Standards and Practices: A Reflection on Programming for Skill Learning and Evaluation in the First Aid Classroom

“…This paper explores two priorities that may initially seem conflicting: the need to standardize the delivery of skills for purposes of mass education, production of learning materials, and program evaluation; facing the need to personalize the skills to fit the learner and the context in which the skills are intended to be applied. …”
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Development of Fuzzy Level of Service Criteria for Bus Rapid Transit considering User Heterogeneities in China by Yueying Huo, Jianrong Liu, Jian Zhang, Xiaojuan Li

“…The LOS criteria for the two groups of passengers fit their psychological characteristics and reflected their personalized travel needs. …”
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Evaluation of the Crossbreeding Scheme and Farmers’ Perception of Awassi and Dorper Crossbred Sheep by Zeleke Tesema, Alemu Kefale, Belay Deribe, Getasew Esayas, Demlie Chanie, Getachew Worku Alebachew, Solomon Tiruneh, Mekonen Shibeshi

“…Continuous type of data were analyzed using different procedures of SAS, while the estimated breeding value (EBV) for distributed rams was estimated by the WOMBAT software fitting animal model. The findings showed that sheep were the most significant species and that they were primarily raised for meat consumption and income generation. …”
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Risk of Selected Fetal Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes at Advanced Maternal Age: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia by Bikila Tefera Debelo, Melaku Hunie Asratie, Abayneh Aklilu Solomon

“…Binary logistic regression (bivariate and multivariable) model was fitted, and wealth index was analyzed by principal component analysis. …”
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In-Situ Electrospinning Dressings Loaded with Kaempferol for Reducing MMP9 to Promote Diabetic Ulcer Healing by Li J, Meng H, Guo W, Zhou L, Wu S, Gao G, Liu Q, You D, Qu W

“…The in vivo wound healing efficacy of the dressings was analyzed in the diabetic wound model rats. Histological and immunofluorescence staining were performed to determine the status of epithelization, collagen deposition, MMP9 expression, macrophage polarization, inflammation response and angiogenesis.Results: Material science experiments have shown that the dressing has optimal fiber micromorphology and good water vapor transport properties (WVTR: 4.88 kg m− 2 24h− 1); in vivo, diabetic wound experiments have shown that the high porosity and pharmacological effects of PED4 can mutually promote the rapid healing of diabetic wounds (healed 95.9% on day 15), facilitate the transformation of macrophages from M1-type to M2-type and regulate the expression of MMP9.Conclusion: Portable electrospinning dressings equipped with kaempferol not only better fit irregular wounds, but also promote wound healing through MMP9 and macrophage polarization. …”
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Gains and pains: a qualitative study on the implications of value-based health care for professionals by Veerle van Engen, Igna Bonfrer, Fabio Mieris, Malou Ensink, Anne Stiggelbout, Kees Ahaus, Martina Buljac-Samardzic

“…Interview questions and data analysis were guided by the Job Demands–Resources model. Results VBHC interacts with four themes perceived to affect professional’s motivation (perception of making a positive impact, enjoyability of job activities, personal development, and sense of community and support) and three themes perceived to affect job strain (workload, cognitive demands, and confidence). …”
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Value-creating factors in the professional relationship between the auditor and the employer in the auditing profession by Alireza Vaziri, keihan Azadi, Mojtaba Maleki choubari

“…Also, the value of GOF was obtained equal to 0.200, which indicates a good and moderate fit in the model. Extended Abstract Introduction During the past decades, the audit services market at the international level has witnessed many changes, one of the most important of which is the issue of marketing for credit service providers. …”
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Transfer from long-term care to acute care and risk of new permanent cognitive or physical disability among long-term care residents in Canada: protocol for a retrospective cohort... by Sharon Kaasalainen, Daniel I McIsaac, Steven Hawken, Daniel Kobewka, Peter Tanuseputro, Amy Hsu, Robert Talarico, Colleen Webber, Ramtin Hakimjavadi, Celeste Fung, Mary M Scott, Doug Manuel, Christina Y Yin, Jackie Kierulf, Frank Molnar, Sandy Shamon, Aliza Moledina

“…Due to the time-varying nature of the exposure and confounders, we will use an extended cause-specific Cox regression model to explore this relationship. We will fit marginal structural models (MSMs) to account for the known shortcomings of traditional regression modelling, such as collider bias. …”
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The effect of gamification on brand co-creation in app-based businesses: investigating the mediating role of consumer engagement and the moderating role of hedonic and innovativene... by Rayhane Rezagholizade, Zahra Sadeqi-Arani, Esmail Mazroui

“…Smart-PLS software was used to fit the model. Research Findings In order to test the hypotheses or conceptual model of the research, smart-PLS 3 software was used. …”
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The effect of intellectual capital and strategic leadership on organizational citizenship behavior with the moderating role of employees' professional ethics by seyed reza mousavifard

“…The results of structural equation modeling and model fitting showed that intellectual capital predicts changes in organizational citizenship behavior by 46%. …”
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Multiple intelligences and financial decisions: An exploration by Jean David Polo Vargas, María Esperanza Cuenca Coral, Andrés Felipe Zambrano Curcio, Miltón José Zambrano Curcio, Andrés Muñoz Alvis

“…Method: The design is observational -correlational, and this analysis was done using structural equation modeling (SEM). There were 498 participants in the study. …”
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Discovering Travel Spatiotemporal Pattern Based on Sequential Events Similarity by Juanjuan Chen, Liying Huang, Chengliang Wang, Nijia Zheng

“…CTRR-SES shows better performance in predicting the user’s new city travel sequence fitting the user’s individual preference.…”
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Association of exposure to second-hand smoke during childhood with blood DNA methylation by Marta Cosin-Tomas, Thanh Hoang, Cancan Qi, Giulietta S. Monasso, Ryan Langdon, Simon Kebede Merid, Lucinda Calas, Paula de Prado-Bert, Rebecca Richmond, Vincent VW Jaddoe, Liesbeth Duijts, John Wright, Isabella Annesi-Maesano, Regina Grazuleviciene, Marianna Karachaliou, Gerard H. Koppelman, Erik Melén, Olena Gruzieva, Martine Vrijheid, Paul Yousefi, Janine F. Felix, Stephanie J. London, Mariona Bustamante

“…Methods: Six cohorts from the Pregnancy And Childhood Epigenetics (PACE) Consortium (total N = 2,695), with SHS data and child blood DNAm (aged 7–9 years) measured with the Illumina 450K array were included in the meta-analysis. Linear regression models adjusted for covariates were fitted to examine the association between the number of household smokers in postnatal life (0, 1, 2+) and child blood DNAm. …”
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Theoretical Organization of Motivations to Attend First Aid Education: Scoping Review

“…Those  identified  do  fit  into  behavioral theories, as applied in the Social-Ecological and Transtheoretical models for the benefit individual educators and training organizations.   …”
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