The influence of generative artificial intelligence on creative cognition of design students: a chain mediation model of self-efficacy and anxiety by Younjung Hwang, Yi Wu

“…IntroductionThis study investigated the role of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in enhancing the creative cognition of design students, examining the mediating effects of self-efficacy and anxiety reduction.MethodsA quantitative approach was employed, collecting data through online surveys from 121 design students at universities in southern China. …”
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Development of spring durum wheat cultivars resistant to stem rust in Western Siberia by V. S. Yusov, M. G. Evdokimov, L. V. Meshkova, D. A. Glushakov

“…A strategy was proposed for the selection of genotypes in hybrid combinations of spring durum wheat: it would include early selection (starting from F2) for disease resistance with simultaneous screening for quantitative traits and pasta-making qualities. The description and advantages of cv. …”
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Sociology of values: experience of building a taxonomy by using natural language analysis technology by M. A. Kashina, S. Tkach

“…The design of the study was quantitative and qualitative, it was carried out in two stages. …”
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Combating land degradation for sustainable smallholder agriculture and food sovereignty in Ghana’s Volta Region by Armstrong Francis Tumawu, George Yao Kafu, Anthony Kangah, Mary Magdalene M. Tumawu

“…Employing a mixed-methods approach, the research combines remote sensing analysis, quantitative surveys of 200 smallholder farmers, and qualitative interviews with experts and farmers. …”
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Basic reproduction number for certain infectious porcine diseases: estimation of required level of vaccination or depopulation of susceptible animals by V. M. Gulenkin, F. I. Korennoy, A. K. Karaulov

“…Basic reproduction number (R0) is one of the fundamental quantitative characteristics in epidemiology of infectious human and animal diseases. …”
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On the use of adversarial validation for quantifying dissimilarity in geospatial machine learning prediction by Yanwen Wang, Mahdi Khodadadzadeh, Raúl Zurita-Milla

“…The proposed method is called dissimilarity quantification by adversarial validation (DAV). To study the effectiveness and generality of DAV, we tested it on a series of experiments based on both synthetic and real datasets and with gradually increasing dissimilarities. …”
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Environmental impact assessment of Sadr Double - Deck Highways on the context of residential neighborhoods around by ahmad zanganeh, tajedin karami, roghayeh yadolahisaber

“…Assessment indexes were assed in term of social, skeleton, vision and health-hygiene, economic and ecologic and safety-security domains. statistical Qualitative and quantitative  methods including  one sample T test and Friedman test were used to rate the domains and spatial analysis methods (spatial statistics) were used to show the status of the neighborhood. …”
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Does accountability for reasonableness work? A protocol for a mixed methods study using an audit tool to evaluate the decision-making of clinical commissioning groups in England by Sarah Clark, Katharina Kieslich, Peter Littlejohns, Albert Weale

“…Descriptive statistical methods will be used to analyse the DMAT data. A combination of quantitative and qualitative content analysis methods will be used to analyse the interview transcripts.Ethics and dissemination Full ethics approval was received by the King's College London Biomedical Sciences, Dentistry, Medicine and Natural and Mathematical Sciences Research Ethics Subcommittee. …”
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Genetic control of yield components in green beans (<i>Phaseolus vulgaris</i> L.) by M. Contreras-Rojas, D. G.G. Guzmán, S. A. Salazar Mercado

“…This work aimed at using Hayman’s methodology to study the inheritance of some quantitative traits, such as the number of pods per plant, pod length, mean pod weight, and yield per plant in 15 diallel hybrids of six green bean cultivars.Materials and methods. …”
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The Effect of Different Vegetable Oils on Cedar Wood Surface Energy: Theoretical and Experimental Fungal Adhesion by Fadoua Bennouna, Moulay Sadiki, Soumya Elabed, Saad Ibnsouda Koraichi, Mohammed Lachkar

