Sources of uncertainty in DNA metabarcoding of whole communities: Implications for its use in biomonitoring by J. Iwan Jones, Amanda Arnold, Dominik Buchner, John F. Murphy, Jasmine N. Childress, Pedro Beja, Florian Altermatt, Kristian Meissner, Ian Adams, Meri Anderson, Yaisel J. Borrell, Andrew G. Briscoe, Kat Bruce, Cátia Chaves, Chris Conyers, Kristy Deiner, Vasco Elbrecht, Álvaro Fueyo, Tim Goodall, Javier Granero‐Castro, Cristina Hartmann‐Fatu, Eleanor Jones, Elvira Mächler, Filipa M. S. Martins, Sam McGreig, Lyndall Pereira‐da‐Conceicoa, James L. Pretty, Daniel S. Read, Ben Price, Florian Leese, Rosetta C. Blackman

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Clinical efficacy and quality of life in elderly patients with lumbar degenerative disease treated with TLIF combined with unilateral pedicle screw fixation: a randomized controlle... by Cheng-Peng Li, Kai-Kai Feng, Xiao-Bing Xiang, Kai-Yin Gao, Wei-Wei Zhang, Zhen-Yu Nie, Dong Zhao, Wen-Xin Liao, Guang-Ru Cao

“…Pain and functional status were preoperatively evaluated, in addition to being postoperatively evaluated at 1, 6, and 12 months, using the visual analogue scale (VAS), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score, and Short Form-36 (SF-36) health survey questionnaire. …”
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Designing a Policy Model Based on the Development of Human Capabilities of the Ministry of Education of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq by Rahman Rasul Fatah, Mojtaba Amiri, Seyed Reza Seyed Javadin, Rasool Norouzi Seyed Hosseini

“…This stage was done carefully to clearly highlight patterns, concepts, and significant differences in the data. Precise coding of this information allowed for a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the collected data.ResultsThe research findings show that in the Kurdistan Region's education system, there are two main levels of human capabilities: skill-based capabilities and opportunity-based capabilities. …”
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Multidimensional transcriptomics based to illuminate the mechanisms of taurine metabolism in immune resistance of pancreatic cancer by Zongshuai Qin, Zongshuai Qin, Guixiang Huang, Guixiang Huang, Jian Xu, Jian Xu, Lujuan Pan, Chaojun Lan, Chaojun Lan, Yuhuan Yang, Yuhuan Yang, Yixia Yin, Yueqiu Qin, Yueqiu Qin, Yueqiu Qin

“…Furthermore, by conducting a combined analysis of survival data, we identified LY6D as a potential therapeutic target. …”
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COMPARING GAUSSIAN KERNEL AND QUADRATIC SPLINE OF NONPARAMETRIC REGRESSION IN MODELING INFECTIOUS DISEASES by Amanda Adityaningrum, Sri Indriani Ladjali, Ismail Djakaria, Lailany Yahya, Muhammad Rezky Friesta Payu, La Ode Nashar, Herlina Jusuf

“…The regression curve for nonparametric regression is assumed to belong to some infinite-dimensional collection of functions, which allows great flexibility in the form of the curve. …”
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What Do Digital Humanists Tell Us about Digital Humanities? The Digital Humanities Discourse in Polish Cultural Studies Projects by Robert Kulmiński

“…To this end, I used Voyant Tools to analyze textual data while simultaneously testing its functionality in this type of analysis. …”
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Markierte Intonation im wissenschaftlichen Vortrag. Eine Fallstudie by Marta Rogozińska

“…This is a case study that focuses on the forms and functions of that type of rising intonation patterns which occur not in questions (interrogative mood) but in statements (indicative mood). …”
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Lambda-PFLOTRAN 1.0: a workflow for incorporating organic matter chemistry informed by ultra high resolution mass spectrometry into biogeochemical modeling by K. A. Muller, P. Jiang, G. Hammond, T. Ahmadullah, H.-S. Song, R. Kukkadapu, N. Ward, M. Bowe, R. K. Chu, Q. Zhao, V. A. Garayburu-Caruso, A. Roebuck, X. Chen

“…Two test cases are provided to demonstrate the functionality of the Lambda-PFLOTRAN workflow. The first test case uses laboratory incubation data of temporal oxygen depletion to fit lambda parameters (i.e., maximum utilization rate and microbial carrying capacity). …”
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Beyond Likes and Shares: Unveiling the Sequential Mediation of Brand Equity, Loyalty, Image, and Awareness in Social Media Marketing's Influence on Repurchase Intentions for High-T... by K Laveen Kumar, S Anjani Devi

