RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRIVATE DOMESTIC INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA (1986-2018): AUTO-REGRESSIVE DISTRIBUTED LAG APPROACH by Isiaka Kareem JIMBA, Rosemary Bukola AJALA

“…The study incorporated other investment measures like foreign direct investment and public investment into the model, while inflation and exchange rate were taken as control variables. Secondary data was sourced from CBN statistical bulletin of various editions and was estimated using autoregressive distributed lag bound test and its coefficients. …”
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Organic Dye Photodegradation Using Niobium-Alkali Perovskite Photocatalysts: The Effect of the Alkali by Mirtha Z. L. L. Ribeiro, Igor F. Gomes, Edher Z. Herrera, Alexandre Mello, Marília O. Guimarães, Patrícia A. Carneiro, Débora C. M. Rodrigues, Wanderlã L. Scopel, Rodrigo G. Amorim, Mauro C. Ribeiro

“…This study combines experimental and density functional theory (DFT) to evaluate the influence of alkaline cation characteristics on the electronic structure and photodegradation efficacy of organic dyes in MNbO₃ (M = Na, K) perovskites. …”
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Reliability of the Cutting Alignment Scoring Tool (CAST) to Assess Trunk and Limb Alignment During a 45-Degree Side-Step Cut by Lauren S Butler, Eryn K Milian, Amie DeVerna, Kevin Latz, Henry B Ellis, Alexa R Martinez, Kristin Hayden, Christian Gerstenkorn, Sara C Carpenito, Charles W Wyatt, Dai Sugimoto

“…Moderate kappa coefficients were found for trunk lean (k= 0.632) and fair kappa coefficients were noted for dynamic and static valgus (k=0.462 and k= 0.533 respectively)…”
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Gender-specific assessment of lipid profiles correlation with serum uric acid in non-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients: Prospective observational cross-sectional study by Yousuf Abdulkarim Waheed, Yousuf Abdulkarim Waheed, Huanhuan Yin, Jie Liu, Shifaa Almayahe, Maryam Bishdary, Karthick Kumaran Munisamy Selvam, Syed Muhammad Farrukh, Shulin Li, Shulin Li, Yanping Wang, Yanping Wang, Disheng Wang, Disheng Wang, Disheng Wang, Xinglei Zhou, Dong Sun, Dong Sun, Dong Sun

“…Using a multistage stratified sampling method based on age and SUA to examine the differences among groups, Spearman’s correlation and linear regression analysis were utilized to study the association between SUA and lipid profiles, and multivariate analysis to determine the effect of SUA quartiles on multiple dependent variables collectively.ResultsLDL-c was positively correlated with SUA levels, with Spearman’s correlation coefficients of R=0.3553 in males and 0.5137 in females (both with P<0.0001). …”
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fNIRS neurofeedback facilitates emotion regulation: Exploring individual differences over the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex by Yiwei Li, Sijin Li, Hua Li, Yuyao Tang, Dandan Zhang

“…Participants in the experimental group underwent VLPFCNF training over eight sessions across two consecutive days, while those in the sham group received random signals from functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). To investigate individual variability, participants in the experimental group were further categorized as high or low-efficacy groups based on their training efficiency, determined by the regression slope of VLPFC activity over the sessions. …”
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A Predictive Model of the Photosynthetic Rate of Chili Peppers Using Support Vector Regression and Environmental Multi-Factor Analysis by Bin Li, Bo Qiao, Qianyu Zhao, Dan Yang, Rongcheng Zhu, Zhexuan Wang, Yujie Yang

“…Light intensity, CO₂ concentration, and temperature are three primary environmental factors with high temporal variability, nonlinearity, and strong coupling, which directly influence the photosynthetic rate of plants. …”
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MANAGING FRAUD IN CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, THE ROLE OF INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT: A STUDY OF QUOTED DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS (DMBs) IN NIGERIA by Onajero Kensington OHWO

“…Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficients for the constructs ranged from 0.864 to 0.952. …”

Detecting and reducing heterogeneity of error in acoustic classification by Oliver C. Metcalf, Jos Barlow, Yves Bas, Erika Berenguer, Christian Devenish, Filipe França, Stuart Marsden, Charlotte Smith, Alexander C. Lees

“…We recommend assessing—and if necessary correcting for—heterogeneity of precision error when using automated classification on acoustic data to quantify species presence as a function of an environmental, spatial or temporal predictor variable.…”
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Resilience for activity engagement among frail older adults: moderated mediation effect of social support by Eunna Oh, Nayoung Kim, Lkhagvajav Gansukh, Rhayun Song

“…Resilience has been identified as a protective factor that supports physical function, cognitive health, and independence in daily activities. …”
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Modeling biogeochemical processes in the Azov Sea using statistically processed data on river flow by A. I. Sukhinov, Y. V. Belova, A. V. Nikitina, A. M. Atayan

