Laboratory analysis to determine the accurate characteristics of urban food waste by A. Charkhestani, D. Yousefi Kebria

“…The aims of the current study were to analyze the municipal food waste characteristics (including physical, proximate, ultimate and heating value analysis), monitor the differences among the laboratory methods, and highlight the significant differences among the food waste characteristics more accurately.METHODS: Sampling was performed weekly at a disposal site located in Sari, Mazandaran, Iran. …”
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Assessment of relationship between negative emotion and non-suicidal self-injury behavior: with emphasis on the mediator role of body image and emotion regulation among soldiers by M Hasanvand, P Dabbaghi, M Rabiei

“…For this reason, a number of 302 soldiers were selected using random sampling method from soldiers referred to a army hospital in 2014 – 2015. …”
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LOCALIZED DATA FOR EDUCATIONAL EQUITY: SMALL AREA ESTIMATION OF OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN IN BALI AND NUSA TENGGARA by Sherina Rafidah Khairunnisa, Azka Ubaidillah, Ahmad Sovi Hidayat, Alya Nur Septiyana, Shalihati Melani Putri, Ahmad Tegar Prananggalih, Arya Candra Kusuma, Shafiyah Asy Syahidah

“…To address this issue, SAE Hierarchical Bayes provides a solution by producing more accurate district-level estimates, utilizing additional data without the need for new sampling. …”
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Enhancing Ground-Based SAR Monitoring With PCA-Based Geometry Transformation for Improved Phase Unwrapping by Matthieu Rebmeister, Andreas Schenk, Stefan Hinz, Frederic Andrian, Maxime Vonie

“…The method is tested on a distorted imaging scenario at the Enguri Dam in Georgia. …”
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IMPROVING CLUSTER ACCURACY IN TUITION FEES: A MULTILAYER PERCEPTRON NEURAL NETWORK AND RANDOM FOREST APPROACH by Sumin Sumin, Prihantono Prihantono, Khairawati Khairawati

“…A sample of 282 respondents was selected using a simple random sampling method. …”
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Evaluation of the bag-mediated filtration system as a novel tool for poliovirus environmental surveillance: Results from a comparative field study in Pakistan. by Nicolette Angela Zhou, Christine Susan Fagnant-Sperati, Jeffry Hiroshi Shirai, Salmaan Sharif, Sohail Zahoor Zaidi, Lubna Rehman, Jaffer Hussain, Rahim Agha, Shahzad Shaukat, Masroor Alam, Adnan Khurshid, Ghulam Mujtaba, Muhammed Salman, Rana Muhammed Safdar, Abdirahman Mahamud, Jamal Ahmed, Sadaf Khan, Alexandra Lynn Kossik, Nicola Koren Beck, Graciela Matrajt, Humayun Asghar, Ananda Sankar Bandyopadhyay, David Scott Boyle, John Scott Meschke

“…A vaccine-derived PV type 2 was detected in one BMFS sample but not the matched two-phase. After the removal of SL PV type 2 (SL2) from the oral polio vaccine in April 2016, BMFS samples detected SL2 more frequently than two-phase (p = 0.016), with the last detection by either method occurring June 12, 2016. …”
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The Role of Socioeconomic and Cognitive Status in Determining Traffic Behaviour of Elderly Pedestrians in Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study by Fatemeh Bakhtari Aghdam I, Masoumeh Ghasemi II, Fatemeh Zarghami III, Sepideh Harzand Jadidi IV, Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani V, Koen Ponnet V, Zahra Rostami V, Nasim Hajipoor Kashgsaray V

“…The participants were selected using the multistage random sampling method. Pedestrians’ traffic behaviour, socioeconomic status (SES), and cognitive function were assessed using the Pedestrian Behaviour Questionnaire (PBQ), SES questionnaire, and Abbreviated Mental Test score (AMTS), respectively. …”
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The Factors Influence the Biosecurity Management of Swine Farm in Mekong Delta, Vietnam by Nguyen Thi Anh Thu, Budi Guntoro

“…The study involved 240 swine farmers in Long An and Ben Tre provinces to determine social demographic characteristics and biosecurity management status and analyze the effects of social demographics on biosecurity management, including planning, implementation, controlling, and adjustment, which were collected by a random sampling method. A descriptive statistic and multiple linear regression analysis were employed to analyze the data. …”
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Menopause-Specific Quality of Life among Rural Women: A Community-based Cross-sectional Study in Kerala, India by V. L. Nissy, Gopika Gopinathan Bhaskaran, S. S. Lal, G. K. Mini

