The effect of gamification on brand co-creation in app-based businesses: investigating the mediating role of consumer engagement and the moderating role of hedonic and innovativene... by Rayhane Rezagholizade, Zahra Sadeqi-Arani, Esmail Mazroui

“…The extensive nature of the target population, combined with restricted access to the entire community, necessitated the use of this accessible sampling method. To collect data, standard and researcher-made questionnaires were used. …”
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Dynamic Challenges of Active Tuberculosis: Prevalence and Risk Factors of Co-Infection in Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah... by Mokhtar JA, Attallah DM, Jiman-Fatani AA, Al-Rabia MW, Alqarni MA, Saleh BH, Amboon MM, Altorki TA, Alkuwaity KK, Abujamel T, Kaki R, Albarakati TN, Daghistani H, Ismail MA, Alharbi O, Abu ITM, Alfadil A, Ibrahem K, Mufrrih M, Sait AM

“…Incorporating this gold-standard approach into treatment plans can help identify high-risk cases and improve control measures to reduce TB-related mortality.This study provides valuable insights for improving TB patient care and treatment outcomes, particularly for vulnerable groups.Keywords: Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, Risk Factor, Prevalence, Drug Resistance…”
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Analysis of the Effect of Social Capital on Brand Performance with the Mediating Role of Employees’ Brand Citizenship Behavior by Naser Seifollahi

“…The statistical population of the research included all the employees of the companies producing dairy products in Ardabil province, according to Cochran's formula, 260 people were selected as a sample, and these people were selected from the statistical population as available. Three standard questionnaires of social capital (Nahapiet & Ghoshal, 1998), brand performance (Punjaisri & et al, 2009) and brand citizenship behavior (Marzban brand citizenship behavior questionnaire, 2016) were used to collect data. …”
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Long-Term Evaluation of GCOM-C/SGLI Reflectance and Water Quality Products: Variability Among JAXA G-Portal and JASMES by Salem Ibrahim Salem, Mitsuhiro Toratani, Hiroto Higa, SeungHyun Son, Eko Siswanto, Joji Ishizaka

“…This evaluation underscores the complexities and challenges of atmospheric correction, particularly in optically complex coastal waters (Case 2 waters), which may require tailored atmospheric correction methods different from the standard approach. The assessment of temporal consistency and seasonal variations in <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>R</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>r</mi><mi>s</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> data shows that both platforms effectively capture interannual trends and maintain temporal stability, particularly from the 490 nm band onward, underscoring the potential of SGLI data for long-term monitoring of coastal and oceanic environments.…”
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Hubungan Penurunan Kadar Natrium Terhadap Gangguan Pola Tidur Pasca TURP (Transurethral Resection of The Prostate) by Khomeini Khomeini, Dody E Dody E, Erkadius Erkadius

“…Didapatkan Mean natrium sebelum TURP 139,3 + 3,7 dan natrium sesudah TURP 134,Kata kunci: Gangguan pola tidur, Penurunan kadar natrium, TURP<br />Abstract<br />Background. TURP is the gold standard endoscopic surgery for the treatment of benign enlargement of the prostate gland that requires surgery. …”
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Un outil éthique, automatisé et totalement autonome pour étudier la cognition chez les primates by Jonas Fizet, Adam Rimele, Thierry Pebayle, Jean Christophe Cassel, Christian Kelche, Helene Meunier

“…De plus, cette démarche méthodologique est particulièrement en phase avec les nouveaux standards de l’expérimentation animale. En conclusion, l’utilisation de telles approches visant à automatiser les processus de test pourrait, à notre sens, permettre de nouvelles avancées dans les domaines de la cognition et des études translationnelles. …”
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Editorial by Pieter Vanhuysse, Antony Mason, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche, Maria Lenk

“…The article shows that indicators of sustainability are based all too often on ad hoc partitioning of the life cycle, exemplified by the standard practice of letting adulthood start at 15 or 18, and old age at 65. …”
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Journal of Health and Social Sciences: A reputable, DOAJ-indexed, free, open access journal by Francesco Chirico

“…The DOAJ identifies predatory, illegitimate, deceptive and unethical publishers as ‘questionable publishers’ based on reasonable content, services, transparency and business behaviour standards [4]. Therefore, DOAJ may be considered just as prestigious as Pubmed, Medline and Scopus due to its relevancy and importance in open access publishing. …”
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Application of Concentration-Area fractal modeling and artificial neural network to identify Cu, Zn±Pb geochemical anomalies in Hashtjin area, NW of Iran by Ali Imamalipour, Hamed Ebrahimi, Amir reza Abdollahpur

“…Subsequently, the uni-element geochemical maps of these elements were prepared, and to standardize the maps in terms of minimum and maximum values, all maps were fuzzified and scaled. …”
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Analytical and Comparative Analysis of Copper Industry Development Programs in Iran by Adel Rouhi Jouybari, Seyed Mohammad Esmaiel Jalali

