Comparison of qRT-PCR and ddPCR for multi-strain probiotic detection after a randomized human clinical trial by Nicolas Yeung, Arthur C. Ouwehand

“…While bacterial plating is still a common method for detecting and counting bacteria, when dealing with complex matrices like fecal samples, and given that most probiotics share genera or even species with commensal bacteria, plate counting is not a precise or accurate enough method. …”
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Comparison of different disinfection protocols against contamination of ceramic surfaces with Klebsiella pneumoniae biofilm by Piletić Kaća, Mežnarić Silvestar, Keržić Eli, Oder Martina, Gobin Ivana

“…This follow up study is limited to K. pneumoniae alone, and to overcome this limitation, future studies should include more bacterial species, both Gram-positive and Gramnegative, and more samples for us to find optimal disinfection protocols, applicable in real hospital settings.…”
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UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ESTIMATION IN BALI PROVINCE: A SMALL AREA ESTIMATION APPROACH by I Komang Gde Sukarsa, G. K. Gandhiadi, I Putu Eka Nila Kencana

“…The development of estimation methods up to a very small area is very well used to estimate a parameter in a small area where there is not an adequate sample for use in direct estimation. …”
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Stress Factors, Stress Levels, and Coping Mechanisms among University Students by Abdullah Alkhawaldeh, Omar Al Omari, Samir Al Aldawi, Iman Al Hashmi, Cherry Ann Ballad, Amal Ibrahim, Sulaiman Al Sabei, Arwa Alsaraireh, Mohammad Al Qadire, Mohammed ALBashtawy

“…Students who are living alone used the “avoidance” method more significantly and the “social support” method significantly less compared with students who are living with their families and friends. …”
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CORPORATE SOCIAL PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL STABILITY: EVIDENCE FROM ISLAMIC, SOCIAL AND CONVENTIONAL BANKING MODELS by Syed Alwi Bin Mohamed Sultan, Wan Marhaini Binti Wan Ahmad, Obiyathulla Ismath Bacha, Roslily Ramlee

“…Using a cross-country sample of 117 financial institutions from 36 countries over an 8-year period (2013-2020) and the System Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) estimation method, it finds that banking models significantly affect the CSP-FS relationship. …”
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Investigation of the Effect of Doing Sports Frequency on Fear of Covid-19 by İlayda Şahin, Yunus Şimşek, Buğrahan Cesur, Adem Civan

“…The aim of our research is to examine the fear levels of female and male athletes about the new type of corona virus (Covid-19). The survey method, one of the quantitative research models, was used in the study. …”
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DualAD: Dual adversarial network for image anomaly detection⋆ by Yonghao Wan, Aimin Feng

“…To this end, the authors propose a new Dual Adversarial Network (DualAD) that consists of a Feature Constraint (FC) module and a reconstruction module. The method incorporates the FC module during the reconstruction training process to impose constraints on the latent space of images, thereby yielding feature representations more conducive to anomaly detection. …”
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COMPREHENSIVE MIDWIFERY CARE FOR SLEEP DISTURBANCES IN A MULTIGRAVIDA PATIENT by Vina Rostiana, Yosi Oktri

“…“U” decreased and felt better, felt more relaxed, slept more comfortably, and woke up less frequently at night. …”
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An Extreme Learning Machine Based on the Mixed Kernel Function of Triangular Kernel and Generalized Hermite Dirichlet Kernel by Senyue Zhang, Wenan Tan

“…The biggest advantage of the proposed kernel is its kernel parameter values only chosen in the natural numbers, which thus can greatly shorten the computational time of parameter optimization and retain more of its sample data structure information. Experiments were performed on a number of binary classification, multiclassification, and regression datasets from the UCI benchmark repository. …”
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Cross-View Correspondence Modeling for Joint Representation Learning Between Egocentric and Exocentric Videos by Zhehao Zhu, Yoichi Sato

“…Joint analysis of human action videos from egocentric and exocentric views enables a more comprehensive understanding of human behavior. …”
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Evaluation of durability of stabilized soft soils under changing weather conditions by Hamid Reza Akbari, Azam Entezari Harsini

