Associations between brominated flame retardants exposure and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Mediation analysis in the NHANES by Yulan Cheng, Jingyi Su, Xiangdong Wang, Ruiyao Huang, Zixuan Zhao, Kai Tian, Tianxiang Gu, Xiaoke Wang, Lin Chen, Xinyuan Zhao

“…The link between a single BFR exposure and NAFLD was estimated using weighted logistic regression and restricted cubic splines (RCS). The quantile-based g-computation (QGC), weighted quantile sum (WQS) regression, and Bayesian kernel machine regression (BKMR) were applied to evaluate the overall correlation of BFRs mixtures with NAFLD and identify significant compounds. …”
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High, but variable prevalence of Sarcocystis cruzi infections in farm-raised American bison (Bison bison) beef destined for human consumption by Larissa S. de Araujo, Aditya Gupta, Marianne Dias Papadopoulos, Doaa Naguib, Jacquin Battle, Oliver Kwok, Asis Khan, Benjamin Rosenthal, Jitender P. Dubey

“…Frozen tongues were purchased and examined for Sarcocystis infection using light microscopy, histology and quantitative PCR (qPCR) targeting 18S ribosomal DNA (18S rRNA) of S. cruzi. …”
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Comparative efficacy and safety of GLP-1 receptor agonists for weight reduction: A model-based meta-analysis of placebo-controlled trials by Haoyang Guo, Juan Yang, Jihan Huang, Ling Xu, Yinghua Lv, Yexuan Wang, Jiyuan Ren, Yulin Feng, Qingshan Zheng, Lujin Li

“…Conclusions: This study provides a quantitative evaluation of the efficacy and safety of GLP-1RAs and offers valuable insights into the assessment of new drugs for weight reduction.…”
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Opportunities, challenges, and difficulties in NMR-based metabolomics applied to neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) patient follow-up by M. Schoumacher, M. Schoumacher, V. Lambert, M. Campas, P. Blaise, B. Locht, M. Thys, E. Duchateau, E. Cavalier, E. Cavalier, J.-M. Rakic, A. Noël, P. de Tullio, P. de Tullio

“…., lactate, glucose levels, HDL/LDL cholesterol, and blood pH), and optical coherence tomography (OCT) images were collected to evaluate the progression of choroidal neovascularization. 1H-NMR metabolomic analysis led to the quantification of over 60 metabolites and of the major lipoprotein fractions. …”
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Monitoring of hepatitis E virus infection and replication by functional tagging of the ORF2 protein by Maliki Ankavay, Nathalie Da Silva, Angela Pollán, Noémie Oechslin, Katja Dinkelborg, Patrick Behrendt, Darius Moradpour, Jérôme Gouttenoire

“…Conclusions: We describe a convenient, quantitative and potentially scalable system for the monitoring of HEV infection and replication in tissue culture. …”
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Integrated Framework and Technical Path for Multi-level Nested Assessment of Landscape Character by Yuncai WANG, Qizhen DONG

“…LCA focuses on the objective description of elements and their combination level features, which can depict local landscape differences and is supported by quantitative analysis techniques; LPA focuses on the comprehensive effects in the dynamic process of resource combination, which can characterize the value and personalized characteristics of the overall landscape, but lacks quantitative classification techniques. …”
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Research on Data Mining of Sports Wearable Intelligent Devices Based on Big Data Analysis by Xing Zong, Chenfei Zhang, Dengpan Wu

“…Traditional motion data mining models have some problems, such as poor dynamic data capture effect, low information classification effect rate, poor quantitative representation effect, and so on. Based on this, this paper studies the mining method of dynamic motion data based on neural network, constructs a data mining model based on discrete dynamic modeling technology, and realizes the collection of data information from the aspects of motion characteristics and types combined with multilayer sensors. …”
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Brand Experience and Customer Loyalty in Dentistry: The Role of Perceived Brand Authenticity by Ghaith Al-Abdallah, Jegr Ababakr

“…A descriptive, deductive, and quantitative research methodology was applied, with a self-administrated survey questionnaire over a cross-sectional convenience sample from dental clinics and centers in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, and Duhok (Iraqi Kurdistan). …”
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The influence of social capital, human capital, and natural capital on economic growth and community welfare by M Amin

“…The research method used is quantitative method. Data collection techniques are done by means of literature study and documentation. …”
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Does Brand Awareness Influences Purchase Intention? The Mediation Role of Brand Equity Dimensions by Vitor Azzari, Anderson Pelissari

“…This paper aims to identify the antecedent role of brand awareness in other dimensions of consumer-based brand equity (CBBE) and its impact on purchase intention. It is a quantitative study based on a survey conducted with 622 smartphone users. …”
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The Role of Public Institutions for Innovation Support in Brazil by Cláudia Brito Silva Cirani, Carlos Mamori Kono, André Moraes dos Santos, Adalberto Ramos Cassia

“…In the first part we conducted a quantitative descriptive analysis of historical series about resources allocat ion available by FINEP. …”
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The UNHCR and the Management of Liberian Refugees in Nigeria, 1990-2007 by Olusesi Adewunmi OSUNKOYA

“…The methodology adopted in the study was historical, thematic, qualitative and quantitative utilizing both primary and secondary sources of data collection. …”
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QUALITATIVE DETERMINATION OF HERBAL OILS USED IN VARIOUSHERBAL AND COSMECEUTICALS FORMULATION by Kaneez Fatima et al

“…Result The qualitative and quantitative evaluation has been carried out on the selected herbal oils. …”
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The analysis of students’ reading and writing difficulties in learning english at universitas kristen indonesia by Lamhot Naibaho

“…The design of this study is a quantitative study with a survey design. The study data were collected by distributing the questionnaire to 80 students of Universitas Kristen Indonesia. …”
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STRUCTURAL METAPHOR OF LOVE IN ENGLISH SONGS IN THE LATE 20TH CENTURY FROM STYLISTIC AND COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVES by Nguyen Thi Hong Thu

“…All the collected data were qualitatively and quantitatively processed. In this paper, the metaphorical images in the songs were classified into three different kinds, namely structural metaphors, ontological metaphor, and orientational metaphors, of which the number of structural one ranks the first. …”
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The effect of tax avoidance on profitability with corporate governance as moderation by Gede Gangga Wiweka Sunu

“…This research uses a quantitative descriptive method carried out on non-cyclical consumer companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2020-2022 period. …”
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CODE-SWITCHING: STUDY ON THE SPEECH OF INDONESIAN JAVANESE EDUCATED BILINGUALS by Sudarsono Sudarsono

“… The present study aims to investigate the code-switching applied by educated bilinguals. It is a quantitative and qualitative study. The data were collected from the participants doing Master and doctoral degrees at several universities in Melbourne, Australia and their spouses. …”
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Adaptive Attention with Consumer Sentinel for Movie Box Office Prediction by Kaicheng Feng, Xiaobing Liu

“…Tackling the problem of ignoring consumer groups in existing prediction models, we add consumer features and then quantitatively analyze and normalize the box office influence factors. …”
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Decision Model for the Media Selection by Tatjana Kozjek, Vladislav Rajkovič, Marko Ferjan

“…The model covers the qualitative and the quantitative measures for the final choice. This allows a more wholesome overview of the media and of the goals the decision aims to achieve. …”
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Financial development in the countries of the regional comprehensive economic partnership by Thi Phuong Thuy Duong

“…The study used Principal Components Analysis to provide a more quantitative, synthetic and harmonized view of financial development when combining 13 different representative indicators, including to the share of the contribution of each of these indicators to the overall index. …”
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