“…Now, despite the existing erosion sanctions, the entry of non-standard and inappropriate goods through the black market with a delay and at a price several times higher than the real price, plus the inability to export quality products made domestically to target markets and the obligation to stop production or sale of the produced product to the market with low or sometimes negative profit, are all part of the problems of production units. …”
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Optimizing Prescribing for Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease Through the Development and Validation of Algorithms for Community Pharmacists by Jennifer Morris, Marisa Battistella, Karthik Tennankore, Steven Soroka, Cynthia Kendell, Penelope Poyah, Keigan More, Mathew Grandy, Thomas Ransom, Natalie Kennie-Kaulbach, Daniel Rainkie, Jaclyn Tran, Syed Sibte Raza Abidi, Samina Abidi, Nicole Fulford, Heather Neville, Heather Naylor, Lisa Woodill, Andrea Bishop, Glenn Rodrigues, Diane Harpell, Michelle Stewart, Jo-Anne Wilson

“…Results: Eighteen community pharmacists (6 per round) participated with a mean ± standard deviation of 18 ±11 years of experience. The I-CVI of each item of the algorithms per round ranged from 0.83 to 1, which met the content validity threshold of 0.83 ( P < .05) for at least 6 participants. …”
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Les caves de Reims/Durocortorum à travers les exemples de la fouille du tramway by Magalie Cavé

“…The construction techniques used are generally common and fairly standardized. The walls’ masonry is composed of gritstone (sometimes, though, rarely of limestone rubblestone) and/or of chalk rubble with, in some cases, terracotta used, especially in niches or along the top level. …”
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New Horizons In The Treatment Of Metastatic Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer by Zein El Amir

“…While the systems approach of teaching medical curriculum sounds fine on paper, the lack of a standardized practical application of this approach has its pitfalls, especially for complex subjects like anatomy. …”
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The application of Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills model-based whole-course nutritional management in elderly patients with esophageal cancer (基于信息-动机-行为技巧模型的全程化营养管理在老年食管癌... by TANG Ping (汤平), SUN Yun (孙云), WANG Lan (王兰)

“…According to the exclusion standard, patients from July 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022 were selected as the control group, with 37 participants. …”
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Anatomy In The Undergraduate Medical Curriculum; Blending The Old And New by Ayesha Yousaf

“…While the systems approach of teaching medial curriculum sounds fine on paper, the lack of a standardized practical application of this approach has its pitfalls like the especially for complex subjects like anatomy. …”
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Credit Risk Management Practices and Loan Performance of Commercial Banks in Uganda. A Case Study of Commercial Banks in Mbarara City by Francis, Agaba

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Credit Risk Management Practices and Loan Performance of Commercial Banks in Uganda. A Case Study of Commercial Banks in Mbarara City by Agaba, Francis

“…The study also recommended that Commercial banks should as well consider having in place effective credit standards, credit policy, credit terms and collection policies or procedures as mechanisms to guide their business, since the effectiveness of credit management is important to the successful management of banking institutions; that Commercial banks should as well operate their credit businesses based strictly by the established lending guidelines that outline the business growth priorities of the senior management, as well as the conditions to satisfy in order to qualify for loan approval; and that there should be prior customer evaluation before xiv loans are granted, and a continuous process of assessment before and during the course of loan repayment. …”
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Adherence to four healthy lifestyle factors and their influencing factors among residents aged 35 – 75 in South China: a cross-sectional survey by Wenyan HE, Xingyi ZHANG, Chunqi WANG, Xueke BAI, Yang YANG, Wei XU, Lijuan SONG, Yan ZHANG, Hao YANG, Xi LI, Jianlan CUI

“…The corresponding adherence rates were 83.1%, 97.7%, 29.6%, 22.9%, and 8.3%, and the standardized adherence rates were 77.95%, 97.26%, 27.66%, 23.42%, and 7.31%, respectively. …”
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Effects of Conditioning Temperature on Pellet Quality, Nutrients Digestibility, and Metabolizable Energy of Broilers Diet by Seyedeh Vajiheh Shakhese Emampour, Abolghasem Golian, Heydar Zarghi, Ali Reza Hesabi Nameghi

“…Excreta and diet samples were analyzed for dry matter (DM; method 934.01), crude protein (CP; method 976.06), ether extract (EE; 954.02) according to the standard procedures of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC, 2016). …”
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Do-It-Yourself Devices for Training CPR in Laypeople: A Scoping Review by Tina van Duijn

“…Analysis of the resources revealed gaps in the current evidence base, such as a lack of clear assessment criteria, standardized procedures for comparisons, and sociocultural questions.Conclusion: This scoping review has identified a small number of studies which described different DIY devices for learning basic CPR skills to different extents. …”
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