Screening biomarkers related to cholesterol metabolism in osteoarthritis based on transcriptomics by ChenDeng Lao, Wei Wei, JianWen Cheng, ShiJie Liao, XiaoLin Luo, Qian Huang, HengZhen Huang, JinMin Zhao

“…In this study, two OA datasets, GSE55457 and GSE55235, were applied, which contained the transcriptome data of 10 OA samples and 10 control samples (synovial tissue) respectively. …”
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The Influence Of Work Stress, Work Motivation, Work Environment On The Performance Of Health Workers In 24-Hour Non-Inpatient Community Health Centers In Wonocolo District, Surabay... by Andry Pribadi, Agus Sukoco, Joko Suyono

“…This research adopts a quantitative approach using a survey method with 90 healthcare workers as the sample. …”
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Antecedents of lecturers’ innovative work behavior in a private university: Creative process engagement as a mediator by Moses Soediro, Lieli Suharti, Komala Inggarwati, Andrian Dolfriandra Huruta

“…The sample was selected due to its diverse academic backgrounds and active involvement in institutional innovation. …”
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FVPNet: A Fuzzy Visual Positioning Perception Network for Small Object Segmentation in Remote Sensing Images by Yu Yan, Jindong Xu, Qianpeng Chong, Guangyi Wei, Zhixiang Wang

“…The FR subnet employs high-order fuzzy modeling with adaptive membership functions and a constrained-space boundary adaptation strategy to address boundary uncertainty in RSIs. …”
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Effects of Medicare predictors in health disparities in the risk of Alzheimer's disease by Igor Akushevich, Arseniy Yashkin, Julia Kravchenko

“…Abstract INTRODUCTION Disparities in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementias (ADRD) persist across race/ethnicity, sex, and US geographic regions, but limited quantitative information exists to explain how specific predictors contribute to these disparities. …”
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Quality of Life with Late-Onset Pompe Disease: Qualitative Interviews and General Public Utility Estimation in the United Kingdom by Lena Hubig, Anna-Katrine Sussex, Alasdair MacCulloch, Derralynn Hughes, Ryan Graham, Liz Morris, Syed Raza, Andrew J. Lloyd, Amanda Sowinski, Katy Gallop

“…The vignette content was based on robust quantitative and qualitative evidence and captured the main HRQoL impacts of LOPD. …”
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Interactive and personalized digital communication: Key predictors of political participation intention in young Moroccans by Hind Sbai, Souad Al Bakali, Hassan Azouaoui, Abdessamad Dibi

“…Subsequently, a purposive sample of 423 respondents was analyzed using Partial Least Squares regression. …”
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Prospects for assessing financial ratios in crisis and postcrisis economy by O. V. Berezhnaya, E. V. Berezhnaya, P. N. Kozlov

“…The authors used financial analysis methods to calculate specific coefficients and deterministic modeling methods to assess the impact of factors on the level of return on capital. …”
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Variability in Pain Traits Among Young Individuals with High and Low Pain Sensitivity by Zhi Y, Mao Z, Zhang M, Kong Y

“…However, it remains unclear whether differences in these traits exist between individuals with high or low pain sensitivity, which could have implications for predicting pain disorders.Methods: This study aimed to examine the variability of pain-related traits in individuals with high or low pain sensitivity, using both self-report measures and quantitative sensory tests in a sample of 92 healthy young adults. …”
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Validating the underpinnings of water corticosterone measurement for aquatic amphibians [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Charlotte A Hosie, Robert Coleman, Christopher J Emmans, Andrew M Holmes, Tessa E Smith

“…Background Good animal welfare is important ethically but also to ensure animals provide valid scientific models. Despite thousands of amphibians in research laboratories there is minimal quantitative evidence pertaining to their management and welfare. …”
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Development and Validation of the Academic Self-Handicapping Scale for Nursing and Midwifery Students: A Study of Reliability and Agreement by Fatemeh Aliakbari Borovati, Naser Mohammadi Ahmadabadi, Shahrzad Sanjari, Alireza Keikha, Asma Bameri, Gholamhasan Panahi, Mohammadreza Mohamadi Soliemani

