Measurement model of readiness for online testing of undergraduate students in Thailand’s distance education programs by Thanyasinee Laosum

“…Purpose – This study aims to develop a model for readiness measurement and to study readiness levels for online testing of undergraduate students in Thailand’s distance education programs. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 870 undergraduate students enrolled in the 2022 academic year of a Thai university were sampled for the study. …”
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A racial equity approach to nonprofit hospitals’ community benefit programs: an exploratory study by Cherie Conley, Crytstal N. Lewis, Simone Rauscher Singh

“…We used directed content analysis to analyze interview data. …”
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The mindful movement program in primary schools: a single-arm pilot intervention study by Bronwyn M. Theroux, Ned Chandler-Mather, Jessica Paynter, Sharon Dawe, Kate E. Williams

“…While mindfulness, music, and movement have each demonstrated effectiveness in enhancing executive functions in early primary classrooms, no previous studies have integrated these modalities into a single program. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary impact of a novel program that combines mindfulness with movement to music: the Mindful Movement Program (MMP). …”
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BIO Girls: Effect of a Community-Based Empowerment Program on Youth Self-Esteem by Anita Gust, Elizabeth H. Blodgett Salafia, Darcie M. Sell

“…BIO Girls program was effective in enhancing self-esteem regardless of the type of physical activity, age of the participants, and program location. …”
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A Surrogate Piecewise Linear Loss Function for Contextual Stochastic Linear Programs in Transport by Qi Hong, Mo Jia, Xuecheng Tian, Zhiyuan Liu, Shuaian Wang

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Frame Theory and Fractional Programming for Sparse Recovery-Based mmWave Channel Estimation by Razvan-Andrei Stoica, Hiroki Iimori, Giuseppe Thadeu Freitas de Abreu, Koji Ishibashi

“…The second contribution is a pair of novel sparse recovery algorithms, which unlike the majority of sparse solvers found in the literature, is not based on the relaxation of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\ell _{0}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-norm into an <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\ell _{1}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-norm, but rather on a smooth approximation of the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\ell _{0}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-norm handled further via fractional programming (FPG). The two algorithms differ from each other in that in the first (slightly more accurate), the resulting convex problem is solved via interior point methods, while the second (stand-alone) makes use of the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM). …”
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Effect of Direct Smoking on Youth Smoker’s Physical Fittness Based on 3-Minute Step Test by etwin Fibrianie

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Mathematical support for solving the direct problem of chemical kinetics to clarify the main patterns of pollutant emissions by Terekhov Aleksandr, Huaman de los Eros Federico, Ziganshina Fayruza, Mavlyutova Svetlana, Bespalov Ilya, Galimov Aydar

“…The advantage of this work is to describe the solution of the direct problem for an arbitrary kinetic scheme. The input data for the program is a kinetic scheme, the output is a constructed mathematical model and the found parameters. …”
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Church-based ministry to people with disabilities in Malawi: a case study and program evaluation by Kingsley Matope, Davie Mitumbu, Tendai Lucio, Hamilton Kambalame, Rebecca Porinsky, Jennifer Hatzfeld

“…In some congregations, the ministry also includes a Home-Based Care Program that directly supports family caregivers of children with disabilities using a community-based rehabilitation model to achieve physical, social, educational, and spiritual goals and provide regular encouragement. …”
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Issues of Designing Effective Educational Programs in the Field of “Applied Informatics” in the Conditions of Innovative Development by Yu. F. Telnov, M. S. Gasparian, M. A. Filyuk

“…The article also provides approaches to the development of an approximate basic educational program in this direction and reveals the method of its engineering, based on the interaction and composition of elements of the integrated information and educational space and, on its basis, semantic modeling and automatic generation of educational and organizational and managerial content. …”
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Evaluation of the palliative care program in patients with tuberculosis in Chirumhanzu District, Zimbabwe, 2021-2023 by Victoria Varaidzo Kandido, Ronald Ncube, Sithabiso Dube, Addmore Chadambuka, Gerald Shambira, Gibson Mandozana, Notion Gombe, Tsitsi Juru, Mufuta Tshimanga, Jeconiah Chirenda

“…Introduction: The Kunda-Nqob’I TB program introduced the full package of Palliative Care to improve quality of life and treatment results for patients with tuberculosis (TB). …”
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Evaluating the implementation of adult smoking cessation programs in community settings: a scoping review by Remai Mitchell, Kerry-Ann F. O’Grady, David Brain, Megumi Lim, Natalia Gonzalez Bohorquez, Ureni Halahakone, Simone Braithwaite, Joanne Isbel, Shelley Peardon-Freeman, Madonna Kennedy, Zephanie Tyack

“…Although evidence-based smoking cessation programs have been implemented, there is limited evidence on the application of theories, models, and frameworks (TMFs), and implementation strategies to support such programs. …”
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Health System-Led Early Consent and Direct Contact of At-Risk Relatives: Pilot Study Results by Nora B. Henrikson, Aaron Scrol, Jamilyn M. Zepp, Melissa L. Anderson, Paula R. Blasi, John J. Ewing, Jane Grafton, James D. Ralston, Stephanie M. Fullerton, Kathleen A. Leppig

“…All relatives reached (n = 43) received their proband’s test results, including 6 pathogenic/likely pathogenic findings. Conclusion: A direct contact program was acceptable, reached at-risk relatives, and communicated proband test results. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF COMPETITIVE POSITIONS ON THE LABOUR MARKET FOR BACHELORS IN THE DIRECTION “INNOVATION” IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE “NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE” by V. Degtyareva, I. Prokhorova

“…In the article is considered the rationale for the formation of additional professional competences for bachelors in the direction “innovation”. There is given the connection between modern trends of economic and social change and potential requests for certain competencies from the side of employers. …”
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ECOLOGICAL-ORIENTED COMPONENT OF THE COMPETENCE MODEL OF A GRADUATE (on the example of directions of preparation "Pedagogical educations") by O. Vasiim

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A geometrical-numerical method for the determination of the acoustic field properties related to the directions of reflected waves by Maria TAJCHERT

“…An algorithm for a computer program and the results of numerical calculations for a rectangular room which illustrate the effect of the different parameters of the source-room-observation point system on the directional properties of the field are given.…”
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Lithuanian boyairs attitude towards the reforms of the Four years diet (in accordance with the directions of local diets) by Egidijus Raila

“…Moreover, no one nobleman, during the local diets of 1788, had any kind of political program to introduce. The class requirements were predominant in the directions of these diets. …”
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THE POLITENESS OF DIRECTIVE SPEECH ACTS IN SATU JAM LEBIH DEKAT ON TV ONE (PRAGMATIC APPROACH) by Nur Aini Syah, D. Djatmika, S. Sumarlam

“…The results indicate that the types of directive speech act of Satu Jam Lebih Dekat program are to please, to request, to ask, to order, to invite, to forbid, to convince, to obligate, to show, to hope, to want, to warn, to advise, and to request. …”
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Determining Critical Success Factors of the Digital Transformation Using a Force-Directed Network Graph by Gianni Pasqual, Jürgen Jung, Bardo Fraunholz

“…The quantitative analysis is conducted by using force-directed network graphs. Both methods are then compared and discussed. …”
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Statistical Relations Between Ionospheric Conductance and Precipitating Electrons Derived From Direct Conjugate Observations by Longxing Ma, Xingbin Tian, Yiqun Yu, Linhui Tang, Jinbin Cao

“…Each event includes ionospheric conductances calculated based on the electron density measurements from the Poker Flat Incoherent Scattering Radar (PFISR) and precipitating electron flux detected directly by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) at conjugate locations. …”
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