A comparison of genomic methods to assess DNA replication timing by Emily Wheeler, Leigh Mickelson-Young, Emily E. Wear, Mason Burroughs, Hank W. Bass, Lorenzo Concia, William F. Thompson, Linda Hanley-Bowdoin

“…However, the high reproducibility of RT profiles among all three methods indicates that considerations of cost and sample availability can drive the decision of which method to choose.…”
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Neonatal Outcomes of Spinal Versus General Anesthesia among Women Undergoing Elective Cesarean Section in Erbil City by Sahar Ismail Abdulla, Awaz Aziz Saeed, Abubakir Majeed Saleh

“…For determining the acceptance rate of participants, chi-square test and independent sample t-test with p-value were employed. Results:  the study shows that the most (54%, 44%) of the participants in both groups general and spinal anesthesia were in the age group 20–29 years old, and 35%, 44% were  in the group 30-39 years old respectively. 25% of the general anesthesia group held a primary school degree and 30% of the spinal anesthesia group held an institute or university degree. 65% and 45% of the participants in both were in multi-gravity respectively. 87% and 53% responded that the decision to choose types of anesthesia was made by the Physician's request for both groups. …”
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Identification and Analysis of Senescence-Related Genes in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma by a Comprehensive Bioinformatics Approach by Lin Deng, Jinglin Mi, Xiaolan Ruan, Guozhen Zhang, Yufei Pan, Rensheng Wang

“…Clinical information of HNSCC samples and expression data were acquired from public databases. …”
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Instructional Design and Student Learning in Professional Legal Education by Julie Macfarlane, Pat Boyle

“…The empirical stage of the study took the form of a set of one-on-one interviews with a sample group of students from the new program, just three months into the program. …”
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Real-time Sorting of Broiler Chicken Meat with Robotic arm: XAI-enhanced Deep Learning and LIME Framework for Freshness Detection by Mahamudul Hasan, Nishat Vasker, M. Saddam Hossain Khan

“…With the guidance of the CNN-LIME integration, the robotic arm successfully processed 1000 samples of fresh and 300 samples of rotten chicken meat, achieving a precision of 94.19% for fresh meat and 97.24% for rotten meat. …”
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Latent profile analysis of psychiatric symptoms and the Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities by Guido L. Williams, Edwin de Beurs, Philip Spinhoven

“…Methods A sample of 1,010 psychiatric outpatients from the Netherlands completed the Dutch BSI and APSRA. …”
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Navigating uncertainty in environmental DNA detection of a nuisance marine macroalga. by Patrick K Nichols, Kaʻuaʻoa M S Fraiola, Alison R Sherwood, Brian B Hauk, Keolohilani H Lopes, Colt A Davis, James T Fumo, Chelsie W W Counsell, Taylor M Williams, Heather L Spalding, Peter B Marko

“…Successful implementation of eDNA tools in conservation decision-making requires balancing uncertainties in both visual and molecular detection methods. …”
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Machine Learning-Driven Acoustic Feature Classification and Pronunciation Assessment for Mandarin Learners by Gulnur Arkin, Tangnur Abdukelim, Hankiz Yilahun, Askar Hamdulla

“…A speech corpus containing samples from advanced, intermediate, and elementary learners (N = 50) and standard speakers (N = 10) was constructed, with a total of 5880 samples. …”
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TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT OF PLAIN BEARINGS’ TECHNICAL CONTROL IN CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT by R. F. Salikhov, V. V. Akimov, A. F. Mishurov, G. N. Musagitova

“…The dependences of “Cummins” and “Mahle” bushings thickness change on the heating temperature as well as samples warming temperature dependence on test duration have been obtained. …”
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German validation of three ethics questionnaires: Consequentialist scale, ethical standards of judgment questionnaire, and revised ethics position questionnaire. by Birgit Teichmann, Florian Melchior, George Kosteletos

