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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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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Chasing environmental sustainability in healthcare organizations: insights from the Italian experience by Michela Bobini, Americo Cicchetti

“…The analysis also revealed a positive association between the number of sustainability domains addressed and the number of actions implemented, suggesting that broader engagement supports more structured implementation. Conclusions The findings suggest that organizations do not necessarily follow a linear or formalized pathway in adopting environmental sustainability practices. …”
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A Review on Fatigue Life Prediction Methods for Metals by E. Santecchia, A. M. S. Hamouda, F. Musharavati, E. Zalnezhad, M. Cabibbo, M. El Mehtedi, S. Spigarelli

“…Metallic materials are extensively used in engineering structures and fatigue failure is one of the most common failure modes of metal structures. …”
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Intrinsic electro-optical and thermodynamic properties of 4,4′-Bis(N-carbazolyl)-1,1′-biphenyl (CBP) as a potential candidate for nonlinear optical applications: a DFT investigatio... by Pierre Ferdinand Bissi Nyandou, Ali Raza Ayub, Patrick Noudem, Côme Damien Désiré Mveme, David Fouejio, Serge Sylvain Zekeng

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Turkish Language Teacher Candidates' Multimodal Literacy Levels and Their Attitudes Towards Information and Communication Technologies by Gökhan Arı, Mustafa Serdar Yaşar

“…As the digital technologies develop, the multi-modal structures in which multiple modes such as text, sound and image are used concurrently are frequently encountered in daily life. …”
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Mitigating water shortages and enhancing food security through crop optimization: Insights from the Eastern Nile Delta by Heba F. Abdelwahab, Abdelazim M. Negm, Elsayed M. Ramadan, Alban Kuriqi, Ismail Abd-Elaty

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Theoretical Analysis of Interband Single-Photon Light Absorption in Semiconductors: Effects of Valence-Conduction Band Mixing and Temperature-Dependent Bandgap by Rustam Y. Rasulov, Vokhob R. Rasulov, Nurillo U. Kodirov, Mardonbek Kh. Nasirov, Iqbol M. Eshboltaev

“…This study presents a theoretical analysis of the spectral and temperature dependence of the single-photon absorption coefficient for linearly and circularly polarized light in semiconductors with diamond and zinc blende lattice structures. …”
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Investigation of Humidity and Temperature Response of a Silica Gel Coated Microfiber Coupler by Lei Sun, Yuliya Semenova, Qiang Wu, Dejun Liu, Jinhui Yuan, Xinzhu Sang, Binbin Yan, Kuiru Wang, Chongxiu Yu, Gerald Farrell

“…The humidity and temperature responses of a microfiber coupler (MFC) coated with silica gel are investigated. Two MFC structures with different waist diameters of 2.5 and 3.5 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu$ </tex-math></inline-formula>m were fabricated by fusing and tapering two single-mode fibers using a microheater brushing technique. …”
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Testing the efficiency of the wine market using unit root tests with sharp and smooth breaks by Elie Bouri, Tsangyao Chang, Rangan Gupta

“…We find evidence of structural shifts and nonlinearity in the wine indices. …”
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Experimental and machine learning-driven assessment of IS 2062 steel under double-base propellant combustion conditions by Hari Singh, Dola Sundeep, C. Chandrasekhara Sastry, Eswaramoorthy K Varadharaj

“…Conversely, Test-07 exceeded 355–372 ksc with burn rates surpassing 41 mm/s, exhibiting erosive burning and accelerated steel erosion.Material characterization techniques, including X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman Spectroscopy, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), revealed significant oxidation, scale formation, and localized surface degradation, in high-temperature regions around 2500 Kelvinat the nozzle throat inducing structural changes. To enhance predictive accuracy, machine learning models Linear Regression, Random Forest Regression, Support Vector Machines (SVM), K-Means Clustering, and Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) were employed to analyze combustion-induced degradation trends, confirming Test-06 as the optimal balance of stability and high performance. …”
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Model of microwave radiation absorption by biological tissues by I. A. Lagutskiy, M. V. Davydov, V. V. Kizimenko, V. A. Bogush

“…In the range of 2.5–3 GHz both in the near and far fields practically linear decrease of absorption value is observed. When analyzing the influence of structures' sizes on electromagnetic energy absorption in biological tissues, it was found that the nature of change in absorption value is a nonlinear value. …”
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Word decoding of protein amino Acid sequences with availability analysis: a linguistic approach. by Kenta Motomura, Tomohiro Fujita, Motosuke Tsutsumi, Satsuki Kikuzato, Morikazu Nakamura, Joji M Otaki

“…The amino acid sequences of proteins determine their three-dimensional structures and functions. However, how sequence information is related to structures and functions is still enigmatic. …”
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Effect of Anode-to-Cathode Distance on Corrosion Rate and Cathodic Protection of Submerged Low Carbon Steel in Riverine and Marine Environments by Omar Akram Ahmed, Muthana Mahmood Kassim, Nabaa Hussan Abdul Razaq, Mohammed Najy Mohammed

“…The study also validates the rapid assessment capability of the linear polarization resistance (LPR) technique for evaluating corrosion protection performance in submerged steel structures. …”
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Fractal Fuzzy-Based Multi-criteria Assessment of Sustainability in Rare Earth Use for Hydrogen Storage by Gang Kou, Serhat Yüksel, Serkan Eti, Hasan Dinçer, Merve Acar

“…Fractal structures are particularly effective in modeling linguistic fuzziness because their recursive nature closely mirrors the layered and imprecise way humans often express subjective judgments. …”
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3D ophthalmic ultrasonography at the slit lamp using existing ultrasound systems. by Jack O Thomas, Josiah K To, Parsa Riazi Esfahani, Frithjof Kruggel, William C Tang, Andrew W Browne

“…This study introduces a novel method that could potentially enhance ophthalmic diagnostics and treatment planning by providing comprehensive 3D views of ocular structures using existing ultrasound probes adapted to the conventional slit lamp.…”
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Mechanistic Modelling of Coupled UV Energy Penetration and Resin Flow Dynamics in Digital Light Processing (DLP)-Based Microfluidic Chip Printing by Xinhui Wang, Antony Seng Kai Kho, Jinghang Liu, Tianyu Mao, Michael D. Gilchrist, Nan Zhang

“…Experimental validation using linear and annular microfluidic chips demonstrated that increasing layer thickness induces progressive over-curing, leading to inclined cross-sectional structures. …”
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Chalcolithic stamp seals from Tepe Gheshlagh, and a look into their application in ownership and exchange systems by Mahnaz Sharifi, Abbas Motarjem

“…With a descriptive-analytical method, an attempt was made to expound on Gheshlagh’s glyptic assemblage that attest to the existence of an ownership system and commercial exchanges. A structural analysis of the glyptic iconography suggested that each of the linear, circular, or repeating patterns were less mere personal insignias intended to exclude the possibility of alteration or forgery than they were marks belonging to a pre-literate system where each sign/symbol stood for individual commodity types that were transported or exchanged as such. …”
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THE HOMOGENIZED VEGETABLE PASTES AND MARINADES WITH BERRY COMPONENTA by Galina Valentinovna Ivanova, Olga Yakovlevna Kolman

“…The obtained experimental data are processed by means of the software package of STATISTICA 6.0. Linear multidimensional models of interrelations ofthe components which are a part ofthe developed compositions with a structural and mechanical indicator (limit tension of shit) and acidity are constructed. …”
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