Exploring mobility patterns and social health of older Canadians living at home to inform decision aids about housing: A mixed-methods study. by Diogo Mochcovitch, Allyson Jones, Joshua Goutte, Karine V Plourde, Roberta de Carvalho Corôa, Marie Elf, Louise Meijering, Jodi Sturge, Pierre Bérubé, Stéphane Roche, Sabrina Guay-Bélanger, France Légaré

“…We explored these factors in older Canadians living at home to inform housing decisions.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a mixed-methods study with 20 older adults (65+) from Quebec and Alberta living independently or in senior residences with outdoor mobility. …”
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Empirical Bayes Estimators for Mean Parameter of Exponential Distribution with Conjugate Inverse Gamma Prior Under Stein’s Loss by Zheng Li, Ying-Ying Zhang, Ya-Guang Shi

“…A Bayes estimator for a mean parameter of an exponential distribution is calculated using Stein’s loss, which equally penalizes gross overestimation and underestimation. …”
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Numerical Solution of the Problem of Heat Transfer by Convection by Ahmed Juma’a, Ashraf Aboudi

“…The time interval has been deviled into two equal halves, alternating to compute an intermediate point in the first step and final value at T time. …”
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Modelling and Analysis on Evaluation Factor Sets Affecting the Safe and High-efficiency Operation of UHVDC Transmission Project by Zhipeng SHEN, Hui XIONG, Jiebei ZHU, Chong SHAO, Honglei XU, Wei QIU

“…Then, an UHVDC project in Gansu Province was taken as an example to build its evaluation model, expert evaluation method was used for quantitative evaluation according to various specific factors, and the evaluation results with visual and graphical methods were analysed. …”
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Psychological and Linguistic Peculiarities of English Mastering by the Children of Young School Age in the Process of Associative Symbols Usage by Людмила Гусак, Ольга Шапран, Юрій Шапран

“…It is proved that the use of the associative symbol method in learning of a foreign language allows younger students to perceive language material with the help of all analyzers: visual, auditory, speech and motor ones. …”
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Development of Duplex Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification with Hydroxynaphthol Blue for Detection of Infectious Spleen and Kidney Necrosis Virus and <i>Aeromonas hydrophila</i>... by Xiao He, Jingyi Wu, Xu Tan, Sunan Xu, Weiguang Kong, Xiaodan Liu

“…Co-infection of mandarin fish with <i>A. hydrophila</i> and ISKNV occurs from time to time. In this study, a visual detection method for ISKNV and <i>A. hydrophila</i> was developed, using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and pre-addition of hydroxynaphthol blue. …”
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Approaching Collaborative Manipulation by Pushing-Grasping Fusion by Lu Anh Duy Phan, Dang Quy Phan, The Tri Bui, Phuong H. Le, Dinh Tuan Tran, Joo-Ho Lee, Ha Quang Thinh Ngo

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Long-term follow-up in sacroiliac joint pain patients treated with radiofrequency ablative therapy by Flávio Ramalho Romero, Roberto Bezerra Vital, Marco Antônio Zanini, Luis Gustavo Ducati, Roberto Colichio Gabarra

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Learning from Outputs: Improving Multi-Object Tracking Performance by Tracker Fusion by Vincenzo M. Scarrica, Antonino Staiano

“…This paper presents an approach to improving visual object tracking performance by dynamically fusing the results of two trackers, where the scheduling of trackers is determined by a support vector machine (SVM). …”
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Advances and efficacy in specimen handling for endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine needle aspiration and biopsy: A comprehensive review by Takuji Iwashita, Shinya Uemura, Tezuka Ryuichi, Akihiko Senju, Shota Iwata, Yosuke Ohashi, Masahito Shimizu

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Fight, Not Flight! Avoidant Goals Strengthen Attentional Biases During Increased Anxiety in Healthy Adults by Natsuki Sakemoto, Hideyuki Tanaka

