Comparative Analysis of Public Transportation Comfort in Addis Ababa: Objective and Subjective Performance Metrics by Shambel Assefa Esheti, Yonas Minalu Emagnu, Birhanu Demissie Haylemariam, Robeam Solomon Melaku

“…The study employs a comprehensive approach by integrating both subjective surveys and objective measurements on key comfort determinants, including in-vehicle passenger loading, travel time, vibration, and sound, across five transport modes: minibus taxis, midi buses, PSETSE, Anbesa City Bus Service Enterprise (ACBE), and Sheger Mass Transport Enterprise (SMTE). …”
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Board Gender Diversity and Risk Management in Corporate Financing: A Study on Debt Structure and Financial Decision-Making by Davood Askarany, Soleil Jafari, Azam Pouryousof, Sona Habibi, Hassan Yazdifar

“…It also offers practical implications for firms seeking to optimise their debt structures while maintaining sound risk management practices.…”
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Auditory evoked-potential abnormalities in a mouse model of 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome and their interactions with hearing impairment by Chen Lu, Jennifer F. Linden

“…Central auditory gain and adaptation were quantified by comparing brainstem activity and cortical AEPs and by analyzing the growth of cortical AEPs with increasing sound level or inter-tone interval duration. We found that level-dependent AEP growth was abnormally large in Df1/+ mice regardless of hearing impairment, but other AEP measures of central auditory gain and adaptation depended on both genotype and hearing phenotype. …”
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Comparison of different universal adhesives’ bond strength to laser-assisted bleached enamel by Fatma Dilsad Oz, Ayşe Rüya Yazıcı, Cansu Atalay

“…Objective: The aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the bond strength of several universal adhesives used in different application modes to laser-assisted bleached enamel.Materials and Methods: Freshly extracted 72 sound bovine incisors were used for the study. The teeth were bleached with 38% of hydrogen peroxide gel that was activated with a diode laser (Epic). …”
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An Improved Hierarchical Optimization Framework for Walking Control of Underactuated Humanoid Robots Using Model Predictive Control and Whole Body Planner and Controller by Yuanji Liu, Haiming Mou, Hao Jiang, Qingdu Li, Jianwei Zhang

“…Validated through walking experiments on the MuJoCo simulation platform using our custom-designed lightweight robot X02, this approach not only improves the numerical stability of MPC solutions, but also provides a scientifically sound and effective method for underactuated humanoid locomotion control.…”
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INTERNAL AUDIT EFFICIENCY AND PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE: A STUDY OF SELECTED MDAs IN KWARA STATE by Aminat Arike ARIYO-EDU, Ibrahim Ayodeji WOLI-JIMOH, Muhammed Lawal SUBAIR

“… The challenges of preventing corrupt practices, the necessity for the advancement of good governance, and the need for the assurance of accountability and transparency necessitated sound internal audit practice. Thus, this study investigated the impact of internal audit on the effectiveness of public sector in Kwara State. …”
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The Initial Experience of Trans-Rectal Ultrasound and Biopsy in Diagnosis of Carcinoma Prostate In Gezira Hospital For Renal Disease And Surgery (GHRDS) by Walaa Eldin Ibraheem, Sami Mahjoub Taha, Mustafa Omran Mansour, Mohammed El Imam Mohamed Ahmed

“…Key words: Prostate cancer, DRE, PSA level, TRUS/ BX (Transrectal ultra sound biopsy), sextant biopsy.…”
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Dynamic Transmission of Correlation between Investor Attention and Stock Price: Evidence from China’s Energy Industry Typical Stocks by Yajie Qi, Huajiao Li, Sui Guo, Sida Feng

“…These findings can reveal the rules of the typical stock market in China’s energy industry and help investors with different investment cycle preferences make sound decisions.…”
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Strategi Partai Nasional Demokrat dalam Menghadapi Pilkada Serentak Tahun 2015 Provinsi Sumatera Utara by Roslinda Wati Malau, Muhammad Aswin Hasibuan, Irwan Nasution

“…Including how the Nasional Demokrat (NasDem) tackle obstacles faced during the process of a sound in the effort to win pilkada serentak years 2015.…”
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An Artificial Intelligent Virtual Reality Interactive Model for Distance Education by Wenjing Yin

“…The proposed application is related to the training course of agricultural education and methods of modernization of crops, including additional sound, 3D graphics, and short film projection. The history-space-objects relationship takes and evolves with various versions such as the parts of the story to be unlocked as the trainee moves from one tool to the next or the story to guide the trainee to explore the space-time continuum, giving a new dimension to the technological development of agricultural education and the methods of modernization of crops. …”
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GOVERNMENT DEBTS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH NEXUS: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM EMERGING ECONOMY by Emmanuel Imuede OYASOR

