The Interplay between Board Gender Diversity, Earnings Quality, and Return Volatility: Considering the Reputation of Corporate Awards by Isnayni Sabila, Rahmawati Rahmawati, Djuminah Djuminah, Endang Dwi Amperawati, Agus Dwianto

“…The data were analysed using a panel data estimation technique known as the random-effects model. The findings reveal that earnings quality can reduce return volatility, especially for companies that are ranked or have a good reputation. …”
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IMPACT OF GOVERNANCE AND ECONOMIC FACTORS ON INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT IN WEST AFRICA by Oluwaseun Isiaka Adekoya, Musa Ilias Biala

“…Using panel dataset collected on 16 West African countries for the period of 2010-2020, the study estimated the fixed and random effects regressions of the model. The results show that quality of governance, unemployment rate, per capita income and urban population all had a negative impact on informal employment. …”
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Autonomous Bus Fleet Control Using Multiagent Reinforcement Learning by Sung-Jung Wang, S. K. Jason Chang

“…In this study, we investigate the autonomous bus fleet control problem, which appears noisy to the agents owing to random arrivals and incomplete observation of the environment. …”
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Evaluation of the pharmacological treatment of arterial hypertension associated to heart failure in Camarones town. by Pedro Miguel Milián Vázquez., Idalmis Pérez Alemán, Carlos Martín Álvarez, Maira Quirós Enríquez., Lidia Vázquez Montero

“…<strong>Methods:</strong> A descriptive-prospective study was carried out, this consisted in the use of prescription-indication drugs through a simple random sample study of 43 patients, representing the 35.2 % in six Family Clinical Units of the urban area of Camarones’ Communitarian Policlinic, Palmira, Cienfuegos, during the first semester of 2004. …”
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Trust Management Scheme Based on D-S Evidence Theory for Wireless Sensor Networks by Renjian Feng, Shenyun Che, Xiao Wang, Ning Yu

“…D-S theory is preponderant in tackling both random and subjective uncertainty in the trust mechanism. …”
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Experimental Study on Variable-Amplitude Fatigue of Welded Cross Plate-Hollow Sphere Joints in Grid Structures by Jin-Feng Jiao, Hong-Gang Lei, Y. Frank Chen

“…The fatigue stress amplitude of the welded cross plate-hollow sphere joint (WCPHSJ) in a grid structure varies due to the random loading produced by suspending cranes. A total of 14 specimens considering three different types of WCPHSJs were prepared and tested using a specially designed test rig. …”
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Analysis of the Lebanese Society’s Behavior Regarding Electronic Waste Management by M. Trad and A. Harb

“…Hypothesis two, if climate neighborliness and proclivity to right e-garbage removal rely upon the instructive level of some random resident, has been confirmed while analyzing the answers in the survey.…”
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Multimode Coordination Control of a Hybrid Active Suspension by Fa-Rong Kou, Dong-Dong Wei, Lei Tian

“…The simulation and experimental results show that compared with passive suspension, the root mean square of the sprung mass acceleration of the hybrid suspension with the active mode and semiactive mode is, respectively, reduced by 39% and 16% under the random road. The damping effect of the hybrid suspension system is obvious.…”
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FitzHugh-Nagumo equations with generalized diffusive coupling by Anna Cattani

“…Furthermore, exploiting the Laplacian matrix, a well defined connection structure is formalized. Finally, random networks and an ensemble of excitatory and inhibitory synapses are considered. …”
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A New Multiphase Soft Segmentation with Adaptive Variants by Hongyuan Wang, Fuhua Chen, Yunmei Chen

“…In this paper, we propose a multiphase soft segmentation model for nearly piecewise constant images based on stochastic principle, where pixel intensities are modeled as random variables with mixed Gaussian distribution. …”
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The Challenges and Opportunities for Performance Enhancement in Resonant Fiber Optic Gyroscopes by Sumathi Mahudapathi, Sumukh Nandan R, Gowrishankar R, Balaji Srinivasan

“…In the last decade, substantial progress has been made to improve the performance of optical gyroscopes for inertial navigation applications in terms of critical parameters such as bias stability, scale factor stability, and angular random walk (ARW). Specifically, resonant fiber optic gyroscopes (RFOGs) have emerged as a viable alternative to widely popular interferometric fiber optic gyroscopes (IFOGs). …”
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Characteristic of pH and Temperature of Crude Extract of Glukoamilase from Gliocladium KE by using Solid Substrate of Sago Hampas by Risa Meutia Fiana, Novelina Novelina, Alfi Asben

“…it  wasbased  on  Complete  Random  Design.  The  data  were  statistically  analyzed  by  using  F  test.  …”
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Research and Model Prediction on the Performance of Recycled Brick Powder Foam Concrete by Hongyang Xie, Jianjun Dong, Yong Deng, Yiwen Dai

“…Five machine learning models, namely, back propagation neural network improved by particle swarm optimization (PSO-BP), support vector machine (SVM), multiple linear regression (MLR), random forest (RF), and back propagation neural network (BP), were used to predict the compressive strength of recycled brick powder foam concrete, and the PSO-BP model was found to have obvious advantages in terms of prediction accuracy and model stability. …”
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The mediating effects of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use on nurses’ intentions to adopt advanced technology by Abid Hussain, Ma Zhiqiang, Mingxing Li, Arif Jameel, Shahida Kanwel, Saif Ahmad, Bailin Ge

“…The study examines the intention to use technology through the mediating effects of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use, with technology sophistication. A random sampling method was employed to gather 687 responses from nurses. …”
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Low Resolution Limits and Inaccurate Algorithms Decrease Significantly the Value of Late Loss in Current Drug-Eluting Stent Trials by Johannes B. Dahm, Frank van Buuren

“…Late loss include additional systematic and random errors, due to the fact that measurements were taken at two different time points including the inherited resolution and calibration limits of QCA on two occasions. …”
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Finite-Horizon Robust Kalman Filter for Uncertain Attitude Estimation System with Star Sensor Measurement Delays by Hua-Ming Qian, Wei Huang, Biao Liu

“…Meanwhile, the phenomenon of star sensor measurement delays is described by introducing Bernoulli random variables with different delay characteristics. …”
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In-service teachers' self-efficacy to practice inclusive education at public primary schools in the Amhara region: Implications for teacher education by Tsegie Genet Zegeye, Solomon Kassie Alem, Ayetenew Abie

“…Participants included 336 public primary school teachers selected using a stratified systematic random sampling technique. The teacher Efficacy for Inclusive Practice (TEIP) scale was administered to sample teachers. …”
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The Effect of Fine-Grained Control of Workflow on Informal Learning: The Mediating Effect of Teacher Burnout by Zenghui Lu, Yanning Chen

“…The empirical analysis results show that this paper uses cluster sampling and random sampling to carry out a questionnaire survey on 1022 primary and secondary school teachers. …”
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İlköğretim Sekizinci Sınıf Öğrencilerinin Mesleki Karar Verme Yetkinliklerinin Yordayıcılarının İncelenmesi by Hasan Bozgeyikli, Feride Bacanlı, Hüseyin Doğan

“…Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu üç ilköğretim okulunun 8. sınıfındaki random yoluyla seçilen %47,8’i erkek; %52,2’si kız 756 öğrenci oluşturmaktadır. …”
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Path Planning for Coal Mining Masonry Robots Combined With Trajectory Optimization by Xingyi Qian, Yan Wang

“…This study proposes a novel path planning algorithm combining an improved Rapidly-exploring Random Tree (RRT) with Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), followed by trajectory optimization under mechanical constraints to identify the time-optimal path. …”
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