Social orphanhood and deprived parenthood in a migrant family as a threat to demographic security: is there light at the end of the tunnel? by G. I. Osadchaya, O. A. Volkova, T. N. Yudina

“…The relevance of the research is the spread of the phenomena of social orphanhood and deprived parenthood due to the labor migration of family members.The problem of the research is the expansion of labor migration, the spread of social orphanhood, the development of deprived parenthood, on the one hand, and the lack of conceptual justification for the relationships between these phenomena, on the other.The goal of the research is to consider social orphanhood and deprived parenthood in a migrant family as a threat to demographic security.The research methods. The work used data from: 1) a questionnaire survey of returned Kyrgyz labor migrants who worked in Russia and then returned to Kyrgyzstan; 2) semi-structured interviews of labor migrants in Russia; 3) quantitative and qualitative content analysis of cases presented in the essays of migrant children.The Results. …”
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Steganographic method of acoustic information protection in critical applications systems by Oleksandr Mozhaiev, Yurii Gnusov, Oleksandr Manzhai, Volodymyr Strukov, Vitalii Nosov, Valery Radchenko, Serhii Yenhalychev

“…Further research is desirable to analyze the possible use of methods for synthesizing large ensembles of quasi-orthogonal discrete signals with improved ensemble, structural, and correlation properties to ensure higher security of acoustic channels in computer systems for critical applications. …”
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Sustainability disclosure in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries: Opportunities and Challenges by Amr ElAlfy, Adel Elgharbawy, Tia Rebecca Driver, Abdul-Jalil Ibrahim

“…This study examined the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance of 117 companies across Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Qatar from 2021 to 2022 (totaling 234 observations) from the institutional theory perspective using a mixed methods approach. The research is structured in two stages: First, we analyzed ESG scores from ESG Refinitiv data to measure ESG performance based on 186 comparable metrics across 10 categories; second, we conducted a directed content analysis of sustainability reports that utilized 27 ESG disclosure indicators from the GCC Exchanges Committee's unified guidance. …”
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Measuring the Construct of Expectation of the Urban Development Services Technology Application by Urban Managers of Isfahan Municipality by Sharifeh Sargolzaei, Mahmoud Mohamadi

“…The results of the analysis of 64 questionnaires distributed among the managers of Isfahan municipality with confirmatory factor analysis method and structural equation modeling and Smart PLS software show that the test of hypotheses based on the direct and positive effect of 11 constructs affecting the expectation of technology use, 5 hypotheses have been confirmed and based on this, the constructs of " Speed of Doing Tasks", "accuracy of technology", "data transparency", "process transparency" and "Managers' Supervision on Processes" are among the results that have fulfilled the expectations of managers from the application of urban planning services technology. …”
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“…They were just treating her Symptom by Symptom”: maternal experiences of having a child with spinal muscular atrophy in Ghana by Esther Doe-Yo Tawiah, Jacob Owusu Sarfo

“…Individual interviews were conducted between August and September 2023 using semi-structured interview guides. The data were manually analysed using a pen-and-paper method. …”
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Frail older people ageing in place alone and their perception of the built environment in rural and urban sites: a mixed-methods study by Maria Gabriella Melchiorre, Marco Socci, Giovanni Lamura, Sabrina Quattrini

“…For this paper, semi-structured interviews involving 40 participants aged 65 years and over in the Marche Region (Central Italy) were processed, and a mixed-methods analysis (quantitative/qualitative) was conducted. …”
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Enhancing Post-Disaster Damage Detection and Recovery Monitoring by Addressing Class Imbalance in Satellite Imagery Using Enhanced Super-Resolution GANs (ESRGAN) by U. Lagap, S. Ghaffarian

“…Numerical evaluations using Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR) and Structural Similarity Index Measure (SSIM) between SR and HR images confirm that ESRGAN effectively reconstructs high-resolution features, with Not Damaged (PSNR: 29.2, SSIM: 0.78) and New Buildings (PSNR: 30.3, SSIM: 0.81) exhibiting the highest reconstruction quality. …”
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Case-Designed Lesson Plans as a Means of Assessing Methodological Competency of Pedagogical Students and Primary School Teachers by N. N. Demeneva, O. V. Kolesova

“…On the basis of comparing the data obtained in groups of teachers and students, it was concluded that a case-designed lesson plan can serve as an effective tool for diagnosing the methodological readiness of future teachers and practising teachers for professional work. …”
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The impact of implicit social conflict on ecosystem conservation in protected areas: a case study of Patatso National Park by Yuxi Zeng, Ling-en Wang, Linsheng Zhong