“…It has become more hydrophobic quantitatively with values of surface energy ranged from −25.84 to −43.45 mJ/m2 and more electron donors compared to the untreated sample. …”
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Examining the Intergovernmental and Interorganizational Network of Responding to Major Accidents for Improving the Emergency Management System in China by Pan Tang, Haojia Chen, Shiqi Shao

“…The SNA indicators are used to measure quantitatively the network structure at the levels of the whole network, subnetwork, and node. …”
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Postdocs in Russia: Peculiarities of Employment and Incentives by L. S. Skachkova, I. P. Malichenko, E. A. Yakovleva

“…There are very few similar empirical studies that analyze the features of the development of postdoctoral institutions in Russia and abroad and are based on quantitative and qualitative data from surveys of direct participants in external labor academic mobility – postdocs, which determines the scientific novelty and practical value of the proposed results.…”
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Does Covid 19 affect the income of Muslim entrepreneurs? Case study of culinary MSMEs in Surakarta by Farah Dewayanti, Ari Rudatin, Andika Ridha Ayu Perdana

“…Method – This study adopts a quantitative approach and uses primary data. Data were collected using a purposive random sampling technique. …”
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B-doped nano-hydroxyapatite facilitates proliferation and differentiation of osteoblasts by Qiao Kang, Wenhao Wang, Shengtao Wu, Ganggang Hu

“…Western blotting for protein expression detection together with real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction for mRNA expression measurement were carried out on those related to hBMSC proliferation and differentiation. …”
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Social determinants of vulnerability to ill-health: Evidences from Mendi Town, Western Ethiopia by Amanti Baru, Padmanabhan Murugan

“…Methods: This study used a cross-sectional survey design to collect quantitative data from 276 randomly selected respondents in Mendi Town, Western Ethiopia to ascertain the role of capitals in determining individuals’ level of vulnerability to physical and mental ill-health. …”
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Span-of-control’s role at the intersection of transactional leadership and employee commitment by Tabea R. Mabasa, Chukuakadibia E. Eresia-eke

“…Research design, approach and method: A positivist approach and quantitative method were employed. Data were gathered through self-administered questionnaires from a purposive sample of employees of SOEs. …”
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Sequence Analysis-Enhanced AI: Transforming Interactive E-Book Data into Educational Insights for Teachers by Yaroslav Opanasenko, Emanuele Bardone, Margus Pedaste, Leo Aleksander Siiman

“…As studies show, qualitative methods are not sufficient to comprehensively study the process of interaction with interactive E-Books. The quantitative method of educational data mining (EDM) has been considered as one of the most promising approaches for studying learner interactions with E-Books. …”
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Synthesis and applications of natural fiber‐reinforced epoxy composites: A comprehensive review by Md. Zobair Al Mahmud, S. M. Fazle Rabbi, Md. Didarul Islam, Nayem Hossain

“…The synthesis of these composites involves fiber selection, surface treatments, and epoxy matrix formulation, with processing techniques like hand lay‐up, vacuum infusion, and compression molding playing critical roles. Quantitative results show that tensile strengths of these fibers range from 12 MPa (abaca) to 1627 MPa (pineapple), and densities range from 295 kg/m3 (kenaf) to 1560 kg/m3 (pineapple), reflecting their variability and influence on composite performance. …”
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University sport events and environmental management in the global south: Prospects and challenges for sustainability by Thandazani CHINHANGA, Martin MTHEMBU, Siyabulela NYIKANA

“…Such contestations have largely been neglected in the Global South contexts, especially in smallerscale events and university sporting events. A quantitative research design was adopted in collecting data from questionnaire surveys from event attendees at university sports events, using a spatially based systematic sampling technique. …”
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Ecolinguistic dynamics of English loanwords in Chinese: a case study on terms for cement by Ruifeng Mo, Hao-Zhang Xiao

“…This study examines five cement-related English loanwords in Chinese to uncover the evolutionary mechanisms governing the adaptation of these loanwords by analyzing their ecological dynamics. The research quantitatively evaluates the ecology of these loanwords using two indicators: lexical niche breadth and overlap. …”
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