THE IMPACT OF ESG PERFORMANCE AND CORPORATE FINANCIAL CONDITION ON EARNINGS MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN INDONESIA by Kennardi Tanujaya, Caesar Dharmawan

“…The purpose of this research is to analyze the impact of a company's financial condition and ESG performance on earnings management practices, as well as its implications in Indonesia. This study uses data from companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) that have consistently disclosed sustainability reports over the past seven years. …”
Get full text

Unravelling the link between chronic inflammation and primary hyperparathyroidism: a systematic review by Ana Gheorghe-Milea, Ana Gheorghe-Milea, Oana Stănoiu-Pînzariu, Oana Stănoiu-Pînzariu, Carmen Emanuela Georgescu, Carmen Emanuela Georgescu

“…Chronic inflammation represents a state that can affect the normal function of cells and cause tissue damage, therefore increasing the risk of certain diseases, including cancer, metabolic, cardiovascular or neurodegenerative disorders.AimReviewing existing data on markers of inflammation in patients with PHPT, with potential implications in understanding the pathogenesis of PHPT, stratifying the risk for complications and providing new diagnostic biomarkers and a personalized therapeutic approach, especially in patients who cannot be operated on.MethodsA systematic review was conducted by searching in four electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and Scopus) and summarizing data from studies that evaluated inflammatory markers in patients with PHPT.ResultsThe review included a total of 28 articles, encompassing data from 1572 patients diagnosed with PHPT. …”
Get full text

Investigating the Efficacy of a Professional Development Program in Formative Classroom Assessment in Middle School English Language Arts and Mathematics by M. Christina Schneider, J. Patrick Meyer

“…However, students of teachers participating in the professional development tended to demonstrate lower achievement than a matched set of students whose teachers did not receive the professional development. Implications for how teachers use assessment data to guide reteaching are discussed. …”
Get full text

Continuous imaging to evaluate growth and drug responses of patient-derived colorectal tumouroids by B.C. Sakshaug, E. Folkesson, T.H. Haukaas, M.S. Sigfúsdóttir, H.H. Trøen, S.B. Sperstad, H.C.H. Bwanika, C. Ringers, I.A. Bergstrøm, G. Klinkenberg, T. Visnes, Å. Flobak

“…Background: The use of patient-derived tumouroids is expected to have major implications in preclinical drug testing and clinical decision support. …”
Get full text

Effects of frailty on patients undergoing head and neck cancer surgery with flap reconstruction: a retrospective analysis by Yuwei Zhou, Yan Wang, Yuepeng Wang, Yukai Zheng, Zuozhen Wen, Zhiquan Huang

“…Objectives To establish the implications of frailty as a predictor of outcome in patients with head and neck cancer requiring flap repair.Design Retrospective cohort.Data source We captured data from patients above 60 years old undergoing head and neck tumour resection and free flap reconstruction surgery between June 2019 and June 2020 at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University. …”
Get full text

A Novel Approach to Pine Nut Classification: Combining Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Image Shape Features with Soft Voting-Based Ensemble Learning by Yueyun Yu, Xin Huang, Danjv Lv, Benjamin K. Ng, Chan-Tong Lam

“…Furthermore, a multimodal data synergy strategy integrating NIR spectroscopy with morphological features was proposed, and a classification model was constructed using a soft voting ensemble. …”
Get full text

Improving accuracy and precision of heritability estimation in twin studies through hierarchical modeling: reassessing the measurement error assumption by Gang Chen, Dustin Moraczewski, Paul A. Taylor

“…In cases where traits are measured using samples, data is aggregated during preprocessing, with only a centrality measure (e.g., mean) being used for modeling. …”
Get full text

Parameter estimation and uncertainty quantification for an epidemic model by Alex Capaldi, Samuel Behrend, Benjamin Berman, Jason Smith, Justin Wright, Alun L. Lloyd

“…Thistechnique can be used to design data sampling schemes in more generalcontexts.…”
Get full text

Representation of women and pregnant women in HIV research: a limited systematic review. by Daniel Westreich, Molly Rosenberg, Sheree Schwartz, Geeta Swamy

“…<h4>Objective</h4>To characterize representation of pregnant and non-pregnant women in HIV-related research conducted in general populations.<h4>Data sources</h4>All HIV-related articles published in fifteen journals from January to March of 2011. …”
Get full text

Influence of team emotional intelligence on the performance of construction design teams by Fatima Bello, Ahmed Doko Ibrahim, Yahaya Makarfi Ibrahim, Kulomri Jipato Adogbo, Baba Adama Kolo

“…Means, percentages and correlational analysis were utilised in the analysis of the quantitative data, while content analysis was used to analyse the qualitative data. …”
Get full text

Barriers and preferences in advance care planning: a mixed-methods study of end-stage kidney disease patients and caregivers in India by Bharathi Naik, Anuja Damani, Arun Ghoshal, Shankar Prasad Nagaraju, Pankaj Singhai, Swathi Nayak Ammunje, Ravindra Prabhu Attur, Naveen Salins

