Comparison of Electromyography Activity of Abdominal Muscles and Hamstrings in Women With Low Back Pain During Different Lifting Positions by Faezeh Zandi, Hamideh Khodaveisi

“…The statistical sample consisted of 10 women with back pain and 10 healthy women for whom using 16-channel EMG system and surface electrode, electromyography activity of the right muscles (Rectus Abdominis, Internal Abdominis, External Abdominis, and Biceps Femoris muscle and semitendinosus) while lifting with three Squat, Stoop and freestyle methods were recorded. …”
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Examining Factors Impacting Online Survey Response Rates in Educational Research: Perceptions of Graduate Students by Amany Saleh, Krishna Bista

“…The findings also suggested that male participants were more likely to respond to surveys if they received a reminder, and older participants were more likely to respond if they were promised a reward. …”
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On the relationship of Poisson’s ratio with geophysical characteristics of rocks by D. V. Shustov, Yu. A. Kashnikov, A. E. Kukhtinskii, A. A. Efimov

“…These dependencies allow for more accurate estimation of the Poisson’s ratio for different types of rocks and fields, representing a significant step in developing methods for assessing elastic properties of rocks in oil fields. …”
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Unlocking the Power of ChatGPT: Students’ Interest in Asian Parliamentary Debate Classroom by Rahmatullah Syaripuddin, Asriadi Rasyid, Aswinda Darwis, Suhria Suhria, Nurqadriyanti Hasanuddin

“…Integrating ChatGPT in the debate process allows teachers to create a more dynamic and interactive learning environment where students can be more actively involved. …”
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Measuring adherence to antiretroviral treatment and assessing factors affecting adherence in a state primary healthcare clinic, Mitchells Plain Community Health Centre by T. Engel, A. Schlemmer

“…Conclusion: It can be concluded that adherence is probably influenced by a wide variety of factors. More qualitative studies or larger samples are recommended for better assessment of the impact on adherence of partner support and acceptance of HIV. …”
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PERAN JOB CRAFTING MENINGKATKAN JOB PERFORMANCE PADA KARYAWAN PENJUALAN by Rina Dewi

“…Job crafting is a proactive process by employees in work tasks so that work has significance and is more meaningful based on individual belief values that influence job performance. …”
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Could Selectively Skipping of the Repetitive Thinking Questionnaire among a Series of Self-Report Scales in a Study Be a Coping Strategy? by İ. Volkan GÜLÜM, İhsan DAĞ

“…Objective: Depending on an observation in which some of the subjects’ nonrandom irresponsiveness to repetitive thinking questionnaire items among fully answered others in a study of current researchers, the aims of the present study were to test that whether the ignorance of repetitive thinking items is a stress coping strategy or not, to compare people who ignore the repetitive thinking items (IRT) with people who have high repetitive thinking (HRT) and low repetitive thinking (LRT) in context of attachment patterns, sychopathological symptoms and cognitive flexibility.Method: 432 (278 women and 154 men) college students were selected from a larger research project sample pool which had funded by TÜBİTAK. …”
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The Empirical Study of the Impact of Firm- and Country-level Factors on Debt Financing Decisions of ICT Firms by Inna Alexeeva-Alexeev

“…The two-step system generalized method of moments (GMM) was used as methodology. Consistent with the extant literature, more profitable and liquid ICT firms and those with an increased non-debt tax shields are less leveraged. …”
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The Role of the Tourists in the Karst Dissolution of the Secondary Shapes inside Caves (Case Study: Hamedan Alisadr Cave) by Amjad Maleki, Mohammad Hosayn Ghobadi, Payman Karimi Soltani

“…The numbers were the result of a 60-day data gathering and the simulation of temperature and relative humidity in the experimental region inside the cave. After removing the samples from the glass chambers and determining exact physical properties, the solving and corrosion rates were obtained separately for natural and human influential factors based on weight method. 3- Result and Discussion The findings reveal that the amount of the dissolution and lamination of the secondary shapes inside the Ali Sadr Cave is 0.078 G/cm3 annually that 0.060 G/cm3 of this amount equals to 77% of the total annual dissolution of the tourists portion. …”
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Sources of cigarettes for youth smokers in Malaysia: Findings from the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2022: Adolescents Health Survey (AHS) by Kuang Hock Lim, Yoon Ling Cheong, Kuang Kuay Lim, Jia Hui Lim, Hamizatul Akmal Abdul Hamid, Mohd Ruhaizie Riyadzi, Sumarni Mohd Ghazali, Chee Cheong Kee, Cheah Yong Kang, Chong Shao Hui, Ali Aman Marine, Mohd Hazilas Mat Hashim, Hui Li Lim

