Prevalence and Patterns of Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors in Adolescents: A South-Kerala School Based Study by Babu George, Deepa Bhaskaran, Leena Mundappaliyil Leela, Jubyraj Aswathymana Raju, Lalikumari Indiradevi, Preema Mahendran, Neethu Thulaseedharan

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Open Sync Board – An open-source tool for hardware synchronization of multimodal physiological sensor setups by Mareike Pitzal, Annika Mücke, Johanna Bräunig, Stefan Brückner, Robert Richer, Niklas Schlechtweg, Nils C. Albrecht, Alexander Kölpin, Björn M. Eskofier, Martin Vossiek

“…Additionally, we ensured a high precision of the output signals is ensured with an estimated maximum delay of 125 μs between the output ports. This enables sub-sample synchronization accuracy for sensors with up to 8 kHz sampling rate. …”
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Technopedagogical evaluation of a digital device for the continuing training of teachers in Morocco: Case of the e-takwine platform by Mazouak Abderrazzak, Mustapha Bassiri, Malika Tridane, Said Belaaouad

“…The Moroccan education system has undergone several reforms in recent years, thus concluded by the strategic vision, especially project 9 which has valued the continuing training of educational actors and framework law 51-17 in articles 34 and 35 which valued the continuous development of skills of teachers in Morocco, In this perspective the Ministry of National Education has reserved significant budgets to operationalize the continuing training of teachers on the one hand and it is committed to a Moroccan-American partnership within the framework of the Millennium project Challenge Account-Morocco.By committing to the establishment-challenge project, the ministry has set up a set of priorities, in particular the operationalization of the digital strategy for schools declared by decree 2.20.474, thus benefiting from the contribution of digital and while trying to overcome some constraints related to face-to-face training, a new regime that is continuous online training is implemented, it is the e-takwine platform.In addition, given the interest that evaluation represents for maintaining and improving the quality of a digital training device, we opted in this research, by evaluating the technopedagogical modality of e-takwine reserved at the start of the continuing training of novice teachers in Morocco and then developed for the training of all second cycle teachers from the start of the 2021-2022 school year.The sampling of our research is represented by 362 professors from the region of Fés –Meknes belonging to two different teaching cycles, and who followed their training for three months in six training modules in a more or less assiduous manner, Similarly, to conduct our survey, we administered two online questionnaires to participating teachers, in order to judge the functionality and ergonomics of the platform being researched.Finally, confirming to us that despite the satisfaction of the majority of participants with respect to the functional quality and the contribution of the device, some difficulties were noted at the levels: technical (compatibility, accessibility), functional or even with regard to technological knowledge.…”
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Identifying and explaining the mechanism of tacit knowledge sharing among University of Tehran employees in the development of successors by Omid Aryani, Hamidreza Yazdani, Majid Ramezan

“…On the one hand, the university has benefited from experienced and knowledgeable specialists over a period of time, and after a period of time, it has lost them for reasons such as retirement, being project workers, etc., and on the other hand, it has not prepared documentation and lessons learned from previous projects in a systematic manner. …”
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A survey of decision-making and planning methods for self-driving vehicles by Jun Hu, Jun Hu, Yuefeng Wang, Shuai Cheng, Jinghan Xu, Ningjia Wang, Bingjie Fu, Zuotao Ning, Jingyao Li, Hualin Chen, Chaolu Feng, Yin Zhang

“…Despite optimistic projections for commercial deployment, the development of sophisticated autonomous driving systems remains largely experimental, with the effectiveness of neurorobotics-based decision-making and planning algorithms being crucial for success. …”
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Monthly advance rate estimation of hard rock tunnel boring machine based on rock mass classification and data augmentation by Honggan Yu, Yin Bo, Quansheng Liu, Xuhui Yang, Shuzhan Xu, Xing Huang

“…Then, a two-stage data augmentation method based on synthetic minority over-sampling technique and modified auxiliary classifier generative adversarial network is developed. …”
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Diet in relation to Metabolic, sleep and psychological health Status (DiMetS): protocol for a cross-sectional study by Donya Poursalehi, Farnaz Shahdadian, Zahra Hajhashemy, Keyhan Lotfi, Zahra Moradmand, Parisa Rouhani, Sobhan Mohammadi, Elahe Mokhtari, Parvane Saneei

“…A multistage cluster random sampling method will be used to select participants. …”
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Impact assessment of Controlled Mechanical Ventilation systems for air quality in school buildings: a study protocol by Maria Francesca Rossi, Flavia Beccia, Raimondo Leone, Clara Peretti, Luca Verdi, Costanzo Di Perna, Sergio Montelpare, Giuseppina Caggiano, Umberto Moscato, necessARIA Working Group

“…The evaluation of the effectiveness of CMV systems on air quality will be evaluated through chemical-physical and microbiological sampling after the installation of CMVs. The perceived air quality and health assessment will be performed through a survey, distributed before and after CMVs installation. …”
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COSP-RTTOV-1.0: flexible radiation diagnostics to enable new science applications in model evaluation, climate change detection, and satellite mission design by J. K. Shaw, J. K. Shaw, D. J. Swales, S. DeSouza-Machado, D. D. Turner, J. E. Kay, J. E. Kay, D. P. Schneider

