The Impact of Digital Transformation on Risk-Taking: An Empirical Study of Japanese Companies by Shah Mehmood Wagan, Sidra Sidra

“…Goal: This paper examines the effect of digital transformation on corporate risk-taking in Japanese firms and, more importantly, identifies links between digital technology integration and risk appetite. …”
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HFA-Net: hierarchical feature aggregation network for micro-expression recognition by Meng Zhang, Wenzhong Yang, Liejun Wang, Zhonghua Wu, Danny Chen

“…Extensive experiments conducted on the SMIC, CASME II, and SAMM benchmark databases demonstrate that the proposed HFA-Net outperforms current state-of-the-art methods. Additionally, ablation studies confirm the superior discriminative capability of HFA-Net when learning feature representations from limited ME samples. …”
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The Impact of Quality Culture and Leadership on Customer Relationship in Organizations from the Romanian Metal Construction Industry by Liviu Ilieș, Horațiu Cătălin Sălăgean, Ioana Beleiu

“…The managers from the analysed organizations which have an authoritarian leadership style favour the development of a quality culture more than managers who adopt a democratic style.…”
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Investigating the Self‐Thinning Rule in Plantation Forests: Analyzing the Relationship Between the Basal Area and Height Growth in Southern China by Shisheng Long, Xuefeng He, Siqi Zeng, Huashun Xiao

“…These findings enabled the development of a novel sample selection method for constructing more accurate maximum density line models, outperforming traditional methods that rely on arbitrary thresholds. …”
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Study on the Influence of Spatial Attributes on Passengers’ Path Selection at Fengtai High-Speed Railway Station Based on Eye Tracking by Zhongzhong Zeng, Kun Zhang, Bo Zhang

“…While analysing the spatial density of signs and the correct rate of wayfinding in the sample, it is concluded that the density of guide signs is maintained in the interval of 5–11‰, and at the same time, the number is sufficient to point to the destination is a more appropriate interval, and ultimately, the impact of the correct rate of wayfinding of the weighting of the following: signage focus on the time > density of information > density of key information > diameter of the pupil. …”
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The Reliability and Validity of Gluteal Endurance Measures (GEMs) by B J Lehecka, Barbara S Smith, Todd Rundell, Thomas A Cappaert, Nils A Hakansson

“…Evidence suggests gluteal endurance is related to low back pain, running kinematics, balance, posture, and more. However, reliable and valid measures specific to gluteal endurance are lacking in the literature…”
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SHEAR BOND STRENGTH OF CERAMIC BRACKETS BONDED TO ZIRKONIUM SURFACES AFTER DIFFERENT SURFACE PREPERATION TECHNIQUES: AN IN VITRO STUDY by Emine Karslı, Süleyman Evren Öztaş

“…It has been shown that surface roughening of zirconium with Er-YAG laser provides more SBS with ceramic brackets.…”
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Assessment of condylar and glenoid fossa dimension in various sagittal skeletal malocclusions by Ashish Ravi Kallur, Remmiya Mary Varghese

“…The morphological parameters assessed in this study require more investigation to fully understand the mechanisms underlying them and investigate the consequences for orthodontic treatment and TMJ health.…”
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Correlation between the Ocular Surface Disease Index and dry eye functional parameters measured with the OCULUS Keratograph 5M in a Hispanic population by Nallely R. Morales-Mancillas, Lucas A. Garza-Garza, Julio C. Hernandez-Camarena, Gabriela Castrejon-Perez, Jorge E. Valdez-Garcia

“…Background: The evaluation of dry eye disease (DED) and the ocular surface can be approached from patient-centered questionnaires, clinical scales using the slit-lamp microscope, and more recently innovative ophthalmological devices that allow for noninvasive tests. …”
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Breast Cancer Treatment in Balb/C Mice Using Dendritic Cells by Nowruz Delirezh, Akram Zangeneh, Sanaz Sheikhzadeh, Naser Abbasi

