Interaction and problems in the abaca industry in Region VIII, Philippines by Milagros C. Bales, Karen Luz P. Yap, Fatima T. Baliña, Leomarich F. Casinillo

“…Conclusively, the interactions among the players of the abaca industry are generally weak which can be strengthened through institutionalizing a system where stakeholders can work together for the common good and obtain a sustainable supply chain.…”
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Gender differences in acute and perceived stress, bullying, and academic motivation among nursing and midwifery students by Hanan F. Alharbi, Abdulaziz F. Abaoud, Mohammed Almutairi, Naif S. Alzahrani, Abdulaziz Mofdy Almarwani, Atallah Alenezi, Fahad M. Alhowaymel

“…Results Students reported relatively low acute stress and moderate perceived stress. Students did not generally experience considerable bullying. Only female students reported that they experience significant bullying in form of attacking academic motivation. …”
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Estimación del PIB turístico por localidad, municipio y entidad federativa de México en 2018 by Normand Eduardo Asuad-Sanén, Omar Contreras Cleofas, Armando Mújica Romo, José Antonio Huitrón Mendoza

“…De ahí que los objetivos generales de esta investigación son: 1) estimar el PIB turístico por estados y municipios para 2018 y su distribución espacial a nivel subnacional; 2) calcular el PIB turístico por localidades con base en estimaciones del PIBT municipal y estatal. …”
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Study on the Parameter Optimization and Strength Mechanism of Coal Gangue Emulsified Asphalt Mixture by ZhanLiang Liu, Chen Zhang, Xin Qu

“…At present, the coal gangue produced by coal-fired power plants is generally discarded, resulting in serious environmental pollution. …”
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The potential impact of nonsuicidal self-injury disorder: Insights from individuals with lived experience by Gregory J. Lengel, Brooke A. Ammerman, Keri-Anne Bell, Jason J. Washburn

“…Results from our thematic analysis of the interview data suggested opinions about NSSI-D and its potential impact were generally positive (e.g., increased awareness, understanding, and validation, increased comfort with disclosing NSSI behavior, positive impacts on treatment, and improved functioning). …”
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Artificial Intelligence Methods Applied to Catalytic Cracking Processes by Fan Yang, Mao Xu, Wenqiang Lei, Jiancheng Lv

“…Knowledge-driven methods have advantages in interpretability and generalization, but disadvantages in construction difficulty and prediction recall. …”
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On the use of adversarial validation for quantifying dissimilarity in geospatial machine learning prediction by Yanwen Wang, Mahdi Khodadadzadeh, Raúl Zurita-Milla

“…To study the effectiveness and generality of DAV, we tested it on a series of experiments based on both synthetic and real datasets and with gradually increasing dissimilarities. …”
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Emotional State as a Key Driver of Public Preferences for Flower Color by Juan She, Renwu Wu, Bingling Pi, Jie Huang, Zhiyi Bao

“…The complex aesthetic process’s driving factors were unveiled through a comprehensive analysis using a Generalized Additive Model (GAM), a piecewise Structural Equation Model (SEM), and linear regression models. …”
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DSMF-Net: Dual Semantic Metric Learning Fusion Network for Few-Shot Aerial Image Semantic Segmentation by Xiyu Qi, Yidan Zhang, Lei Wang, Yifan Wu, Yi Xin, Zhan Chen, Yunping Ge

“…Inspired by human ability to learn rapidly, few-shot semantic segmentation offers a promising solution by utilizing limited labeled data for efficient model training and generalization. However, the intrinsic complexities of aerial images, compounded by scarce samples, often result in inadequate feature representation and semantic ambiguity, detracting from the model's performance. …”
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Observer-Based H∞ Fuzzy Synchronization and Output Tracking Control of Time-Varying Delayed Chaotic Systems by Kuan-Yi Lin, Tung-Sheng Chiang, Chian-Song Chiu, Wen-Fong Hu, Peter Liu

“…Third, combining both a fuzzy observer for state estimation and a controller (solved from generalized kinematic constraints) output tracking can be achieved. …”
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Data augmentation based multi-view contrastive learning graph anomaly detection by LI Yifan, LI Jiayin, LIN Xingpeng, DAI Yuanfei, XU Li

