The Influence of Thermocycling and Ultraviolet Aging on Surface Characteristics and the Repair Bond Strength of CAD/CAM Resin Nanoceramics by Beyza Unalan Degirmenci, Alperen Degirmenci, Zelal Seyfioglu Polat

“…SEM, AFM, and XRD analyses were performed for structural evaluation. Results: Both thermocycling and UV aging significantly increased surface roughness (<i>p</i> < 0.001) while reducing microhardness and repair bond strength (<i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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Eco-friendly and biodegradable dimethylacrylamide/starch hydrogels for controlled release of urea and its water retention by Duygu Alpaslan, Tuba Erşen Dudu

“…Swelling analyses were performed to examine the structural and morphological properties of DSt, DSt1, and DSt2 hydrogels, and Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) and Thermogravimetric Analyzers (TGA) were used. …”
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Problems of weld overlay of seating surfaces of pipe fitting and solutions by S. S. Poloskov

“…Such a model should virtually reproduce the surfacing process, as well as its thermal cycle followed by calculating the ratio of the structural components of the deposited metal and the substrate metal. …”
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Longitudinal bidirectional relations between parental phubbing and adolescents’ life satisfaction: The roles of problematic social network use and personality by Xiaoyan Zhou, Fangfang Tian, Xingchao Wang, Xinyi Chen, Jiping Yang, Xueqi Zeng

“…The involved students were recruited from 48 classrooms across 7 different schools. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to fit our cross‐lagged panel model across three waves of data. …”
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ENERGY-ENTROPIC VALUE OF ORGANIZATION’S RESOURCES by Alla Bondar

“…A tool for analyzing the dynamics of energy entropy is also proposed, and a relative indicator of the dynamics of entropies is substantiated, which comprehensively assesses structural and qualitative changes in the organization and makes it possible to identify problems of an energy-organizational nature that need to be addressed.…”
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Metabiotic Medicine of Symbiotic Corynebacteria: Prevention, Treatment and Immunological Safety by E. A. Shmeleva, A. E. Vershinin, S. S. Andina

“…A medicine Kodivak, a structural component of the cell wall of the symbiotic corynebacterium (Corynebacterium diphtheriae (tox +) was used in the work. …”
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Management of Urban Amenities in the Context of Public Health Care for Local Communities by Svitlana Kolomiiets, Agnieszka Jakubowska, Eugeniya Goreva

“…The methodological part of this study rests on the dialectical method of scientific cognition and a systematic approach. It involved structural and comparative analyses and statistical methods. …”
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Fire frequencies negatively impact soil organic carbon stock in tropical moist deciduous forest communities of Central India by Pranab Kumar Pati, Priya Kaushik, Dinesh Malasiya, Mohammed Latif Khan, Pramod Kumar Khare

“…Further, a strong monotonic decline in total SOC stock with increasing fire frequency was observed, with a significant variation of 54.19% in between unburned and highly burned fire frequency classes, indicating a gradual negative effect of recurrent fires on SOC stock. Structural equation model clearly indicated a fire frequency induced decrease in SOC stock both directly and indirectly and the indirect impact was through taxonomic diversity. …”
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Assimilating talent-centric approaches to digital workplace engagement behaviours by Sheikh Muhamad Hizam, Habiba Akter, Waqas Ahmed, Ilham Sentosa

“…Research approach/design and method: The study used a self-administered questionnaire with quota sampling, and data analysis was conducted using the PLS-SEM technique to assess measurement and structural models. Main findings: Results showed that KS and TD impacted EE indirectly via PE, while EM had both direct and indirect effects. …”
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Cross-lagged analysis of mobile phone addiction and bedtime procrastination: a comparison of gender and perceived stress levels among Chinese college students by Xiujian Lin, Xueping Fu, Yuhao Shen, Gaoyang Liu, Ningning Ding, Guohua Zhang, Jun Qian

“…Data were analyzed using SPSS 26.0 and AMOS 24.0, employing methods such as descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, repeated measures variance analysis, and structural equation modeling.ResultsThe study found that both MPA and BP are on the rise among college students and share a bidirectional longitudinal relationship. …”
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Strengthening of Mg-Li alloy dominated by continuously hardened Mg phase during room temperature rolling by Zhonghao Heng, Xianzhe Shi, Lijuan Huang, Biao Chen, Jianghua Shen

