Révision de l’espèce Homo erectus (Dubois, 1893) by Valéry Zeitoun

“…Ignoring which of the most discriminant parameters allow the reconstruction of phylogeny, all the measurements existing between every reference points are taken into account. Thus each measure can be connected to another (if it cannot, then the “false” precision of some craniometric points should be questioned). …”
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A Non-Surgical Wearable Option for Bone Conduction Hearing Implants: A Comparative Study with Conventional Bone Conduction Hearing Aids Mounted on Eyeglasses by Federica Di Berardino, Giovanni Ciavarro, Giulia Fumagalli, Claudia Albanese, Enrico Pasanisi, Diego Zanetti, Vincenzo Vincenti

“…Fourteen adults with conductive or mixed hearing loss (PTA at 0.5-1-2-4 KHz = 67 ± 15 dB HL) who had been wearing conventional BCHAs mounted on eyeglasses for at least 3 years and had declined surgical implantation of a bone conduction hearing implant (BCHI) were included in the study. …”
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Mechanical Properties and Constitutive Model of Geopolymer Lightweight Aggregate Concrete by Peng Ren, Weijie Zhang, Xiaopeng Ye, Xi Liu

“…The proposed calculation model for characteristic points and the constitutive model can predict the axial compression behavior of GLAC relatively accurately.…”
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Research Progress on the Geological Application of a Flow-Through Time-Resolved Analysis System by Xinning XU, Shuo WANG, Juan XU, Pengfei LIU, Shouye YANG

“…It consists of an eluent mixing unit, a reaction unit and an analysis unit. …”
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Solvability of Some Integral Equations in Banach Space and Their Applications to the Theory of Viscoelasticity by Onur Alp İlhan

“…A special case is an integral equation of contact problem that arises in theory of viscoelasticity of mixed Fredholm and Volterra type with spectral parameter depending on time. …”
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Operation strategy and effect analysis of photovoltaic-energy storage system for single residential buildings under different electricity price models by LIU Xinyang, ZHANG Weirong, DENG Gaofeng, WANG Zhichao

“…Two operational strategies, namely regular operation mode and mixed operation mode, were developed for photovoltaic-energy storage systems under two scenarios: tiered electricity pricing and time of use electricity pricing. …”
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Competition drives the dispersal dynamics of two cup coral morphs in populations on the Powell Basin slopes, Weddell Sea, Antarctica by Tasnuva Ming Khan, Huw J. Griffiths, Nile P. Stephenson, Rowan J. Whittle, Autun Purser, Andrea Manica, Emily G. Mitchell

“…Across 36 sites, we recorded 3431 pink and 1545 orange corals, which formed both mixed and single-population dominant (where either morph was near absent) communities. …”
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Development and expert validation of a ‘Data-to-Action Continuum’ to measure and advance the data-use capabilities of national tuberculosis programs by Manish Kumar, Jeanne Chauffour, Meredith Silver, Yanira Garcia-Mendoza, David Boone

“…The Toolkit was validated by a group of international and country-level experts following an iterative and user-centered process employing mixed methods. # Results The expert-validated D2AC Toolkit measures appropriate capabilities required to transform data to action in the context of an NTP at the national, regional, district, and facility levels across five domains and 17 subdomains using a five-point Likert scale: nascent, defined, established, institutionalized, and optimized…”
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Teachers’ digital literacy competencies according to their age status and their level of use in classes by Gökbulut Burak, Yeniasır Mustafa, Gökbulut Özlem Dağlı

“…In the mixed method research, while the numerical situation was revealed through quantitative data, they were strengthened with qualitative data. …”
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Changes in Magnitude and Shifts in Timing of the Latvian River Annual Flood Peaks by Elga Apsīte, Didzis Elferts, Jānis Lapinskis, Agrita Briede, Līga Klints

“…Alterations in annual flood occurrence also point towards a shift in flow regime from snowmelt dominated to mixed snow–rainfall dominated, with consistent changes towards the earlier timing of the flood peak, with a more or less pronounced gradation from west to east. …”
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Wie wissenschaftlich muss Musiktheorie sein?. Chancen und Herausforderungen musikalischer Korpusforschung by Markus Neuwirth, Martin Rohrmeier

“…The article concludes by making a case for the integration of quantitative approaches in music theory into the overarching framework of a ›mixed methods‹ paradigm.…”
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Gender relations and women's empowerment in small-scale irrigated forage production in Ethiopia. by Immaculate Omondi, Esther Njuguna-Mungai, Melkamu Bezabih Derseh, Nils Teufel, Alessandra Galiè, Nelly Njiru, Eunice Kariuki, Annet Abenakyo Mulema, Isabelle Baltenweck, Chris Stephen Jones

“…The introduction of small-scale cultivation and irrigation of planted forages is likely to interlink gender relations in the mixed crop-livestock farming system given the differences in contributions, benefits and challenges men and women farmers face. …”
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La Bibliothèque pastorale de Paul Chaussard (1803) by Christian Leroy

