The Incidence and Recurrence of Getting Lost in Community-Dwelling People with Alzheimer's Disease: A Two and a Half-Year Follow-Up. by Ming-Chyi Pai, Chih-Chien Lee

“…We focused on the incidence of GL events and the associated factors by way of demographic data, cognitive function assessed by the Cognitive Ability Screening Instrument (CASI), and spatial navigation abilities as assessed by the Questionnaire of Everyday Navigational Ability (QuENA). …”
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Effect of Adoption Intensity of Climate Smart Agriculture on Farming Households’ Food Security in Ethiopia: Empirical Evidence From Guna Begemider District, South Gonder by Mekdes Teklemichael, Abate Mekuriaw

“…Descriptive analysis, multiple linear regression and binary logistic regression were employed to analyse the data. …”
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The prevalence of erectile dysfunction at a primary healthcare clinic in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal by Y. Lockhat, A. Ross, P. Ramlachan, C. Rangiah

“…Outcome measures: Responses were captured using a validated structured questionnaire (International Index of Erectile Function-15). Results: Eight hundred and three questionnaires were eligible for analysis. …”
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The role of internal marketing in improving service quality: a case study of the Algerian Foreign Bank by Assia Brahimi, Djamila Kadri

“…This study aims to determine the impact of internal marketing on both job performance and job satisfaction of employees at the level of Algerian banks, as well as the role played by internal marketing in order to improve the quality of banking service provided to customers, and therefore we conducted an exploratory study that included a sample of 29 employees in the Algerian Foreign Bank through a questionnaire addressed to them, and we also relied on the descriptive analytical approach to introduce the variables of the study and analyze the results as well SPSSV24 For the analysis and processing of the data, the results obtained showed a positive and statistically significant relationship between inbound marketing and the quality of banking service provided by the Algerian Foreign Bank, as well as a statistically significant effect of inbound marketing on both job satisfaction and job performance of employees in the Algerian Foreign Bank. …”
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Adapting language generation to dialogue environments and users for task-oriented dialogue systems by Atsumoto Ohashi, Ryuichiro Higashinaka

“…In ANTOR, a natural language understanding (NLU) module, which corresponds to the user’s understanding of system utterances, is incorporated into the objective function of RL. If the NLG’s intentions are correctly conveyed to the NLU, the NLG is given a positive reward. …”
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Genes that act downstream of sensory neurons to influence longevity, dauer formation, and pathogen responses in Caenorhabditis elegans. by Marta M Gaglia, Dae-Eun Jeong, Eun-A Ryu, Dongyeop Lee, Cynthia Kenyon, Seung-Jae Lee

“…Using whole-genome microarray analysis, we identified transcripts whose levels are altered by mutations in the intraflagellar transport protein daf-10, which result in impaired development and function of many sensory neurons in C. elegans. …”
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Isomorphism and its approximation in Islamic art decorations by Thalfaa Ali Mahdi Altimimi, Amin Abdel Zahra Yassin

“… The current research includes four chapters , First chapter include a problem of the research which determined by [what is the isomorphism and its approximation in Islamic arts ornaments] , The second chapter includes three researches : concept of isomorphism , and references of ornamental shape , Aspects of decorative embellishment in Islamic art , as for the third chapter stated for search procedures , In light of it, the analysis was conducted in which the researcher relied on the system ,Descriptive and analytical in the process of analyzing models selected from the entire research community in accordance with the data of the content that embodies one of the sides of the concept of conformity. …”
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Towards Sustainable Shipping: Joint Optimization of Ship Speed and Bunkering Strategy Considering Ship Emissions by Qin Wang, Jiajie Zhou, Zheng Li, Sinuo Liu

“…Subsequently, the nonlinear parts in the objective function and constraints are transformed into linear forms. …”
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Temporomandibular disorder in children at deciduous and mixed denture by João Carlos Rocha, Leticia Simino Carvalho, Elisângela da Silva Moreira Chetelat

“…Results: The obtained data were analyzed through percentage and qualitative analysis. …”
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Contribution of relative humidity on aerosol optical depth role in influencing the regionalization pattern of precipitation over West Africa by Ayomide Victor Arowolo, Ayodeji Festus Ologun, Precious Ebiendele, Ayodeji Oluleye

