Retention in engineering pathways: an ecological belonging intervention supports help-seeking and continued enrollment by Matthew Bahnson, Allison Godwin, Christian Schunn, Eric McChesney, Linda DeAngelo

“…Results With treatment (n = 737) and control (n = 689) participant responses, we investigated how the intervention condition affected students' comfort with seeking academic help and feeling safe being wrong in class as influences on belonging. Using path analysis, a form of structural equation modeling, we measured the influence of these attitudinal variables on belonging and the influence of belonging beyond a student’s grade point average on enrollment as an engineering major the following fall. …”
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IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO WRITE NARRATIVE TEXT BY USING GRAPHIC ORGANIZER by Resty Maya Sari, Wisma Yunita, Azwandi .

“… This  paper  was  aimed  to  explain  whether  using  Graphic  Organizer  can improve students’ ability in writing narrative text and factors that influence the improvement  of  students’  ability  at  grade  IX  A  of  SMPN  22  Kota  Bengkulu  in  the 2012/2013 academic year. …”
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DIGITAL CURRENCY: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF PERFORMANCE by COLLINS NGWAKWE

“…It contributes a framework of digital money and also provides an analysis of the price range, which influences Cryptocurrency volume and market capitalisation. …”
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THE ROLE OF GENDER IN THE USE OF LANGUAGE IN ONLINE INTERACTIONS: KURDISH INTERLOCUTORS AS NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS by Bikhtiyar Fattah

“… This study examines the influence of gender on the use of English by Kurdish as non-native English speakers in online Interlocutors. …”
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Employee commitment in Ghanaian healthcare: a multi-factor analysis by Emmanuel Erastus Yamoah

“… Purpose – The study investigates the factors influencing organizational commitment among employees at a Municipal Health Directorate (MHD) in Ghana. …”
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Phenological cycles in the Pantanal woody communities: Responses to climate and soil moisture seasonality. by Julia Arieira, Karl-L Schuchmann, Arnildo Pott, Michelle D Lanssanova, Ana Silvia O Tissiani, Osvaldo Borges Pinto Junior, Marinêz Isaac Marques

“…This study investigated the influences of regional climate and soil moisture conditions on the vegetative and reproductive cycles of seven savanna and forest vegetation communities of the Pantanal Mato-grossense. …”
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Strategic Business Management in the Digital Economy by Tetiana Grynko, Tetiana Hviniashvili

“…The peculiarities of the functioning of modern enterprises under the influence of factors of the digital economy are determined, which requires the adaptation of traditional models of strategic management and their combination with new approaches in order to ensure the competitiveness of enterprises on the market. …”
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Determinants of Shea Nut Marketing Arrangements in Northern Uganda. by Akatwetaba, Deborah, Okello Daniel, Micheal, Kasharu, Apollo, Egeru, Anthony, Mugonola, Basil

“…This study assessed factors influencing shea nut actors’ choices of shea nut marketing arrangements in northern Uganda. …”
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Performance Contract System and Decentralised Education Service delivery in Kayonza District of Rwanda. by Mugabo Seth, Asiimwe

“…This study examined the performance contract system and its influence on decentralized education service delivery. …”
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Legal Positivism, AI, and the Modern Legal Landscape: Challenges in Education, Research, and Practice by Agnė Juškevičiūtė-Vilienė

“…It will then explore how AI is influencing legal education, research, and legal practice. …”
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The role of Pharmaceutical Marketing in Prescribing Decisions in a Developing Country: A Comprehensive Study Exploiting Theory of Planned Behaviour by Mahmoud Al-Areefi, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim, Abubakr Abdelraouf Alfadl

“…A structured questionnaire was designed to measure the influence of drug-promoting marketing techniques on physicians’ prescribing decisions. …”
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Towards the standardization of Hydra vulgaris bioassay for toxicity assessments of liquid samples by G. Farley, P. Bouchard, C. Faille, S. Trottier, F. Gagné

“…A control chart for Zn was developed from over 40 trials yielding an 96 h LC50 of 0.7 mg/L (0.66–0.77 95 % confidence interval-CI) and EC50 of 0.19 mg/L (0.17–0.21 95 % CI). The influence of 8 different analysts, the trial days and luminosity did not significantly influence the LC50 and EC50. …”
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Impact of sleep chronotype on blood pressure and metabolic markers by Weiwei Huang, Qinglu Wang, Yuan Gao, Jiefeng Wang, Feihao Wang, Jiyou Tang

“…ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between sleep chronotype and metabolic markers to further reveal the influence of sleep chronotype on human health.MethodsThe Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire was administered to 442 volunteers aged 23–70 years old. …”
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Social media use is associated with body image concern in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic by Marina de Sá Azevedo, Brenda Esper-Pereira, Larissa Vaz-Gonçalves, Raquel Machado Schincaglia, Marília Mendonça Guimarães, Karine Anusca Martins, Luciana Bronzi de Souza

“…ABSTRACT Introduction: Body image is the mental image we form of our own body, and it can be influenced by several aspects of everyday life. Thus, the aim of this study is to examine the relationship between social media use and body image concerns among young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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The impact of physical exercise on adolescents’ mobile phone dependency: the serial mediating role of self-esteem and depression by Jingtao Wu, Yanhong Shao, Wanli Zang

“…Specifically, the indirect effect through “physical exercise influencing depression, which then affects mobile phone dependency” was −0.076 (95% CI = [−0.224, −0.128]), accounting for 65.52% of the total effect; the indirect effect through “physical exercise influencing self-esteem, which then influences depression, and in turn affects mobile phone dependency” was −0.040 (95% CI = [−0.063, −0.027]), accounting for 34.48%; the indirect effect through “physical exercise influencing self-esteem, which then affects mobile phone dependency” was not significant (95% CI included 0).ConclusionPhysical exercise can directly reduce the dependency of middle school students on mobile phones, and it can also indirectly reduce mobile phone dependency by enhancing self-esteem and reducing levels of depression.…”
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The decision-making process and experiences of women returning to work after parental leave: a qualitative systematic review protocol by Safiye Sahin, Sabine S. Dunbar, Gurmeet Sehgal, Lisa R. Roberts, Jan M. Nick

“…Abstract Objective To investigate the decision-making process of women returning to work after maternity leave or parental leave and explore the influence of cultural norms and societal expectations on their choices. …”
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“Gleaning a lot from the history and physical exam,” and “reasonably confident without imaging”: a qualitative study of primary care clinicians' management of patients with low bac... by Lynn Haslam-Larmer, Kathleen E. Norman, Andrea M. Patey, Isabella M. Thomas, Michael E. Green, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Jill A. Hayden, Jan Hartvigsen, Noah M. Ivers, Hazel Jenkins, Simon D. French

“…We explored clinicians’ views to identify the dominant influences on clinicians as they choose to pursue, or avoid, imaging for their patients with low back pain. …”
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Working Capital Management Practices and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Western Uganda. by Sunday, Arthur, Turyahebwa, Abanis, Byamukama, Eliab Mpora

“…The study confirmed efficient Working Capital management practices positively influence and affect performance of SMEs in Uganda. …”
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School Infrastructure Utilization and Students’ Academic Performance of Secondary Schools in Kajara County, Ntungamo District by Doreen, Ahumuza

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Credit Monitoring, Recovery Strategies and Performance of Commercial Banks in Uganda: A Case Study of Centenary Bank Kabale Branch by Protase, Mubangizi

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