Exploring radio frequency identification tools for sustainable construction projects: a hybrid structural equation modeling and deep neural network approaches by Kineber, Ahmed Farouk, Oke, Ayodeji Emmanuel, Elshaboury, Nehal, Elseknidy, Mohamed, Alhusban, Mohammad, Zamil, Ahmad, Altuwaim, Ayman

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Reverse by Wang, Sijia

“…This fantasy novella tells the story of Harper, a girl from an East Asian family, who travels alone to a small town in Northern Europe to find solace before Christmas after breaking up with her girlfriend, because of her family’s objections. …”
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Understanding lived experiences of bereaved parents of children with chronic life-threatening Illness : towards a culture-specific and meaning-oriented narrative E-writing interven... by Dutta, Oindrila

“…Qualitative framework analysis of post-intervention feedback highlighted participants’ satisfaction with the opportunity to reflect on their caregiving experiences, acceptance of an internet-and-narrative-based platform for self-expression and structured counseling support, and compatibility of the NeW-I therapeutic-protocol with participants’ needs. Taken together, findings from this pilot investigation indicate that NeW-I could enhance holistic pediatric palliative services in Singapore and a full-scale community trial with a larger and more diverse sample is warranted. …”
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Blood-stage malaria vaccine candidate RH5.1/Matrix-M in healthy Tanzanian adults and children; an open-label, non-randomised, first-in-human, single-centre, phase 1b trial by Silk, SE, Kalinga, WF, Salkeld, J, Mtaka, IM, Ahmed, S, Milando, F, Diouf, A, Bundi, CK, Balige, N, Hassan, O, Mkindi, CG, Rwezaula, S, Athumani, T, Mswata, S, Lilolime, NS, Simon, B, Msami, H, Mohamed, M, David, DM, Mohammed, L, Nyaulingo, G, Mwalimu, B, Juma, O, Mwamlima, TG, Sasamalo, IA, Mkumbange, RP, Kamage, JJ, Barrett, JR, King, LDW, Hou, MM, Pulido, D, Carnrot, C, Lawrie, AM, Cowan, RE, Nugent, FL, Roberts, R, Cho, J-S, Long, CA, Nielsen, CM, Miura, K, Draper, SJ, Olotu, AI, Minassian, AM

“…We found similar functional quality (ie, GIA per μg RH5-specific IgG) across all age groups and dosing regimens at 14 days after the final vaccination; the concentration of RH5.1-specific polyclonal IgG required to give 50% GIA was 14·3 μg/mL (95% CI 13·4–15·2). 11 children were vaccinated with the delayed third dose regimen and showed the highest median anti-RH5 serum IgG concentration 14 days following the third vaccination (723 μg/mL [IQR 511–1000]), resulting in all 11 who received the full series showing greater than 60% GIA following dilution of total IgG to 2·5 mg/mL (median 88% [IQR 81–94]).…”

Are customers happy? a study of satisfaction in Sarawak’s fast-food restaurants by Thien, Nancy Swee Yen, Latip, Malisah

“…Data from 414 respondents aged 18 and above were analysed using SPSS through Spearman’s correlation and simple linear regression analysis. The findings showed that all variables, perceived price, service quality, food quality, and physical environment quality had significant correlations with customer satisfaction. …”
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Sample size estimation with missing values on clinical trials by Zhang, Mengyang

“…Also comparing the number of subjects (full data) which can reach 80% power through formulas and simulations. …”
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Deadweight costs and optimal capital structure. by Liang, Huijun., Lim, Wei Ling.

“…Banerjee and Noe (2010) shows that MNCs do not necessarily obtain all of their financing in locations that feature the most creditor friendly legal regime. …”
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Smartphone application-based addiction scale: psychometric evidence across nine Asian regions using advanced analytic methods by Chen, I-Hua, Pramukti, Iqbal, Gan, Wan Ying, Ruckwongpatr, Kamolthip, Pham, Le An, Huang, Po-Ching, Mamun, Mohammed A., Ullah, Irfan, Jahrami, Haitham A., Lin, Chung-Ying, Pakpour, Amir H.