“…Stabilized soils are always under weather conditions, so evaluating the long-term durability of stabilized soils can be important in choosing a method. For this purpose, kaolinite soil stabilized with lime and reinforced with polypropylene fibers was subjected to wet-dry and freeze-thaw cycles, and the mechanical behavior of the samples was analyzed by conducting compressive strength and indirect tensile strength tests.The results show that the wet-dry cycle is clearly more destructive than the freeze-thaw cycle and the use of the stabilization plan including 12% lime along with 1.25% polypropylene fibers has a good performance against the cycles of weather conditions and maintains 76% of its strength and provides the minimum strength required for the sub-base.…”
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Optimal Operation of Energy Hub Systems under Resiliency Response Options by Ali Khodadadi, Taher Abedinzadeh, Hasan Alipour, Jaber Pouladi

“…The max-min fuzzy method is also used to select the optimal solution among the Pareto solutions. …”
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PENGARUH BUDAYA ORGANISASI TERHADAP MOTIVASI DENGAN LINGKUNGAN KERJA SEBAGAI MEDIATOR. by Hendry Wijaya

“… ABSTRACT : This study aims to explain how the influence of Organizational Culture on work motivation with the work environment as a mediating variable for the employees of the Tungkal Jaya District Office, Musi Banyuasin Regency, South Sumatra Province. The sample uses the Slovin formula. The data collection method used a questionnaire to the Tungkal Jaya Sub-District Head Office. …”
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Correcting errors in PCR-derived libraries for rare allele detection by reconstructing parental and daughter strand information by Hyeonseob Lim, Soyeong Jun, Taehoon Kim, Ji Hyun Lee, Duhee Bang

“…Abstract Molecular barcoding methods enable high-sensitivity detection of circulating tumor DNA that is rarely present in liquid biopsy samples. …”
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Ukuran Perusahaan, Pergantian Manajemen dan Pergantian Auditor pada Sektor Industri Dasar & Kimia by Qatrunnada Labibah, Lia Uzliawati, Roza Mulyadi

“…This study used a quantitative approach, A sample size of 37 businesses, or 185 records, was obtained over the course of five years using the purposive selection method. …”
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Measuring the Capacity of Organizations Innovation ‒ Major Process of Innovation Management by Dorin Maier, Livia Anastasiu, Roxana Sârbu, Thorsten Eidenmüller

“…To widen the extent of analysis, this paper used two research methods, namely: the expert method - using the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) that focuses on the requirements for innovation performance and on a different set of indicators to calculate the importance of each type of indicator; and the survey method ‒ using a questionnaire, a representative sample of firms to check the current extent of innovation and to offer suggestions for improving innovation management.…”
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Statistical Analysis of Stable Distribution Application in Non Life İnsurance by A. Laouar, K. Boukhetala, R. Sabre

“…For that, we will start in this paper by presenting a review of graphical tests, which will help us to verify if we are in the presence of data with infinite variance or not, and more precisely of stable distribution. Then we will apply these tests to real data representing car claim amounts, allowing us to assume that our sample follows a stable distribution. …”
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AUTOMATED ACCOUNTING PRACTICES IN CAMEROONIAN ACCOUNTING FIRMS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF ATTITUDE AND ADOPTION by Pafe Bruno Ndong, Elle Narcisse

“…Interpretation of the interviews was through thematic analysis method. 12 accountants make up the study sample from a population of 35 accountants in the city of Douala, Littoral region of Cameroon. …”
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Determination of the Band Gap Energy of SnO₂ and ZnO Thin Films with Different Crystalline Qualities and Doping Levels by Cecilia Guillén

“…Analysis of the results shows that the expression developed for amorphous materials underestimates the band gap value, and the so-called unified method tends to overestimate it, while the equations for perfect or heavily doped crystals give band gap energies more consistent with the doping level, regardless of the crystalline quality of the films.…”
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ATBHC-YOLO: aggregate transformer and bidirectional hybrid convolution for small object detection by Dandan Liao, Jianxun Zhang, Ye Tao, Xie Jin

“…Secondly, the BHC-FB module is proposed to address the large-scale variance of small objects and enhance the perception of local features. Finally, a more appropriate loss function, WIoU, is used to penalise the quality variance of small object samples and further enhance the model’s detection accuracy. …”
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