What are the expectations and experiences of a GMH research programme delivered in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Colombia and Uganda? A prospective longitudinal qualitative study by Stefan Priebe, Vian Rajabzadeh, Victoria Jane Bird, Francois van Loggerenberg, Michael McGrath

“…More resources and longer time scales may be required to address sustainable structural capacity and long-standing local leadership sufficiently.…”
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Innovative application of total quality management in sustainable tourism development: framework development and empirical analysis by Xiangdong Kong, Haijun Wang, Yijun Chen, Ji Luo, Tianhui Xie, Minghong Peng, Maobin Ding, Xinlong Li, Hu Li

“…This study integrates literature reviews, interviews, and survey data to establish logical hypotheses between total quality management (TQM) and STD. …”
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MBGPIN: Multi-Branch Generative Prior Integration Network for Super-Resolution Satellite Imagery by Furkat Safarov, Ugiloy Khojamuratova, Misirov Komoliddin, Furkat Bolikulov, Shakhnoza Muksimova, Young-Im Cho

“…Achieving super-resolution with satellite images is a critical task for enhancing the utility of remote sensing data across various applications, including urban planning, disaster management, and environmental monitoring. …”
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Urban Spatial Blessing: Effect of Land Use Intensity on Human Development Index by Xiang Luo, Shuchen Niu, Xin Li, Liwei Jing, Jingjing Qin, Yue Tang

“…(iv) In terms of the spatial influencing mechanism, industrial rationalization, industrial advancement, and economic agglomeration in the market dimension, as well as expenditure scaling, expenditure structuring, and public serviceability in the non-market dimension, are essential channels for ULUI to affect the HDI of both local and neighboring cities. …”
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Do fully erupted third molars affect the dental and periodontal health of adjacent second molars? A CBCT-based retrospective study in the Yemeni population by Manal M. Al-Hajri, Abduljabbar M. Al-Sameai

“…CBCT proves effective for diagnosing structural periodontal pathologies, underscoring its utility in clinical evaluations.…”
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Healthy school, healthy teachers: mediating effect of optimism by Liberata Borralho, Liberata Borralho, Liberata Borralho, Liberata Borralho, Adelinda Araújo Candeias, Saúl Neves de Jesus, Saúl Neves de Jesus, João Viseu

“…The research protocol was applied online to a sample of 12,104 Portuguese teachers from basic and secondary education. To analyze the data, the mediation model of organizational health on teachers’ health was evaluated using structural equation modeling (SEM), considering the mediating effect of optimism across the entire sample.FindingsThe results confirmed the tested hypotheses. …”
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Understanding why resident doctors leave the NHS and what can be done to retain them: protocol for a realist synthesis by Geoff Wong, Karen Mattick, Priya Patel, Simon Briscoe, Daniele Carrieri, Kevin Teoh, Anna Melvin, Naomi Klepacz, Florence Katie Lock

“…These decisions are shaped by both individual motivations and wider structural conditions, including unsatisfactory working conditions, limited flexibility and a perceived lack of support or autonomy. …”
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Rethinking the good life amid the ecological crisis: The interplay between eco‐anxiety, nature connection and well‐being by Miia Grénman, Jussi Nyrhinen, Panu Pihkala, Antti Honkanen, Juulia Räikkönen

“…Covariance‐based structural equation modelling (CB‐SEM) was employed to test three hypotheses regarding the relationship between these constructs. …”
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Consumer Motivation and Multilevel Marketing on Health Products by Ambrose Ogbonna Oloveze, Ogbonnaya Ukeh Oteh, Raphael Valentine Obodoechi Okonkwo, Kelvin Chukwuoyims, Charles Chiatulamiro Ollawa, Paschal Anayochukwu Ugwu

“…An online survey was administered on 227 networkers of MLM in South-East, Nigeria. The data was analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and descriptive statistics. …”
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Factors affecting non-performing finance in Islamic banking in Indonesia’s agricultural sector by Niswatin, Ivan Rahmat Santoso

“…The analysis used the partial least squares-structural equation modeling method to test the relationship between independent variables: murabahah financing, mudharabah, number of bank offices, and profit-sharing non-profit investment, with non-performing finance as the dependent variable. …”
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Development prospects of youth-friendly clinics under healthcare reform by Yuliia Matvieieva, Salvin Paul, Tetiana Honchar

“…The study involved scientific research methods such as abstract-logical and system-structural analysis to determine the problems leading to the need for «youth-friendly» services; statistical and expert assessments methods to determine the number of visits to the «Youth-Friendly Clinic». …”
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Fuzzyfortify: a multi-attribute risk assessment for multi-factor authentication and cloud container orchestration by Mohammad Hafiz Hersyah, Mohammad Hafiz Hersyah, Md. Delwar Hossain, Yuzo Taenaka, Youki Kadobayashi