“…Taking the critical anthology of pastoral poetry from its Biblical origins to the end of the XVIIth century as its starting point, the Bibliothèque pastorale, written by Paul Chaussard in 1803, poses the problem of the persistence of the dramatic pastoral genre in the XVIIIth century. …”
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Reading from paper, computers, and tablets in the first grade: The role of comprehension monitoring by Elena Florit, Pietro De Carli, Antonio Rodà, Kate Cain, Lucia Mason

“…Results for literal comprehension were mixed. In addition, comprehension monitoring was related to main point and literal comprehension regardless of medium and had a greater effect on descriptive than narrative text comprehension at the inferential level. …”
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Functional recovery following hospitalisation of patients diagnosed with COVID-19: a protocol for a longitudinal cohort study by Julie C Reid, Maureen Markle-Reid, Ameen Patel, Andrew P Costa, Maura Marcucci, MyLinh Duong, Connie Schumacher, Aaron Jones, Mats Junek, Marla K Beauchamp, Parminder Raina, Lauren E Griffith, Sophie Corriveau, Shariq Haider, Terence Ho, Rebecca Kruisselbrink, Hope Morrison, Natya Raghavan, Leslie Martin, Carla Girolametto

“…Our primary outcome is the Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care mobility scale measured at all time points. We will conduct linear mixed effects regression analyses to explore determinants of functional outcomes after COVID-19 illness. …”
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Thoracolumbar fascia ultrasound shear strain differs between low back pain and asymptomatic individuals: expanding the evidence by Norio Tomita, Marie-Hélène Roy-Cardinal, Boris Chayer, Stacey Daher, Ameer Attiya, Aline Boulanger, Nathaly Gaudreault, Guy Cloutier, Nathalie J. Bureau

“…Statistical analysis included linear mixed-effects regression. Results Thirty-two NSLBP participants (mean age, 57 ± 9 years [standard deviation]; 21 women) and 32 controls (51 ± 10 years; 22 women) (p = 0.02) were enrolled. …”
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Percepción de coordinadores de programas bilingües y docentes de Educación Física en inglés en secundaria sobre el proceso de implantación y desarrollo del bilingüismo en la Comuni... by Alejandra Hernando Garijo, David Hortigüela Alcalá, Ángel Pérez Pueyo

“…Students were also asked to participate in discussion groups. The study employed a mixed method design, consisting of a quantitative phase followed by a qualitative phase. …”
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Exploring the Impact of the Multimodal CAPABLE eHealth Intervention on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Melanoma Undergoing Immune-Checkpoint Inhibition: Prospective... by Itske Fraterman, Lucia Sacchi, Henk Mallo, Valentina Tibollo, Savannah Lucia Catherina Glaser, Stephanie Medlock, Ronald Cornet, Matteo Gabetta, Vitali Hisko, Vadzim Khadakou, Ella Barkan, Laura Del Campo, David Glasspool, Alexandra Kogan, Giordano Lanzola, Roy Leizer, Manuel Ottaviano, Mor Peleg, Konrad Śniatała, Aneta Lisowska, Szymon Wilk, Enea Parimbelli, Silvana Quaglini, Mimma Rizzo, Laura Deborah Locati, Annelies Boekhout, Lonneke V van de Poll-Franse, Sofie Wilgenhof

“…Baseline HRQoL was on average 10 points higher in the intervention group compared with controls, although equally matched on baseline and clinical characteristics. …”
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Tregs levels and phenotype modifications during Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis course by Elisabetta Zucchi, Elisabetta Zucchi, Federico Banchelli, Cecilia Simonini, Sara De Biasi, Ilaria Martinelli, Giulia Gianferrari, Giulia Gianferrari, Domenico Lo Tartaro, Andrea Cossarizza, Andrea Cossarizza, Roberto D’Amico, Roberto D’Amico, Jessica Mandrioli, Jessica Mandrioli

“…Repeated measures mixed models were used to analyze the longitudinal course of Tregs, considering potential associations with other clinical and laboratory characteristics. …”
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A blended learning approach for capacity strengthening to improve the quality of integrated HIV, TB, and malaria services during antenatal and postnatal care in LMICs: a feasibilit... by Alice Norah Ladur, Uzochukwu Egere, Marion Ravit, Florence Mgawadere, Christopher Murray, Sarah Ann White, Mohammed Hauwa, Rael Mutai, Lucy Nyaga, Shikuku Duncan, Issak Bashir, Olubunmi Olufunmilola Ayinde, Rukia Bakar, Leonard Katalambula, Carlo Federici, Aleksandra Torbica, Nicholas Furtado, Elizabeth Adjoa Kumah, Charles Ameh

“…Participants liked the BL approach due to its flexibility in learning, highly educative/relevant content, mixing of health worker cadres and CPD points. Aspects that were noted as challenging were related to personal log-in details and network connectivity issues during the self-directed learning and facilitated virtual sessions respectively. …”
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