“…In the cross-sectional quantitative phase, the statistical population consisted of 1,080 students selected through a multi-stage cluster sampling method. …”
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Recovering manifold representations via unsupervised meta-learning by Yunye Gong, Jiachen Yao, Ruyi Lian, Xiao Lin, Chao Chen, Ajay Divakaran, Yi Yao

“…To address this issue, we propose manifold representation meta-learning (MRML) based on autoencoders to recover the underlying manifold structures without uniformly or densely sampled data. Specifically, we adopt episodic training, following model agnostic meta-learning, to meta-learn autoencoders that are generalizable to unseen samples specifically corresponding to regions with low-sampling density. …”
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Understanding the Broad-line Region of Active Galactic Nuclei with Photoionization. I. The Moderate-accretion Regime by Qiaoya Wu, Yue Shen, Hengxiao Guo, Scott F. Anderson, W. N. Brandt, Catherine J. Grier, Patrick B. Hall, Luis C. Ho, Yasaman Homayouni, Keith Horne, Jennifer I-Hsiu Li, Donald P. Schneider

“…Additionally, photoionization models with universal values of ionization parameter ( $\mathrm{log}{U}_{{\rm{H}}}=-2$ ) and hydrogen density ( $\mathrm{log}n({\rm{H}})=12$ ) can qualitatively reproduce the observed global R – L relation for the current RM AGN sample. …”
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ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE COMPETENCY OF PHYSICS TEACHERS IN WEST SUMATRA PROVINCE by Weria Hendri, Siti Nursaila Alias, Anis Nazihah Mat Daud, Anis Diyana Halim

“…This research employs a quantitative research design with a survey method. A total of 37 Physics teachers from junior and senior high schools in West Sumatra Province were selected as respondents of the research using the purposive sampling technique. …”
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Study on the Influence of Inertial Force on the Performance of Aerostatic Thrust Bearings by Shuo Jia, Chenhui Jia, Yanhui Lu

“…Firstly, the Reynolds equation considering gas inertia force is theoretically deduced in the cylindrical coordinate system, and then a mathematical model of aerostatic thrust bearing with three degrees of freedom (3-DOF) is constructed. …”
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Interaction Between Spiritual Development and Psychological Growth: Implications for Islamic Educational Psychology in Islamic Students by Muhammad Hisyam Syafii, Husain Azhari

“…Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, the study conducted quantitative analysis through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and qualitative analysis of reflective journals. …”
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Biotic stress shifted structure and abundance of Enterobacteriaceae in the lettuce microbiome. by Armin Erlacher, Massimiliano Cardinale, Martin Grube, Gabriele Berg

“…Additional inoculation experiments with Escherichia coli as model revealed their presence below the wax layer as well as in the endosphere of leaves. …”
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Determinants of Credit Risk Management on Profitability: A Panel Analysis of Microfinance Banks in Tanzania by Faustin Ngenyuko, Pastory Dickson

“…The primary objectives were to assess how non-performing loans (NPLs), capital adequacy ratio (CAR), leverage (LEV), and bank size influenced return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE). A quantitative approach with a panel data design covering the period from 2014 to 2023 was employed, utilizing a census sampling technique to encompass all licensed microfinance banks in Dar es Salaam. …”
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OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS PROCESS AND PERFORMANCE: ROLE OF LEAN SIX SIGMA CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS by Vimala Venugopal Muthuswamy, Dr. D. Dilip

“…For this purpose, data was collected through a self-administered questionnaire from 300 employees of the service industry using the purposive sampling technique. Employed a quantitative research approach and utilised a cross-sectional research design. …”
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Technology Compatibility and Social Support: Determinants of Students' Self-Regulated Learning in the Digital Era by Laurensius Laka, Alfonsus Krismiyanto, Marieta Jona

“…The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of Technology Compatibility and Social Support on the SRL of students at Catholic Senior High School Bhakti Luhur Malang, Indonesia. Employing a quantitative approach, data were collected from 144 students selected through a stratified random sampling technique. …”
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