“…The method involves aggregating expert judgments to prioritize six key CIA-AAN criteria-Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, Authentication, Authorization, and Non-repudiation-followed by structural complexity quantification using DMM enhanced with Singular Value Decomposition. …”
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Psychometric evaluation of a novel measure of trauma-related cannabis use to cope by Sage E. Hawn, Terrell A. Hicks, Christopher Latourrette, Anita Thomas, Daniela Chaname, Sarah Ehlke, Abigail Powers Lott

“…Furthermore, our data support the use of the TRCU as a four-factor scale, assessing cannabis use to cope with the four DSM-5 PTSD symptom clusters (χ2(164) = 257.83, p < .001; CFI = .969; TLI = .965; RMSEA = .041). …”
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Causes and risk factors for an acute kidney injury outbreak among children in The Gambia, June - September 2022: A case-cohort study. by Mustapha Bittaye, Jayne Byakika-Tusiime, Lionel Adisso, Boris I Pavlin, Michel Muteba, Anna H Jammeh, Ifeanyi Livinus Udenweze, Amadou Woury Jallow, Nuha Fofana, Momodou Kalisa, Sharmila Lareef, Kassa Mohammed Abbe, Patricia Eyu, James Nonde, Thierno Balde, Joseph Chukwudi Okeibunor, Otim Patrick Ramadan, Fiona Braka, Abdou Salam Gueye, Desta Alamerew Tiruneh

“…Three hundred twenty-one children were recruited for the sub-cohort from which controls were selected. Data were analyzed using Marginal Structural Models for a point treatment with the inverse probability of treatment weights estimator. …”
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Engineering Lipid–Polymer Nanoparticles for siRNA Delivery to Cancer Cells by Arthur Manda, Abdulelah Alhazza, Hasan Uludağ, Hamidreza Montazeri Aliabadi

“…We hypothesized that specially designed low-molecular-weight PEIs can partially or completely replace the ionizable lipids for more accommodating vehicles due to the structural flexibility offered by polymers, which could lead to safer and more efficient nucleic acid delivery. …”
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF EXPERT COMPETENCY by Olena Lobach, Igor Babych, Elena Persiyanova

“…The following results were obtained: the problem of assessing the quality of experts was considered; based on the authors’ practical experience and analysis of literature sources, the structural diagram of the properties of experts and their assessment was developed; five main groups of existing methods for assessing the quality of experts were analyzed; existing models of an integrated assessment of the competency of experts were reviewed; a two-stage method for the integrated assessment of the competency of experts was developed by integrating the methods of heuristic, test, and statistical assessment; the main groups of users and functional requirements to the information system for assessing the competency of experts were identified; the database and user interface of the information system were developed; the developed information technology of the integrated assessment of the competency of experts was tested on actual data for selecting an expert group to choose the methodology of project management. …”
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Knowledge, attitude, practice, and influencing factors among patients with osteonecrosis of the femoral head by Guangnian Liu, Chengqi Huang, Zhitong Zhu, Zijing Weng, Xing Chen, Liming Dong

“…Significant positive correlations were found: knowledge-attitude (r = 0.485, P < 0.001), knowledge-practice (r = 0.580, P < 0.001), and attitude-practice (r = 0.624, P < 0.001). Structural Equation Modeling indicated direct effects of knowledge on attitude (β = 0.466, P < 0.001) and practice, (β = 0.654, P < 0.001), with knowledge also affecting practice indirectly through attitude (β = 0.066, P < 0.001). …”
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Marine Bioactive Molecules as Inhibitors of the Janus Kinases: A Comparative Molecular Docking and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Approach by Emad A. Ahmed, Salah A. Abdelsalam

“…In the present study, we conducted molecular docking and structural analysis investigations to explore the role of a set of bioactive molecules from marine sources that can be used as JAKs’ specific inhibitors. …”
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Predictors of dual protection use based on information-motivation-behavior skill model among female university students: a cross-sectional study by Banti Negero Feyisa, Gurmesa Tura Debelew, Zewdie Birhanu Koricha

“…Bivariate and multivariate analyses were conducted using structural equation modeling with AMOS program to examine predictors of dual-protection use.ResultsOf the 1,020 participants, 396 (38.8%) had ever had sexual intercourse, 370 (93.4%) of whom were sexually active in the last 12 months. …”
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El desafío de las comunidades artesanales rurales: una propuesta ecotecnológica para una artesanía sostenible* Challenges faced by rural communities of artisans: an eco-technologic... by Juan Carlos Pacheco Contreras, Gonzalo Gómez Vásquez, Gabriel Barrero Tapias

“…The model draws from qualitative data obtained through participatory instruments, which are then systematized in a structural analysis matrix to determine the impact and inter-dependency of the different aspects covered in the model. …”
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