Mathematical Skills as Predictors of Students’ Performance in Secondary School Mathematics in Ogun State, Nigeria by Taiwo Abiodun, Asanre Akorede Ayoola, Chinaka Turayi

“…Four hundred eighty (480) secondary school students from the SSS2 class comprised the study sample. In this study, simple random and purposeful sampling methods were used. …”
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The Effects of Facies Variability and Bioturbation Intensity on Permeability in a Mixed Siliciclastic–Carbonate Core from the Upper Strawn Group, Katz Field, Eastern Shelf of the P... by Jerry L. Jensen, Peter P. Flaig, Kelly E. Hattori

“…Estimating permeability in heterogeneous media is challenging due to the limited number of measurement tools, low-resolution sampling methods, and sampling bias. To combat these issues, we employed a probe permeameter to produce a high-resolution (4 in [10 cm] spacing) permeability dataset for cores from the Strawn Formation, Katz Field, Permian Basin, Texas, USA. …”
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Surfaces environmental monitoring of SARS-CoV-2: Loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) in comparison with standard Reverse-Transcription qua... by Simona Spiteri, Irene Salamon, Luna Girolamini, Maria Rosaria Pascale, Federica Marino, Carlo Derelitto, Laura Caligaris, Simone Paghera, Manuela Ferracin, Sandra Cristino

“…For ddPCR, two RNA extraction methods were compared: TRIzol LS (Invitrogen) versus QIAmp Viral Mini kit (QIAGEN), showing how the latter is more suitable for surfaces. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of depression among stroke family caregivers on follow up at Jimma medical center, southwest, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study. by Muhiddin Hirpasa Jabessa, Beshir Mammiyo Adem, Million Girma Tekle, Gutema Ahmed Fata, Hailemariam Hailesilasie Weldemariam

“…The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of depression among family caregivers of patients with stroke who have follow-up in Jimma Medical Center.<h4>Method</h4>An institution-based cross-sectional study of 306 family caregivers of stroke patients was conducted using a consecutive sampling method. …”
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Allergic rhinitis in children with overweight/obesity: features of sensitization by V. V. Bekezin, E. Koroleva, L. V. Sazonenkova, E. V. Volkova, R. Y. Meshkova

“…To study the nature of sensitization to aeroallergens and the debut of allergic rhinitis in children with overweight/obesity.Materials and methods. The study included 45 children with allergic rhinitis (AR) at the age of 4–8 years, who were monitored at the Smolensk Regional Center of Allergology and Immunology; the selection of children was carried out by the method of continuous sampling. …”
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MULTIMODAL SYNTACTIC CONSTRUCTIONS: A STRIKING FEATURE OF DIGITAL COMMUNICATION IN MODERN ENGLISH by Larysa L. Makaruk

“…The use of the continuous sampling method made it possible to identify verbal, non-verbal and paraverbal components to be analysed. …”
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Identifying the factors affecting the growth of the employees of the country's property and documents registration organization by Najmeh Ahmadi, Kolsoum Nami, Nader Ghourchian, Parivash Jafari

“…The statistical population of this research included 15 experts in the field of employee growth and development. The sampling method is purposeful. A semi-structured interview was used to collect information. …”
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Determination of Nitrate Nitrogen and Nitrite Nitrogen in Brackish and Saline Waters by Flow Injection Analysis by Hongbin SUN, Huiyuan ZANG, Xin ZHANG, Yun ZHU, Lei WANG

“…Under this condition, cadmium column had a reduction rate of more than 95% for nitrate nitrogen. Using pure water as carrier flow, this method can be used to accurately determine the content of nitrate nitrogen and nitrite nitrogen in water samples with salinity ranging from 0 to 5%. …”
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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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Estimating genomic relationships of metafounders across and within breeds using maximum likelihood, pseudo-expectation–maximization maximum likelihood and increase of relationships... by Andres Legarra, Matias Bermann, Quanshun Mei, Ole F. Christensen

“…For simulated data, when genotypes were spread across all generations, both GLS and pseudo-EM(+ $$\Delta F$$ Δ F ) methods were accurate. With genotypes only available in the most recent generations, the GLS method was biased, whereas the pseudo-EM(+ $$\Delta F$$ Δ F ) approach yielded more accurate and unbiased estimates. …”
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Near Real-Time Flood Monitoring Using Multi-Sensor Optical Imagery and Machine Learning by GEE: An Automatic Feature-Based Multi-Class Classification Approach by Hadi Farhadi, Hamid Ebadi, Abbas Kiani, Ali Asgary

