Healthy Lifestyles of University Students in China and Influential Factors by Dong Wang, Xiao-Hui Xing, Xian-Bo Wu

“…When controlling for the other variables, the total healthy lifestyles score was predicted by gender, grade, father’s level of education, and type of institution; exercise behaviour was partially predicted by gender, grade, type of institution, and family monthly income; regular behaviour was modulated by gender, grade, type of institution, family monthly income, and father’s educational level; nutrition behaviour was partially affected by type of institution, family monthly income, and father’s educational level; health risk behaviour was modulated by gender, mother’s level of education, and family monthly income; health responsibility was modulated by gender, grade, type of institution, and father’s educational level; social support was modulated by gender, grade, and father’s educational level; stress management was modulated by gender, grade, type of institution, and mother’s education level; life appreciation was modulated by grade, type of institution, and mother’s educational level. …”
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Physical activity and associated factors in homosexual men by Fabiano Teixeira, Fabiana Sperandio, Fernando Cardoso

“…Six hundred and forty six men participated in the study, of whom 571 (88.4%) were homosexual and 75 (11.6%) were bisexual. …”
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The Effects of a Professional Development Program on the Classroom Practices of Physics Teachers by Ozlem Oktay, Ali Eryilmaz

“…Data were collected from seven participating teachers and their 9th grade students. …”
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Introduction of Hydrosphere Environmental Problems in Lower Secondary School Chemistry Lessons by Taja Klemen, Iztok Devetak

“…The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of integrating hydrosphere environmental problems into chemistry lessons through an online workshop, comparing students’ achievements and their situational and individual interest before and after participating in the workshop. Altogether, 145 students from seven Slovenian lower secondary schools participated in the study. …”
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Ideophones are more reliable than metaphors in Japanese pain descriptions by Kimi Akita

“…It was found that the ratings of ideophones and metaphors equally varied between participants. In Experiment 2, Japanese speakers did the same rating task for a selected set of pain ideophones and metaphors presented auditorily in sentence frames. …”
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Low-Voltage Renewable Energy Communities’ Impact on the Distribution Networks by Susanna Mocci, Simona Ruggeri, Fabrizio Pilo

“…Renewable energy communities (RECs) are widely regarded as a transformative opportunity to enhance the management of electricity distribution networks, benefiting the system as a whole and its participants through local energy production, increased self-consumption, and empowering citizens. …”
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Effectiveness of Implementing Vertical Space Utilization in Badung District by I. W.A. Puspanegara, N. M.J. Senastri, I. N.A. Puspadma

“…The absence of community participation in monitoring the use of vertical space can result in a lack of attention to violations that occur directly in the field. …”
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Imagine going left versus imagine going right: whole-body motion on the lateral axis by K. Patel, J. Stotter, M. C. Pali, I. Giannopulu

“…When considering motor imagery for left and right directions, it is  assumed that participants have underdeveloped representations due to a lack of familiarity with moving along the lateral axis. …”
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The impact of vocational training or retraining on professional activities of older people by Ekaterina S. Lapshova, Svetlana V. Nikolaeva

“…During the survey of respondents, three main types of barriers to participation in vocational training were identified: situational, institutional, and dispositional. …”
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Lived-in experiences of health care professionals affected with COVID-19 by Radhakrishnan Govindan, Sailaxmi Gandhi, Prasanthi Nattala, Bingi Rajeswari

“…Interviews were audio recorded and analyzed by using Atlas-ti-9 software. Results: All the participants were female, and they revealed various physical, psychological, and social issues faced by HCPs while balancing home and workplace. …”
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Characterizing Patients with Unilateral Vestibular Hypofunction Using Kinematic Variability and Local Dynamic Stability during Treadmill Walking by Peng Liu, Qiuhong Huang, Yongkang Ou, Ling Chen, Rong Song, Yiqing Zheng

“…Thirty-four markers were attached to anatomical positions of each participant, and a three-dimensional (3D) motion analysis system was used to capture marker coordinates as the participants walked on a treadmill. …”
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Resourcing and the sustainability of Donor funded Potatoes Projects in Kabale District, Southwestern Uganda by Turyasingura, John Bosco, Moses, Agaba, Meza, Orach, Zombeire, Jotham, Kyabarongo, Benon

“…Understanding the local participation-related project resourcing factors will be of profound significance in restoring the confidence of donors in the funding of potato projects. …”
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Sykepleieres erfaringer med deltakelse i beslutningsprosesser under previsitt på intensivavdeling by Karin Elisabeth Olsen, Linn Veronika Breivik, Ådel Bergland, Marie Hamilton Larsen

“…However, there is limited research on nurses’ experiences regarding their participation in treatment decisions during pre-rounds. …”
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Student Engagement and Feedback on Online Learning and Facilitation: A Case Study of the National Open University of Nigeria by Adewale Adesina, Dorothy Ofoha, Olufemi A. Peters, Isaac S. Butswat

“…Thus, this study was designed to survey students’ online learning experience and gather feedback on various aspects of synchronous online facilitation including participation, satisfaction, barriers, and challenges faced during the virtual learning journey. 2,350 students took part in this study. …”
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Student Engagement and Feedback on Online Learning and Facilitation: A Case Study of the National Open University of Nigeria by Adewale Adesina, Dorothy Ofoha, Olufemi A. Peters, Isaac S. Butswat

“…Thus, this study was designed to survey students’ online learning experience and gather feedback on various aspects of synchronous online facilitation including participation, satisfaction, barriers, and challenges faced during the virtual learning journey. 2,350 students took part in this study. …”
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Student Engagement and Feedback on Online Learning and Facilitation: A Case Study of the National Open University of Nigeria by Adewale Adesina, Dorothy Ofoha, Olufemi A. Peters, Isaac S. Butswat

“…Thus, this study was designed to survey students’ online learning experience and gather feedback on various aspects of synchronous online facilitation including participation, satisfaction, barriers, and challenges faced during the virtual learning journey. 2,350 students took part in this study. …”
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Les savoirs locaux : entre connaissances et reconnaissance by Carole Barthélémy

“…With the example of water management in France, we can study the place conferred to empirical knowledge held by amateur fishermen and the way in which these knowledge participate or not to the acknowledgement of this social group. …”
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Apports de l’évaluation délibérative dans la gestion concertée des ressources communes. L’exemple des marais Tanoé-Ehy by Ettien Brou

“…The choice of natural resources policies involves stakeholders’ participation with their logical determinants. However, it should not be necessarily that these logical determinants converge on a consensus decision. …”
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QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF TVER STATE UNIVERSITY by L. N. SKAKOVSKAYA, L. A. KATAUSKAYTE

“…The article presents the experience of Tver State University in creating quality management systems (QMS), provides the information on the participation of the University in the procedures of an external independent evaluation of the education quality, the involvement of students in the process of evaluating and improving the quality of educational services of the University. …”
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NEW CIS UNIVERSITY LEAGUE TABLES - CORRELATIONS WITH THE WEBOMETRICS RANKINGS by Sergey V. Ablameyko, Michail A. Zhuravkov, Viktor V. Samokhval, Lyudmila M. Khukhlyndina

“…It is shown that coverage by the regional rankings can be increased by grouping the participating universities according to profile. The quantitative indicators are shown for higher education institutions worldwide and separately for the CIS HEIs occupying the first 100 places in the 2013 and 2014 rankings.…”
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