The Impact of Academic Staff Appraisals on Job performance in Rwanda's Private Universities. by Ngirabakunzi, Felicien, Ocan, Johnson, Adyanga, Francis Akena

“…Based on these findings, it is recommended that higher education institutions in Rwanda consider enhancing their staff appraisal systems to further improve job performance. Implementing more regular and comprehensive appraisal processes, along with diverse appraisal methods, could potentially lead to increased motivation and productivity among academic staff.…”
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Application of gender and optimizing the function of the board of commissioners in supervising the practice of corporate earnings management by Gandy Wahyu Maulana Zulma, Misni Erwati, Fitri Chairunnisa

“…The urgency of this research is importantto empirically examine the impact of the characteristics of the board of commissioners on earnings management practices in Indonesia by considering gender diversification factors in optimizing the supervisory function of the company's board of commissioners. The sampling method used is purposive sampling with specific criteria on companies listed on the IDX with a research period of 2018-2019 with a total sample of 368 firm years of observation. …”
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Comparison of the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy with using rumi stories and acceptance and commitment therapy on posttraumatic growth of mothers of children with ce... by Elham Jolani, Lida Leilabadi, Akram Golshani

“…Background: The effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in the posttraumatic growth has always attracted researchers' attention and considering the importance of using these two methods in the context of Iran, it is important to identify a more efficient treatment to reduce posttraumatic growth. …”
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Fasciola hepatica: can the coproantigen ELISA replace the faecal egg sedimentation test? by Jake Collyer

“…Whilst all three studies were diagnostic accuracy validity studies, the systematic sampling strategy of one study was superior to the convenience sampling method of one of the other studies and to the case control method of the other. …”
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The abundance of zooxanthellae on massive and branching coral reefs at Bama Beach, Baluran National Park, Situbondo, East Java by Raut Nugrahening Widhi, Raut Wahyuning Paluphi, Muh. Aksa Azis, Salim Abubakar, Sunarti Sunarti

“…The porpose of this study was to determine the abundance of zooxanthellae in massive and branching corals. The research method used was descriptive analysis. The sampling technique used direct field sampling by chisels, both on massive coral reefs or branching coral reefs. …”
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Political orientation and COVID-19 policy preferences during the early pandemic: a comparative analysis of China and South Korea by Zhou Fang

“…Using the stratified quota sampling method, This study collected 2,254 valid responses from China and 1,783 from South Korea. …”
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Comparison of Plantar Force, Pressure and Impulse During Walking in Men and Women With Flat Feet by Negin Soltani, Ali Jalalvand, Mohammad Reza Jahani

“…Results: Men with flat feet had more peak plantar pressure and force in the midfoot than healthy men, and more peak plantar pressure on the hallux. …”
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Comparison of Plantar Force, Pressure and Impulse During Walking in Men and Women With Flat Feet by Negin Soltani, Ali Jalalvand, Mohammad Reza Jahani

“…Results: Men with flat feet had more peak plantar pressure and force in the midfoot than healthy men, and more peak plantar pressure on the hallux. …”
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Association of Burnout and Depression symptoms and their prevalence among medical students in Karachi, Pakistan by Tafazzul Hyder Zaidi, Mubashir Zafar, Amber Ilyas, Momina Khan, Rafia Ghani, Rahat Naz, Ayesha Mubbashir

“…In regression analysis, higher academic year more than 2 times (5th year, OR 2.03, 95% CI 1.42-7.96, p-value 0.004) and living at dormitory more than 3 times (OR 3.97, 95% CI 1.97-5.01, p-value 0.003) were more likely associated with more extensive overlap of burnout and depression symptoms. …”
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The relationship between the maternal consumption of barberry, saffron, pickled vegetables, and tea and the odds of congenital anomalies in Iranian children under 10 years of age:... by Esmail Najafi, Mohammad Esmaeil Masinaei Nejad, Hadi Bazyar, Hamed Rezakhani Moghaddam, Khadijeh Nasiri, Vahideh Aghamohammadi, Elyas Bastanifar, Sara Javadi

“…More daily intake of barberry (more than a tablespoon) was associated with higher odds of CA (OR = 9.23; 95% CI: 3.42–24.90). …”
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Prevalence of Post-Surgical Maxillary Defects and Causes of Maxillary Resections in Patients Presenting at Tertiary Care Hospitals of Multan, Pakistan by Rida Anjum, Maria Komil Ghumman, Malik Adeel Anwar, Waleed Ishaq, Sana Urooj, Umar Farooq

