Validation Indicator Identification and Customer Ranking in Microloans: A Study at Middle East Bank in Iran by Azadeh Ahmadi Kousha, Faegh Ahmadi, Mohammad Hossein Ranjbar, Hamidreza Kordlouie

“…MethodsThis research is applied-contextual in terms of purpose and exploratory in terms of method. The statistical population of this research includes all retail banking clients of Digital Middle East Bank who seek low-interest loans at an annual rate of 2%, with a penalty rate of 6%. …”
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Gender Incidence in the Salary of Informal Workers for the Management of Socioeconomic Strategies by E. Melendres Medina, M. Campaña Lara, B. Riera Riera, J. Orozco Carrillo

“…The results showed that women's wages were dependent on their gender, conditioned by a sociocultural environment that has not evolved, especially in the informal sectors made up mostly of rural population. Also, the presence of child labor was evident, and wages could not cover the basic needs of women who identified as heads of household with family responsibilities of between three to five people. …”
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Correlations among hope, fertility quality of life and negative emotions for couples undergoing their first in vitro fertilization–embryo transfer: a cross-sectional analysis by Hui Ye, Jing Zhao, Yujie Zou, Xiaorun Song, Mi Xu, Yu Zhang, Lili Zhang, Gaohua Wang

“…Enhancing the level of hope in this population is conducive to alleviating negative emotions and improving their fertility quality of life. …”
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Targeted intra-tumoral hyperthermia using uniquely biocompatible gold nanorods induces strong immunogenic cell death in two immunogenically ‘cold’ tumor models by Barry E. Kennedy, Erin B. Noftall, Cheryl Dean, Alexander Roth, Kate N. Clark, Darren Rowles, Kulbir Singh, Len Pagliaro, Carman A. Giacomantonio, Carman A. Giacomantonio, Carman A. Giacomantonio

“…However, IL-2-induced immunosuppressive T-reg populations were also sustained to tumor endpoint suggesting that therapy could be further enhanced. …”
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Post-craniotomy intracranial pressure monitoring: a novel approach combining optic nerve sheath diameter ultrasonography and cervical-cerebral arterial ultrasound by Zunfeng Fu, Lin Peng, Laicai Guo, Naixia Hu, Yamin Zhu, Shouxin Tang, Hongliang Lou, Jiajun Zhang, Chongqiang Wang

“…Further research is imperative to validate these findings within a more extensive patient population.…”
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Translation and assessment of encultured meaning of the Multi-Dimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support in Diné bizaad (Navajo) using community-based participatory actio... by Tapati Dutta, Jon Agley, Camille Keith, Gregory Zimet

“…Higher perceived social support has been linked to multiple benefits across numerous studies over the past several decades and among multiple populations. The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) is a 12-item scale to assess the construct of perceived social support. …”
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Indication of frailty transitions on 2-year adverse health outcomes among older Chinese inpatients: Insight from a multicenter prospective cohort study. by Miao Yu, Jiaqi Ding, Xinjuan Wu, Xianxiu Wen, Jingfen Jin, Hui Wang, Dongmei Lv, Shengxiu Zhao, Jing Jiao, Tao Xu

“…This study aimed to provide estimates at the population level of the association between frailty transitions and adverse outcomes among elderly inpatients following discharge.…”
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Usability and Usefulness of a Symptom Management Coaching System for Patients With Cancer Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: Comparative Mixed Methods Study by Savannah Lucia Caterina Glaser, Itske Fraterman, Noah van Brummelen, Valentina Tibollo, Laura Maria Del Campo, Henk Mallo, Sofie Wilgenhof, Szymon Wilk, Vitali Gisko, Vadzim Khadakou, Ronald Cornet, Manuel Ottaviano, Stephanie Medlock

“…It is unknown for usability evaluations whether certain usability problems would only be evident to patients whose condition closely resembles the target population, or if a broader group of patients would lead to the identification of a broader range of potential usability issues. …”
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Exploring the relationships between self-efficacy, self-care, and glycaemic control in primary care diabetes management by Le Ho Thi Quynh Anh, Nguyen Vu Quoc Huy, Nguyen Minh Tam, Johan Wens, Anselme Derese, Wim Peersman, Vo Ngoc Ha My, Tran Binh Thang, Nguyen Thi Phuong Anh, Tran Thi Truc Ly, Peter Pype

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Le mouvement étudiant et la question des langues en Algérie (1962-1965) : à propos d’un épisode méconnu de l’histoire de l’UGEMA-UNEA by Yassine Temlali

