The Managers' Perceptions of Telework Implementation Requirements in the Algerian Companies: A Post Covid-19 Assessment by Riad BENGHEBRID

“… Purpose: The main purpose of the study was determining the basic requirements for implementing telework in Algerian companies after the Covid-19 pandemic, in order to establish it, and accordingly it become a prevailing management culture. Design/Method/Approach: We opted for an essentially qualitative approach field by conducting semi-structured interviews individually with 11 company managers from different sectors of activity in order for the interviewee to feel sufficiently free and to have as much transparency and credibility as possible, and to obtain in-depth information that is difficult to express quantitatively or statistically, with diversity of the sample in terms of (age, professional experience, sector of activity, legal form etc.). …”
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STUDENTS' MATHEMATICAL REPRESENTATION AND REASONING SKILLS THROUGH AN ETHNOMATHEMATICS-BASED RME APPROACH by Luis Matital, Tanwey G Ratumanan, Christina M Laamena

“…Researchers used quantitative research methods. This research is aquasi experiment with pretest postest research design conducted on grade IX students of SMP Negeri 1 Seram Barat. …”
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Imaging‐Based Lensless Polarization‐Sensitive Fluid Stream Analyzer for Automated, Label‐Free, and Cost‐Effective Microplastic Classification by Fraser Montandon, Fred Nicolls

“…The ocean is of particular interest as the monitoring of microplastics presents a challenge in that in situ fluid stream solutions are not readily available and traditional sampling methods are labor‐intensive and costly. This study introduces an imaging‐based lensless polarization‐sensitive fluid stream analyzer (FSA) for automated, label‐free, and cost‐effective detection and classification of microplastics. …”
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An analysis of the mediating effect of presenteeism between job crafting and organizational silencing in junior nurses: a cross sectional study by Na Yang, Dandan Wang, Chen Wei, Jingwen Wang, Liping Yuan

“…A convenience sample of 170 junior nurses (with ≤5 years of clinical experience) was selected from a tertiary hospital in Wuhu City, Anhui Province, and data were collected using a structured questionnaire, and questionnaires were administered using the General Information Questionnaire, Stanford Presenteeism Scales (SPS-6), Job Crafting Questionnaire (JCQ), and Nurse organizational silence assessment questionnaire (NOSAQ). …”
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The Role of Sports in Building Resilience: A Machine Learning Approach to the Psychological Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children and Adolescents by Giulia Di Martino, Carlo della Valle, Alessandra di Cagno, Giovanni Fiorilli, Giuseppe Calcagno, Daniele Conte

“…The main predictor of depression is the sample age, followed by the training experience. Depressive symptoms were identified in 71.3% of participants (75.7% adolescents; 64% children). …”
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Exploring the Resilience–Performance Relationship in Volleyball Players: a Pilot Study on Problem-Solving Strategies by Asterios Patsiaouras, Konstantinos Tsetsilas, Eirini Politi, Konstantinos Charitonidis

“…Additionally, adding as a variable the training experience of participants, statistically significant differences were observed when the athletes had training experience of 8 years or more compared to athletes with less experience. …”
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Perception of the organization's safety culture by medical staff in Germany and Russia by K. N. Tsaranov

“…To compare the perception of the safety culture of the organisation by medical staff in Germany and Russia.Materials and methods. In the study carried out in Germany (Bohmann F. …”
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Pandemic impact, mitigation strategies and peer support: a qualitative analysis of youth, parent, clinician and administrator perspectives by Jennifer Couturier, Maria Nicula, Cheryl Webb, Gina Dimitropoulos, Nicole Obeid, Melissa Kimber, Techiya Loewen, Anne Marie Coolen, Erica Crews, Shaleen Jones, Cendrine Tremblay, Wendy Preskow, Gail McVey, Lori Wozney

“…Methods A national purposive sample was recruited through websites and social media platforms. …”
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Gender differences in preferences, gateway effects, and potential motivations among e-cigarette users in China by Wei Ji, Liyong Shi, Liyong Shi, Xinjun Lin, Zhiqiang Ji, Zhihuang Zhao, Yanping Chen, Pengxiang Huang, Xiali Wang, Xiaofang Dai, Jing Cheng, Lujun Guo, Diwei Wu, Yibiao Chen, Zhangcai Wu, Xiaoyang Chen, Xiaoyang Chen

