The development of pre-registration occupational therapy student perceptions of research and evidence-based practice: A Q-methodology study by Tanya Rihtman, Mike Morgan, Julie Booth

“…Background Pedagogically sound curricula are needed for occupational therapy (OT) students to adopt evidence-based practice (EBP) principles and internalise EBP within their professional identities. …”
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The Problem of Methodological Fixation of Analytical Jurisprudence by D. G. Alova, A. A. Iljushkin

“…The main thesis of the article submitted for discussion is the assertion that the methodological fixation of analytical jurisprudence, which has become established as a relevant research tradition, must be overcome, since it is justified exclusively discursively, and not on the basis of sound reflection.…”
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Mechanical properties and microstructure of wire laser metal deposited austenitic stainless steel by P. Kyvelou, W. Hong, R. Zhang, L. Gardner

“…The findings highlight the potential for using LMD in construction, offering a viable means of fabricating large-scale metal components with sound mechanical performance.…”
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EXTRAMURAL EDUCATION: A HISTORICAL PATH TO MOOC by M. A. Babaeva, A. F. Smyk

“…Two-sided communication has been made possible in various formats (text, sound, video) and in two modes – synchronous and asynchronous. …”
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Emergency Planning Zones Estimation for Karachi-2 and Karachi-3 Nuclear Power Plants using Gaussian Puff Model by Sümer Şahin, Muhammad Ali

“…The assumed environmental radioactive releases provide the sound theoretical and practical bases for the estimation of emergency planning zones covering most expected scenario of severe accident and most recent multiunit Fukushima Accident. …”
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Analyzing Bid and Indicative Prices in Historic Building Reconstructions in the Czech Republic by Hromada Eduard, Brozova Lucie, Heralova Renata Schneiderova, Macek Daniel, Vitasek Stanislav, Strelcova Iveta

“…This approach not only ensured the preservation of the cultural value of historic buildings, but also provided a practical, financially sound strategy for their restoration. The findings of this study provide valuable insights for stakeholders involved in the pricing and budgeting of restoration projects, helping to refine cost estimation methodologies and improve the efficiency and accuracy of budgeting processes.…”
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The Associations of COVID-19 Induced Anxiety, Related Knowledge and Protective Behavior by Abanoub Riad, Yi Huang, Liping Zheng, Steriani Elavsky

“…The primary objective of this work was to develop psychometrically sound scales to assess COVID-19 induced anxiety (CIAS), protective behaviors towards COVID-19 (PBCS), and COVID-19 related knowledge. …”
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Human drone interaction in delivery of medical supplies: A scoping review of experimental studies. by Franziska Stephan, Nicole Reinsperger, Martin Grünthal, Denny Paulicke, Patrick Jahn

“…Regarding landing and handover, the most important issue was the direct physical contact with the drone while regarding communications users need clearer instructions about drone´s direction, sound and look like.<h4>Discussion</h4>The identified studies used technology-driven approaches by investigating human drone interaction in already existing technologies. …”
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Nutrient recovery from anaerobic sludge by membrane filtration: pilot tests at a 2.5 MWe biogas plant by T. Gienau, U. Brüß, M. Kraume, S. Rosenberger

“…The results contribute to a sound understanding and growing database for future adaption of the process chain. …”
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Distance Measurement and Error Compensation of High-Speed Coaxial Rotor Blades Based on Coded Ultrasonic Ranging by Yaohuan Lu, Shan Zhang, Wenchuan Hu, Zhen Qiu, Zurong Qiu, Yongqiang Qiu

“…The time of flight (<i>Tof</i>) of coded ultrasonic ranging is calculated by the amplitude threshold improvement method and cross-correlation method, and the sound velocity is compensated by a proposed multi-factor compensation method. …”
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Migraine and restless legs syndrome – is there an association? by D. Bučaitė, J. Normantas, G. Žemgulytė

“…Migraine is a headache that can cause severe throbbing pain, usually on one side of the head, and it is often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and extreme sensitivity to light and sound. Migraine is one of the reasons that can cause unhealthy sleep, and if sleep is disturbed, this leads to the provocation of migraine attacks. …”
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Quantification of Dynamic Excitation Potential of Pedestrian Population Crossing Footbridges by Stana Žcaronivanović, Aleksandar Pavić

