Influence of Macrotexture and Microtexture on the Skid Resistance of Aggregates by Bowen Guan, Jiayu Wu, Chao Xie, Jianhong Fang, Haile Zheng, Huaxin Chen

“…This article intends to study the influence of macrotexture and microtexture on the skid resistance of four types of aggregates. …”
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Assessment in and of Serious Games: An Overview by Francesco Bellotti, Bill Kapralos, Kiju Lee, Pablo Moreno-Ger, Riccardo Berta

“…This is an important area of exploration because serious games are intended to evaluate the learning progress as well as the outcomes. …”
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Real-Time Automatic Configuration of Brain MRI: A Comparative Study of SIFT Descriptors and YOLO Neural Network by Rávison Amaral Almeida, Júlio César Porto de Carvalho, Antônio Wilson Vieira, Heveraldo Rodrigues de Oliveira, Marcos F. S. V. D’Angelo

“…These two distinct approaches are intended to be compared, highlighting their respective strengths and weaknesses in the context of brain MRI slice planning.…”
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NURSES' CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT by Arlina Dhian Sulistyowati, Istianna Nurhidayati, Nur Isnaini Sudarsono

“…Introduction: Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is a professional development activity intended to maintain and improve nurses' knowledge, skills, and competencies so that they are able to update and develop their skill set. …”
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Improving micro-grid management: A review of integration of supercapacitor across different operating modes by Mohamed El-Sayed M. Essa, Mohammed Fouad Ali, Elwy E. El-kholy, Mohammed Amer, Mahmoud Elsisi, Uzair Sajjad, Khalid Hamid, Hilmy El-sayed Awad

“…Besides, this research intends to a proposal for a hybrid energy storage systems (HESS) suitable for different loads, including solar cells as main source with supercapacitors and batteries. …”
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Therapeutics of bitter plants from Northeast region of India and their pharmacological and phytochemical perspectives by Bhaskar Das, Bharat Gopalrao Somkuwar, Sushil Kumar Chaudhary, Evanylla Kharlyngdoh, Careen Liza Pakyntein, Kishor Basor, Jitendra Kumar Shukla, Pardeep Kumar Bhardwaj, Pulok Kumar Mukherjee

“…In this context the present review is intended to deliver phyto-pharmacological aspects of bitter plant resources of NER together with detailed understanding of possible association between plant derived phytometabolites as bitter agonists with extraoral bitter receptors.…”
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miRNA-Disease Association Prediction with Collaborative Matrix Factorization by Zhen Shen, You-Hua Zhang, Kyungsook Han, Asoke K. Nandi, Barry Honig, De-Shuang Huang

“…Experiments verified that CMFMDA achieves intended purpose and application values with its short consuming-time and high prediction accuracy. …”
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UV Filtering of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: The Effects of Varying the UV Cut-Off upon Cell Performance and Incident Photon-to-Electron Conversion Efficiency by Matthew Carnie, Trystan Watson, David Worsley

“…From the results presented it can be estimated that filtering at a level intended to prevent direct band gap excitation of the TiO2 semiconductor should cause a relative drop in cell efficiency of no more than 10% in forward illuminated devices and no more than 2% in reverse illuminated devices.…”
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Knowledge Gap Extraction Based on Learner Interaction with Training Videos by Yosra Bahrani, Omid Fatemi

“…Numerous criteria exist for promoting learning quality, such as fitness for purpose, which refers to the extent to which service fits its intended purpose. Multiple purposes are considered in e-learning. …”
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An annotated heterogeneous ultrasound database by Yuezhe Yang, Yonglin Chen, Xingbo Dong, Junning Zhang, Chihui Long, Zhe Jin, Yong Dai

“…Therefore, we have collected a large, publicly accessible ultrasound challenge database that is intended to significantly enhance the performance of AI-assisted ultrasound diagnosis. …”
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The Overriding of Product Innovation, Aesthetic Value, and Social Media Marketing to Increase Consumer Purchase Intention of ‘Malangan’ Batik by Natasya Citra Aliyyuldafa, Widiya Dewi Anjaningrum

