Psychological capital as a moderator between personality traits and flourishing in the sample of Lithuanian employees by Aiste Dirzyte, Kornelija Dovydaitytė, Aleksandras Patapas, Zilvinas Zidonis

“…Together, these traits explained 68.5% of the variance in flourishing. Examining psychological capital, extraversion, agreeableness, and openness emerged as positive predictors, while neuroticism was a negative predictor, accounting for 47.9% of the variance. …”
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Sampling method influences Salmonella detection and quantification in pre-harvest commercial broiler production by Emily E. Cason, Marco Reina, David Ayala-Velasteguí, Nikki W. Shariat

“…In experiment one, bootsocks, electrostatic pad-rollers, feather swabs, cloacal swabs, fecal grabs, and litter grabs were collected from 24 houses across 10 farms (n = 288 samples). …”
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An assessment of the individual and collective effects of variants on height using twins and a developmentally informative study design. by Scott I Vrieze, Matt McGue, Michael B Miller, Lisa N Legrand, Nicholas J Schork, William G Iacono

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Examining Different Factors of Income Tax Non-Compliance in a Small Sample in Bangladesh by In Tishar Ashir, Hasanuzzaman Syed

“…The objective of this study is to identify the determinants of income tax non-compliance and key factors of EVSCALE in Bangladesh. The study collected opinions of taxpayers by primary data collection following a convenient sampling method. …”
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A validity and reliability study of the performance appraisal motivation scale in a Turkish sample by Şehrinaz Polat, Gülcan Taşkıran Eskici, Hanife Tiryaki Şen

“…Methods The study was conducted across various healthcare institutions in Türkiye. The sample consisted of 563 nurse managers. Data were collected using a Participant Information Form, Turkish version of the Performance Appraisal Motivation Scale (PAMS-T), and the Satisfaction with Performance Appraisal Scale. …”
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The Effectiveness of Salivary Sampling for the Detection and Quantification of <i>Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans</i> in Periodontitis Patients by Nabil Khzam, Omar Kujan, Dorte Haubek, Aysen Arslan, Anders Johansson, Jan Oscarsson, Zeinab Razooqi, Leticia Algarves Miranda

“…Patients with advanced forms of periodontitis (<i>n</i> = 220; mean age: 54.03 ± 03 years) at stage III/IV were sampled. Unstimulated saliva, buccal cheek mucosa, and pooled subgingival plaque samples were collected. …”
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Impacts of local environment and land use/cover on spatial-temporal patterns of α and β fish diversity in the Anning River, China by Ruihang Zhou, Pengcheng Lin, Zhijun Xia, Tao Chang, Huijun Ru, Yunfeng Li, Baoshan Ma

“…To examine the spatial and temporal patterns and the driving factors of fish species and functional diversity, surveys were conducted at 28 sampling sites along the Anning River in November 2020 and April 2021. …”
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Recurrent aphthous stomatitis and neoplasms of the mouth and pharynx: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Youzhan Yang, Jincheng Zhang, Chunsheng Yuan, Zhiqiang Cheng

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Causal effects between gut microbiota and endometriosis: a two-sample Mendelian randomisation study by Tiefeng Cao, Yunfei Wang, Shen Huimin

“…Inverse variance-weighted (IVW) was used as the main MR analysis to infer causal relationships. …”
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Detection and Profiling of Antibiotic Resistance among Culturable Bacterial Isolates in Vended Food and Soil Samples by Susan W. Muriuki, Johnstone O. Neondo, Nancy L. M. Budambula

“…Seventy antibiotic-resistant bacterial isolates were isolated from fried fish, African sausages, roasted meat, smokies, samosa, chips (potato fries), vegetable salads, and soil samples collected from Embu Town and Kangaru Market in Embu County, Kenya. …”
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Depression and health literacy among adolescents and adults in Germany: findings from two representative samples by Lars König, Lars König, Rebekka Schröder, Tim Hamer, Ralf Suhr, Ralf Suhr

