Examining the impact of environmental product innovation on perceived brand value considering the mediating role of ethical- aspects in the home appliance industry by Hamidreza Talaie

“…To collect data, a standardized questionnaire was used, whose validity was confirmed by calculating content, convergent, and divergent validity, and its reliability was confirmed through the Cronbach's alpha index. In statistical analysis, the structural equation modeling approach was used.Findings: Based on the research results, environmental product innovations have a positive and significant impact on perceived brand value, open-mindedness, and customer privacy. …”
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Controls on the geotechnical properties of plastic-bonded pavement blocks produced by artisanal means in Bamenda, Cameroon by Bertrand Tatoh Aziwo, Moses Kuma Mbuh, Irene Bongsiysi Bame, Paul Venyite, Moyouwou Amadou Njoya, Fidelis Toke Ntam, M.V. Nsongka, Ndigui Billong

“…An average compressive strength of 32.97 MPa, water absorption of 2.27 % and an abrasion index of 0.07 was obtained at 27.5 % PET for 50WS50QS, which meets the recommended requirements of pavement blocks for pedestrian and light vehicular traffic according to ASTM C-902-22, NF EN 1338:2004 and SNI 03-0691-1996 standards. …”
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Growth performance, intestinal health, and non-specific immunity were significantly affected by feeding different compound lactic acid bacteria supplementation in sea urchin (Stron... by Yuntian Zhang, Yuntian Zhang, Rongwei Zhang, Rongwei Zhang, Yi Chen, Yi Chen, Zhixu Guo, Zhixu Guo, Xiangyu Meng, Xiangyu Meng, Yuzhe Han, Yuzhe Han, Xiaoran Zhao, Xiaoran Zhao, Tongjun Ren, Tongjun Ren

“…The dietary supplementation with compound lactic acid bacteria significantly improved the growth performance of S. intermedius in the RL, RM, and RH groups, including final body weight (FBW), weight gain rate (WGR), specific growth rate (SGR), and gonadosomatic index (GSI). Furthermore, antioxidant and immune indicators such as total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), acid phosphatase (ACP), alkaline phosphatase (AKP), and lysozyme (LZM) were significantly enhanced. …”
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Perinatal results of restricted intrauterine growth. Cienfuegos, 2022 by Cristóbal Jorge Torres González, Vivian Rosa Vázquez Martínez, Ana Beatriz Abreus Castro, Yaneris Vega Romero, Greter Torres Vázquez

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the alteration of the cerebroplacental index in the fetus, birth before 34 weeks and weight less than 1500 g at birth, increases the adverse perinatal risk in fetuses/neonates with restricted intrauterine growth.…”
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Subsidence Control Design Method and Application to Backfill-Strip Mining Technology by Xiaojun Zhu, Feng Zha, Guangli Guo, Pengfei Zhang, Hua Cheng, Hui Liu, Xiaoyu Yang

“…The subsidence influencing factors are optimized and determined by comparing the requirements of the safety fortification index of the antideformation ability of surface buildings, resource recovery rate, and coal mining cost. …”
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Effect of sleep quality on the severity of perimenstrual symptoms in Japanese female students: a cross-sectional, online survey by Yukio Urabe, Makoto Komiya, Noriaki Maeda, Satoshi Arima, Tsubasa Tashiro, Rami Mizuta, Sakura Oda, Takaaki Nagasawa, Koichi Naito

“…Objectives To investigate the relationship between sleep quality and perimenstrual symptoms among Japanese female students.Design Observational, cross-sectional, online surveySetting We used an online questionnaire to collate responses from Japanese female students on sleep quality and perimenstrual symptoms.Participants A total of 298 female students aged 18–25 years in Japan were included in this study.Primary and secondary outcome measures The Menstrual Distress Questionnaire (MDQ) was used to assess the severity of perimenstrual symptoms for three periods—premenstrual, menstrual and postmenstrual—and the Japanese version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was used to assess sleep quality. The MDQ scores were compared between two groups (normal-sleep quality and low-sleep quality) using Mann-Whitney U test. …”
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Time Series Trend Analysis of Fire Frequency in Natural Resources Relative to Vegetation Canopy Cover using MODIS Data Products (Case Study: Lorestan Province) by Akram Alinia, Amir Gandomkar, Alireza Abasi

“…Cross-matrix analysis between the spatial distribution of fire occurrence foci and NDVI index, both of which were products of MODIS measurement, indicated that, in general, the highest frequency of fire occurrences in Lorestan province in the period from May to August corresponds to Greenness range was 0.15 to 0.22. …”
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Prevalence and socioeconomic determinants of awareness and visitation of community clinic among ever married women: evidence from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, 2017–201... by Md Akib Al-Zubayer, Hasibul Hasan Shanto, Rabeya Kumkum, Sk Tasnuva Alam, Benojir Ahammed

“…The result of the multivariate analysis revealed that higher education, division and higher number of children were significantly positively associated, whereas the richest wealth index was significantly negatively associated with both awareness and visitation to CCs. …”
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White Matter Biomarkers Associated with Motor Change in Individuals with Stroke: A Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation Study by K. P. Wadden, S. Peters, M. R. Borich, J. L. Neva, K. S. Hayward, C. S. Mang, N. J. Snow, K. E. Brown, T. S. Woodward, S. K. Meehan, L. A. Boyd

