Gender issues in a company operating in a female-dominated industry, using an audit as an example by Genrietta Soboleva, Ekaterina Zuga

“…Furthermore, salary evaluations were conducted using indirect methods due to the lack of sufficient disclosure. …”
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Reinvigorating rural tourism market potential through entrepreneurial self-efficacy and heritage education by Narmadha Velu, Arthanari Anuradha

“…The purpose of the study is to examine the rural tourism market potential by exploring the significant impact of social, economic and technological effects on heritage education and rural entrepreneurial self-efficacy in facilitating and improving the rural tourism market potential in India respectively, to attract more tourists. Methods: Research was undertaken on a random sample of 646 individuals from rural areas in South India. …”
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Impact of the introduction of the modular written-theoretical examination in the training internship. by Mabel Rocha Vázquez, Mirtha A. Hernández López

“…Universe and sample coincided and were represented by the totality of examined students. …”
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How hot is .brussels? Analysis of the uptake of the .brussels top-level domain name extension by Margot Waty, Seth van Hooland, Simon Hengchen, Mathias Coeckelbergs, Max De Wilde, Jean-Michel Decroly

“…Based on a statistically representative sample (592 domain names), a qualitative interpretation allowed a more fine-grained analysis of how the new TLDN is being used in practice. …”
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Co-occurrence between eating disorder symptoms and addictive behaviors among adult women: a controlled analysis by Yasuo Murayama, Aiko Ohya

“…., drive for thinness and binge eating) and specific addictive behaviors, while controlling for psychological distress and multiple addictive behaviors. Methods Using a sample of 2,000 adult women, the participants self-reported their drive for thinness, binge eating, psychological distress, alcohol misuse, problematic internet use, compulsive shopping, and problem gambling. …”
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Effect of Psoriasis on Quality of life by Binamra Basnet, Annu Ranjit, Anil Subedi, Shristi Shrestha, Saraswoti Neupane

“…Conclusion: Females tend to experience significant impairment in quality of life compared to males. Further studies with more sample size are needed to consolidate or rectify our findings. …”
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The effect of pending feedback on the IELTS speaking test result: grammatical range and accuracy in focus by Zahra Zargaran

“…The experimental group received pending feedback, while the control group received other types of feedback methods preferred by the teacher but not pending feedback. …”
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Evaluation of the pharmacological treatment of arterial hypertension associated to heart failure in Camarones town. by Pedro Miguel Milián Vázquez., Idalmis Pérez Alemán, Carlos Martín Álvarez, Maira Quirós Enríquez., Lidia Vázquez Montero

“…<strong>Objective:</strong> To evaluate the pharmacological treatment in patients with arterial hypertension, also suffering from heart failure. <strong>Methods:</strong> A descriptive-prospective study was carried out, this consisted in the use of prescription-indication drugs through a simple random sample study of 43 patients, representing the 35.2 % in six Family Clinical Units of the urban area of Camarones’ Communitarian Policlinic, Palmira, Cienfuegos, during the first semester of 2004. …”
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How Does Farmers’ Digital Literacy Affect Green Grain Production? by Wenqi Wang, Meng Zhang

“…Employing methods such as the ordered Probit model and mediating effect model, it analyzes the impact of digital literacy on green grain production from the perspectives of transformation drivers and pathways. …”
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The Contribution of Family Businessesto Economic Growth: A Bibliometric Review by Wakara Ibrahimu Nyabakora

“…There are several restrictions on this study pertinent to the bibliometric methods’ shortcomings. One of the limitations was that the synonyms used in the search query were not exhaustive, so it excluded other documents that could be used in this research.…”
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Establishment and application of TAS-ELISA for the detection of M. rosenbergii Nodavirus by QIAN Dong, LIU Wen, PAN Xiao-yi, CAO Zheng, YU Lian

“…The positive detection rate as well as coincident rate were compared with different methods and showed that TAS-ELISA was better than indirect ELISA and RNA characterization with electrophoresis, when the diseased and suspicious prawn samples were analysed. …”
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Oilfield Produced Water Management: Treatment, Reuse and Disposal by Baghdad Science Journal

“…These different treatment methods vary considerably in effectiveness, cost and their environmental impacts. …”
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Construct validity of the self-report instrument of perceived stress in the general Costa Rican population of retirement age: CRELES study by Ericka Méndez-Chacón

“…This research aims to explore the internal validity of questions of perceived stress in the general Costa Rican population close to pension or retirement age.MethodsA nationally representative sample of 1,469 individuals born between 1945 and 1955 in Costa Rica completed a series of questions related to perceived stress. …”
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Resilience, Pain Self-efficacy and Health-related Quality of Life in Greek Hemodialysis Patients: A Cross-sectional Study by Michail Tsanasidis, Theodora Kafkia, Dimitrios Papoutsis, Michael Kourakos

“…The present study aimed to examine the relationship between psychological resilience and quality of life in patients undergoing in-center hemodialysis. Methods: An initial sample of 150 adult patients on hemodialysis for more than 6 months was selected from hospitals in a Southern European country. …”
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24-hour movement behaviours and mental health in non-clinical populations: A systematic review. by Rachel Dale, Teresa O'Rourke, Barbara Nussbaumer-Streit, Thomas Probst

“…Due to heterogeneity of methods and analyses, narrative synthesis of the results was employed. …”
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Serum Uric Acid Level in Patients with Oral Lichen Planus. A Correlation with Disease Clinical Scores: A Case-Control Study by Aliaa Abdelmoniem Bedeir Eita, Azza Mohamed Zaki, Sabah Abdelhady Mahmoud, Salma Sabry Gomaa Moustafa

“…Objectives: To measure the serum levels of uric acid in OLP patients and compare this with healthy controls as well as correlate those levels with clinical scores of patients. Methods: A case-control study was performed on 20 patients with OLP and 20 healthy individuals with the same age and sex. …”
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Determination of Directions to Increase the Efficiency of Municipal Budget Funds Spending by E. V. Orlov, V. A. Kosareva, E. S. Smirnova

“…Such a study is relevant in modern conditions, when the own budget revenues of the vast majority of municipalities do not cover the costs, and many local budgets receive more than half of the funds from higher budgets. …”
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Multiclass Sparse Bayesian Regression for fMRI-Based Prediction by Vincent Michel, Evelyn Eger, Christine Keribin, Bertrand Thirion

“…However, it relies on a prediction function that is plagued by the curse of dimensionality, as there are far more features (voxels) than samples (images), and dimension reduction is thus a mandatory step. …”
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Emerging Technologies for the Assessment of Natural Killer Cell Activity by Anna Luise Grab, Alexander Nesterov-Müller

“…Understanding natural killer (NK) cell functionality is essential in developing more effective immunotherapeutic strategies that can enhance patient outcomes, especially in the context of cancer treatment. …”
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Influence of the myocardial bridging phenomenon on the myocardial structure and the coronary arteries wall structure changes by Tomanović-Koković Jelena, Teofilovski-Parapid Gordana, Oklobdžija Mirjana, Kanjuh Vladimir, Kovačević Slobodan, Parapid Biljana, Koković Vladimir

“…Our research was performed to evaluate the influences of the myocardial bridging of coronary arteries on the myocardial and coronary arteries wall structure changes, that could be a reason for multiple heart malfunctions. Methods. We analyzed the autopsy material, collected during a five-years period, and especially the group of 575 cases with the major aim to diagnose mors naturalis. …”
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