“…Health literacy might be an important factor to consider in prevention strategies for depressive disorders, which is why this study aimed at exploring the association between depressive symptom levels and severity and health literacy, along with additional sociodemographic factors.Materials and methodsData were collected from two large samples of adults (N = 3,011) and adolescents (N = 1,021) representative of the German-speaking population in Germany. …”
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WINTER HARDINESS OF BREAD WHEAT FROM THE VIR COLLECTION IN ENVIRONMENTS OF THE NORTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL BLACK SOIL REGIONS OF RUSSIA by N. S. Lysenko, V. F. Loseva, O. P. Mitrofanova

“…The Friedman’s variance analysis has shown that variation on winter hardiness in 158 acces­sions from the target sub-collection was determined by the environmental conditions of wheat cultivation (χ2э = 256.7; df = 4; χ2W=0.05 = 9.5) and by genetic differences between ac­cessions (χ2э = 239.3; df = 157; χ2W=0.05 = 187.2) at that effect of the prior was stronger than that of the latter. …”
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Designing an Earnings Management Improvement Model for Iranian knowledge-based Firms by Khadijeh Ghasemi, Hosein Jabbari, Meysam Arabzadeh, Hosein Panahian

“…This study is interpretive in the model exploration phase and positivist in the model testing phase, and in general, this is applied research. The research sample in the qualitative phase comprises the experts in the field of earnings management, including accounting faculty members (8), senior managers of KBFs (7), and members of the Iranian National Tax Administration (INTA) (5); thus, a total number of 20 experts were interviewed to collect the qualitative data. …”
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Study of Multiple Regression Modal between Soil Properties and Colony-forming Unit Collected from Diverse Regions of Rajasthan, India by Himanshi Mangla, Saurabh Dave, Smita Jain, Hardik Pathak

“…Aim: This study was done to predict the relation between soil properties and colony-forming unit (CFU) at different landscape positions from observed values using simplified regression models. Methods: Soil samples (normal and petroleum contaminated) were collected from diverse regions of Rajasthan, India. …”
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A Comparison of the Financial Management Characteristics of UK vs. EU Manufacturing Firms by Gulser MERIC, Stephanie WEIDMAN, Carol WELSH, Ilhan MERIC

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Evaluation of physical characteristics of chevon as affected by post-mortem carcass dressing and freezing preservation by E. A. Apata, O. O. Olaleye, O. A. Apata, M. T. Olugbemi, A. B. Omojola

“…The carcasses were randomly allotted to three post-mortem dressing procedures (scalding, skinning and singeing) and meat from thigh cuts was frozen for 0, 7, 14 and 21 days. Meat samples were excised each day after thawing for physical analysis and data collected were subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) in a completely randomized design experiment with 3x4 factorial arrangement. …”
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Psychometric properties of the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) in a Moroccan sample of nursing students by Saka Khadija, Mohamed-Yassine Amarouch, Youssef Miyah, Mohammed Benjelloun, Jaouad El-Hilaly

“…Data were collected using the Arabic-translated DREEM questionnaire. …”
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Determination of the total content of some secondary metabolites in various organs of the Dagestan samples of Capparis herbacea Willd. by F. A. Vagabova, G. K. Radjabov, A. M. Musaev, F. I. Islamova

“…Purpose of the work: comparative assessment of the content of the sum of phenolic compounds exhibiting antioxidant activity in various organs of herbaceous capers C. herbacea Willd. The 4 samples of C. herbaceawere collected from natural populations of Dagestan during the flowering and fruiting phases in the summer of 2019. …”
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Efficient Chlorophyll Prediction and Sampling in the Sea: A Real-Time Approach With UCB-Based Path Planning by Perihan Karakose, Cafer Bal

“…Traditional methods for measuring chlorophyll involve time-consuming and costly sample collection and laboratory analysis, making real-time monitoring a challenging task. …”
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Impact of Social Structure Characteristics of High School and University Students Playing Fencing Sports on Collective Efficacy and Goal Orientation by Dilara Ilıkkan, Mehtap Yıldız

“…In the analysis, independent samples t-test, Pearson Correlation test, one-way analysis of variance test (Anova), Tukey post hoc test, and Tamhane's post hoc test were performed. …”
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