Análisis de habilidades y percepciones sobre mHealth en el manejo de pacientes crónicos por profesionales de atención primaria by Daniel Monasor Ortola, José Joaquín Mira Solves, Antonio Esteve Ríos

“…Mediciones: Se creó un formulario ad hoc anonimizado dividido en dos apartados: datos sociodemográficos y 7 preguntas sobre el uso de tecnologías de salud móvil e internet. …”
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A new strategy for measuring tourism demand features by Asensi Descals-Tormo, María-José Murgui-García, José-Ramón Ruiz-Tamarit

“…Most of the empirical modeling of tourism demand consists of ad hoc equations that are not directly attached to a specific theoretical framework. …”
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¿Los usuarios de la práctica deportiva no competitiva presentan actitudes diferentes a los que realizan práctica federada? by Félix Lobo de Diego, Juan Carlos Manrique Arribas

“…Se aplicó un cuestionario ad hoc con una escala de tipo Likert a una muestra de 186 participantes en el deporte escolar y federado. …”
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Characterizing the role of vehicular cloud computing in road traffic management by Iftikhar Ahmad, Rafidah Md Noor, Ihsan Ali, Muhammad Imran, Athanasios Vasilakos

“…A comparison of the current state-of-the-art traffic management systems is performed in terms of parameters, such as vehicular ad hoc network infrastructure, Internet dependency, cloud management, scalability, traffic flow control, and emerging services. …”
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Russification and Russianization in Modern Historiography: Recent Developments and Future Directions by Nicholas W. Sessums

“…Instead, scholars now generally argue that policies were applied on a more ad hoc basis depending on the ethnic and national contexts of individual borderlands. …”
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TEAMWORK AND EMPLOYEE JOB SATISFACTION IN BENUE INVESTMENT AND PROPERTY COMPANY, MAKURDI, BENUE STATE by TOR NORA

“…Teamwork should be seen as an effective operational strategy and adopted not as an ad hoc strategy but one that should be sustained, BIPC should promote espirit de corp in designing tasks and activities based on team to get better and desired results, teamwork activity within the organization is very much beneficial and its effect is directly on employee performance. …”
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Fab Four: When John and George Play Gravitation and Cosmology by J.-P. Bruneton, M. Rinaldi, A. Kanfon, A. Hees, S. Schlögel, A. Füzfa

“…The latter leads to inflationary models that do not need ad hoc potentials. Further generalizations lead to a tensor-scalar theory, dubbed the “Fab Four,” with only first and second order derivatives of the fields in the equations of motion that self-tune to a vanishing cosmological constant. …”
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Zim4rv: an R package to modeling zero-inflated count phenotype on regional-based rare variants by Xiaomin Liu, Yi-Ju Li, Qiao Fan

“…Additionally, we include an ad-hoc two-stage analysis, testing zero and non-zero as a binary outcome and non-zero as a continuous outcome, respectively. …”
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Análisis de materiales didácticos digitales en secundaria desde la perspectiva de género by Milena Villar Varela, Annachiara Del Prete, Eva M. Barreira-Cerqueiras, Miriam Elizabeth Aguasanta Regalado

“…Para ello se propone un análisis exploratorio descriptivo de los materiales digitales de educación secundaria, desde la perspectiva de género, mediante una guía de evaluación elaborada ad hoc, examinando diferentes dimensiones como pueden ser la representación equitativa, la ausencia de estereotipos o el uso de lenguaje inclusivo, entre otras. …”
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A magnetorheological clutch for efficient automotive auxiliary device actuation by F. Bucchi, P. Forte, F. Frendo, R. Squarcini

“…The clutch characteristics, in terms of torque versus slip, were obtained experimentally for three different clutch prototypes on an ad-hoc developed test bench. As result of a preliminary simulation, a comparison between the power absorption of a current production vacuum pump, an innovative vacuum pump and both vacuum pumps coupled with the MR clutch is presented. …”
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Reliable Quantum Communications Based on Asymmetry in Distillation and Coding by Lorenzo Valentini, Rene Bodker Christensen, Petar Popovski, Marco Chiani

