Godsdiens en Christelike teologie in die skadu van menslike outonomie: wetenskapsfilosofiese verkenninge by W. J. Richards

“…Science and culture can hardly be left unconvered to be instruments (powerful ones) in the hands of secularisation alone. …”
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Local cOinage and Hospital Equipment Index (Lo Hei): projectile distance of Singapore coinage and healthcare-related equipment in a 3T magnetic resonance imaging scanner by Shao Jin Ong, James TPD Hallinan, Deborah Khoo, Desmond Hoon, Koon Liang Chia, Joanne Hang, Lycia Teo, Peijing Su, Michael Ong, Bertrand Ang, Swee Tian Quek

“…Methods: A rig termed ‘Object eNtry Guidance and Linear Acceleration Instrument’ (ONG LAI) was custom-built to facilitate safe trajectory of the putative ferromagnetic objects. …”
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Characterisation of the Aerodynamic Aerosol Classifier Transfer Function for Particle Sizes up to 5 Micrometres by Simon D. Payne, Tyler J. Johnson, Jonathan P. R. Symonds

“…Characterisation of the classifier’s transfer function improves the accuracy of its common aerosol applications, such as measuring particle size distributions or providing classified particles to other aerosol instruments for calibration or further analysis. This characterisation is commonly achieved experimentally using a tandem set-up of the same classifier. …”
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An Intelligent Approach for the Challenges in the Evaluation of Public Accountant Firms Under Uncertainties by Zijie Yu

“…This research gives decision-makers a versatile instrument to modify the framework for various expert business sectors. …”
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Effectiveness of citizen inquiry approach in promoting environmental knowledge of young people by Micheal Obakhavbaye

“…The study utilizes a quantitative data collection strategy, providing a pretest before the study and a posttest after the study using the same instrument to assess the change in participants’ procedural and declarative knowledge. …”
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Efektivitas Media FlipHoot dalam Meningkatkan Hasil Belajar Pendidikan Pancasila di Sekolah Dasar by Rizkiyanti Khoirunnisa, Wawan Shokib Rondli, Fina Fakhriyah

“…Method – A quantitative research design was employed, with a test instrument serving as the primary tool for data collection. …”
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Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Correlates in Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Quantitative Insights from Final-Year Nursing and Medical Students in a Mixed-Methods Study by Germanus Natuhwera, Eve Namisango, Peter Ellis

“…Setting/participants: Final-year undergraduate medical and nursing students in eight medical and nursing schools in Uganda. Instruments included biodata sheet, the Palliative Care Quiz for Nursing questionnaire and the Palliative Care Self-Efficacy scale. …”
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Patient safety culture: Insights from a cross-sectional study among healthcare professionals by Vijay K. Tadia, Neelam Kotwal, Rahul S. Jalaunia

“…Settings and Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using a pre-validated survey instrument in a tertiary care pediatric hospital. Methods and Material: The data were collected over a period of 1 month (from 4th January 2022 to 5th February 2022) using pre-validated questionnaire based on “Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS™) Hospital Survey Version 2.0 (SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0)”. …”
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ESTIMATED ELECTRICITY BILLING SYSTEM AND ITS EFFECTS ON CONSUMERS IN RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS CENTRES IN WUKARI METROPOLIS, TARABA STATE by Abubakar Ahmadu, Vyonkhen Tanko Nacho

“…The study adopted survey design with its accompanying instruments like questionnaire and indepth interview. …”
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Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Hip Disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS) and Associated Sub-scales by Emilie N. Miley, Madeline P. Casanova, Scott W. Cheatham, Lindsay Larkins, Michael A. Pickering, Russell T. Baker

“…# Background Hip Disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS), HOOS-Joint Replacement (JR), HOOS Physical Function (PS), and HOOS-12 item scale have been suggested as reliable and valid instruments for assessing hip disability. However, factorial validity, invariance across subgroups, and repeated measures of the scale across different populations have not been well supported in the literature…”
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The relationship between health literacy and COVID-19 prevention behaviors among people living with HIV by Iman Navidi, Raheleh Soltani