“…The descriptive data analysis through SPSS and hypothesis testing through SMART PLS (3.330). …”
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Machine Learning Applications in Road Pavement Management: A Review, Challenges and Future Directions by Tiago Tamagusko, Matheus Gomes Correia, Adelino Ferreira

“…Effective road pavement management is vital for maintaining the functionality and safety of transportation infrastructure. …”
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Meanings of family under the perspective of parents of adolescent students by Francisca Georgina Macedo de Sousa, Leda Barros de Castro, Ana Larissa Araujo Nogueria, Italo Rodolfo Silva, Dennyse Cristina Macedo da Silva, Nayra Michele Anjos Amorim

“…A qualitative research conducted with nine parents of adolescents from a public school, Maranhão, Brazil. Data collection occurred through unstructured interview from February to April 2011, and were submitted to thematic content analysis. …”
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The vision of the nursing team regarding their records by Lorena Mara Nóbrega de Azevêdo, Aline Galúcio de Oliveira, Fernanda Aparecida Soares Malveira, Cecília Nogueira Valença, Edilma de Oliveira Costa, Raimunda Medeiros Germano

“…It is a Descriptive exploratory research, with qualitative approach, performed at the University Hospital Onofre Lopes in Natal/RN, with 15 professional of the nursing team. The data collection occurred with semi-structured interviews submitted to thematic content analysis. …”
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The Role of Mass Media in World Politics: Media Coverage of Battles for Capital Cities during Civil Conflicts by A. Adelgareeva, I. Okunev

“…Nowadays we are witnessing rising interest towards the modus operandi of global media, its newly-acquired functions and its role as a world politics actor. In this study new empirical data is used to assess the role global media plays in the representation of major civil conflicts and to revisit the commonly-accepted understanding of its political functions. …”
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Quantitative study of local defects by pulsed eddy current testing by Zhaoyang Li, Liang Dong

“…Analytical formulas are derived to describe the detection process, providing a foundation for subsequent error analysis. To optimize the detection process, four distinct types of error functions are formulated, and an optimization algorithm is employed to determine the parameters that minimize these error functions. …”
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Assumptions to the model of managing knowledge workers in modern organizations by Igielski Michał

“…Already at the beginning of the analysis of the data collected, it turned out that for all employers it should be important to discern differences in the creation of a new category of managers who have knowledge useful for the functioning of the company. …”
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Improved TODIM Method for Probabilistic Linguistic MAGDM Based on New Distance Measure by Ke Li, Lei Xu, Yi Liu, Hongjuan Wang, Yuan Rong

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Revocable Identity-Based Matchmaking Encryption with Equality Test for Smart Healthcare by Xiaokun Zheng, Dong Zheng, Yinghui Zhang

“…Smart healthcare establishes a safe, reliable, and efficient medical information system for the public with the help of the Internet of Things, cloud storage, and other Internet technologies. To enable secure data sharing and case-matching functions in smart healthcare, we construct a revocable identity-based matchmaking encryption with an equality test (RIBME-ET) scheme for smart healthcare. …”
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CO2 emissions response to GDP and crude oil price shocks: Evidence from India and China using SVAR Model by Matali Mahajan, Dr. Ash Narayan Sah

“…This paper investigates the relationship between WTI prices, Inflation, CO2 emission, and GDP in India and China. Based on annual data spanning 1980–2019 for India and 1990–2019 for China, sourced from the “World Bank and Our World in Data” database, we investigate these interactions via a Structural Vector Autoregression framework, using impulse response functions and forecast error variance decomposition to map the effects. …”
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Analisis Pembiayaan Sektor Jasa Dunia Usaha Pada Perbankan Syariah di Indonesia by Ayu Yuningsih, Akhsyim Afandi

“…Financing is one of the main functions of Islamic banking. In its operational activities, Islamic banking channel most of its assets into financing. …”
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Mogan Gölü’nde Hidromorfolojik Durumun Değerlendirilmesi by Damla Coşkun, Muhammet Azlak, Alper Uğurluoğlu, Nilsun Demir

“…Hydromorphology is a discipline that examines the physical, morphological, and hydrological characteristics of aquatic ecosystems and their impacts on ecosystem functioning. In this study, The Lake Hydromorphology Assessment Index (GHDI) was used to examine the current hydromorphological features of Lake Mogan to assess its hydromorphological status. …”
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