A Comparative Analysis of Household Food Insecurity Status among Rice Farmers in Savanna and the Rainforest Agro-ecological Zones in Southwest States, Nigeria by Temitope Solomon Oni, Caroyln Afolake Afolami, Abiodun Elijah Obayelu, Michael Ayodele Idowu

“…Primary data were used and obtained through the administration of a well structured questionnaire. A multistage random sampling was used to select 577 rice farmers in the study area. …”
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Effects of lifestyle modification counselling on weight and body composition among adults with overweight or obesity on antiretroviral therapy: a randomized controlled trial by Agete Tadewos Hirigo, Moges Derbe, Daniel Yilma, Ayalew Astatkie, Zelalem Debebe

“…The effect of lifestyle modification counselling on weight and body composition was evaluated through linear mixed effects model and multiple linear regression analysis. …”
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Impact of Autoclaving on the Dimensional Stability of 3D‐Printed Guides for Orthodontic Mini‐Implant Insertion – An In Vitro Study by Samuel David, Mira Hüfner, Nicole Rauch, Robert Kerberger, Dieter Drescher, Giulia Brunello, Kathrin Becker

“…Before (T0) and after sterilization (T1) the guides were scanned with a structured light 3D scanner, and selected guides also with micro‐CT for validation. …”
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Fundamental limits to multi-functional and tunable nanophotonic response by Shim Hyungki, Kuang Zeyu, Lin Zin, Miller Owen D.

“…The difficulty lies with the fact that it is a single structure that must exhibit optimal response over multiple scenarios. …”
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Prediction of uniaxial compressive strength of limestone from ball mill grinding characteristics using supervised machine learning techniques by Sahas V. Swamy, Bijay Mihir Kunar, Karra Ram Chandar, Mamdooh Alwetaishi, Shashikumar Krishnan, Sudhakar Reddy

“…Abstract Uniaxial Compressive Strength (UCS) is a fundamental parameter in rock engineering, governing the stability of foundations, slopes, and underground structures. Traditional UCS determination relies on laboratory tests, but these face challenges such as high-quality core sampling, sample preparation difficulties, high costs, and time constraints. …”
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Theoretical justification of the model of search for optimal solutions in complex resource management systems by Roman A. Khalturin, Roman O. Sudorgin, Nikita S. Akinshin

“…To develop a set of mathematical models for finding optimal solutions in complex resource management systems under uncertainty, required for designing resource allocation structures. Materials and methods. The study employs a combination of mathematical modeling, decision theory, and optimization techniques to address multicriteria problems in complex systems, particularly in resource allocation systems (RR systems) within transport complexes. …”
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3D modelling and x-ray depth analysis map of the pulp with computer software via digital periapical radiography and cone beam computed tomography by Turgut Felek, Samed Satir, Selale Ozel, H. Kursat Celik

“…Chicken fibula bone was preferred for alveolar bone simulation because it could simulate cortical and trabecular structures due to similarity. A total of four images (60kVp & 70kVp; single alveolar bone & double alveolar bone) were obtained. …”
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Continuum Reverberation in Active Galactic Nuclei Disks Only with Sufficient X-Ray Luminosity and Low Albedo by Amy Secunda, Yan-Fei Jiang, Jenny E. Greene

“…To understand how X-ray reverberation works with realistic accretion disk structures, we perform 3D multifrequency radiation magnetohydrodynamic simulations of X-ray reprocessing by the UV-emitting region of an AGN disk using sophisticated opacity models that include line opacities for both the X-ray and UV radiation. …”
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Professionalism of Project Management Team and Implementation of National Government Constituency Development Funded Projects in Kenya by Amayo Meshack Otieno, Jackline Akoth Odero, Ben Oseno

“…Primary data was obtained by use of structured questionnaires and later analyzed by use of descriptive statistics which entailed mean as well as standard deviation and for inferential statistics the study used Pearson’s correlation and simple linear regression. …”
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Influence of the environmental challenges on the resilience of purse seine fisherman in Kutaraja oceanic fishing port, Banda Aceh by Jasnur Syahputra, Sugeng Hari Wisudo, Eko Sri Wiyono, Mustaruddin Mustaruddin

“…A quantitative approach was employed through a survey method, and data were collected from 100 purse seine fishermen using structured questionnaires. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics with multiple linear regression models. …”
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Quality of life and functional capacity of elderly people residents in rural area by Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares, Sebastião Augusto Gávea Junior, Flávia Aparecida Dias, Nilce Maria de Freitas Santos, Paula Beatriz de Oliveira

“…It describes the functional capacity and determines their associated factors. 850 elderly people participated in the survey in which semi-structured instruments WHOQOL-BREF and WHOQOL-OLD were used. …”
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Les noms de tranchées et de boyaux de la Grande Guerre en Champagne by Alain Devos, Pierre Taborelli, Robin Perarnau

“…The study of trench maps reveals the western front is made of a dense and complex defense network structured according to the geomorphological conditions. …”
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Finite Element Method for Solving the Screened Poisson Equation with a Delta Function by Liang Tang, Yuhao Tang

“…To address this, we employ integrated Legendre basis functions, which yield sparse and structured system matrices characterized by a Banded-Block-Banded-Arrowhead (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mi>B</mi><mn>3</mn></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>-Arrowhead) form. …”
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Between Pain and Hope: Parent’s Grief at the Diagnosis of Fetal Malformation by Yasmin Zalazan Santos Conceição, Eleonora Pereira Melo

“…Data were collected between May and July 2019 using semi-structured interviews. Eight subjects participated, six pregnant women and two parents. …”
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ESTIMATING THE IMPACT OF INVESTMENTS IN INNOVATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES: THE CASE OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA by Olga STRĂINU

“…From a methodological point of view, it was made a bibliographical study and then it was conducted an opinion survey via semi-structured thematic interviews with a sample of 66 managers and specialists from agricultural enterprises. …”
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Transitioning to a Cashless Economy: Drivers and Inhibitors of Electronic Payment System Adoption among Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises by Jayson Diaz

“…Data were collected using a structured questionnaire validated for reliability and analyzed using multiple linear regression to determine significant predictors of electronic payment adoption. …”
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Features of the Phase Transition in Ni50.9Мn29.43Gа19.67 Single Crystal by Y.B. Skirta, A.L. Sozinov, V.V. Nevdacha

“…The values of jumps of the above mentioned characteristics during martensitic transition depend on the crystallographic direction and ratio between structural domains and c-, and а-, b-axes along this direction.…”
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Multiband Antennas for SDR Applications by E. Surducan, V. Surducan, D. Iancu, J. Glossner

“…Using a composite folded dipole structure as starting point, we derived more complex antenna configurations to support multiple communication protocols for mobile application with linear and circular polarizations. …”
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Impacts of Nearshore Wave‐Current Interaction on Transport and Mixing of Small‐Scale Buoyant Plumes by Angelica R. Rodriguez, Sarah N. Giddings, Nirnimesh Kumar

“…Wave‐current interactions significantly alter plume structure when compared to hydrodynamics‐only simulations. …”
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Flowtigs: Safety in flow decompositions for assembly graphs by Francisco Sena, Eliel Ingervo, Shahbaz Khan, Andrey Prjibelski, Sebastian Schmidt, Alexandru Tomescu

“…We provide an O(mn)-time algorithm that identifies all maximal flowtigs and represents them inside a compact structure. On the practical side, we study flowtigs in the use-case of metagenomic assembly. …”
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