Nonconvective Forces: A Critical and Often Ignored Component in the Echocardiographic Assessment of Transvalvular Pressure Gradients by Michael S. Firstenberg, Erik E. Abel, Thomas J. Papadimos, Ravi S. Tripathi

“…A cornerstone to the use of echocardiographic imaging is not only the qualitative assessment, but also the quantitative Doppler-derived velocity characteristics of intracardiac blood flow. …”
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Optimization of Soft Skill Competencies and Student Work Readiness Through The MBKM Internship Program at The KIPM Makassar Center by Subari Yanto, Patang Patang, Indrayani Indrayani, Andi Alamsyah Rivai

“…The four-month research used a descriptive quantitative approach combined with experimental methods, surveys, and in-depth observations to analyze opportunities, challenges, and the impact of work practices on students' soft skills, such as communication, discipline, teamwork, and field-specific knowledge. …”
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The Effect of Perceived Management Skills on Trust in Supervisors: The Mediating Role of Supervisor Support by İbrahim Yıkılmaz, Nida Palabıyık, Mustafa Altıntaş

“…The sample of the study, in which quantitative research design was adopted, consists of employees in small and medium-sized enterprises operating in Kırşehir. …”
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Solid-State FTIR Spectroscopic Study of Two Binary Mixtures: Cefepime-Metronidazole and Cefoperazone-Sulbactam by Hassan Refat H. Ali, Ramadan Ali, Hany A. Batakoushy, Sayed M. Derayea

“…In this work, two cephalosporins and antimicrobial combinations, cefepime-metronidazole and cefoperazone-sulbactam, were studied in the solid state using FTIR spectroscopy for the first time. Quantitation of the studied drugs and their binary mixtures was performed by integrating the peak areas of the characteristic well-resolved bands: υ (C=O) band at 1773 cm−1 for cefepime and ring torsion band at 826 cm−1 for metronidazole and υ (C=O) band at 1715 cm−1 for cefoperazone and ring torsion band at 1124 cm−1 for sulbactam. …”
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Flexible Crops and Rural Working Youth: From Sugar Cane in Brazil to Palm Oil in Colombia by Robinzon Piñeros Lizarazo

“…The objective of this paper is to analyze the working conditions of rural young people who stand out among rural workers not only in quantitatively terms but in qualitative terms as well. …”
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Who Takes Care of Family Members Who Take Care of Older Dependent Adults? by Andrea del Pilar Comelin Fornés

“…From the perspective of the social organization of care, data is analyzed in a study with quantitative and qualitative methodologies that describes the socio-demographic characteristics of the family caregivers of older, dependent adults of the Alto Hospicio commune hospital in Tarapacá and the aspects that facilitate or obstruct the exercise of the caregiver’s role from his or her point of view. …”
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Energy-Driven Image Interpolation Using Gaussian Process Regression by Lingling Zi, Junping Du

“…Our experiments show that the proposed algorithm can achieve encouraging performance in terms of image visualization and quantitative measures.…”
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Macroeconomic costs of gender gaps: the case of Mexico by David Cuberes, Marc Teignier

“…This paper uses the framework of Cuberes and Teignier (2018) to study the quantitative effects of gender gaps in entrepreneurship and workforce participation in Mexico. …”
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DIGITAL MARKETING ADOPTION FACTORS IN ALGERIAN SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES: A TAM APPROACH by Hela DIOUANI, Amel GRAA, Khadidja BECHELAGHEM

“…To achieve this aim and to test the conceptual model proposed in this research work which summarizes the relationships between all the variables, a quantitative approach was adopted. In order to test the research hypotheses, the researcher has adopted structural equation modeling with PLS approach. …”

Perceptions amongst medication users regarding South African patient package inserts (PPIs) of scheduled and over-the-counter (OTC) medications by Daleen Krige, Johann Cornelius de Wet

“… This article reports on the PPI itself, its information, and language usage in the texts, as tested in focus-group sessions, using content analysis. Quantitative readability assessments of selected PPIs revealed that the texts were mostly “difficult” or “very difficult”. …”
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BUILDING RESILIENCE: A HOLISTIC APPROACH MAPPRING RISKS IN PORT TERMINALS by Attila Akac, Afroditi Anagnostopoulou