“…In the course of statistical analysis of the series of long-term observations over river flows, the values of the following indicators were found: skewness coefficient, degree of kurtosis, variance and standard deviation, coefficient of variation, autocorrelation coefficient, Neumann ratio, and Anderson criterion.Results. …”
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A Gradient Grating Period Guided-Mode Resonance Spectrometer by Hsin-Yun Hsu, Yi-Hsuan Lan, Cheng-Sheng Huang

“…The GMR is specially designed to exhibit gradient grating periods (GPPs) laterally to ensure that the GMR functions as a linear-variable bandstop filter. Each period corresponds to a resonant wavelength such that this wavelength is reflected back at its corresponding resonant period and transmitted to all other periods. …”
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Adult education and training for the development of problem-solving skills by I. A. Korshunov, S. V. Lubnikov, N. N. Shirkova

“…Currently, the presence of employees with developed basic skills of working with textual and numerical information can no longer explain how effectively a person functions in society and the professional sphere. This is due to the rapid transformation of the innovative economy and the renewal of production technologies and business processes. …”
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A Mixture of Clayton, Gumbel, and Frank Copulas: A Complete Dependence Model by M. A. Boateng, A. Y. Omari-Sasu, R. K. Avuglah, N. K. Frempong

“…The corresponding density and conditional distribution functions of the derived models for two random variables, as well as an estimator for the proportion parameter associated with the proposed model, are also derived. …”
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Social capital as a determinant of quality of life in greek cancer patients: a cross-sectional study by Athanasios Pitis, Maria Diamantopoulou, Aspasia Panagiotou, Dimitrios Papageorgiou, Foteini Tzavella

“…The association between QoL and Social capital scales was checked via Spearman correlation coefficients (rho).ResultsGreater total score in Social capital scale was significantly associated with greater overall QoL (β = 0.005; p < 0.001), better Emotional functioning (β = 0.004; p = 0.004) and better Social functioning (β = 0.009; p = 0.002),with lower Nausea and vomiting (β = −0.017; p = 0.015), Insomnia (β = −0.014; p = 0.002), Appetite loss (β = −0.010; p = 0.018) and Constipation symptoms (β = −0.009; p = 0.047).ConclusionThere was a strong association between a greater social capital score and the quality of life of Greek cancer patients, indicating that higher levels of social capital are associated with improved quality of life.…”
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Mild Cognitive Impairment and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Bosnian and Herzegovinian Patients with Heart Failure by Jasna Ibrahimović-Pašić, Orhan Lepara, Amela Dervišević, Nermina Babić, Nesina Avdagić, Amina Valjevac, Asija Začiragić

“…Associations between categorical variables and correlation coefficients were assessed by the Chi-square and Spearman test, respectively. …”
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The Relationship between Calcium-phosphorus Metabolism Disorder and Cognitive Impairment in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients by Geng Ming-hui, Li Yu-yan, Tao Mi, Liao Wen-wen, He Yi-qing, Gao Ping

“…Montreal Cognitive Assessment （MoCA） scale was utilized for evaluating overall cognitive function. They were divided into two groups of cognitive impairment and non-cognitive impairment. …”
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Impact of Body Image Perception on Behavioral Outcomes in Chinese Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Sarcoma by Yihui Wei, Chung Tin Ma, Michael Can Heng Li, Keary Rui Zhou, Herbert Ho Fung Loong, Kwok Chuen Wong, Chi Kong Li, Yin Ting Cheung

“…The significant risk factors associated with body image dissatisfaction were being female (standardized coefficient estimate [Est] = 0.21, SE = 0.10; p = 0.047), surgery treatment (Est = 0.19, SE = 0.09; p = 0.046), and worse family functioning (Est = 0.27, SE = 0.10, p = 0.013). …”
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Dual-Stream Enhanced Deep Network for Transmission Near-Infrared Dorsal Hand Vein Age Estimation with Attention Mechanisms by Zhenghua Shu, Zhihua Xie, Xiaowei Zou

“…Simultaneously, another deep residual network is leveraged to strengthen the representation ability on subtle dorsal vein textures. Moreover, variable activation functions and pooling layers are integrated into the respective streams to enhance the nonlinearity modeling of the dual-stream model. …”
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Path model explaining the association between fear of falling and health-related quality of life in (pre-)frail older adults by Tjard Sattler, Sophie Gottschalk, Hans-Helmut König, Tobias Braun, Gisela Büchele, Michael Denkinger, Tim Fleiner, Corinna Nerz, Kilian Rapp, Martina Schäufele, Christian Werner, Judith Dams

“…Unlike previous studies that examined only few mediating variables, this study aimed to develop a more comprehensive path model explaining the association between FoF and HrQoL. …”
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INVARIANTS OF GENERALIZED RAPOPORT-LEAS EQUATIONS by E. N. Kushner

“…For the generalized Rapoport-Leas equations, algebra of differential invariants is constructed with respect to point transformations, that is, transformations of independent and dependent variables. The finding of a general transformation of this type reduces to solving an extremely complicated functional equation. …”
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