Simulation of Software Development Team Productivity Incorporating Social and Human Factors: A System Dynamics Model by Luz Marcela Restrepo-Tamayo, Gloria Piedad Gasca-Hurtado, Johnny Valencia-Calvo

“…The generated burndown charts are used to demonstrate that the model constitutes a basal structure oriented to understand the productivity behavior of work teams. …”
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Care partner experience with telepresence robots in long-term care during COVID-19 pandemic by Grace Hu, Joey Wong, Lily Haopu Ren, Sarah Kleiss, Annette Berndt, Lily Wong, Ali Hussein, Nazia Ahmed, Jim Mann, Lillian Hung

“…Along with interdisciplinary researchers and trainees, our team included patient and family partners as co-researchers throughout the project. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 20 care partners who used the robots in five urban Canadian LTC homes between May 2021 and August 2023. …”
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Elucidating the knowledge, attitude, and stigma associated with tuberculosis: a community based descriptive study in Wau and Jur River, South Sudan by Peter Michael Marin, Morten Tryland, Musso Munyeme, Ambrose Samuel Jubara, Enock Matovu, Peter Waiswa, Javier Sanchez Romano, Francis Mutebi, David Onafruo, Estella Kitale, Esther Sabbath, Kayla J. Buhler, Clovice Kankya

“…Methods From March to May 2023, a cross-sectional study was conducted among 352 community members randomly selected from residential blocks. A validated structured questionnaire was used to collect the required data. …”
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Mental health literacy among older adults in Shanghai: a descriptive qualitative study by Rongjing Xu, Mingrui Jing, Aining Zhang, Liqi Zha, Yan Wang, Anni Wang, Jun Tang, Biyun Xia, Shoumei Jia

“…Improving the mental health literacy of older adults can help them recognize mental illness and adopt proactive measures, potentially improving their mental health status and supporting the goal of healthy aging.ObjectiveTo explore mental health literacy among older adults, providing a foundation for future interventions aimed at improving their mental health literacy.MethodsGuided by the new conceptualization framework of mental health literacy developed by Jiang et al. the study involved 20 community-dwelling older adults from four communities in Shanghai who were selected through purposive sampling to participate in semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis was employed to summarize and extract themes from the data.ResultsThe qualitative analysis identified three primary themes and eight subthemes: inadequate knowledge about mental health and illnesses, negative intentions and attitudes toward maintaining mental health and preventing mental illnesses, and health behavior to promote mental health and prevent mental disorders.ConclusionThis study reveals significant gaps in mental health literacy among older adults, underscoring the necessity for multifaceted interventions. …”
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Dye sensitized photocatalytic degradation of congo red and rhodamine B by 1,3,5-Benzenetricarboxylic acid based metal organic frameworks Ni3(BTC)2.12H2O, (Ni0.8Co0.2)3(BTC)2.12H2O... by Kavitha Karuppiah, Anushree Raju, Anuradha Natarajan, Swedha Mohan, Dhinakaran Subramani, Kumaran Rajendran, Vanjinathan Mahalingam, Gopalakrishnan Arumugam, Samikannu Prabu, Kung-Yuh Chiang, Vasanthi Rajaraman

“…The MOFs were synthesized via a solvothermal method using 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid (BTC) as the organic ligand. Their structures were thoroughly characterized through various techniques, including PXRD, FE-SEM, EDX, HRTEM, FT-IR, Raman spectroscopy, TGA, and BET analysis. …”
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Eagle Syndrome - the issue of an elongated styloid process. A literature review by Martyna Brzoza, Bartosz Dubniański, Julia Stawińska-Dudek, Wiktoria Józefowicz, Damian Machaj

“…The state of knowledge: Eagle Syndrome is a condition which manifests either by an elongated styloid process or ossification of the stylohyoid ligaments which interfere with adjacent anatomical structures resulting in many different, often nonspecific, symptoms such as, for example, limited ability of jaw opening, increased salivary flow, foreign body sensation in pharynx as well as tinnitus. …”
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Six Sigma Approach to Developing a Microgrid Station for Research and Teaching by Gabriel Nasser Doyle de Doile, Miguel Castilla, Pedro Paulo Balestrassi, Antonio Carlos Zambroni de Souza, Jaume Miret

“…The results show that a well-structured roadmap, such as IDDOV, promotes a culture of continuous improvement for the microgrid research bed, encouraging feedback from users and stakeholders to identify opportunities for improvement. …”
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Effects of exogenous selenium application on quality characteristics, selenium speciation, and in vitro bioaccessibility of rice pancakes by Feiran An, Kun Zhuang, Lingling Shangguan, Lan Yao, Jun Dai

“…The effects of sodium selenite addition on the texture properties, structure, and Se species of rice pancakes were investigated. …”
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Nonlinear responses of ecosystem carbon fluxes to precipitation change in a semiarid grassland by Hua Chai, Hua Chai, Jianying Ma, Jinwei Zhang, Junqin Li, Bo Meng, Chengliang Wang, Duofeng Pan, Jie Li, Wei Sun, Xuhui Zhou

“…This suggests that ecosystem C fluxes are more sensitive to decreased precipitation, and respond nonlinearly to the precipitation gradient. Furthermore, structural equation modeling indicated that the soil water content was the primary controlling factor driving changes in ecosystem C fluxes. …”
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Six-Phase Fully Coreless Axial-Flux Permanent-Magnet Generator: Design, Fabrication, and Performance Analysis by Turki M. Alsuwian, Asiful Habib, Muhammad Ammirrul Atiqi Mohd Zainuri, Ahmad Asrul Ibrahim, Nasrudin Abd Rahim, Adam R. H. Alhawari, Abdulkarem H. M. Almawgani, Saleh Almasabi, A. T. Hindi, Mohamed Fauzi Packeer Mohamed

