Cloud service composition optimization based on service association impact and improved NSGA-II algorithm by Chong Zhang, Longge Wang, Ketai He

“…Extensive experiments on both benchmark problems and cloud service composition scenarios demonstrate that the proposed algorithm outperforms conventional multi-objective optimization methods in terms of convergence, diversity, and robustness. …”
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Evaluability Assessment: Clarifying Organizational Support and Data Availability by Joseph Hare, Timothy Guetterman

“…The primary purpose was assessing the presence of measurable program objectives (Trevisan, 2007), yet evaluators conducting EA encountered difficulty with unclear, ambiguous methods (Smith, 2005). Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative study was to clarify two aspects of evaluability assessment, organizational support and data availability. …”
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Enhancing patient-provider relationships with a whole person oriented healing pathway model by Jolie N. Haun, Justin T. McDaniel, Rachel C. Benzinger, Christine Melillo

“…Design With a phenomenological approach, a prospective descriptive study design was used to conduct in-depth semi-structured focus groups and individual interviews, which elicited experiences facilitating healing. Thematic content analysis methods were used to organize and analyze data findings within the context of a healing pathway model. …”
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Student-on-staff violence at South African universities: A qualitative study by Bonginkosi Hardy MUTONGOZA

“…Against this background, this study sought to explore narratives of student-on-staff violence and determine the extent to which these incidents happened. Methods: Using a qualitative approach, the study employed a phenomenological research design. …”
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Rolling Prediction of Emergency Supplies Based on Postdisaster Multisource Time-Varying Information by Wei Li, Ming Zhang, Boquan Li, Songrui Li, Zhifeng Qiu

“…Finally, the proposed method is verified by an experiment with a general mean prediction error of 10.96%. …”
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A Web-Based Resource Informed by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Positive Psychology to Address Stress, Negative Affect, and Problematic Alcohol Use: A Usability and Descriptive S... by Ingrid Serck-Hanssen, Marit Solheim-Witt, Justin J Anker, Dawn E Sugarman

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to evaluate satisfaction and usability of the web-based Alpha Element Self-Coaching Plan in order to inform the development of an expanded digital platform based on the Alpha Element framework. MethodsParticipants enrolled in the web-based program as part of their clinical care were eligible to participate. …”
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A systematic review of social impacts of treatment and rehabilitation of head and neck cancer patients by Rebecca T. Bernstein, Aphra Garner-Purkis, Jennifer E. Gallagher, Sasha Scambler

“…Following a comprehensive search of OVID (Embase, Medline, Pubmed, PsycINFO) and Web of Science, the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT) was used to assess the methodological quality of all included studies. …”
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Psychometric evaluation of the System Usability Scale in the context of a childrearing app co-designed for low- and middle-income countries by Qaisar Khan, Ian B Hickie, Victoria Loblay, Mahalakshmi Ekambareshwar, Iqthyer Uddin Md Zahed, Aila Naderbagi, Yun JC Song, Haley M LaMonica

“…Survey data from participants ( n =  668) was analysed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis methods. Results The bi-factor model shows the best fit to data (comparative fit index = 0.998; Tucker Lewis Index = 0.996; standardised root mean square residual = 0.033). …”
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The Role of Pedagogical Mentoring in Building Professional Competencies of Future Music Teachers by Lina ILCHUK, Inna RATYNSKA, Halyna SHVYDKIV, Mykola SHVYDKIV, Alla LISOVA

“…The research employed such methods as questionnaires, testing, and a formative experiment. …”
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Perbandingan aspek ekologi dan karakteristik bulubabi Tripneustes gratilla pada lokasi berbeda by , Tasruddin, , Aonurafiq

“…The advantage of the research expected to be an effective and efficient solutions in the advance of aquaculture by prioritizing a continuing environment conservation aspect. Experiment and survei method with randomized sampling location applied in five different locations. …”
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A Weighted-Transfer Domain-Adaptation Network Applied to Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Fault Diagnosis by Jian Yang, Hairong Chu, Lihong Guo, Xinhong Ge

