Linguistic complexity in high-school students’ EFL writing by Delić Amer, Jašić Alma Jahić

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Exploring the concurrent validity of a linguistically responsive pre-reading assessment in bilingual children: the Urdu Phonological Tele-Assessment (U-PASS) tool by Insiya Bhalloo, Insiya Bhalloo, Monika Molnar, Monika Molnar

“…The U-PASS consists of 10 phonological awareness, phonological memory, and rapid automatized naming subtests.MethodsWe tested 115 typically-developing Urdu-English simultaneous bilinguals in Grades 1–2 across Canada and Pakistan on the U-PASS, vocabulary and reading accuracy measures, and background questionnaires.ResultsItem-level analysis, involving point-biserial correlations, accuracy rates, and Cronbach’s alpha, and linear regression, involving subtest- and composite-level analysis, were used to collect evidence for U-PASS’s internal reliability and criterion-based concurrent validity.DiscussionOur linear regression analyses indicated significant phonological processing-reading associations after accounting for background variables, thereby demonstrating U-PASS’s concurrent validity for assessing Urdu word/non-word reading. …”
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Teaching Strategies and the Holistic Acquisition of Knowledge of the Visual Arts by Eda Birsa

“…Due to the rapid development and advancement within various fields, the scope of knowledge is expanding at a staggering pace. …”
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Design and Research of Intelligent Chatbot for Campus Information Consultation Assistant by Yao Song, Chunli Lv, Kun Zhu, Xiaobin Qiu

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Empirical evidence of students' systems thinking skills in ESD-oriented: A Rasch analysis approach by Ikmanisa Khairati, L. Lufri, Muhyiatul Fadilah

“… Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) serves as a key accelerator for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), emphasizing systems thinking as an essential competency that must be cultivated in the learning process. …”
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Collaborative participation in a home economics context: using school meals as a part of sustainable education by Kristiina Janhonen, Cecilia Olsson, Maria Waling

“…This action research study explores how co-developing school meals can be taken as a case for education for sustainable development, as integrated to home economics education. …”
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The impact of early giftedness identification on long-term academic success: a cross-sectional study in King Abdullah II schools for excellence in Jordan by Hassan Rafi’ Ali Shaheen

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Green-derived CaO nanoparticles from Furcraea plant fibers: A sustainable route for biomedical applications by Lakshmikanth G, Beemkumar Nagappan, Arpit Arora, Nalla Bhanu Teja, Madhan Kumar G, Sankar Narayan Das, Ritesh Pratap Singh, Kamakshi Priya K

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Developmental changes in dopamine-related neurophysiology and associations with adolescent substance use and incentive-boosted cognitive control by Jessica S. Flannery, Ashley C. Parr, Kristen A. Lindquist, Eva H. Telzer

“…Adolescent participants (N = 168; 51.8 % female) underwent an fMRI scan up to four times across 6th to 11th grade (age range: 11.9–18.6 years old) resulting in 469 fMRI timepoints. …”
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The behavior of the serve, return of serve, and third action in male young athletes from the Brazilian national padel team by Felipe Giudice da Silva Morais, Gustavo De Conti Teixeira Costa, Natiele Follmann, Renan Schwaab, Gustavo Ferreira Pedrosa, Henrique de Oliveira Castro, Thiago José Leonardi, Lorenzo Laporta

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Exploring the relationship between social-emotional risk and literacy outcomes: evidence from a collective impact, targeted mentoring initiative by Kimberly Wilson, Nigel Soria, William Polite

“…Design/methodology/approach – The study analyzed data from 396 mentees in grades K-6 using the Social, Academic and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener (SAEBRS) and FastBridge ELA benchmark assessments. …”
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Experimental Study on Effect of Operating Temperature on Evaporation Accommodation Coefficient of Working Fluid in Sodium Heat Pipe by MA Zaiyong1, 2, ZHOU Zheng1, 2, MA Yugao3, WU Qi1, 2, ZHANG Luteng1, 2, LIAN Qiang1, 2, TANG Simiao1, 2, PAN Liangming1, 2