“…Our results show that ad hoc asymmetric codes give, compared with conventional QEC, a performance boost and codeword size reduction both in a single-link and in a quantum network scenario.…”
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MVR Delay: A Queueing Based Routing Model for C-V2X Mode 4 in VANET’s by Mahabaleshwar Kabbur, M. Vinayaka Murthy

“…During the last few years, the demand for vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANET) has gained great attraction in the intelligent transport system. …”
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Searching for effective strategies to reach boys and young men; a mixed-methods study protocol for youth clinics in Sweden by Mazen Baroudi

“…Existing initiatives are often ad-hoc and lack institutionalization within public policy and practice. …”
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Impacto de la regulación emocional en el aula: Un estudio con profesores españoles by Sara Santander Trigo, Martha Leticia Gaeta González, Valentín Martínez-Otero Pérez

“…Para ello se evaluó el nivel de regulación emocional del profesorado, mediante el TMMS-24, así como el nivel de regulación emocional del alumnado percibido por el profesorado y el impacto de la regulación emocional en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje, mediante instrumentos diseñados ad hoc. Los resultados muestran que, a mayor nivel de regulación emocional del profesorado, mayor importancia dada a la formación específica en regulación emocional, mayor cantidad de recursos destinados para ello y mayor motivación ante la falta de regulación emocional del alumnado, al considerarla como un reto. …”
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High-quality nodule analysis in spheroidal graphite cast iron using X-ray micro-computed tomography by Juan Toledo, Felipe Diaz, Matías Peralta, Diego Fernandino

“…The procedure involves the evaluation and comparison of the sphericity and compactness distributions and the distances between neighbouring nodules by using ad-hoc image processing software. The results reveal the complementary nature of the sphericity and compactness parameters, which allow classifying, with great accuracy, different nodular quality categories of spheroidal graphite cast iron. …”
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SyTroN: A Virtual Classroom for Collaborative and Distant E-Learning System by Teleoperating Real Devices by R. Chellali, C. Dumas, Nicolas Mollet, G. Subileau

“…The increased people mobility and the reduction of educational costs push to develop ad hoc solutions enabling to access to knowledge regardless to geographical situation and economical capabilities. …”
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Models and Frameworks: A Synergistic Association for Developing Component-Based Applications by Diego Alonso, Francisco Sánchez-Ledesma, Pedro Sánchez, Juan A. Pastor, Bárbara Álvarez

“…In order to illustrate the benefits of the proposed approach, two representative case studies that use both an existing framework and an ad hoc framework, are described. Finally, our approach is compared with other alternatives in terms of the cost of software development.…”
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Intelligent Traffic Management System Based on the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) by Samir A. Elsagheer Mohamed, Khaled A. AlShalfan

“…New technologies like Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANET) and Internet of Vehicles (IoV) enable vehicles to communicate with those nearby and with a dedicated infrastructure wirelessly. …”
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Elicitation Study Based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour that analyses the intention to Adopt Electronic Commerce in the Elderly by Nadia Soto-Hernández, Elizabeth E. Grandón, Patricio Ramírez-Correa

“…The findings of new variables obtained from the elicitation process highlight the importance of considering ad-hoc measurement scales in the development of public policies to promote the use of electronic commerce in older people. …”
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EDA, PPG and Skin Temperature as Predictive Signals for Mental Failure by a Statistical Analysis on Stress and Mental Workload by G. Luzzani, I. Buraioli, G. Guglieri, D. Demarchi

“…This paper aims to study the statistical relationship between the variation of Photoplethysmogram signal (PPG), Electrodermal Activity (EDA), and skin temperature with respect to stress and MWL levels, assessed through an ad-hoc developed subjective questionnaire. <italic>Results:</italic> 43 features were calculated from these signals during the execution of two cognitive tests and processed through a statistical analysis based on Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests. …”
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