“…Baseline diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) indexed the underlying white matter microstructure of a previously known motor learning network, named the constrained motor connectome (CMC), as well as the corticospinal tract (CST) of lesioned and nonlesioned hemispheres. …”
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Unlocking Dabrafenib’s Potential: A Quality by Design (QBD) Journey to Enhance Permeation and Oral Bioavailability through Nanosponge Formulation by Konda Sri Chaya Reddy, Darna Bhikshapathi, Jaini Pavan Kumar

“…After being loaded with DBF, the produced β-CD NSPs were characterized in terms of particle size, zeta potential (Z.P), polydispersity index (PdI), and drug entrapment efficiency (E.E). …”
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Diffused Multi-scale Generative Adversarial Network for low-dose PET images reconstruction by Xiang Yu, Daoyan Hu, Qiong Yao, Yu Fu, Yan Zhong, Jing Wang, Mei Tian, Hong Zhang

“…In terms of quantitative comparisons, we employed two metrics, structure similarity index measure (SSIM) and peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) to evaluate the performance of diverse methods. …”
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FastContext: A tool for identification of adapters and other sequence patterns in next generation sequencing (NGS) data by E. Viesná, V. Fishman

“…The FastContext package is available at the Python Package Index (https://pypi. org/project/FastContext), the source code is available at GitHub (https://github.com/regnveig/FastContext).…”
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Phenotypic insights into genetic risk factors for immune-related adverse events in cancer immunotherapy by Haochuan Ma, Dili Song, Haibo Zhang, Taidong Li, Xing Jin

“…Notably, multivariate MR analyses uncovered intricate interactions, particularly highlighting how diabetes impacts all-grade irAEs through mediators such as body mass index and sex hormone-binding globulin. Conclusions This study has not only identified new risk factors for irAEs but also confirmed several well-established ones. …”
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Channel Mixer Layer: Multimodal Fusion Toward Machine Reasoning for Spatiotemporal Predictive Learning of Ionospheric Total Electron Content by Peng Liu, Tatsuhiro Yokoyama, Takuya Sori, Mamoru Yamamoto

“…Abstract The spatiotemporal distribution of Total Electron Content (TEC) in ionosphere determines the refractive index of electromagnetic wave leading to the radio signal scintillation and deterioration. …”
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Laparoscopic Diagnosis and Laparoscopic Hyperthermic Intraoperative Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Detected by CT Examination by Masamitsu Hirano, Yutaka Yonemura, Emel Canbay, Masumi Ichinose, Tuyoshi Togawa, Takayuki Matsuda, Nobuyuki Takao, Akiyoshi Mizumoto

“…The peritoneal carcinomatosis index (PCI) score by laparoscopic observation was 16.5 ± 6.4 (range 0–30). …”
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Anti-Apoptosis Effects of Green Tea in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Doses of Ionizing Radiation by Najmeh Anbiaee, Mohammad Taghi Bahreyni Toossi, Hosein Azimian, Zoha Sahebnasagh, Sepideh Abdollahi Dehkordi, Majid Kianmehr, samaneh soudmand salarabadi, Maryam Najafi Amiri

“…The protective effects of the green tea polyphenol on Bcl-2 and Bax genes expression levels were evaluated in cultured lymphocytes obtained from treated cells (24 h and 1 h before and 1 h after exposure to ionizing radiation) and non-treated cells (Receiving X-radiation and non-receiving green tea).Results: The results of this investigation demonstrated Bax/Bcl-2 ratio, as an index of the radiation sensitivity, was significantly decreased in groups which had been received dose of 2 Gy in treated cells groups of 1 h before and 1 h after X-radiation (p<0.05).Conclusion: The results indicated different effects of green tea on low and high doses of X-radiation. …”
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Quality of Life and Metabolic Indicators of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study in Iran by Mohammad Hossein Kaveh, Keramat Noori, Mahin Nazari, Khadijeh Khademi

“…The present study was conducted to investigate the relationships between QOL and physical activity level, body mass index, fasting blood sugar, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglyceride, total cholesterol, HbA1c, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure among Iranian patients with uncomplicated T2DM. …”
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The Present and Future of Szigetvár Spa – An Economic Analysis of Geothermal Energy Investment by Judit Pálné Schreiner

“…The methods used include static payback period, average rate of return, levelized cost of electricity, net present value, profitability index, dynamic payback period, internal rate of return and real options. …”
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The Efficacy of Single-Application NPWTi-d for the Salvage of Infected Breast Prostheses: A Multi-Center Study by Jason C. Llaneras, MD, Robert Craig Clark, MD, Lauren Antognoli, MD, Emily Finkelstein, MD, Luci Hulsman, BS, Luther Holton, MD, Devinder Singh, MD, R. Jason VonderHaar, MD, Risal Djohan, MD, Aladdin H. Hassanein, MD, Chris M. Reid, MD

“…Intervention occurred on average 66 days after the index procedure. Methicillin-resistant organisms were cultured in 15% of cases. …”
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Nutritional Status and Anthropometric Indices in relation to Menstrual Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study by Reihaneh Taheri, Fakhrodin Mesbah Ardekani, Hadi Raeisi Shahraki, Neda Heidarzadeh-Esfahani, Salimeh Hajiahmadi

“…Anthropometric indices including body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and skinfold thickness from all participants were measured. …”
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