“…The dendritic cell receiving group also had a lot more tumor growth inhibition. The dendritic cell-treated group showed an increase in the number of immune cells in the tumor tissue. …”
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Comparison of distance education regarding primary health care effect on knowledge of Behvarz and other health team members by Monika Motaghi, Zohre Rajabi, Azam Akbarzade

“…Therefore it is necessary to pay more attention to personnel education. Objective: The goal of study was to compare effect of distance education on knowledge of Behvarz and other health team members regarding primary health care. …”
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Assessment and Characterization of Agricultural Salt-Affected Soils around Abaya and Chamo Lakes, South Ethiopia Rift Valley by Azmera Walche, Wassie Haile, Alemayehu Kiflu, Dereje Tsegaye

“…Soil salinity/sodicity is becoming a challenge for crop production in Ethiopia’s semi-arid and arid regions. However, more information on soil salinity/sodicity needs to be available around Abaya and Chamo Lakes, South Ethiopia Rift Valley. …”
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CHDPL-Net: a lightweight network for Chinese herbal decoction pieces detection by Chuhe Lin, Zhijun Xie, Xing Jin, Hangjuan Lin, Renguang Shan

“…Additionally, a newly designed downsampling module, RDown, replaces conventional downsampling methods to reduce computational overhead, while the adopted upsampling module, DySample, significantly enhances the recovery of detailed features. …”
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Risk Factors for Acute Acquired Comitant Esotropia in Children and Young Adults: A Systematic Review by Manjushri Yuan Rou Lee, Mei Shi Pearl Lee

“…Further prospective research with more objective measurements of ‘near work’, larger sample sizes and control groups is required to better ascertain any cause-effect relationship, refine the diagnostic criteria for each AACE subtype and advise on appropriate management guidelines for AACE.…”
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Electricity-free amplification and detection for molecular point-of-care diagnosis of HIV-1. by Jered Singleton, Jennifer L Osborn, Lorraine Lillis, Kenneth Hawkins, Dylan Guelig, Will Price, Rachel Johns, Kelly Ebels, David Boyle, Bernhard Weigl, Paul LaBarre

“…Furthermore, as an enabling technology, the heater was an incomplete diagnostic solution. Here we describe a more precise, affordable, and robust heater design with thermal standard deviation <0.5°C at operating temperature, a cost of approximately US$.06 per test for heater reaction materials, and an ambient temperature operating range from 16°C to 30°C. …”
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Integrating Proteomics and GWAS to Identify Key Tissues and Genes Underlying Human Complex Diseases by Chao Xue, Miao Zhou

“…However, according to the central dogma, proteins more directly reflect cellular molecular activities than RNA. …”
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Substance use among Ghanaian adolescents in secondary education: the determinants and medico-social implications by Walter Appati, Easmon Otupiri, Adelaide Appati, Eliezer Bernard Owusu Ntim

“…The males (67.5%) indulged in substance use more than the females (32.5%). Most of the students have used alcohol before (53.2%), followed by marijuana (wee) (19.2%) and tobacco (cigarette) (10.9%). …”
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Muscle fatique and muscle damage in strength training by Veysel Böge, Süleyman Patlar

“…As a result, it can be said that eccentric strength training performed in sedentary individuals leads to more muscle damage than isometric and concentric strength training.…”
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Detection of Human Bocavirus in Nephrotic Syndrome Children with Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infections by Husam Lazim, Shatha Ali, Asmaa Salim

“…Bacterial and viral infections are more common in patients with NS. Human Bocavirus (HBoV) is an emerging pathogen suspected to cause respiratory and GIT infections in children. …”
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Evaluation of Vaccine Strategies among Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 Omicron Outbreak in Taiwan by Min-Ru Lin, Chung-Guei Huang, Cheng-Hsun Chiu, Chih-Jung Chen

“…Results: Of 710 HCWs, 668 (94.1%) completed three doses, and 290 (40.8%) received a fourth dose during the Omicron outbreak. AEs were more common with AstraZeneca and Moderna vaccines, while Medigen caused fewer AEs. …”
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