“…To achieve this, Empirical Orthogonal Function analysis was employed, a robust statistical technique used to identify dominant modes of variability in multivariate datasets. …”
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Femtoscopic and Nonfemtoscopic Two-Particle Correlations in A+A and p+p Collisions at RHIC and LHC Energies by Yu. M. Sinyukov, S. V. Akkelin, Iu. A. Karpenko, V. M. Shapoval

“…As a result, the observed femtoscopy scales are reduced, and the Bose-Einstein correlation function is suppressed. The results are applied for the femtoscopy analysis of p+p collisions at s=7 TeV LHC energy and p+Pb ones at s=5.02 TeV. …”
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A Single-Center Experience of En Bloc vs. Single Renal Transplantation on Adult Recipients by Yoon-Jung Chang, Samuel Simpson, Megan Charette, Obi Ekwenna

“…<b>Results</b>: This study demonstrated that the post-operative results in recipients of pediatric en bloc kidneys consisting of serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) values were lower and higher, respectively, and had a comparable improvement in kidney function at post-transplant, 1-week, 1-month, 3-months, and 1-year post-op marks. …”
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Anti-Overturning Bearing Capacity of Rigid and Flexible Concrete Expanded Piles Subjected to Horizontal Load by Yongmei Qian, Tingting Zhou, Wei Tian

“…Meanwhile, finite element simulation analysis is conducted on a pile model and the corresponding data on displacement, load, stress, and strain are collected to verify the experimental results. …”
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Entrepreneurial dynamics and their impact on economic development in Saudi Arabia by Hanaa Abdelaty Hasan Esmail, Mohammad Jibran Gul Wani, Osama Nashaat Yasin Attia, Heba Elsayed Galal

“…This study employs the Granger causality analysis of Toda and Yamamoto (J Economet 66:225–250, 1995) to analyze data from 2005 to 2023, with the objective of determining the impact of entrepreneurship on economic development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. …”
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The Influence Study on Environmental Regulation and Green Total Factor Productivity of China’s Manufacturing Industry by Ying Li, Siyu Li

“…Appropriate environmental regulations need to be implemented to achieve economic and environmental harvest. Based on the panel data of 25 manufacturing industries from 2003 to 2016 in China, this thesis constructs a comprehensive indicator of environmental regulation and calculates the green total factor productivity, and its decomposition applied SBM directional distance function and Malmquist–Luenberger productivity index. …”
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Water usage efficiency and productivity change: a non-convex metafrontier Malmquist index by Sebastián Lozano, María M. Borrego-Marin

“…A circular three-stage Network Data Envelopment Analysis (NDEA) production process is considered. …”
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Elastic regularization networks for enhanced UAV visual tracking by Qingjiao Meng, Ji Li, Yan Jin, Zhaotian Deng

“…Principal component analysis (PCA) is employed for dimension reduction to mitigate time complexity and storage demands caused by high-dimensional data. …”
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Determinants of academics' job satisfaction: empirical evidence from private universities in Bangladesh. by Abdul Kadar Muhammad Masum, Md Abul Kalam Azad, Loo-See Beh

“…A pre-tested and closed-ended questionnaire using a seven-point Likert scale is used for data collection. In this study, descriptive statistics, Pearson product moment correlation, multiple regression, and factor analysis are exercised as statistical tools. …”
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Distinct types of fibrocyte can differentiate from mononuclear cells in the presence and absence of serum. by S John Curnow, Marianne Fairclough, Caroline Schmutz, Steve Kissane, Alastair K O Denniston, Kate Nash, Christopher D Buckley, Janet M Lord, Mike Salmon

“…The differentiation of fibrocytes remains poorly characterised and this has limited understanding of their biology and function. In particular two methods are used to generate fibrocytes in vitro that differ fundamentally by the presence or absence of serum.…”
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The Influence of Stakeholder Involvement in the Adoption of Digital Technologies in the UK Construction Industry by Boroto Hwabamungu, Paul Shepherd

“…A qualitative interpretive method was followed using a case study approach to collect data. Thematic analysis of twenty-four semi-structured interviews and sixty survey responses, which were conducted with different digital technologies adoption actors in the construction industry, allowed the identification of six final themes depicting the influence of stakeholder involvement in the adoption of digital technologies. …”
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