Reviewers’ views on the editorial review processes of the Canadian Medical Education Journal by Larisa Lotoski, Jennifer O’Brien, Marcel F D’Eon

“…Participants strongly agreed or agreed to review an article (n = 95) because the article was: within their area of expertise (84/95 = 88.4%); within a topic of interest (n = 83, 87.4%); an appropriate length (n = 79, 83.2%); relevant to their work and/or interests (n = 77, 81.1%); of sufficient quality (n = 75, 78.9%); educational (n = 72, 75.8%); and provided the opportunity to remain up-to-date on current research (n = 69, 72.6%). …”
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Development of a psychological frailty index: results from the China health and retirement longitudinal study by Jinlong Zhao, Justina Yat Wa Liu, Justina Yat Wa Liu, Daniel Fernández, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Stefanos Tyrovolas

“…Psychological frailty was significantly associated with lower life expectancy (odds ratio [OR] 1.98, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.71–2.29), higher outpatient treatments (1.25, 1.03–1.51), and increased hospitalization (1.45, 1.22–1.74).ConclusionThe PFI could be a reliable instrument for identifying psychological frailty. The PFI is a novel tool that measures health indicators of older adults at risk of increased psychological vulnerability, but it requires further validation.…”
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Chemical Composition and Nutraceutical Potential of Indian Borage (Plectranthus amboinicus) Stem Extract by Praveena Bhatt, Gilbert Stanley Joseph, Pradeep Singh Negi, Mandyam Chakravarthy Varadaraj

“…Phytochemical evaluation of the extract revealed the occurrence of total phenolics (49.91 mg GAE/g extract), total flavonoids (26.6 mg RE/g extract), and condensed tannins (0.7 mg TAE/g extract). …”
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Penetration of Silver Diamine Fluoride in Deep Carious Lesions of Human Permanent Teeth: An In Vitro Study by Jutharat Manuschai, Supitcha Talungchit, Supawadee Naorungroj

“…SDF was applied for 3 minutes in both groups. Microcomputer tomography (micro-CT) and field emission scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (FESEM-EDS) were used to measure mineral density and silver distribution. …”
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Continuous Wavelet Transform and CNN for Fault Detection in a Helical Gearbox by Iulian Lupea, Mihaiela Lupea

“…This paper studies the relevance of CWT (continuous wavelet transform) processing of vibration signals for improving the performance of CNN-based models that detect certain types of helical gearbox faults. Gear tooth damages, such as incipient and localized pitting and localized wear on helical pinion tooth flanks, combined with improper lubrication, are the faults under observation. …”
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Litostratigrafia spodnotriasových súvrství Západných Karpát by Mário Olšavský

“…The issue of lithostratigraphic division of Lower Triassic sedimentary sequences in the Western Carpathians is still an open topic. …”
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Reservorios de Carbono en la Biomasa y el Suelo en Sistemas Ganaderos con Árboles Dispersos en Pasturas del Trópico Húmedo de México by José Germain López-Santiago, Gilberto Villanueva-López, Fernando Casanova-Lugo, Pablo Martínez-Zurimendi, Aarón Jarquín-Sánchez, Felipe Bravo-Oviedo, Deb Raj Aryal

“…Mientras que el sistema SA almacenó un total de 116.6 Mg C ha-1, de los cuales 110.7 Mg C ha-1 en el suelo y 5.5 Mg C ha-1 en la biomasa. …”
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The effect of the shaw English online channel on the EFL students’ speaking ability by Riswanto Riswanto, Anita Anita, Kasmaini Kasmaini, Anisa Imelda

“…The method applied in this research was quantitative with a quasi-experimental design.  The total sample used for this study was 70 students consisting of 35 students from the eleventh grade of natural sciences class 1 (experimental class) and 35 students from the class eleventh grade of natural sciences class 2 (control class).  …”
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Are You a Soft Target for Cyber Attack? Drivers of Susceptibility to Social Engineering-Based Cyber Attack (SECA): A Case Study of Mobile Messaging Application by Nuri Wulandari, Mohammad Syauqi Adnan, Chastio Bayu Wicaksono