“…Nevertheless, the proliferation of coreless AFPM machines faces hurdles as to high leakage flux and weaker structural integrity. Additionally, adopting multi-phase setups in AFPM introduces challenges, requiring additional winding coils and enlarging the stator diameter, leading to bulkier machine designs. …”
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Contextualizing the challenges of education graduate students in the Philippines: translating needs analysis into strategic solutions by Nilo Jayoma Castulo, Arlyne C. Marasigan, Ma. Laarni D. Buenaventura, Jayson L. de Vera, Evelyn C. Bagaporo, Mark Ponce C. San Juan, Nathaniel S. Dalida

“…Respondents predominantly prefer enhancing their research skills through structured training, seminars, and workshops. The study provides a range of recommendations to improve graduate education and the need for further research in this area.…”
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A comprehensive environmental index for monitoring ecological quality of typical alpine wetlands in Central Asia by Jiudan Zhang, Junli Li, Changming Zhu, Anming Bao, Amaury Frankl, Philippe De Maeyer, Tim Van de Voorde

“…This study employed a deep-learning semantic segmentation model to map the structural changes of the Bayanbulak alpine wetland using Landsat imagery from 1977 to 2022. …”
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Biosynthesis of ZnO nanoparticles using banana peel pectin for antibacterial and photocatalytic applications by Kazi Suraiya Islam, Md. Hasnain Mustak, Md. Khalid Hossain Shishir, Md. Minnatul Karim, Gazi Md. Arifuzzaman Khan

“…The XRD analysis confirmed the formation of phase-pure wurtzite structures in the synthesized p-ZnO nanoparticles (NPs), with an average crystallite size of 28.78 nm. …”
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Design, theoretical approaches and new framework of pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine as potent anticancer agents: Efficient synthesis, ADME-T and molecular docking by Peduri Suresh Reddy, Thuraka Sekhar, Pinnu Thriveni, Gandla Mahesh Kumar, Allaka Tejeswara Rao, Mohammad Raish, Tota Giridhar, Gudipati Srinivasulu

“…Novel 1,3,4-thiadiazole-based pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives (7a–7 l) were synthesised in this study, and their structures were ascertained utilizing a range of spectroscopic methods, including HREI-MS, IR, and NMR (1H/13C). …”
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Pregnancy-Specific Concerns and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Antenatal Women by Sanjay Singh, Vinod G Nair, Virendra Vikram Singh, Shyamji Tiwari, Devendra Arora, Madhusudan Dey, Ravindu Tiwari, Sreeni V Nair

“…Prevalidated questionnaires, Personal Health Questionnaire-9 & Generalized Anxiety Disorder questionnaire-7 were used for data collection. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to evaluate pregnancy-specific concerns of the patients with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Versatile on-chip polarization-sensitive detection system for optical communication and artificial vision by Zhilin Liu, Mingxiu Liu, Liujian Qi, Nan Zhang, Bin Wang, Xiaojuan Sun, Rongjun Zhang, Dabing Li, Shaojuan Li

“…Although on-chip polarized photodetectors have been realized in recent years based on two-dimensional (2D) materials with low-symmetry crystal structures, they are limited by the intrinsic anisotropic property and thus the optional range of materials, the operation wavelength, and more importantly, the low anisotropic ratio, hindering their practical applications. …”
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Effects of mixing of europium oxide in resin composites on the fluorescence characteristics and mechanical properties by Yuta Utsumi, Masatsugu Oishi, Kazuhide Yonekura, Masaomi Ikeda, Yusuke Matsuki, Kenichiro Ohge, Tomoki Iuchi, Keiichi Hosaka

“…The fabricated samples were evaluated using scanning electron microscopy and a spectrofluorometer to assess their crystal structures, particle sizes, and photoluminescence properties. …”
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Entropy-extreme concept of data gaps filling in a small-sized collection by Viacheslav Kovtun, Krzysztof Grochla, Mohammed Al-Maitah, Saad Aldosary, Oleksii Kozachko

“…In the case of addressing missing values in input data, these are interpreted as results of transforming a sequence of independent stochastic vectors introduced into a model structurally identical to that formalized for filling gaps in output data. …”
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Anisotropic nonlinear optical responses of Ta2NiS5 flake towards ultrafast logic gates and secure all-optical information transmission by Yan Lei, Gong Ziyao, He Qinyong, Shen Dechao, Ge Anping, Dai Ye, Ma Guohong, Sun Liaoxin, Zhang Saifeng

“…Due to the low-symmetrical crystal structures, it possesses in-plane anisotropic physical properties. …”
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Nonparametric analysis of inter‐individual relations using an attention‐based neural network by Takashi Morita, Aru Toyoda, Seitaro Aisu, Akihisa Kaneko, Naoko Suda‐Hashimoto, Ikuma Adachi, Ikki Matsuda, Hiroki Koda

“…The proposed method successfully recovered the latent relations behind the simulated data and discovered female‐oriented relations in the real data, which are in accordance with the previous generalizations about the macaque social structure. The proposed method does not exploit any behavioural patterns that are particular to Japanese macaques, and researchers can use it for location data of other animals. …”
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