Self-management behavior and its influencing factors among adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Colombo, Sri Lanka: A cross-sectional study by Kanchana Warnakula Royal Weerasooriya, Niphawan Samartkit, Khemaradee Masingboon, Pachanok Witheethamasak

“…Methods: A predictive correlational study was conducted, and 108 adults with mild to moderate COPD were recruited from the central chest clinic in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from March to April 2024 using a simple random sampling technique. A self-administered questionnaire was used to gather data included demographic characteristics. …”
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Time to Relapse and Relapse Predictors in Patients with Schizophrenia at Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northern Ethiopia by Habtamu Endashaw Hareru, Kebede Embaye Gezae, Daniel Sisay W/tsadik, Gebremedhin Berhe Gebregergs

“…The data was taken from the patient’s medical record and was chosen using a systematic random sampling procedure. A standardized data collection checklist was employed. …”
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Self-care practices on hypertension: Prevalence and predictors in Puducherry, South India by Chandru Sivamani, Ganesh Kumar Saya, Revathi Ulaganeethi, Palanivel Chinnakali

“…Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted among people with hypertension aged ≥18 years from September to December 2023. Systematic random sampling technique was used to recruit the participants. …”
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Factors influencing health-related quality of life in children with asthma: insights from Addis Ababa public hospitals by Tsehaynew Kasse, Selemaye Zenebe, Yalemzer Agegnehu, Arega Abebe Lonsako

“…Respondents were chosen using a systematic random sampling method. Structured, interviewer-administered, and pretested questionnaires, were used to collect data. …”
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Experimental assessment of the pyramidal energy on water. by Pedro Díaz Rebollido, Luis Carlos Silva Ayçaguer, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez

“…Later on, half of them, chosen at random, were placed during four hours under a pyramid, and the remaining ones were located outside of the pyramid. …”
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All-Optically Controlled Memristive Device Based on Cu2O/TiO2 Heterostructure Toward Neuromorphic Visual System by Jun Xie, Xuanyu Shan, Ningbo Zou, Ya Lin, Zhongqiang Wang, Ye Tao, Xiaoning Zhao, Haiyang Xu, Yichun Liu

“…Furthermore, a 7 × 9 optoelectronic memristive array with satisfactory device variation and environment stability is constructed to emulate the image preprocessing function in biological retina. The random noise can be reduced effectively by utilizing bidirectional optical input. …”
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Intestinal Parasite Infection and Its Association with Undernutrition among Early Adolescents in Hawassa University Technology Village, Southern Ethiopia by Amelo Bolka Gujo, Assefa Philipos Kare, Shambel Gussa Shuramo

“…The multistage stage sampling was applied to select 16 primary schools. Simple random sampling was applied to select study participants. …”
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The Role of Leadership, Religiousness and Work Environment in Supporting Employee Performance and How Motivation Affects The Relationship by Syafran Pardamean, Dodi Indrianto, Sekar Wulan

“…The population consists of employees of PT X (Insurance Company). Cluster Random Sampling was used as the research sampling method. …”
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PRECISION AND STABILITY OF THE PREDICTION FORMULA FOR BURST STRENGTH OF PRESSURE-BEARING CYLINDER by LIU Cen, YANG Fan, WU SengLin, HONG Kai, ZHANG Shu, LIU XiaoNing

“…Based on the study that the ratio of actual burst pressure to the formula calculated value was basically in accordance with the normal distribution random variables, comparing and evaluation the formula stability from the variation coefficient of distribution parameters fluctuation range,comparing and evaluation the formula precision from the distribution parameters value interval contact ratio.When the bilateral confidence was 98% and in the applied range of the formula,the stability and precision of Mid-diameter formula,Tresca formula,Faupel formula and Rheological stress formula were compared and evaluated. …”
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Güzel Sanatlar ve Spor Liselerinde Görev Yapan Piyano Öğretmenlerinin Profilleri Üzerine Bir Araştırma by Damla Bulut

“…Araştırmanın örneklem grubunu Türkiye’nin farklıcoğrafi bölgelerinde bulunan ve random yöntemiyle seçilen Adıyaman, Bolu, Çanakkale Hüseyin Akif Terzioğlu, Erzurum, Kayseri Feyziye Memduh Güpgüpoğlu, Kırıkkale, Kütahya Ahmet Yakupoğlu, Malatya Abdulkadir Eriş, Mersin Nevit Kodallı, Niğde, Samsun İlkadım, Sivas Muzaffer Sarısözen ve Şanlıurfa GSSL’nde görev yapan 70 piyano öğretmeni oluşturmaktadır. …”
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Quality and Safety of Green Mussel (Perna viridis) at Ketapang, Tangerang Regency, Indonesia by Permadi Aef, Asriani, Yuniarti Tatty, Sumandiarsa I Ketut, Budi Purnamasari Heny, Dharmayanti Niken, Zachro Nurbani Siti, Sayuti Mohammad, Salampessy Randi B.S., Sipahutar Yuliati H., Ruminta Siregar Resmi, Ayu Afifah Rufnia, Hidayah Nur, Maulani Aghitia, Prasetyo Handoko Yudi, Masengi Simson, Wina Lestari Andini, Nuriyah Dinda

