Analysis of spatiotemporal distribution, variability, and trends of rainfall in Wollo area, Northeastern Ethiopia. by Asnake Adane, Birhanu Asmerom

“…Standard Rainfall Anomaly Index (SRA) and Coefficient of Variation (CV) were employed to examine rainfall variability and develop drought indices over southern Ethiopia. …”
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A positive spin: large language models can help directors evaluate programs through their patients' own words by Leah Russell Flaherty, Kendra H. Oliver

“…Using large language models (LLMs), program directors may begin to employ rich, qualitative feedback expediently. Methods:. …”
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Internal Control Practices and Performance of Saving and Credit Scheme Organizations in Uganda: A Case Of Rukiga Sacco Ltd. by Kiconco, Patience

“…Frequency tables were employed to describe the data since descriptive analysis required presentation of a single variable and its characteristics. …”
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Computer Technology and Students’ Social Cultural Values in Selected Secondary Schools in Kabale District. by Ninsiima, Comfort

“…Structured surveys are employed to collect quantitative data, focusing on the frequency of technology usage, perceived positive and negative impacts, and home access to technology. …”
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Innovation and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kabale Municipality, Uganda. by Ben, Atuheire

“…Kabale Municipality SMEs were selected for the study because the Municipality is in the heart of Kabale district where most businesses are concentrated and this made it easier to conduct the study. The study employed a cross sectional survey design which is analytical in nature because it is employed in research to gather data about phenomenon (innovation and performance) at one specific point in time depending on the nature of the study, covered 162 SMEs. …”
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Effect of Corporate Governance on Performance of SACCOs in Rubanda District South Western Uganda by Turyasingura, John Bosco, Moses, Agaba

“…Frequency tables were employed to portray the data as descriptive analysis required presentation of a single variable and its characteristics. …”
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Investigating the implementation of infection prevention and control practices in neonatal care across country income levels: a systematic review by Emanuela Nyantakyi, Julia Baenziger, Laura Caci, Kathrin Blum, Aline Wolfensberger, Angela Dramowski, Bianca Albers, Marta Castro, Marie-Therese Schultes, Lauren Clack

“…While educational as well as evaluative and iterative strategies were most frequently employed to support the implementation of IPC practices in both LMICs and HICs, other strategies employed showed variance across country income levels. …”
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Modeling Stock High-Low Price Range: Fractional Cointegrating VAR Approach (FCVAR) by Elham Farzanegan

“…ObjectiveThis paper seeks to employ fractional cointegration methodology to model high and low stock prices, as well as the range series, indicating the difference between high and low stock prices. …”
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Photophysical Behavior of Modified Xanthenic Dyes Embedded into Silsesquioxane Hybrid Films: Application in Photooxidation of Organic Molecules by Carolina V. Waiman, Rodrigo E. Palacios, Hernán A. Montejano, Carlos A. Chesta, María Lorena Gómez

“…The hybrid matrix was chosen for its enhanced properties such as flexibility and chemical resistance. The employed dyes were easily incorporated into the hybrid polymer obtaining homogeneous, transparent, and low-refractive-index materials. …”
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Salmon Muscle Adherence to Polymer Coatings and Determination of Antibiotic Residues by Reversed-Phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Selected Reaction Monitorin... by E. Zumelzu, M. J. Wehrhahn, O. Muñoz, F. Rull

“…A robust mass spectrometry methodology was employed to determine the presence of antibiotic residues. …”
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COMPARISON MEASUREMENT AND CALCULATION OF BRAIN TUMOR IN MRI MODALITIES UTILISING SPIN-ECHO PULSE SEQUENCE T1-WEIGHTED CONTRAST AND DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPLICATIONS by Maizza Nadia Putri, Kusworo Adi, M.Irwan Katili, Sidin Hariyanto, Dwi Rochmayanti

“…Background: Evaluation of brain tumor MRI image results performed by radiologists employing the linear measurement method has several weaknesses and is sensitive to subjectivity. …”
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Risk of Fungal Infection to Dental Patients by Jaqueline Lopes Damasceno, Rafael Aparecido dos Santos, Amir Horiquini Barbosa, Luciana Assirati Casemiro, Regina Helena Pires, Carlos Henrique Gomes Martins

“…This study verified whether the water employed in the dental units of two dental clinics at the University of Franca was contaminated with fungi. …”
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Estimation of Hourly Traffic Flows from Floating Car Data for Vehicle Emission Estimation by Yun Jiang, Guohua Song, Zeyu Zhang, Zhiqiang Zhai, Lei Yu

“…Floating car data (FCD) is increasingly employed for flow estimation based on the fundamental diagrams to supplement data provided by stationary detectors. …”
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Photothermal Laser Printing of Sub‐Micrometer Crystalline ZnO Structures by Matthias Steurer, Paul Somers, Kristian Kraft, Lukas Grünewald, Steven Kraus, Florian Feist, Bastian Weinert, Erich Müller, Stefanie Dehnen, Claus Feldmann, Yolita M. Eggeler, Christopher Barner‐Kowollik, Martin Wegener

“…Alternatively, thermal triggers can be employed, yet thermal processes are often slow and provide only low spatial localization. …”
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Experimental Investigation and Optimization on Friction Stir Welding of Nylon 6A Using Taguchi and ANOVA with Microstructural Analysis by G. S. V. Seshu Kumar, Anshuman Kumar, S. Rajesh, Rama Bhadri Raju Chekuri, Amsalu Gosu Adigo

“…In addition, L27 orthogonal array of Taguchi approach is employed for the optimization of design experiments of FSW parameters. …”
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Memory-driven deep-reinforcement learning for autonomous robot navigation in partially observable environments by Estrella Montero, Nabih Pico, Mitra Ghergherehchi, Ho Seung Song

“…We propose a memory-driven algorithm that employs deep reinforcement learning to enable collision-free proactive navigation in partially observable environments. …”
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Combating Osteoarthritis through Stem Cell Therapies by Rejuvenating Cartilage: A Review by Navneet Kumar Dubey, Viraj Krishna Mishra, Rajni Dubey, Shabbir Syed-Abdul, Joseph R. Wang, Peter D. Wang, Win-Ping Deng

“…To overcome these limitations, cell-based therapies are currently being employed to repair and regenerate the structure and function of articular tissues. …”
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Boundedness and Stability for Discrete-Time Delayed Neural Network with Complex-Valued Linear Threshold Neurons by Chengjun Duan, Qiankun Song

“…By constructing appropriate Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals and employing linear matrix inequality technique and analysis method, several new delay-dependent criteria for checking the boundedness and global exponential stability are established. …”
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Approximate Solutions of Singular Two-Point BVPs Using Legendre Operational Matrix of Differentiation by A. Sami Bataineh, A. K. Alomari, I. Hashim

“…Different from other numerical techniques, shifted Legendre polynomials and their properties are employed for deriving a general procedure for forming this matrix. …”
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On real interpolation, finite differences, and estimates depending on a parameter for discretizations of elliptic boundary value problems by Davide Guidetti, Sergei Piskarev

“…Next, we apply them to estimate the resolvents of finite-difference discretizations of Dirichlet boundary value problems for elliptic equations in space dimensions one and two in analogs of spaces of continuous and Hölder continuous functions. Such results were employed to study finite-difference discretizations of parabolic equations.…”
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