Measurement model of readiness for online testing of undergraduate students in Thailand’s distance education programs by Thanyasinee Laosum

“…The model was congruent with empirical data, and the survey results indicated that students were highly prepared at the “high” level. …”
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The Role of Support Leg Kinematics in Ball Velocity and Spin Across Competitive Levels and Leg Preference by Yecheng Zhang, Archit Navandar, Enrique Navarro

“…This study offers novel insights into support leg kinematics across competitive levels, with implications for coaching and performance enhancement. …”
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Transmission of a 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza virus occurs before fever is detected, in the ferret model. by Kim L Roberts, Holly Shelton, Peter Stilwell, Wendy S Barclay

“…None of the 3 animals exposed at this time by the RD route became infected and these animals remained seronegative at the end of the experiment. These data have important implications for pandemic planning strategies and suggest that successful containment is highly unlikely for a human-adapted influenza virus that transmits efficiently within a population.…”
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Podcast-integrated speaking instruction: Enhancing informal digital learning of English, academic engagement, and speaking skills by Lei Peng, Shamim Akhter, Arash Hashemifardnia

“…These findings offer important implications for EFL pedagogy, suggesting that carefully designed podcast activities can serve as an effective tool not only for enhancing speaking skills but also for fostering academic motivation and promoting autonomous learning behaviors.…”
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Toward tourism-oriented community-based natural resource management for sustainability and climate change mitigation leadership in rural municipalities by Azwindini Isaac Ramaano

“…Design/methodology/approach – The municipality’s circumstances for managing its natural and tourism resources were investigated through a general review of the literature, document reviews, focus groups and field observations. The data analysis procedure was finished with manual sorting, central tendencies and frequency distribution. …”
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Screening for Hypertension in adolescents living with HIV: Protocol for a cluster randomized trial to improve guideline adherence. by Raphael Adu-Gyamfi, Juliana Enos, Kwame Yeboah, Veronika Shabanova, Nicola Hawley, Deda Alangea Ogum, Adwoa Agyei Nkansah, Elijah Paintsil, Kwasi Torpey

“…The clusters will be 20 antiretroviral therapy sites in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana with the highest adolescent caseload. Data will be extracted from the folders of adolescents (10-17 years) who received care in these facilities six months before the study. …”
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Suicidal Ideation Among Persons With Psychiatric Disorders: A Cross‐Sectional Study at Outpatient Clinics in Iraq by Maha Sulaiman Younis, Marwa Mohamed Kamal, S. M. Yasir Arafat

“…We aim to investigate the rate and the associated demographic and clinical factors of suicidal ideation among persons with mental illness in Iraq. Methods Data were collected from 388 persons with mental disorders from psychiatric outpatient clinics in Baghdad in 2023 for this cross‐sectional study. …”
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Predictors of in-hospital death in children with myocardial injury related to COVID-19 by César Augusto de Oliveira Souza Filho, Emilton Lima Junior

“…However, given the smaller number of papers regarding pediatric patients, there is still scarce data about mortality predictors in this population. …”
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Mental Accounting Practices and Spending Behavior of Collegiate Students at National University Baliwag: An Assessment by Jovette Torres, Eilysea Geronimo, Elijah Marie Estabas, Nicole Banquerigo, Elijah Fritz Buenaflor, Jhon Carlo Serapio, Fideliz Arca Vidal

“…The research employs a combination of applied, quantitative, explanatory, and descriptive methods, utilizing data collected through a three-sectioned questionnaire from a sample of 361 students. …”
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Structural and Content Characteristics of the Admissions Interview as a Genre of English-Language Academic Discourse by I. M. Teplygina

“…The study's conclusions have practical implications for academic interview preparation and the advancement of linguacultural research.…”
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Evidence of factors influencing delays in the diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder in adolescents and young adults. Protocol for a systematic scoping review. by Kamyar Keramatian, Emma Morton, Alexander Levit, John-Jose Nunez

