The referral-marketing practices of travel agencies by Mornay Roberts-Lombard, TFJ Steyn

“…Data analysis was done by calculating averages and standard deviations, explorative factor analysis, Cronbach Alpha-values and practical significance by means of effect sizes. …”
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Tree-Based Algorithms and Incremental Feature Optimization for Fault Detection and Diagnosis in Photovoltaic Systems by Khaled Chahine

“…A comprehensive dataset analysis is conducted to improve the dataset quality and uncover intricate relationships between features and the target variable. By introducing novel feature importance averaging techniques, a two-phase fault detection and diagnosis framework employing tree-based models is proposed to identify faults from normal cases and diagnose the fault type. …”
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Magnetic resonance imaging of the newborn brain: automatic segmentation of brain images into 50 anatomical regions. by Ioannis S Gousias, Alexander Hammers, Serena J Counsell, Latha Srinivasan, Mary A Rutherford, Rolf A Heckemann, Jo V Hajnal, Daniel Rueckert, A David Edwards

“…Segmentations of 36 further unsegmented target images of developing brains yielded visibly high-quality results. …”
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Association between exercise self-efficacy and physical activity in elderly individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lei Xie, Lei Xie, Lei Xie, Wenxue Ma, Wenxue Ma, Kangli Du, Kangli Du, Ying Huang, Ying Huang, Aihua Li, Aihua Li, Hongwei Wang, Hongcheng Cui, Wentao Qiu, Wentao Qiu, Rong Gao, Rong Gao, Guofeng Qu, Guofeng Qu, Xishuai Wang, Cong Liu, Cong Liu

“…A random-effects model was used to pool the effect sizes, revealing an average correlation coefficient of r = 0.412 (p < 0.001). …”
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Feasibility and Usability of a Web-Based Peer Support Network for Care Partners of People With Serious Illness (ConnectShareCare): Observational Study by Aricca D Van Citters, Megan M Holthoff, Colleen Young, Sarah M Eck, Amelia M Cullinan, Stephanie Carney, Elizabeth A O'Donnell, Joel R King, Malavika Govindan, David Gustafson, Stephanie C Tomlin, Anne B Holmes, Ann D Bradley, Brant J Oliver, Matthew M Wilson, Eugene C Nelson, Amber E Barnato, Kathryn B Kirkland

“…MethodsWe conducted a formative evaluation of the ConnectShareCare peer-to-peer web-based support network, which targeted care partners of people with serious illness residing in the northeastern United States. …”
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Use of constitutive and inducible oncogene-containing iPSCs as surrogates for transgenic mice to study breast oncogenesis by Christine Nguyen, Julie P. T. Nguyen, Arnav P. Modi, Ihsaan Ahmad, Sarah C. Petrova, Stuart D. Ferrell, Sabrina R. Wilhelm, Yin Ye, Dorthe Schaue, Sanford H. Barsky

“…We created the iPSC clones with a relatively low M.O.I, producing retroviral integrations which averaged only 1 to 2 sites per retroviral plasmid construct used. …”
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Exploring Students' Digital and Information Literacy Skills: A Qualitative Approach by D. Popa, A. Vasilescu

“…The study highlights the crucial role of educators in promoting these skills through targeted interventions. Recommendations are offered for policy development and practical strategies to bridge the skills gap.…”
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MENSTRUAL EDUCATION TO ENHANCE KNOWLEDGE IN FEMALE ADOLESCENTS AGED 8–14 YEARS by Rufidah Maulina, Evina Kusumawardhani, Efrila Antika Puji Lestari, Eka Yunanda Permata Putri, Elshinta Damayanti Antoro Puteri, Evvy Anjar Puspitasari, Fanny Fatatin Nabila, Fressyana Kusuma Ratri, Jihan Abdillah Nur Jamiilah, Karisma Sakina Mujahida, Khairunnisa Meinawati, Laily Mazaya

“…The results of the activity are: of the 16 targeted participants, 15 participants or 93.75% attended the counseling activities; the average pre-test score was 81.25% and the post-test was 92.5%, it can be seen that there was an average increase of 11.25%. …”
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Vibrational Excitation of HDO Molecule by Electron Impact by Mehdi Adrien Ayouz, Alexandre Faure, Ioan F. Schneider, János Zsolt Mezei, Viatcheslav Kokoouline

“…From the calculated cross sections, thermally averaged rate coefficients and their analytical fits are provided. …”
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Dynamics of Dispersive Wave Generation in Gas-Filled Photonic Crystal Fiber with the Normal Dispersion by Zhixiang Deng, Meng Zhang

