Exploring needs, perceptions, and preferences towards exercise video among overweight individuals - a qualitative study [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reserva... by Rajagopal Kadavigere, Tulasiram Bommasamudram, K Vaishali, Suresh Sukumar, Shishira K B, Praveen Hoogar

“…Semi-structured in-depth interview was conducted for 45-60 minutes approximately among both active and inactive overweight individuals by a researcher trained in qualitative research. …”
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Developing Group Model-Building Workshops for Children’s Healthy Living Food Systems by Peter S Hovmand, Karen Franck, Jean Butel, Jennifer Galbreath, Monica Esquivel, Patricia Coleman, Tanisha Aflague, Leslie Shallcross, Callie Ogland-Hand, Jordan Oshiro, Tayna Belyeu-Camacho, Amelia Sikes, Rachel Novotny

“…Workshops were cofacilitated by local teams using a facilitation guide with a series of structured small-group exercises or “scripts” and evaluated using a pre–post participant survey. …”
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Exploring Legislative Textual Data in Brazilian Portuguese: Readability Analysis and Knowledge Graph Generation by Gisliany Lillian Alves de Oliveira, Breno Santana Santos, Marianne Silva, Ivanovitch Silva

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Territorial obstacles causing early school dropout in Morocco: Multivariate spatial analysis by Aomar Ibourk, Soukaina Raoui

“…It uses 100 variables to explain dropout rates across ten territorial components (TC): demography and household structure (TC1), cultural and linguistic variety (TC2), poverty and living conditions (TC3), labor market (TC4), type of housing (TC5), living environment (TC6), school graduate (TC7), social programs (TC8), preschool education (TC9), and primary and middle school supply (TC10). …”
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Analysis of the Coupling Effect of Thermal and Traffic Loads on Cement Concrete Pavement with Voids Repaired with Polymer Grout by Can Cui, Qing Lu, Chengchao Guo, Fuming Wang

“…Existing literature has mainly focused on normal cement concrete pavement structures (i.e., without polymer grouted voids). This study intends to fill the research gap by investigating the time-domain characteristics of thermal stress response of a cement concrete pavement with underlying voids filled with polymer grout, along with design traffic loads. …”
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The Impact of Intellectual Potential on the Development of the Regions of Kazakhstan by P. Zh. Orynbet, G. S. Nygymetov, A. A. Tsoy

“…The results of the study can be used by regional higher education institutions, as well as state educational management structures.…”
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Effect of Negative Temperatures on the Strength and Deformability of a Reinforced Concrete Element by Andrey D. Istomin, Victoria A. Petrova

“…At the same time, there are no unified recommendations on the deformation and strength properties of reinforcement for calculating reinforced concrete structures under conditions of low and ultra-low negative temperatures. …”
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PROBLEMS AND DIRECTIONS OF THE COMPETITIVENESS OF GRAIN PRODUCERS IMPROVING by В. С. Ніценко, І. А. Дворніков

“…The main directions of the grain competitiveness improving is the introduction of intensive production technologies, including minimum and zero tillage, integrated structures forming or joining them, introducing a mechanism pledge and intervention purchases of grain and so on.…”
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A New Heuristic Procedure for Quadratic Assignment Problems by Najla Al-Saati

“…C++ was employed in constructing the program structures of the mentioned procedures.…”
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Experience of European Countries in Ensuring Access to Justice Through Legal Costs by M. V. Haidar, O. M. Shumilo

“…The findings underscore the necessity of a balanced approach to judicial expenses, ensuring that cost structures do not deter individuals from pursuing legitimate claims. …”
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Automated Assessment of Student Queries in Redis by Yuliia Prokop

“…This paper presents a web-based system for automated assessment of students’ Redis queries, supporting basic structures (e.g., list, sorted set, and hash manipulation) and advanced features (RedisJSON and RediSearch). …”
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ANALYSIS OF LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION IN UKRAINE AND POLAND IN THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC ENERGY MANAGEMENT by Vitalii Vasyliev

“…In particular, it examines regulatory mechanisms, financing, and government programs that facilitate the implementation of energy-efficient measures. …”
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Study into optimizing the temperature regime for the reduction of Fischer–Tropsch synthesis catalysts by I. G. Solomonik, V. Z. Mordkovich, A. S. Gorshkov

“…Low-temperature (325°C) reduction is shown to provide better catalytic parameters due to the implementation of a larger number of highly dispersed cobalt-oxide structures fixed on the hydrated surface of the support, resulting in the appearance of Coδ+ centers with increased activity and selectivity for the formation of C5+ hydrocarbons.Conclusions. …”
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Strengthening Good Village Governance Strategy: Transparency, Accountability, and Inclusive Rural Development by Aji Baskoro

“…A historical approach was used to trace the evolution of village governance structures, while a conceptual framework was employed to explore key principles of governance, accountability, and transparency. …”
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Free-end saddle length influence on stress level in unilateral complex partial denture abutment teeth and retention elements by Patrnogić Vesna, Todorović Aleksandar, Šćepanović Miodrag, Radović Katarina, Vesnić Jelena, Grbović Aleksandar

“…The aim of the study was to analyse the influence of free-end saddle length change on the behaviour of unilateral complex partial denture supporting structures. Methods. Stress levels of the canine and the first premolar as retentional teeth and the attachments were tested under the influence of physiological forces with the loading point shifting distally in relation to the saddle length change. …”
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Circular Economy in Agricultural Production: Potential for Implementation in New Institutional Conditions by Maria V. Tereshina, Sergey G. Tyaglov, Evgeniya V. Atamas

“…The results of the study are important for executive authorities and business structures for the institutional design of the introduction of circular economy in the agricultural sector of the Krasnodar Territory and other agricultural regions.…”
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Changes in postural stability induced by a ball-and-board game designed from a systems perspective by Anaëlle Cheillan, João Milho, Pedro Passos

“…Postural stability was assessed using both linear and nonlinear measures, which respectively capture the amount and structure of variability in the center of mass’ kinematics. …”
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Development and psychometric properties of the nursing ethical decision-making ability scale by Xinyu Chen, Chenxi Wu, Wenting Ji, Dingxi Bai, Huan Chen, Chaoming Hou, Jing Gao

“…The EFA revealed that the EDMAS with 64 items had a four-factor structure (ethical sensitivity, motivation, judgment, and action), accounting for 56.05% of the total variance. …”
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Tibiofemoral Joint Contact Force Estimation Based on OpenSim Musculoskeletal Modeling by WANG Xiaoling, JIAN Jiawei, XIE Qiurong, LIAN Zhanghui, GUO Chunming, GUO Jiemei, LI Yurong

“…Based on the general musculoskeletal model gait2392 in the OpenSim model library, the tibial-femoral joint is adjusted from a single contact point to a double contact point, and the knee joint structure is adjusted to have three directional degrees of freedom. …”
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Research on Algorithms for Local Robot Positioning Using Methods of Discrete Optimization by Vyacheslav Korolyov, Maksim Ogurtsov, Oleksandr Khodzinskyi

“…The study formulated the task of forming and maintaining the structure of three robots in a two-dimensional space. …”
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