How do consumers evaluate buffalo meat? by Ricardo Alexandre Silva Pessoa, Marilia Celeste Tavares Fernandes, María Luciana Menezes Wanderley Neves, Thales Freire Arival, Fabiana Carvalho Vasconcelos Pessoa

“…The test was applied electronically, structured in closed, open, and dichotomous questions, to obtain qualitative and quantitative data from 178 consumers of buffalo meat. …”
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Assessing the Sustainability of Southeast Asia’s Energy Transition: A Comparative Analysis by Faten Derouez, Adel Ifa

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خدمات المعلومات المقدمة عبر مکتبى التواصل Library Liaison بجامعة الامام عبد الرحمن بن فیصل :دراسة حالة by د. سفانة عبد القادر زیدان

“…Having valuable skills in findinglearning resources, helping students acquire information searching skills,Developing, and evaluating resources, supporting online activities, andsupervising research projects for faculty members and students.In this context, this research aims to study the services of " Library Liaison"at Imam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal University in Saudi Arabia to identify his newfunctions and services, to be carried out, the mechanisms of communication withthe faculty members of the university, and the faculty points of view about themost vital communication activities that would ultimately improve the libraryservices provided to them.The researcher used the descriptive analysis method to study the servicesof " Library Liaison "and their most important activities that should be provided tofaculty members and researchers inside and outside the academic library atImam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal University, describing these activities qualitativelyand quantitatively. The research community consisted of the faculty membersand research students from the faculties of Arts, Education and Science- as thescope of the researcher's work- And it was carried out in the academic year2016/2017. …”
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The Association of Plasma Selenium and Selenoprotein P Levels with Depression Severity and Anxiety Symptoms Among Medical Students in Latvia by Zanda Birģele, Paula Marija Vimba, Anastasija Ševčenko, Andrejs Šķesters, Gunta Ancāne, Laura Valaine

“…<i>Materials and Methods</i>: The research design was a quantitative cross-sectional study among employed fourth-year medical students at Riga Stradins University in Latvia. …”
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Diagnosis of Coronary Heart Disease Through Deep Learning-Based Segmentation and Localization in Computed Tomography Angiography by Bo Zhao, Jianjun Peng, Ce Chen, Yongyan Fan, Kai Zhang, Yang Zhang

“…The segmentation outcomes are clinically significant as they provide quantitative assessments of arterial stenosis, plaque characterization, and ischemia-prone regions, supporting risk assessment and treatment planning. …”
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Serum lipids mediate the association of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances exposure and age-related macular degeneration. by Xiaodong Chen, Jiaqi Li, Ningda Xu, Xuewei Li, Jiarui Li, Qianwen Guo, Jia Zhang, Heng Miao, Lvzhen Huang

“…Restricted cubic spline analysis (RCS) and weighted quantile sum (WQS) analysis were employed to detect nonlinear and mixed exposure effects.…”
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Taenia solium Cysticercosis and Taeniosis Reporting in the Current Medical and Veterinary Diseases Reporting Systems in Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study by Fredy Mlowe, James Mlangwa, Ernatus Mkupasi, Andrea S. Winkler, Antony D. Nyerere, Ayubu Churi, Helena Ngowi, Esron Karimuribo

“…A questionnaire was administered to 154 officers in charge (OsIC) of primary healthcare facilities (PHFs) and 110 meat inspectors (MIs) to collect quantitative data. Key informant interviews (KIIs) were conducted to 16 medical and 17 veterinary officers from level one healthcare facilities and district livestock offices, respectively, to their respective ministries. …”
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Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Regulates LPS Induced Inflammation in Rat Macrophages through Autophagy Activation by Zhong-Hui Wang, Wei-Ying Ren, Lei Zhu, Li-Juan Hu

“…ELISA was used to assess the amounts of TNF-α, IL-1β, and PAI-1 in cell culture supernatants; TLR4, MyD88, PAI-1, LC3, Beclin1, and mTOR protein and mRNA levels were determined by western blot and quantitative RT-PCR, respectively; western blot was used to determine NF-κB protein levels. …”
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Ineffective health maintenance behaviors in people with chronic conditions: Systematic review of etiology and risk by Ana Clara Dantas, Barbara Ebilizarda Coutinho Borges, Jéssica Naiara de Medeiros Araújo, Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes, Amanda Barbosa da Silva, Allyne Fortes Vitor

“…For the critical assessment of eligible studies, the checklists for quantitative studies from the JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis were adopted. …”
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Designing a Model of Effective Factors on Creative Cultural Industries in Iran by Abbas Ghaedamini Harouni, Mehrdad Sadeghi Deh Cheshmeh, Sadegh Sadeghi Deh Cheshmeh, Narjes Mohsenifar

