Effect of humour on burnout and resiliency of nurses by Mitra Torgheh, Mahnaz Aliakbari dehkordi, Ahmad Alipour

“…Objective: The present study was conducted to determie the relationship between severity of nurses burnout and tolerance and their sense of humor. Methods: This correlational descrirtive study was conducted on 60 employed nurses in hospitals of Ghazvin province and targeted sampling method was used. …”
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Impact of Plant Clinics on Farmers’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice With Plant Health Issues by Raj K Adhikari, Punya P Regmi, Resham B Thapa, Yubak D. GC, Eric Boa

“…Total of 175 clinic attendants and 175 non-attendants were selected by simple random sampling method and interviewed by using semi-structured questionnaire. …”
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Analysis of the Influence of Social Media Marketing in Increasing Brand Awareness and Customer Engagement on Purchasing Decisions in the Coffee Shop Industry in Denpasar by I Gusti Ayu Nia Antari, Gde Bayu Surya Parwita, Ni Putu Nita Anggraini

“…This study uses a quantitative approach with a survey method, involving 385 respondents selected through purposive sampling techniques. …”
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The effectiveness of the transactional analysis on mental well-being and empathy in nurses by Rounak Khalili-Tajareh, Hamzeh Ahmadian

“…Using the available sampling method, 26 nurses were randomly assigned to an experimental a control group. …”
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Evaluating Junior High School Textbooks in Terms of Attention to the Concept of Charity by Sirous Mahmoudi

“…This research was conducted to evaluate the textbooks of junior high school in terms of attention to the concept of charity. The research method was descriptive with quantitative content analysis. …”
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Effects of the construction of Yazd-Eghlid railway on vegetation and soil of shrublands in Kalmand-Bahadoran Protected Area (Yazd Province) by Hanieh Khodad Saryazdi, Samira Hosseinjafari, Mohammadreza Elmi

“…Random-systematic sampling method is used; Thus, within each brigade, three areas with different distances by rail include the first area (distance 0 to 250 meters), the second area (distance 250 to 500 meters) and the third area (distance 500 to 1000 meters) from Railway was considered and vegetation and soil samples were taken. …”
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Examining the psychosocial model of sense of presence in the learning management system of e-learning center’s Shahid Beheshti university by soraya khazaei, abbas mohammadi, Mahboobeh Arefi, Esmail Jafari

“…Also, conductiing the more studies with larger sample size could be helpful.…”
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Comparing subsampling strategies for metagenomic analysis in microbial studies using amplicon sequence variants versus operational taxonomic units. by Daniel Segura, Divya Sharma, Osvaldo Espin-Garcia

“…Although sampling using ASVs and OTUs typically lead to similar results for each subsample, ASVs had more clades that differed in expression levels between allergic and non-allergic individuals across all sample sizes compared to OTUs, and led to more biomarkers discovered at Phase 2-SM-seq level.…”
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Temporal Data Set Reduction Based on D-Optimality for Quantitative FLIM-FRET Imaging. by Travis Omer, Xavier Intes, Juergen Hahn

“…Fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) when paired with Förster resonance energy transfer (FLIM-FRET) enables the monitoring of nanoscale interactions in living biological samples. FLIM-FRET model-based estimation methods allow the quantitative retrieval of parameters such as the quenched (interacting) and unquenched (non-interacting) fractional populations of the donor fluorophore and/or the distance of the interactions. …”
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Exploring Mental Health Status and Psychosocial Support among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: A Qualitative Study by Abu Naser Zafar Ullah, Pierre Pratley, Md. Shariful Islam, Khaleda Islam, Tapash Roy

“…Decades of targeted violence, statelessness, and persecution have caused more than a million Rohingyas to flee their homes to Bangladesh. …”
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Efficient Bayesian inference for stochastic agent-based models. by Andreas Christ Sølvsten Jørgensen, Atiyo Ghosh, Marc Sturrock, Vahid Shahrezaei

“…However, we find that while some methods generally produce more robust results than others, no algorithm offers a one-size-fits-all solution when attempting to infer model parameters from observations. …”
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A structured review and taxonomy of next-best-view strategies for 3D reconstruction by Bashar Alsadik, Hussein Alwan Mahdi, Nagham Amer Abdulateef