“…In reconstructing this obscure episode in the light of many sources, including the accounts of participants, this article explores the attitude of the student movement, in the immediate post-independence period (1962–1965), to the question of Berber languages, which were spoken by a fifth of the population but which at the time enjoyed no explicit juridical status. …”
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Growth performance and gut health of Murrah buffalo calves fed with developed novel synbi- otic formulation by Antony J. Thanippilly, Sachin Kumar, Vinay V. Varada, Nitin Tyagi, Ashish K. Samanta

“…A simultaneous increase (p<0.05) in Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium populations and a decrease (p<0.05) in coliforms were observed in the synbiotic and probiotic-supplemented groups. …”
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A comparative study of hospitalization costs of TKA inpatients before and after National Volume-based Procurement in Guangdong, China: an interrupted time-series analysis by Anqi Li, Gongduan Li, Dong Han, Manru Fu, Jinghui Chang, Jinghui Chang

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Glycated Serum Protein Genetics and Pleiotropy with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors by Matthew P. Johnson, Ryan Keyho, Nicholas B. Blackburn, Sandra Laston, Satish Kumar, Juan Peralta, Suman S. Thapa, Bradford Towne, Janardan Subedi, John Blangero, Sarah Williams-Blangero

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Farm-to-fork changes in poultry microbiomes and resistomes in Maputo City, Mozambique by Natalie Olson, Frederica Lamar, Hermógenes Mucache, José Fafetine, Joaquim Saíde, Amélia Milisse, Denise R. A. Brito, Kelsey J. Jesser, Karen Levy, Matthew C. Freeman, Maya L. Nadimpalli

“…Evaluating how poultry gut bacterial communities, including potential human pathogens and high-risk antimicrobial resistance genes, differ from farm to market could help identify where to target interventions to minimize transmission risks to human populations. In this study in Maputo City, Mozambique, we found compositional differences between commercial and local chicken breeds at production and market sites. …”
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Case based Reasoning Prediksi Waktu Studi Mahasiswa Menggunakan Metode Euclidean Distance dan Normalisasi Min-Max by Henni Endah Wahanani, Made Hanindia Prami Swari, Fawwaz Ali Akbar

“…Salah satu pendekatan yang dapat digunakan untuk membuat sebuah sistem prediksi kelulusan adalah menggunakan pendekatan populer yang digunakan dalam pembuatan sistem cerdas (intelligent system) yaitu case based reasoning (CBR). …”
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Effects of heat stress abatement on behavioral response in lactating dairy cows prior to and following an intramammary lipopolysaccharide infusion by T.N. Marins, R.M. Orellana Rivas, Y-C. Chen, V.H.L.R. Melo, Z. Wang, H. Liu, J. Gao, C.G. Savegnago, A.M. Roper, J.K. Bernard, P. Melendez, S. Tao

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Estimating the global cost of vision impairment and its major causes: protocol for a systematic review by Nathan Congdon, Thomas Butt, Peng Tee Khaw, Andrew Bastawrous, Tasanee Braithwaite, Rupert R A Bourne, Matthew J Burton, Serge Resnikoff, Jacqueline Ramke, Kevin Frick, Hugh Taylor, Iris Gordon, Ana Patricia Marques, John Cairns, Justine H Zhang, Hannah B Faal, Iain Jones, Marty Jovic, Allyala Nandakumar

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Maternal phthalates exposure promotes neural stem cell differentiation into phagocytic astrocytes and synapse engulfment via IRE1α/XBP1s pathway by Fengzhen Cui, Shiyu Deng, Yan Fu, Tongtong Xu, Shuangshuang Bao, Siyi Wang, Yahang Lin, Xianghui Wang, Faming Zhao, Tingting Zhang, Shunqing Xu, Zhijun Zhang, Wanlu Li, Guo-Yuan Yang, Huanwen Tang, Jixian Wang, Xia Sheng, Yaohui Tang

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Is Intra-articular Platelet-rich Plasma Injection Safe and Effective in Osteoarthritis Knee? A Prospective Study: A Case Series by R Sahaya Jose, N Kattu Bava, M Syed Moosa

“…Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is the most common slowly progressive chronic degenerative joint disease, characterized by varying degrees of loss of joint cartilage with local inflammation, usually affecting the elderly population. If oral drugs are ineffective, intra-articular injections (corticosteroids, viscous supplements, and blood-derived products) can be offered as another nonoperative modality. …”
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Genetic selection for postweaning growth rate shows no relevant negative impact on reproductive performance in breeding rabbit does by P.J. Marín-García, E. Martínez-Paredes, L. Ródenas, T. Larsen, M. Cambra-López, E. Blas, J.J. Pascual

“…To this end, we used 88 reproductive rabbit females from two vitrified and rederived populations of the same paternal line, differing only in 18 generations of genetic selection for growth rate (n = 44 for R19V and n = 44 for RV37V). …”
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