The effectiveness of learning media based on digital augmented reality (AR) technology on the learning outcomes of martial arts by Sonya Nelson, Resmi Darni, Fahmil Haris, Ilham Ilham, Japhet Ndayisenga, Septri Septri, Yovhandra Ockta, Dessi Novita Sari, Rifqi Festiawan

“…Understanding teachers' willingness to adopt new technologies is crucial for supporting their integration into education. …”
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Social Workers in Hospice and Palliative Care in Indian Contect: Voices from the field by Pallavi Mech, Dr Vasundharaa S Nair, Dr Priya Treesa Thomas

“…Objectives: The objective of this study is to explore the need for social work,  roles played and the varied nature of palliative care social work in Indian context. Methods: The study adopted a qualitative research design. Eight participants who are expert practitioners with specific experience in palliative care were recruited purposively following inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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Hydraulic Abrasion-Resistant Elastic Epoxy Resin Materials by Liqun Xu, Kai Zhang, Yanhui Liu

“…The underwater steel ball test and ring test were adopted as the abrasion-resistance tests for the elastic epoxy resin material. …”
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JEAN BODIN'S NOTION OFSOVEREIGNTY, GOOD GOVERNANCE AND NTHE QUEST FOR SOCIOPOLITICALADVANCEMENT IN NIGER by EKUASE INNOCENT O., COLLINS OKONKWO, EDOGIAWERIE MORRIS K.O.

“…For the sake of an objective and indepth analysis the a priori analytic approach will adopted in this examination. …”
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Estimation of Current Water Use over the Complex Topography of the Nile Basin Headwaters: The Case of Ghba Subbasin, Ethiopia by Mehari Gebreyohannes Hiben, Admasu Gebeyehu Awoke, Abraha Adugna Ashenafi

“…This study aims to estimate the water use by different sectors, including water supply and irrigation sectors, by adopting estimated demand and supply water quantity. …”
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Resilience and Adaptation Impact of Covid-19 on Female Entrepreneurship and Motivation in Gaziantep-Türkiye by Ayda Bakan, Tuba Büyükbeşe, Emel Topcu

“…To address the difficulties presented by the pandemic, these women have adopted a range of tactics, including implementation of hygiene protocols and cost-cutting measures, while also embracing digital technology solutions to a greater extent. …”
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The Comparison of Clinical Epidemiology of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 during the Third and Fourth Waves of the Pandemic in Gorgan by Samira Eshghinia, Rahmat Allah Sharifi Far, Naghimeh Hajimoradloo, Ali Sinesepehr, Ahmad Sohrsbi, Mousa Imeri, Amir Reza Khodanazar Kalti, Erfan Rezaie Shirazi, Roghieh Golsha

“…This reduction can be attributed to the change in the national strategy adopted in terms of hospitalization criteria and treatment protocols taking into account the acquired experience, earlier hospitalization, and start of drug therapy.…”
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Professors and students’ perceptions about the use of the portfolio in the Prevention in Health subject by Bárbara Zabala Enrique, Natasha Sánchez Bouza, José Demián Rodríguez Medina, Esteban Sánchez Martínez, Rubén Darío García Núñez, Ileana María Enrique Corona

“…<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> in the university pedagogy field, the teaching model adopts a new vision: developer learning and educational evaluation; in this context, the portfolio has emerged in recent years.…”
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Effectiveness of structured health education program on knowledge regarding forensic nursing among B.Sc. (Hons.) Nursing third- and fourth-year students of the College of Nursing,... by Prem Chander, Binu Mathew, Priyanka Choudhary, Rekha, Priyanka Choudhary, Ritu Majumdar, Roji Mandal, Rupal Yadav

“…Methods and Material: Pre-experimental one-group pretest and posttest design without the control group was adopted. The sample size was 100 and selected using nonprobability convenience sampling technique. …”
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An Update on Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infection in Captive Wild Animals in Bangladesh by Rehana Rahman, Jannatul Nyema, Md. Imranuzzaman, Bijoy Banik, Proshanto Singha Pranto, Kanan Talukder, Susmita Rani Sarkar, Shampa Deb Nath, Kazi Mehetazul Islam, Tilak Chandra Nath, Saiful Islam