“…This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of German versions of the three mentioned scales in a sample of native German speakers.<h4>Methods</h4>A convenience sample of 263 participants completed the online survey. …”
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Comparison of the results of in-person and mobile phone surveys for a health facility assessment in Tajikistan: A validation study protocol. by Rachel Neill, Pablo Amor Fernandez, Ruchika Bhatia, Jigyasa Sharma, Kathryn Andrews, Sven Neelsen, Etoile Pinder, Marifat Abdullaev, Firuza Safarova, Mutriba Latypova, Mirja Channa Sjoblom, Tashrik Ahmed, Michael A Peters, Ashley Sheffel, Tawab Hashemi, Peter M Hansen, Ghafur Muhsinzoda, Gil Shapira

“…However, in absence of other reliable data sources, country decision makers often rely on outdated data to address service delivery challenges that change more frequently. …”
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Weight Bias in Nursing: A Pilot Study on Feasibility and Negative Attitude Assessment Among Primary Care Nurses by Jordi Benítez-Muñoz, María Jesús Aguarón-García, Maria del Carmen Malagón-Aguilera, Roser Cuesta-Martínez, Gloria Reig-Garcia, Maria Elena Solà-Miravete

“…It is recommended that the sample be expanded and the measuring instruments refined before performing the full study.…”
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A Scoping Review to Evaluate the Clinical Efficacy of Indigenously Produced, Patient-Specific Acrylic Cranial Prosthesis in Decompressive Craniectomy in India by Charu Guleria, Shrish Nalin, Dinesh Kumar

“…A total of four studies were described as experimental and eight were case reports/series. The sample size of intervention studies varied between 10 and 30 patients with a mean age of 36.7 years. …”
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The role of digital marketing tools in promoting tourism: An applied study on online marketing strategies by Abdelrehim Awad, Bshair Alharthi

“…The study utilized a sample size of 400 participants, with a 70% response rate, resulting in 280 completed surveys. …”
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Influenza vaccine hesitancy and its determinants among Lebanese public transportation drivers by Mahmoud Salam, Gladys Honein-Abou Haidar

“…The main purpose of this cross-sectional study is, thus, to evaluate influenza vaccine hesitancy (VH) and its determinants among a representative sample of Lebanese public transportation drivers. …”
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Self-rated health among older adults in two fast ageing European countries: Evidence from Italy and Serbia by Piumatti Giovanni, Lietz Francesco, Marinković Jelena, Bjegović-Mikanović Vesna

“…It is essential that decision-makers of the implementation of international preventive strategies take into account the specific characteristics of countries in the organization of interventions for the aged population.…”
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Interrater reliability of the modified Tinkertoy test: A validation study in schizophrenia and control groups by Yasuhisa Nakamura, Reiko Miyamoto, Akihiro Koreki, Sachiko Anamizu, Masaru Mimura

“…Abstract Aim Divergent thinking and executive function are critical components of cognitive performance, necessitating reliable assessment tools to guide clinical decision‐making and research on cognitive deficits. …”
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The differential impact of interaction, environment and learner cognitive factors on online learning outcomes: Insights from a European transition country by Sidita Dibra, Blendi Gerdoçi, Megi Çali

“…More specifically, it scrutinises the differentiated impact of interaction (with content, peers and instructor), ease of use, attitudes, technical, and time constraints on three online learning outcomes, namely satisfaction, perceived learning, and quality of courses delivered online, aiming to achieve a nuanced understanding that can inform practitioners’ decision-making. Drawing from a sample of 1698 graduate and undergraduate University students, hierarchical regression was employed to test the proposed models. …”
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A real-time AI tool for hybrid learning recommendation in education: Preliminary results by Chaman Verma

“…The trained model has been tested and validated with new realistic samples created with a non-parametric approach, Kernel Density Estimation (KDE). …”
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Pulmonary embolism diagnosis with D-dimer levels and computed tomography by Rochelle A. Kruger, Jeanetta du Plessis, Henra Muller

“…Methods: Data were retrospectively collected from the Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS). Results: Of the sampled patients (n = 1219), only 16.7% were diagnosed with PE after CTPA. …”
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