“…The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence and pattern of menopause-specific quality of life (MENQOL) and associated factors of rural women in Kerala, India. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional community-based study was conducted among menopausal women in the Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala using a multistage random sampling method. …”
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Digital Media Engagement Among Preschool Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Parental Perspective by Çağla Banko Bal, Berrin Akman, Şeymanur Battal, Esma Eroğlu

“…The case study approach was used and the convenience sampling method is used. 270 parents who have children between 0-6 years old and did not send their children to preschools or day-care centers after the Covid-19 Pandemic. …”
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Bacterial Colonization on Ventilator Surfaces in the ICU of Government Hospital in Pontianak by Hariyanto IH, Icha Maidiana Putri, Delima Fajar Liana

“…Samples were plated in triplication using the spread plate method on tryptone soya agar (TSA) medium and then incubated for 24 hours. …”
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Pengaruh Islamic Corporate Social Responsibility (ICSR) dan Profitabilitas terhadap Reputasi Perusahaan Sektor Farmasi dI ISSI Tahun 2018-2022 by Rivani Septia Ningsih, Tulus Suryanto, Dinda Fali Rifan

“…The data obtained is from the financial statements of Pharmaceutical sector companies listed on the Indonesian Syariah Stock Index (ISSI) in the 2018-2022 period. The sampling technique uses Purposive Sampling with a sample of 70 companies. …”
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Detecting the Helicobacter pylori 16S rRNA Gene in Dyspepsia Patients Using Real-Time PCR by Rike Syahniar, Mardiastuti H Wahid, Ari Fahrial Syam, Andi Yasmon

“…The sampling method used was consecutive sampling. Biopsy from gastric antrum and corpus were performed in 64 patients. …”
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What Drives Digital Payment Adoption? Examining the Role of Ease of Use, Security, and Trust by Riri Alifah Fakriah, Mohammad Dheo Alfhito, Mardiyani

“…A total of 180 respondents participated in the study. The sampling technique employed was purposive sampling, targeting individuals who currently use or have used digital payments. …”
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Comparing the accuracy of Pipelle versus hysteroscopy and curettage in the diagnosis of chronic endometritis in women with recurrent implantation failure: A prospective cross-secti... by Elaheh Pahlevan Falahy, Mohammad-Taha Pahlevan-Fallahy, Fatemeh Keikha

“…Based on McNemar's test, the two sampling methods had no significant difference (P = 1.0 and 0.317, respectively).…”
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The construction of an Islamic capitalism through Pagang Gadai amongst the Minangkabau people by Syukri Iska, Hasse Jubba, Epicandra Epicandra, Mirna Yusuf

“…The data collection was conducted using in-depth interview method. Fifteen pawnbrokers were interviewed; they were selected through the purposive sampling technique and were limited using the snowball sampling technique. …”
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Urbanization effects on urban vegetable farmers adaptation: Evidence from Ghana by Michael Tuffour, George Owusu, Daniel Bruce Sarpong

“…A heterogeneous sampling aproach was used to select a total of 29 farmers from 10 farm sites for the qualitative data, while a multistage sampling approach was used to select 251 farmers from 16 farm sites for the quantitative data. …”
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Determinants of rice consumer lexicographic preferences in South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia by Natsir Mohammad, Mardiyati Sri, Syafiuddin Syafiuddin

“…This study aims to analyze the factors that influence the hedonic price of rice and analyze the factors that determine the lexicographic preferences of rice consumers. Sampling is carried out using the cluster sampling method for urban and rural areas, with a total of 200 observations. …”
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Study of attitudes and knowledge toward human papilloma virus of women aged 15–26 years in Zahedan City in 2024 by Leila Keikha, Azita Shahraki-Mohammadi, Maryam Esmaeilpour

“…Overall, there were 20,482 women aged 15 to 26; by random sampling method and according to Morgan’s table, 320 women were selected. …”
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Jackdaws Use Lynx Scat in Nests: Implications for Iberian Lynx Genetic Monitoring by José Jiménez, Rafael Finat, Mario Fernández‐Tizón, Javier Hernández‐Hernández, Alicia I. Martínez‐González, Emilio Virgós

“…Simulations using spatial capture‐recapture (SCR) models showed that this behavior can introduce bias and reduce the accuracy of population estimates based on genetic sampling, a widely used method in wildlife monitoring. …”
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