Exploring students’ narratives: Understanding self-efficacy in vocabulary mastery by Ina Muftia, Listyaning Sumardiyani, Siti Nur A’ini

“…The results indicate that the majority of students have high self-efficacy and prefer the gamified online tool Duolingo for learning English vocabulary. …”
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Small profits mean peace: food price, risk aversion, and farmers’ choices of sale channels by Tan Tian, Yuan Yuan Su, Pei Chen

“…Most farmers in China show an strange attitude towards food sale channels:they prefer low priced channel rather than high priced channel. …”
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The effectiveness of feedback channels in hotels in Malawi: perspectives of guests by Dalitso Kalipalire, Chun Liu

“…The telephone is the most preferred channel to provide negative feedback, and the face-to-face channel is preferred to provide positive feedback. …”
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The indifference towards democracy in Latin America by Alejandro Monsivais-Carrillo

“…The evidence indicates that even though there is a preference for democracy in the region, this preference is not very high. …”
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Passional Atheism, Passional Agnosticism and ‘The Will to Believe’ by Daniel Molto

“…James takes great pains to argue against the claim that we must prefer passional non-belief over passional belief, but he does not argue that we must prefer passional belief over passional non-belief and, in fact, he explicitly denies this, or so I shall argue. …”
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FOUR SCO ENLARGEMENT PROBLEMS by I. E. Denisov, I. A. Safranchuk

“…More importantly debates on enlargement stimulate thinking over the broader question on the future of the SCO - the global perspective (as Russia mostly prefers) or regional perspective (as China mostly prefers). …”
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SELECTION OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS USING FUZZY PROMETHEE METHOD WITH DIFFERENT SCENARIO TYPES by MELİKE KÜBRA EKİZ BOZDEMİR, ATAKAN ALKAN

“…Consequently, we able to conclude that "Which SMPs were more preferred?", "What are the reasons for selection of SMPs? …”
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Effect of French Press Brewing on the Sensory Quality of Robusta Coffee Produced in Hainan by LIU Di, LAO Fei, DONG Wenjiang, YU Xinxin

“…Single factor experiments and response surface methodology were used jointly for optimization of four processing parameters based on consumer preference, and the correlation between consumer preference and sensory characteristics and flavor components was analyzed by quantitative sensory description, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), and ultra performance liquid chromatography (UPLC). …”
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Patient Perceptions of Surgeon Attire, Professionalism, and Gender Bias in Pakistani Public Hospitals by Maham Arshad, Zara Ali, Talha Tariq, Kainat Raza, Fatima Hashmi, Tarim Nayab

“…Participants also identified the doctors' likely professions and indicated their preferred gender for seeking medical assistance. …”
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A randomized controlled trial to study the efficacy of 1% vs. 2% lignocaine in topical airway anesthesia in routine bronchoscopy procedures by Danny Prasad, Prince James, Richa Gupta

“…Abstract Background Bronchoscopists worldwide still prefer to use 2% lignocaine as the preferred topical airway anesthetic. …”
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STEP 1: The Scottish Trauma & Orthopaedics Equality Project: demographics and working patterns of a national workforce by Monu Jabbal, Jennifer Cherry, Deborah Eastwood, Chloe E. H. Scott, Phil Walmsley, Emily Baird

“…A total of 321 of respondents (91%) identified as heterosexual, 14 (4%) preferred not to say, and 18 (5%) identified as LGBTQ+ or preferred to self-describe. …”
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Comparative Efficacy and Tolerability of Imiquimod 3.75% Cream vs 5-Fluorouracil 4% cream in the Treatment of Actinic Keratosis: A Split-Face Study by Cesare Ariasi, Carola Romanò, Cesare Tomasi, Gaetano Licata, Davide Geat, Piergiacomo Calzavara-Pinton, Mariachiara Arisi

“…Complete remission rate of lesions, cosmetic outcome, and patient preference of treatment were assessed after 90 days (T1). …”
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Tibial acceleration alone is not a valid surrogate measure of tibial load in response to stride length manipulation by Jean Tu, Olivia L. Bruce, W. Brent Edwards

“…Methods: Twenty-seven physically active participants ran 10 trials at preferred speed in each of 5 stride length conditions: preferred, ±5%, and ±10% of preferred stride length. …”
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Scope of practice of Japanese primary care physicians and its associated factors: a cross-sectional study by Toshiyuki Ojima, Machiko Inoue, Mieko Nakamura, Tomoya Higuchi

“…These findings suggest that postgraduate clinical training with a broad scope not limited to internal medicine and continuing medical education after establishing a private clinic, particularly for physicians who prefer broad practice, may be important in expanding the SOP of PCPs.…”
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On Abstract Economies and Their Applications by Chien-Hao Huang, Liang-Ju Chu

“…We establish a new equilibrium existence theorem of generalized abstract economies with general preference correspondences. As an application, we derive an existence theorem of generalized quasi-variational inequalities in the general setting of -spaces without any linear structure.…”
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Vertex degree distributions of growing graphs: calculation methods using error control by V. N. Zadorozhnyi, E. B. Yudin, V. A. Badryzlov

“…Methods for calculating final distributions of vertex degrees in growing graphs with a nonlinear rule of preferred binding are developed. The problem of calculation errors control is solved. …”
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COLD MIXTURE OF INORGANIC BINDER: STATUS AND PROSPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT (INORGANIC VS. ORGANIC) by S. S. Tkachenko, G. A. Kolodiy, L. G. Znamensky, A. A. Ermolenko

“…The use of the latter is preferable for a number of technological indicators. …”
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SELECTION OF POWER TRANSFORMERS by A. A. Gonchar

“…The paper reveals that while loading transformers from idle running till nominal value it is preferable to apply transformers with less power losses in steel because total losses of active power in the indicated range are less than in transformers with larger losses in steel.…”
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Cholesterol Induces Uneven Curvature of Asymmetric Lipid Bilayers by S. O. Yesylevskyy, A. P. Demchenko, S. Kraszewski, C. Ramseyer

“…It is shown that the affinity of cholesterol to anionic DOPS or neutral DOPC lipids is curvature dependent. The cholesterol prefers DOPS to DOPC in either planar or highly curved parts of the membrane. …”
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Optimal Decision and Coordination of Fresh E-Commerce Supply Chain Considering Double Loss by Shizhen Bai, Yang Lv, Zejun Liu

“…We find that: (i) under the centralized model, the basic quantity loss rate and freshness sensitivity can improve fresh-keeping effort. The online retailer prefers price-raising strategies as the basic quantity loss rate increases and freshness sensitivity decreases. …”
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