Resilience and vulnerability of post-ostomy patients with early-onset colorectal cancer from the perspective of social-ecological theory: a qualitative study by Fangfang Yang, Fangming Feng, Hongming Gu, Han Liang, Jin Zhang, Yusha Cheng, Weiying Zhang

“…Early and targeted interventions to promote patients’ coping skills and their ability to adapt to family and society.…”
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Integrity of Best-Answer Assignments in Large Enrollment Classes; the role of Compulsory Attribution by Kurt Schmitz, Veda Storey

“…A unique feature that makes this method well-suited to large enrollment classes is the ability to secure and, when necessary, to delete stolen work, thereby precluding misappropriation. …”
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A Novel Framework for Interactive Visualization and Analysis of Hyperspectral Image Data by Johannes Jordan, Elli Angelopoulou, Andreas Maier

“…Gerbil finds its worldwide use in academia and industry alike with several thousand downloads originating from 45 countries.…”
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Academic Activities Transaction Extraction Based on Deep Belief Network by Xiangqian Wang, Fang Huang, Wencong Wan, Chengyuan Zhang

“…However, because Deep Belief Network (DBN) model has the ability to automatically unsupervise learning of the advanced features from shallow text features, the model is employed to extract the academic activities transaction. …”
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ILO Convenstions and Migrant Workers: Construction of Protection in National Labor Law by Shohib Muslim, Khrisna Hadiwinata, Rizqi Khoirunnisa, Shinta Hadiyantina, Zainal Amin Ayub

“…The most crucial factor is the state's ability to safeguard its inhabitants, particularly those who work overseas, so that they can be treated with the respect and dignity befitting human beings. …”
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South American Climatology and Impacts of El Niño in NCEP’s CFSR Data by Timothy Paul Eichler, Ana C. Londoño

“…This study compares NCEP’s CFS reanalysis dataset with NCEP’s coarser-resolution reanalysis II dataset to determine if CFS reanalysis improves our ability to represent the regional climate of South America. …”
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Dynamics of Mean-Variance-Skewness of Cumulative Crop Yield Impact Temporal Yield Variance by Abdullah A. Jaradat

“…Both cropping systems and clustered subsystems differed as to their ability to maintain a constant yield over years, displayed different yield cumulative probabilities, exhibited significant and different M-V-S relationships, and differed as to the reliability of estimating TYV as a function of CY. …”
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Bridging the Divide: Grouping EFL Undergraduate Students Based on Their Language Proficiency by Shahida Nurmatova, Osman Albdulkadir Ahmed

“…Grouping students based on their abilities has been a long-standing practice and grouping them based on their English language proficiency has not been an exception. …”
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AKPIN fintech application as one of the drivers for non-state pension system development by E. V. Knyazev, M. L. Dorofeev

“…The proposed application has the ability to analyze the user’s data and, based on it, offer recommendations to increase their savings. …”
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Metabolic and Morphological Aspects of Adaptation of Alkaliphilic Bacillus aequororis 5-DB and Alkali-Tolerant Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633 to Changes in pH and Mineralization by Yuliya Maksimova, Ann Eliseeva, Aleksandr Maksimov

“…The selected set of methods (reduction of resazurin to resorufin by cell dehydrogenases, bioluminescent method for determining ATP, AFM, and measurement of intracellular pH) allows us to adequately assess the ability of microbial cells to withstand harsh environmental factors. …”
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Lipid-based systems with precipitation inhibitors as formulation approach to improve the drug bioavailability and/or lower its dose: a review by Kovačević Mila, Gašperlin Mirjana, Pobirk Alenka Zvonar

“…However, the inhibiting ability is mainly governed not only by the physicochemical properties of the polymer but also by the API, therefore the choice of optimal precipitation inhibitor is recommended to be evaluated on an individual basis.…”
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Aquaculture applications of the Family Blenniidae by Jesse Von Linden, Joshua T. Patterson, Cortney L. Ohs, Matt DiMaggio

“…The Blenniidae family is particularly common in the reef keeping community not only for their active nature, but also for their substrate cleaning and algae eating abilities.  According to a 2012 report on marine ornamental fish, the family Blenniidae is 11th most imported group into the United States by volume with over 75 distinct species being traded (Rhyne et al. 2012).  …”
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Does renewable energy reduce energy intensity? A matter of income inequality by Rongrong Li, Zhuang Yang, Qiang Wang

“…By contrast, in middle-income countries, severe income disparities erode the ability of renewable energy to contribute meaningfully to reducing energy intensity. …”
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Aquaculture applications of the Family Blenniidae by Jesse Von Linden, Joshua T. Patterson, Cortney L. Ohs, Matt DiMaggio

“…The Blenniidae family is particularly common in the reef keeping community not only for their active nature, but also for their substrate cleaning and algae eating abilities.  According to a 2012 report on marine ornamental fish, the family Blenniidae is 11th most imported group into the United States by volume with over 75 distinct species being traded (Rhyne et al. 2012).  …”
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The role of information skewness in shaping extremist content: A look at four extremists by Waseem Afzal

“…In the contemporary world, the ability of extremists to spread their narratives using digital information environments has increased tremendously. …”
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Detecting and Mitigating Smart Insider Jamming Attacks in MANETs Using Reputation-Based Coalition Game by Ashraf Al Sharah, Taiwo Oyedare, Sachin Shetty

“…Security in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) is challenging due to the ability of adversaries to gather necessary intelligence to launch insider jamming attacks. …”
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Knowledge and Attitudes About Obstructive Sleep Apnea Among Dental Students: A Cross-Sectional Study by Selin Gas, Gülhan Yildirim

“…While67.6% of participants considered OSA to be of clinical importance, only 18.2% were confident in their ability to manage OSA.Conclusion: There are some deficiencies in the OSA education provided to dental students. …”
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The Narrator as Mediator and Explicator in Victorian and Edwardian Retellings of Shakespeare for Children by Laura Tosi

“…I argue that there is an unresolved paradox at the core of this retelling enterprise: the child reader is gently coerced by narrators for his/her own good, although this control/coercion might deprive children of the possibility to develop their abilities to understand characters’ motivations or actions. …”
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Failure Mechanisms of Structural Bamboo Using Microstructural Analyses by Mutaz K. Chahrour, Md. Akter Hosen, Yingxin Goh, Teong Yen Tong, Soon Poh Yap, Mohamed Amine Khadimallah

“…Based on the experimental studies discussed in this paper, the conclusion can convey a positive message regarding the ability of bamboo as a primary sustainable substitute for conventional construction materials.…”
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Competitive interactions for food resources between invasive Ponto-Caspian gobies and their native competitors in the context of global warming by Piotr Kłosiński, Jarosław Kobak, Tomasz Kakareko

“…We intended to check whether an elevated summer temperature (25 vs. 17 °C) affects the abilities of the Ponto-Caspian gobies to compete for food. …”
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