“…A quantitative survey was employed to test a total of 114 respondents in Indonesia who are categorized as active Internet users. …”
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Design and Performance Analysis of a TLET-Type Flexure Hinge by Ngoc Le Chau, Ngoc Thoai Tran, Thanh-Phong Dao

“…In order to permit a large deflection, three lamina emergent torsional flexure hinges are reconfigured to create a new triple LET-type flexure hinge (TLET) in this paper. …”
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Exoskeletons as potential devices to support and enhance rescuers’ chest compression performance during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by Seamus Thierry, Cyran Le Guennec, Alexandre Le Falher, Lola Lauby, Laure Boyer, Lucia Vicente Martinez, Alexis Paillet, Willy Allegre

“…Rescuer fatigue sets in rapidly, leading to postural instability and a lack of mechanical power delivered by the arms to the patient’s torso, which affects hemodynamic efficiency.Physical augmentation and postural stabilization are two functions that could be provided by an exoskeleton during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. …”
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MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES FOR PEDAGOGICAL STAFF TRAINING by O. M. Gyshchina, O. P. Mikheeva

“…The search of the formats corresponding to modern realities, models and technologies of continuous training and retraining of education experts is becoming urgent today.The aim of the article is to show the possibilities of innovative forms of distance learning, realized in the form of a massive open online course (MOOC), for the training and continuous training of pedagogical staff.Methodology and research methods. …”
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Barokní šlechtic a jeho právní poradci. Na příkladě sporu mezi Annou Kateřinou Swéerts-Sporck a Kristýnou Alžbětou z Obernitz (1739–1743) by Michaela Buriánková

“… The case of the court dispute between Count Anna Katherina von Swéerts-Sporck and Christina Elisabeth von Obernitz, which took place in the 1740s is used to describe the relation between a Baroque aristocrat and his or her legal counsellors, how many of these counsellors were necessary to prevail in the dispute and how. …”
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Pedagogical strategies for enhancing physical activity: A systematic review of trends and approaches by Marina Jagiello, Marc Lochbaum

“…However, despite the growing interest in this topic, there is a need for a more in-depth understanding of the pedagogical aspects of physical activity. …”
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Population models with quasi-constant-yield harvest rates by Kunquan Lan, Wei Lin

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Avaliando impactos econômicos do programa “Reflorestar” de pagamentos por serviços ambientais by Renato Nunes de Lima Seixas, Pablo Medeiros Jabor

“…When analyzing heterogeneous impacts by municipality size and crop type, we find an increase in total agricultural production and coffee produc-tion in municipalities with lower per capita GDP and a reduction in corn produc-tion in municipalities with higher per capita GDP. …”
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Investigations on mechanical behavior of AA2014-T6 weldments developed using CMT welding: As-weld and post weld heat treatment conditions by Balram Yelamasetti, B Tulasi Lakshmi Devi, N Santhi Sree, Sai Vempati, Tushar Sonar, Ashish Kumar, C. Rakesh, Ankit Sharma, Mushtaq Ahmad Ansari

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Strategy of Balancing in Turkish Foreign Policy by D. B. Grafov

“…Erdogan's policy of power redistribution has focused on relations with the United States, the EU, and Russia as well as regional powers and has employed dominance in bargaining power as the main tool. A show of Turkey's force makes counterparts more compliant and serves as a tool to convince that the cost of deterring Turkey will be greater than the cost of concession.The main feature of Erdogan's policy is the use of contradictions between partners. …”
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Exciting Fixed Point Results on a Novel Space with Supportive Applications by Hasanen A. Hammad, Hassen Aydi, Yaé Ulrich Gaba

“…The goal of this paper is to present a new space, a complex valued controlled rectangular b-metric space (for short, υℂ-metric space). Some examples and topological properties of υℂ-metric spaces are given. …”
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The Stress and Adversity Inventory for Adults (Adult STRAIN) in Korean: Initial Validation and Associations with Psychiatric Disorders by Eun Soo Kim, Yun Tae Kim, Kang-Seob Oh, Young Chul Shin, Sang-Won Jeon, Dong-Won Shin, Sung Joon Cho, George M. Slavich, Junhyung Kim

“…Finally, the test–retest reliability for total lifetime stressor count and severity over four weeks was high. …”
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