Special issue: Proceedings of the 15th ISIC - The Information Behaviour Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, August 26-29, 2024

“…Given God’s intermediaries: a study into chaplains’ information behaviour Kieran Robson, Ian Ruthven, Perla Innocenti COVID-19 information spaces, boundaries, and information sharing: an interview study Togzhan Seilkhanova, Theodore Dreyfus Ledford, Jodi Schneider Information from sound: exploring sounds and listening in information practices research Owen Stewart-Robertson Information practices in multi-professional work in urban planning Anna Suorsa, Anna-Maija Multas, Emilia Rönkkö, Eevi Juuti, Anelma Lammi, Heidi Enwald Searching for people in the workplace: aims, behaviour, and challenges Tanja Svarre, Marianne Lykke, Ann Bygholm Surfacing the ‘silent foundation’: which information behaviour theories are relevant to public library reference service? …”
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Research Progress in and Planning Strategies for Multi-scale Measurement of the Efficiency of Urban Blue-Green Infrastructure in Carbon Sink Enhancement and Emission Reduction by Song LIU, Zhaocheng BAI, Dizi LIU, Peiyu SHEN

“…This research aims to address these issues and propose scientifically sound planning strategies for UBGI construction to achieve urban carbon neutrality goals.Methods Through literature synthesis and deduction, this research organizes and analyzes the multi-scale measurement methods for UBGI’s efficiency in carbon sink enhancement and emission reduction, identifies corresponding influencing factors at each scale, and constructs multi-scale planning strategies for UBGI based on the logical framework of “measurement methods–influencing factors – planning strategies”.ResultsThe research proposes UBGI planning strategies across three spatial scales (site, community and urban area), covering three key aspects: Carbon sequestration and sink enhancement, carbon reduction based on temperature reduction (or preservation), and travel-related carbon reduction. …”
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Research on formant estimation algorithm for high order optimal LPC root value screening by Hua LONG, Shumeng SU

“…The 9-order linear prediction only preserves the basic shape of LP response amplitude spectrum of speech signal.When the order of LP is increased to the 15,the fitting degree of the signal is increased,and the zero and pole of LP is dense and the distribution of LP is closer to the unit circle.The 15th order LP compensates for the sacrifice of formant fitting accuracy caused by the 9th order linear fitting, which improves the formant extraction accuracy by 2.5%. (2) Using the threshold value under the constraint of digital resonance root value to determine the complex roots,the low frequency false roots generated by fundamental frequency harmonics and the false roots generated by formant harmonics is effectively filtered.The zeroes-poles of the LP polynomial are the complex roots corresponding to the formant peaks.In the view of the distribution of formant detection root values, the high-order LP root threshold constrained by digital formant root values can effectively filter the false roots generated by harmonic action of sound channel. And accurately the location of the root corresponding to formant root values in the unit circle is accurately located. (3) The revised signal prediction formant is more accurate by reweighting the speech frequency power.The spectrum envelope energy is more concentrated after power weighting.At order 18, the aliasing interference caused by the peak frequency of the formant at 1363Hz to 1359Hz is eliminated. …”
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Interventions by Cardiovascular Drugs Against Aircraft Noise-Induced Cardiovascular Oxidative Stress and Damage by Marin Kuntić, Ivana Kuntić, Jiayin Zheng, Leonardo Nardi, Matthias Oelze, Arijan Valar, Dominika Mihaliková, Lea Strohm, Henning Ubbens, Qi Tang, Liyu Zhang, Guilherme Horta, Paul Stamm, Omar Hahad, Dilja Krueger-Burg, Huige Li, Sebastian Steven, Adrian Gericke, Michael J. Schmeisser, Thomas Münzel, Andreas Daiber