“…The proposed approach for quantifying this variability could be used as a sound basis for development of new probability-based vibration serviceability assessment procedures for pedestrian bridges.…”
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THE APPLICATION OF USING GEL PAD AS A MEDIUM FOR ULTRASOUND SHOULDER by Lelly Agustina Sisparwati, Rosy Setiawati, Berliana Devianti Putri

“…Background: A conductive medium on ultrasound is a medium that is used to obtain sound wave transmission by minimizing air between the transducer and the skin. …”
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Contrastive-learning of language embedding and biological features for cross modality encoding and effector prediction by Yue Peng, Junze Wu, Yi Sun, Yuanxing Zhang, Qiyao Wang, Shuai Shao

“…Effector predictors utilizing pre-trained protein language models (PLMs) have shown sound performance by leveraging extensive evolutionary and sequential protein features. …”
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Multi-level adaptive coordinated AC fault ride-through control strategy for hybrid cascaded UHVDC transmission system by LYU Yanbei, ZHAO Wenqiang, SHI Qiaoming, YAO Qixin, SUI Shunke, CHANG Haotian

“…Multi-level control strategies, namely controlling the negative sequence voltage of the faulty VSC converter, adopting the auxiliary DC voltage control of the sound VSC converters, switching on the controllable energy dissipation devices at the receiving end and retarding of the LCC converters at the sending end, adjusting the DC power of the converters at the sending and receiving ends, are adaptively coordinated within converters, between converters and between stations to effectively mitigate the overvoltage issues in VSC sub-modules and realize AC fault ride-through of the hybrid cascaded UHVDC system. …”
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Stem Cell-Based Therapeutic Approaches to Restore Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Mammals by Muhammad Waqas, Iram Us-Salam, Zainab Bibi, Yunfeng Wang, He Li, Zhongshou Zhu, Shuangba He

“…The hair cells that reside in the cochlear sensory epithelium are the fundamental sensory structures responsible for understanding the mechanical sound waves evoked in the environment. The intense damage to these sensory structures may result in permanent hearing loss. …”
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Assessment of Climate Change Vulnerability at the Local Level: A Case Study on the Dniester River Basin (Moldova) by Roman Corobov, Igor Sîrodoev, Sonja Koeppel, Nickolai Denisov, Ghennadi Sîrodoev

“…Through a ranking approach, the relative vulnerability of each ATU was calculated by summing its sensitivity and adaptive capacity ranks; the latter were obtained as combinations of their primary indicator ranks, arranged in an increasing and decreasing order, respectively. Due to lack of sound knowledge on these components' importance in overall assessment of vulnerability, their weights were taken as conventionally equal. …”
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Deimplementing Untested Practices in Homecare Services: A Preobservational-Postobservational Design by Manon Guay, Mélanie Ruest, Damien Contandriopoulos

“…The knowledge transfer and exchange process led to the development of a scientifically sound clinical tool (Algo) and challenged the status quo in clinical settings regarding the use of nonevidence-based practices. …”
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Advanced Technologies from and Through a Prototype Radio Lesson with Budding Journalists: The Views and Attitudes of Xers, Millennials, and Zoomers by Constantinos Nicolaou

“…Likewise, they align with or confirm previous contemporary empirical studies and research papers on the genealogical characteristics, habits, and ethos of the XYZ Generations, and particularly regarding the similarities among Xers and Zoomers, as well as that Generation Z can also be characterized as a “Sound Generation”. An important conclusion of this research article is that the success of a lesson or even a lecture seems to depend (a) on the good design and/or development of the lesson plan itself, as well as (b) on the communication classroom where the educational praxis takes place. …”
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High-fidelity immersive virtual reality environments for gait rehabilitation exergames by Laura Schalbetter, Adrienne Grêt-Regamey, Fabian Gutscher, Ulrike Wissen Hayek

“…The novelty lies in the use of high-fidelity immersive environments implementing 3D geospatial data and motion to create targeted therapeutic applications that closely mimic reality while harnessing the environment’s restorative functions.MethodsWe integrated 3D point clouds from laser scans and geolocated ambisonic sound recordings into a game engine. We combined different techniques for user motion tracking, while we used point cloud manipulation for integrating specific training elements. …”
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