Impact of Corporate Volunteers’ Participation in Volunteer Tourism by Hsuan-Ling Chen, Hsi-Lin Liu, Jen-Yi Lu

“…We used a purposeful non-probability sampling procedure at a 95% confidence interval and a sampling error of 0.5% (n = 388). …”
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Field studies of a thermoelectric system for thermal action on the anterior segment of the human eyeball by O. V. Evdulov, I. Yu. Aminova, G. I. Aminov, S. G. Gasanova, P. N. Surakatova

“…The refore, it seems appropriate to bring the TPP to the operating mode before the actual procedures are carried out. It has been established that the duration of TPP switching from cooling to heating mode and vice versa is 230 s, which requires further optimization of the design and operating modes of the device through the use of more advanced types of TEMs and the use of forced operation of thermal modules in the transient mode.…”
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Relationship between renal ultrasonographic, CD4 cell count and proteinuria findings in HIV infected adult patients in Jos, Nigeria by P. M., Gwom, D., Atsukwei, E. D., Eze, E. O., Igoh, E. A., Gabkwe, M. D., Adams, K. M., Rabiu, I., Ezekiel

“…Sonographically based determination of renal size and echogenicity/echopattern combined with proteinuria are good determinants of renal parenchymal disease and may have diagnostic usefulness as a non-invasive procedure in the identification of HIVAN in HIV-positive subjects with renal disease.…”
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Creative Marketing and Financial Performance of Small Medium Enterprises in Rwanda: A Case Study of Selected Businesses in Nyamata Town. by Tenywa, Bashir

“…Majority the participants 13 (19%) agreed, and 14 (21%) that bureaucratic lending procedures affect creative marketing and financial performance of small medium enterprises in Nyamata Rwanda. …”
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Electronic Records Management and Office Organization: A Case Study of Rugarama Hospital. by Nimusiima, Talent

“…The study findings on records management practices at Uganda College of Commerce Kabale were; records creation, control storage and access, retention and disposal procedures, record, track and monitor and destroy or delete. …”
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Cash Management and Performance Small Scale Business in Mbarara City: A Case Study of Central Market. by Nasasira, Naome

“…In chapter three, the researcher described research design, research procedures, methods and data analysis, variables, validity and reliability of the data, instruments, and ethical issues in research. …”
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An Assessment of Task-Oriented Leadership on Employee Performance in Uganda: A Case Study of Buhoma Mukono Community Development Association (BMCDA) in Kanungu District. by Elli, Orikyiriza

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Examining the Role of Debate towards Student's Academic Performance in English Language. A Case Study of Selected Secondary Schools in Bukinda Sub-County Rukiga District. by Kakuru, Janet

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The Pathology of Insistence on Indirect Disclosure of Operating Cash Flows by Esmail Farzaneh Kargar, Mehdi Bahar Moghadam

“…Therefore, from the overall findings, it can be inferred that there is a gap between accountants' practical procedures and investors' expectations; a gap that can undermine the desired quality of financial reporting. …”
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Identifying the Effective Factors on the Sustainability of Small Businesses in Earthquake-Stricken Areas of Kermanshah Province by Ayoub Pazhouhan, Bijan Rezaee, Nader Naderi, Ali Asgari

“…Inductive Content Analysis Results of Interview Data, Through Three Open, Axial, and Selective Coding Procedures, to Identify and summarize factors affecting small business sustainability after the earthquake crisis based on grounded theory, including 263 Codes, 52 concepts and 14 subcategories, with the axial category included. …”
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Effects of new assembled titanium mesh cage on the improvement in biomechanical performance of single-level anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion: a finite element analysis by Ke-rui Zhang, Yi Yang, Ya-qin Li, Li-tai Ma, Bei-yu Wang, Chen Ding, Yang Meng, Xin Rong, Ying Hong, Hao Liu

“…This study aims to evaluate whether a New Assembled Titanium Mesh Cage (NTMC) can improve the biomechanical performance after ACCF. Methods ACCF procedures using both TTMC and NTMC models were constructed and compared. …”
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Remote Monitoring System of Patient Status in Social IoT Environments Using Amazon Web Services Technologies and Smart Health Care by Amer Tahseen Abu-Jassar, Hani Attar, Ayman Amer, Vyacheslav Lyashenko, Vladyslave Yevsieiev, Ahmed Solyman