“…Using our established mouse exposure model, we applied mean sound pressure levels of 72 dB(A) for 4 d. C57BL/6 mice were treated with the beta-blocker propranolol (15 mg/kg/d s.c. for 5 d) or the alpha-blocker phenoxybenzamine (1.5 mg/kg/d s.c. for 5 d) and noise-exposed for the last 4 d of the drug administration. …”
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Effect of High Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Combined with Voice Training on Voice Function of Patients with Parkinson's Disease by WANG Xiaowen, ZHU Qingqing, CHEN Yan, QIAN Hong, YUAN Haixin, ZHAO Gang, LIU Jie, ZHANG Fengjiao

“…Compared with the control group at the same time, MPT, cMCA, F₀t, Ec, F₂/i/ of the observation group after treatment and follow-up were significantly increased, and the scores of CQP, NNE and VHI score were significantly decreased (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).ConclusionHigh frequency rTMS combined voice training can improve the respiratory support ability, the coordination ability of breathing and vocalization, the regularity of vocal cord closure, the forward movement ability of tongue in PD patients; reduce vocal cord tremor, attenuation of harmonic energy during vocal cord vibration,breath sound and self subjective feeling of voice disorder, and its long-term effect is also good, which is worthy of clinical promotion.…”
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Time Zero for Net Zero: A Coal Mine Baseline for Decarbonising Heat by Alison A. Monaghan, Luke Bateson, Adrian J. Boyce, Neil M. Burnside, Rebecca Chambers, Julia R. de Rezende, Eilidh Dunnet, Paul A. Everett, Stuart M. V. Gilfillan, Muhammad S. Jibrin, Gareth Johnson, Richard Luckett, Donald John MacAllister, Alan M. MacDonald, John W. Moreau, Laura Newsome, Alessandro Novellino, Barbara Palumbo-Roe, Ryan Pereira, Douglas Smith, Mike J. Spence, Vanessa Starcher, Helen Taylor-Curran, Christopher H. Vane, Thomas Wagner, David B. Walls

“…Focused on a mined, urban environment, a range of approaches have been applied to both characterise the environmental change before geothermal activities to generate “time zero” datasets, and to develop novel monitoring tools for cost-effective and environmentally-sound geothermal operations. Time zero soil chemistry, ground gas, surface water and groundwater characterisation, together with ground motion and seismic monitoring, document ongoing seasonal and temporal variability that can be considered typical of a post-industrial, urban environment underlain by abandoned, flooded coal mine workings. …”
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Integration of LoRa IoT with Cloud Platform in a Stingless Beehive Remote Monitoring System by Yasser Asrul Ahmad, Nurul Salshabila Mustapa, Anis Hannani Razaman, Muhammad Nasrin Aqil Abdul Hamid, Noreha Abdul Malik, Mohd Faizal Jamlos

“…The Ubidots dashboard displays the temperature, humidity percentage, air quality, pressure, sound levels, and RSSI value for thorough insights into the bee's condition, as it can be accessed using web and mobile applications. …”
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Characteristics of the Volunteer Service Management System for National Parks in the United Kingdom by Tianyi REN, Chuanbo HONG, Yinglin WANG

“…Meanwhile, on the basis of literature review, this research searches relevant official data on the first batch of national parks announced in China, analyzes such contents as management documents, activity management, and personnel recruitment management, and compares the same horizontally with the volunteer service management system for national parks in the UK so as to analyze the shortcomings of the volunteer service management system for national parks in China and put forward corresponding suggestions.ResultsThe research finds that the 14 national parks in the UK have sound volunteer service management policies, management system structures and volunteer recruitment websites, as well as open and transparent volunteer screening mechanisms and volunteer feedback channels. …”
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Call for Papers: Demography Prize for Young Researches 2016/2017 by IF and FRFG

“…Are they conceptually sound and well operationalised? Do they allow for replication? …”
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Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine decoction cupping combined with wet compress therapy in the treatment of hemiplegia caused by stroke (中药水罐联合溻渍法治疗中风偏瘫临床疗效观察)... by YANG Juhang (杨俊行), HU Zhe (胡哲), SU Rong (苏容), WANG Xin (王欣), ZHAO Ning (赵宁)

