Comparison of the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Education Based on Procrastination and Cognitive Motivational Multidimensional Intervention on Self-Efficacy of Students wit... by Parisa Nematzadeh sote, Hosssein ali Qanadzadegan, Seyedeh olia Emadian

“…The research questionnaires were administered, and cognitive-behavioral training focusing on procrastination and motivational-cognitive multidimensional intervention was conducted for the experimental groups, while the control group was placed on the waiting list for the intervention. Results: The findings indicated that both interventions were effective in enhancing academic self-efficacy. …”
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Telecardiology Application in Jordan: Its Impact on Diagnosis and Disease Management, Patients’ Quality of Life, and Time- and Cost-Savings by Yousef Saleh Khader, Mohamad Ismail Jarrah, Abde-Ellah M. Al-Shudifat, Amjad Shdaifat, Husham Aljanabi, Shadwan Ismeil Al-Fakeh, Elias Emil Turk, Khaled Ali Zayed, Hanadi A. Al Quran, Ziad Mohd Ellauzi, Mohammad Al Tahan

“…The majority of patients perceived that the visit to the telecardiology clinic results in less travel time (96.1%), less waiting time (98.1%), and lower cost (100.0%). Telecardiology consultations resulted in an improvement in the quality of life after two months of the first visit. …”
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The Effect of Chatbot Usage on Customer Satisfaction: A Quantitative Study of Shopee, Tokopedia, and Lazada Using SmartPLS by Mira Afrina, Naretha Kawadha, Ardina Ariani, Mukhlis Febriady Febriady

“…The same goes for chatbot in Tokopedia platform, but there are two variables that do not have a direct impact, there are information quality and waiting time. Meanwhile, chatbot in Lazada platform does not affect customer satisfaction. …”
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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease-Related Chronic Kidney Disease by Camelia Cojocariu, Ana-Maria Singeap, Irina Girleanu, Stefan Chiriac, Cristina M. Muzica, Catalin Victor Sfarti, Tudor Cuciureanu, Laura Huiban, Carol Stanciu, Anca Trifan

“…The proportion of patients with liver cirrhosis and those with hepatocellular carcinoma due to nonalcoholic liver disease on the liver transplant waiting list has increased in the last years. The upward trend in the incidence and prevalence of the disease in recent decades raises concern over a possible global epidemic, especially as the disease is still underestimated and underdiagnosed. …”
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A Decomposed-Ensemble Prediction Framework for Gate-In Operations at Container Terminals by Yifan Shen, Beng Xuan, Hongtao Hu, Yansong Wu, Ning Zhao, Zhen Yang

“…This paper analyzes a series of problems caused by the randomness of the arrival of export containers at the container yard, including wastage of yard space, excessive waiting time for external trucks, and conflicts with other production operations. …”
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Data-Driven Modular Vehicle Scheduling in Scenic Areas by Yilin Hong, Min Xu, Yong Jin, Shuaian Wang

“…This paper develops a data-driven method to address the problem of scheduling modular vehicles in scenic areas with dynamic passenger demand. The aim is to minimize operating costs and maximize vehicle utilization by exploiting the adjustable capacity of modular vehicles. …”
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Current Treatment Approaches to HCC with a Special Consideration to Transplantation by N. Bhardwaj, M. T. P. R. Perera, M. A. Silva

“…Even so, patients still continue to die while waiting for a liver transplant. In order to reduce this attrition, bridging techniques and methods for downstaging disease have evolved. …”
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An Adaptive Parallel Method for Indexing Transportation Moving Objects by Kun-lun Chen, Chuan-wen Li, Guang Lu, Jia-quan Li, Tong Zhang

“…In this case, bottlenecked nodes can be translated to quad-tree without interfering with the CPU. Hence, waiting time of other threads caused by locking operations raised by object data updating can be reduced. …”
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Using Smart Card Data Trimmed by Train Schedule to Analyze Metro Passenger Route Choice with Synchronous Clustering by Wei Li, Qin Luo, Qing Cai, Xiongfei Zhang

“…Train schedule is used in this paper to trim smart card data through removing inbound and outbound walking time to/from platforms and waiting time. Thus, passengers’ pure travel time in accord with trains’ arrival and departure can be obtained. …”
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CaLRS: A Critical-Aware Shared LLC Request Scheduling Algorithm on GPGPU by Jianliang Ma, Jinglei Meng, Tianzhou Chen, Minghui Wu