“…The performed experimental procedure confirmed that the developed experimental RPMS has minimal latency in transmitting data to AWS; it can alert both the patient and the physician about the need for emergency intervention or treatment adjustments, even if critical indicators are detected. …”
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Impact of surgery in patients with multiple sclerosis: a nationwide cohort study by Emma Larsson, Emma Larsson, Ellen Iacobaeus, Ellen Iacobaeus, Erik von Oelreich, Erik von Oelreich, Jesper Eriksson, Jesper Eriksson, Jessica Kåhlin, Jessica Kåhlin

“…It is unknown how surgical procedures affect morbidity and mortality rates in MS.ObjectivesThis study aimed to investigate morbidity associated with surgical interventions in MS patients by assessing disease burden before and after surgery. …”
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Quantitation of micro and nanoplastics in human blood by pyrolysis-gas chromatography–mass spectrometry by Marthinus Brits, Martin J. M. van Velzen, Feride Öykü Sefiloglu, Lorenzo Scibetta, Quinn Groenewoud, Juan J. Garcia-Vallejo, A. Dick Vethaak, Sicco H. Brandsma, Marja H. Lamoree

“…We introduce and apply stringent quality assurance and quality control procedures, including the validation of the method using quality control samples and continuous monitoring of batch analyses to ensure data reliability. …”
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Orai1 Expression and Vascular Function in Kidney Donors Determine Graft Outcomes at Short/Mid-Term by Esther García-Rojo, Javier Angulo, Mariam El Assar, Rocío Santos-Pérez de la Blanca, Borja García-Gómez, José Medina-Polo, Alejandro Sevilleja-Ortiz, Leocadio Rodríguez-Mañas, Argentina Fernández, Eduardo Gutiérrez-Martínez, Enrique Morales-Ruiz, Alfredo Rodríguez-Antolín, Javier Romero-Otero

“…Blood, aorta (HA), mesenteric arteries (HMAs) and corpus cavernosum (HCC) specimens were obtained from organ donors at the kidney procurement procedure (n = 60). Evolution (up to 2 years) of renal function measured as serum creatinine (SCr) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was evaluated in respective recipients (n = 64). …”
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The First Experience of Aortic Valve Repeated Replacement Using the “Valve in Valve” Technique in a Patient With Dysfunction of a Biological Prosthesis by V. V. Vladimirov, L. S. Kokov, A. I. Kovalyov, S. S. Niyazov, M. V. Parkhomenko, A. V. Redkoborody, N. V. Rubtsov, N. M. Bikbova, R. Sh. Muslimov

“…The use of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) “valve in valve” for reoperations in older patients is of great interest, since in recent years the procedure has been widely used in clinical practice and shows promising data in patients with high surgical risk.Aim of study. …”
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Isolation, Preliminary Structural Insights, Characterization, and Antioxidant Potential of a New High-Molecular Weight Complex Phenolic Polymer Developed from Olive Mill Wastewater by Antonio Lama-Muñoz, Alejandra Bermúdez-Oria, Fátima Rubio-Senent, Guillermo Rodríguez-Gutiérrez, África Fernández-Prior, Juan Fernández-Bolaños

“…In this work, a column chromatography technique was used for the isolation of a new complex polymer (named OMW-2000XAD) from OMW via fractionation on Amberlite^® XAD16 resin. The developed procedure was simple and proved to be reproducible using OMW from two different sources. …”
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Plasma concentrations of extracellular vesicles correlate with inflammatory markers in patients with aortic stenosis undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement by Tomasz Urbanowicz, Anna Olasińska-Wiśniewska, Ewelina Błażejowska, Aleksandra Gąsecka, Michał Michalak, Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Michał Rodzki, Anna Witkowska, Michał Bociański, Andrzej Tykarski, Marek Jemielity

“…CONCLUSIONS: SAVR leads to a transient decrease in pro-inflammatory leukocyte-derived EVs, with their levels returning to baseline by postoperative day 3, suggesting an anti-inflammatory effect of this procedure. A negative correlation between erythrocyte-derived EVs (CD235+) and preoperative inflammation before SAVR indicates a potential cardioprotective role of these EVs in patients with AS. …”
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Pretreated exosomes by electrical stimulation accelerate bone regeneration by Jialu Chen, Jian Chen, Jiahao Chen, Renjie Lu, Ziyuan Liu, Yang Zhang, Chi Zhang

“…However, the clinical application of electrical stimulation is limited by the complexity of the procedures and the use of cumbersome, invasive equipment. …”
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That's a wrap – the use of an Esmarch bandage to treat compartment syndrome of the forearm in a paediatric patient by Ben Murphy, Patrick Carroll, Jacques Noel

“…This technique should be used to potentially avoid a fasciotomy and the subsequent morbidity associated with that surgical procedure. It should be used in conjunction with sound clinical judgment and examination technique.…”
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