The role of chinese culture and strategic orientation in enhancing competitive advantage and firm performance in Indonesian chinese family companies by Susan Kustiwan, Asep Hermawan, Agustinus Sri Wahyudi

“…The data collection instrument consisted of structured questionnaires containing questions about corporate culture, strategic orientation, competitive advantage, and firm performance. …”
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Exploring internet addiction and its associated factors among college students in Western Rajasthan, India: A mixed-methods study by Thota Rajasekhar, Kikkeri Hanumantha Setty Naveen, Pankaja Raghav, Jitender Aneja, Prasanna Thirunavukkarasu, Gitashree Dutta, Srikanth Srinivasan, Prem Prakash Sharma, Manoj Kumar Gupta, Akhil Dhanesh Goel

“…A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey was conducted among three streams of undergraduate colleges (health, engineering, and others). Survey instruments included Young’s internet addiction test (IAT), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) Items. …”
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An Automatic Emergency Braking Model considering Driver’s Intention Recognition of the Front Vehicle by Wei Yang, Jiajun Liu, Kaixia Zhou, Zhiwei Zhang, Xiaolei Qu

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Godsdiens en Christelike teologie in die skadu van menslike outonomie: wetenskapsfilosofiese verkenninge by W. J. Richards

“…Science and culture can hardly be left unconvered to be instruments (powerful ones) in the hands of secularisation alone. …”
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The Particularities of Employees’ Green Ethical Behavior in the Oil and Gas Sector by Adriana Burlea-Schiopoiu, Camelia Olivia Timpa

“…This study’s practical implications consist of awareness of the role that managers play in developing certain internal instruments (i.e., codes of ethics and integrity) to be understood and accepted by employees, with power of their personal example in motivating employees to improve their green ethical behavior. …”
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Application of Multiattention Mechanism in Power System Branch Parameter Identification by Zhiwei Wang, Liguo Weng, Min Lu, Jun Liu, Lingling Pan

“…The existing methods of power grid branch parameter identification suffer from two limitations. (1) Traditional methods only use manual experience or instruments to complete parameter identification of single branch characteristics, but they are only used to identify a single target and cannot make full use of the historical information of power grid data. (2) Deep learning methods can complete model training through historical data, but these methods cannot consider the constraints of power grid topological structure, which is equivalent to identifying connected power grid branches separately. …”
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A Review on Machine Learning Application in Biodiesel Production Studies by Yuanzhi Xing, Zile Zheng, Yike Sun, Masoome Agha Alikhani

“…Biodiesel production is an intricate process that requires identifying unknown nonlinear relationships between the system input and output data; therefore, accurate and swift modeling instruments like machine learning (ML) or artificial intelligence (AI) are necessary to design, handle, control, optimize, and monitor the system. …”
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An Automated Marker-Less Registration Approach Using Neural Radiance Fields for Potential Use in Mixed Reality-Based Computer-Aided Surgical Navigation of Paranasal Sinus by Suhyeon Kim, Hyeonji Kim, Younhyun Jung

“…To ensure accurate instrument control and clear visualization of the surgical site, surgeons utilize computer-aided surgical navigation (CSN). …”
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Characterization of older adults' sexual life in a health area by Juan Miguel Benítez García, Julio César Camero Machín, Jesús Cuello Ávila, Juan Carlos Curbelo Fajardo

“…The universe of work was made up of 104 older adults and the sample consisted of 72 elderly, by means of intentional sampling by criteria. The instrument used was the interview; the data obtained were taken to a survey that with closed questions was personally applied to each of the study members. …”
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Factors associated with essential newborn care practices among non-institutional births in urban Bangladesh: evidence from Bangladesh Urban Health Survey 2021 by Shimlin Jahan Khanam, Mst. Fatema Begum, Md Badsha Alam, Md Awal Kabir, Md Nuruzzaman Khan

