Fighting for climate environmental education in Brazil: educommunicative perspectives against the instrumentalization of human and nonhuman lives by Thaís Brianezi, Joanne Christine Marras Tate

“…Following a literature review and empirical data on the recent Brazilian social mobilizations in favor of climate environmental education, we first analyze how the challenge of overcoming economic conceptions of development goes along with overcoming the instrumental vision of communication. …”
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Incident Reporting Behaviours and Associated Factors among Nurses Working in Gondar University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia by Eshetu Haileselassie Engeda

“…Simple random sampling technique was used to select the study participants. Data were coded, entered into Epi Info 7, and exported to SPSS version 20 software for analysis. …”
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Decoding Artificial Intelligence: A Tutorial on Neural Networks in Behavioral Research by Javier Martínez-García, Juan José Montaño, Rafael Jiménez, Elena Gervilla, Berta Cajal, Antonio Núñez, Federico Leguizamo, Albert Sesé

“…Background: Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), particularly multilayer perceptrons (MLPs) with backpropagation, are increasingly used in Behavioral and Health Sciences for data analysis. This paper provides a comprehensive tutorial on implementing backpropagation in MLP models for regression and classification tasks using Python. …”
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Increasing engagement of Hispanics/Latinos in clinical trials on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias by David X. Marquez, Adriana Perez, Julene K. Johnson, Michelle Jaldin, Juan Pinto, Sahru Keiser, Thi Tran, Paula Martinez, Javier Guerrero, Elena Portacolone

“…Three independent team members analyzed the transcripts with inductive/deductive qualitative content analysis. We triangulated data from stakeholder groups across sites, we used collaborative coding, and used the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research. …”
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HIV risk perception, trust and PrEP adherence among participants in an HIV prevention trial: a qualitative longitudinal study, South Africa by Giuseppe Pantaleo, Glenda Gray, Pontiano Kaleebu, Said Aboud, David Dunn, Merlin Robb, Janet Seeley, Sheena McCormack, Julie Fox, Jim Rooney, Tom Miller, Agricola Joachim, Ilesh Jani, Mary Amondi, Peter Hughes, Sarah Joseph, Eugene Ruzagira, Vincent Basajja, Jonathan Weber, Cherry Kingsley, Eligius Lyamuya, Lucas Maganga, Doreen Pamba, Edna Viegas, Charlotta Nilsson, Arne Kroidl, Angela Crook, Anne Gumbe, Phindile Khanyile, Jennifer Serwanga, Carter Lee, Kundai Chinyenze, Song Ding, Muhammad Bakari, Neetha Morar, Ayoub Kakande, Tumaini Nagu, Henry Bern, Sylvia Kusemererwa, Patricia Munseri, Lwitiho Sudi, Jorge Ribeiro, Igor Capitine, Diana Faini, Edna Nhacule, Kubashni Woeber, Yolanda Manganhe, Abisai Kisinda, Wiston William, Rujeko Samanthia Chimukuche, Londiwe Shandu, Silindile Zulu, Nishanta Singh, Zakir Gaffoor, Rachel Kawuma, Thandiwe Sithole, Samantha Siva, Eldinah Hwengwere, Rujeko Samanthia Chidawanyika, Nteboheleng Mahapa, Isabel Remane, Odete Bule, Patricia Ramgi, Raquel Chissumba, Eduardo Namalango, Carmelia Massingue, Emmanuel Kapesa, Elizabeth Danstan, Marco Missanga, Amani Kway, Lilian Njovu, Revocatus Kunambi, Frank Msafiri, Edith Tarimo, Deus Buma, Freddie Mukasa Kibengo, Christian Hansen Holmes, Sheila Kansiime, Sylvia Masawi, Tobias Vudriko, Shamim Nabukenya, Gertrude Mutonyi, Rita Nakiboneka, Susan Mugaba, Aminata Sy, Liz Brodnicki, Claire Wenden, Jacqueline Musau, Mabela Matsoso, Paramesh Chetty, Gustavo Doncel, Allison Matthews

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Nursing students' perceptions of teaching effectiveness evaluations: A cross-sectional descriptive study by Maliheh Poorkiani, Nasser Al Salmi, Aisha Alshdefat, Zahra Sheikhalipour

“…SPSS version 29 was used to analyze the data. The sample's demographics and the items about teaching effectiveness were described using frequency analysis. …”
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Priorities and expectations of researchers, funders, patients and the public regarding the funding of medical research: results from the PERSPECT qualitative study by Mayank Goyal, Aravind Ganesh, Tanaporn Jaroenngarmsamer, Bogna A Drozdowska, Joachim Fladt, Arshia Sehgal, Nora Cristall, Rosalie Victoria McDonough