“…The experimental results show that, under the condition of fewer anomalous target data samples, the proposed method had a classification accuracy of up to 90%, which is higher than that of the other compared methods, and performed with superior transferability on the cross-domain datasets. …”
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Problematic Use of the Internet and Cybervictimization: An Empirical Study with Spanish Adolescents by Verónica Marcos, Francisca Fariña, Manuel Isorna, Santiago López-Roel, Katia Rolán

“…Method: A field study was designed to analyse the prevalence of problematic Internet and social media use, as well as cybervictimisation, sexting, and grooming. …”
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Implementing routine assessment of perinatal anxiety: case studies by Andrea Sinesi, Georgina Constantinou, Cassandra Yuill, Rose Meades, Helen Cheyne, Margaret Maxwell, Catherine Best, Susan Ayers, Judy Shakespeare, Fiona Alderdice, Julie Jomeen, Grace Howard

“…Identification of perinatal anxiety is recommended in various countries, but there is a lack of consensus on the most effective, acceptable and feasible measure to use. The Methods of Assessing Perinatal Anxiety study previously found the Stirling Antenatal Anxiety Scale to be diagnostically accurate and acceptable to women. …”
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User acceptability and perceived impact of a mobile interactive education and support group intervention to improve postnatal health care in northern India: a qualitative study by Valentina Cox, Preetika Sharma, Garima Singh Verma, Navneet Gill, Nadia G. Diamond-Smith, Mona Duggal, Vijay Kumar, Rashmi Bagga, Jasmeet Kaur, Pushpendra Singh, Alison M. El Ayadi

“…Objective We explored the user perceptions of acceptability and impact of a virtual interactive maternal and child health intervention pilot tested in Punjab State, India, including their perspectives on barriers and facilitators to engage with this intervention. Methods This qualitative study was embedded within extensive mixed-method research, and oriented by the Realist Evaluation approach. …”
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Transprofessional education in the student discourse: Demand, expectations, risks by A. N. Pinchuk, S. G. Karepova, D. A. Tikhomirov

“…The representation of the results of a quantitative study is based on a statistical analysis of the survey data using nonparametric methods to check the relationship between variables. …”
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Second victim syndrome and turnover intention among critical care nurses by Sulaiman Al Sabei, Mohammed Qutishat

“…Therefore, this study examined the relationship between the SVS and turnover intention among staff nurses working in critical care units. Method This study used a descriptive cross-sectional design. …”
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Factors Influencing Electronic Brand Love and E-Loyalty by Reza Salehzadeh, Arash AdelPanah, seyed Mehdi Mirmehdi

“…In this study, a cross-sectional survey is conducted based on the questionnaire method to collect data from a sample of 300 customers of the Digikala Website in Isfahan, Iran. …”
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Childhood adversity, recent life stressors and suicidal behavior in Chinese college students. by Zhiqi You, Mingxi Chen, Sen Yang, Zongkui Zhou, Ping Qin

“…<h4>Background</h4>Although the independent effects of childhood adversities and of recent negative events on suicidality have been well-documented, the combinative role of childhood and recent adversities on risk for suicidality is still underexplored, especially in the context of Chinese culture and in consideration of specific types of negative events.<h4>Method</h4>5989 students, randomly sampled from six universities in central China, completed the online survey for this study. …”
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The Effect of Nurses' Personality Traits on Innovative Behaviors: A Cross-sectional Study by Nurcan Bilgin, Aydın Akar, Adalet Kutlu

“…Aim: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of nurses' personality traits on innovative behaviors. Method: The population of this descriptive and cross-sectional and relationship seeking study included 245 nurses, with a sample size of 150 nurses worked in a state hospital between June 2023 and January 2024. …”
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Structural Components of Cognitive Rigidity by A.N. Pevneva

“…The study was conducted in 2 stages: the participants of the first stage were 584 respondents (M = 21.46; SD = 6.22); the participants of the second stage were 204 (M = 19.66; SD = 5.06). A series of samples included in the test of J. Stroup, the method &ldquo;Study of the influence of past experience on the way of problem solving&rdquo; and &ldquo;Lability of thinking&rdquo; by A. …”
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