A classroom study on the perception and production of Basque sibilant fricatives by native speakers of English by Ander Beristain

“…Ten students enrolled in a Beginners’ Basque course and two native speakers of Basque serving as control group undertook a read-aloud task (Experiment 1) followed by an ABX discrimination task (Experiment 2) during Week 5 of classes. …”
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Providing QoS for Networked Peers in Distributed Haptic Virtual Environments by Alan Marshall, Kian Meng Yap, Wai Yu

“…Both forms of experiment produce consistent results which show that the use of specific QoS classes for haptic traffic will reduce network delay and jitter, leading to improvements in users' haptic experiences with these types of applications.…”
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Effect of antisecretory treatment on gastrointestinal microbiota by D. Ye. Rumyantseva, A. S. Trukhmanov, A. V. Kudryavtseva, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Proton pump inhibitors (PPI) - is a basic class of drugs for acid-related diseases treatment. …”
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Curriculum implementation of cooperative learning models in pantun writing instruction by Komarudin Komarudin

“…The Indonesian language instruction that has been applied by teachers in the classroom still relies on the practical application of conventional models, even though it is still ineffective and making students bored in the class. The purposes of this research are 1) to explain the use of cooperative learning model, especially Think-Pair-Share (henceforth TPS) in pantun (a type of old poetry) writing instruction in seventh grade to effectively improve students' abilities in writing pantun, 2) to describe the learning process of pantun writing by using TPS, and 3) to find out whether there are differences in students’ pantun writing skills before and after the use of TPS.This study used a quasi-experimental research method. …”
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Power Optimization in Mobile Robots Using a Real-Time Heuristic by Tamer Abukhalil, Harbi Almahafzah, Malek Alksasbeh, Bassam A. Y. Alqaralleh

“…A variety of on-board sensors, actuators, and communication modules are controlled by a heuristic-based controller class allowing such components to conserve the current taken from the attached power source. …”
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Evolution-Operator-Based Single-Step Method for Image Processing

“…The key component of the proposed method is a local spectral evolution kernel (LSEK) that analytically integrates a class of evolution partial differential equations (PDEs). …”
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Analysis effectiveness of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic by Yudis Ghifari, Diva Aulia Amanda, Angga Hadiapurwa

“…The subjects of this study were active students of the Education Technology study program at the Indonesian Education University class of 2018-2020. The survey data was analyzed by measuring the variables determined using numbers and then analyzed with the applicable statistical procedures. …”
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Bone-Targeted Therapies in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: Evolving Paradigms by Joelle El-Amm, Ashley Freeman, Nihar Patel, Jeanny B. Aragon-Ching

“…Bisphosphonates were the first class of drugs investigated for prevention of SREs and zoledronic acid is the only bisphosphonate that is FDA-approved for this indication. …”
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Detection of UAV GPS Spoofing Attacks Using a Stacked Ensemble Method by Ting Ma, Xiaofeng Zhang, Zhexin Miao

“…The stacked model employs XGBoost as the base learner, which is optimized through five-fold cross-validation, and utilizes logistic regression for the final prediction. …”
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Developing RME-based module in statistics to improve problem-solving skills for higher education students by Edi Susanto, Agus Susanta, Nur Aliyyah Irsal, Pratiwi Disha Stanggo

“…So it is necessary to develop teaching materials for learning material in class, So it is necessary to develop teaching materials that can help students understand the concepts of the material. …”
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Application of Dynamical and Statistical Downscaling to East Asian Summer Precipitation for Finely Resolved Datasets by Yoo-Bin Yhang, Soo-Jin Sohn, Il-Won Jung

“…Various downscaling approaches have been developed to overcome the limitation of the coarse spatial resolution of general circulation models (GCMs). …”
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Large-Scale Analysis of Relationships between Mineral Dust, Ice Cloud Properties, and Precipitation from Satellite Observations Using a Bayesian Approach: Theoretical Basis and Fir... by Lars Klüser, Thomas Popp

“…Then, histogram differences between dust load classes are used to describe the impact of dust load on cloud property statistics. …”
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Italian Think Tanks in the Context of European Conservatism by Natalya V. Davletshina, Ulyana A. Zhegalova

“…The «Brothers of Italy» have several think-tank centres, which are engaged in cooperation with representatives of conservative forces from different countries of the European Union, development of ideology and education of young politicians to form the future governing class. The article uses concrete examples to examine how the creation of a conservative political network in the EU is organised and what place Italy takes in it. …”
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Promoting speaking in the young learner classroom through task-based digital storytelling via online technology: a case study by Lustenberger Andrea

“…The main data of this study, which were collected over one academic year, comprised a questionnaire of 19 Swiss Year 4 students, video and audio recordings of two dyads working on four collaborative oral DST tasks and a semi-structured interview with the four children and their class/English teacher. The results revealed that collaborative end-of-unit tasks enabled the children to creatively recycle the language learnt. …”
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The Optimization of Matrix Preparation Process and Performance Testing for Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell by Jian Cheng, Liejin Guo, Shisen Xu, Ruiyun Zhang

“….% lithium aluminate was the optimal formulation to produce a good matrix with a pore size distribution of 0.1–0.4 μm and porosity of 50 vol.%. Coarse and fine LiAlO2 particles were added in the matrix slurry to enhance the mechanical strength. …”
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Skala Regulasi Emosi: Analisis Reliabilitas dan Validitas Konstruk melalui Pendekatan Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) by Rani Mega Putri, Nur Wisma, Fadhlina Rozzaqyah, Silvia Ar, Muhammad Ikbal, Aulia Muti’ah

“…The population in this study was 2996 Class XI high school students in Ilir Barat 1 District, Palembang City. …”
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Dynamic mechanical properties and failure mechanism of sustainable lightweight aggregate rubber concrete by Lin Chen, Fei Yang, Yehua Hong, Wanhui Feng, Xin Li

“…The cellular artificial lightweight aggregate produced from sludge is used as coarse aggregate, while recycled rubber particles from waste tires are utilized as fine aggregate. …”
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IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT BY USING PICTURE SERIES FOR THE EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL by Tuti Andayani, Arono -

“…This class action research was divided into two cycles. …”
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Acer japonicum 'Vitifolium' by Edward F. Gilman

“…The cultivar 'Vitifolium' leaves are less divided, providing a coarse texture in the landscape. Leaves take on a beautiful yellow to red coloration in the fall before dropping, making this small, dense plant really stand out in the landscape. …”
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Detection of Lard in Ink Extracted from Printed Food Packaging Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis by Syazwani Ramli, Rosnita A. Talib, Russly A. Rahman, Norhazlin Zainuddin, Siti Hajar Othman, Norma M. Rashid

“…Two spectral regions (full spectra, 3999–649 cm−1, and combination of two regions, 3110–2630 cm−1 and 1940–649 cm−1) of lard, commercial gravure ink, and the blends of both were selected and used to develop a Soft Independent Modelling of Class Analogy (SIMCA) model. The score plots obtained from the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) revealed that the maximum number of factors (7 factors) was needed to explain 84% of the total variance. …”
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