“…Anxiety levels were manipulated using the threat-of-shock (ToS) method, which significantly increased the participants’ anxiety. …”
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A Questionnaire Dataset on Perceived Stress in Indian Higher Education Students during Emergency Remote Learning [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Shweta Rai, Rayan Charls Mathias, Sharisha Shanbhog M, Jeevan Medikonda

“…Method Data was collected through a cross-sectional survey using the Modified Perceived Stress Scale and an additional set of 20 Likert scale items on Emergency Remote Learning. …”
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Comparison and System Development of a Two-Coil and Three-Coil Inductive Link for Transcutaneous Power Transfer by Maarten Schelles, Ward Lievens, Laurens Goyvaerts, Frederik Ceyssens, Rikky Muller, Michael Kraft

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Temporal-Spatial Redundancy Reduction in Video Sequences: A Motion-Based Entropy-Driven Attention Approach by Ye Yuan, Baolei Wu, Zifan Mo, Weiye Liu, Ji Hong, Zongdao Li, Jian Liu, Na Liu

“…In this paper, inspired by the neural mechanism of the human visual pathway, we propose an effective and interpretable frame-sampling method called Entropy-Guided Motion Enhancement Sampling (EGMESampler), which can remove redundant spatio-temporal information in videos. …”
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An Objective Injury Threshold for the Maximum Principal Strain Criterion for Brain Tissue in the Finite Element Head Model and Its Application by Yuting Zhang, Liqun Tang, Yiping Liu, Bao Yang, Zhenyu Jiang, Zejia Liu, Licheng Zhou

“…Furthermore, by applying this threshold to the finite element analysis of designed occipital impacts, we observe, for the first time, supra-tentorium cerebelli injury, which is related to visual memory impairment. This discovery may indicate the biomechanical mechanism of visual memory impairment after occipital impacts reported in clinical cases.…”
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“Narrative images” as a learning approach: (transformative) adaptation scenarios for dealing with urban water risks in Hamburg, Germany by Franziska S. Hanf, Linda Meier, Tom Hawxwell, Jürgen Oßenbrügge, Jörg Knieling, Jana Sillmann, Jana Sillmann

“…As sustainability challenges transcend disciplines, this study draws methodically on an interdisciplinary scenario approach. …”
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Enhancing Detection of Control State for High-Speed Asynchronous SSVEP-BCIs Using Frequency-Specific Framework by Yufeng Ke, Jiale Du, Shuang Liu, Dong Ming

“…This study proposed a novel frequency-specific (FS) algorithm framework for enhancing control state detection using short data length toward high-performance asynchronous steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP)-based brain-computer interfaces (BCI). …”
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Alterations in sulcal depth and associated functional connectivity in schizophrenia with auditory verbal hallucinations by Zhenru Guo, Zimo Zhou, Shuai Wang, Lianlian Yang, Xiaoshan Gao, Yu Xia, Yuanyuan Yang, Zhangyan Shan, Haixia Huang, Lin Tian, Lin Tian

“…However, the characterization of sulcal depth alterations and associated functional connectivity across the whole brain remains unclear.MethodWe recruited 38 schizophrenia patients with auditory verbal hallucinations and 31 schizophrenia patients without auditory verbal hallucinations. …”
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Pengukuran Kualitas Website Pemerintah Desa Jagalempeni Menggunakan Metode Webqual 4.0 by Warjiyono Warjiyono, Corie Mei Hellyana

“…This study measures the quality of the Jagalempeni Village Government website using the Webqual 4.0 method and uses 4 (four) instruments of Quality, Quality of Information, Quality of Service Interaction and Visual Quality. …”
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Constructing Composite Indicators Through Extreme Values Reductions-Ordered Weighted Averaging: Human Development Index by Matheus Pereira Liborio, Petr Ekel, Marcos Flavio Silveira Vasconcelos D'Angelo, Luis Martinez, Hamid Rabiei

“…The study findings reveal that popular methods such as Principal Component Analysis, Benefit of the Doubt, Entropy, and Equal Weights ignore outliers and bias the composite indicator scores. …”
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