“…Here, we present a flexible, computationally efficient tool called COSP-RTTOV (Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) Observation Simulator Package and Radiative Transfer for TOVS) for simulating satellite-like radiation fields within ESMs. …”
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Health consequences of the Urmia Lake crisis: the baseline study protocol by Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Mostafa Farahbakhsh, Faramarz Pourasghar, Iraj Mohebbi, Mortaza Saadatkhah, Behrouz Sari Sarraf, Ommolbanin Abbasnezhad, Gholamhassan Mohammadi, Rasoul EntezarMahdi

“…A total of 803 households and 2783 people are studied in 86 clusters. Cluster sampling is applied. The weighting of the samples is based on a satellite map of the density of suspended particles such that people living in areas with higher risk have a higher chance of selection. …”
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Comparing the Potential of Near- and Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy in Determining the Freshness of Strawberry Powder from Freshly Available and Stored Strawberry by Da Wang, Wenwen Wei, Yanhua Lai, Xiangzheng Yang, Shaojia Li, Lianwen Jia, Di Wu

“…Optimal variables were selected by successive projections algorithm (SPA), uninformation variable elimination, and competitive adaptive reweighted sampling, respectively. …”
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The Strategies to use the Abandoned Agricultural Lands around Sanandaj by Reza Movahedi, Sina Javanmardi

“…The statistical population of this research was the farmers of Sanandaj city (N=4900). Sample size is determined using Cochran formula (n = 357) and a systematic random method is used for sampling process. …”
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Ecological Health Assessment on the Coastal Waters in the Yellow River Estuary Using Phytoplankton Index of Biotic Integrity (P-IBI) by Mingxiang NIU, Jun WANG, Zhiguo LIU, Tao ZUO, Zhaolong CHENG, Yongtao LI, Zhiwei PANG

“…The 95% or 5% quantile of the core indicators in all sampling sites was regarded as the best expected value; for indicators which increased with increasing interference, the best expected value was 5% quantile. …”
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Iron Ore Information Extraction Based on CNN-LSTM Composite Deep Learning Model by Haili Chen, Mengxiang Xia, Yaping Zhang, Ruonan Zhao, Bingran Song, Yang Bai

“…The bands are subsequently screened by correlation analysis, successive projections algorithm (SPA), and competitive adaptive reweighted sampling (CARS), down to 50 dimensions using principal component analysis (PCA). …”
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Relationship Between Frequency Domain Indicators of Heart Rate Variability and Both Age and Duration of Illness in Patients with Headache: A Cross-Sectional Study by Jong-Ho Kim, Jong-Hee Sohn, Sung-Mi Hwang, Jae-Jun Lee, Young-Suk Kwon

“…<b>Methods</b>: This cross-sectional research is a secondary analysis that makes use of data gathered from previously registered study projects. They were adult males and females aged 19 to 80. …”
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Facilitating bootstrapped and rarefaction-based microbiome diversity analysis with q2-boots [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by J Gregory Caporaso, Evan Bolyen, Anthony Simard, Andrew Manley, Jeff Meilander, Chloe Herman, Elizabeth Gehret, Isaiah Raspet

“…Source code can be found at https://github.com/caporaso-lab/q2-boots; installation instructions and a tutorial can be found in the project’s documentation at https://q2-boots.readthedocs.io.…”
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Pattern, Predictors and Satisfaction with Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use among Elderly in a Rural and Remote Community in Southwestern Nigeria by Babatunde Akodu, Stephanie ASA'AH, Ifeoma Okafor, Taiwo Agunbiade, Moninuola Ojikutu, Olufunmilayo Olokodana-Adesalu

“…The study was conducted among 197 respondents selected using multi-stage sampling. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to obtain data, which was analyzed using Epi Info software version 7.1. …”
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Comparison of Healing Time in Closed Fractures of the Tibial Diaphysis and Tibial-Fibula after ORIF Plate and Screw at Waled Regional Public Hospital, Indonesia by Dede Nurlaela Sakinah, Widiyatmiko Arifin Putro, Merliana Debyanti

“… Background: Fractures are projected to become the fourth leading cause of death by 2030. …”
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Epidemiological status quo of hypertension in elderly population in Changchun, China: a cross-sectional study by Yong Li, Yawen Liu, Yi Cheng, Yulu Gu, Yaxuan Ren, Jikang Shi, Yichun Qiao, Yunkai Liu

“…Objectives To investigate the epidemiological status quo of hypertension in elderly population in Changchun, China, and provide a reference for the prevention and control strategies of hypertension of elderly population in this region.Design A cross-sectional study, as a part of a comprehensive project in Northeast China, was designed to perform in 10 districts in Changchun.Participants and setting A total of 6846 participants who were ≥60 years old were selected using a random sampling method.Main outcome measures The epidemiological status quo of hypertension.Results The prevalence of hypertension in Changchun was 52.6%. …”
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Improving Soil Heavy Metal Lead Inversion Through Combined Band Selection Methods: A Case Study in Gejiu City, China by Ping He, Xianfeng Cheng, Xingping Wen, Yi Cao, Yu Chen

“…To construct a preliminary Pb content prediction model, the initial selection of spectral bands utilized methods including CARS (Competitive Adaptive Reweighted Sampling), GA (Genetic Algorithm), MI (mutual information), SPA (Successive Projections Algorithm), and WOA (Whale Optimization Algorithm). …”
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