STUDENT SUPPORT AND MOTIVATION IN ONLINE LEARNING: EVIDENCE FROM PILOT ONLINE COURSE IMPLEMENTATION by Rasa Tamulienė, Alina Liepinaitienė, Edvinas Ignatavičius

“…During online learning, the number of hours of contact learning between the lecturer and students decreases, more attention is paid to students’ self-study. Students lose the opportunity to receive informal emotional support from the academic staff and fellow students, and the sense of community and belonging to a higher education institution decreases. …”
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El rol del método inductivo como vínculo entre las teorías educativas y las prácticas de aula by Luis Rodolfo López-Morocho, Christian Paul Jaramillo Baquerizo

“…Los resultados revelan que el método inductivo es esencial para formular hipótesis, teorías y modelos a partir de observaciones empíricas, proporcionando una base sólida para la investigación educativa. Además, ha influido significativamente en el desarrollo de diversos modelos pedagógicos, facilitando la integración de teoría y práctica, lo cual es vital para una enseñanza efectiva. …”
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How Historical Sociology Can Be Taken and How Then It Should Be Practiced by D. Yu. Karasev

“…The preconditions that have been necessary for the emergence of historical sociology from the American intellectual tradition are the following: first, to overcome the 'historiosophical ahistoricism' of classical sociology and the ahistoricism of early empirical sociology in the United States. …”
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Biofortification and fortification of wheat flour: Qualitative analysis for implementation and acceptance. by Rahima Yasin, Zahra A Padhani, Mushtaque Mirani, Muhammad Khan Jamali, Mahwish Memon, Sana Khatoon, Riya Rai, Areeba Rahman, Anushka Attaullahjan, Jai K Das

“…This paper comprehensively investigates various aspects of dietary behaviors relating to the usage of wheat flour and sociocultural preferences embedded within rural communities and aims to bridge health gaps resulting from zinc deficiency by introducing zinc bio-fortified and fortified flour in Pakistan. …”
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Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting perioperative transfusion in children undergoing cardiac surgery with CPB by Wenting Wang, He Wang, Jia Liu, Yu Jin, Bingyang Ji, Jinping Liu

“…The model’s performance was evaluated based on discrimination, calibration, and clinical utility in both cohorts. …”
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Design Optimization and Parameter Analysis of a Hybrid Rocket Motor-Powered Small LEO Launch Vehicle by Hao Zhu, Pengcheng Wang, Weile Xu, Yuanjun Zhang, Hui Tian, Guobiao Cai

“…An integrated overall design model for the hybrid rocket motor-powered small launch vehicle (HPSLV) is established, and two groups of three-stage SLVs capable of sending small payloads to the low earth orbit (LEO) are designed and optimized. In the first group, the SLVs with different grain shapes and different numbers of chambers in HRMs at the 1st and the 2nd stages are optimized and analyzed. …”
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Impact of delayed pelvic imaging on the staging of biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer patients using [18F]DCFPYL PET/CT: a retrospective evaluation by Ana Rodríguez-Pajuelo, Miriam Guerra-Gómez, Juan Ignacio Cuenca Cuenca, José María Freire-Macías, José Manuel Jiménez-Hoyuela García, Rosa María Álvarez-Pérez

“…Conclusions Pelvic delayed imaging in patients with biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer undergoing PET/CT with [18F]DCFPYL shows a non-negligible influence on patient staging, modifying the miTNM classification in 16.2% of cases, with pelvic lymphatic involvement benefiting the most from the dual study.…”
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The Prebiotic Index of Dried-Growol Made with Different Cassava Varieties and Cooking Methods by Chatarina Wariyah, Nurul Huda, Agus Slamet

“…Dried-growols from the Lanting variety, cooked with steaming (L-ST) and with a pressure cooker (L-PC), contain high RS, ranging between 22.51 and 27.03 g 100 g-1 dry matter, and have potential as prebiotic food as indicated by the increased viability of L. rhamnosus and L. plantarum bacteria grown in media with cooked dried-growol supplements of L-ST or L-PC, with a prebiotic index between 0.82 and 0.90. …”
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Características da vizinhança em Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil: uma análise intraurbana usando o método de observação social sistemática by Amanda Silva Magalhães, Amanda Cristina de Souza Andrade, Bruno de Souza Moreira, Solimar Carnavalli Rocha, Débora Moraes Coelho, Adalberto Aparecido dos Santos Lopes, Aline Dayrell Ferreira Sales, Amélia Augusta de Lima Friche, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa

“…A análise de componentes principais gerou os indicadores compostos, sendo o número de componentes definido com base nas porcentagens da variância total explicada, e subdomínios criados quando dois componentes representavam o domínio. …”
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The relationship between health literacy and COVID-19 prevention behaviors among people living with HIV by Iman Navidi, Raheleh Soltani

“…Effective educational interventions intended for PLWH based on health literacy can be useful to this extent.…”
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Los gobiernos anfibios en contextos de conflicto by Fabio Humberto Giraldo Jiménez

