EFFECT OF WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT ON FIRM’S VALUE: EVIDENCE FROM LISTED PHARMACEUTICAL FIRMS IN NIGERIA by Muhammed BELLO, Adeyemi KAMARDEEN, Shakirat Opeyemi SALAWUDEEN

“…The data obtained were analyzed using descriptive techniques such as minimum, maximum, mean, and standard deviation and inferential techniques such as correlation and regression analysis. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of Triple Therapy with Telaprevir for Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Patients in Germany by Jona T. Stahmeyer, Svenja Schauer, Siegbert Rossol, Hans Heinrich Wedemeyer, Daniel Wirth, Florence Bianic, Christian Krauth

“…**Methods:** We used a Markov model on disease progression and natural history to assess the cost-effectiveness of triple therapy with telaprevir compared to standard treatment with pegylated interferon and ribavirin. …”
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Children’s Characteristics as the Predictors of Stunting among Children Under 2 Years in East Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia by Tumaji, Agung D. Laksono, Hastin D. Kusumawardani

“…Children with short birth lengths are 1.373 times more likely than those with standard measurements to be stunted (95% CI 1.331–1.417). …”
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A classification scheme of active faults in engineering. by Qingyun Zhou, Suge He, Zhenyu Zou

“…For buildings with different importance levels, we recommend six hazard classification schemes with different exceedance probabilities. Standard buildings should avoid active faults with a fault displacement hazard level of Ⅰ ~ Ⅲ (faults that can generate earthquakes of magnitude m0 and above under a 4% exceedance probability over 100 years). …”
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Performance, Test-retest Reliability, and Measurement Error of the Upper Limb Seated Shot Put Test According to Different Positions of Execution by Gustavo O Tagliarini, José R. de S Junior, Glauber M, P Barbosa, Leonardo L B Secchi

“…Test-retest reliability was determined using Intraclass Correlation Coefficient and measurement error through Standard Error of Measurement, Smallest Detectable Change, as well as Bland and Altman plots…”
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Estimating the potential health effects of cleaner air in the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: a study in Malmö, Sweden by Ebba Malmqvist, Emilie Stroh, Erin Flanagan, Christina Isaxon, Pontus Roldin, Anna Oudin

“…Methods We utilized air pollution data from two measurement campaigns conducted in the spring of 2019 and the spring of 2020 for our Health Impact Assessment, applying standard methods. This assessment involved making assumptions about baseline population risk and using established concentration-response functions. …”
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Strength of the Uninvolved Limb Following Return to Activity After ACL Injury: Implications for Symmetry as a Marker of Sufficient Strength by Matthew T Hartshorne, Jeffrey A Turner, Kenneth L Cameron, Darin A Padua

“…This finding suggests that, after clearance to return to activities, the uninvolved limb can be used as a standard for comparison of sufficient strength, including when using the LSI. …”
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Resveratrol-derived carbon dots integrated into gelatin/chitosan multifunctional films for intelligent packaging by Tianxin Fu, Yuchao Feng, Shu Zhang, Yanan Sheng, Changyuan Wang

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Influence of Test Protocol on Filtration Efficiency of Medical Face Mask Material by Aurélie Joubert, Ala Bouhanguel, Yves Andrès, Laurence Le Coq

“…The current European standard focuses on the bacterial filtration efficiency of the filtering material for a mean particle size of 3.0 µm in terms of droplets that are exhaled, but viruses that are inhaled can be transported by particles of sub-micron size. …”
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Inactivation of foot and mouth disease virus for vaccine production by D. V. Mikhalishin, V. V. Mikhalishin, Y. М. Gochmuradov, Yu. S. El’kina

“…This means that 15% aqueous solution of aminoethylethanolamine, manufactured by Russian Company OOO “BIOKHIMRESURS” (Vladimir) complies with high quality standards. Immunogenicity test of bivalent FMD vaccine for cattle by challenging demonstrated that its potency was 10.08 protective doses per 2 cm3 of the vaccination dose.…”
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Spatial analysis of speculation in the US housing market by Salaheddin Manochehri, Ramin Amani, Jamal Mamkhezri

