Interagir avec la « machine » à l’ère du numérique : des représentations des étudiants à l’évaluation de leur performance académique en anglais by Cédric Brudermann

“…In this study, three questionnaires were designed (one per potentially anxiety-provoking variable) and submitted to a set of participants (n = 250) at the onset of the academic year in order to know more about their representations concerning the potential of digital learning environments to foster L2 development. …”
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Review and Critiqueof “Fundamentals of Finance and Budget in Education Sector” by Abdollah Ansari

“…The most important shortcoming of this book is related to its lack of coverage of vast changes (advances) in public accounting systems and public financial statistics which have been used since 2003 which per se makes the majority of book outdated and old. …”
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Lactiplantibacillus plantarum improves the growth performance and meat quality of broilers by regulating the cecal microbiota and metabolites by Yu Liu, Zhisheng Wang, Wenshuo Xi, Junmeng Yuan, Kai Zhang, Huawei Liu, Jinshan Zhao, Yang Wang

“…In this study, a total of 360 broilers were assigned to 4 treatments (10 broilers per cage): control (Con), low dose of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum HW1 (Lp_L), medium dose of Lp (Lp_M) and high dose of Lp (Lp_H) for a 42-day experimental period. …”
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Influence of the Addition of Potato, Okara, and Konjac Flours on Antioxidant Activity, Digestibility, and Quality of Dumpling Wrappers by Yongli Jiang, Yimeng Zhao, Danfeng Wang, Yun Deng

“…The optimized flour was identified containing 17.5 g of potato flour, 8.5 g of okara flour, and 1.2 g of konjac flour per 100 g of blend flour, which resulted in a higher synthetic evaluation index value (0.71 compared with 0.68 for wheat flour). …”
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Reading comprehension beliefs of Mexican pre-service language teachers: a Likert scale study by Moisés Damián Perales-Escudero, Mizael Garduño Buenfil, Vilma Esperanza Portillo Campos

“… This paper aims to report the adaptation of a new version of the Scale of Implicit Theories of Reading Comprehension (ETICOLEC as per its Spanish acronym) with a sample of 77 randomly chosen English majors at a peripheral campus of a small university in the Southeast of Mexico. …”
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IgG4-Related Sclerosing Cholangitis Involving the Intrahepatic Bile Ducts Diagnosed with Liver Biopsy by Malene Theilmann Thinesen, Ove B. Schaffalitzky de Muckadell, Sönke Detlefsen

“…Hot spots revealed 339 IgG4-positive cells per high power field (HPF) and an IgG4/IgG ratio of 72%. …”
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Wykorzystanie kredytu handlowego przez mleczarnie w Polsce z uwzględnieniem formy prawnej podmiotu by Katarzyna Ziętek-Kwaśniewska, Maria Zuba-Ciszewska

“…W 2020 r. względem lat wcześniejszych wzrosła liczba biorców per saldo kredytu kupieckiego za sprawą zwiększenia się ich liczby w grupie spółdzielni mleczarskich. …”
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Elevations of N-Terminal Mid-Fragment of Osteocalcin and Cystatin C Levels are Associated with Disorders of Glycolipid Metabolism and Abnormal Bone Metabolism in Patients with Type... by Xiaofang Guo, Yun Shen, Teng Du, Yan He, Jie Lu, Qianhong Yang

“…Grouping was performed as per whether T2DM patients developed OP (OP group) or not (N-OP group). …”
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Analysis of Planning Risk Volume for Heart during Radiotherapy Delivery with Breath-Hold Technique for Carcinoma of Left Breast by Radhika Jain, Rose Kamal, Manoj K. Semwal, Deepak Thaper, Shefali Kanwar, Tripti Saxena

“…Based on these values, the PRV margins for the heart in all three directions were 0.24 cm (lateral), 0.20 cm (CC), and 0.19 cm (anterioposterior). Conclusion: As per our institutional practice, the 2 mm value for PRV margin for the heart in all the three directions would suffice for appropriate sparing of the heart during DIBH-based radiation therapy.…”
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Colonic Mucosal Ulceration and Gastrointestinal Bleeding Associated with Sevelamer Crystal Deposition in a Patient with End Stage Renal Disease by Sudheer Nambiar, Unnikrishnan Kunjan Pillai, Joe Devasahayam, Tony Oliver, Asha Karippot

