The leadership and supervisory practices of principals in public secondary schools of the State of Amhara, Ethiopia, as perceived by teachers by Melaku Mengistu Gebremeskel, Demeke Wolie Ambaye

“…The study employed the descriptive survey research design of the quantitative approach involving 1115 teachers recruited through a proportionate stratified random sampling technique. …”
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Enhancement of high-quality cinnamon quill production through agronomic approaches: a review by Hashitha Nayananjalee Aluthgamage, D.L.C. Kumari Fonseka, Niluka Nakandalage

“…Therefore, the objective of this review was to gather available literature and formulate a comprehensive analysis of three main aspects considering the quantitative and qualitative enhancement of cinnamon quill production, namely yield indices, bush architecture, and type of planting materials. …”
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Formaldehyde in Alcoholic Beverages: Large Chemical Survey Using Purpald Screening Followed by Chromotropic Acid Spectrophotometry with Multivariate Curve Resolution by Julien A. Jendral, Yulia B. Monakhova, Dirk W. Lachenmeier

“…In the second step, formaldehyde in positive samples is confirmed by quantitative spectrophotometry of the chromotropic acid-formaldehyde derivative combined with Multivariate Curve Resolution-Alternating Least Squares (MCR-ALS). …”
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Established Digital Model of Fruit Body Growth of Agrocybe cylindracea Based on Network Programming by Long Wang, Lingli Li, Qingping Zhou

“…Crop growth models, as one of their core components, can dynamically simulate the crop growth and development process and its relationship with climate factors, soil properties, and management techniques, thus effectively overcoming the strong spatial and temporal limitations in traditional agricultural production management research and providing quantitative tools for early warning and effect assessment of crop productivity prediction under different conditions. …”
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Australian Women’s Fertility Experiences prior to a Termination of Pregnancy by Wendy Abigail, Sheryl de Lacey

“…Main Outcomes Measures. Quantitative data analysis utilized SPSS V16 where simple descriptive statistics were described. …”
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Quantifying monochromatic and polychromatic optical blur anisotropy in the periphery of myopes and emmetropes using a radial asymmetry metric by Chloe Degre Kendrick, Dibyendu Pusti, Geunyoung Yoon

“…PurposeThe goal of this study is to characterize peripheral blur anisotropy resulting from monochromatic and chromatic aberrations along multiple meridians of myopic and emmetropic eyes using a newly developed quantitative metric.MethodsA scanning Shack-Hartmann-based wavefront sensor was used to measure lower- and higher-order monochromatic aberrations along the horizontal and vertical meridians of 20 healthy adult subjects (10 myopes, and 10 emmetropes). …”
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The Correlation between Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Point-of-Care Immunoassay, Tear Film Osmolarity, and Ocular Surface Parameters by Min-Ji Kang, Hyun Seung Kim, Man Soo Kim, Eun Chul Kim

“…However, neither qualitative (positive or negative) nor quantitative (grade 0–4) measurements of MMP-9 correlated with any other ocular surface parameters. …”
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Modeling and estimation of physiochemical properties of cancer drugs using entropy measures by Qasem M. Tawhari, Muhammad Naeem, Abdul Rauf, Muhammad Kamran Siddiqui, Oladele Oyelakin

“…In this paper, we compute entropy measures for the hyaluronic acid-paclitaxel conjugate using the edge/connectivity partition approach. We establish a quantitative structure-property relationship using reverse entropy measures to predict physical properties of cancer drugs. …”
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An Evolved Wavelet Library Based on Genetic Algorithm by D. Vaithiyanathan, R. Seshasayanan, K. Kunaraj, J. Keerthiga

“…Many conventional image compression algorithms use wavelet transform which can significantly reduce the number of bits needed to represent a pixel and the process of quantization and thresholding further increases the compression. …”
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Attitude towards the Practice of Female Genital Cutting among School Boys and Girls in Somali and Harari Regions, Eastern Ethiopia by Asresash D. Abathun, Abdi A. Gele, Johanne Sundby

“…A cross-sectional quantitative study was carried out in Somali and Harari regions from October to December 2015. …”
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Professional Barriers in the Future Teachers' Readiness to Work at Inclusive Schools by I. A. Rudneva, O. A. Kozyreva