“…Results: Findings from confirmatory factor analysis, Rasch analysis, and network analysis all indicate a one-factor structure for the SABAS. …”
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Targeted hematopoietic stem cell depletion through SCF-blockade by Chan, Yan Y., Ho, Pui Y., Dib, Carla, Swartzrock, Leah, Rayburn, Maire, Willner, Hana, Ko, Ethan, Ho, Katie, Down, Julian D., Wilkinson, Adam C., Nakauchi, Hiro, Denis, Morgane, Cool, Taylor, Czechowicz, Agnieszka

“…Methods To improve efficacy of mAb-based conditioning as a stand-alone conditioning approach for all HSCT settings, it is critical to understand the mechanistic action of αCD117 mAbs on HSCs. …”
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Player acceptance of human computation games by Wang, Xiaohui

“…Therefore, investigating the continuance use of HCGs with longitudinal data is necessary to capture a full image of user acceptance. By combining the findings in Study I, II, and III, this research presents a comprehensive understanding of HCG acceptance in different platforms and across time. …”
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“It’s complicated” : cognitive dissonance and the evolving relationship between editorial and advertising in US newsrooms by Duffy, Andrew, Cheng, Lydia

“…Yet, the paper suggests that cognitive dissonance may be the preferred state for any newsworker in an organization tasked with delivering news to a community which is not prepared to pay the full price for it, requiring some form of external subsidy. …”
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Target detection in stationary background by Liu, Lu.

“…In this experiment, we are trying to find the moving object by using webcam, and three basic image processing algorithms are used to get the best result. …”
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Digitalization, New Media, and Education for Sustainable Development / by Keller, Lars, editor 656283, Michelsen, Gerd, 1948-, editor 656284, Dür, Martin, 1974-, editor 656285, Bachri, Syamsul, 1983-, editor 656286, Zint, Michaela T. (Michaela Theresia), editor 656287, IGI Global (Online service) 631983

“…"This book will examine all aspects related to and interconnections between digitalization, new media, and educational sustainable development, offering perspectives from primary to tertiary education, from formal to informal education, from global to local education, from scientific findings to political strategies, and highlighting exceptional "best practice" examples and case studies"--…”
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Techno-economic simulation assessment on on-grid solar photovoltaic and wind power system in alpha world city environments by A. M. Marbrur Ahmad Rashedi

“…At the end, the study compares the solar and wind power potentiality in each alpha city and presents the project feasibility findings for both the technologies. The findings from the study can be deployed as the basis of harnessing massive scale solar PV and wind power energy from all similar climatic locations of the planet earth.…”
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Measurement invariance of the higher-order model of Preschool Anxiety Scale (PAS) across child age, gender, parental anxiety, and pandemic period in England by Creswell, C, Reardon, T, Spence, S, Zhou, S

“…Using data from a sample of 2,221 children and their parents/carers in England, this study investigated the measurement invariance of the higher-order model of the PAS across child age (4-6 years vs. 6-7 years), gender (girls vs. boys), parental anxiety (low vs. high level), and children’s living circumstances (before vs. after the removal of COVID-19 restrictions). Our findings demonstrated the good factor structure, internal consistency, and convergent validity of the higher-order model of the PAS in all subgroups and supported its configural, metric, scalar invariance across these subgroups. …”

Electrical and Electronics Global Supply Chain: The Significance Effect of Psychological Empowerment on Organizational Business Performance by Wei-Kit, Loke, Abu, Noor Hidayah, Foo, Wah Lim

“…The findings indicate that, of all those four elements of psychological empowerment, only autonomy, self-efficacy, and meaning have significant influences on the business performance in the E&E industry. …”
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Evaluating the quality of evidence for intelligent tutoring systems in the tutoring of math for children aged 6 to 12 : a systematic review by Cheng, Janice Shu Hui, Lee, Keith Yong Wei

“…Out of the 664 unique studies gathered, only 14 studies made it to the qualitative analysis stage after meeting all the inclusion criteria. From these 14 studies, 4 of them showed “sufficient” evidence to support their findings on the incorporation of ITSs into mainstream classrooms, but went on to score poorly on other additional quality indicators. …”
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The Usage of Islamic Financial Services in Zanzibar: The Influence of Accessibility, Relevancy and Expected Benefits by Khamis, Fauz Moh’d, Isa, Mohamad Yazid, Yusuff, Noraini

“…A multistage sampling process was used to obtain questionnaire responses across all five regions of Zanzibar. A total of 400 questionnaires were used for the analysis. …”
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Action/inaction and regret : is closeness the moderating effect of regret? by Chua, Li Bing., Leong, Wan Bin., Leong, Yew Bin.

“…We seek to discover if this holds true in all scenarios and whether closeness to the desired outcome is the moderator of the intensity of regret.…”
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Approaches to supporting and measuring mathematical problem posing: a systematic review of interventions in mathematics education by Zhang, L, Stylianides, A, Stylianides, G

“…We discuss implications of our findings for future research and practice. …”