“…Conclusion TCM decoction cupping combined with wet compress therapy can achieve a sound effect in the treatment of hemiplegia caused by stroke. …”
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Iconic Celebration of Charms and Friendship in Poetry: Fálétí’s “Adébímpé Ọ̀jẹ́dòkun” by Michael Oladejo Afoláyan

“…The nervous hunter was the first to attempt the shoot, emptying the loaded barrel into the leopard, himself falling headlong at the sound of his own gun. Adébímpé hissed and mocked the nervous hunter, informing him of a big miss on so-close a target! …”
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New Horizons In The Treatment Of Metastatic Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer by Zein El Amir

“…While the systems approach of teaching medical curriculum sounds fine on paper, the lack of a standardized practical application of this approach has its pitfalls, especially for complex subjects like anatomy. …”
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Anatomy In The Undergraduate Medical Curriculum; Blending The Old And New by Ayesha Yousaf

“…While the systems approach of teaching medial curriculum sounds fine on paper, the lack of a standardized practical application of this approach has its pitfalls like the especially for complex subjects like anatomy. …”
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IGJR issue 1/2018 by IF and FRFG

“…• Are the respective indicators conceptually sound and well operationalised? • What are the methodological pitfalls of measuring intergenerational justice in public policy, and can they be avoided? …”
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Should the Food and Drug Administration Limit Placebo-Controlled Trials? by Max Goodman, Connor Pedersen

“…Condition Three: Compelling Methodological Reasoning Finally, the FDA authorizes placebo use in cases where for compelling scientifically sound methodological reasons, the use of placebo is necessary to determine the efficacy or safety of an intervention, and the parties who receive placebo or no treatment will not be subject to any risk of serious or irreversible harm. …”
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Applying the metacombination approach in order to design the native model of new product development by seyed Rohollah faraji, Hoseain Adab, jalal HaghighatMonfared

“…The framework consists of six steps and five gates, and focuses on critical thinking to help entrepreneurs avoid mental traps and make sound decisions. Early activities focus on searching for potential socio-economic impact research in deep technology, developing a business case, market analysis, and strategy for problem-solution fit; and then moving into a build-measure-learn activity with an authentic learning feedback loop. …”
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Components of stakeholder participation to create value in the banking industry in East Azerbaijan Agricultural Bank by Alireza Tagavi, Alireza Bafandeh Zendeh, Samad Aali

“…The need for stakeholder theory has been widely highlighted to develop sound strategies for a large organization. However, there is still a lack of popular visualization and application tools, and no unique approach is available to identifying and engaging stakeholders (Regge et al, 2018). …”
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Providing a development model for the effectiveness of persuasive advertising in social networks by Hamzeh Hessani Khabr, Payam Paslari, Mehdi Bagheri, Saeed Muradpour

“…Advertising has many economic benefits, including increased product sales, increased firm performance and value, and improved market efficiency, which have received considerable research attention (Bayer et al, 2020).Social NetworksSocial networks are a new generation of sites and bases that operate on the Internet and by using a search engine and adding features such as chat, electronic messaging, image and sound transmission, bring together a group of Internet users with special characteristics and provide the possibility of more communication of users in the form of a network of individual and group relationships and finally, these users can share content (share and express their interests, thoughts and activities) with others users (Jaffali, 2019).Saghafian et al, (2024) investigated the presentation of the model of customer participation with brands in social networks with emphasis on cultural differences. …”
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Auditory risk recognition is socially transmitted across territory borders in wild birds by Jakub Szymkowiak

“…In a playback experiment, Wood Warblers initially ignored the unfamiliar sounds, but after repeatedly hearing that these sounds trigger alarm calling reaction of neighbors, most individuals showed an anti-predator response to them. …”
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Atypical EEG Responses to Nonverbal Emotionally Charged Stimuli in Children with ASD by Galina V. Portnova, Aleksandra V. Maslennikova

“…This study focused on auditory emotional perception in children with low-functioning autism and investigated the children’s response to emotionally charged nonverbal sounds which regularly induced emotional response in typically developing (TD) peers. …”
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