“…This could include refinancing existing high-cost debt with lower-interest options, optimizing the debt maturity structure, and improving credit ratings through sound fiscal policies and economic reforms, regulate the issuance and management of domestic debt to ensure it is used efficiently and does not crowd out private sector investment, also, ensure that both foreign and domestic debt are allocated to projects and sectors with high growth potential, and establish mechanisms for regular monitoring and evaluation of public debt levels and their impact on economic growth. …”
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Dynamics of phase separation from holography by Maximilian Attems, Yago Bea, Jorge Casalderrey-Solana, David Mateos, Miguel Zilhão

“…Second, several second-order transport coefficients in this formulation, including the relaxation times τπ and τΠ, diverge at the points where the speed of sound vanishes.…”
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Image Processing Techniques for Assessing Contractility in Isolated Adult Cardiac Myocytes by Carlos Bazan, David Torres Barba, Peter Blomgren, Paul Paolini

“…The different stages are variants of mathematically sound and computationally robust algorithms very well established in the image processing community. …”
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Ecolinguistic dynamics of English loanwords in Chinese: a case study on terms for cement by Ruifeng Mo, Hao-Zhang Xiao

“…The loanwords for cement are ranked by vitality values in descending order—ShuiNi (水泥/water mud): 3.221, YangHui (洋灰/foreign ash): 2.350, ShuiMenTing (水门汀/water-gate concrete): 1.385, HongMaoNi (红毛泥/red-hair clay): 1.202, and ShiMinTu (士敏土/sticky soil): 0.879. (3) The endangerment of the loanwords results from the synergistic interaction between external (nature, society, culture, psychology) and internal (sound, form, meaning, grammar) environments. Intense competition arises due to multiple synonyms for the same entity, and adaptation challenges occur when the loanwords do not precisely fit the entity. …”
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IMPLEMENTASI METODE CONCEPT MAPPING UNTUK MENINGKATKAN HASIL BELAJAR SAINS DAN KREATIVITAS SISWA KELAS VI SDN BENER 01 TAHUN PELAJARAN 2017/2018 by Sudjinah Sudjinah

“…Concept Mapping is a learning strategy that asks students to synthesize or draw a picture of the main concepts that are interconnected, which are marked by lines of arrows written levels that sound the form of relationships between the main concepts. …”
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Psychometric Properties of the Family Inventory of Resources for Management in a Sample of Iranian Family Caregivers of Cancer Patients by Seyed Reza Mirsoleymani, Camelia Rohani, Mahsa Matbouei, Malihe Nasiri, Parvaneh Vasli

“…Conclusions. There is a sound psychometric basis for the use of the Persian translation of the FIRM for family studies in the Iranian population.…”
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Current Evidence for Developmental, Structural, and Functional Brain Defects following Prenatal Radiation Exposure by Tine Verreet, Mieke Verslegers, Roel Quintens, Sarah Baatout, Mohammed A. Benotmane

“…However, the identification of a possible dose threshold is far from complete and a sound link between early defects and persistent anomalies has not yet been established. …”
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LIMP Score and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury in Patient Undergoing Arthoscopy for Acute Knee Injury: An Observational Study by Mahesh Karmacharya, Binod Sherchan, Bikash KC, Ram Sharma Subedi, Badri Rijal, Saphalata Devi Koju

“…Legs giving way, Inability to continue the task, Massive effusion and pop sound heard at the time of injury or LIMP score is a history based scoring which can be aid to diagnose anterior cruciate ligament injury. …”
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External Validation of the International Prognosis Prediction Model of IgA Nephropathy by Lichao Hu, Yi Fang, Jiaxin Huang, Jin Liu, Lingling Xu, Weichun He

“…Decision curve analysis affirmed the favorable clinical utility of both models.Conclusions Both prognostic risk evaluation models for IgAN exhibited remarkable discrimination, sound calibration, and acceptable clinical utility.…”
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Cochlear Implantation in Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease: Case Report and Review of the Literature by C. Lane Anzalone, Sarah Nuhanovic, Amy P. Olund, Matthew L. Carlson

“…Upon initial activation 3 weeks after surgery, the patient reported excellent access to sound in the cochlear implant-only condition. He has made good progress at each subsequent visit; speech perception testing after seven months showed improvement from 0% to 32% on AzBio sentence and 53% on CNC phoneme testing in the cochlear implant-only condition. …”
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