“…ObjectiveA cross-sectional survey was conducted to investigate the differences in preferences, gateway effects, and potential motivations for e-cigarette use among different genders of e-cigarette users in China, thereby providing ideas for the development of public prevention and intervention measures for e-cigarettes.MethodsThis study adopted a combination of online web questionnaires and offline distribution questionnaires to survey 640 e-cigarette users by snowball sampling and convenience sampling in China in 2023. …”
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Challenges and Alternative Solutions for Implementing Chemistry Practicums in Public High Schools by Suci Nabila, Sulastri Sulastri, Sri Winarni, Zulfadli Zulfadli, Ibnu Khaldun, Lilia Ellany Mohtar

“…Laboratories play a crucial role in enhancing learning experiences, verifying scientific concepts, and solving problems through scientific methods. …”
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Bridging foreign language classroom anxiety to Thai students' Chinese language success by Li Pan, Huiqin Luo, Xianyue He, Yan Ye

“…After that, the researchers re-combined the two samples to analyze how the sub-constructs and HSK scores vary by gender and Chinese learning experience, as well as how each construct correlates with the other sub-constructs and the students' HSK scores. …”
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Survivors’ Narratives of the Oklahoma City Bombing Retold Seven Years Post-Disaster by Elizabeth W. Pollio, Samir Abu-Hamad, Jennifer Wang, Carol S. North, David E. Pollio

“…<b>Methods:</b> From an initial random sample of 182 survivors of the Oklahoma City bombing, narrative descriptions of this experience were collected 7 years after the bomb blast from 116 of the original sample, for the purpose of examining persistent as well as newly evolving content through qualitative analysis. …”
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Lessons and challenges of practice of traditional medicines as an alternative for COVID-19 vaccine in Tanzania by Paul E. Kazyoba, Chima E. Onuekwe, Alexander Makulilo, Tumaini Haonga, William Mwengee, Grace Saguti

“…Settings: The study was conducted in a mix of urban and rural districts, purposively sampled from eight zones of the country. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study which employed the qualitative methods including key informant interviews and focus group discussions in eight zones of Tanzania. …”
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Initialization of cutting tools and milling paths for 5-axis CNC flank milling of freeform surfaces by Pengbo Bo, Siyu Xue, Xiwen Xu, Caiming Zhang

“…This paper introduces a fully automated method that simultaneously initializes both tool shapes and motion paths, achieving high-precision machining with efficient surface coverage. …”
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Adaptively Receding Galerkin Optimal Control for a Nonlinear Boiler-Turbine Unit by Gang Zhao, Zhi-gang Su, Jun Zhan, Hongxia Zhu, Ming Zhao

“…Due to the application of the useful information measured at every sampling time instant, the proposed method can deal with the tracking problem with constraints rather than the stabilization problem that can be only done by the traditional Galerkin optimal control. …”
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Assessment of microbial diversity of soil exposed to nicosulfuron by Amer Sunulahpašić, Sanel Haseljić, Siniša Mitrić, Blažo Lalević

“…Determination of microbial diversity (total number of bacteria, ammonification bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes) was performed using standard methodology, whilst nicosulfuron-tolerant bacteria were isolated using enrichment method. Soil without nicosulfuron application was used as a control. …”
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Autonomous air combat decision making via graph neural networks and reinforcement learning by Lin Huo, Chudi Wang, Yue Han

“…The findings demonstrate that the proposed method can effectively adapt to large-scale air combat environments while achieving high win rates and rapid decision-making performance.…”
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Problems Faced by PIKTES Teachers in Life Science Classes and Suggested Solutions by Canan Günay, Emrullah Akcan

“…In this study, which employed the case study method as a qualitative research design, the opinions of 21 teachers were obtained using the typical case sampling method. …”
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Rekayasa Perangkat Lunak Aplikasi Presensi Mobile Menggunakan Metode Deep Learning by Ragil Setiawan, Nurcahya Pradana Taufik Prakisya, Rosihan Ariyuana

“…Seeing the ongoing development of facial pattern recognition algorithms such as Viola Jones, Backpropagation, this research uses the MobileFaceNet  mobile CNN model which is currently popular to be implemented in the mobile-based facial recognition presence application at the Information and Computer Engineering Education (PTIK) FKIP UNS. The deep learning method is a method for understanding and classifying objects. …”
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New Exclusion for Children with Special Needs Case Study in Inclusive School in Banyumas Regency by Aan Desta Riani, Edy Suyanto, Tyas Retno Wulan

“…This study aims to identify new forms of exclusion for children with special needs in inclusive schools in Banyumas Regency. The research method uses a qualitative method with a case study approach, research informants were determined using purposive sampling consisting of class teachers, special assistant teachers, students with special needs, principals and parents of students with special needs. and analyzed using interactive analysis. …”
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