“…Among the individual components, the highest adherence was observed for the use of a disinfected instrument to cut the umbilical cord (90%). The likelihood of adopting the highest level of ENC practices was higher among mothers with relatively higher education and wealth quintiles and lower among those residing in slum and other urban areas of city corporations compared to non-slum areas. …”
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Settlement and Release in European Legislation by V. V. Rasskazova

“…Since the current contractual practice demonstrates the active use of settlement and release construction by the parties of civil legal relations as one of the most flexible instruments of termination of an obligation, the issue of ensuring unity in the interpretation and practice of this legal institution remains relevant. …”
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Combating modern methods of legalisation (laundering) of the funds obtained by criminal means with the use of cryptocurrency by V. Р. Yatsenko, V. S. Bushyn

“…The author outlines the main features of the development of money laundering schemes using cryptocurrency as an instrument of such schemes. The author defines the main definitional categories of such concepts as “cryptocurrency”, “NFT”, “smurfs”, “drops”, etc. …”
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Local cOinage and Hospital Equipment Index (Lo Hei): projectile distance of Singapore coinage and healthcare-related equipment in a 3T magnetic resonance imaging scanner by Shao Jin Ong, James TPD Hallinan, Deborah Khoo, Desmond Hoon, Koon Liang Chia, Joanne Hang, Lycia Teo, Peijing Su, Michael Ong, Bertrand Ang, Swee Tian Quek

“…Methods: A rig termed ‘Object eNtry Guidance and Linear Acceleration Instrument’ (ONG LAI) was custom-built to facilitate safe trajectory of the putative ferromagnetic objects. …”
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Pasto varnish: 3D virtualization of an intangible cultural heritage by Carlos Córdoba-Cely, Arturo de la Cruz

“…The results of this project demonstrate that virtual heritage can serve as a collaborative instrument for the integration, safeguarding, and promotion of research on ICH through the data, paradata, and metadata obtained during the 3D virtualization process. …”
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CORPORATISM IN WESTERN EUROPE: CURRENT STATE AND PROSPECTS FOR EVOLUTION by Р. Ja. Feldman

“…Social partnership as an instrument of collective bargaining between employees and employers is displaced from the political sphere to the sectoral and organizational levels. …”
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Validity and Reliability of the Anxiety Assessment Scale: A New Three-dimensional Perspective by Cem MALAKCIOGLU

“…Conclusions: AAS is a reliable and valid measurement instrument to assess anxiety levels in three dimensions. …”
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Investigating ethnic identity development through storytelling: The conceptual and methodological potential of narrative approach by Ignjatović Natalija, Radosavljević Jovan, Simić Nataša

“…Narratives offer a unique lens to understand the content of ethnic identity, revealing attitudes, beliefs, and cultural behaviours which remain unattainable when assessed using the ratingscale instruments. We examine the studies which use narratives, describe the methodology applied to the field of ethnic identity development and critically evaluate its implementation. …”
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Cognitive behvioral psychotherapy of a severe anorexia nervosa case by Selcuk ASLAN, Mahmut GURBUZ, Simge VURAL

“…This followed by using exposure interventions as a preventative instrument to help her overcome her fears of gaining weights, during the 6 months followup she maintained the healthy weight. …”
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LANGUAGE POLICY IN EUROPE - BABYLON OF THE XXI CENTURY by K. Kh. Rekosh

“…The EU language policy is linked with the objectives of the integration law which makes it different from the plurilingualism. It acts as an instrument for intercultural dialogue and social cohesion, as a guarantee of prosperity and employment opportunities. …”
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Effects of a 12-Week Semi-Immersive Virtual Reality-Based Exercise Program on the Quality of Life of Older Adults Across Different Age Groups: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Li-Ting Wang, Yu-Wen Wang

“…Each participant’s psychological QOL was assessed using the World Health Organization’s QOL Instrument-Older Adults Module (WHOQOL-OLD). Results: Compared with their CG counterparts, the EG older adults exhibited significantly higher QOL scores in four WHOQOL-OLD dimensions (i.e., sensory abilities, autonomy, social participation/isolation, and death and dying) and had a superior overall QOL. …”
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