Developing and evaluating a translanguaging-multiliteracies learning design (LDTMP) for student agency in a college English course in China by Jie Zhou, Jie Zhou, Sze Seau Lee, Sze Seau Lee, Si Na Kew

“…This approach is particularly suitable for integrating innovative pedagogies such as translanguaging and multiliteracies, which are central to the LDTMP framework. The study reports partial findings from the first and second phases of the complete DBR research. …”
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Correlation Analysis of Ocular Symptoms and Signs in Patients with Dry Eye by Hang Song, Mingzhou Zhang, Xiaodan Hu, Kaixiu Li, Xiaodan Jiang, Yan Liu, Huibin Lv, Xuemin Li

“…In this observational study, 176 dry eye patients, including 60 males and 116 females, were enrolled and their dry eye symptoms and ocular signs were observed. Partial correlation analysis was conducted between OSDI score and each ocular surface sign, and the correlations were further discussed in different age groups. …”
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Model validation for a noninvasive arterial stenosis detection problem by H. Thomas Banks, Shuhua Hu, Zackary R. Kenz, Carola Kruse, Simon Shaw, John Whiteman, Mark P. Brewin, Stephen E. Greenwald, Malcolm J. Birch

“…A current thrust in medical research is the development of a non-invasive method for detection, localization, and characterization of an arterial stenosis (a blockage or partial blockage in an artery). A method has been proposed to detect shear waves in the chest cavity which have been generated by disturbances in the blood flow resulting from a stenosis. …”
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What Drives Youth to Shop for Local Fashion Online? Extending the Planned Behavior Theory and Ethnocentrism by Dwi Kartikasari, Sri Zuliarni, Shinta Wahyu Hati, Ria Anggraini, Desi Ratna Sari, Nur Rahmah Andayani

“…Findings/Results: We used a variance-based partial least squares structural equation model to show that attitudes, perceived behavioral control, subjective norms, and consumer ethnocentrism, directly and indirectly, affect people's intentions to buy local goods online. …”
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Wartime activities of the Vavilov Institute by I. G. Loskutov

“…Only in winter did the Institute start partial evacuation, although preparations had been going on for a long time. …”
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Exploring the impact of social influence on parents’ intention to use institutional childcare: a cross-sectional study by Bo Yu, Difan Zhang, Yin Sun, Yuna Yao, Yingji Li, Huiling Hu

“…The data were analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) and Importance-Performance Map Analysis (IPMA). …”
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Lignosulfonates as Fire Retardants in Wood Flour-Based Particleboards by Stefania Angelini, Aitor Barrio, Pierfrancesco Cerruti, Gennaro Scarinzi, Javier Garcia-Jaca, Davide Savy, Alessandro Piccolo, Mario Malinconico

“…This work discloses a viable and cost-effective strategy for improving the fire retardancy performance of WFP by partial replacement of a commercial FR with a fully renewable additive, isolated through a green and cost-effective process.…”
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Risk factors for ischemic osteonecrosis of the femoral head after internal fixation with multiple cannulated screws for Pauwels type III femoral neck fracture by Yang Shuo

“…Age, body mass index (BMI), time from injury to surgery, partial weight bearing (PWB) time after surgery, and preoperative diabetes mellitus (DM) were significantly different between the ischemic ONFH occurrence and ischemic ONFH non-occurrence groups (p < 0.05), while other clinical data showed no significant differences (p > 0.05). …”
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Analysis of vibrations of rolling bearings of machine mechanisms by V. A. Ilinykh, V. Yu. Lineytsev

“…The article analyzes the vibrations of rolling bearings and their influence on the operation of bearings. …”
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Locally Advanced and Unresectable Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Outcomes of Concurrent Cetuximab and Radiotherapy by Robert M. Samstein, Alan L. Ho, Nancy Y. Lee, Christopher A. Barker