“…These measures could encompass stricter lending standards and enhanced transparency requirements in real estate transactions. …”
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Resident Case Series: Blood Flow Restriction as an Adjunct to Strengthening Exercises in Two Patients with Subacromial Impingement and High Irritability by Angel Ceballos, Giorgio Zeppieri Jr., Joel Bialosky

“…Treatment over one month consisted of three commonly used exercises in the treatment of SAIS in conjunction with a standard BFR protocol: 75 reps broken up into sets of 30,15,15,15 with the BFR cuff placed over proximal humerus…”
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Machine learning identifies the association between second primary malignancies and postoperative radiotherapy in young-onset breast cancer patients. by Yulin Lai, Peiyuan Huang

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>YWBC patients receiving PORT had a greater risk of developing SPSMs (thyroid, lung, and breast cancer), indicating the necessity of long-term surveillance of these patients. Standard adjuvant PORT should not be recommended for breast cancer patients with favorable histology and a low risk of relapse.…”
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Uncovering new Higgses in the LHC analyses of differential t t ¯ $$ t\overline{t} $$ cross sections by Sumit Banik, Guglielmo Coloretti, Andreas Crivellin, Bruce Mellado

“…Abstract Statistically significant tensions between the Standard Model (SM) predictions and the measured lepton distributions in differential top cross-sections emerged in LHC Run 1 data and became even more pronounced in Run 2 analyses. …”
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Photodiagnosis and photodynamic recognition of cervical cancer with SEM and AFM images. by Sevcan Aytaç, Gürkan Özbey

“…Homogeneity, contrast, angular second moment, entropy, mean, standard deviation, correlation, cluster prominence, dissimilarity, and cluster shade values have been calculated for each of these one approximate and three detail coefficients. …”
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Deciphering CSU pathogenesis: Network toxicologyand molecular dynamics of DOTP exposure by Fang Cao, Cui Guo, Jing Guo

“…Methods: The structural analysis of DOTP was conducted in PubChem, with target prediction executed via Swiss Target Prediction and SuperPred, and target identification standardized using UniProt. A PPI network analysis identified core disease-related targets using STRING and Cytoscape. …”
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The Efficacy and Treatment Fidelity of Kinesiology Taping in Conjunction With Conservative Treatment Interventions Among Individuals With Shoulder Pain: A Systematic Review with M... by Paul A Salamh, Christopher S Cory, William J Hanney, Haley E Condon, Xinliang Liu, Morey J Kolber

“… # Results When KT was used with conservative treatments, meta-analysis revealed large effect sizes for improvements in disability (standard mean difference (SMD) = -1.35; 95% CI, -2.09 to -0.60) and ROM (SMD = 0.96; 95% CI, 0.60-1.33) with no significant effects for pain. …”
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Assessment of Patient Satisfaction With MRI Department Services and Staff in Saudi Hospitals by Alghamdi SA

“…Addressing this issue while maintaining high service standards can enhance patient satisfaction and overall experience.Keywords: patient satisfaction, MRI services, MRI staff performance, healthcare quality, Saudi Arabia…”
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Investigating the Effects of Performing the Early Mobilization Protocol on Postoperative Hemorrhaging in Cardiac Surgery Patients by Hanie Dahmardeh

“…Results: There were no statistically significant variations in the demographic characteristics of patients in the intervention and control groups. The mean and standard deviation (SD) of the blood volume loss in patients over three different time periods (days 2, 3, and 4 after surgery) were 326.500±16.81, 69.300±11.41, and 51.200±3.82 in the intervention group, respectively, and 350.00±16.81, 325.00±11.41, and 82.10±3.82 in the control group, respectively, indicating the effectiveness of performing the early mobilization protocol (P ˂ 0.001). …”
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A Multi-Systems Approach to Human Movement after ACL Reconstruction: The Musculoskeletal System by Daniel Larson, Vien Vu, Brandon M Ness, Elizabeth Wellsandt, Scot Morrison

“…The lack of access many clinicians have to devices necessary for gold standard assessment of muscle capacities and force profiles is often perceived as a significant barrier to best practices. …”
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