Risk and Prognosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Mexican Americans with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Hatia RI, Hwang LY, Li R, Troisi C, Jalal PK, Amos CI, Gomez HF, Chun YS, Rashid A, Kaseb AO, Scheet PA, Hassan MM

“…Rikita I Hatia,1 Lu-Yu Hwang,2 Ruosha Li,3 Catherine Troisi,4 Prasun K Jalal,5 Christopher I Amos,6 Henry F Gomez,1 Yun Shin Chun,7 Asif Rashid,8 Ahmed O Kaseb,9 Paul A Scheet,1 Manal M Hassan1 1Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; 2Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA; 3Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA; 4Department of Management, Policy & Community Health, School of Public Health, The University of Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA; 5Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; 6Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; 7Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; 8Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; 9Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USACorrespondence: Manal M Hassan, Department of Epidemiology, Unit 735, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 6900 Fannin Street, Houston, TX, 77030, USA, Tel +1-713-794-5452, Email mhassan@mdanderson.org Lu-Yu Hwang, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1200 Pressler Street, RAS E717, Houston, TX, 77030, USA, Tel +1-713-500-9384, Email lu-yu.hwang@uth.tmc.eduIntroduction: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) disproportionately affects Hispanic persons with higher age-specific incidence and increased mortality rates compared to non-Hispanic Whites. …”
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Identification and validation of occupational stress factors for employees of the electricity distribution company of Ilam province by Ardeshir Shiri

“…The reliability of the questionnaire was calculated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.94).Research findingsThe findings of the qualitative section with the theme analysis approach led to the extraction of 56 basic themes, 22 main themes (components), and 7 overarching themes (dimensions). …”
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Presenting the model of antecedents affecting moral-emotional acting in education by arefeh kazemi malekmahmoudi, negin jabbari, kiomars niaz azari

“…The findings showed that at the confidence level of 95% and the measurement error of α = 5%, the value of the KMO statistic was calculated to be more than 0.7.According to the special values, 3 factors are extracted; because they have special values ​​greater than one. …”
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Providing a paradigmatic model of return on investment in the training of employees in the petrochemical industry by Mehdi Farahani, Seyyed Ali Akbar Ahmadi, Mohammad Tamimi

“…In the open coding stage, 356 codes were identified, with 6 paradigms, 8 main categories, and 47 indicators; which was calculated based on the researcher's perception and inference from the conducted interviews using the grounded theory method. …”
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Meta-synthesis of drivers of the circular business model by Atieh Khodaei, Mahdi Hosseinpour, Mohammad javad Jamshidi, Yoosof Mohamadifar

“…Research findings Cohen's kappa test was used to measure the quality. The results of calculating the kappa statistic in this research show that the kappa coefficient is equal to 0.732, which indicates the reliability of this research. …”
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Designing a Forecasting Model and Evaluating the Strategic Cooperation between the Banking System and Fintech Startups using the Adaptive Neural Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) by Arash Onsori, Abbas Khamseh, Taghi Torabi, Hamid Reza Yazdani

“…Face and content validities, along with Cronbach's alpha, ensured questionnaire reliability.Calculating a sample size of 291 with Sample Power v3.0.1, 321 questionnaires were distributed, receiving 320 responses from experienced banking and fintech professionals. …”
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Les aqueducs de Rome : les activités de la Surintendance capitoline, une contribution essentielle à la recherche by Marina Marcelli, Massimiliano Munzi

“…During the explorations, the original spring water capture systems were documented and it was demonstrated that the operations conducted by pope Paul V’s architects to reactivate the aqueduct (1610) involved only some some parts of the aqueduct and the large distribution chambers, known as “botti”. …”
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Les eaux d’irrigation du Haouz de Marrakech : un siècle de confrontations des modèles de gestion publics, privés et communautaires by Thierry Ruf, Mina Kleiche-Dray

“…Quarante ans après les travaux du sociologue Paul Pascon sur la société composite du Haouz de Marrakech, nous avons cherché ici dans la même veine à comprendre les évolutions spatiales et historiques de ces modèles de gestion, en particulier dans l’aire d’action de l’Office régional de mise en valeur agricole du Haouz, dont P. …”
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Contribution à l’étude du régime alimentaire du Chimpanzé, Pan troglodytes verus (Schwarz, 1934), à Fongoli (Kédougou, Sénégal) by Landing Badji, Papa Ibnou Ndiaye, Stacy Marie Lindshield, Cheikh Tidiane Bâ, Jill Pruetz

“…Fally Diop et du Manager du Bureau Environnement et Social Paul Cannon ainsi que pour leur soutien moral et financier. …”
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The Effect of Marketing Mix on Blockchain Technology with the Mediating Role of Perceived Usefulness by Roozbeh Roshanak, Alireza Rousta, Mahmoud Ahmadi Sharif, Majid Ahmadi

