Unveiling students’ learning strategies and barriers to extensive reading: a case study in an Indonesian university by Luthfaturrohmah

“…The present study aims to investigate students’ learning strategies and barriers encountered in extensive reading activities. This research was designed with a qualitative case study method. The study recruited six Indonesian university EFL students majoring in English language education to participate and a lecturer in the study program. …”
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Optimization of reconfigurable SM2 algorithm over prime filed by Bin LI, Qinglei ZHOU, Xiaojie CHEN, Feng FENG

“…Aiming at the problems of inefficient of software, low utilization of hardware resources and poor scalability of SM2 algorithm, a reconfigurable optimization method of SM2 algorithm over prime filed was proposed.Through in-depth analysis of the SM2 algorithm, starting from different computation stages and characteristics, respectively using KOA fast multiplication, fast modular reduction and Barrett algorithm to achieve recommended or arbitrary parameters of the modular multiplication operation, and the radix-4 extended Euclidean algorithm was optimized and improved to accelerate the modular inverse operation.Then, in the standard projective coordinate system, the Montgomery method was used to improve the efficiency of point multiplication, and the data flow of point addition and double point was optimized to shorten the operation cycle to 12 clocks.At the same time, fast coordinate system conversion was realized inside the FPGA.Finally, the parallel scheduling management of multi-SM2 was designed and implemented to meet the computational requirements of multiple applications.The experimental results show that the optimized SM2 makes full use of FPGA resources and shortens the cycle of point multiplication.The maximum number of calculations per second is 352.48 times higher than the CPU (Intel i5-8300), which improves the performance and scalability.…”
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MSEANet: Multi-Scale Selective Edge Aware Network for Polyp Segmentation by Botao Liu, Changqi Shi, Ming Zhao

“…The model consists of three key components: (1) an Edge Feature Extractor (EFE) that captures polyp edge features with precision during the initial encoding phase, (2) the Cross-layer Context Fusion (CCF) block designed to extract and integrate multi-scale contextual information from diverse receptive fields, and (3) the Selective Edge Aware (SEA) module that enhances sensitivity to high-frequency edge details during the decoding phase, thereby improving edge preservation and segmentation accuracy. …”
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Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Synbiotics: Gut and Beyond by Usha Vyas, Natarajan Ranganathan

“…Restoration of the gut microbiota may be difficult to accomplish, but the use of probiotics has led to promising results in a large number of well-designed (clinical) studies. Microbiomics has spurred a dramatic increase in scientific, industrial, and public interest in probiotics and prebiotics as possible agents for gut microbiota management and control. …”
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DECONSTRUCTION, APORIA AND THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF JUDGEMENT by Audronė Žukauskaitė

“…This "aporethical logic" means that the conditions of possibility of judgement designate simul-taneously the conditions of its impossibility. …”
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Dyskurs podręcznikowy a dyskurs dziecięcy – odmienne postrzeganie rzeczywistości by Aleksandra Szyller

“…As the study techniques, a documentary analysis and focus interviews (enriched with textbook tasks designed by children) were used. As resulting from the study, the textbook discourse is not a children’s discourse. …”
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Discussing Socio-Scientific Issues on Twitter: The Quality of Pre-Service Science Teachers’ Arguments by Nurhan Ozturk, Esra Bozkurt-Altan, Ayse Yenilmez-Turkoglu

“…In this respect, firstly, sources that PSTs use to reach information and ranking of these sources as they access information were taken. The study is designed as a case study and the participants were 13 PSTs (11 females, 2 males). …”
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Novel Likely Pathogenic Variants Identified by Panel-Based Exome Sequencing in Congenital Cataract Patients by Doudou Chen, Tao Yang, Siquan Zhu

“…A panel containing 153 genes associated with congenital cataracts was designed. Genes were selected through reference to databases including the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD), Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM), Genetic Home Reference, and the latest peer-reviewed publications on the genetics of hereditary cataracts. …”
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Intergenerational Differences in Communication Processes with the Homeland: Turkish Immigrants Living in Australia by Duygu Tosunay Gencelli