“…More specifically, this study uses FWEI, NDVI, NDBI, and BSI indices to extract training samples for water/flood, vegetation, built-up areas, and soil, respectively. …”
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Assimilating Satellite-Based Biophysical Variables Data into AquaCrop Model for Silage Maize Yield Estimation Using Water Cycle Algorithm by Elahe Akbari, Ali Darvishi Boloorani, Jochem Verrelst, Stefano Pignatti

“…Digital hemisphere photography (DHP) and destructive sampling methods were used for measuring fraction vegetation cover (fCover) and biomass in Qaleh-Now County, southern Tehran, in 2019. …”
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Contradictions of students’ motivation for participation in the activities of voluntary organisations by A. V. Starshinova

“…The result of formalism, regulation and distortions in the reasons for volunteering is a disappointment in it. More than a third of volunteers leave volunteer associations due to loss or initial lack of internal motivation.Practical significance consists in scientific justification for the need to rethink and change the methods of volunteer management, taking into account its value components. …”
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Analysis of Effective Drivers on the Implementation of Rural Development Plan and Progress of Rural System Using DPSIR Model; A Case Study: Rural System of Central and Dotapeh Dist... by Seyyed amirhosein Garakani, Jafar Mahdioun, Majid Hazrati

“…Due to the specialized nature of the topic, a sample of 30 experts was selected using the snowball sampling method. …”
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Multi-Robot exploration for coal mine rescue based on the extension of undirected graph by Linna ZHOU, Tihao WU, Xinli HUANG, Chunyu YANG, Xin ZHANG

“…Finally, three different models of robots are used for real experiments and compared with commonly used multi-robot autonomous exploration algorithms based on boundary point methods. The results show that the multi-robot autonomous exploration method proposed in this paper improves exploration completeness by 51% and saves exploration time by more than 58%. …”
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High-throughput phenotyping of wheat root angle and coleoptile length at different temperatures using 3D-printed equipment by Nevzat Aydin, Mesut Ersin Sönmez, Tuğba Güleç, Bedrettin Demir, Hadi Alipour, Aras Türkoğlu

“…Traditionally, direct selection for root and coleoptile traits has been limited by the lack of suitable phenotyping methods, genetic and phenotypic complexity, and poor repeatability in sampling. …”
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Exploring the impact of affordable housing finance on urban inclusivity: a structural equation modelling study of access, perception, and financial empowerment by Khasim Syed, Sachi Nandan Mohanty, Mukul Bhatnagar, Pawan Kumar, Rupa Khanna, Anuradha Jain

“…The present research focuses on creating a framework that integrates all such parameters to provide insight into which parameters should be given more importance and which should be given less importance during policy implications.MethodsTo achieve this, the research technique of PLS-SEM (Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling) was employed in the present study. …”
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THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE ROLE OF PARENTS WITH THE PRESCHOOL CHILDREN'S PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MUSLIMAT NU KINDERGARTEN THORIQOTUL HIDAYAH CENTINI LAREN LAMONGAN by Yani Erniyawati, Sumarsono

“…The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the relation ship of the role of parents with the pre school children's psychosocial development. Methods: This research was quantitative with desaign study cross sectional with sample of 30 parents and 30 students, the sampling used was total sampling. …”
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Reducing blood uric acid levels after drinking Annona muricata linn (soursop leaf) extract: study in elderly with hyperuricemia by Muhammad Al Amin, ainun najib, ali syahbana, efina amanda

“…Muricata leaf extract in reducing uric acid levels in older adults with hyperuricemia. Methods: Quantitative research, using a quasi-experimental type with Pre-test, Post-test design with control group design, with a sample size of 30 older adults, sampling technique using random sampling carried out for one week consuming one day three times. …”
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AUTHORITARIAN PARENTING AND STRESS LEVELS AMONG INDONESIAN ADOLESCENTS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY by Fira Mutiara Anugrah, Lisbet Octovia Manalu

“…The number of samples was 139 respondents using random sampling techniques. …”
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