“…The SS enhances the relative average intensity of blue-shift DW while weakening that of red-shift DW. …”
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Quantification of a potential anticonvulsant drug GIZh-298 in rat plasma by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry by P. O. Bochkov, O. Yu. Kravtsova, G. B. Kolyvanov, A. A. Litvin, S. S. Boyko, V. P. Zherdev

“…Recovery of GIZh-298 from blood plasma averaged 73.4 ±3.4 %. Accuracy during one working cycle and between cycles was < 4.01%, precision < 8.03 %. …”
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DoS and DDoS Attack Detection in IoT Infrastructure using Xception Model with Explainability by Nelly Elsayed, Zag ElSayed, Ahmed Abdelgawad

“…We employed the Xception model with fine-tuning, and we achieved an average of 91% accuracy in detecting eleven different types of DoS and DDoS attacks, which is higher than the current state-of-the-art by 5% targeting the same task. …”
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Clinical characteristics and postoperative outcomes of posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation in patients aged 46 years and above by Masayuki Ouchi

“…Abstract This study evaluated the backgrounds, preoperative correction methods, refractive targets, and outcomes of patients aged 46–57 years who underwent implantable collamer lens (ICL) surgery. …”
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Zebras and Biting Flies: Quantitative Analysis of Reflected Light from Zebra Coats in Their Natural Habitat. by Kenneth H Britten, Timothy D Thatcher, Tim Caro

“…Experimental and comparative evidence suggests that the striped coats of zebras deter biting fly attack, but the mechanisms by which flies fail to target black-and-white mammals are still opaque. Two hypotheses have been proposed: stripes might serve either to defeat polarotaxis or to obscure the form of the animal. …”
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Public knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions toward genetically modified foods in Lebanon by Hussein F. Hassan, Hasan Yassine, Ahlam Chaaban, Ahmad Chehaitly, Zeinab Skaineh, Nagham Cherri, Sahar Moussawi, Nour Baytamouni, Philippe Hussein Kobeissy, Hani Dimassi, José-Noel Ibrahim

“…Our findings underscore the importance of targeted educational initiatives to bridge knowledge gaps and address misconceptions regarding GMFs.…”
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The impact of hot nights on dengue incidence: a nationwide case crossover study in Brazil by Mintao Su, Junjun Chen, Zhisheng Liang, Qinfeng Zhou, Junxiong Ma, Huining Yang, Shaym Biswal, Murugappan Ramanathan, Haojun Fan, Fan Dai, Wei Huang, Minghui Ren, Zhenyu Zhang

“…Hot night exposures, including the average maximum nighttime temperatures, hot night excess, and hot night duration, were calculated using the ERA5-land dataset. …”
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Phenotypic variability and genome-wide association studies in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) for phosphorus efficiency by Mousumi Hazarika, Klaus J. Dehmer, Ralf Uptmoor, Mareike Kavka, Julian Kirchgesser, Doerte Harpke, Silvia Bachmann-Pfabe

“…Shoot biomass decreased by 66% on average under low P, while the root biomass decreased by 36% on average. …”
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Seasonal trends of pyogenic spondylodiscitis in Japan: a nationwide inpatient database study by Takayuki Motoyoshi, Takahisa Ogawa, Kazuyuki Fukushima, Satoshi Kutsuna, Haggai Schermann, Kiyohide Fushimi, Toshitaka Yoshii

“…This highlights the need for MRSA-targeted interventions regardless of season.…”
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Dietary risk factors and cancer mortality burden from 1990 to 2021: a comparative study of China and global regions with varying sociodemographic development levels based on the Gl... by Chunxiu Zhao, Qian Ruan, Bingbing Xiang, Xuehe Zhang, Pingliang Yang, Shun Wang

“…China’s 2021 attribution (6.3%) was below the global average (6.8%), exceeding high-SDI regions (5.8%) but below middle-SDI regions (7.4%). …”
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Design and validation of a real-time cassava planter seed quality monitoring system based on optical fiber sensors and rotary encoders by Bin Yan, Bin Yan, Zhende Cui, Zhende Cui, Ganran Deng, Ganran Deng, Guojie Li, Guojie Li, Shuang Zheng, Shuang Zheng, Fengguang He, Fengguang He, Ling Li, Ling Li, Pinlan Chen, Pinlan Chen, Xilin Wang, Xilin Wang, Sili Zhou, Sili Zhou, Ye Dai, Ye Dai, Shuangmei Qin, Shuangmei Qin, Zehua Liu, Zehua Liu

“…Targeting the issues of seed leakage and cutting segment adhesion due to poor seed feeding and cutting in real-time seed-cutting cassava planters, this study developed a seeding quality monitoring system. …”
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