Microplastics in freshwater sediment in the Indo-Sri Lankan region: a review of methodologies by Dilki T. Lakchani, Asanka Jayasinghe, R. A. Maithreepala, Uta Ulrich, France Collard

“…Many different methods, from sampling to analyses were identified. …”
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Financial Distress Using the Zmijewski, Grover, and Springate Models at Retail Business in Indonesia by Erni Muti’atul Fitriyah, Karari Budi Prasasti

“…The sampling design of this study uses nonprobability sampling. …”
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Analysis of VOC Emission Characteristics in the Petrochemical Industry and Study on Fenceline Monitoring Techniques by Hyo Eun Lee, Seok J. Yoon, Jeong Hun Kim

“…The primary objective of this research is to compare the characteristics and detection performance of passive and active sampling methods for VOC monitoring, particularly focusing on benzene and other major components, such as BTEX. …”
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Optimization of Wetland Environmental DNA Metabarcoding Protocols for Great Lakes Region Herpetofauna by Olivia M. Ruppert, Jared J. Homola, Jeannette Kanefsky, Alyssa Swinehart, Kim T. Scribner, John D. Robinson

“…There was also a significant difference in the number of species detected between early and late summer sampling periods (more species detected in the earlier period; p = 6.31e‐6), and some species were only found in the early or late sampling period. …”
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The Biogeographic Patterns of Two Typical Mesopelagic Fishes in the Cosmonaut Sea Through a Combination of Environmental DNA and a Trawl Survey by Yehui Wang, Chunlin Liu, Mi Duan, Peilong Ju, Wenchao Zhang, Shuyang Ma, Jianchao Li, Jianfeng He, Wei Shi, Yongjun Tian

“…Investigating biodiversity in remote and harsh environments, particularly in the Southern Ocean, remains costly and challenging through traditional sampling methods such as trawling. Environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling, which refers to sampling genetic material shed by organisms from environmental samples (e.g., water), provides a more cost-effective and sustainable alternative to traditional sampling approaches. …”
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Impaired decisional impulsivity in pathological videogamers. by Michael A Irvine, Yulia Worbe, Sorcha Bolton, Neil A Harrison, Edward T Bullmore, Valerie Voon

“…Gaming severity was also negatively correlated with evidence gathered and positively correlated with sampling error and points acquired. In the delay discounting task, pathological gamers made more impulsive choices, preferring smaller immediate over larger delayed rewards. …”
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The Effect of Religiosity and Ethical Orientation on Perceptions of Undergraduate Accounting Students on Creative Accounting by Intan Purnama Jaya, Sukirno Sukirno

“…The purpose of this research is to determine the effect of religiosity and ethical orientation on the perception of creative accounting. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling technique. …”
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BEHAVIOR OF USING REPEATED COOKING OILS AND RECURRENCE OF HYPERTENSION by Mella Novika Sari, Dhian Luluh Rohmawati

“…Introduction: Hypertension is an abnormal increase in systolic blood pressure of more than 140 mmHg and diastolic more than 90 mmHg. …”
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A Two-Step Approach to Uncertainty Quantification of Core Simulators by Artem Yankov, Benjamin Collins, Markus Klein, Matthew A. Jessee, Winfried Zwermann, Kiril Velkov, Andreas Pautz, Thomas Downar

“…The XSUSA approach, which is based on the SUSA code package, is fundamentally a stochastic sampling method. Alternatively, the two-step method utilizes generalized perturbation theory in the first step and stochastic sampling in the second step. …”
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Applying a Four-Way Factorial Experimental Model to Diagnose Optimum kNN Parameters for Precise Aboveground Biomass Mapping by Chinsu Lin, Nova D. Doyog

“…The research was conducted in a mixed forest within a subtropical region affected by wildfires, pine wilt disease, and agricultural activities. A total of 252 sampling schemes, incorporating various sampling methods, feature counts, neighbor counts (k), and reference-target distances (RTD), were utilized to generate corresponding AGB-kNN models. …”
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Assessment of occupational exposure of battery industrial workers by lead metal

“…The whole sampling process and analysis of samples were performed according to the 7300 NIOSH method. …”
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Semi-Supervised Learning for Intrusion Detection in Large Computer Networks by Brandon Williams, Lijun Qian

“…This research explores data-driven security by applying semi-supervised machine learning techniques for intrusion detection in large-scale network environments. Novel methods (including decision tree with entropy-based uncertainty sampling, logistic regression with self-training, and co-training with random forest) are proposed to perform intrusion detection with limited labeled data. …”
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The repetition principle of traumatic dreams by Mahsum Avcı

“…The study group of this research, which is based on qualitative research design, was determined using the criterion sampling method, which is one of the purposive sampling methods. …”
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ANALISIS KUALITAS PRODUK SEPATU TOMKINS by Ria Arifianti

“…It means clarity the use c-chart of which method more effectively done than used by firm.…”
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Identifying Sociodemographic Disparities in Negative Cancer Beliefs and Health-Information-Seeking Attitudes Among Oregonians by Sophie Feng, Jian Li PhD, Jessica Currier PhD, Paige E. Farris MSW, Thomas Sellers PhD, Jackilen Shannon PhD, Zhenzhen Zhang PhD

“…Participants were recruited through area-based random sampling and public convenience sampling across Oregon. …”
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Spectrum of Leprosy with Clinicopathological Correlation in a tertiary Care Hospital: A Retrospective and Prospective Study by Nancy Mourya, Meena Singrol, Jyoti Namdev, Jai Bawane, Puja Singh

“…Lepromatous leprosy (LL) was more prevalent in males, and borderline lepromatous (BL) leprosy was more prevalent among females. …”
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Association between vitamin D serum levels and thyroid cancer: a meta-analysis by Lili Yang, Peng Yun, Fangping Li

“…Meta-regressions and subgroup analyses were conducted based on the season of serum 25(OH)D sampling, source of controls, timing of measurement, study type, and testing methods of 25(OH)D. …”
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Spatial Distribution of Domestic Violence in Kermanshah City by zhila ghazvineh, bagher saroukhani, Alieh shekarbigi

“…The Third method is the inverse sampling method. In Inverse Sampling, sample selection continues until a certain condition is established. …”
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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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Tailwater fish of a Brazilian dam: abundance estimation and protection from turbine-induced mortality by Ana Carolina Lacerda Rêgo, Kátia Gomes Facure, Alexandre Lima Godinho

“…Between the two best fishing gear types for sampling P. maculatus, gillnet caught more individuals but caused more bycatch and fish death than hook-and-line. …”
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