The development and preliminary validation of a social-emotional skills assessment instrument for lower secondary school students by Einpaul Piret, Leijen Äli, Baucal Aleksandar

“…Given the necessity of existence of comprehensive and psychometrically sound instruments that measure students' social-emotional skills (SEMS) in school context and facet-level, this study aims to develop and evaluate a SEMS assessment instrument for lower secondary school students. …”
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Riding High in the Saddle: African American Subversion in the 1930s Western by Susan Savage Lee

“…While the 1930s in the United States is oftentimes overshadowed by the effects of the Great Depression on everything from the economy to everyday life, at the same time, it was an era filled with avid moviegoers. The advent of sound in film provided a unique opportunity for minority filmmakers to contribute to the early cinema. …”
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Project Scheduling Heuristics-Based Standard PSO for Task-Resource Assignment in Heterogeneous Grid by Ruey-Maw Chen, Chuin-Mu Wang

“…These two heuristics applied to the PSO scheme are for speeding up the search of the particle and improving the capability of finding a sound schedule. Moreover, both global communication topology and local ring communication topology are also investigated for efficient study of proposed scheme. …”
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Study on Acoustic Characteristics of a Flexible Plate Strongly Coupled with Rectangular Cavity by Jinlong Liao, Haichao Zhu, Jiuxiao Hou, Suwei Yuan

“…First, the displacement of the plate and the sound pressure in the cavity are constructed in the form of two-dimensional and three-dimensional Legendre polynomial series, respectively. …”
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Evaluation Method for Vibration Measurement on Casing in Aeroengine: Theoretical Analysis and Experimental Study by Lanlan Hou, Shuqian Cao

“…The rationality of theoretical results is sound verified by experiments on a designed pneumatic-driven double-rotor-casing test bench. …”
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A Validation of the Ultrasound Wave Velocity Method to Predict Porosity of Dry and Saturated Cement Paste by Zhenting Zou, Jay N. Meegoda

“…Experimental tests showed that ultrasound wave velocity is decreased with the increase in porosity of cement paste, where pore sizes are similar in dimension to the wavelength of the sound enabling ultrasound to be used as a potential condition assessment technique. …”
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Application of multiparametric methods of data science for the classification of Russian subjects on the basis of subsidisation by A. V. Kuznetsova, L. R. Borisova, V. M. Khadartsev

“…They have mainly fixed socio-economic indicators that need to be given attention while applying, and also regression models are used, but mathematically sound recommendations for the withdrawal of regions from clusters of subsidisation are not provided. …”
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Cumulative damage characteristics of tunnel initial support concrete under blasting load by Yan Zhao, Zhuang Zhang, Lijie Ge, Lingling Xu, Huadong Zhao, Mingzan Yu

“…Abstract Relying on the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway Cao Mao Shan tunnel project, blasting vibration monitoring and sound wave testing experiments were carried out. …”
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Influence of Implantable Hearing Aids and Neuroprosthesison Music Perception by Torsten Rahne, Lars Böhme, Gerrit Götze

“…With a recent developed behavioral test relying on synthetically sounds forming a spectral continuum, the timbre difference was changed adaptively to measure the individual just noticeable difference (JND) in a forced-choice paradigm. …”
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Analysis of External Water Pressure for a Tunnel in Fractured Rocks by Ze-jun Liu, Yong Huang, Ding Zhou, Hong Ge

“…The results of external water pressure around the tunnels provided sound scientific evidence for the future design of antiseepage systems.…”
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Chronic Tinnitus following Electroconvulsive Therapy by Robert L. Folmer, Yongbing Shi, Sarah Theodoroff

“…After the patient recovered from anesthesia, she complained of headaches, muscle pain, amnesia, and, after the fourth ECT, she reported a ringing sound in her right ear. Audiometric testing the day after the fourth ECT revealed a slight increase in threshold for 8000 Hz tones in her right ear. …”
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Analysis and Experimental Research of Gear Whine of 2nd Gear of Transmission based on Gear Modification by Zhou Xinjian, Li Guangxing, Mao Le