“…Grades 3-4 adverse events were noted in 83% of patients; 67% required hospital admission for adverse events. Complete and partial response was noted in 36% and 27% (response rate, 64%). …”
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The Eruptive Duality of a Filament on 2023 April 21 by Yue Fang, Jun Zhang

“…To interpret this filament eruption, we first put forward the eruptive duality, characterized by the eruption of the partial filament structure and the confinement of the other structure, and this duality is determined by the properties of the overlying fields.…”
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Transoral Laser-Assisted Total Laryngectomy: Expanding the TLM’s World by Aslan Ahmadi, Saleh Mohebbi, Masoud Kazemi, Ayda Sanaei

“…Based on the pathological and imaging findings, the diagnosis of stage IVa laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma with the involvement of the base, tongue, and left palatine tonsil was made for the patient, and transoral total laryngectomy with partial glossectomy via the TLM technique was planned. …”
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Factors influencing academic staff satisfaction and continuous usage of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in higher education by Maria Ijaz Baig, Elaheh Yadegaridehkordi

“…Therefore, this study aims to identify factors influencing academic staff satisfaction and continuous GenAI usage in higher education, employing a survey method and analyzing data using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). …”
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Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma to the Testis: A Clinicopathologic Analysis of Five Cases by Gang Wang, Chen Zhou, Carlos F. Villamil, Alan So, Ren Yuan, John C. English, Edward C. Jones

“…The time intervals between the partial and radical nephrectomies for the primary kidney tumors and the occurrence of testicular metastases ranged from 29 to 34 months. …”
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Equilibrium Studies of Fluoride Adsorption onto a Ferric Poly−mineral from Kenya by EW Wambu, CO Onindo, W Ambusso, GK Muthakia

“…The adsorption data also correlated to Langmuir and Freundlich models indicating that F adsorption onto FPM was a mixed process involving chemisorption onto surface sites followed by gradual intra-particle penetration of F into mesoporous structure of the mineral. …”
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A comparative X-ray diffraction analysis of Sr2+substituted hydroxyapatite from sand lobster shell waste using various methods by Arian Hermawan Diputra, I Kadek Hariscandra Dinatha, Yusril Yusuf

“…The TEM results showed that the particle sizes of HAp and SrHAp were approximately 130 nm. …”
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Optimization, Characterisation and Evaluation of Biochar Obtained from Biomass of Invasive Weed Crotalaria burhia by Loveena Gaur and Poonam Poonia

“…The optimum value of the desirability function was obtained at a pyrolysis temperature of 450°C and a particle size of 50-100 mm. The model represents a p-value less than 0.0500 and a high F value, which denotes its reliable and accurate prediction of experimental data. …”
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How exchange symmetry impacts performance of collective quantum heat engines by Julia Boeyens, Benjamin Yadin, Stefan Nimmrichter

“…Thus far, investigations of the performance of collective quantum machines have largely restricted the dynamics to particles with bosonic exchange symmetry, especially for large numbers of particles. …”
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A Modified Asymmetric Bouc–Wen Model-Based Decoupling Control of an XY Piezoactuated Compliant Platform with Coupled Hysteresis Characteristics by Xubin Zhou, Weidong Chen, Qing Xiao, Xiangsen Kong, Xingtian Liu, Liping Zhou, Yichong Dong, Quan Zhang

“…To establish the hysteresis characteristics of the piezo-driven manipulator, a modified Bouc–Wen model has been proposed, and a Genetic Algorithm-based Particle Swarm Optimization (GA-PSO) was adopted to recognize the parameters of the model. …”
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Analysis of Antioxidant Activity of Chinese Brown Rice by Fourier-Transformed Near Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemometrics by Xianshu Fu, Xiaoping Yu, Zihong Ye, Haifeng Cui

“…The NIR reflectance spectra were measured with compact powders of samples and no treatment was used. Full-spectrum partial least squares (FS-PLS) and interval PLS (iPLS) were used as the regression methods to relate the antioxidant activity values to the NIR data. …”
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