“…However, most existing contrast-based graph anomaly detection methods focused only on node-subgraph contrast patterns, ignoring the fact that the sampled node-subgraph instance pairs contained only the local information of the target node, and at the same time did not take into account the importance of each subgraph to the target node, which led to the lack of global information about the node and the emergence of the problem that the contrast patterns were too generalized. In order to solve the problems mentioned above and to improve the accuracy of graph anomaly detection, a graph anomaly detection by data augmentation and multi-view contrastive learning (DAMC-GAD) was proposed. …”
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Surface charge change in carbonates during low-salinity imbibition by Felix Feldmann, Emad W. Al-Shalabi, Aksel Hiorth

“…Although the literature generally acknowledges that low-salinity improves oil recovery in laboratory-scale experiments, the physical mechanisms behind it are controversial. …”
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Solvent solutions: Comparing extraction methods for edible oils and proteins in a changing regulatory landscape. Part 4: Impacts on energy consumption☆ by Carré Patrick, Piofczyk Thomas, Bothe Sarah, dev Borah Chandra, Hadjiali Sara

“…Alternative solvents generally show higher energy consumption compared to hexane. …”
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Investigation of natural convection heat transfer in MHD fluid within a hexagonal cavity with circular obstacles by Mohammad Dehghan Afifi, Ali Jahangiri, Mohammad Ameri

“…The findings indicate that flow behavior, temperature distribution and concentration fields are generally symmetric along the X = 1 axis. The maximum flow rate within the isoconcentration contours occurs when the Rayleigh number is at its peak and the Hartmann number is at its minimum, with only the lower obstacles being heated. …”
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An action research study on the needs and perspectives of medical students and junior residents on peer physical examination guidelines to respect medical students’ autonomy and pr... by Emily Suzuki, Nobutoshi Nawa, Eriko Okada, Yu Akaishi, Ayako Kashimada, Mitsuyuki Numasawa, Kumiko Yamaguchi, Kazuki Takada, Masanaga Yamawaki

“…Conclusion Medical students and junior residents generally supported the PPE guidelines. The right to refuse the model patient role and management of incidental findings should be included in the guidelines. …”
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Cystatin C as a predictor of acute renal damage after radical surgical treatment in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer by A. I. Tarasenko, V. N. Pavlov, I. R. Kabirov, A. V. Alekseev, M. F. Urmantsev

“…Of the 186 examined patients, 43 developed AKI according to generally accepted criteria. During the follow-up period, no patient required renal replacement therapy. …”
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ADDED VALUES OF SOCIAL CRM: THE EXAMINATION OF CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE by Amila Pilav-Velic, Anes Hrnjić, Ljubica Milanović Glavan, Azra Hanić

“… Background: Social media allow companies to create more “friendly” and personal interaction with their customers on an individual basis affecting the relationship development. Generally, people have more confidence in their friends’ recommendations. …”
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Exploring Gait Recognition in Wild Nighttime Scenes by Haotian Li, Wenjuan Gong, Yutong Li, Yikai Wu, Kechen Li, Jordi Gonzàlez

“…Experimental results demonstrate that GaitSAT achieves higher accuracy and superior generalization capabilities compared to state-of-the-art pose-based methods.…”
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The Power of Perception: Unpacking the Role of Negative Thinking in High School Students’ Test Anxiety by Damla Kahraman, Elif Özüm Kuş Işık, Mehmet Hakan Türkçapar, Cemile Dur Öztürk, Duygu Betül Özkanca, Nilüfer Koçtürk, Eyüp Sabır Erbiçer, Türkan Doğan, Ercan Akın

“…These findings were generally consistent with the literature and were discussed considering the relevant literature. …”
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RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION OF TURKEYS WITH A/DUCK/ALTAI/469/14 H5N1 STRAIN OF AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS by V. Yu. Sosipatorova, D. A. Altunin, I. A. Chvala, N. S. Mudrak, D. B. Andreychuk

“…In the course of the experiment it was established that A/duck/Altai/469/14 H5N1 caused a generalized form of infection in turkeys with clinical and pathologic lesions characteristic of highly pathogenic avian influenza.…”
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