Exploring the Factors Associated with Car Use for Short Trips: Evidence from Kunming, China by Mingwei He, Yi Fei, Min He

“…The results show that instrumental and symbolic attitudes toward cars are positively related to the affective attitude, and these three attitudes have a significant effect on car use for short trips. …”
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Religious and Spiritual Struggles Brief Inventory: Initial Validation and Psychometric Study by Juan González-Rivera, Yazmín Álvarez-Alatorre

“…Conclusions: These results suggest that the instrument can measure four types of R/E struggles in Puerto Rican adults. …”
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Las actitudes hacia las lenguas y el aprendizaje lingüístico by Judit JANÉS CARULLA

“…De acuerdo con lo expuesto y siguiendo la terminología de Lambert, en segundo lugar nos detenemos en cómo el tipo de motivación que tienen los sujetos (instrumental o de integración) determina su grado de competencia lingüística y en cómo las actitudes presentes en la familia influyen en las actitudes que desarrollan estos sujetos hacia las otras comunidades lingüísticas. …”
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Development of an intelligent virtual assistant for digitalization of Moroccan agriculture by Iounousse Jawad, Temsamani Omar

“…The curated database will be instrumental in fine-tuning STT and TTS models, potentially revolutionizing how Moroccan farmers access and interact with digital agricultural resources.…”
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The Advent of the Printing Press and Britain’s Multilingual Textual Culture, 1471–1510 by Jordi Sánchez-Martí

“…I conclude by arguing that the introduction of the printing press in Britain enhanced the prestige of the language variety used by the elite and became instrumental in eroding the balances existing in the British language ecosystem.…”
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Intellectual Virtues in Education: Digital Challenges by L. V. Shipovalova, R. I. Gallyamov

“…We relate the understanding of such provocative action with not only instrumental, but also social character of technologies. …”
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Evolutionary Game Model of Civil Aviation and High-Speed Rail Interaction Strategies Based on the Passenger Ticket and Carbon Trading Prices by Bo Sun, Zehui Xu, Ming Wei

“…The results obtained are instrumental in outlining the optimal strategy range for passenger ticket and carbon trading prices, encouraging high-speed transportation system growth.…”
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Multi-alignment under "Uneven Multipolarity": India’s Relations with Russia in an Evolving World Order by Nivedita Kapoor

“…These observations are instrumental in the assessment of the present and future trajectory of Indo-Russian ties presented in the article.…”
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Application of genome tagging technology in elucidating the function of sperm-specific protein 411 (Ssp411) by Xue-Hai Zhou, Min-Min Hua, Jia-Nan Tang, Bang-Guo Wu, Xue-Mei Wang, Chang-Gen Shi, Yang Yang, Jun Wu, Bin Wu, Bao-Li Zhang, Yi-Si Sun, Tian-Cheng Zhang, Hui-Juan Shi

“…Within this framework, we successfully generated a human influenza hemagglutinin-tagged sperm-specific protein 411 (HA-tagged Ssp411) mouse model. This model is instrumental in probing the expression and function of Ssp411. …”
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SOME PROBLEMS OF SYSTEMATISING LEGAL MEANS TO ENSURE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TERRITORY (ON THE EXAMPLE OF GEOPARKS) by VOLKOV Gennadiy Alexandrovich

“…Based on the intersectoral, instrumental and formal-legal approach, the article considers theoretical foundations of the legal regime of specially protected natural areas (option – to give this regime to geoparks) for the purposes of ensuring and preserving unique geological sites and economic development of the territory, including tourism; alternative legal means of ensuring these purposes, including legal institutions for territory planning and integrated territorial development; advantages and disadvantages of the considered options for the application of these legal means. …”
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Colonialidad, currículo e interés en la educación musical: el caso del conservatorio del Tolima by Boris Alfonso Salinas-Arias

“…Los hallazgos arrojan que la inclusión de estas prácticas sonoras obedece al patrón de blancura, un tratamiento curricular técnico e instrumental, falta de discusión y cuestionamiento ideológico que propicie una emancipación, así como la existencia de formas de resistencia; en conjunto, estos elementos evidencian que la inclusión acritica y antidialógica propicia la perpetuación de la colonialidad en la educación musical.…”
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Afrontamiento espacial de estudiantes con discapacidad física* by Johana Linares García, Andrea Hernández Quirama, Hector Mauricio Rojas Betancur

“…Finalmente se llama la atención sobre la efectividad y sostenibilidad de ordenamiento urbano para la inclusión, el cual se logra cuando se trasciende la gestión pública instrumental para convertirse en ejercicio de reflexión y acción basado en la comprensión del ser humano, más allá del control y explicación del comportamiento.…”
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Evaluation of operational parameters for clinical evaluation of skin hydration by corneometry method by Laura Moretti Aiello, Mariane Massufero Vergílio, Silas Arandas Monteiro e Silva, Gislaine Ricci Leonardi

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the operational and instrumental parameters of the Corneometer CM® 825 in the clinical assessment of skin hydration levels. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to implementing comprehensive sex education in Texas public schools: A qualitative study. by Lauren Holt, Sarah Janek, Gavin Yamey

“…Parents, youth, medical professionals, and academic researchers are instrumental in dispelling sex education myths and misperceptions and engaging with community stakeholders.…”
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Crítica a la idea de Infancia y proyecto educativo en las políticas públicas de Colombia by Mónica Viviana Gómez-Vásquez, Laura Melissa García-Gutiérrez, Ányela Patricia García-Guevara

“…De este modo, la idea de desarrollo infantil se sustenta en una propuesta educativa instrumental, ligada a la lógica neoliberal del capital humano.…”
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Contributions of Matrix Metalloproteinases to Neural Plasticity, Habituation, Associative Learning and Drug Addiction by John W. Wright, Joseph W. Harding

“…We conclude with a consideration of the influence of these phenomena on drug addiction, given that these same processes may be instrumental in the formation of addiction and subsequent relapse. …”
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The Confession of King Gälawdewos (r. 1540–1559): A Sixteenth-Century Ethiopian Monophysite Document against Jesuit Proselytism by Solomon Gebreyes Beyene

“…The paper will show that this important literary work was instrumental in defending the indigenous Orthodox religion and local customs. …”
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Inferring causal connectivity from pairwise recordings and optogenetics. by Mikkel Elle Lepperød, Tristan Stöber, Torkel Hafting, Marianne Fyhn, Konrad Paul Kording

“…We explain how confounding can be reduced by combining instrumental variables (IV) and difference in differences (DiD) techniques from econometrics. …”
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From Kabul to Cairo and Back Again: The Afghan Women’s Movement and Early 20th Century Transregional Transformations by Marya Hannun

“…In so doing, I challenge accounts that isolate Afghanistan and dismiss women’s participation during this period as instrumental and ephemeral.…”
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Genetic Hearing Loss and Gene Therapy by Nathanial T Carpena, Min Young Lee

“…The advancements in genomics have been instrumental to the identification of more than 6,000 causative variants in more than 150 genes causing hearing loss. …”
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