THE TAX COMPLIANCE PARADOX by Kurnia Mahanani Wijaya, Mahameru Rosy Rochmatullah

“…Thin capitalization denotes a debt-heavy capital structure, intellectual capital reflects intangible resource utilization, capital intensity measures fixed asset investment, and institutional ownership indicates institutional shareholding proportion. …”
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Infectious disease diagnostic device using rapid and efficient qPCR assays on a multi-target chip: idream-qPCR by Kiran Shrestha, Seongryeong Kim, Jiyeon Han, Meng Zhang, Sajjan Parajuli, Gyoujin Cho

“…The authors innovate an off-axis mirror-based three-channel fluorescence intensity measurement method, enabling concurrent non-contact temperature control of 16 mini-well reaction chambers for qPCRs without the necessity of actuating parts. …”
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Stress resistance in barley cultivars of various agroecological origin under extreme continental climate conditions by O. A. Yusova, P. N. Nikolaev, Ya. B. Bendina, I. V. Safonova, N. I. Aniskov

“…The homeostasis of the cultivars, their stability indices and plasticity levels were calculated. Their intensity measures and selection differentials were determined.Conclusion. …”
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Anxiety and depression in pediatric patients with disorder of brain-gut interaction: the role of diarrhea and abdominal pain as key determinants by Zhaodi Chen, Qiqi Chen, Li Zhou

“…Symptom diaries were utilized to document abdominal pain intensity (measured via Visual Analog Scale, VAS) and diarrhea frequency. …”
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Criteria for the selection of railway stations for the placement of freight terminals for handling “Cold Express” container trains by D. Yu. Romenskiy, K. I. Shvedin, A. M. Nasybullin, M. V. Romenskaya

“…The analysis showed that in real conditions there are no stations that fully meet these criteria, from which it was concluded that it was necessary to carry out capital-intensive measures of various volumes associated with the achievement of the necessary parameters of the stations, such as electrification or lengthening of the track, reconstruction of the station necks, arrangement of the site, car entrances, as well as other measures.…”
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Music interferes with expectation-induced pain modulation: a controlled cross-over experimental study by Mélysiane Marcotte, Pierre Rainville, Dan Tcaciuc, Anna Bendas, Todd A. Vogel, Robert Durand, Mathieu Roy, Elham Emami, Nathalie Gosselin

“…Perceived pain intensity, measured using a visual analog scale, was decreased during the music intervention and the audiobook compared to silence (P's < 0.001). …”
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Inulin supplementation improves some inflammatory indices, clinical outcomes, and quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis patients by Ali Tabatabaeyan, Ani Grigorian, Mansour Salesi, Awat Fiezi, Marzieh Kafeshani

“…Clinical outcomes were also evaluated, including morning stiffness and pain intensity measured by the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), hand grip measured by a sphygmomanometer (Seca), disease activity assessed using the Disease Activity Score 28 (DAS-28), and overall quality of life determined by the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ).The number of swollen joints, tender joints, pain intensity, and DAS-28 significantly decreased in both groups. …”
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Efficacy of MRI and clinical findings of Lidocaine injection combined with manual therapy in frozen shoulder-A prospective, randomized, single-blinded, sham-controlled trial. by Gopal Nambi, Mshari Alghadier, Elturabi Elsayed Ebrahim, Mudathir Mohamedahmed Eltayeb, Dena Eltabey Sobeh, Osama R Aldhafian, Shahul Hameed Pakkir Mohamed, Naif Nwihadh Alshahrani, Faizan Z Kashoo, Hariraja Muthusamy, Radhakrishnan Unnikrishnan, Alaa Jameel A Albarakati

“…<h4>Outcome measures</h4>The primary outcome was pain intensity, measured with the visual analogue scale and the other outcome measures were range of motion (ROM), functional disability, thickness of corocohumeral ligament (CHL) by MRI, and quality of life which was measured at baseline, after 4 weeks, 8 weeks and at 6 months.…”
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Clinical Evidence of Acupoint Stimulation for Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Systematic Review and Updated Meta-Analysis by Wang Y, Liu L, Wu X, Wu Y, Qin R, Wang M, Zhou B, Sun J, Song Y, Zhang M, Li M, Yu L

“…The primary outcomes were assessed based on pain intensity measured using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) or effective rates, and safety measured by adverse reaction rates. …”
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Non-specific effects of different sham acupuncture methods and their impact on true acupuncture effectiveness in migraine: a protocol for systematic review and network meta-analysi... by Fan Jiang, Haifeng Zhang, Lun Li, Qinhong Zhang, Meng Lin, Yongjian Liu, Yong Fu, Jiahui Yang, Qilin Liu, Meiyi Zhu, Xiumei Yan

“…Secondary outcomes will include response rate (≥50% reduction in frequency), days with acute medication use, the number of migraine days per month, pain intensity (measured using tools such as the Visual Analogue Scale or Numeric Rating Scale), and scores from migraine-specific questionnaires, among others. …”
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