OUT-OF-POCKET PAYMENT ON HEALTHCARE: IMPLICATION ON THE HEALTH STATUS OF WOMEN IN ENUGU STATE, SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA by IJEOMA J. OGU, IJOEMA IGWE, NGOZI I’ ARONU, LIM, MOSES MSUGHTER, OSITA KINGSLEY ODO

“…Quantitative data was collected from 522 female respondents through structured questionnaire. The result shows that women irrespective of their place of residence are aware of health insurance scheme (p<0.00) and utilization of health insurance (0.00). …”
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STUDI KOMPARATIF TAHAPAN PERENCANAAN PEMBANGUNAN PERDESAAN DI INDONESIA DAN MALAYSIA by AHLUNNAZA PANDU RAHARJO, NIA KURNIASARI

“…Data was collected through structured and in-depth interviews, and studies in the literature that focused on the exploration of related literature. …”
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The Influence of Coffee Husk Ash as a Filler on the Performance of Bituminous Concrete Mix by Amare Tilahun Tessema, Getachew Asefa Alene, Natnael Melsew Wolelaw

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Theoretical Study of C2H5 + NCO Reaction: Mechanism and Kinetics by Nan-Nan Wu, Shun-li OuYang, Liang Li

“…Theoretical investigations are performed on mechanism and kinetics of the reactions of ethyl radical C2H5 with NCO radical. The electronic structure information of the PES is obtained at the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory, and the single-point energies are refined by the CCSD(T)/6-311+G(3df,2p) level of theory. …”
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Enhancing prostate cancer segmentation in bpMRI: Integrating zonal awareness into attention-guided U-Net by Chao Wei, Zheng Liu, Yibo Zhang, Lianhui Fan

“…Nevertheless, accurate diagnosis using bpMRI images is difficult due to the inconspicuous and diverse characteristics of malignant tumors and the intricate structure of the prostate gland. An automated system is required to assist the medical professionals in accurate and early diagnosis with less effort. …”
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ENHANCING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE DIALOGUE: A STUDY OF MALAYSIAN AND AUSTRALIAN PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS by Vegneskumar Maniam, Tay Gerard, Ingrid Harrington, Hayley Trenchard, Susan Bennett

“…Employing a qualitative approach, the project conducted semi-structured interviews with 10 Malaysian pre-service teachers to explore their participation in the virtual dialogues. …”
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THE ROLE OF CALDERA GEOPARK IN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT OF LAKE TOBA SUPER PRIORITY DESTINATIONS, INDONESIA by Bejo MULYADI, Sirojuzilam SIROJUZILAM, Suwardi LUBIS, Agus PURWOKO

“…The research method using SEM-PLS analysis consists of submodels, namely measurement and structural models or external and internal models. The convergent validity of the PLS with reflective indicators is assessed based on the loading factors of the indicators. …”
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MECHANICAL CALCULATION OF FLEXIBLE WIRES WHEN THE CONCENTRATED FORCES ARE REPLACED BY A DISTRIBUTED LOAD by Yu. V. Bladyko

“…A more accurate calculation of mechanical tensions and sag is possible with the use of a vector-parametric method for calculating the flexible busbar of substations and air-line wires, where the design model of wires in the form of a flexible elastic thread is placed, taking into account the spatial disposition of all structural elements.…”
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Dynamics of Herding Behavior in Cryptocurrency Markets Amid Market Crashes by Muhammed Aslam Chelery Komath, Ozlem Sayılır, Bakhtiyar Garayev, Patrice Racine Dıallo

“…Herding behavior is expected to intensify with increasing uncertainty in financial markets, especially after jarring structural changes such as thepandemic. For this reason, in this study we examined herding behavior in the cryptocurrency market amid market crashes. …”
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Turkish validity and reliability study of the psychological food involvement scale: PFIS-TR by İrem Nur Şahin, Aslıhan Atar, Özge Yaman, Halime Pulat Demir