“…Este artículo explora la relación entre la búsqueda de la gobernabilidad en Colombia, la estrategia del gobierno de Álvaro Uribe Vélez y el hobbesianismo político, como ideología que ha servido de base para justificar soluciones extraordinarias en casos extraordinarios; a partir de ello se instala la pregunta: ¿estaremos entrando en una era de políticos anfibios que encarnan la ley pero que actúan por fuera de la misma? …”
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Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Gastrointestinal Parasite Infections among Meat Goats in Khon Kaen Thailand by Sarinya Rerkyusuke, Sawarin Lerk-u-suke, Raktham Mektrirat, Anuwat Wiratsudakul, Prapan Kanjampa, Saikam Chaimongkol, Nattaya Phanmanee, Miranda Visuddhangkoon, Panicha Pattayawongdecha, Nanticha Piyapattanakon, Pongpatchara Krajaipan, Pitchapa Sutamwirat

“…This study investigated the epidemiology of gastrointestinal (GI) parasite infections among 42 meat goat herds in Khon Kaen, Northeast Thailand, based on 913 fecal samples. The predominant parasites identified in the herd were strongyle (100.0%, 42/42), Trichuris spp. (73.8%, 31/42), Eimeria spp. (66.7%, 28/42), Moniezia spp. (64.3%, 27/42), Strongyloides spp. (38.1%, 16/42), and Paramphistomum spp. (7.1%, 3/42). …”
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Genetic Variants Associated with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Risk: Cumulative Epidemiological Evidence from Meta-Analyses and Genome-Wide Association Studies by Caiyang Liu, Ran Ran, Xiaoliang Li, Gaohua Liu, Xiaoyang Xie, Ji Li

“…Last two decades, many association studies on genetic variants and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) risk have been published. But results from different studies are inconsistent. Therefore, we performed this article to systematically evaluate results from previous meta-analyses and genome-wide association studies (GWASs). …”
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Optimal Proportion of Similar Materials and Rockburst Tendency of White Sandstone by Chaoyi Ma, Zhengguo Zhu, Zhichun Fang, Zhaobin Li, Liu Liu

“…To explore the tendency of rockburst, a similar material ratio was optimised based on white sandstone. Quartz sand, iron powder, gypsum, cement, retarder, and a water-reducing agent were used as the main materials. …”
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Numerical Prediction of Fatigue Life for Landing Gear Considering the Shock Absorber Travel by Haihong Tang, Panglun Liu, Jianbin Ding, Jinsong Cheng, Yiyao Jiang, Bingyan Jiang

“…On the basis of the whole geometric model of a large passenger aircraft’s main landing gear (MLG), the quasi-static finite element model (FEM) of the whole MLG is established, and the high-cycle fatigue issue of the Main Fitting (MF) is studied by considering the variation in shock absorber travel (SAT). Firstly, the ground loads under actual fatigue conditions are equivalently converted into the forces acting on the center of the left and right axles of the MLG, and based on these spatial force decompositions, the magnitude and direction of the load for 12 different basic unit load cases (ULC) are obtained. …”
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Aplicação de inferências em uma modelagem ontológica by Marcello Peixoto Bax, Cristiano Geraldo Teixeira Silva

“…Os resultados sugerem que a aplicação destas tecnologias promove a extensão semântica, facilita a integração com outras bases de conhecimento e organiza conceitualmente os dados para melhor recuperar informações e gerar novos conhecimentos.…”
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Peer-review Blinded Assay Test (P-BAT): a framework for trustless laboratory quality assurance for state-regulated cannabis markets by Stuart Procter, Grayson L. Baird, Jason Iannuccilli

“…Abstract The purpose of laboratory testing in the cannabis industry is to ensure public safety by preventing products that exceed hazardous limits of contaminants from reaching consumers, and to provide consumers with transparent and accurate label information so that they can make informed decisions when purchasing and using products. …”
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Geospatial Modelling for Estimation of PM2.5 Concentrations in Two Megacities in Peninsular India by V. P. Lavanyaa, S. Varshini, Souvik Sankar Mitra, Kiran M. Hungund, Rudrodip Majumdar, R. Srikanth

“…In this paper, the authors describe a Linear Mixed Effects (LME) model to estimate monthly-average PM2.5 concentrations at a spatial resolution of 1 km2 between 2016 and 2019 in the megacities of Bengaluru and Hyderabad with a total population of 23 million. This model is based on covariates such as aerosol optical depth (AOD), meteorological parameters, and Land-use-Land-cover (LULC) variables and is validated with extensive datasets from continuous and manual air quality monitoring stations through a 10-fold cross-validation process. …”
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International Scope of Emergency Ultrasound: Barriers in Applying Ultrasound to Guide Central Line Placement by Providers in Nairobi, Kenya by Fareen Zaver, Keith Boniface, Benjamin Wachira, Grace Wanjiku, Hamid Shokoohi

“…Survey responses were analyzed using summary statistics and the Rank-Sum test based on different specialty, gender, and previous US experience. …”
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Using Attention for Improving Defect Detection in Existing RC Bridges by Sergio Ruggieri, Angelo Cardellicchio, Andrea Nettis, Vito Reno, Giuseppina Uva

“…Among the new technologies, deep learning-based object detection systems provide promising and effective solutions. …”
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