“…The reliability of the current research questionnaire was measured by calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient, which was 0.815. …”
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Impact of mineral dust on the global nitrate aerosol direct and indirect radiative effect by A. Milousis, K. Klingmüller, A. P. Tsimpidi, J. F. Kok, M. Kanakidou, M. Kanakidou, M. Kanakidou, A. Nenes, A. Nenes, V. A. Karydis

“…The emission flux of the mineral cations Na<span class="inline-formula">⁺</span>, Ca<span class="inline-formula">²⁺</span>, K<span class="inline-formula">⁺</span>, and Mg<span class="inline-formula">²⁺</span> is calculated as a fraction of the total aeolian dust emission based on the unique chemical composition of the major deserts worldwide. …”
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Evaluating the role of environmental advertising on the use of eye movements towards the brand by Seyed Hamid Mir Motahari, Sina Nematizadeh, Seyed Abbas Heydari

“…Eye tracking: Eye tracking in advertising means measuring and calculating the point at which the human eye is staring, and in other words, the scientific study of eye movements and activities in two-way interaction with the surrounding environment is called tracking (Kimasi et al., 2019). …”
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Role of the Perceived Social Responsibility of the Company and the Psychological Mechanisms to Achieve the Employees' Creative Behavior (Case Study: Electro Kavir Company of Yazd) by Marziyeh Dehghanizadeh, Fatemeh Keshavarzi Hedesh

“…Both divergent and convergent validity index and factor loadings were also used to check the validity; and the reliability of the research instrument was calculated and confirmed by two methods, Cronbach's alpha coefficient and composite reliability. …”
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Presenting Iran's new economic diplomacy model with an export approach for neighboring countries with an emphasis on cultural and media diplomacy capacities by sekhavat kheirkhah, sayed Ali Tabatabai Panah, Alireza Soltani, Hamid Reza Shirzad

“…Economic diplomacy in the twenty-first century Market activity methods in any society are limited by the values ​​and beliefs in it (Gilpin, R, & Gilpin, J. 2013). Paul Samuels defines economics as "the study of how to choose under conditions of scarcity" (Paul Samuels, 1967). …”
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Feasibility, Usability, and Pilot Efficacy Study of a Software-Enabled, Virtual Pulmonary Rehabilitation with Remote Therapeutic Monitoring by Flynn S, Mosher CL, Cornelison S, Rao E, Metzler KA, Pu W, Davies J, Paladenech C, Doyle D, MacIntyre N, Ohar J

“…Sheryl Flynn,1 Christopher L Mosher,2,3 Sharon Cornelison,4 Erica Rao,2 Kimberly A Metzler,4 William Pu,1 John Davies,2 Connie Paladenech,4 Daniel Doyle,3 Neil MacIntyre,2 Jill Ohar5 1Blue Marble Health, Altadena, California, USA; 2Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA; 3Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States; 3Cabin Creek Health Systems, Dawes, West Virginia, USA; 4Department of Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA; 5Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USACorrespondence: Sheryl Flynn, Blue Marble Health, 2400 Lincoln Ave, Altadena, CA, 91001, USA, Tel +1 626 296 6400, Email Sheryl@BlueMarbleHealthCo.ComObjective: Fewer than 3% of adults with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) attend in-person, center-based pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) despite demonstrated health benefits and reduction in mortality. …”
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Development of a clinical decision support tool for Primary care Management of lower Urinary tract Symptoms in men: the PriMUS study by Adrian Edwards, Ridhi Agarwal, Janine Bates, Alison Bray, Sarah Milosevic, Emma Thomas-Jones, Michael Drinnan, Marcus Drake, Peter Michell, Bethan Pell, Haroon Ahmed, Natalie Joseph-Williams, Kerenza Hood, Yemisi Takwoingi, Chris Harding

“…Sample size Separate calculations for model development and validation cohorts, from literature estimates of detrusor overactivity, bladder outlet obstruction and detrusor underactivity prevalences of 57%, 31% and 16%, respectively. …”
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Special issue: Proceedings of the 15th ISIC - The Information Behaviour Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, August 26-29, 2024

