Everyday Pain in Three- to Five-Year-Old Children in Day Care by Carl L von Baeyer, Shannon Baskerville, Patrick J McGrath

“…A new event sampling instrument, the Dalhousie Everyday Pain Scale, was used to observe 50 children in six day care centres in Saskatoon for an average of 2.24 h each. …”
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TockyPrep: data preprocessing methods for flow cytometric fluorescent timer analysis by Masahiro Ono

“…Despite their potential, the analysis of Timer fluorescence in flow cytometry is frequently compromised by variability in instrument settings and the absence of standardized preprocessing methods. …”
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A Preliminary Report on the Use of Bench-Top X-Ray Micro-Computerised Tomography to Study the Malpighian Tubules of the Overwintering Seven Spotted Ladybird Coccinella septempuncta... by Duncan Bell, Lewis Woolnough, David Mortimore, Nick Corps, Diana M. Hudson, Mark K. Greco

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Dermatology education in U.S. ophthalmology residency: a survey of the program directors by Winnie Fan, Rojina Nekoonam, Saras Ramanathan, Amanda Twigg

“…Method The authors designed and electronically distributed a national survey in August 2022 to PDs of 124 ophthalmology residency programs. The survey instruments examined the availability and characteristics of dermatology rotation, the PDs’ perceptions of such rotation, and their perspectives on trainees’ dermatology knowledge. …”
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Mechanistic and Experimental Aspects of the Structural Characterization of Some Model and Real Systems by Nitrogen Sorption and Mercury Porosimetry by Carlos Felipe, Fernando Rojas, Isaac Kornhauser, Matthias Thommes, Giorgio Zgrablich

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The Process of Translation and Cross‐Cultural Adaptation of Functional Assessment Tools for Dementia: A Systematized Review by Freddie O'Donald, Clara Calia

“…It was found that less than half of these studies fully adhered to established guidelines for the translation and cross‐cultural adaptation of instruments. Regarding psychometric properties, while the internal consistency and reliability of included measures were generally strong, there was variability in evaluating other psychometric properties, notably structural validity, measurement error, and cross‐cultural validity. …”
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Masques et mascarades dans Romola par George Eliot : la traversée des apparences by Stéphanie Richet

“…In Romola, the deceiver’s mask is the privileged instrument of treachery. It works on the mode of prestidigitation in that it relies on the displacement of attention, drawing the viewer’s gaze on a spectacular, yet spurious gesture, while the real action lies somewhere else. …”
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Challenges in Emerging Vaccines and Future Promising Candidates against SARS-CoV-2 Variants by Tanmay Ghildiyal, Nishant Rai, Janhvi Mishra Rawat, Maargavi Singh, Jigisha Anand, Gaurav Pant, Gaurav Kumar, Amrullah Shidiki

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The Risks and Rewards of Embodying Artificial Intelligence with Cloud‐Based Laboratories by Nicolas Rouleau, Nirosha J. Murugan

“…Autonomous, cloud‐based laboratories (CBLs) are transforming scientific research by democratizing access to advanced instruments that accelerate high‐throughput discovery. …”
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Consumer’s Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices toward Self-medication: Questionnaire Development and Validation by Nahid Ansari, Abhishek Dadhich

“…Still, the availability of a valid and reliable instrument to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices toward self-medication (SM) remains limited. …”
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FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF SELECTED FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY FIRMS IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA by Ayodeji Gbenga Bamidele, Edafe Bawa Dogo

“…The validity and reliability of the research instrument was established using Average Variance Extracted, Composite Reliability, and Cronbach’s alpha coefficients, thus ensuring its accuracy and consistency. …”
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Evaluation Of Anxiety In Patients Undergoing Complete Denture Treatment At Two Tertiary Care Hospitals In Rawalpindi And Islamabad by Muhammad Amir Ghafoor Chaudhary, Misbah Khalid, Romeysah Adnan, Saba Uzair, Raza Ullah Khan, Muhammad Farooq Kamran

“…Reasons inducing anxiety in a dental setting, include materials (28.3%), instruments (8.2%), the dentist's chair (28%), and other reasons (60.5%). …”
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Essence and purpose of preventive and punitive functions of legal liability by V. Tymoshenko

“…The practical significance of this study is that law enforcement agencies can use the findings to formulate effective strategies for developing modern political- legal instruments for preventing unlawful behaviour…”
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Translation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Health Orientation Scale in a Greek Speaking Sample (Greece-Cyprus) by Constantinos Togas, Stavros Parlalis

“… # Conclusion The HOS is a valuable instrument to health psychologists and could be used for research and clinical purposes to assess people's health orientation.…”
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UNSTABLE CRITICAL EQUILIBRIUM IN THE DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX STRUCTURED POPULATION OF STURGEON by V. A. Dubrovskaya, T. N. Solovieva, A. Yu. Perevaryukha

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Analysis of Oscillations during Out-of-Step Condition in Power Systems by Zainab Alnassar, S. T. Nagarajan

“…The detection of OOS condition is a challenge for power system operators in real time as it is difficult with conventional measuring instruments, to identify the instant at which the bus voltage angle between two areas connected by tie line falls out of synchronism. …”
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Building the "Golden Generation": Understanding the Drivers of Investment Behavior in Gen Z and Millennial Women by Erna Apriani, Widiastuti, Nani Hartati, Rina Nurjanah, Abdul Latif

“…By fostering sound financial management practices through financial knowledge and personality traits, individuals can effectively convert income into long-term assets through various investment instruments. This, in turn, contributes to sustainable economic development and growth. …”
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The impact of long-term care needs on the socio-economic deprivation of older people and their families: A scoping review protocol. by Rossella Martarelli, Georgia Casanova, Giovanni Lamura

“…Research in this field contributes to the growing international literature on health-related quality-of-life instruments, but little is known about the links between the related variables. …”
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Development of the Voluntary Accreditation for Study Programmes in Russia by O. A. Matveeva

“…The paper dwells on the following trends in the development of independent accreditation procedures: 1) during the current decade the accreditation process is gaining momentum, which is characterized by the growth of number of accreditation organizations as well as educational institutions interested in obtaining accreditation; 2) the state supports and encourages the development of the independent accreditation system for quality assurance in higher education; 3) the voluntary accreditation enables educational organizations to get an independent assessment of study programmes and thus to receive “a bonus” before a state accreditation procedure; 4) the database of External Quality Assurance Reports (DEQAR) becomes a preferred instrument for higher education institutions, whereas they are interested in raising their transparency related to the quality of study programmes and their competitiveness in the global educational space.…”
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FISCAL POLICY PROBLEMS UNDER CONDITIONS OF FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION by V. Urazayeva

“…In the long term the attention is paid to the problem of tax competition between countries, which affects the instruments of fiscal policy. The author notes that the negative consequences of global financial liberalization are relevant not only for recipient countries but for donor countries as well and emphasizes such a burning issue as "capital flight".…”
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