Feedback Training Improves Compliance with Sternal Precaution Guidelines during Functional Mobility: Implications for Optimizing Recovery in Older Patients after Median Sternotomy by Ansel LaPier, Kimberly Cleary

“…Results suggest that an instrumented walker and feedback training could be clinically useful for older patients recovering from open heart surgery.…”
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Evaluating Active Labour Market Policies in Türkiye by Regions via Multidimensional Scaling and Clustering Analysis by Özlem Demir, Batuhan Ersöz

“…Active labour market policies (ALMP), which are among such policies, constitute crucial instruments for the re-adaptation of the unemployed to the labour markets. …”
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Assessment Design And Practices Toward Holistic Learning Of Higher Education Students: Empirical Evidence Via Path Analysis Modelling Approach by Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah, Esther Adama, Amanda Graf, Kwadwo Adusei-Asante

“…A cross-sectional study design was employed for this study in which a self-reported survey instrument was administered to 380 social science and nursing undergraduate and postgraduate students in a public university in Australia. …”
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ChatGPT in Computer Science Education: A Case Study on a Database Administration Course by Daniel López-Fernández, Ricardo Vergaz

“…This article concludes that ChatGPT is an excellent educational instrument in the context of database administration and that in order to use it properly, it is necessary for students to have good prompting skills as well as a sound theoretical basis. …”
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Multi-objective Newton-Raphson-based optimizer for fractional-order control of PEM fuel cells by Mahmoud S. AbouOmar, Sami El Ferik

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Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Validity, and Reliability of the Patient-Rated Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire for Thai Patients by Jananya P. Dhippayom, Piyawat Trevittaya, Andy S. K. Cheng

“…The Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire (MHQ) is a patient-rated hand outcome instrument. It is widely used in orthopedic and neurological conditions of the hands and upper limbs. …”
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Testing the psychometric properties of the risk-rescue rating scale: a lethality measure for suicide attempts by Tormod Stangeland, Ketil Hanssen-Bauer, Johan Siqveland

“…They rated five role-played video interviews using the RRRS and the well-established interview instrument the Suicide Intent Scale (SIS) and obtained 140 sets of scores. …”
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Criminal law characteristics of mass destruction weapons as a criminal offense constructive objective feature (Articles 439, 440 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) by О. V. Shamsutdinov

“…The means of committing the crime is an “active” feature of the composition of the criminal offense, its properties are used by the criminal to create favorable conditions and facilitate the implementation of the illegal act. The instrument of the crime is also an “active” feature of its composition. …”
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INVESTMENT STRATEGIES OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS: SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS VS ENDOWMENTS by E. S. Biryukov

“…Institutional investors of both these types ceased to focus on conservative instruments - bonds and deposits , and use other options: Global - stocks , Yale – private equity , hedge funds, real estate investments , etc. …”
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ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AS A CONCEPT OF POWER POLITICS by I. N. Timofeev

“…Usually sanctions are an instrument of economically advanced states vis a vis developing countries with fragile or vulnerable economy. …”
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CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT TOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN SOUTHWEST, NIGERIA by Bolaji Comfort ADENIYI, Gbenga Sunday FAYIGBE

“…The reliability of the instrument was estimated at 0.80 using Chronbach’s Alpha reliability method. …”
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A model for developing a surgical and anaesthesia safety checklist in reducing surgical morbidity and mortality: A literature review by Handayani Rahmaya Nova, AryadiA M., Suandika Made, Yudha Magenda Bisma, Surtiningsih

“…The objective is to ascertain the various models of surgical and a naesthesia patient safety checklist instrument and their development. This will facilitate the improvement of compliance with critical patient care in surgical cases through the implementation of surgical and anaesthesia patient safety checklist instruments. …”
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Resilience in virtual education: Designing and validating a scale in higher education by Ghanizadeh Afsaneh, Yazdi Maryam Majidi

“…The main purpose of this study is to design and validate a comprehensive instrument for measuring university students’ RVE. Furthermore, to confirm the validity and reliability of the instrument, its nexus with a closely related construct, i.e., second language (L2) buoyancy was explored. …”
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Precision Calibration of Robot Magnetorheological Finishing System Based on Laser Tracker by Yujing Wei, Runmu Cheng, Longxiang Li, Qiang Cheng, Yue Pan, Chaoyue Zhu, Jinbo Zhang, Jun Zheng, Bo Ai

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Children's Motor Skills Based on Geographical Location by Gusril Gusril, Felia Rahmadhani Saputri, Nurul Ihsan, Ahmad Chaeroni, Mohd Firdaus Abdullah, Mohd Salleh Aman, Abdul Halim Mokhtar, Anton Komaini, Toho Cholik Mutohir

“…The instrument has a validity score of 0.64 and a reliability score of 0.92. …”
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FROM HIGH ASPIRATIONS TO HARSH REALITY: EU HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION AT THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL by A. S. Boyashov

“…The EU ability to use its instruments in human rights promotion is moderate even despite its enhanced burden sharing among the EU member states, a hybrid system of representation, a vast diplomatic and NGOs’ network. …”
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Psychometric Properties of the Bangla Version of the Beck Depression Inventory‐II (BDI‐II) With University Students in Bangladesh: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Md. Torun Hasan, Mozibul H. A. Khan

“…Conclusion The findings of the study suggest that the Bangla version of the BDI‐II is a valid instrument for assessing depression among the student community in Bangladesh. …”
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Evidence-based economic policy at the regional level by Elena G. Kropinova, Andrey E. Shastitko

“…A conclusion is drawn regarding the demand for industrial policy instruments for the development of the region’s economy, while also emphasising their insufficient efficiency in application. …”
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The Prevalence of the Burnout Syndrome and Factors Associated in the Students of Dentistry in Integral Clinic: A Cross-Sectional Study by Luis Alberto Chauca Bajaña, Luis Campos Lascano, Lourdes Jaramillo Castellon, Carlos Carpio Cevallos, Gabriela Cevallos-Pozo, Byron Velasquez Ron, Fábio França Vieira e Silva, Mario Perez-Sayans

“…The instruments were answered anonymously by a total of 300 students who participated in the study. …”
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Development of algorithm for receiving and decoding input signal using MTD decoder for subscriber terminals operating with low-orbit spacecraft by D. P. Sedunov, A. S. Zhunusova

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