Development of Energy-Efficient Routing Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Optimal Gradient Routing with On Demand Neighborhood Information by K. Nattar Kannan, B. Paramasivan

“…Network topology of WSNs also is changed dynamically by anonymous nodes. Routing protocols play a major role in WSNs for maintaining the routes and for ensuring reliable communication. …”
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Developing and validating a cross-cultural competence scale for Japanese nurses. by Masako Sakamoto, Shigemi Iriyama, Yu Mon Saw

“…We conducted a cross-sectional study in Japan's general hospitals using anonymous questionnaires with nurses and midwives. …”
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Oral Hygiene Practices and Awareness of Pregnant Women about the Effects of Periodontal Disease on Pregnancy Outcomes by Noora Mohammed Eissa Bushehab, Jayadevan Sreedharan, Sesha Reddy, Jovita D’souza, Hossam Abdelmagyd

“…A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted where 400 pregnant women after consent were requested to complete an anonymous, self-administered, structured questionnaire with twenty-one close-ended questions. …”
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One hundred and fifty years of ethnobotanical studies in North America by Robert Bye, Edelmira Linares

“…The pivotal publication in the United States of America was issued anonymously in the 1870 Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture of the US government. …”
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Public Trust in Dentists among Arabic Populations by Aceil Al-Khatib, Radwan Abed Alhaleem, Rama Qaffaf

“…We used an Arabic online anonymous survey to collect data from a random population of 838 adults to investigate public trust in dentists, the factors they perceive to affect trust, their perception of key factors in the dentist-patient relationship, fear of dentists, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the level of their trust in the dentists. …”
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The Impact of Endoscopic Linear Stapling Device Stability in Thoracic Surgery: A Delphi Panel Approach by Daniel Miller, Diego Gonzalez Rivas, Kellie L. Meyer, Ryan S. Clark, Tadasu Kohno

“…**Methods:** Eight thoracic surgeons representing 8 countries participated in a Delphi panel process using 2 anonymous surveys. The first included binary, multiple-response, and Likert scale-type questions, which were converted into affirmative statements for survey 2 if an adequate number of respondents answered similarly. …”
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Current Trends in Neuromuscular Blockade, Management, and Monitoring amongst Singaporean Anaesthetists by Wendy H. Teoh, Thomas Ledowski, Phillip S. Tseng

“…All specialist accredited anaesthetists registered with the Singapore Medical Council were invited to complete an anonymous online survey. Results. The response rate was 39.5%. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF DEMAND FOR GRADUATES OF THE PROGRAMME «PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION by Ruslan A. Abramov, Natalya M. Zabaznova, Elena Yu. Khalatenkova

“…In order to estimate the demand for graduates of the programme «Public administration» and find out what their professional self-fulfilment depends on, the authors have conducted an anonymous opinion survey of prestigious economic universities students (bachelor's and master's degree courses) and graduates specialized in this sphere. …”
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The Influence of a Tuition Fee Increase on the Drop-out Rate of the Nursing Program by Rumyana Stoyanova, Slaveyah Goranova

“…We used an SPSS17.0 to analyze data from an anonymous survey of 160 Nursing students from March of 2016. …”
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The Impact of Upward Social Comparison on Social Media on Appearance Anxiety: A Moderated Mediation Model by Jinrui Tian, Boxuan Li, Ronghua Zhang

“…Based on the Stress-Vulnerability Model, the Stress and Coping Model, Objectification Theory, and Self-Compassion Theory, the study constructs a moderated mediation model. An anonymous survey was conducted of 397 young adults (mean age = 21.6 years, <i>SD</i> = 2.12 years). …”
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The Self-Perception and Usage of Medical Apps amongst Medical Students in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Survey by Cara Quant, Lisa Altieri, Juan Torres, Noah Craft

“…To determine (1) the usage, reliability, and popularity of mobile medical apps and (2) medical students’ perceptions of app usage effect on the quality of patient-provider interaction in healthcare settings. Methods. An anonymous web-based survey was distributed to medical students. …”
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ROBO-SPOT: Detecting Robocalls by Understanding User Engagement and Connectivity Graph by Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Junaid Arshad, Farhan Riaz

“…The trust score of the callers is then used along with machine learning models to classify them as legitimate or robo-caller. We use a large anonymized dataset (call detailed records) from a large telecommunication provider containing more than 1 billion records collected over 10 days. …”
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Capsule Endoscopy in Patients with Cardiac Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: (Re)evaluation of the Current State in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland 2010 by Dirk Bandorski, Ralf Jakobs, Martin Brück, Reinhard Hoeltgen, Marcus Wieczorek, Martin Keuchel

“…Overall 580 questionnaires were sent to the users. 26/5% (Germany/Austria + Switzerland) of the questionnaires were sent back anonymously to the authors. 114 centers (82 hospitals, 11 surgeries, 21 without specification) replied. …”
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Illustrating Animals and Visualizing Natural History in Chambers’s Encyclopaedias by Rose Roberto

“…More than 10 years before Darwin’s Origin of Species, a book titled Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation about evolution or ‘transmutation’ was anonymously authored by Scottish publisher Robert Chambers. …”
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An approach to teaching the psychiatric interview by Timothy Hierlihy, Andrew Latus

“…The flexibility allows for students to repeat and vary their approach in response to feedback. Anonymous course evaluations showed improvement in student satisfaction with the new psychiatry clinical skills teaching. …”
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Exploring the Spatial Variation of Access/Egress Distances of Subway Stations Using Mobile Phone Positioning Data in Chengdu, China by Chao Wang, Zhongquan Qiu, Renbin Pan, Xiaojian Wang, Yusong Yan

“…Therefore, this study aims to explore the influencing factors and spatial variation of the distances at the station level by using the mobile phone positioning data of more than 1.2 million anonymous users in Chengdu, China. First, this study proposes a method to extract the access and egress trips of the subway. …”
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Associative Portrait of a Russian Student in the Context of the Emergency Transition to Distance Learning by L. I. Baturina, A. Yu. Simakov

“…The article was prepared based on the materials of a two-stage sociological survey among students of RTU MIREA, Moscow (n = 288), who participated voluntarily and anonymously. Their answers created a generalized associative portrait of a Russian student, typical for Moscow. …”
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Occupational Therapy for Parenting: Perspectives of Parents With Physical Disability by Anne Honey, Jessica Peterson, Veronica O’Mara, Margaret McGrath

“…(2) How do parents with physical disability experience occupational therapy? An anonymous survey of 62 parents, primarily mothers, with physical disability about their experiences with parenting challenges and occupational therapy was analysed using both quantitative and qualitative techniques. …”
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Prevalence of Primary Dysmenorrhoea and Its Impact on Academic Performance among Croatian Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Marta Horvat, Doroteja Pavan Jukić, Lovro Marinović, Dina Bursać, Rosana Ribić, Marijana Neuberg, Danijel Bursać

“…All data were collected by an anonymous self-assessed web‐based questionnaire. Due to voluntary participation in the study, 1210 responses were received, but 956 were left for analysis after exclusion criteria were applied. …”
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COVID-19 Preventive Measure: A Study on “MASK-A Boon or a Bane” by Revati Amin, Ranita Ghosh Dastidar, Vaishali K

“…It includes a short survey conducted with 1,173 anonymized healthy participants primarily devoid of comorbidities. …”
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