TRADE-OFF IN CONSUMPTION OF IMPORTED AND TRADITIONAL OWN FOODS AMONGST IGBO FARM HOUSEHOLDS IN NIGERIA by Christopher Ogbonna EMEROLE, Chima Innocent EZEH, Obioha OKORIE

“…A survey of the core Igbo states was carried out following a multi-stage cluster sampling method that selected five of the seven States that are traditional home of the Igbos. …”
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An Analysis of Stakeholder Management in Project Performance: A Case of Lusaka 400 Road Construction Projects by Dalisani Phiri, Kelvin Chimbomba

“…The study utilized a mixed research method. Purposive sampling was used to determine the target population. …”
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Analysis of the relationship between home skin care associated factors and disease severity for children with atopic dermatitis by YANG Fan, LI Dongdong, WANG Xiaoqin, WEI Yuqin, MOU Lingying, SONG Yanan

“…Objective To investigate the influence of the factors related to home skin care for children with atopic dermatitis (AD).Methods Using the convenience sampling method, the children with AD treated in the type 2 inflammation multidisciplinary clinic center in Affiliated Hospital of Shandong Second Medical University from June 2022 to June 2023 were selected to investigate the severity of the disease, and analyze the general data and factors related to home skin care using Logistic regression.Results Among 358 children with AD, there were 214 (59.78%) mild cases, 144 (40.52%) moderate-severe cases. …”
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Exploring Youth Religiosity: Research Among Catholic Confirmands in the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Split–Makarska (Croatia) by Doris Žuro, Jadranka Garmaz, Sanja Stanić

“…However, this paper specifically focuses on selected variables related to youth religiosity. Conducted on a sample of 473 confirmands using a non-probabilistic sampling method, this study employed a survey to measure some aspects of personal and actual religiosity, including indicators such as religious self-identification, the importance of faith, the frequency of Mass attendance, and the frequency of personal and family prayer. …”
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A study on traditional food practices and taboo during pregnancy and lactation in tribal population of Eastern Gujarat by Niyati Harshadkumar Zaveri, Shivaji Dnyandeo Patil, Mohabatsinh Baria, Divya Bharatkumar Barot, Anup Kharde, Rahul Tahilramani

“…Being a tribal community, taboos are more prevalent and this was the main aim to do the study regarding food taboos. …”
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Directive Speech Act Performed by Male and Female Speakers’ in Ted Talk Language Learning Videos by Donni Husnan, Dewi Kustanti, Erfan Muhammad Fauzi

“…The findings provide valuable insights for educators, linguists, and public speakers in developing more impactful and learner-centered teaching methods. …”
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Burnout pada Tenaga Kesehatan di Kabupaten Karawang: Peran Dukungan Sosial dan Perceived Stress by Bimo Pratomo, Cempaka Putrie Dimala, Anggun Pertiwi

“…Participants in this study were early to late adults aged 20 to 45 years and domiciled in Karawang Regency with a total of 102 participants, the method used was quantitative with causality design and cluster sampling technique. …”
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Examining Trait Anger and Anger Expression Styles of Pro-Licensed Football Coaches by Alparslan Ünveren, Cemal Polat

“…This study aims to determine the trait anger and anger style levels of football coaches with prolicense in Turkey.The sample group consists of 171 participants selected from within the determined universe by means of easy sampling method.Trait anger and anger expression style scale and personal information form ,developed by Spielberger and colleagues (1983) and Turkish validity and reliability study conducted by Özer(1994) was applied to the sample group.In the scope of the study ,descriptive statistics were used to summarize the demographic characteristics and personal information of the sample group.Data in this study show that there is a significant difference between the groups of the anger control and anger out subdimensions according to the age variable;trait anger and anger out subdimensions according to the educational level; anger control and anger out sub dimensions according to foreign language variable and anger outward subdimensions according to coaching experience.…”
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A Machine Learning Approach to Evaluate the Performance of Rural Bank by Jun Wei, Tao Ye, Zhe Zhang

“…Aiming at the characteristics of commercial bank data, this paper proposes an adaptively reduced step size gradient boosting regression tree algorithm for bank performance evaluation. In this method, a random subsample sampling is performed before training each regression tree. …”
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The Effect of Information, Fear, and Risk Perceptions to Pro-Environmental Behavior among University Students in Indonesia by Dyah E Noor Fitri, Anindrya Nastiti

“…A 77-item questionnaire was completed by 415 students from the Faculty of Arts and Languages, Science, and Education, randomly selected using the cluster sampling method in their last lecture class. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling showed that information, fear, and risk perception (reward, perceived severity, and perceived vulnerability) are both directly and indirectly mediated by motivation. …”
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Islamic work ethics and accounting practices in Indonesia: a study on fraud by Wuryaningsih Wuryaningsih, Novi Lailiyul Wafiroh

“…The target population included accounting practitioners and future accountants in Indonesia. Purposive sampling was employed, resulting in a sample of 147 respondents. …”
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Pengalaman Pasien Diabetes Mellitus yang Tinggal Sendiri dalam Melakukan Manajemen Diri by Sovia Susianty, Mahathir Mahathir, Fitri Mailani, Hema Malini, Chong Mei Chan

“…The number of participants was six,  namely solitaire DM who have been diagnosed with DM for more than 1 year,  able to communicate well. The technique of taking participants was using purposive sampling  according to inclusion criteria. …”
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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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SFEF-Net: Scattering Feature Extraction and Fusion Network for Aircraft Detection in SAR Images by Qiang Zhou, Zongxu Pan, Ben Niu

“…Compared to traditional convolution, sparse convolution offers more flexible sampling positions and a larger receptive field without increasing the number of parameters, which enables SFEF-Net to better extract discrete features. …”
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The role of sustainable growth rate in mediating liquidity, profitability, and company size on financial performance by Teguh Erawati, Hadri Kusuma, Stefania Dai Suban, Fuadhillah Kirana Putri

“…This study uses purposive sampling method to obtain relevant samples resulting in a total of 2365 company observations. …”
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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies in Education According to Primary School Teachers: Opportunities and Challenges by Ahmet Erol, Mustafa Erol

“…The participants are 16 primary school teachers determined by the criterion sampling method. Data were collected through a semi-structured interview form and analyzed with content analysis. …”
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Dark Triad Personality and Student Anti-Corruption Perceptions by Adi Heryadi, Ariesta Wibisono Anditya, Diah Suci Rahmawati

“…This research involved 125 respondents who were students at the Unjaya Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences and were selected using a non-random sampling method. The data collection tool in this research was the Dark Triad Personality Scale. …”
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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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