“…Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics; qualitative data were analyzed thematically using Braun and Clarke’s framework. …”
Get full text

Systematic review of health disparities for cardiovascular diseases and associated factors among American Indian and Alaska Native populations. by Rebecca Newlin Hutchinson, Sonya Shin

“…Finally, studies using self-reported data may not be accurate.<h4>Conclusions and implications of key findings</h4>Profound health disparities in cardiovascular diseases and associated risk factors for AI/AN populations persist, perhaps due to low socioeconomic status and access to quality healthcare. …”
Get full text

Case fatality rate and length of hospital stay among patients with typhoid intestinal perforation in developing countries: a systematic literature review. by Vittal Mogasale, Sachin N Desai, Vijayalaxmi V Mogasale, Jin Kyung Park, R Leon Ochiai, Thomas F Wierzba

“…<h4>Study appraisal and synthesis methods</h4>Systematic literature review followed by meta-analysis after regional classification on primary data. Descriptive methods were applied on secondary data.…”
Get full text

Transfer learning and single-polarized SAR image preprocessing for oil spill detection by Nataliia Kussul, Yevhenii Salii, Volodymyr Kuzin, Bohdan Yailymov, Andrii Shelestov

“…We investigated the effectiveness of various neural network architectures and encoders for this task, focusing on scenarios with limited training data. The research problem centered on enhancing feature extraction from single-channel SAR data to improve oil spill detection performance.Our methodology involved developing a novel preprocessing pipeline that converts single-channel SAR data into a three-channel RGB representation. …”
Get full text

SECONDGRAM: Self-conditioned diffusion with gradient manipulation for longitudinal MRI imputation by Brandon Theodorou, Anant Dadu, Mike Nalls, Faraz Faghri, Jimeng Sun

“…This methodological advancement not only improves the accuracy and realism of imputed imaging features but also significantly boosts the performance of predictive models in critical downstream tasks. The implications extend beyond healthcare, presenting a versatile solution for data augmentation in numerous fields struggling with longitudinal data constraints, thus enhancing decision-making processes in precision medicine.…”
Get full text

Convolutional neural networks with transfer learning for natural river flow prediction in ungauged basins by Henrique Echternacht, Luciana Campos, Alfeu Dias de Martinho, Danilo Pinto Moreira de Souza, Rodrigo Barbosa de Santis, Tiago Silveira Gontijo, Matteo Bodini, Angela Gorgoglione, Camila Martins Saporetti, Leonardo Goliatt

“…The developed DL models exhibited the capability to effectively predict the river flow with a one-day horizon, relying on the preceding three or seven days of historical data. To overcome the limited availability of training data and reduce the training time of DL models, TL was leveraged to incorporate two additional distinct time-series datasets, i.e., historical streamflow data from the São Francisco River in Brazil, and climate data from Delhi, India. …”
Get full text

Antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection in humans: A systematic review. by Nathan Post, Danielle Eddy, Catherine Huntley, May C I van Schalkwyk, Madhumita Shrotri, David Leeman, Samuel Rigby, Sarah V Williams, William H Bermingham, Paul Kellam, John Maher, Adrian M Shields, Gayatri Amirthalingam, Sharon J Peacock, Sharif A Ismail

“…Most studies (113 or 75%) were observational in design, were based wholly or primarily on data from hospitalised patients (108, 72%) and had important methodological limitations. …”
Get full text

High Detection Rates for Prostate-specific Membrane Antigen–avid Prostate Cancer Recurrence at Low Prostate-specific Antigen levels on Extended Axial Field-of-view Positron Emissio... by Sarah Thomas, Jason Callahan, Paul Conway, Daniel Moon, Hugh Morgan, Johanna Ingbritsen, Melissa Munro, Robert E. Ware, Phil Dundee, Rodney J. Hicks

“…Conclusions and clinical implications: In comparison to literature data, the Quadra scanner has substantially higher positivity rates at very low PSA levels. …”
Get full text

Factors Driving the Knowledge of Tuberculosis in Pakistani Men: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey by Ridha Umar1*, Rashida Dhilawala1, Rehab Mohd Jamali1, Rizwan Qaisar1, 2, Dana Ahmad Saqr1, Rawan Adel Mahmood Alfaraji1

“…Methods: We utilized secondary data from the Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), collected between November 2017 and April 2018. …”

A Model For Optimization of Knowledge Management Outsourcing Decision Using Genetic Algorithm by Ameneh Khadivar, Fatemeh Abbasi, Sheyda Akbarian

“…Snowball sampling was done and the main data collection tool was a questionnaire.The primary data collection tool was a questionnaire with 33 questions, specifically designed to evaluate the selection criteria for outsourcing providers. …”
Get full text