Detection of Prosthetic Knee Movement Phases via In-Socket Sensors: A Feasibility Study by Amr M. El-Sayed, Nur Azah Hamzaid, Kenneth Y. S. Tan, Noor Azuan Abu Osman

“…A quadrilateral double socket was custom made and instrumented with two force sensing resistors (FSR) attached to specific anterior and posterior sites of the socket’s wall. …”
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Effect of COVID-19 on the cultural identity of the Amazonian indigenous Waorani by Aldrin Espín-León, María Luisa Pertegal-Felices, Antonio Jimeno-Morenilla, Juan Guzmán-Montalvo

“…This study presents a comparative analysis of Waorani indigenous culture in the pre- and post-pandemic periods (2017–2022). In 2022, the same instrument designed to measure their culture in 2017 was applied, using the same methodology (participatory action in the territory) and in the same indigenous communities (88 individuals in 2017, 85 individuals in 2022). …”
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Exploring the Multimodal Approach in Pre-Service Chemistry Teacher Education: Perspective from Students and Lecturers by Marfuatun Marfuatun, Nahadi Nahadi, Galuh Yuliani, Hernani Hernani

“…This study implies an urgent need for the development of multimodal test instruments to accommodate differences in students' learning styles. …”
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Perbandingan Pengaruh Sistem Surveilans Berbasis Elektronik dan Paper Based Terhadap Kompetensi Pencatatan dan Kemampuan Deteksi Risiko Hais oleh Perawat Di Rumah Sakit Awal... by Novita Simbolon, Hema Malini, Sri Muharni

“…Methods of collecting data using instruments in the form of questionnaires to measure the nurses’ competency and the recording system. …”
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Analysis of Ploidy in Hypopharyngeal Cancer by Laser Scanning Cytometry on Fine Needle Aspirate Biopsies by Andreas O.H. Gerstner, Julia Machlitt, Hans‐Jürgen Welkoborsky, Friedrich Bootz, Attila Tárnok

“…This microscope based instrument scans the cells after immobilization on a glass slide and after double staining of cytokeratin and DNA. …”
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Postpartum period: study of guidelines for Primary Health Care by Eliane Gomes dos Santos, Daphne Rattner

“…Results: convergent recommendations were identified: universal eye screening, universal neonatal hearing screening and routine neonatal vaccination; partially convergent recommendations: management regarding breast engorgement, guidance on physical activities and vitamin D supplementation for children; and divergent recommendations: routine pelvic floor muscle training, use of a validated instrument for the screening for depression and anxiety in the postpartum period, vitamin A supplementation in the postpartum period and appropriate time for the newborn’s first bath. …”
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Postoj studentů sociální pedagogiky k homoparentálním rodinám by Pavel Doulík, Jiří Škoda, Barbora Čechová, Zuzana Procházková

“…The author's questionnaire constructed on the principle of Likert scales was used as a research instrument. The questionnaire includes items aimed at identifying attitudes towards gay marriage, the causes of homosexuality, the upbringing of children by homoparental parents, and the space devoted to this topic in the university training of future social educators. …”
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E-Governance and Public Services in Local Governments: Study of The Taspen Smart Card Programfor Pension Fund Services in Makassar City and Pinrang Regency by Lukman Nul Hakim Amran Saputra, Nur Khaerah, Abdillah Abdillah, Nuryanti Mustari

“…This study used a combination method of concurrent triangulation design (a balanced mix of quantitative and qualitative). The major instrument used was questionnaire and interview. There were participants of the Taspen Smart Card Program that involved as samples and informants in this study.  …”
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Self-Regulated Learning Strategies Among Graduate Students and Their Relationship with Statistics Anxiety by Nasser H. Youssef, Essa A. Alibraheim

“…Sixty-six master’s students from Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University’s College of Education received these instruments. The findings showed that participants’ levels of anxiety related to statistics were moderate, and their use of self-regulated learning strategies was quite high. …”
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Basic educational competences of stomatology professors: their improvement by Clotilde de la Caridad Mora Pérez, Maria Elena Cobas Rodriguez, Jorge Rodríguez López, Pedro Alvarez Rodríguez, Maricela Seijo Machado, Sahily Espino Otero

“…This research included 25 professors and the studied variables were: graduation year, experience, educational categorization, pedagogical training and educational competences. Different instruments were applied to professors, students, and directors and a team of experts was formed to work as a nominal group. …”
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Development and validation of the Low Back Pain Questionnaire for Nurses (LBP-NS) in Indonesia: A structural equation modeling approach by Wirakhmi Ikit Netra, Kusuma Ikhwan Yuda, Haniyah Siti, Nurkholis Fiqih

