Continuous professional development in higher education: A systematic review of its conceptualizations, trends and challenges (2011- 2020) by Medhanit Adane Solomon, Amare Asgedom Gebremedhin, Kassahun Weldemariam Tigistu

“…To this end, the authors employ Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses-PRISMA. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization and Antimicrobial Activity Study of the Ternary (Poly Anthranilic acid- Graphene Oxide- Zinc Oxide) Nanocomposite by Abdulwahhab H. Majeed

“…The ternary nanocomposite was employed to assess their efficacy against four distinct bacterial strains (Staphylococcus aurous, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Escherichia coli, and Klebsiella sp.) and one fungal strain (Candida albicans). …”
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Public Value of Using Light Rail Transit Transportation at Palembang by Rattu Nadra Syakila, Sri Suwitri, Tri Yuniningsih

“…This study examines the public value derived from the use of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system in Palembang City and investigates the factors contributing to its formation. Employing a descriptive qualitative approach, data were collected through interviews, observations, and text analysis. …”
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Performance of Resource Management Techniques for Weather-Impacted Satellite Networks by Olugbenga Emmanuel Imole, Tom Mmbasu Walingo

“…Adaptive transmission techniques are usually employed to mitigate the effect of rain and improve users’ quality of service (QoS) but the effectiveness of these techniques hinges on the accuracy with which rain attenuation on the link is known. …”
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Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal two new species of the Fusarium fujikuroi (Hypocreales, Nectriaceae) species complex in China by Mingwei Zhang, Cheng Peng, Shuji Li, Chengming Tian

“…Fungal strains used in this study were obtained from Castanea mollissima and Rubus lambertianus, collected from Beijing and Shaanxi Province. We employ morphological and phylogenetic analyses based on partial gene fragments of the translation elongation factor 1-alpha (tef1), beta-tubulin (tub2), calmodulin (CaM), RNA polymerase largest subunit (rpb1), and RNA polymerase II second largest subunit (rpb2), as well as the pairwise homoplasy index tests. …”
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A narrative inquiry into the cultivation of EFL students’ critical thinking skills through multimodal texts by Nur Mafissamawati Sholikhah

“…The materials taught consisted of e-picture of advertisement shared via WhatsApp group and YouTube videos about advertisement. This study employed qualitative method with a narrative inquiry. …”
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Can we profit from a loss and still expect substantial gains? Grammatical metaphors as discourse builders and translational choices in English and Croatian discourse of economics by Milić Goran, Erdeljić Dubravka Vidaković

“…Translational choices and strategies employed in their Croatian translations are then examined to determine the degree of overlap in the adoption and use of grammatical metaphor as both a language possibility and a translation strategy. …”
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Dynamic Weighted Symbiotic Organisms Search Algorithm for Global Optimization Problems by Pengjun Zhao, Sanyang Liu

“…Meanwhile, the best organism is employed to produce the modified artificial parasite vector. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Ti—MCM-41-Type Mesoporous Molecular Sieves with High Titanium Contents by A.S. Kovalenko, A.S. Korchev, J.V. Chernenko, V.G. Il'in, A.P. Filippov

“…By employing a sodium silicate + titanium tetrabutoxide + trimethylmyristylammonium bromide system, it has been possible to obtain mesoporous titanosilicate Ti–MCM-41-type molecular sieves containing systematically varying titanium contents. …”
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Effects of Variations of SUSY Breaking Scale on Neutrino Parameters at Low Energy Scale under Radiative Corrections by Kh. Helensana Devi, K. Sashikanta Singh, N. Nimai Singh

“…A self-complementarity relation among three mixing angles is also employed in the analysis and it is found to be stable under radiative correction. …”
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Ocular injuries by less-lethal weapon: a view from Switzerland by Anna Fierz

“…Countries that use less-lethal weapons include Switzerland, the only Western European democracy besides France to employ multiple kinetic impact projectiles. Our rubber scattershot is comparatively small and light but has led to an uninterrupted series of severe eye injuries since 1980. …”
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Wheelset-Bearing Fault Detection Using Adaptive Convolution Sparse Representation by Jianming Ding, Zhaoheng Zhang, Yanli Yin

“…Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed ACSR method is validated via simulation, bench testing, and a real-life running test employing a high-speed train.…”
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The Determinants of Brazilian Football Clubs’ Debt Ratios by Marke Geisy da Silva Dantas, Raimundo Marciano de Freitas Neto, Maria Alice Alves da Costa, Alexandro Barbosa

“…The time range adopted was 2010-2013. The model employed was Generalized Estimating Equation. Our results suggest that debt ratios are more associated with their popularity or their participation in the highest division of its main championship rather than titles held, access to different competitions or relegation to lower levels. …”
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The Influence of Personality Traits on Household Financial Decisions: Evidence from 31 European Countries by Júlio Lobão, Rashed Isam Ashqar

“…This study examines the impact of personality traits on household finance across 31 European countries, utilizing the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) dataset from Eurostat. We employ logistic regression analysis to investigate the relationship between personality traits and three key dimensions of household finance: the likelihood of holding secured debts, the probability of experiencing financial distress, and the state of financial well-being. …”
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Identification and Quality Assessment of Chrysanthemum Buds by CE Fingerprinting by Xiaoping Xing, Dan Li

“…The fingerprints of the chrysanthemum buds samples were obtained using capillary electrophoresis and electrochemical detection (CE-ED) employing copper and carbon working electrodes to capture all of the chemical information. 10 batches of chrysanthemum buds were collected from different regions and various factories to establish the baseline fingerprint. …”
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A Data-Driven Approach to Estimate Incident-Induced Delays Using Incomplete Probe Vehicle Data: Application to Safety Service Patrol Program Evaluation by Minsoo Oh, Jing Dong-O’Brien

“…The proposed approach employs a random forest-based classification model and an interpolation method to estimate IIDs when real-time data are completely or partially missing during the incident-impacted time period. …”
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Abdominal Decompression in Children by J. Chiaka Ejike, Mudit Mathur

“…Medical management strategies to achieve these goals should be employed but when medical management fails, timely abdominal decompression is essential to reduce the risk of mortality. …”
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Volatile Constituents of Some Selected Plant Species Traditionally Used as Tea in the Sharri Mountains (Kosovo) by Avni Hajdari, Nita Kelmendi, Genista Mustafa, Behxhet Mustafa, Dashnor Nebija

“…Volatile constituents responsible for the flavour and fragrance of selected species (Crataegus monogyna, Cydonia oblonga, Malus sylvestris, Matricaria chamomilla, Morus alba, Morus nigra, Rosa canina, Sambucus nigra, Tilia cordata, and Vaccinium myrtillus) were separated and then identified using GC-MS, whereas GC-FID is employed for the quantitative analysis. Experimental data revealed different patterns of volatile constituents depending on plant species. …”
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Intellectual capital disclosure factors: company age, company size, and gender diversity in property & real estate companies listed on the IDX by Leny Suzan, Salsabilla Putri Anisha

“…These characteristics include company age, company size, and gender diversity. Secondary data was employed for quantitative research method in this study.  …”
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Research on metacognitive strategies of children’s self-regulated learning by NARENGAOWA, Orosoo Tungalag

“…The investigation is qualitative in nature and has employed a case study research design. It involves an observational study along with an interview with the teachers…”
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