A Novel Approach to Enhancing the Effectiveness of Chemistry Teaching by Preservice Teachers by Akylbek Meirbekov, Dinara Berdi, Zhanat Burayeva, Ilyas Ikramov, Makpal Sarbaeva

“…The study explores key constructs such as Perceived Usability (PU), Perceived Autonomy (PAU), Perceived Teaching Support (PTS), Perceived Competency (PCM), Perceived Relatedness (PRT), Perceived Ease of Use (PEOU), Cognitive Teaching Involvement (CTI), and Affective Teaching Involvement (ATI), examining their influence on teaching performance. …”
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Fat from Tenebrionidae Bugs - Sterols Content, Fatty Acid Profiles, and Cardiovascular Risk Indexes by Jiri Mlcek, Anna Adamkova, Martin Adamek, Marie Borkovcova, Martina Bednarova, Ivana Knizkova

“…This work focused on analysing the content of selected sterols and profile of fatty acids of edible insect species – mealworm ( Tenebrio molitor ) and superworm ( Zophobas morio ), which are expected to increase their usability in human nutrition. Sterols content was determined using capillary gas chromatography method. …”
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Unveiling microbial communities with EasyAmplicon: A user‐centric guide to perform amplicon sequencing data analysis by Salsabeel Yousuf, Hao Luo, Meiyin Zeng, Lei Chen, Tengfei Ma, Xiaofang Li, Maosheng Zheng, Xin Zhou, Liang Chen, Jiao Xi, Hongye Lu, Huiluo Cao, Xiaoya Ma, Bian Bian, Pengfan Zhang, Jiqiu Wu, Renyou Gan, Baolei Jia, Linyang Sun, Zhicheng Ju, Yunyun Gao, Waqar Afzal Malik, Chuang Ma, Hujie Lyu, Yahui Li, Huiyu Hou, Yuanping Zhou, Defeng Bai, Yao Wang, Haifei Yang, Jiani Xun, Shengda Du, Tianyuan Zhang, Xiulin Wan, Kai Peng, Shanshan Xu, Tao Wen, Tong Chen, Yong‐Xin Liu

“…To further facilitate the researchers and enhance usability, we present a detailed protocol with a video recording that guides users through each step of the pipeline, including data preprocessing (quality filtering, chimera removal), amplicon sequence variant analysis, diversity analysis, and data visualization. …”
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Untitled by Terrence A. Brooks

“…Powerful web writers of the first decade of the Web needed to be cautioned about usability and accessibility issues. As power shifts to web readers, they become capable of customizing web pages to their own tastes and purposes. …”
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Validation of mixed reality in planning orbital reconstruction with patient-specific implants by K. Dubron, E. Shaheen, R. Jacobs, C. Politis, R. Willaert

“…Abstract This study aims to evaluate and compare the usability and performance of mixed reality (MR) technology versus conventional methods for preoperative planning of patient-specific reconstruction plates for orbital fractures. …”
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ENHANCING PROJECT QUALITY THROUGH EFFECTIVE REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT by Sławomir Wawak

“…The importance of various requirements and sources varied across industries, team sizes, and budgets. Legal compliance, usability, and safety of use emerged as significant parameters for evaluating project outcomes. …”
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Demographics, Practising Arrangements, and Standards: Survey among New Zealand Dentists by Robert James Lee, Jithendra Ratnayake, Arthi Veerasamy, Carolina Loch, Peter Cathro, Paul A. Brunton

“…Two hundred and four questionnaires were returned, of which 188 were usable giving a response rate of 53.5%. The majority of the respondents (63.5%) were male and practice principals (56.8%). …”
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Forming consumer loyalty of scientific and technical information: the results of a study by A. N. Timokhovich, E. V. Samokhodkin, A. A. Elzon

“…Attention is focused on such aspects as the quality of information, its relevance, accessibility and usability. Based on the identified aspects and their impact on the formation of loyalty, the authors have developed recommendations for improving strategies and practices of loyalty formation. …”
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The use of genre analysis in the design of electronic meeting systems by Pedro Antunes, Carlos J. Costa, José A. Pino

“…The paper tackles the following common problems found in current electronic meeting systems: (1) reduced organizational integration, neglecting many contextual cues and explaining factors necessary to make meeting outcomes usable within the organization; (2) lack of support to specific communities of users, stressing the dependency on a facilitator to configure and manage the technology; and (3) lack of support to meeting occurrences that span across long time periods. …”
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An Evaluation Of The Enjoyment Levels Of Participants Of LifeLab, A Health Literacy Intervention For Socially Disadvantaged Adolescents. by Lorna Burke, Dr. Hannah Goss, Craig Smith, Dr. Johann Issartel, Dr. Sarahjane Belton

