Analysis of Laboratory Videos of Science Teacher Candidates with Many-Facet Rasch Measurement Model by Ahmet Volkan Yuzuak, Sinan Erten, Yilmaz Kara

“…Survey method was used in the study. The study was conducted in 2017-2018 academic year spring semester. …”
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Tracking Pedestrians across Multiple Microcells Based on Successive Bayesian Estimations by Yoshiaki Taniguchi, Masahiro Sasabe, Takafumi Watanabe, Hirotaka Nakano

“…Tracking pedestrians in each subregion divided by gates, referred to as microcells, is conducted by matching the pedestrian gate arrival and gate departure events using a Bayesian estimation-based method. …”
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Investigation of Solution Focused-Brief Counseling's effect on reducing the stress levels of college students by Franciskus Rondang Sitindaon, Rahma Widyana

“…The intervention used SFBC, and was conducted in four meetings. In analyzing the data, the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test was used to determine the difference in experimental group values between before and after the intervention. …”
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L’homme et la mer aux Yasawa (îles Fidji) by Émilie Nolet

“…This paper examines how two related sets of phenomena — tourism, and a growing concern over environmental issues due to economic development and climate change — contribute to re-shape relationships to the marine environment, relying on field research conducted in Yalobi and Vuake villages. It shows that tourism accelerates a loss of traditional marine knowledge, while leading to new approaches and uses of marine space and resources. …”
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Obstacles and challenges to the national narcotics agency (BNN) of papua province in managing drugs trafficing and illicity goods (case study in Jayapura city) by Melyana Ratana Pugu, Made Selly Dwi Suryanti

“…One form of this crime is drug smuggling. This research was conducted using qualitative methods because the data presented is based on interviews and observations, so the results obtained are objective and actual. …”
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Dimension reduction for maximum matchings and the Fastest Mixing Markov Chain by Jain, Vishesh, Pham, Huy, Vuong, Thuy-Duong

“…Let $G = (V,E)$ be an undirected graph with maximum degree $\Delta $ and vertex conductance $\Psi ^*(G)$. We show that there exists a symmetric, stochastic matrix $P$, with off-diagonal entries supported on $E$, whose spectral gap $\gamma ^*(P)$ satisfies \[ \Psi ^*(G)^{2}/\log \Delta \lesssim \gamma ^*(P) \lesssim \Psi ^*(G). \] Our bound is optimal under the Small Set Expansion Hypothesis, and answers a question of Olesker-Taylor and Zanetti, who obtained such a result with $\log \Delta $ replaced by $\log |V|$.In order to obtain our result, we show how to embed a negative-type semi-metric $d$ defined on $V$ into a negative-type semi-metric $d^{\prime }$ supported in $\mathbb{R}^{O(\log \Delta )}$, such that the (fractional) matching number of the weighted graph $(V,E,d)$ is approximately equal to that of $(V,E,d^{\prime })$.…”
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Elastography Method for Reconstruction of Nonlinear Breast Tissue Properties by Z. G. Wang, Y. Liu, G. Wang, L. Z. Sun

“…A nonlinear adjoint method is derived to calculate the gradient of the objective function, which significantly enhances the numerical efficiency and stability. Simulations are conducted on a three-dimensional heterogeneous breast phantom extracting from real imaging including fatty tissue, glandular tissue, and tumors. …”
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LIQUIDITY TRAP IN THE UNITED STATES, THE EURO AREA AND JAPAN by Piotr Misztal

“…Keynes argued that for an economy in a liquidity trap, the only way to increase demand in the country and to stimulate the economy is to conduct expansionary fiscal policy by increasing government spending or reducing taxes. …”
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The role of customer expectations and competitive pressure in shaping firm innovation decisions towards sustainability: mediating effects of innovation perception by Thi Anh Phuong Tran

“…This study aims to explore the innovation decision-making processes related to ‘green and sustainable development’ (GSD) in businesses, influenced by competitive pressure (CP) and customer expectations (CEs) through the process of innovation awareness. The study conducted an online survey (Google Forms) with the participation of 747 employees from different businesses in the Mekong Delta region. …”
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Behavioral Competence as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review by Hing Keung Ma

“…Large-scale empirical future studies should be conducted to substantiate the predictive validity of the complete set of these positive characters. …”
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Pomiędzy zabaw(k)ą a materiałem i pracą w praktyce pedagogii Montessori by Jarosław Jendza

“… The article presents the results of qualitative research conducted among thirty-one Montessori 3–6 guides from Polish kindergartens. …”
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An Integrated Problem of p-Hub Location and Revenue Management with Multiple Capacity Levels under Disruptions by Yan-Ting Hou, Jia-Zhen Huo, Feng Chu

“…Numerical experiments are conducted to verify the mathematical formulations and compare the performance of the used approaches.…”
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Biometric Technologies from the Anthropocentric and Nonanthropocentric Perspective by Barbora Baďurová, Marta Húšťava Šipulová

“…The study will analyze the results of empirical research conducted among consumers in Slovakia in the years (2023-2024). …”
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Numerical Simulation of Falling Liquid Film Flow on a Vertical Plane by Two-Phase Lattice Boltzmann Method by Andreas Hantsch, Ulrich Gross

“…Test series have been conducted for three different Reynolds numbers without external disturbances and for one Reynolds number with sinusoidally pulsating inlet velocity. …”
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Wildflowers Susceptible to Deer Damage in North Florida by Holly K. Ober, Lucas W. DeGroote, James H. Aldrich, Jeffrey G. Norcini, Gary W. Knox

“…Unfortunately, deer foraging preferences vary geographically and studies conducted with captive deer aren’t always accurate. …”
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Numerical Modeling of a Hot Plate Stove for Peanut Roasting by Anthony Agyei-Agyemang, Michael Kweku Commeh, Peter Oppong Tawiah, Benjamin Atribawuni Asaaga

“…Heat treatment, especially roasting, is known to reduce harmful fungal species and mycotoxin formation to a great extent. Experiments were conducted for heat treatment and the effects of introducing different fin configurations. …”
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DIGITAL IMPRESSIONS VERSUS TRADITIONAL IMPRESSIONS: AN OVERVIEW by Marius Negucioiu, Smaranda Buduru, Diana Coman, Ana-Maria Condor, Antonela Berar, Daniela Condor, Rareș Buduru, Andreea Kui

“…Materials and methods Bibliographic searches were conducted in databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science), applying relevant keywords to identify studies comparing digital and conventional impression techniques in dentistry. …”
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Restructuring of the Electricity Industry and Environmental Issues: A California Research Program by Edward L. Vine

“…In California, a Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program was established to �conduct public interest energy research that seeks to improve the quality of life for California�s citizens by providing environmentally sound, safe, reliable, and affordable energy services and products. …”
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Voltage Stability Assessment and Control Using Indices and FACTS: A Comparative Review by Rabiaa Gadal, Aziz Oukennou, Faissal El Mariami, Abdelziz Belfqih, Naima Agouzoul

“…A detailed comparative study on voltage stability analysis methods has been conducted. Furthermore, an exhaustive discussion on the various voltage stability indices and FACTS devices existing in the literature with their contribution to voltage stability prediction and improvement has been proposed.…”
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A Metaphor Analysis Study Related to STEM Subjects Based on Middle School Students’ Perceptions by Sahin Idin, Ismail Donmez

“…Qualitative research method was used and this research was conducted as a phenomenological study. 94 seventh and eighth grade students participated in this study from two different middle schools, which are located in the center of Ankara, Turkey. …”
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