“…This includes what happens to ‘Malangan’ batik products, where challenges must be faced not only with local products but also with products from other countries. This study intends to determine the influence of product innovation, social media marketing, and aesthetic value on customers' purchase intentions toward ‘Malangan’ batik. …”
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Identifying the Risky SNP of Osteoporosis with ID3-PEP Decision Tree Algorithm by Jincai Yang, Huichao Gu, Xingpeng Jiang, Qingyang Huang, Xiaohua Hu, Xianjun Shen

“…A number of genes and SNPs associated with osteoporosis have been found through GWAS method. In this paper, we intend to identify the suspected risky SNPs of osteoporosis with computational methods based on the known osteoporosis GWAS-associated SNPs. …”
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BCUB – a large-sample ungauged basin attribute dataset for British Columbia, Canada by D. Kovacek, S. Weijs

“…The BCUB database is intended to support water resources research and practice, namely monitoring network analysis studies, or hydrological modelling where basin characterization is used for model calibration. …”
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An integrated approach to image quality: comparative analysis of bilinear and nearest neighbor interpolation by Wusat Ullah, Seher Ilyas, Hamza Naveed, Saalam Ali

“…The results of this study offer a detailed analysis of the strengths and limitations of each interpolation technique. These findings are intended to assist researchers and practitioners in selecting the most suitable interpolation method for their specific requirements in the image processing domain. …”
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Identification and correction of phase delay errors for hemispherical resonator gyroscopes by Youhuan Ning, Changhong Wang, Boqi Xi, Zhen Tian, Boda Zhang

“…Additionally, the temperature-dependent nature of the phase-delay error results in a deterioration of the initial calibration parameters, which, in turn, significantly impairs the performance of the gyroscope in its intended application. This paper proposes a self-calibration method to effectively suppress the impact of phase-delay error on the application performance of gyroscopes. …”
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Did the CPA Shut the Bathroom Doors for Transgender and Non-Binary People? A Critical Legal Reflection of Section 9(2) of the CPA by Tshepiso Scott-Ngoepe, Obakeng Van Dyk

“… The Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA) introduced a variety of consumer rights that are intended to protect consumers in their engagement with suppliers. …”
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A Review on Research Advances and Applications of Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Polymer in the Construction Industry by Sheng-Jie Duan, Ru-Ming Feng, Xin-Yan Yuan, Liang-Tao Song, Gen-Shu Tong, Jing-Zhong Tong

“…Furthermore, this paper identifies unresolved challenges and proposes potential research directions, intending to promote BFRP’s broader adoption as a standardized and innovative material in the construction industry.…”
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Let’s Wiggle with 5-2-1-0: Curriculum Development for Training Childcare Providers to Promote Activity in Childcare Settings by Debra M. Vinci, Melicia C. Whitt-Glover, Christopher K. Wirth, Caroline Kraus, Alexandra P. Venezia

“…Participants reported a positive experience with the hands-on training and reported acquiring new knowledge that they intended to implement in their childcare settings. …”
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Experiential avoidance, coping, and anxiety in students from a public university in Lima by Pablo D. Valencia, José R. Paz, Erick Paredes, Max León, César Zuñe, César Falcón, Roberto Portal, Rosmery Cáceres, Lourdes Murillo

“…Experiential avoidance (EA)—or psychological (in)flexibility—is a central concept in contextual therapies, and it has been proposed as a transdiagnostic dimension of psychopathology. We intended to test whether EA and other coping strategies independently predict both state and trait-anxiety. …”
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Production technologies and formulation strategies in development of orodispersible tablets (ODTs) by Stevche Acevski, Angela Mircevska, Marija Glavas Dodov

“…Eur.) defines ODTs as uncoated tablets intended to be placed in the mouth where they disperse rapidly before swallowing, disintegrating within 3 minutes. …”
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