“…This study aimed to assess the prevalence of maxillary post-surgical defects and, primary causes of maxillectomy among patients in South Punjab, Pakistan. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample size of 32 patients at two tertiary care hospitals in Multan from September 2023 to August 2024 using nonprobability convenience sampling. …”
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Subsampling Algorithms for Irregularly Spaced Autoregressive Models by Jiaqi Liu, Ziyang Wang, HaiYing Wang, Nalini Ravishanker

“…To overcome this challenge, subsampling algorithms are widely used to perform statistical analyses on smaller, more manageable subsets of the data. The effectiveness of these methods depends on their ability to identify and select data points that improve the estimation efficiency according to some optimality criteria. …”
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Comparison of the Effectiveness of Mindfulness Intervention and Cognitive-Behavioral Game Therapy on the Psychological Capital of Female by Mahnaz Shokri, Nabiollah Akbar Nataj Shub, Jamal Sadeghi, Arsalan Khanmoham Otaghsara

“…Among them, 45 people were selected by the available sampling method and were replaced randomly and by lottery in two experimental and control groups (30 individuals in the experimental group and 15 people in the control group). …”
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Modified Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) in Minahasa Ethnic Group From Manado City Indonesia by Ester Jeini Nelwan, Edi Widjajanto, Sri Andarini, M. Sasmito Djati

“…In total, there were 220 patients included. The sampling used a simple random sampling method and the data obtained were analyzed by chi-squared test. …”
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Do The Investors React to Risk Management Disclosure? (an Empirical Study on Companies in Property, Real Estate, and Building Construction Industry Listed on The Indonesia Stock Ex... by Putri Novitasari, Rr. Sri Handayani

“…This research is using a sampling method (purposive judgment sampling) for getting 25 from 74 company which registered on Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) with 75 samples. …”
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Adoption barriers and facilitators of wearable health devices with AI integration: a patient-centred perspective by Haitham Alzghaibi

“…A total of 455 participants, comprising individuals with chronic conditions, were recruited through convenience and stratified sampling methods. Data were collected via an online questionnaire that included demographic questions, Likert-scale items, and multiple-choice questions to evaluate awareness of particular AI features and the functionalities of wearable devices.Results and discussionThe findings indicated predominantly positive perceptions, with most participants concurring that wearable devices improve proactive care, facilitate remote consultations, and deliver precise health insights. …”
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Investigating the contributors to hit-and-run crashes using gradient boosting decision trees. by Baorui Han, Haibo Huang, Gen Li, Chenming Jiang, Zhen Yang, Zhenjun Zhu

“…Given the U.S. Crash Report Sampling System (CRSS) dataset, the model is trained and compared with the state-of-art methods (Classification and Regression Tree, Random Forest, and Logistic Regression). …”
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Insights into healthcare services for youth with autism spectrum disorder transitioning to adulthood: a focus on rural Atlantic Canada by Parisa Ghanouni, Tara Naimpally

“…The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of stakeholders, including individuals with ASD, parents of individuals with ASD, and service providers, during the transition to adulthood in rural communities.  Methods We recruited 26 individuals including 16 youth, 6 parents and 4 service providers through convenience and snowball sampling methods from Canadian Atlantic provinces. …”
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New Routes to Phylogeography: A Bayesian Structured Coalescent Approximation. by Nicola De Maio, Chieh-Hsi Wu, Kathleen M O'Reilly, Daniel Wilson

“…In this paper, we show that inference of migration rates and root locations based on discrete trait models is extremely unreliable and sensitive to biased sampling. To address this problem, we introduce BASTA (BAyesian STructured coalescent Approximation), a new approach implemented in BEAST2 that combines the accuracy of methods based on the structured coalescent with the computational efficiency required to handle more than just few populations. …”
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Experimental inconsistencies undermine accurate characterization of microplastics and identification of environmental drivers:a metadata analysis in Chinese aquatic environment by Qinwei Chen, Peng Wang, Ru Liu, Mingjun Ding, Hua Zhang, Gaoxiang Huang, Minghua Nie

“…Furthermore, significant variations in the characteristics of microplastics were observed between experimental treatments, with the sampling method identified as a key factor influencing their observed abundance. …”
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