A Study of the Cultural and Musical Structure of Indian Classic Music for Critical Rereading of the Book “The Music of Northern India” by Navid Vaziri

“…Tala, which is related to the musical timing of Indian music, is like a chain whose rings are formed by the verbal syllables and the art of the melodic instrument players, percussions, and the dancers relate them to each other.…”
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Detection of ultrafast electron energization by whistler-mode chorus waves in the magnetosphere of Earth by S. Kurita, Y. Miyoshi, S. Saito, S. Kasahara, Y. Katoh, S. Matsuda, S. Yokota, Y. Kasahara, A. Matsuoka, T. Hori, K. Keika, M. Teramoto, I. Shinohara

“…Detecting these rapid accelerations has been a great challenge due to a limited time resolution of conventional particle instruments. Here, we employ an analysis technique to enhance the time resolution of the particle measurements, revealing rapid electron flux variations within less than one second associated with chorus waves. …”
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Gaps in the Management of Type 2 Diabetic Patients in a Metropolitan Area of Havana by Armando Rodríguez Salvá, Linet Céspedes Hernández, Addys Díaz Piñera, René García Roche, Susana Balcindes Acosta

“…Sample selection was made by bi periodic conglomerate sampling, it consisted of 580 people, to whom an instrument made for this purpose was applied. Number variables were presented with central tendency and dispersion measures. …”
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Performance Evaluation of GFRP Rock Bolt Sensor for Rock Slope Monitoring by Double Shear Test by Jung-Doung Yu, Jong-Sub Lee, Bibek Tamang, Sungyong Park, Sukhyun Chang, Jungmyeon Kim, Yongseong Kim

“…This study aims to evaluate the sensing performance of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) rock bolt sensors instrumented with strain gauges for monitoring rockslides. …”
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Effects of on-Board Unit on Driving Behavior in Connected Vehicle Traffic Flow by Xin Chang, Haijian Li, Jian Rong, Zhufei Huang, Xiaoxuan Chen, Yunlong Zhang

“…Thirty-one test drivers were investigated to drive an instrumented vehicle in four scenarios, with and without the OBU under two different traffic states. …”
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Prevalence, Correlates, and Prognosis of Peripheral Artery Disease in Rural Ecuador—Rationale, Protocol, and Phase I Results of a Population-Based Survey: An Atahualpa Project-Anci... by Oscar H. Del Brutto, Mark J. Sedler, Robertino M. Mera, Pablo R. Castillo, Elizabeth H. Cusick, Jadry A. Gruen, Kelsie J. Phelan, Victor J. Del Brutto, Mauricio Zambrano, David L. Brown

“…In Phase II, the ankle-brachial index will be used to test reliability of screening instruments and to determine PAD prevalence. In Phase III, participants will be followed up to estimate the relevance of PAD as a predictor of vascular outcomes. …”
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Prosociality in adolescents: an intervention experience by Claudia Regina de Freitas, Celso Stephan

“…Twenty 90-minute sessions were conducted weekly, along with three evaluations to identify the participants’ levels of prosociality (baseline, final, and follow-up). The instrument used was the EPA-A (Prosocial Behavior Assessment Scale for Adolescents). …”
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Strain Rockbursts Simulated by Low-Strength Brittle Equivalent Materials by Lang Li, Mingyang Wang, Pengxian Fan, Haiming Jiang, Yihao Cheng, Derong Wang

“…The internal stress, strain, and convergences of the openings of the model were instrumented by subtly preembedded sensors and transducers. …”
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Internal communication and job performance in Peruvian health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic by Jorge Luis Damián Foronda, Ericson Félix Castillo Saavedra, Cecilia Elizabeth Reyes Alfaro, Rosa María Salas Sánchez, Carmen Isolina Ayala Jara

“…Two data collection instruments were applied using online Google questionnaires, corresponding to the variables internal communication and job performance. …”
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Risks of Online Health Information Seeking: Adaptation of the OHISS in the Russian Sample by A.A. Maksimenko, A.A. Zolotareva

“…Empirical data obtained using the Online Health Information Seeking Scale allow us to consider the adapted scale as a psychometrically sound diagnostic instrument and recommend it for solving practical and research tasks.…”
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Sensitivity of Model Estimates of CME Propagation and Arrival Time to Inner Boundary Conditions by Lauren A. James, Christopher J. Scott, Luke A. Barnard, Mathew J. Owens, Matthew S. Lang, Shannon R. Jones