“…Exploratory factor analysis revealed a four-factor structure explaining 79% of the variance, with factor loadings > 0.40 and eigenvalues > 1. …”
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Research on the Correlation between Multisource Big Data Virtual Assisted Preschool Education and the Development of Children’s Innovative Ability by Tuo Meimei, Long Baoxin

“…In this paper, the system and user experience are greatly optimized by reasonably constructing table structure, allocating storage space, and establishing indexes. …”
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Exploring the impact of social influence on parents’ intention to use institutional childcare: a cross-sectional study by Bo Yu, Difan Zhang, Yin Sun, Yuna Yao, Yingji Li, Huiling Hu

“…The data were analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) and Importance-Performance Map Analysis (IPMA). …”
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Long short-term memory autoencoder based network of financial indices by Kamrul Hasan Tuhin, Ashadun Nobi, Mahmudul Hasan Rakib, Jae Woo Lee

“…Our proposed method effectively captures the underlying network structure of financial markets and is validated by a comprehensive analysis of network metrics, demonstrating its ability to identify significant financial crises over time.…”
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Weighted and Well-Balanced Nonlinear TV-Based Time-Dependent Model for Image Denoising by Khursheed Alam, Alka Chauhan, Santosh Kumar

“…The numerical results are expressed as a statistic known as the peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) and structural similarity index metric (SSIM). Numerical experiments demonstrate that the proposed model yields good performance compared with the previous time-dependent model.…”
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Knowledge on Food Safety and Food-Handling Practices of Street Food Vendors in Ejisu-Juaben Municipality of Ghana by Raymond Addo-Tham, Emmanuel Appiah-Brempong, Hasehni Vampere, Emmanuel Acquah-Gyan, Adjei Gyimah Akwasi

“…The study used a cross-sectional mixed approach involving 340 participants selected by simple random sampling. A structured questionnaire and an observational checklist were used to collect data and analyzed using STATA version 12. …”
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Train-Bridge Dynamic Behaviour of Long-Span Asymmetrical-Stiffness Cable-Stayed Bridge by Yuexing Wu, Jianting Zhou, Jinquan Zhang, Qiang Wen, Xuan Li

“…However, the asymmetrical arrangement of towers leads to obvious nonuniformity of the structural stiffness along the longitudinal direction, which intensifies the wheel-rail coupled vibration behaviour, and affects the running safety of operating trains and ride comfort. …”
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Division-selection transfer learning for prediction based dynamic multi-objective optimization by Hongye Li, Fan Liang, Yulu Liu, Quanheng Zheng, Kunru Guo

“…Subsequently, for the elite solutions, individual TL that incorporates local information for optimization and transfer is used, while the non-elite solutions are handled with manifold TL method to obtain the overall data distribution and understand the internal structure. Then, merge the predicted individuals generated by two parts of TL will constitute as the initial population in the optimization process. …”
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Betula pendula Roth. survival and growth in treeline is affected by genotype and environment by Kari Saikkonen, Otto Saikkonen, Marjo Helander, Irma Saloniemi

“…These results demonstrate that the acclimation capacity of B. pendula allows its distribution to expand north from the present range; however, local abiotic environmental conditions (soil fertility and winter temperatures) and other selection pressures (herbivory) are likely to affect the genetic structure and growth of B. pendula populations.…”
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CMS systems in rapeseed and their use in the breeding of domestic hybrids by I. N. Anisimova, A. G. Dubovskaya

“…The sterility and fertility restoration sources were received from Canadian and French institutions as well as from domestic working collections. The yield structure traits did not deteriorate after transferring hybrid maternal lines to the sterile cytoplasm, while the glucosinolate content increased when pollen fertility restoring genes were transferred into paternal lines. …”
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Unravelling the nonlinear generation of designer vortices with dielectric metasurfaces by Laure Coudrat, Guillaume Boulliard, Jean-Michel Gérard, Aristide Lemaître, Aloyse Degiron, Giuseppe Leo

“…Our findings underscore the potential of nonlinear dielectric metasurfaces for versatile structured-light generation and manipulation, paving the way for future developments in integrated photonic systems.…”
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