The African Nationalist Idea of Africa by Tlhabane Mokhine Dan Motaung

“… This paper probes the impact of colonial designs in the fabrication of native subjectivities, which eventuated in toxic political identities that would later undermine the post-colonial nationalist project. …”
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Motor Imagery and Mental Practice in the Subacute and Chronic Phases in Upper Limb Rehabilitation after Stroke: A Systematic Review by Enrique Villa-Berges, Ana Alejandra Laborda Soriano, Orosia Lucha-López, José Miguel Tricas-Moreno, Mar Hernández-Secorún, Miguel Gómez-Martínez, César Hidalgo-García

“…Motor imagery and mental practice can be defined as a continuous mechanism in which the subject tries to emulate a movement using cognitive processes, without actually performing the motor action. …”
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Effect of Attention Based Exercises in Balance Control and Fall Risk in Elderly Females - An Interventional Study by Arunima Sasidharan, L Gladson Jose

“…Outcome measures included Berg balance scale and John Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool.Results Results after statistical analysis within and between groups indicated that Group A subjects highly benefitted from the attention focussed intervention provided to them for 12 weeks duration 36.37-47.26. …”
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Review of Condition Rating and Deterioration Modeling Approaches for Concrete Bridges by Nour Faris, Tarek Zayed, Ali Fares

“…Concrete bridges are the most prevalent bridge type worldwide, forming critical components of transportation infrastructure. These bridges are subjected to continuous deterioration due to environmental exposure and operational stresses, necessitating ongoing condition monitoring. …”
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IQNet: Image Quality Assessment Guided Just Noticeable Difference Prefiltering for Versatile Video Coding by Yu-Han Sun, Chiang Lo-Hsuan Lee, Tian-Sheuan Chang

“…However, real JND cannot be well modeled with inaccurate masking equations in traditional approaches or image-level subject tests in deep learning approaches. Thus, this paper proposes a fine-grained JND prefiltering dataset guided by image quality assessment for accurate block-level JND modeling. …”
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Penanaman Nilai Agama dan Moral Melalui Metode Cerita Bergambar pada Anak Usia 4-5 Tahun di Kober Sriwijaya Sadar Sriwijaya by Munayah Munayah

“…Qualitative descriptive research is a research model that is oriented towards natural phenomena or symptoms and this form of research includes Classroom Action Research (CAR). The subjects of this research were students from the Sriwijaya KB School aged 4-5 years in Class B, totaling 15 children. …”
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Converging accommodation in the Black Country Dialect by Lyndon Higgs

“…Finally, an example of what initially appeared to be the much rarer phenomenon of diverging accommodation is studied: a BC dialect speaker uses a SE feature (the third person subject pronoun she) in a context where the BC dialect variant (her in subject function) would be expected. …”
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Tone, the driving force in Qaisar Aminpour's Ashura Elegies by Seyed Mehdi Mousavi nia, Gholamreza Kafi

“…This type of composition, due to its special subject matter, has special features and crafts to convey the message and relate to the audience. …”
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Level of Adaptavity of Polish Families on Emigration in the Netherlands in the perception of children by Marta Czechowska-Bieluga, Barbara Sordyl-Lipnicka

“…Material and methods In total 320 children of Polish descent were subjected to the study. They lived in Poland (N=200) or in the Netherlands (N=120) and experienced economic migration of the members of their family or of their entire families. …”
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Evaluation of the Lower Punctum Parameters and Morphology Using Spectral Domain Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography by Riham S. H. M. Allam, Rania A. Ahmed

“…To study features of the lower punctum in normal subjects using spectral domain anterior segment optical coherence tomography (SD AS-OCT). …”
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Test Performance Related Dysfunctional Beliefs by Recep TÜTÜNCÜ, Ahmet İNCE, M. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR

“…Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS) and Young Schema Questionnaire Short Form (YSQ-SF) were applied to the subjects. The statistical analysis was done using the F test, Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, chi-square test and spearman’s correlation test. …”
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Philosophical Anthropology: An Introduction to Dimensional Anthropology by Sayyed Hossein Hosseini

“…In this book, the author has selected texts containing educational perspectives on the subject matter of the discussion, proposed mainly without any comprehensive analysis and deep systematization. …”
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An elasto-plastic approach to estimate lifetime of notched components under variable amplitude fatigue loading: a preliminary investigation by N. Zuhair Faruq

“…The present paper is concerned with the formulation of an elasto-plastic strain based approach suitable for assessing fatigue strength of notched components subjected to in-service variable amplitude cyclic loading. …”
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Serum Analysis in Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders: A Controlled Cross-Sectional Study in Norway by Kordian Staniszewski, Henning Lygre, Trond Berge, Annika Rosén

“…In the TMD group, most of the determinants had a wider range, and several subjects, compared to the control group, had values outside the normal reference area. …”
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Analysis of the Influence of Innovative Teaching Management Mode in Universities on Students’ One-to-One Training and Psychotherapy by Wenwen Zhang

“…One-to-one and face-to-face qualitative interviews were conducted with the subjects, and qualitative data were collected for qualitative analysis. …”
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DOES MODERN SCHOOL NEED A TEACHER-RESEARCHER? by T. A. Strokova

“…Different ways of organizing work with in-service teachers concerning combination of subject specific and research specific aspects of their professional activities have been presented.…”
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Finite Element-Based Simulation of Cooling Rate on the Material Properties of an Automobile Silent Block by Burak Öztürk, Fuat Kara

“…These products are used in high-speed cars and are subject to high engineering stresses. Over time, fractures occur in the connection part of these products due to insufficient strength. …”
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Customer Preference for Islamic Banks in Turkey: A Model of Planned Behavior Theory by Abdulmuttalip Pilatin, Önder Dilek

“…With the Planned Behavior Model used in the research, the effects of Attitude, Subjective Norms, Perceived Behavioral Control and Intention on Actual Behavior, that is, Islamic banking service usage, were investigated. …”
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Dry Swab-Based Nucleic Acid Extraction vs. Spin Column-Based Nucleic Acid Extraction for COVID-19 RT-PCR Testing: A Comparative Study by Mohammed Faraaz Khan, C. Roopa

“…This study compares the spin column method with a dry swab-based method of extraction using a proteinase K buffer and subsequent heat inactivation. A total of 56 subjects were tested for COVID-19 by RT-PCR with probes targeting the E and RdRp genes by collecting two nasopharyngeal and two oropharyngeal swabs and subjecting one set to nucleic acid extraction by spin column and the other set to dry swab-based methods. …”
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Social Mobility of University Graduates: Which Pathways Lead Upwards? by N. Ya. Rosenfeld, V. A. Maltseva

“…Two measures were used to assess status: subjective social status and financial status.Graduates by age 25 were most likely to have reproduced parental status, with the majority reproducing middle status, as measured by both subjective social status and financial status. …”
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