LEAN APPLICATIONS IN AN ENGINEERING RESEARCH LABORATORY by Jamison V. Kovach, Farah M. Almatri, Elizabeth L. Lakas

“…Lean's "respect for people" principle ensured those who do the work (lab staff) were directly involved, and action research's cyclical, iterative approach ensured learning resulting from action in one phase of the investigation was used as the input to the next phase.…”
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Realising value from big data analytics: The process of affordance actualisation by Firdous Mohd Farouk, Christophe Schinckus, Sandra Smith

“…By highlighting the iterative and dynamic nature of the affordance actualisation process, this research extends theoretical insights into how organisations build BDA capabilities to realise value.This multi-layered research provides practitioners in banking and other sectors with actionable insights to enhance BDA implementation and realise its potential value.…”
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From business to caring: the conceptualisation of holistic coaching for cancer patients by Andrew Marren, Yi-Ling Lai, Caroline Strevens, Darren van Laar, Natalie Silverdale

“…Coaching in healthcare is a growing topic within research and practise but there has been little exploration of its theoretical underpinnings for cancer patients. …”
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Szkoły typu Open-Air: eksperymenty architektoniczno-pedagogiczne szkolnictwa w pierwszych dziesięcioleciach XX wieku by Cezary Szpytma

“…These objectives are itemized by many as essential for education in the future. …”
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Humans rationally balance detailed and temporally abstract world models by Ari E. Kahn, Nathaniel D. Daw

“…One prominent approach, the Successor Representation (SR), takes advantage of temporal abstraction of future states: by aggregating trajectory predictions over multiple timesteps, the brain can avoid the costs of iterative, multi-step mental simulation. Human behavior broadly shows signatures of such temporal abstraction, but finer-grained characterization of individuals’ strategies and their dynamic adjustment remains an open question. …”
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FOSTERING AGROPRENEURSHIP PRACTICE IN NIGERIA: A LOOK BENEATH THE SURFACE by Olamitunji DAKARE

“…The review is in line with the need to create sustainable development through agropreneurship initiatives: in an economy presently facing a high rate of unemployment, extreme poverty, poor earnings from foreign exchange, and insufficiency of food items, this article argues for the need to adopt an overarching agriculture value chain to ensure a rapid industrial and economic development across Nigeria. …”

Empowering newcomers? Power asymmetries and negotiations between newly arrived migrants and volunteers within buddy programmes by Gaëlle Mortier, Stijn Oosterlynck, Peter Raeymaeckers

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SELF ASSESSMENT FOR HIGHER LANGUAGE LEARNERS’ AUTONOMY by Gita Mutiara Hati, Wisma Yunita, Anggun Citra Sari Dewi

“…The questionnaire covers nine aspects of autonomy with the total fifty items. It was given to the subject at the end of the cycle. …”
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A Chinese Knowledge Graph Dataset in the Field of Scientific Fitness by Shutong Du, Zhitong Liu, Bingyu Pan

“…This knowledge graph contains over 10,000 fitness-related terms, categorized into eight main groups: body parts, items of exercise, fitness movement, equipment and tools, exercise goals, anatomical structures, nutrients, and technical terms. …”
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THE DIET AND FEEDING HABITS OF LEUCISCUS VORAX FISH IN THE MAIN OUTFALL DRAIN MIDDLE IRAQ by Kadhim J.L. Al- Zaidy, Giuliana Parisi

“…The study concluded that L. vorax was predatory in its feeding behavior, with variations in food items consumed depending on the length of the fish. …”
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Evaluation of quality of life of patients after rectal surgery by V. I. Pomazkin

“…An assessment carried out by proposed questionnaire including 34 items with defining of following scales: «General life satisfaction»; «Change of life mode»; «Social functioning»; «Change of psychoemotional status»; “Pain syndrome”; «Anal incontinence»; «Frequency of bowel movements» and «Disorders of evacuatory rectal function».Results. …”
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An exploration of the role of visuals and users’ imagery and verbal preferences on goal attainment and coaching chatbot adoption by Nicky Terblanche, Yaron Prywes

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Kidney disease among adults on tenofovir-based second-line antiretroviral therapy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania by Sabina F. Mugusi, Grace A. Shayo, Philip G. Sasi, Lulu S. Fundikira, Eric A. Aris, Christopher R. Sudfeld, Ferdinand M. Mugusi

“…Patients were on second-line ART for a median of 49 [IQR: 25–73] months, and 60% received ATV/r. Low eGFR ( 90 mL/min per 1.73 m2) was found in 22% of patients, proportionately higher among patients on ATV/r compared to those on a lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) (P  0.05). …”
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Prediction of individual patient outcomes to psychotherapy vs medication for major depression by Devon LoParo, Boadie W. Dunlop, Charles B. Nemeroff, Helen S. Mayberg, W. Edward Craighead

“…We used machine learning to develop predictor variables that combined demographic and clinical items from a randomized clinical trial. The variables predicted a meaningful proportion of variance in end-of-treatment depression severity for cognitive behavioral therapy (39.7%), escitalopram (32.1%), and duloxetine (67.7%), leading to a high accuracy in predicting remission (71%). …”
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Improving reporting standards in quantitative educational intervention research: introducing the CLOSER and CIDER checklists by Rebecca Upsher, Eleanor Dommett, Sophie Carlisle, Sarah Conner, Geraldene Codina, Anna Nobili, Nicola C. Byrom

“…The final refinements of CLOSER and CIDER comprise of 34 and 17 items, respectively, developed through a five-stage process, including tool adaptation, expert feedback, a 2-round modified Delphi consensus survey, and final refinements. …”
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VALUE RELEVANCE OF FAIR VALUE HIERARCHY INFORMATION OF NIGERIAN NON-FINANCIAL FIRMS by Aliyu Baba Usman, Ndagi Salihu, Isah Ibrahim, Shuaibu Bawa Wuse

“… Switch from Statement of Accounting Standard (SAS) to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Nigeria requires reporting entities to mark-to-market financial assets and liabilities and to recognise holding gains and losses as items of other comprehensive income. The objective of this study is to examine the value relevance of fair value hierarchy information. …”
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Targeting ceramide transfer protein sensitizes AML to FLT3 inhibitors via a GRP78-ATF6-CHOP axis by Xiaofan Sun, Yue Li, Juan Du, Fangshu Liu, Caiping Wu, Weihao Xiao, Guopan Yu, Xiaowei Chen, Robert Peter Gale, Hui Zeng

“…Here, we show that knocking down CERT inhibits the growth and promotes the apoptosis of AML cells carrying FLT3-ITD mutation. Combining CERT inhibitor with FLT3 inhibitor exhibits synergistic effects on FLT3-ITD mutated acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells. …”
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Automated identification of bulk structures, two-dimensional materials, and interfaces using symmetry-based clustering by Thea Denell, Lauri Himanen, Markus Scheidgen, Claudia Draxl

“…This work proposes a robust solution for identifying and classifying a wide spectrum of materials through an iterative technique, called symmetry-based clustering (SBC). …”
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Enhancing performance, self-efficacy and well-being: A randomised controlled study in solution-focused business coaching by Réka Gerhát, Dorottya Ocsenás, Ákos Münnich

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DIGITAL LITERACY AND ERP TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Ensar Mekić, Adis Maksić, Belmin Hadžimusić

“…Once the data has been collected, factory data analysis has been performed to purify scales through items' loadings and Cronbach's Alpha values. The resultant scales have been tested for convergent validity through partial least-square path modelling using Smart PLS 3 software. …”
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