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Advancements in Forest Monitoring: Applications and Perspectives of Airborne Laser Scanning and Complementarity with Satellite Optical Data by Costanza Borghi, Saverio Francini, Giovanni D’Amico, Ruben Valbuena, Gherardo Chirici

“…The results showed how ALS metrics—especially those related to height and intensity—improved estimates precision of forest volume, biomass, biodiversity, and structural attributes, even in dense vegetation, with an R² up to 0.97. …”
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An automation monitoring system for the production facility work by Артем Бронніков, Альона Коломієць, Олег Юрченко

“…The following results were obtained: analysis and comparison of existing solutions for the implementation of monitoring systems were performed; selected hardware and technical means for developing a monitoring system; a scheme for connecting system components has been developed; the structural diagram of the system and its layout were developed; developed software for managing the monitoring system and displaying data from the database. …”
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Learnings from the evaluation of HERrespect: a factory-based intervention to prevent intimate partner and workplace violence against female garment workers in Bangladesh by Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Mahfuz Al Mamun, Kausar Parvin, Samantha Willan, Andrew Gibbs, Rachel Jewkes

“…WPV prevention will require a change in the structural violence of the just-in-time regime which contributes largely to WPV.…”
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Adoption of unmanned, cashierless retail technology in Croatia: A study on student perceptions by Eszter Szabó-Szentgróti, Petra Kinga Kézai Kézai, Szabolcs Rámháp, Blaženka Knežević, Mirjana Pejić-Bach

“…We applied variance-based structural equitation modelling (PLS-SEM) to analyse the primary database. …”
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Perceived Organisational Support as a Mediator Between Green Organisational Culture and Organisational Commitment: Evidence From Manufacturing Firms in Peru by Cristian Villar, Ruben Guevara

“…Using a quantitative approach, the study used a non-experimental, cross-sectional design and employed partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) to analyse data from a random sample of 154 firms. …”
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The Influence of Tree Infilling on Energy Partitioning, Vegetation Water Use, and Soil Water State in Sparse Conifer Stands of the Taiga Shield Ecoregion by C. Spence, A. Coles, J. J. Gibson, E. M. Nicholls, N. Perron, A. Sniderhan, O. Sonnentag, J. L. Baltzer

“…The dominant tree species (black spruce, tamarack and jack pine) were all quick to draw water from shallow soils after spring thaw and rainfall. Stand structural changes resulted in older, more evaporatively enriched water prevalent in soils below dense canopies. …”
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FEMININE ROMANTIC DISCOURSE: STRATEGIC WAYS OF THE PRAGMATIC-INTERROGATIVE COMMUNICATIVE TACTIC REALISATION by Oleksandra S. Romaniuk

“…The latter makes a significant contribution to the study of interactional sociolinguistics (the language in its social context used in interaction by closely observing a certain speech event in a particular community), gender studies (the language and gender alignment), conversation analysis (the structural organisation of spoken interaction), discourse analysis (the genres of discourse and discourse units: communicative moves, tactics and strategies), interpersonal pragmatics (the pragmatic communication model of interpersonal relationship development), cross-cultural communication (the cross-cultural awareness of the interpersonal communication). …”
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Understanding of ChatGPT adoption among business school students by Manaf Al-Okaily, Wasef Mater, Nasim Matar, Fadi Shehab Shiyyab

“…Collected data were analyzed through Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The findings mainly confirm that all direct hypotheses (performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating condition, hedonic motivation, and trust on the behavioral intention to use ChatGPT services which in turn affects ChatGPT adoption) are accepted except hypothesis (H7) which states that there is a positive relationship between habit and the behavioral intention to use ChatGPT services and thus the related hypothesis was rejected. …”
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Application of Biomimetic Cell Membrane-Coated Nanocarriers in Cardiovascular Diseases by Zhao X, Chen W, Wu J, Shen Y, Xu B, Chen Z, Sun Y

“…Additionally, it examines key challenges to clinical application, including such as production scalability, structural stability, and regulatory challenges, while proposing strategies to overcome these limitations. …”
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