Validity and reliability of the TechPH scale in assessing Iranian older adults’ attitudes toward technology by Nasim Abdipour, Sakineh Rakhshanderou, Mohtasham Ghaffari

“…Instrument reliability was determined through test–retest and internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) methods with a sample of older individuals (n = 30). …”
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Integrated Planning of Charging Piles and Battery Swapping Stations Considering Spatiotemporal Distribution of Electric Vehicles by Liang Zhang, Ruyi Huo, Guowei Cai, Koh Leong Hai, Ling Lyu, Peng Wang

“…In order to solve this problem, a joint planning method of charging piles and charging-battery swapping stations (CBSSs) is proposed in this paper. …”
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Preparation and Adsorption Performance of Polyacrylamide/<italic>Nicandra Physalodes </italic>(L.) <italic>Gaertn</italic> Composite Material for Congo Red Removal by GUO Wanjin, SUN Hao, CAO Chuqing, ZHAO Lijun

“…Therefore, it is imperative to explore the development of an efficient, non-polluting, and convenient post-treatment adsorbent for Congo red in wastewater.MethodsA composite adsorbent was created using <italic>Nicandra physalodes </italic>(L.) …”
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Reactor modeling and kinetic parameters estimation for diethylbenzene (DEB) dehydrogenation reactions by M.E zeynali, H. Abedini, H. R. Sadri

“…Model equations for DEB dehydrogenation reactor have been solved by genetic algorithm (GA) method using MATLAB software. Reaction rate constants and absorption coefficients were determined at various temperatures. …”
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Effects of Mathematical Games Strategy on the Achievement of Students in High School Geometry by Richard Taclay

“…The test underwent a series of steps of validation and later on the reliability coefficient was determined at 0.91 using the KR20. The study found that the students who were exposed to mathematical games strategy obtained higher achievement scores compared to students taught using the traditional method. …”
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SIMPLIFIED CALCULATION OF MESHING STRENGTH OF FACE GEAR PAIR (MT) by HE Fei, QIAN WeiXiang, FU XueZhong, PENG XianLong

“…The tooth thickness at the dangerous section of gear teeth was determined by the 30° tangent method, and the stress calculation coefficient table was given based on the expression of basic parameters of gear pair, finally, the analytical calculation formula of tooth root bending stress was deduced. …”
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Activity of soil fluorescein diacetate (FDA) hydrolase under long-term fertilization by MA Xing-zhu

“…The activities of fluorescein diacetate (FDA) hydrolase in black soil and brown soil under different long-term fertilization experiments were determined by the spectrophotometric method and using fluorescein diacetate (FDA) as the substrate. …”
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Profile Shaped-configuration of Convex Ellipse Rotor and Its Following High-shape Technology by Xiangjun Yang, Fuchun Sun

“…Firstly， from ellipse coordinate equation of rotor shaped-profile and conjugate principle of rotor pairs and critical conjugate conditions， the optimum axial length ratio of ellipse arc and the maximum shape coefficient of basic rotor are calculated. Secondly， based on the geometric relationship when the endpoint of valley working shaped-profile on driving rotor is just perfect to avoid the peak corner point on driven rotor， the maximum shape factor of raised rotor under a given addendum angle is determined. …”
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Laboratory Investigations on Pervious Concrete for Pavement Construction. by Akampurira, Asaph

“…Various mechanical properties of the mixes were evaluated. Coefficient of permeability was determined by using falling head permeability method. …”
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Green synthesis of Ag@TiO2 nanomaterials using Achyranthes aspera leaf extract for sustainable photocatalytic degradation of dyes by Vikram Jadhav, Mukta Patil, Shaktising Pardeshi, Hemant Suryavanshi, Arun Bhagare

“…Abstract In this study, we employed a greener, eco-friendly method for synthesizing Ag@TiO2 nanomaterials via the hydrothermal method using the plant Achyranthes aspera leaf extract. …”
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Reliability control of final vibration strengthening of part processing in steel balls medium by Mikhail A. Tamarkin, , Elina Tishchenko, Alexander V. Gordiyenko, Roman V. Grebenkin

“…Factors affecting the output parameters of a (process) control object from the point of view of its reliability, and indicators for estimating the process reliability are determined. Materials and Methods. As an object for the reliability research, the vibration finishing-strengthening processing in the steel balls medium is selected. …”
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The problem of high water cut in the products of horizontal wells by K. O. Shcherbakova

“…To analyze the problem of early indication of flooding of horizontal wells and do research on existing solutions nowadays.Materials and methods. The dependence of the logarithm of the water-oil ratio on the cumulative oil production was investigated. …”
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Features of power consumption of electrical installations with a DC link by A. V. Petrov, V. E. Martusenko, K. K. Fidiyov, D. I. Sidel'nikov

“…The presence in low-voltage electrical networks of a significant number of electrical appliances with rectifiers determines a sufficiently high level of non-sinusoidality of currents and voltages. …”
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Formation of the system of strategic control as a direction of ensuring the financial security of the enterprise by I.V. Saukh, N.G. Vyhovska

“…It is noted that the efficiency of business entities is determined by the state of its finances, which leads to the need to consider the problem of ensuring the financial security of the enterprise. …”
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The quality of winter wheat grain in dependence to the cultivation technologies by V. I. Pakhomov, V. B. Rykov, S. I. Kambulov, I. A. Kambulov, E. B. Demina, V. V. Kolesnik

“…Due to the regressive analysis the beta-coefficients have been found which determined the largest effect on grain quality of such indexes as quantity and quality of gluten, amount of protein, nature weight and falling number. …”
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Quality of Life for Hemodialysis Patients in Kirkuk Governorate / Iraq by Rebaz Ismail Ali Al–Brzanji, Rifaie Yaseen Hameed

“…Reliability of the instrument was determined through Internal consistency of the questionnaire that was assessed by calculating Cronbach's Coefficient (r= 0.81) through test-retest on (10) patients for fourteen days in-between. …”
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Evaluation of agreement and correlation of three occlusal indices in an assessment of orthodontic treatment need by Đorđević Jelena, Šćepan Ivana, Glišić Branislav

“…Methods. A total eighty study models of patients referred to the Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Belgrade, were assessed in this retrospective study. …”
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Assessment of transportation capacity balance of railway network polygons by A. F. Borodin, V. V. Panin, M. A. Ageeva, A. Yu. Sokolov, S. Yu. Kirillova, E. O. Dmitriev, A. A. Kravchenko

“…Permissible capacity levels are determined by the condition of unhindered reception of trains by stations. …”
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An integrated strain-level analytic pipeline utilizing longitudinal metagenomic data by Boyan Zhou, Chan Wang, Gregory Putzel, Jiyuan Hu, Menghan Liu, Fen Wu, Yu Chen, Alejandro Pironti, Huilin Li

“…In summary, the proposed analytic pipeline demonstrates marked statistical efficiency over the same type of methods and has great potential in understanding the genomic variants and dynamic changes at strain level. …”
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Validity and Reliability of the Arabic Cough Severity Index by Hamad F. Alrabiah, Nawaf Alqarni, Nuha Alrajhi, Aban Basfar, Tamer A. Mesallam, Mohamed Farahat, Khalid H. Malki

“…Its discriminant validity was determined using the Mann–Whitney U test, and its reproducibility was evaluated using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). …”
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