“…The objective is to reveal the communication processes of different generations of Turkish immigrants living in Australia with Turkey in terms of transnationalism. The research was designed as a holistic single case study in accordance with the qualitative method. …”
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EVALUATION OF TRANSFORMATIVE SKILLS IN PATIENTS WITH GONARTHROSIS IN PHYSIOTHERAPY PROGRAMS by Rusnac Felicia

“…These skillsinclude self-motivation, resilience, self-awareness, and the ability to adapt to changes brought about bythe illness, which are crucial determinants of successful, effective, and lasting rehabilitation.Through a specific assessment system, this study analyzes the role of transformative skillsin physiotherapy programs designed for patients with gonarthrosis, investigating how these skillsinfluence both patient engagement and physical recovery outcomes. …”
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An access control scheme for IoT based on smart contracts and CP-ABE by SUN Changxia, ZHANG Chuanhu, LIU Bingjie, YANG Yingjie, BAÇÃO Fernando, LIU Qian

“…Furthermore, contracts were designed to be deployed on the blockchain for decentralized permission evaluation of token requests, maintaining the allowed operations for subjects on specific resource objects, realizing more fine-grained attribute-based access control. …”
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A Dual-Polarized Dual-Band Patch Antenna Based on Orthogonal Modes Manipulation by Run Liu, Xiaoqing Tian, Boyu Sima, Zhiwei Sun, Yantao Yu, Hailin Cao

“…The radiation patterns at both frequencies are patch-like, benefitting from certain feeding designs. The dual frequencies can be manipulated independently since their working modes are independent. …”
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Gaussian barebone mechanism and wormhole strategy enhanced moth flame optimization for global optimization and medical diagnostics. by Jingjing Ma, Zhifang Zhao, Lin Zhang

“…Hence, this paper introduces a novel enhanced MFO algorithm (BWEMFO) designed to improve algorithmic performance. This improvement is achieved by incorporating a Gaussian barebone mechanism, a wormhole strategy, and an elimination strategy into the MFO. …”
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Prediction of Thermal Conductivity of a Rock Wool Board by Computer X-Ray Tomography Technique Scanning and Random Generation-Growth Model by Xiaoguang Li, Rui Zhang, Diya Zhang, Xin Fan, Meiqi Guo, Jinyi Qin

“…Compared with the existing theoretical models, the proposed method does not depend on the empirical parameters; therefore, it is useful in designing and optimizing the thermal conductivity of rock wool boards.…”
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Infestation Rate of the Coffee Berry Borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in South India by Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha, Rudramuni Kiran

“…In this study, we investigated the infestation rate of CBB in Coffea arabica and C. canephora plantations at three designated locations at Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka), Thandigudi (Tamil Nadu) and Chundale (Kerala) from south India and samplings was done once a month during three fruiting periods between 2015 and 2018. …”
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Recognition and Localization of Target Images for Robot Vision Navigation Control by Muji Chen

“…Meanwhile, a fuzzy control method with smooth filtering and high efficiency is designed to improve the stability of robot operation, and the feasibility is verified in different scenarios. …”
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Risk Factors for Bacterial Contamination of Bovine Meat during Slaughter in Ten Indonesian Abattoirs by Diyantoro, Dhandy Koesoemo Wardhana

“…Bacterial contamination during slaughtering process is a safety problem and concern for shelf life in meat production. This study was designed to determine the value of microbial contamination and its risk factors at the stage of the slaughtering process in the abattoirs. …”
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American social media users have ideological differences of opinion about the War in Ukraine by William G. Nomikos, Dahjin Kim, Gechun Lin

“…Then, we apply a natural language processing model specifically designed for short texts to classify the tweets into clusters that we hand code into substantive topics. …”
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The 2020 IDS Release of the Antwerp COR*-Database. Evaluation, Development and Transformation of a Pre-Existing Database by Sam Jenkinson, Francisco Anguita, Diogo Paiva, Hideko Matsuo, Koen Matthijs

“… The Antwerp COR*-IDS database 2020 is a transformed and harmonized historical demographic database in a cross-nationally comparable format designed to be open and easy to use for international researchers. …”
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This is Not a Nest by Jean-Pierre Chupin

“…Adhering to the theory of speech acts, we suggest that performative metaphors in competitions appear less as indicators of designers’ intentions than as products of the broader context surrounding competitions themselves. …”
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