysis was employed to identify patterns and themes within the data, providing a rich and detailed understanding of the key issues at hand. …”
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Non-Isolated Power Factor Corrected AC/DC Converter with High Step-Down Voltage Ratio for Low-Power Applications by Lalitha T. S. Annambhotla, P. Parthiban

“…This paper proposes a high step-down ratio AC-DC converter employing a quadratic buck converter with power factor correction. …”
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An Optimized Hybrid Model for Perishable Product Quality Inference in the Food Supply Chain by Muhammad Asrol, . Suharjito, Riyanto Jayadi

“…This research contributes to improving the model by employing genetic algorithms in optimizing the inference model by activating only five out of seven rules. …”
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The interaction effect of personality hardiness and fear of failure to predict achievement motivation adolescents of working mother by Syarifah Farradinna, Sindy Putri Arlena

“…This study applied a quantitative methodology to the analysis of the path analysis mediation model. This study employs three measurement instruments and demographic data to address research issues. …”
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The Role of the Key Differentially Mutated Gene FGFR3 in the Immune Microenvironment of Bladder Cancer by Jun Jiang, Yan Zhan, Jun Li

“…The method of Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) was employed to, respectively, interpret the expression data of FGFR3 in high and low expression lists. …”
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Pursuing Paradigm Shift in Construction Safety Management: A Theoretical Introduction to the Safety Action Evaluation by Ahmed Jalil Al-Bayati, Keith J. Kowalkowski, Daniela Schröter

“…A robust research methodology was employed to develop a first-of-its-kind safety performance evaluation system. …”
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Dental Teaching Faculty Involvement in Research Activities by Dolar Doshi, Jagadeeswara Rao Sukhabogi, Jenisha Patel, D Satyanarayana, Parupalli Karunakar

“…The Research and Development (R&D) Culture Index Questionnaire comprising 16 items was employed for this study. Also, self-reported research activity undertaken in the past twelve months was recorded. …”
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Evaluating EFL textbooks for vocational high schools in Indonesia: A corpus-informed and lexile-based model by Diana Omega Santi, Ignatius Tri Endarto

“…A corpus-informed and Lexile-based model was employed as the design of this research. Lexile framework was employed to measure text difficulty, while corpus information was utilized to determine the vocabulary profiles of the selected textbooks. …”
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Kinect-Based Exergames Tailored to Parkinson Patients by Ioannis Pachoulakis, Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Anastasia Analyti

“…In this work we present a Unity3D-based platform hosting two exergames tailored to PD patients with mild to moderate symptoms. The platform employs Microsoft Kinect, an affordable off-the-shelf motion capture sensor that can be easily installed in both home and clinical settings. …”
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Simulation-based Analysis of 20 kW PV System by Atta Ur Rehman, Imtiaz Ahmad

“…Batteries and a PV system that correspond to one another are employed. To get the most power out of the solar panel under the circumstances, algorithms like MPPT are applied. …”
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Foreign Language and Individualization of Student Training: Realities, Trends, Options by Irina V. Leushina, Igor O. Leushin

“…Particular attention is paid to the possibilities of interactive learning of foreign languages; the peculiarities of «immersion» of students in a model professional environment with the involvement of employers and representatives of professional communities, including as experts, in direct participation in the educational process; the importance of personal communication between students and other subjects of the educational process; work in small groups. …”
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Efficient recognition of Parkinson’s disease mice on stepping characters with CNN by Yunsong Luo, Yiqi Huang, Guangzhan Fang, Ningping Tan, Yezhong Tang

“…By processing footprint images collected in the absence of light—employing numerical area summation for noise reduction, adaptive enhancement algorithms based on pixel values, and a high-accuracy Convolutional Neural Network algorithm. …”
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Machine Learning as a Downscaling Approach for Prediction of Wind Characteristics under Future Climate Change Scenarios by Abbas Yeganeh-Bakhtiary, Hossein EyvazOghli, Naser Shabakhty, Bahareh Kamranzad, Soroush Abolfathi

“…The developed decision tree (DT) models were employed to statistically downscale the Beijing Normal University Earth System Model (BNU-ESM) global climate model output. …”
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