“…Background Ideally, medical research provides crucial data about disease processes, diagnoses, prognoses, treatment targets and outcomes, and systems of care. …”
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Masked and Noise-Masked Multimodal Brain Tumor Image Segmentation Using SegFormer and Shared Encoder Framework by K. Hemalatha, P. R. Vishnu Vardhan, Alfred Dharmaraj Aravindraj, S. Hari Hara Sudhan

“…Medical image segmentation is a critical task in clinical diagnosis and treatment, particularly for brain tumor analysis using imaging modalities such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Computed Tomography (CT) scans. …”
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Perceived worries in the adoption of artificial intelligence among nurses in neonatal intensive care units by Ahmad Ayed, Ahmad Batran, Ibrahim Aqtam, Malakeh Z. Malak, Moath Abu Ejheisheh, Mosaab Farajallah, Lamees Farraj, Sanaa Alkhatib

“…Abstract Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI) comprises computational algorithms designed to analyze data, learn patterns, and execute tasks traditionally requiring human cognition. …”
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Using the Malmquist Index in Evaluation Process to Enhance Mathematical Literacy in High School Students by Niusha Mostoli, Ahmad Shahverani, Mohsen Rostamy- Malkhalifeh, Mohammad Hasan Behzadi

“…Each student wasas a DMU whose inputs were the math test score and the outputs were math testscore of December and June. The data analysis method was based on (DEA)technique to calculate efficiency. …”
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Can rural elderly groups be supported by increasing the pension contribution rate? by Haibo Lin, Yihan Xu, Yueming Song

“…As a typical East Asian country transitioning from a production-based social insurance system to a modern free social insurance system, South Korea has set a precedent for other Asian countries. This study adopts data from 2006, 2010, and 2012 Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA) and uses a fixed effect analysis of the quasi-natural experiment to conclude that the increase in the Korean pension contribution rate has a limited negative impact on social security participation. …”
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Fault-Tolerant Control Strategy for Steering Failures in Wheeled Planetary Rovers by Alexandre Carvalho Leite, Bernd Schäfer, Marcelo Lopes de OLiveira e Souza

“…This controller was implemented in the real rover and validated experimentally. An impact analysis defines the repertory of faults to be handled. …”
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Examining E-Services and Citizen Engagement for Sustainable Local Governance. Lessons for South Africa in the Post-COVID-19 era by Lewis Edwin Chigova, Costa Hofisi

“…It employed a qualitative approach encompassing document analysis and literature review as data collection techniques. …”
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Methodology for evaluation of entrepreneurial training by Krstić Milan, Skorup Ana, Lapčević Goran

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Practical Considerations for Engaging Youth With Lived And/or Living Experience of Substance Use as Youth Advisors and Co-Researchers by Roxanne Turuba, Sarah Irving, Haley Turnbull, Anurada Amarasekera, Amanda Madeleine Howard, Violet Brockmann, Corinne Tallon, Steve Mathias, Joanna Henderson, Skye Barbic

“…Three members became youth research assistants to facilitate focus groups and qualitative interviews with other youth with lived/living experience and peer support workers who work with youth, and support with data analysis and the dissemination of research findings. …”
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Unlocking potential: Integrating pronunciation into business instruction to inspire students and strengthen content teachers by Budsaba Kanoksilpatham, Chongrug Pariwatnanont

“…Subsequently, a focus group discussion of six students was conducted to elicit the students’ attitudes toward such integrated instruction. The analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data shows that integrating pronunciation instruction with content instruction can be beneficial. …”
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Perceived enablers of exclusive breastfeeding by teenage mothers in Ghana by Angela K. Acheampong, Makombo Ganga-Limando, Lydia Aziato

“…Results: Seven enablers emerged from the analysis of data. These included positive beliefs about the benefits of breast milk, family history of positive exclusive breastfeeding outcomes, support of the intimate partner, approval of closed-family members, expert opinions of antenatal care staff, teenage-oriented breastfeeding education and community-based breastfeeding education. …”
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Pathways and Environmental Impacts of Methane Migration: Case Studies in the Marcellus Shale, USA by Patrick A. Hammond, Tao Wen, Josh Woda, David Oakley

“…In addition to reviewing previously published work from these three sites, we report and analyze unpublished new data trying to determine if a direct relationship between methane migration, stream contamination, and air emissions exists at those sites. …”
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Joint neural denoising and consolidation for portable handheld laser scan by T. Zhang, S. Filin

“…Mobile and handheld laser scanners document scenes in an economical manner, but the data they acquire are often noisy, of low resolution, unevenly distributed, and feature voids within the scanned scene. …”
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An Exploratory Study on Public Sector Program Evaluation Practices and Culture in Barbados, Belize, Guyana and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Where Are We? Where Do We Need To... by Nadini Persaud

“…Intervention: NA Research Design:  Cross-sectional survey Data Collection and Analysis: A total of eighty-eight public sector officials participated in a cross-sectional survey study. …”
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