“…It is hoped these refinements, as part of ongoing intervention development, may increase levels of enjoyment, which will therefore enhance the usability and success of LifeLab.…”
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SQUARE-IT: a proposed approach to square the identified research problem in the literature with the objectives, the appropriate clinical research question, and the research hypothe... by Martin Alfuth, Jonas Klemp, Annette Schmidt, Lukas Streese, Nikolai Ramadanov, Robert Prill

“…They ask whether the identified research problem is ‘Specific’, ‘Quantifiable’, ‘Usable’, ‘Accurate’, ‘Restricted’, ‘Eligible’, ‘Investigable’, and ‘Timely’. …”
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Prospective observational study to evaluate the feasibility of the mobile app for mild cognitive impairment detection and screening by Reo Hamaguchi, Seiji Hongo, Naoto Doi, Hisamitsu Ide, Ryozo Saito, Junji Kishimoto, Nobuhiro Handa, Shigeo Horie

“…Although minor technical issues and usability challenges were identified, the results support the mobile app as a reliable and user-friendly alternative for cognitive screening. …”
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Human–computer interaction in healthcare: Comprehensive review by Meher Langote, Saniya Saratkar, Praveen Kumar, Prateek Verma, Chetan Puri, Swapnil Gundewar, Palash Gourshettiwar

“…The analysis delves into the application of HCI principles, particularly user-centered approaches, to enhance feedback mechanisms, ensure consistency, and improve visibility within medical settings, all of which contribute to creating practical, usable, and memorable interfaces. The review provides an overview of successful and unsuccessful cases, demonstrating what determines efficacy in healthcare interface design. …”
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Adaptive Real-Time Translation Assistance Through Eye-Tracking by Dimosthenis Minas, Eleanna Theodosiou, Konstantinos Roumpas, Michalis Xenos

“…Participants positively rated ETS’s usability and were noted through preferences for customization, such as pop-up placement and sentence-level translations. …”
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Novel Statistical Analysis Schemes for Frequency-Modulated Thermal Wave Imaging for Inspection of Ship Hull Materials by Ishant Singh, Vanita Arora, Prabhu Babu, Ravibabu Mulaveesala

“…In the field of thermal non-destructive testing and evaluation (TNDT&E), active thermography gained popularity due to its fast wide-area monitoring and remote inspection capability to assess materials without compromising their future usability. Among the various active thermographic methods, pulse compression-favorable frequency-modulated thermal wave imaging stands out for its enhanced detectability and depth resolution. …”
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Spirometric reference equations and lung function testing in adults from Southwestern Tanzania by R. Wenzel, E. Siyame, O. Ivanova, A. Bakuli, J. Lalashowi, F.C. Zekoll, M. Hoelscher, I. Sabi, A. Rachow, N.E. Ntinginya

“…RESULTS: Out of 400 recruited participants, 343 had usable spirometry results with respect to the American Thoracic Society (ATS)/European Respiratory Society (ERS) reproducibility and acceptability criteria. …”
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Impact of Chatbots on User Experience and Data Quality on Citizen Science Platforms by Akasha-Leonie Kessel, Soror Sahri, Sven Groppe, Jinghua Groppe, Hanieh Khorashadizadeh, Marc Pignal, Eva Perez Pimparé, Régine Vignes-Lebbe

“…With these, a prototype with a user interface in the form of a chatbot was designed and implemented using LangGraph, and afterward evaluated through expert evaluation to assess its effect on usability and user experience (UX). The findings indicate that such a chatbot can enhance UX and improve data quality by guiding users and providing immediate feedback. …”
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Noise-Based Active Defense Strategy for Mitigating Eavesdropping Threats in Internet of Things Environments by Abdallah Farraj, Eman Hammad

“…Specifically, an IoT device communicating over an insecure wireless channel will utilize intentional noise signals transmitted alongside the actual IoT information signal. …”
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A Water Extraction Method for Multiple Terrains Area Based on Multisource Fused Images: A Case Study of the Yangtze River Basin by Huang Ruolong, Shen Qian, Fu Bolin, Yue Yao, Yuting Zhang, Qianyu Du

“…Our approach successfully extracts water bodies from cloudy optical imagery without being hindered by cloud cover, thereby enhancing the usability of optical remote sensing images. The accuracy of our method reaches 91.73%, with a Kappa value of 0.90. …”
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Validity of Visible Ectoparasite Intensity As a Non-invasive Biomarker for Fish welfare: Parasitic Copepod, Lernantropus kroyeri in Sea Bass As an Example by Hijran Yavuzcan

“…In determining fish welfare, conducting welfare assessments with non-invasive biomarkers is crucial thus the primary objective of this study is to explore the potential usability of visible parasites as welfare biomarkers in fish without causing any harm to the fish. …”
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