“…This study shows that more epidemiological research and sanitation management programs, including regular antihelminthic therapy for controlling parasitic infection, should be adopted in zoos and ecoparks.…”
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Predicting the shield effectiveness of carbon fiber reinforced mortars utilizing metaheuristic algorithms by Mana Alyami, Irfan Ullah, Furqan Ahmad, Hisham Alabduljabbar

“…Machine learning (ML) models present a faster, cost-effective alternative for simulating outcomes and exploring various scenarios. This study adopts a novel approach by utilizing hybrid models, which offer greater accuracy than individual or ensemble ML models. …”
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Framework for user behavioural biometric identification using a multimodal scheme with keystroke trajectory feature and recurrent neural network on a mobile platform by Ka‐Wing Tse, Kevin Hung

“…In the user identification phase, a multistream recurrent neural network (RNN) is adopted. The results reveal that the proposed trajectory model performs well, and the multimodal scheme using an RNN with a late fusion method provides accurate identification results. …”
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Impact of urban land cover change on land surface temperature by E. Igun, M. Williams

“…Hence, it was recommended that in order to reduce the land surface temperature of urban areas, sustainable urban planning strategies that include increasing the vegetated areas and embracing other green initiatives such as urban forestry should be adopted.…”
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Quantitative Assessment of Gaseous Effluents during Routine Operation: A Comparative Study of Planned Nuclear Power Plants at Lubiatowo-Kopalino and Pątnów Sites in Poland by Edyta Agata Macieja, Juyoul Kim

“…On September 2021, Polish government declared that six pressurized water reactors with combined capacity of 6–9 GWe will be built by 2040 to reduce Poland’s reliance on coal. Due to the adopted schedule, construction of the first nuclear power plant will begin in 2026, with the first reactor capacity of 1–1.6 GWe to be operational in 2033. …”
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Enhancing Urban Thermal Environment and Energy Sustainability With Temperature‐Adaptive Radiative Roofs by Keer Zhang, Lei Zhao, Keith Oleson, Xinchang “Cathy” Li, Xuhui Lee

“…In this study, we implement this roof coating in a global climate model to evaluate its impact on air temperature and building energy demand for space heating and cooling in global cities. Adopting roofs with TAE increases global urban air temperature by up to +0.54°C in the winter (99th percentile; mean change +0.16°C) but has negligible effects on summer urban air temperature (mean change +0.05°C). …”
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Administrative Office of Don Host Oblast, Nineteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries: Kalmyk Cossacks in Education-Related Ethnic Policy by Konstantin N. Maksimov

“…The article analyzes ethnic-specific educational policy adopted by the Tsarist Government and administrative bodies of Don Host Oblast towards Kalmyks Cossacks from the 1830s to the October Revolution. …”
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Attention-based interactive multi-level feature fusion for named entity recognition by Yiwu Xu, Yun Chen

“…Then, we incorporate four parallel components to capture global word-level, local word-level, global character-level, and local character-level features in the feature extraction layer to enrich word embeddings with comprehensive multi-level semantic features. Next, we adopt cross-attention in the feature fusion layer to fuse features by exploiting the interaction between word- and character-level features. …”
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Beyond exceptionalism by Joffy Conolly, Getahun Yacob Abraham, Ane Bergersen, Kari Bratland, Kirsten Jæger, Annie Aarup Jensen, Inger Lassen

“…We demonstrate that Nordic education needs to decolonise itself, but that this cannot be achieved until it overcomes a discomfort with difference that prevents alternative knowledges and practices from being valued or adopted. We conclude with some thoughts on how to begin this process. …”
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Joint Noniterative Beamforming Schemes for BER Minimization in Next-Generation Wireless Sensor Networks by Mohamed S. Abouzeid, Heba A. El-Khobby, Mahmoud A. A. Ali, Mohamed E. Nasr

“…The proposed beamforming schemes are compared with the widely adopted block diagonalization transmission scheme and linear block diagonalization. …”
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Investigating the Disproportionate Impacts of Air Pollution on Vulnerable Populations in South Africa: A Systematic Review by Claudia Frazenburg, Maasago Mercy Sepadi, Munyaradzi Chitakira

“…<b>Background:</b> Knowledge of how different social groups in South Africa are affected by air quality is important for informing air quality regulations and determining the integrated social–environmental approach to adopt. This systematic review evaluates the impact of air pollution on these groups, investigates socio-economic factors that increase exposure, and assesses mitigation measures. …”
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