“…The verification results show that optimal B performs better than plan A by reducing the Sound pressure level（ SPL） obviously and controlling the main order noise 40 d B below under drive conditions through gear modification. …”
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Stability of asymmetric Schwarzschild–Rindler–de Sitter thin shell wormhole by A. Eid, A. Alkaoud, M. M. Khader, M. A. Bakry

“…Additionally, we determine that stability regions exist as a consequence of the square speed of sound. By increasing the value of the cosmological constant, the stability region is expanded. …”
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Manufacturing of Ecofriendly Bricks Using Microdust Cotton Waste by Mebrahtom Teklehaimanot, Haregeweyni Hailay, Tamrat Tesfaye

“…The results also show that usage of cotton microdust with different mixing ratios for bricks will give light-weight composite, and brick could be an economical alternative to be used for partition of board concrete blocks and sound barrier panels.…”
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Review of Long-Term Performance of Timber-Concrete Composite Beams by Peiyang Liu, Hao Du, Zheng Chen, Xiamin Hu

“…This integration capitalizes on the tensile strength of timber and the compressive strength of concrete, resulting in excellent load-bearing capacity, bending stiffness, vibration comfort, sound insulation, and fire resistance. The long-term behavior of TCC beams must be emphasized, considering the significant time-dependent behaviors of timber, concrete, and the connection system. …”
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Research on the Coordination Mechanism of Value Cocreation of Innovation Ecosystems: Evidence from a Chinese Artificial Intelligence Enterprise by Yu Chen, Yantai Chen, Yanlin Guo, Yanfei Xu

“…Through the case study of iFLYTEK, it is concluded that innovation ecosystems can enable small- and medium-sized AI enterprises to grow. In order to build a sound ecosystem, we need to establish a mechanism to select partners, reduce the costs of cooperation, and strengthen the protection of intellectual property. …”
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“Dalla Russia con… ”: turismo e turisti nella saga di James Bond by Hélène Chevrier, Chloé Huvet

“…Dal turismo di massa al turismo di lusso, dalle pratiche comunia quelle individuali, queste rappresentazioni di archetipi sono legate allo stesso tempo all’immagine e all’ambiente sonoro (musica e sound design). Questo articolo si propone di analizzare come e quanto la saga di Bond sia di fatto anche lo specchio dell’evoluzione delle pratiche e delle rappresentazioni turistiche nel tessuto delle società occidentali, a partire dagli anni 1960 ad oggi.…”
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RISK-BASED CONTRIBUTION IN DEPOSIT GUARANTEE SCHEMES: A ROBUST PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS IN KEY RISK FACTORS’ WEIGHTING STEP by SAVERIO GIORGIO, PINA MURÈ, COSIMO PACCIONE, LUCILLA BITTUCCI

“…Likewise, such methods could serve as self-assessment frameworks for Institutional Protection Schemes (IPSs) and banks, fostering sound and prudent management, in turn warding off “moral hazard” issues.…”
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Constraints in code-switching: a case study from Basque and Spanish by Arrate Isasi-Isasmendi, Irantzu Epelde

“…The results at the phonological level reveal that Basque-Spanish code-switching resembles most other language pairs in avoiding phonemes from different phonological systems within words, although counter-examples are found and should probably be interpreted as signals of sound change in Basque. Conversely, the results from the analysis of pronoun-verb switch cases reveal that in Basque-Spanish data, switches take place in positions disallowed by current models and unaccepted in several other language pairs. …”
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Simulation Analysis and Test Verification of Automobile V-ribbed Belt Drive Noise by Yaochen Shi, Guoping Chen, Peng Zhou, Wusheng Tang

“…Then， based on the principle of sound array technology， a noise source identification device for V-ribbed belt drive is set up， and the experimentally study of influence of rotating speed on V-ribbed belt drive noise is carried out. …”
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