“…Consequently, NBV strategies have become diverse and uncategorized which makes it difficult for researchers and practitioners to navigate or standardize the methods. Therefore, in this paper, a comprehensive review was conducted to separate NBV methods into five distinct strategies: rule-based, uncertainty-based, sampling-based, learning-based, and prediction-based approaches. …”
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Machine learning model for random forest acute oral toxicity prediction by A.M. Elsayad, M.M. Zeghid, K.A. Elsayad, A.N. Khan, ِA.K.M. Baareh, A. Sadiq, S.A. Mukhtar, H.F. Ali, S. Abd El-kader

“…Traditional toxicity assessments are often time-consuming and costly, necessitating the exploration of more efficient approaches. The focus of this study is to establish the most efficient method for constructing reliable and precise models for toxicity prediction.METHODS: The random forests were evaluated, a robust ensemble method, for predicting acute oral toxicity using a comprehensive dataset from National Toxicology Program/Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods and Environmental Protection Agency/National Center for Competency Testing, which presented significant class imbalance, 8 percent very toxic 92 percent not very toxic. …”
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Citizen Scientists’ Motivation to Participate in Environmental DNA (eDNA) Surveys: A Case Study on Monitoring Mammals in the UK by Holly A. Broadhurst, Elin E. Smith, Jake M. Jackman, Natalie Singleton, Darren Tansley, Robert Raynor, Naiara Guimarães Sales, Erinma Ochu, Allan D. McDevitt

“…Citizen scientists were highly motivated and demonstrated high science capital, enabling them to develop innovative eDNA sampling methods and take enjoyment in contributing to meaningful scientific knowledge and helping their local wildlife. …”
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Understanding the association of calligraphy activities with flow experience, peace of mind, and self-focused attention among university students by Jianing Wang, Kaizhi Tang

“…This enhanced ability to manage stress can lead to improved mental well-being, greater self-awareness, and a more positive outlook, supporting their overall academic and personal development.MethodsThis study employed convenience sampling and snowball sampling to select 453 university students from Hunan Province, China, in September 2024 as valid samples. …”
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Automatic Multi-Point Turn-Around Assistance System: Planning & Control by S. A. M. Managheb, Ali Ghaffari

“…Furthermore, simulations illuminate that the proposed strategy outperforms conventional approaches like sampling and optimization-based methods in terms of mission execution time, computation time, and driving path quality attributes. …”
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Assessment of Aflatoxin B1 and Ochratoxin A Contamination in Raw and Cooked Rice at Restaurants in Yasuj, Iran by SA Sadat, F Ariaei Monfared, M Majlesi

“…The cooking process was effective in reducing these fungal toxins, and the draining method was more effective compared to the absorption method by removing toxins through discarded water.…”
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Extraction, determination, dietary and environmental risks assessment of phthalate acid esters in bottled water, liquor, and surface water by Jinyang Bai, Zongliang Niu, Yanling Ma, Mengge Ma, Xiaowen He, Zhuhua Tang, Yingying Wen

“…Compared with the published methods for the detection of plasticizer, this method was more rapid, easy-operating, highly sensitive, and environmental-friendly. …”
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Identification of Green Tide Decomposition Regions in the Yellow Sea, China: Based on Time-Series Remote Sensing Data by Guangzong Zhang, Yufang He, Lifeng Niu, Mengquan Wu, Hermann Kaufmann, Jian Liu, Tong Liu, Qinglei Kong, Bo Chen

“…Currently, the identification of areas affected by green tides primarily relies on certain methods, such as ground sampling and biochemical analysis, which limit the ability to quickly and dynamically identify decomposition regions at large spatial and temporal scales. …”
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ISUP grade upgrade prediction after radical prostatectomy: Role of Luteinizing Hormone to Testosterone ratio by Zhihua Pan, Ruizhe Zhao, Jinjiang Fan, Shaobo Zhang, Jie Li, Bianjiang Liu

“…A stratified random sampling method was used to divide the patients into a training set and a validation set at a 7:3 ratio. …”
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