“…So there are always plenty of memory requests waiting at each bank of the shared LLC (L2 in this paper) and global memory. …”
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Effects of a Body-Based Mindfulness Program on Alexithymia, Dispositional Mindfulness, and Distress Symptoms: A Pilot Clinical Trial by Rossella Mattea Quinto, Francesca Russo, Francesca Scafuto, Marco Innamorati, Federico Nitamo Montecucco, Silvia Ghiroldi

“…., experimental group) and the control group (i.e., waiting list). Distress symptoms were assessed with the Symptoms Questionnaire; alexithymia was measured using the Toronto Alexithymia Scale; and dispositional mindfulness was assessed with the Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire. …”
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第一届结构在火灾和爆炸荷载下的安全国际会议(CONFAB 2015)

“…<正>2015年9月2日-4日英国格拉斯哥重要日期:论文全文提交:2015年5月15日审稿意见给出:2015年6月15日提前注册截止:2015年6月15日论文全文截止:2015年7月15日会议注册截止:2015年8月1日会议费用:提前注册费用:450英镑,学生为225英镑;正常注册费用:500英镑,学生为250英镑。联系人及邮箱:Asif S Usmani教授E-mail:asif.usmani@ed.ac.uk…”
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An estimated Hungarian method for data forwarding problem in underwater wireless sensor networks by Jing Wen, Dongwei Li, Linfeng Liu, Jiabin Yuan

“…Data forwarding algorithms are at the core position of underwater wireless sensor networks, which determines data in what way to forward. However, the existing data forwarding algorithms all have problems that transmission delay is too high and delivery ratio is low. …”
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Task-specific temporal prediction mechanisms revealed by motor and electroencephalographic indicators by Alana Arrouet, José Eduardo Marques-Carneiro, Pierre Marquet, Anne Giersch

“…Time prediction is pervasive, and it is unclear whether it is supra-modal or task-specific. This study aimed to investigate the role of motor temporal prediction in preparing to stop a movement following a sensory stimulus. …”
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THE PROSPECT OF MINIMISING PRODUCTION FLOW WASTE ON CONSTRUCTION SITES IN NIGERIA THROUGH THE LAST PLANNER® SYSTEM by Emmanuel Itodo DANIEL, Christine PASQUIRE, Oko John AMEH

Subjects: “…construction sites, Last Planner System, production flow waste, non-value adding activities, Nigeria…”
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Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Current Management and Future Development—Improved Outcomes with Surgical Resection by Yoji Kishi, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Yasuhiko Sugawara, Norihiro Kokudo

“…Non-transplant treatment as a bridge to transplantation also helps in decreasing the risk of tumor progression or death during the waiting period. The optimal timing for transplantation after HCC recurrence remains to be investigated.…”
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Smart City Traffic Flow and Signal Optimization Using STGCN-LSTM and PPO Algorithms by Tuxiang Lin, Rongliang Lin

“…The PPO algorithm dynamically adjusts signal timings, reducing vehicle waiting times by 30% and increasing traffic throughput by 15%. …”
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Environmental influence and species occurrence of yellowjacket drones in an invaded area by Agustina P. Porrino, Maité Masciocchi, Andrés S. Martínez

“…Male hymenopterans often have to move considerable distances during a particular season, searching or waiting for receptive females. Such behavior is likely driven by a complex combination of individual and species-specific traits, environmental influence, and landscape cues. …”
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Optimization Approach for Yard Crane Scheduling Problem with Uncertain Parameters in Container Terminals by Wenqian Liu, Xiaoning Zhu, Li Wang, Baicheng Yan, Xuewei Zhang

“…From the perspective of proactive strategy, considering fluctuations in arrival time of external trucks as well as varied handling volume of yard cranes, a stochastic programming model is established in this paper to obtain a fixed scheme with the minimum expected value of yard crane makespan and total task waiting time over all the scenarios. The scheme does not require rescheduling when facing different situations. …”
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Doctor! Did you Google my symptoms? A qualitative study of patient perceptions of doctors’ point-of-care information seeking by Mieke L van Driel, Isaac Tranter, Ben Mitchell

“…Objective To explore patient perceptions regarding doctors’ information seeking during consultations.Design and setting Qualitative interviews with participants from six general practice waiting rooms in South East Queensland, Australia. …”
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