“…Montague Situating complexity: information behaviour in the contact zone Hye Lim Joy Nam An information behaviour exploration of personal and family information and curation of our life histories Bhuva Narayan, Annemarie Zijlema, Vanessa Reyes, Mary Anne Kennan Layers upon layers: data sharing & reuse challenges in archaeological contexts Michael Olsson, Olle Sköld, Lisa Andersson Development in the adoption of a national digital healthcare system and experience at taking new technology in use – changes from 2019 to 2022 Ágústa Pálsdóttir Ubiquitous but invisible – public librarians’ self-imposed professional information practices as articulation work Ola Pilerot, Jenny Lindberg Transdisciplinarity: an imperative for information behaviour research Sarah Polkinghorne, Paul Bowell, Lisa M. Given God’s intermediaries: a study into chaplains’ information behaviour Kieran Robson, Ian Ruthven, Perla Innocenti COVID-19 information spaces, boundaries, and information sharing: an interview study Togzhan Seilkhanova, Theodore Dreyfus Ledford, Jodi Schneider Information from sound: exploring sounds and listening in information practices research Owen Stewart-Robertson Information practices in multi-professional work in urban planning Anna Suorsa, Anna-Maija Multas, Emilia Rönkkö, Eevi Juuti, Anelma Lammi, Heidi Enwald Searching for people in the workplace: aims, behaviour, and challenges Tanja Svarre, Marianne Lykke, Ann Bygholm Surfacing the ‘silent foundation’: which information behaviour theories are relevant to public library reference service? …”
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Summatory Multiplicative Arithmetic Functions: Scaling and Renormalization by Leonid G. Fel

“…Assuming an asymptotic behavior of the summatory function, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>F</mi><mrow><mo>{</mo><mi>f</mi><mo>;</mo><mi>N</mi><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>}</mo></mrow><mover><mo>=</mo><mrow><mi>N</mi><mo>→</mo><mo>∞</mo></mrow></mover><msub><mi>G</mi><mn>1</mn></msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>N</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mfenced separators="" open="[" close="]"><mn>1</mn><mo>+</mo><mi mathvariant="script">O</mi><mfenced separators="" open="(" close=")"><msub><mi>G</mi><mn>2</mn></msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>N</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mfenced></mfenced></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, where <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>G</mi><mn>1</mn></msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>N</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>=</mo><msup><mi>N</mi><msub><mi>a</mi><mn>1</mn></msub></msup><msup><mfenced separators="" open="(" close=")"><mi>log</mi><mi>N</mi></mfenced><msub><mi>b</mi><mn>1</mn></msub></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>G</mi><mn>2</mn></msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>N</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>=</mo><msup><mi>N</mi><mrow><mo>−</mo><msub><mi>a</mi><mn>2</mn></msub></mrow></msup><msup><mfenced separators="" open="(" close=")"><mi>log</mi><mi>N</mi></mfenced><mrow><mo>−</mo><msub><mi>b</mi><mn>2</mn></msub></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>a</mi><mn>1</mn></msub><mo>,</mo><msub><mi>a</mi><mn>2</mn></msub><mo>≥</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>−</mo><mo>∞</mo><mo><</mo><msub><mi>b</mi><mn>1</mn></msub><mo>,</mo><msub><mi>b</mi><mn>2</mn></msub><mo><</mo><mo>∞</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, we calculate the renormalization function <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>R</mi><mfenced separators="" open="(" close=")"><mi>f</mi><mo>;</mo><mi>N</mi><mo>,</mo><msup><mi>p</mi><mi>m</mi></msup></mfenced></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, defined as a ratio <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>F</mi><mfenced separators="" open="{" close="}"><mi>f</mi><mo>;</mo><mi>N</mi><mo>,</mo><msup><mi>p</mi><mi>m</mi></msup></mfenced><mo>/</mo><mi>F</mi><mrow><mo>{</mo><mi>f</mi><mo>;</mo><mi>N</mi><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>}</mo></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, and find its asymptotics <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>R</mi><mo>∞</mo></msub><mfenced separators="" open="(" close=")"><mi>f</mi><mo>;</mo><msup><mi>p</mi><mi>m</mi></msup></mfenced></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> when <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>N</mi><mo>→</mo><mo>∞</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. …”
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Providing a model of consumer behavior in creating brand attachment with an emphasis on the packaging component of food industry companies by maziar Ghasemzadeh Sangroudi, karim hamdi, SHADAN VAHABZADEH MUNSHI

“…Using Cochran's formula for unlimited communities, the required number of 384 people was calculated and the final samples were selected through random-cluster sampling with proportional distribution. …”
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Comparative Ethics of Modern Payment Models by Jacob Riegler

“…While the full details of cost accounting are beyond the scope of this paper, Robert Kaplan is a proponent of using time-driven activity-based costing, an essential component in calculating value and an empirically more accurate accounting method than the other predominant forms in healthcare and fee-for-service payments.[25] While this is an accomplishment, perhaps the more ethically interesting innovation in value-based payments comes from measuring patient outcomes. …”
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