“…The purpose of this article is to present the results of the study of qualitative and quantitative characteristics of professional barriers that arise among future teachers in the process of preparing for working at inclusive schools, the results of the testing the pedagogical technology to overcome professional barriers in training future teachers. …”
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Microwave-Assisted Extraction and Phytochemical Profile of Nonea pulmonarioides and Its Antifungal, Antibacterial, and Antioxidant Activities by Haval H. Mohammed, Fuad O. Abdullah

“…The antimicrobial assay (MIC) results showed high activity of the extract against Candida albicans for the petroleum ether extract, which was significantly higher than against other microorganisms. The quantitative gas chromatography-mass spectrophotometry (GC-MS) analysis of the extracts confirmed that the most abundant compound in the methanol extract was ethyl tridecanoate (45.94%), while nonadecane was the predominant compound in the acetone (35.7%) and the petroleum ether (18.34%) extracts.…”
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SO2 Gas Physicochemical Removal through Pulse Streamer Discharge Technique Assisted by Vapor Additive by Xiaojun Wang, Lianshui Zhang

“…Emission spectra diagnosis experimentally indicates that the SO2 molecule has been physically dissociated into SO and O radicals by electron collision and can be remediated through further chemical reactions during and after discharge. In order to quantitatively analyze the removal physical chemistry kinetics, a zero-dimensional physicochemical reaction model is established. …”
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Importance of underlying mechanisms for interpreting relative risk of Clostridioides difficile infection among antibiotic-exposed patients in healthcare facilities. by Christopher Mitchell, Lindsay T Keegan, Thuy T T Le, Karim Khader, Alexander Beams, Matthew H Samore, Damon J A Toth

“…Data supporting improved quantification of mechanistic antibiotic effects on CDI epidemiology are needed to understand stewardship effects better.…”
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Improving the selection of object-analogues of oil and gas fields in designing reservoir engineering by Alexander V. Karsakov, Pavel N. Zyatikov, Kirill V. Sinebriukhov, Irina V. Sharf

“…The paper introduces the prospects and possibilities of applying the accumulated experience in the developing of new assets and provides an algorithm for the selection of analogues based on a qualitative assessment of geological parameters and quantitative assessment of the degree of similarity of geological and physical characteristics of the object. …”
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Racism, homophobia, and the sexual health of young Black men who have sex with men in the United States: A systematic review. by Sarah E Janek, Lisvel A Matos, Sandy Hatoum, Marta I Mulawa, Leila Ledbetter, Michael V Relf

“…Four databases (MEDLINE, CINAHL Complete, APA PsycINFO, and Sociology Source Ultimate) were searched to examine the available qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method studies relevant to the research question. …”
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The Effect of Risk Perception and Online Trust on Purchase Intention in E-Commerce by Muhamammad Ikhlash, Khori Rahma Linda

“…The study applies a quantitative approach method and collects primary data by filling out questionnaires from 100 respondents who have experience shopping through e-commerce applications. …”
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Concerning the character of the economic changes in Lithuania during the end of the eighteenth century to the first half of the nineteenth century by Stasys Pamerneckis

“…Moreover, these and other improvements in the Lithuanian economy were of mostly quantitative character, orientated towards the increase of incomes by raising the norm of feudal rent which, on the other hand, was based on the peasants' exploitation. …”
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Bibliometric analysis of digital financial reporting: a comprehensive review of research trends and emerging topics by Darmawati Darmawati, Elis Mediawati, Andi Ratna Sari Dewi

“…Utilizing bibliometric methods, the study quantitatively analyzes DFR literature from Scopus, Emerald, Google Scholar, OpenAlex, Crossref, and SAGE. …”
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SOCIO-CULTURAL DETERMINANTS OF ADOLESCENTS SEXUALAND REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR IN KEFFI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, NASARAWA STATE-NIGERIA by Deborah Gwom Dung, Mamman Matthew Samuel, Umar Haruna Yashim

“…Primary data were obtained using both quantitative and qualitative methods. In the survey, 344 questionnaires were distributed among the sample size using multi-stage sampling techniques of Wards, settlements, households and individualsand six focus group discussions were also conducted. …”
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