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Development of Imaging Complexity Biomarkers for Prediction of Symptomatic Radiation Pneumonitis in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Focusing on Underlying Lung Disease by Jeongeun Hwang, Hakyoung Kim, Joon-Young Moon, Sun Myung Kim, Dae Sik Yang

“…<b>Objectives:</b> We aimed to develop imaging biomarkers to predict radiation pneumonitis (RP) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients undergoing thoracic radiotherapy. …”
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The Risk of Developing Liver Fibrosis is Associated with Polymorphism and Rare Haplotypes of the <i>TGFB1</i> Gene in Children with End Stage Liver Disease by R. M. Kurabekova, O. Ye. Gichkun, O. M. Tsiroulnikova, I. Ye. Pashkova, O. P. Shevchenko, S. V. Gautier

“…During histological examination of the liver removed before transplantation, fibrosis of different severity grades was diagnosed in all children in accordance with the criteria of the METAVIR scale: 5 cases — Grade F1, 9 cases — Grade F2, 14 cases — Grade F3 and 79 cases — Grade F4. …”
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Impact of Inflammatory Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms on Developing Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease in Children Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation by Riccardo Masetti, Daniele Zama, Milena Urbini, Annalisa Astolfi, Virginia Libri, Francesca Vendemini, William Morello, Roberto Rondelli, Arcangelo Prete, Andrea Pession

“…We retrospectively tested a wide panel of 38 polymorphisms in 19 immunoregulatory genes, aiming to first establish, in a pediatric HSCT setting, which SNPs were significantly associated with the development of aGvHD. A significant association was found between aGvHD grades II–IV and SNPs of donor IL10-1082GG, and Fas-670CC + CT and recipient IL18-607 TT + TG genotype. aGvHD grades III-IV resulted associated with donor IL10-1082GG, Fas-670CC + CT, and TLR4-3612TT as well as the use of peripheral CD34+ cells as stem cell source. …”
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Developing the Islamic culture curriculum according to the purposes of Sharia to enhance some of the values of intellectual security among Al-Azhar secondary school students by Walaa Al- Hawwary

“…curriculum developed in Islamicculture in the light of the Sharia objectives in promoting the values of the intellectual security for Al-Azhar 1st grade secondary stage . …”
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The revised version of the retracted article: The development and preliminary validation of a social-emotional skills assessment instrument for Estonian lower secondary school stud... by Einpaul Piret, Leijen Äli, Baucal Aleksandar

“…The initial version of the instrument was developed based on the descriptions of the SE skills from the frameworks by Primi et al. (2017) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; Chernyshenko et al., 2018) and it consisted of 48 items. …”
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Development of a STEM-based e-module using the MIKiR model on energy sources material to enhance students’ critical thinking skills by Jesi Alexander Alim, Neni Hermita, Zetra Hainul Putra, Cici Oktaviani

“…This research aims to develop STEM-integrated MIKiR-based e-modules on the topic of energy sources for fourth-grade students that are valid, practical, and effective.MethodsThe study uses the Plomp development model consisting of Preliminary Research, Prototyping, and Assessment phases. …”
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Development of Smart Apps Creator (SAC)-Based Android Application Learning Media to Improve Students' Understanding of Islamic Education Materials in Elementary Schools by Ani Nur Aeni, Nurdinah Hanifah, Rahimah Rahimah, Ahmad Arifuddin

“…The SAHIH application is a SAC-based android learning media made for materials to welcome puberty in grade IV of elementary school. The SAHIH application is made based on the analysis of needs and analysis of independent curriculum documents. …”
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Implications of Regionalizing Care in the Developing World: Impact of Distance to Referral Center on Compliance to Biopsy Recommendations in a Brazilian Prostate Cancer Screening C... by Alexis R. Freedland, Roberto L. Muller, Cathrine Hoyo, Elizabeth L. Turner, Patricia G. Moorman, Eliney F. Faria, Gustavo F. Carvalhal, Rodolfo B. Reis, Edmundo C. Mauad, Andre L. Carvalho, Stephen J. Freedland

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