“…End stage renal disease (ESRD) population account for 1.9 per patient year of hospital admissions annually. …”
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Machine learning-based analysis of microfluidic device immobilized C. elegans for automated developmental toxicity testing by Andrew DuPlissis, Abhishri Medewar, Evan Hegarty, Adam Laing, Amber Shen, Sebastian Gomez, Sudip Mondal, Adela Ben-Yakar

“…To address this challenge, we developed a machine-learning (ML)-based image analysis platform using a 2.5D U-Net architecture (vivoBodySeg) that accurately segments C. elegans in images obtained from vivoChip devices, achieving a Dice score of 97.80%. vivoBodySeg processes 36 GB data per device, phenotyping multiple body parameters within 35 min on a desktop PC. …”
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Stimulated Reservoir Volume Characterization and Optimum Lateral Well Spacing Study of Two-Well Pad: Midland Basin Case Study by Jaeyoung Park, Candra Janova

“…The presented workflow provides a systematic approach to find the optimum lateral well spacing in terms of volume and economic metrics per one section given economic assumptions, and the workflow can be readily repeated to evaluate spacing optimization in other acreage.…”
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Insights Into Genetic Variations of the OCT1 Gene in Metformin Poor Responders Among Bangladeshi Type 2 Diabetic Patients by Rokeya Begum, Arindita Das, Md. Jahangir Alam, Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana

“…Some of these mutations also cause alternative splicing, as per the HSF tool. In addition, alteration of interatomic bonding in the OCT1 protein due to two high-risk mutations (c.181C>T and c.1022C>T) was found from web-based analysis. …”
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Audit of Antibiotic Prescribing Practices for Neonatal Sepsis and Measurement of Outcome in New Born Unit at Kenyatta National Hospital by Priti Jagdishbhai Tank, Anjumanara Omar, Rachel Musoke

“…Appropriate antibiotics as per the Kenyan guidelines were prescribed in 313 (97.8%) of neonates on admission. …”
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Standing balance of single-legged hopping robot model using reinforcement learning approach in the presence of external disturbances by S. Mohamad Hoseinifard, Majid Sadedel

“…The research involves an initial design for the robot model followed by the introduction of a multi-phase composite control system. As per the proposed model, the jumping action is facilitated through a four-link mechanism augmented by a spring, while balance preservation is achieved through the independent operation of two arms connected to the upper body. …”
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Mathematical Modeling of Tuberculosis Transmission Dynamics With Reinfection and Optimal Control by Francis Oketch Ochieng

“…Moreover, the incidence of TB in Kenya is expected to decrease to an estimated 17 cases per 100,000 people by 2045 with sustained efforts in vaccine development and public awareness campaigns. …”
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Improved population coverage of the human papillomavirus vaccine after implementation of a school-based vaccination programme: the Singapore experience by Karuppiah Vijayalakshmi, Anne Hui Yi Goei

“…Only a small proportion of students (1.5%–1.9% per cohort) opted out. The rate of reported side effects, which were commonly known effects, was low at one in 1000. …”
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Demographic rates and diversity vary with tree stature and ontogenetic stage in an African tropical rainforest by Moses B. Libalah, Sabrina E. Russo, George B. Chuyong, Duncan Thomas, David Kenfack

“…Recruitment rate strongly declined with adult stature for all growth forms, but recruitment per reproductive adult declined only for emergents. …”
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Short-Term Exercise Approaches on Menopausal Symptoms, Psychological Health, and Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women by Ayşegül Ağıl, Faruk Abıke, Arzu Daşkapan, Rıdvan Alaca, Handan Tüzün

“…The women exercised 3 days per week for 8 weeks under the supervision of a physiotherapist. …”
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Portable and Cost-Effective Handheld Ultrasound System Utilizing FPGA-Based Synthetic Aperture Imaging by Wenping Wang, Ziliang Feng

“…The results show that the proposed prototype can provide a lateral resolution of 0.30 mm, a contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) of 7.58 dB, and a frame rate of 22 frames per second (FPS) in dual-mode imaging. Moreover, it is remarkable that the memory and logic resources in the FPGA (EP4CE55) account for 73.7% and 66.2%, respectively, which makes the FPGA's power consumption only about 530 mW. …”
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