“…LBP-NS is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing low back pain risk among nurses and holds significant potential for use in clinical practice and occupational health programs to address and mitigate LBP risks.…”
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METHODOLOGY FOR DATA COLLECTION IN SIMULATED IRRADIATIONS USING MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES ON DICOM IMAGES FOR X-RAY FLUORESCENCE EMISSIONS LOCALIZATION IN HIGH ATOMIC NUMBER MATERIALS by Nicolás E. Martín, F. Malano, Miguel Sofo Haro, M. Valente

“…As compared to other modalities, XFCT offers advantages such as easy accessibility, low instrumentation costs, and efficient operation. This approach allows for simultaneous transmission computed tomography (CT) along with XFCT, providing multimodal/multiplexed in vivo images and expanding applications with metallic probes such as gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). …”
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Causes and consequences of the pension system reforms in Serbia by Đekić Marija, Mijalković Jovana, Marković Biljana

“…Also, it is necessary to constantly improve measures and instruments for combating the grey economy.…”
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Development and Integration of a CO Detection System Based on Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy Using Near-Infrared DFB Laser by Bin Li, Shuo-Cheng Zhang, Yao-Dan Chi

“…Without using commercial instruments, essential electrical circuits were self-developed and integrated, including laser temperature controller, laser current driver, signal generator, and digital lock-in amplifier. …”
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The effect of the shaw English online channel on the EFL students’ speaking ability by Riswanto Riswanto, Anita Anita, Kasmaini Kasmaini, Anisa Imelda

“…The total sample used for this study was 70 students consisting of 35 students from the eleventh grade of natural sciences class 1 (experimental class) and 35 students from the class eleventh grade of natural sciences class 2 (control class).  The instrument in this study was an online oral test and the data was the students' pre-test and post-test scores which were calculated and analyzed using SPSS 26 software. …”
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Derived datasets of daily weather, near surface soil status, flow rates and concentrations of nitrogen species from the North Wyke farm platform, EnglandZenodo by Yusheng Zhang, Jane Hawkins, Hadewij Sint, Adrian L. Collins

“…Weather conditions, hydrological responses and the dynamics of key nitrogen species in field runoff were continuously monitored at 15-min resolution on the intensively instrumented North Wyke Farm Platform (NWFP), a UK National Bioscience Research Infrastructure (NBRI), to support research on sustainable and resilient agriculture in the UK. …”
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An optimality theoretic-based analysis of consonant cluster pronunciation errors among Iraqi EFL learners by Zohreh Sadat Naseri, fatemeh Ahmadinasab, Rawaa Kadhem Jawaad

“…For this aim, 40 first-year university students of different majors aged 18-25 years were selected from beginner and lower-intermediate levels based on their scores on Oxford Placement Test. Using different instruments, such as reading instruction and read-aloud test, and being informed from the category of major pronunciation problems by Arabic learners presented by Yavaş (2011), an Optimality Theory-based analysis was adopted in the research. …”
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New Applications in Gas Geochemistry by Francesco Italiano, Andrzej Solecki, Giovanni Martinelli, Yunpeng Wang, Guodong Zheng

“…Hydrocarbons are a significant energy resource, helium is applied in many high-tech instruments, and studies of crustal gas dynamics provide insight in the geodynamic processes and help monitor seismic and volcanic hazards. …”
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Opportunities for gas-phase science at short-wavelength free-electron lasers with undulator-based polarization control by Markus Ilchen, Enrico Allaria, Primož Rebernik Ribič, Heinz-Dieter Nuhn, Alberto Lutman, Evgeny Schneidmiller, Markus Tischer, Mikail Yurkov, Marco Calvi, Eduard Prat, Sven Reiche, Thomas Schmidt, Gianluca Aldo Geloni, Suren Karabekyan, Jiawei Yan, Svitozar Serkez, Zhangfeng Gao, Bangjie Deng, Chao Feng, Haixiao Deng, Wolfram Helml, Lars Funke, Mats Larsson, Vitali Zhaunerchyk, Michael Meyer, Tommaso Mazza, Till Jahnke, Reinhard Dörner, Francesca Calegari, Olga Smirnova, Caterina Vozzi, Giovanni De Ninno, Jonas Wätzel, Jamal Berakdar, Sadia Bari, Lucas Schwob, Jérémy R. Rouxel, Shaul Mukamel, Klaus Bartschat, Kathryn Hamilton, Luca Argenti, Nicolas Douguet, Nikolay M. Novikovskiy, Philipp V. Demekhin, Peter Walter

“…This roadmap comprises descriptions of technological capabilities of facilities worldwide, innovative diagnostics and instrumentation, as well as recent scientific highlights, novel methodology, and mathematical modeling. …”
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Reproducibility of BiliCare™ Transcutaneus Bilirrubin Meter in Mexican Newborns by David Oldak, Gabriela García, Estela E. Gonzalez, Enver Aillon, Juan C. Falcon, Ernesto Ayala, Bernardo Oldak

“…BiliCare™ transcutaneous bilirubin measurement instrument has very good intra- and interdevice reproducibility; also correlation of TcS with serum bilirubin gave statistically the same results.…”
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