“…Two independent reviewers will screen the references retrieved by the literature search and select relevant studies based on our inclusion criteria. The data from included studies will be synthesized into a narrative summary, and implications for future research, practice and policy will be discussed.…”
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Cachexia in oral squamous cell carcinoma Sudanese patients: an exploratory study by Safaa Merghani Awadallah, Hind Ahmed Osman Elhag, Yousif Eltohami

“…The main goal of this study; which is considered the first of its kind in Sudan, was to enhance our understanding of the clinical implications of oral cancer cachexia. Newly diagnosed Sudanese patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) were evaluated for the incidence and impact of cachexia. …”
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Bibliometric analyses of factors influencing color preferences in urban environmental spaces by Chunshuo Qu, Chunshuo Qu, Jianfei Dong, Jianfei Dong, Weijia Wang, Weijia Wang

“…The findings contribute to the field by offering a data-driven framework for understanding urban color preferences and proposing practical applications for urban planning. …”
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The anti-sigma factor TcdC modulates hypervirulence in an epidemic BI/NAP1/027 clinical isolate of Clostridium difficile. by Glen P Carter, Gillian R Douce, Revathi Govind, Pauline M Howarth, Kate E Mackin, Janice Spencer, Anthony M Buckley, Ana Antunes, Despina Kotsanas, Grant A Jenkin, Bruno Dupuy, Julian I Rood, Dena Lyras

“…These results have important implications for C. difficile pathogenesis and virulence since they suggest that strains carrying a similar mutation have the inherent potential to develop a hypervirulent phenotype.…”
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The Moderating Role of CEO Characteristics in the Relationship between Financial Conditions and Corporate Debt Policy by Heriyanto Heriyanto, Novita Febriany, Mischella Engel

“…Method: The sample consists of 60 non-financial firms listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) during 2013–2022, selected through purposive sampling. Panel data regression analysis with moderating variables was employed to assess how CEO characteristics interact with internal financial indicators. …”
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Climate change and food security: Assessing the prospect for Kuwait using an economy-wide model by Ayele Gelan, Giles Atkinson

“…The study is implemented by applying a recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model for Kuwait and calibrating it on Kuwaiti data to examine food security impacts of the five IPCC’s Shared Socio-economic Pathways (SSP). …”
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An Integrated Impact of Blockchain on Supply Chain Applications by Ieva Meidute-Kavaliauskiene, Bülent Yıldız, Şemsettin Çiğdem, Renata Činčikaitė

“…For this purpose, first, data were collected from the first 1000 exporting firms declared in 2019 by the Turkey Exporters Assembly using a survey method. …”
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RELIGIOUS CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND TURKISTAN (DURING THE XIXth AND EARLY XXth CENTURIES): ISTANBUL AS A PILGRIMAGE ROAD by Baglan Shorayev, Akmaral Ospanova

“…This historical analysis draws on data from the Kazakhstan Central Archive, providing insights into the pilgrimage routes and the support offered by the Ottoman Sultan to Turkestan pilgrims.The article covers multiple aspects: the religious ties between the Ottoman Empire and Turkestan, Tsarist Russia's laws on pilgrimage, pilgrimage routes, Turkestan lodges in Istanbul, contributions to the Hejaz Railway's construction, and the Ottoman Sultan's aid to Turkestan pilgrims. …”
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Exploring essential personality traits for professional interpreters: a Delphi method study by Chunwen Yang

“…Thematic analysis was conducted on qualitative data, and Kendall's W coefficient was applied to measure consensus in the second round using SPSS 26.0.ResultsTwenty experts participated in both rounds. …”
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ESTIMATION AND ECONOMIC VALUATION OF CO2 USING THE SOFTWARE I-TREE IN COFFEE AGROECOSYSTEMS IN VERACRUZ, MEXICO by Lorena Patricia Sánchez Morales, Ofelia Andrea Valdez-Rodriguez

“…The species, diameter at breast height (DBH), crown diameter in two directions: north-south and east-west, height of the live crown and the height of the crown base. crown percentage, dieback percentage, and crown light exposure. The census data was recorded in a Microsoft Excel 2019 spreadsheet and subsequently exported to the i-Tree ECO v6 software. …”
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