“…By highlighting the impact CME shape has on Root‐Mean‐Square‐Error (RMSE) values, we show that time‐elongation profiles of fronts captured by the Heliospheric Imager (HI) instruments onboard NASA's STEREO mission match those of the modeled CME nose and flank and can therefore be used to infer details of the longitudinal extent of the CME. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Dynamic Response Characteristics of Cutting Coal and Rock by a Roller Coal Cutter by Kesong Fan, Yutong Feng, Ruoyang Kong, Hua Wei, Wenlong Jiao, Chenghao Fu, Yunsen Zhou

“…This research is helpful for identifying rock-coal medium types by using related instrument to record the dynamic responses of rock-coal medium types.…”
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Global Maps of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles Depletions Based on FORMOSAT‐7/COSMIC‐2 Ion Velocity Meter Plasma Density Observations by Irina Zakharenkova, Iurii Cherniak, John J. Braun, Qian Wu

“…Each satellite is equipped by an ion velocity meter (IVM) instrument to provide high rate in situ plasma density observations along the low‐inclined satellite orbits at ∼530–550 km altitude. …”
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Developing company competitiveness based on entrepreneurial values, transformational leadership, and service innovation through organizational performance by Solikin Solikin, Muhammad Thamrin, Suharto Abdul Majid, Librita Arifiani

“…The sample was 153 leaders of ferry companies in Indonesia.The research instruments consist of organizational performance, competitiveness, entrepreneurial values, transformational leadership, and service innovation, as questionnaires were designed as a Likert scale. …”
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Relationship between academic procrastination and internet addiction in Peruvian university students: the mediating role of academic self-efficacy by Dana Rocio Chavez-Yacolca, Ruth Beatriz Castro-Champión, Nely Marlene Cisneros-Gonzales, Denis Frank Cunza-Aranzábal, Mardel Morales-García, Carlos D. Abanto-Ramírez

“…IntroductionThis study evaluated the mediating role of academic self-efficacy in the relationship between internet addiction and academic procrastination among Peruvian university students.MethodA cross-sectional explanatory design was employed with a convenience sample of 334 participants. Instruments used included the Specific Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale of Academic Situations (EAPESA), the Lima Internet Addiction Scale (EAIL), and the Academic Procrastination Scale (APS). …”
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Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and validation of fatigue severity scale into Bangla in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus by Imam Gazzali, Md Abu Shahin, Ariful Islam, Iftekhar Hussain Bandhan, Sumayia Minhaj, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Sabrina Yesmin, Minhaj Rahim Choudhury, Syed Atiqul Haq, Mohammad Mostafa Zaman

“…Conclusions: The adapted Bangla version of FSS is a reliable and valid instrument and can be recommended for the self-assessment of fatigue in SLE patients.…”
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Modular Multi‐Parametric and Portable Readout System for Point‐of‐Care Applications by Dibyendu Khan, Thossaporn Wijakmatee, Aniruddha Sriram, Aidin Nikookhesal, Elmar Weinhold, Yusuke Shimoyama, Vivek Pachauri, Sven Ingebrandt

“…The size of this versatile, compact, and portable instrument is only 15.6 × 10.6 cm2. An interactive graphical‐user‐interface developed for this system supports point‐of‐care usage. …”
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Knowledge and Attitudes of Students About Water Pipe Smoking at Technical Institute / Alsuwayra in Middle Technical University by Ahmed K. Jawad, Jasim A. Khaleefah, Ammar A. Okab

“…Water pipe tobacco smoking is a type of tobacco consumption that involves smoking flavored or unflavored tobacco via a single or multi-stemmed instrument. The objective of the study knowledge and attitudes about water pipe (shisha) smoking. …”
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Modeling the Dynamic Variability of Sub‐Relativistic Outer Radiation Belt Electron Fluxes Using Machine Learning by Donglai Ma, Xiangning Chu, Jacob Bortnik, Seth G. Claudepierre, W. Kent Tobiska, Alfredo Cruz, S. Dave Bouwer, Joseph F. Fennell, J. Bernard Blake

“…The models are trained on electron flux data from the Magnetic Electron Ion Spectrometer instrument onboard Van Allen Probes, and they can reproduce the dynamic variations of electron fluxes in different energy channels. …”
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How does agricultural insurance influence grain production scale? An income-mediated perspective by Dainan Hou, Xin Wang, Xin Wang

“…IntroductionAgricultural insurance has become a vital instrument in risk diversification, loss compensation, and farmer support, with China emerging as the largest agricultural insurance market globally by premium volume. …”
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