“…To achieve this, a range of decision-analysis tools, encompassing qualitative and quantitative methods, have been devised based on a comprehensive hazard classification system for global applicability. …”
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Nurses’ Attitude About Pap Smear As An Early Screening Method For Cervical Cancer In The Private Hospital by Marlina Elfrida Sinaga, Puji Astutik, Belet Lydia Ingrit, Fransiska Ompusunggu

“…The research method was used descriptive quantitative with purposive sampling technique. The results of this study shows that most of the respondents have the positive attitude in performing pap smears in the Western Indonesia hospitals with the percentage of 97,5% and the rest indicate negative attitude. …”
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Food services and customer loyalty in the hospitality industry by Vitor Roslindo Kuhn, Antônio Carlos Benetti, Sara Joana Gadotti dos Anjos

“…This research is exploratory with quantitative approach applied to a hotel in Balneário Camboriú. …”
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How Sustainability Reporting Strengthens the Profitability – Firm Value Link in Coal Mining Companies by Christina Juliana, Venantius Valentino Sembiring

“…This study investigates whether sustainability reporting can moderate the effect of profitability on firm value. Using a quantitative approach, it examines profitability as the independent variable, firm value as the dependent variable, and sustainability reporting as the moderating variable. …”
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Effective Factors on Successful Performance of Aggregation Project of Dehyarans (Case Study: Ravansar City) by Aaezh Azmi, Ali Shahmoradi, Elham Mohammadi, Somayeh Hasani

“…Investigative method was quantitative one applying questionnaire to collect data. …”
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Coordinated Optimization of Departure Time Domains of Multiple Trains at a Station Based on Passenger Satisfaction by Zhiqiang Tian, Rui Zhang, Guofeng Sun, Di Cheng

“…In order to optimize the passenger train working diagram and improve the passenger satisfaction towards a coordinated optimization problem of departure time domains of multiple passenger trains at a station, the optimization model is designed to maximize the overall passenger travel satisfaction based on the quantification of the level of passenger travel satisfaction. …”
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Acoustical Behaviour of Sodium Nitroprusside in Aquo-Organic Solvent Media at 308.15 K by Monalisa Das, Smrutiprava Das, A. K. Pattanaik

“…Density and ultrasonic velocity have been measured for sodium nitroprusside in aqueous solutions of CH3OH, ethylene glycol, DMSO, and n-propanol solvents at 308.15 K. A quantitative relationship has been established among the acoustical properties like ultrasonic velocity (U), adiabatic compressibility (β), intermolecular free length (Lf), acoustic impedance (Z), apparent molar compressibility (Kϕ), apparent molar volume (Vϕ), limiting apparent molar compressibility (Kϕ0) limiting apparent molar volume (Vϕ0), and their constants (SK, Sv). …”
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Impact of Orthodontic Decompensation on Bone Insertion by Fabio Pinto Guedes, Leopoldino Capelozza Filho, Daniela Gamba Garib, Hugo Nary Filho, Evandro José Borgo, Mauricio de Almeida Cardoso

“…The possibility of evaluating the tooth and bone morphology by CBCT allows more accurate analysis of qualitative and quantitative aspects of these processes. This paper presents a case report of a 20-year-old male patient with Class III malocclusion and hyperdivergent facial pattern, who was surgically treated. …”
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The how, where, and what of organizational corruption: an integrative literature review by Caio Coelho, Sabrina Vieira de Almeida

“…The predominance of quantitative research suggests the need for a more balanced approach that incorporates qualitative and mixed methods, enabling a deeper investigation of organizational corruption. …”
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Node Importance Evaluation of Cyber-Physical System under Cyber-Attacks Spreading by Xin-Rui Liu, Yuan Meng, Peng Chang

“…In this paper, we improve the closeness centrality algorithm and propose a compound centrality algorithm based on adaptive coefficient to evaluate the importance of single-layer network nodes. Moreover, we quantitatively calculated the decouple degree of cascading failures caused by exposed nodes formed by attack propagation. …”
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