Computation and interpretation of mean absolute deviations by cumulative distribution functions by Eugene Pinsky

“…We show that MADs have simple geometric interpretations as areas under the appropriately folded CDF. As a result, MADs can be computed directly from CDFs by computing appropriate integrals or sums for both continuous and discrete distributions, respectively. …”
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Teachers' perceptions of challenges in online learning: Voices from secondary EFL teachers by Dwi Bayu Saputra, Honesty Yonanda Ayudhia, Reci Muswari

“…There is, however, a paucity of research on secondary EFL teachers' perceptions of online learning challenges, notably in four major areas: technology use, instruction, assessment, and students. …”
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Manual de los Reglamentos del Agua en Florida: Distritos de Conservación de Suelos y Aguas by Tatiana Borisova, Michael T. Olexa, Jarrett Davis

“…Para cuestiones de recursos hídricos en áreas agrícolas, la discusión de las agencias que trabajan en el manejo de los recursos hídricos sería incompleta sin los Distritos de Conservación de Suelos y Agua de la Florida. …”
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Nesting Island Creation for Wading Birds by C. Leann White, Peter C. Frederick, Martin B. Main, James A. Rodgers, Jr.

“… Many long-legged wading birds such as little blue herons (Egretta caerulea), great blue herons (Ardea herodius), and great egrets (Ardea albus) nest together in large aggregations called breeding colonies. …”
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Principals' intellectual stimulation and teachers’ job satisfaction in public secondary schools by Olaolu Paul Akinnubi, Moses Adeleke Adeoye

“…A random sampling technique was used to select 352 teachers from 30 public secondary schools in nine local government areas in Oyo State, Nigeria. The findings indicate that teachers who perceived their principals as intellectually stimulating reported higher job satisfaction. …”
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Tawny Crazy Ant (previously known as Caribbean crazy ant) Nylanderia (formerly Paratrechina) fulva (Mayr) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) by Shweta Sharma, John Warner, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn

“…Huge number of workers in infested areas can make human activities uncomfortable and difficult. …”
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REGIONALE MERKMALE DER SIEBENBÜRGISCH-UNGARISCHEN VOLKSMUSIK by István ALMÁSI

“…The proportion of tunes known only in certain areas is the highest in Mezőség and in the region between Maros and Kis-Küküllő. …”
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Fashion meets journalism: Mapping and evaluating Australian fashion media by Wylie Shannon

“…The study of fashion media from a cultural studies perspective acknowledges that cultural studies has pioneered the formal study of both journalism and fashion, for instance in studies of women’s magazines; but it has not brought the two areas together sufficiently. What little work has been done, however, has allowed theorists to explore how magazines promote feminism and form culture, which acts as a step in concreting fashion’s importance theoretically. …”
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Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility on Financial Performance of Manufacturing Companies in Nigeria by Adetosoye Kayode Solomon Kayode Solomon

“…This would enhance the well being of the beneficiaries; Companies should liaise with community head to identify areas or opportunities available to them to better the lives of the people through the provision of social amenities. …”
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Dual feature-based and example-based explanation methods by Andrei Konstantinov, Boris Kozlov, Stanislav Kirpichenko, Lev Utkin, Vladimir Muliukha

“…The proposed results are fundamental and can be used in various application areas. They do not involve specific human subjects and human data.…”
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Back to business? Taking lessons from Porto (Portugal) to inform sustainable tourism futures after COVID-19 by Inês Gusman, José Alberto Rio Fernandes, Pedro Chamusca

“…It is crucial to maintain the multifunctionality of cities, particularly in the most tourist-driven areas, accommodating diverse activities alongside tourism, including residential, economic, and administrative functions. …”
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Comparative review of transcortical and trans-Sylvian approaches for surgical resection of giant insular gliomas: outcomes and challenges by Maman Roufai Hamissou Moussa, Rafeq Agila

“…It is often encountered with a large volume, extending to the surrounding areas, functional pathway, and vascular structure, making its surgical resection very challenging for a neurosurgeon. …”
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Spatial inequalities of COVID-19 incidence and associated socioeconomic risk factors in Portugal by Ricardo Almendra, Paula Santana, Claudia Costa

“…Still, the role played by these factors differs between study areas. Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) models were applied to explore the spatially varying association between age-standardized COVID-19 incidence rate in 2020 and socioeconomic conditions in Portugal, at the municipality level. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF SECURITY OPERATIONS ON TACKLING BANDITRY FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA by ABDULRAHMAN BARAU YUSUF

“…The activities of the bandits in the study area also led to so many security challenges in the region which has caused a lot of sets back in all aspect. …”
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Polish as L1, English as L2: the linguistic transfer impact on Second Language Acquisition stemming from the interlingual differences: implications for young learners education by Marta Łockiewicz, Martyna Jaskulska

“…The bigger the difference between the languages, the bigger Second Language Acquisition difficulties and more numerous potential negative transfer areas. This effect is visible in the case of Polish as L1 and English as L2. …”
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Reconceptualizing menstrual health and hygiene among young women in India by Mahashweta Chakrabarty, Karan Babbar, Aditya Singh

“…These findings demonstrate the critical need for geographically targeted interventions promoting MHH in India, particularly by improving WASH infrastructure and affordability of products in socioeconomically marginalized areas.…”
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From megaprojects to tourism gentrification? The case of Santa Cruz Verde 2030 (Canary Islands, Spain) by Marcus Hübscher

“…The project is estimated to increase the city’s green areas by 39 % and the number of hotel beds by 70 %, provoking a strong touristifaction. …”
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Citrus Leafminer Parasitoid, Ageniaspis citricola Logvinovskaya (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) by Alison Walker, Marjorie A. Hoy

“…The population of A. citricola from Australia quickly established and dispersed throughout the state, reaching parasitism levels near 100% in some areas (Hoy et al. 1995ab, Knapp et al. 1995, Bullock et al. 1996, Pomerinke and Stansly 1998). …”
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La Manzana (Malus domestica, Rosaceae) by Ali Sarkhosh, Timothy E. Crocker, W. B Sherman, Jeffrey G. Williamson, Juanita Popenoe

“… El cultivo de la manzana en Florida estuvo una vez limitado a las áreas del norte donde unas pocas variedades de calidad pobre o mediocre son utilizadas (Figura 1). …”
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Economic Growth and Firm Size Dynamics: Evidence from Romania’s Development Regions by Daniel Badulescu, Alina Badulescu, Ramona Simut, Dragos Dianu

“…A better knowing of them could help adapting and calibrating measures and policies according to specific objectives, stages or geographical areas. In this paper, we propose an econometric approach to the relationship between economic growth (by GDP evolution) and the dynamics of the firms’ sector, by size class, at the level of the development regions of Romania. …”
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