“…The research method used was a single-factor treatment design of green mussel size with small (51-60 mm), medium (61-70 mm), and large (71–80 mm) sizes with environmental design and Complete Random Design. The parameters used were the content of heavy metals Pb, proximate, and microbiology. …”
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Psychosocial risks and mental health of preschool care providers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study by Sin Wan Tham, Min Fui Wong, Maslinor Binti Ismail, Noriklil Bukhary Binti Ismail Bukhary

“…This study aimed to determine psychosocial factors associated with the mental health of preschool care providers in Kuala Lumpur. Methods A random cluster sampling cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2019. …”
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Trend of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Ethiopian Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2000-2018) by Getaneh Alemu, Feleke Mekonnen, Mezgebu Nega, Chalachew Muluneh

“…Heterogeneity between studies was assessed using the Cochran Q test and I2 test statistics based on the random effect model. Comprehensive meta-analysis (CMA 2.0) was used to calculate the pooled prevalence, and metaregression was run to assess the trend of parasite prevalence over time. …”
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Agroecological mapping of livestock feed resources for sustain productivity and climate resilience in Benin (West Africa) by Marthe Montcho, Alassan S. Assani, Jean de Dieu Ainamon, André B. Aboh, Pascal A. Olounladé, Brice Sinsin

“…A total of 314 agrofarmers were surveyed using simple random sampling. Data were collected through discussions with agropastoralists, structured questionnaires, secondary data and observations. …”
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Magnitude and Associated Factors of Unintended Pregnancy among Pregnant Women at Saesie Tsaeda Emba Woreda Eastern Zone of Tigray, North Ethiopia, 2018 by Gebrehiwot Gebremariam Weldearegawi, Kidanemaryam Berhe Tekola, Berhane Fseha Teklehaymanot

“…Participants were selected by systematic random sampling. Data was collected though face to face interview by structured questioner. …”
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High-resolution canopy fuel maps based on GEDI: a foundation for wildfire modeling in Germany by Johannes Heisig, Milutin Milenković, Edzer Pebesma

“…To predict footprint-level canopy fuels we fit and tune Random Forest models, which are cross-validated using k -fold nearest neighbor distance matching. …”
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Application of functional near-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning to predict treatment response after six months in major depressive disorder by Cyrus Su Hui Ho, Jinyuan Wang, Gabrielle Wann Nii Tay, Roger Ho, Hai Lin, Zhifei Li, Nanguang Chen

“…Seventy patients with MDD were included in this 6-month longitudinal study, with the primary treatment outcome measured by changes in the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) scores. fNIRS and clinical information were strictly evaluated using nested cross-validation to predict responders and non-responders based on machine-learning models, including support vector machine, random forest, XGBoost, discriminant analysis, Naïve Bayes, and transformers. …”
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Hemophagocytic Syndrome-Associated Variant of Methotrexate-Associated Intravascular Large B-Cell Lymphoma in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient by Yukiko Komeno, Minako Akiyama, Yasumi Okochi, Hitoshi Tokuda, Keiko Abe, Kuniko Iihara, Tomiko Ryu

“…Bone marrow examination demonstrated CD20-positive, EBER-positive atypical lymphocytes, and hemophagocytosis. Random skin biopsy led to the diagnosis of intravascular large B-cell lymphoma (IVLBCL). …”
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The Effects of 1 mA tACS and tRNS on Children/Adolescents and Adults: Investigating Age and Sensitivity to Sham Stimulation by Maike Splittgerber, Jan Hendrik Suwelack, Navah Ester Kadish, Vera Moliadze

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of transcranial random noise (tRNS) and transcranial alternating current (tACS) stimulation on motor cortex excitability in healthy children and adolescents. …”
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Feature Selection in Cancer Classification: Utilizing Explainable Artificial Intelligence to Uncover Influential Genes in Machine Learning Models by Matheus Dalmolin, Karolayne S. Azevedo, Luísa C. de Souza, Caroline B. de Farias, Martina Lichtenfels, Marcelo A. C. Fernandes

“…Gene expression data from RNA-seq, extracted from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), were used to train ML models, including decision trees (DTs), random forest (RF), and XGBoost (XGB), which achieved accuracies of 98.69%, 99.82%, and 99.37%, respectively. …”
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