“…The data collection tool was a questionnaire including COVID-19 prevention behaviors (5 items) and a health literacy instrument (14 items). The data were analyzed using SPSS software version 18 and for all tests, the significance level of α was considered as 0.05. …”
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Qualitative and quantitative evaluations of topography for CAD/CAM all ceramic zirconia after different surface treatments by Sazan M. Azeez, Shatha A. Salih

“…The control group (GA) left untouched while the other twenty-seven specimens were subjected to standardized wet grinded with a coarse diamond rotary instrument. Then they were randomly divided into three groups (nine specimens for each): grinded group (GB) without any additional surface treatment; reglazed group (GC) by adding galze material; polished group (GD) polishing with an intraoral zirconia polishing kit Kenda in a 2-step procedure. …”
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Assessing the impact of waste picking on musculoskeletal disorders among waste pickers in Mumbai, India: a cross-sectional study by Praveen Chokhandre, Shrikant Singh

“…The study attempts to understand the risk factors for MSDs in various areas of the body.Design A cross-sectional household survey was conducted using a case-control design. The survey instrument for measuring musculoskeletal symptoms was adopted from a standardised Nordic questionnaire. …”
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A Comparative evaluation of smear layer removal using: sonic, ultrasonic, and erbium, chromium: yttrium scandium gallium garnet Laser as activated irrigation techniques (an SEM stu... by Dara Zakaria Shakir, Ihsan Neimat Bahnam

“…Methods: Sixty single-rooted mandibular premolar teeth were selected and instrumented to size 25/.08 (HyFlex EDM, Coltene). Samples were randomly divided into 4 groups of 15 roots each, depending on the system used to activate the irrigant solution. …”
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Impact of human body shape on free convection heat transfer. by Shri H Viswanathan, Ankit Joshi, Lyle Bartels, Kambiz Sadeghi, Jennifer K Vanos, Konrad Rykaczewski

“…The multiphysics model was compared against experiments conducted using the thermal manikin ANDI ("Advanced Newton Dynamic Instrument") in a climate-controlled enclosure across five air-to-skin temperature differences ranging from 4.9 to 13.9°C. …”
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ENRICHING CLASSROOMS WITH TECHNOLOGY: EFFECTIVENESS OF ICT INTEGRATION IN TEACHING AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BENUE STATE by GBEYONGU FREDERICK TERKIMBI, AKAA CHARITY WANGER, ONU DEBORAH OGBENE

“…Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study with the population of 6250 and a sample size of 120 respondents. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire validated by three experts; data was collected by the researcher and analyzed using mean and standard deviation while chi square was used to test the null hypotheses at .05 level of confidence. …”
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Span-of-control’s role at the intersection of transactional leadership and employee commitment by Tabea R. Mabasa, Chukuakadibia E. Eresia-eke

“…The study’s constructs were assessed using validated instruments, including the multifactor leadership scale and the three-component employee commitment model. …”
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Pengaruh Model Inkuiri Terbimbing Terhadap Keterampilan Proses Sains Siswa pada Materi Usaha dan Energi Kelas X IPA SMAN 3 Bengkulu Tengah by Novita Darma Anggraini, Andik Purwanto, Indra Sakti

“…Data dikumpulkan dengan menggunakan instrument berupa tes keterampilan proses sains. Data kemuadian dianalisis dengan analisis statstik kuantitatif dengan mencari nilai rata-rata, standar deviasi, varians, homogenitas, dan normalitas data serta dengan menggunakan uji-t dua sampel indpenden. …”
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Where are Our Educators? by Елізабет Тюнс, Зоя Рібейро Престес

“…Despite this, it is curious to note that we behave as if we were immune to the effects of the instruments we create, refusing to admit that they can bring about true revolutions, whether on a cultural level or at the individual level of our psychological structure and functioning. …”
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ACCEPTANCE OF A USB-BASED PORTABLE LEARNING RESOURCE ON LOCAL KNOWLEDGE (EXPERIENCE IN THE PHILIPPINES) by Angie R. Jalandoon, Liezel G. Mohillo, Dave E. Marcial

“…An adapted and modified instrument was used and conducted online through Google forms. …”
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