“…Methods We conducted the NHMS 2022: AHS to obtain a representative sample of school-age teenagers via a cross-sectional study design and a multi-stage sampling approach. …”
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A Practical Approach to Identifying Processed White Meat of Guinea Fowl, Rabbit, and Selected Fish Species Using End-Point PCR by Anita Spychaj, Kamila Goderska, Emilia Fornal, Magdalena Montowska

“…The method proved to be useful for the authentication of severely processed food products against fraudulent species substitution and mislabelling and this approach may be an alternative to more advanced and more expensive PCR techniques.…”
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Evaluation of Biological Activity and Analysis of Volatile Fraction from Pterocarya fraxinifolia in Vegetative Stage from Iran by M. Akhbari, S. Tavakoli, Z. Ghanbari, M. Dadgarnia, A. Mazoochi

“…About antimicrobial properties, each sample showed high activity against at least 1 tested microorganism. …”
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Mueller matrix polarimetry for quantitative evaluation of the Achilles tendon injury recovery by Huibin Yang, Minhui Xu, Honghui He, Nan Zeng, Jiawei Song, Tongyu Huang, Ziyang Liang, Hui Ma

“…Mueller matrix polarimetry, as a novel label-free quantitative imaging method, has been widely used in various applications of lesion identification and pathological diagnosis. …”
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INFLUENCE OF CUPPING THERAPY ON BLOOD PRESSURE REDUCTION IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS AT THE HOLISTIC HEALTH HOUSE OF FIYAS IN CENDANA VILLAGE, BANGGAI REGENCY by Nur Ayun R. Yusuf, Ilyas M. Ali

“…Intriduction: Hypertension is defined as an increase in systolic blood pressure of more than 140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure of more than 90 mmHg measured twice with a five-minute interval in a state of sufficient rest or relaxation (Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, 2018). …”
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The effect of leaflet-based education and simulation of first-aid in accidents (P3K) on the knowledge and skills of tourism workers in Indonesia by Adelia Permatasari, Anita Sulistyorini, Supriyadi Supriyadi, Nurnaningsih Herya Ulfah

“…The combined intervention of leaflet and simulation proved more effective than the single method. Conclusions: Leaflet-based education and simulation together are more effective in improving the knowledge and skills of first aid workers at Dolan Park. …”
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PCR enables rapid detection of dermatophytes in practice by E. Aho-Laukkanen, V. Mäki-Koivisto, J. Torvikoski, S. P. Sinikumpu, L. Huilaja, I. S. Junttila

“…Diagnosis of dermatophyte infections has relied on relatively slow culture-based methods. Nucleic acid-based detection (PCR) methods might provide results more rapidly. …”
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Relationship between E-sports and physical activity participation: Validation of the E-sports Addiction Scale (ESAS) by Oliver SZABELLA, Lili KASSAY, Attila SZABO

“…Method: A sample of 116 (93.1% males; mean age = 23.91±4.47) e-sports players answered questions online on play and exercise habits and completed the E-sports Addiction Scale (ESAS) derived from the revised Exercise Addiction Inventory (EAI-R). …”
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Integrating Emotional Intelligence and Mental Education in Sports to Improve Personal Resilience of Adolescents by Eddy Marheni, Afrizal S, Eko Purnomo, Jermaina Nina, Firunika Intan Cahyani

“…This study employed a pseudo-experiment method of research. The findings of the study in the treatment group, as shown in the "Paired Samples Test" output table above, indicate that the t count negative value is -45,020. …”
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Frequency Of Bacterial Co-Infections Isolated from Covid-19 Positive Patients From Tertiary Care Hospital Of Karachi by Fouzia Zeeshan Khan, Ambreen Fatima, Hareem Gohar, Mehwish Sajjad, Mona Siddiqui, Saima Naseem

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed using the Kirby Bauer disc diffusion method. Results: A total of 202 clinical samples, including blood, sputum, tracheal aspirates, and bronchial lavage, were collected from COVID-19-positive patients. …”
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Impact of the Quality of the Institutional Structure of the Economy on Income Inequality of Households: Results of a Cross-National Study by M. L. Dorofeev

“…At the same time, analyzing the full sample of countries, as well as in quartile groups classified by the level of income inequality, we did not reveal any pattern or special sign by which the dependence between the studied variables becomes more pronounced and distant from zero. …”
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