Developing a multi-user virtual reality training system for emergency medical technicians: Determinants of acceptance and adoption by Shih-Yeh Chen, Ying-Hsun Lai, Pei-Hsuan Lin, Yu-Sheng Su

“…An empirical survey was conducted involving 80 emergency medical technicians in the eastern region of Taiwan to evaluate their experiences with the multi-user VR system. The data were analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling, and the results showed that performance expectancy, social impact, facilitating conditions, price value, and habit significantly influenced emergency medical technicians’ readiness to adopt multi-user VR training courses. …”
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Determinants of AI Use in University Teachers: The Role of Leadership, Teaching Concerns, and Constructivist Pedagogical Beliefs by Benicio Gonzalo Acosta-Enriquez, Marco Agustin Arbulu Ballesteros, Maria de los Angeles Guzman Valle, Jahaira Eulalia Morales Angaspilco, Luz Elvira Blanco-García, Giannina Campoverde Ventura, Jhon Dany Castañeda Requejo, Maribel Carranza Torre

“…Through a quantitative cross-sectional study involving 452 professors from six public and private universities in northern Peru, the research tested six hypotheses regarding the relationships between attitudes toward AI, constructivist pedagogical beliefs, facilitating conditions, and teaching modality. Data were collected via validated instruments and analyzed via structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). …”
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Genetic and oncogenic features of RASGRF fusions by Sreya Das, Daniel S. Lenchner, Ellen Jaeger, Lisa Hunihan, Dana F. DeSantis, Stamatina Fragkogianni, Karyn Ronski, Frederick H. Wilson

“…Our findings provide insights about the tissue distribution, structural diversity, and oncogenic mechanisms of RASGRF fusions. …”
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Death Distress and Mental Wellbeing: Serial Mediating Roles of Meaning-Based Coping and Hope by Seydi Ahmet Satıcı, Zahide Gül Aktepe, Fatma Betül Yılmaz, Hasan Kütük, Sinan Okur

“…The participants participated in the study voluntarily through a web-based form. Using structural equation modeling (SEM) and the bootstrapping method, the relationships between variables were determined. …”
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How do social entrepreneurship factors influence sustainable business development? The mediating role of social network by Titik Kusmantini, Heru Tri Sutiono, Anis Siti Hartati, Anidah Robani, Aris Kusumo Diantoro, Ashila Metta Rahmadati

“…The research employed a quantitative approach, focusing on 42 tourist villages in Bantul Regency. Data analysis was conducted using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). …”
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An institutional framework for enhanced food security amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: Strategic implementation and outcomes by Akbar Akbar, Rahim Darma, Andi Irawan, Letty Fudjaja, Riri Amandaria, Rida Akzar

“…The research uses an Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) approach to identify key institutional drivers, constraints, and policy mechanisms crucial for enhancing food security. …”
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Exploring ChatGPT adoption among business and management students through the lens of diffusion of Innovation Theory by Alaa Amin Abdalla, Mohd Abass Bhat, Chandan Kumar Tiwari, Shagufta Tariq Khan, Abel Dula Wedajo

“…Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modelling was employed to analyze the data using Smart PLS software. …”
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Enhanced Visible Light Communication for Real-Time Audio With Interference-Resilient Protocols by Kanchana Chathurangi Ahangama, Hemali Pasqual, Chinthaka Premachandra, H. Waruna Haripriya Premachandra

“…This paper introduces a novel VLC transceiver design incorporating advanced interference-resilient protocols, dynamic frame structuring, and robust error correction algorithms to enhance audio streaming performance. …”
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Requirements for Volunteers' Participation in Sports by Seyed Emad Hosseini, AmirReza Khadem, Maryam SoleymaniThehrani, Maziyar Kalashi, Mohammad Pourkiani

“…This research used a structural equation model to analyze the data using PLS version 3 software. …”
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Traditional medicine and COVID-19: influence on the recovery and satisfaction of the Tsáchila nationality by Walter Patricio Castelo Rivas, David Isrrael Gallardo Córdova, Allison Juliana Zúñiga García, Jesica Liliana Cueva Toaquiza, Ángel Ramón Sabando García