“…Purpose: This study aimed to design a model of influential factors in creative cultural industries in Iran.Methodology: The research method is mixed (quantitative-qualitative). The statistical population of this study included experts and professors. …”
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InterTransViewer: a comparative description of differential gene expression profiles from different experiments by А. V. Tyapkin, V. V. Lavrekha, E. V. Ubogoeva, D. Yu. Oshchepkov, N. A. Omelyanchuk, E. V. Zemlyanskaya

“…In this paper, we propose a set of quantitative indicators for a comprehensive comparative description of transcriptomic data. …”
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Characteristics of interline table watermelon F₁ hybrids according to the degrees of dominance and indices of true and hypothetical heterosis by E. A. Varivoda, N. G. Baibakova

“…Its development will make it possible to obtain hybrids with high adaptability and a high heterosis effect in their quantitative and qualitative characteristics.Materials and methods. …”
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Fluidization of fine coal particles in an ultrasound enhanced gas-solid fluidized bed by Sayuri Naicker, Neeraj Kuarsingh, Milan Carsky, David Lokhat

“…The overall aim of this research project was to quantitatively determine the improvement in the fluidization behaviour of fine coal particles, under the influence of ultrasound. …”
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Evaluating the Constructive Alignment of Learning Objectives Within Haptics Simulation in the Dental Undergraduate Curriculum by Susha Rajadurai, Tapan Hebballi, Zahra Sharif, Guneet Kaur Kukreja, Ithar Derdour

“…Following data analysis (namely content analysis, coding systems, and descriptive statistics), the quantitative and qualitative findings were used to explore student performance in regard to each of the defined learning objectives – and subsequently related back to the current literature on ‘constructive alignment’ (CA). …”
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Spectrophotometric and computational characterization of charge transfer complex of selumetinib with 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone and its utilization in developing an... by Sarah Alrubia, Wafa A. AlShehri, Awwad A. Radwan, Nourah Z. Alzoman, Ibrahim A. Darwish

“…The assay was linear in SEL’ concentrations ranged from 10 to 200 µg/well, with limits of detection and quantitation of 4.1 and 12.5 µg/well, respectively. Then, the assay was efficaciously adapted to accurately and precisely determine SEL content in bulk form and Koselugo® capsules. …”
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The Influence of Consumer Knowledge of Halal Supply Chain Practices on Purchase Intention in Halal Personal Care & Beauty Products by Yayang Adiningtyas, Erlinda Yunus

“…Design/methodology/approach: The research uses an explanatory quantitative approach through an online survey with instrument test analysis, and hypothesis testing using multiple linear regression. …”
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Feasibility and acceptability of a virtual learning module for navigating angry conversations in clinical encounters by Valerie Shilling, Rachel Starkings, Lesley Fallowfield

“…Following the module, they completed another study specific survey, with fixed and free responses, the confidence measure, along with the UTAUT2 questionnaire on acceptance and use of technology. Quantitative data was analysed descriptively, conceptual content analysis was applied to free responses. …”
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Using Attention for Improving Defect Detection in Existing RC Bridges by Sergio Ruggieri, Angelo Cardellicchio, Andrea Nettis, Vito Reno, Giuseppina Uva

“…Consequently, an improved version of YOLO11, embedding attention mechanisms to allow the network to focus on the most relevant details in each image, was trained, tested, and validated on the provided dataset, showing an overall improvement of quantitative metrics such as precision and recall, while retaining enough computational efficiency to allow real-time implementation on constrained devices. …”
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Self-testing for pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ping Teresa Yeh, Caitlin E Kennedy, Manjulaa Narasimhan, Karima Gholbzouri

“…We conducted a systematic review of pregnancy self-testing effectiveness, values and preferences and cost.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis using the Grading of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach.Data sources PubMed, CINAHL, LILACS and EMBASE and four trial registries were searched through 2 November 2020.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies We included trials and observational studies that compared urine self-testing for pregnancy to health worker-led pregnancy testing on effectiveness outcomes; quantitative and qualitative studies describing values and preferences of end users and health workers and costs of pregnancy self-testing.Data extraction and synthesis Two independent reviewers used standardised methods to search, screen and code included studies. …”
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Nucleus Pulposus Cell Conditioned Medium Promotes Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation into Nucleus Pulposus-Like Cells under Hypoxic Conditions by Arjun Sinkemani, Feng Wang, Zhiyang Xie, Lu Chen, Cong Zhang, Xiaotao Wu

“…Expression was investigated using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and western blotting under normoxic and hypoxic conditions. qPCR and western blotting demonstrated significant upregulation of NP marker expression in MSCs cultured under hypoxic conditions and treated with the 50% or 100% NPC conditioned medium, compared with those cultured under normoxic conditions. …”
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