“…Here, we develop a theoretical framework, synthesizing theories related to conflict, displaced aggression, routine activity, withdrawal behavior, and livelihood, to explain how implicit conflicts affect ecological misbehavior of residents living within PAs. We collected data from 155 residents living in Patatso National Park, China, during April–June 2022 to test the relationships between our framework variables (i.e., implicit conflicts, ecological misbehavior, withdrawal intention, livelihood strategies) using partial least squares-structural equation modeling. …”
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Importance of evaluating GPS telemetry collar performance in monitoring reintroduced populations by James A. Vance, David S. Jachowski, Allen C. Boynton, Marcella J. Kelly

“…Errors caused by local habitat conditions in patchy and structurally complex landscapes should be accounted for in future models and management decisions. © 2017 The Wildlife Society.…”
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Association among objective and subjective sleep duration, depressive symptoms and all-cause mortality: the pathways study by Yuan Zeng, Tanshu Liu, Rui Qiu, Qingqing Lian

“…However, no study has quantitatively compared the effects of objective and subjective sleep duration on mortality or examined the mediating role of depressive symptoms in these associations. Methods Utilizing data from the NHANES 2011–2014, this study employed structural equation modeling (SEM) to explore the impact of depressive symptoms, measured by Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) scores, on the relationship between both objective and subjective sleep durations and all-cause mortality. …”
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Obstetric and newborn outcomes of mothers with and without HIV infection in Anaka general hospital in Northern Uganda. by Jolly Joe Lapat, Jimmyy Opee, James Okello, Nixson Oyoo, Christopher Wanican, Gloria Becky Labong, Daniel S Ebbs, Felix Bongomin

“…A total of 914 delivery records were included, sampled using systematic random sampling from the hospital maternity register. Data were extracted from maternity and neonatal records using a structured tool. …”
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Behavior during Twin Tunnel Construction Based on Measurement Results and Validity of Numerical Analysis by Hitoshi TEZUKA, Koichi AOKI, Qiwei LIN, Yujing JIANG

“…In areas with poor ground stability, the excavation of a new tunnel can still lead to unanticipated impacts on the structural integrity of nearby, pre-existing tunnels. …”
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Advances in machine transliteration methods, limitations, challenges, applications and future directions by A’la Syauqi, Aji Prasetya Wibawa

“…Rule-based methods provide structured frameworks but face challenges in adapting to linguistic variability. …”
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A 20‐year mapping of Bayesian belief networks in software project management by Abraham L. R. deSousa, Cleidson R. B. deSouza, Rodrigo Q. Reis

“…This work aims to provide an overview of the first 20 years of research in BBNs applied to SPM, and by so doing it contributes to the structuring of this research topic and the identification of new research opportunities. …”
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Interpretable multi-instance heterogeneous graph network learning modelling CircRNA-drug sensitivity association prediction by Mengting Niu, Chunyu Wang, Yaojia Chen, Quan Zou, Ximei Luo

“…Results We first extracted similar features of circRNAs and drugs and the structural features of drugs to construct a heterogeneous network. …”
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TAM-Based Model for Evaluating Learner Satisfaction of E-Learning Services Case Study: E-Learning System of University of Tehran by Sina Sayardoost Tabrizi, Azin Sabzian, Ali Moeini, Keikhosrow Yakideh

“…The study used the Partial Least Squares (PLS) analytical method to construct structural equations. In order to do so, data was collected from a comprehensive questionnaire distributed to 334 students at the University of Tehran, in which 143 participated. …”
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Exploring Career Barriers Faced by Female Doctors Due to Gender Bias: A Qualitative Analysis by Anam Zahra, Tayyaba Azhar, Hajra Talat

“…Inductive thematic analysis of the transcripts identified patterns and themes within the data. Results: The analysis resulted in three overarching themes and eleven subthemes. …”
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The effect of hospital budgeting system on physician-executives’ budget cognitive consciousness and medical decision making by Wen-Hsin Huang, Cheng-Tsung Lu

“…Subsequently, the formal questionnaire was mailed directly to physician-executives in teaching hospitals (National Health Insurance contracted). We used the Structural Equation Model to examine the causal relationships among research variables. …”
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High school football player experiences with multiple injuries: a qualitative biopsychosocial model application by Natalie Golub, Jesse A. Steinfeldt

“…Each participant missed at least one week of play and/or one game per injury. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to investigate emotional responses, perceived social support, and stress management. …”
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