“…A total of 1,003 members of the Tsáchila nationality participated in the study, to whom a questionnaire consisting of 22 closed questions was applied through non-probabilistic sampling. The data were analyzed through processes of convergent validity, discriminant validity and modeling of structural equations developed in SPSS24 and AMOS 24. …”
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Determinants of financial technology (FinTech) adoption by the farmers in agrarian economy by Akhilesh Sharma, Arvind Mohan, Amar Johri, Mohammad Asif

“…This empirical study of 362 farmers from different districts in Uttar Pradesh, India, uses structural equation modeling (SEM) to address the gap in understanding what factors affect farmers' adoption of FinTech in agriculture. …”
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Targeting Rural Poverty: A Generalized Ordered Logit Model Analysis of Multidimensional Deprivation in Ethiopia’s Bilate River Basin by Frew Moges, Tekle Leza, Yishak Gecho

“…These findings underscored the multidimensional and dynamic nature of poverty, driven by both structural and behavioral factors. Policy implications point to the importance of integrated interventions that promote education, health, financial literacy, and access to productive assets to ensure sustainable poverty reduction and improved rural livelihoods in Ethiopia.…”
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Investigating the mediating role of psychological capital in the relationship between the dark tetrad personality and creativity in artists by Seyedeh Arefeh Rezazadeh Yazd, Hamidreza Aqamohammadian Sharbaf

“…The research uses a path analysis plan. The data were analyzed using a descriptive and inferential statistics method, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), SPSS software and the AMOS software. …”
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Multifactorial influences on musical creativity: an integrated perspective on cognitive and social capital factors by Shaohua Ben, Shaohua Ben, Wenjun Zheng, Xu Li

“…It has employed partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to analyze data from 962 university students.ResultsThe findings have revealed that social capital has exerted both direct effect and moderating effect on creative self-efficacy. …”
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Worldview, psychological flexibility, and depression-anxiety-stress in Chinese youth by Sheng-Li Cheng, Xin Zhang, Chenxu Zhao, Yun Li, Shushan Liu, Sanyin Cheng

“…In this study, we aim to investigate the relationship between worldview and DAS among youth.AimsThe aim of this study is to investigate the current state of worldview, psychological flexibility, and DAS in Chinese youth groups, and to explore the relationship between youth worldview, psychological flexibility, and DAS.MethodsA total of 2,351 Chinese youths completed questionnaires measuring their worldview, psychological flexibility, and DAS levels. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM).ResultsThe impact of youth worldview on DAS was sophisticated. …”
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How Argentinian Consumers Perceive the Safety of Irradiated Foods by Tiago Rusin, Anna Lucia Casañas Haasis Villavicencio, Wilma Maria Coelho Araújo, Cristiane Faiad

“…The total number of respondents was 500 and the data were collected by means of an electronic survey. …”
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The Effect of Fat Tails on Rules for Optimal Pairs Trading: Performance Implications of Regime Switching with Poisson Events by Pablo García-Risueño, Eduardo Ortas, José M. Moneva

“…Interestingly, we considered regime-switching behaviors to account for structural changes in market dynamics, providing empirical evidence that optimal trading rules are regime-dependent and significantly influenced by the residual distribution’s tail behavior. …”
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Designing a model of government supportive policies in knowledge-based companies: Meta synthesis approach by Hanieh Mahooti, Reza Rostamzadeh, Karim Esgandari, Mojtaba Heidari

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Resource acquisition, entrepreneurial competence, and entrepreneurial growth performance of new farmers by Shimei Yang, Song Yu, Song Yu, Lianjun Li, Lianjun Li

“…Mediation and structural equation models are applied to assess the impact of resource acquisition on entrepreneurial growth and explore the mediating role of entrepreneurial ability.ResultsResource acquisition significantly bolsters entrepreneurial growth performance. …”
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Determinants of sustainable entrepreneurial intention in Colombian and Peruvian University students: a theory of planned behaviour approach by Alejandro Valencia-Arias, Wilmer Londoño-Celis, Lucia Palacios Moya, Gianina Kathyusca Iparraguirre Sanchez, Sebastián Cardona-Acevedo, Paula Andrea Rodríguez-Correa

“…The study employs Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) via SmartPLS 4 to identify key factors. …”
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