Content validation of a questionnaire on healthcare personnel's perceptions of technologies by Maritza Díaz Rincón, Paula Constanza Arango Franco, Jose Alejandro Vergel Torrado, Olga Lucia Lora Díaz

“…A 28-item questionnaire was adapted to assess health personnel's perceptions and attitudes toward technologies, and content validity was determined using Aiken's V coefficient. The Brennan and Prediger coefficient was used to assess agreement among experts. …”
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Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the spiritual care competency scale in nursing practice: a methodological study by Fan Li, Yanli Hu, René Van Leeuwen

“…Objectives To determine the validity and reliability of the Spiritual Care Competency Scale (SCCS) among nurses in China.Design Methodological research.Methods After the SCCS was translated into Chinese, the validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the SCCS (C-SCCS) were evaluated using a convenience sample of 800 nurses recruited from different healthcare centres. …”
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Use of criterial analysis to assess the aero-gas-dynamic perfection of surface-to-air missile by М.В. Амброжевич, А.С. Карташев, О.В. Корнєв, В.О. Середа

“…These conditions should follow from the given functional purpose of the object: the method of guidance, the range and height of destruction of air targets, the characteristic type of targets, the method of launching the rocket, the construction of control system. …”
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Forced motion control of a mobile robot by T. Yu. Kim, R. A. Prakapovich, A. A. Lobatiy

“…A control block for various motion maneuvers was developed in Simulink environment, which calculates the distance to the nearest turning point or stop and then by constructed cyclogram the corresponding speed at each moment of time is determined. The proposed control unit can be used in practice for the tasks of optimal movement of transport robots in predetermined area.Methods. …”
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Design of a Noise Mitigation System Using Lightweight Graded Micro-Porous Material by Bharath Kenchappa, Kunigal Shivakumar

“…We developed a multivariable-fit inverse method to estimate these properties using an experimental absorption coefficient, validated first with smooth-surface glass beads and then applied to micro-porous material. …”
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Association Between Malondialdehyde and Glomerular Filtration Rate Among Patients Attending National Orthopaedic Hospital Dala- Kano, Nigeria by Adamu, S.M. *, Wudil, A.M., Ibekwe, E.C., Koki, Y.A., Adamu, S., Abdullahi, S.A. and Abbas, A.M.

“…A total of sixty (60) consenting subjects of both gender between the ages of 20 to 80 years were recruited. Kinetic Jaffe’s method was employed for the estimation of creatinine. …”
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Nitrous oxide prediction through machine learning and field-based experimentation: A novel strategy for data-driven insights by Muhammad Hassan, Khabat Khosravi, Travis J. Esau, Gurjit S. Randhawa, Aitazaz A. Farooque, Seyyed Ebrahim Hashemi Garmdareh, Yulin Hu, Nauman Yaqoob, Asad T. Jappa

“…Feature selection and optimization of input scenarios were achieved using a combination of particle swarm optimization (PSO) and manual methods. Model performance was evaluated using multiple metrics: scatter plots, kite diagrams, density distribution histograms of relative percentage error, coefficient of determination (R2), Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency coefficient (NSE), Percent of BIAS (PBIAS), coefficient of uncertainty at the 95 % confidence level (U95 %), Kling–Gupta efficiency (KGE), Willmott index of agreement (WI), and Legates and McCabe coefficient of efficiency (LME). …”
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Design and Analysis of an Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for a Traction Drive Using Multiobjective Optimization by Yingying Xu, Yiguang Chen, Zhihua Fu, Mingxia Xu, Haiyu Liu, Li Cheng

“…The operation performance of the motor is analyzed by the finite element simulation and efficiency map. In order to ensure the comprehensive operation index of the IPMSMTD, the vibration noise and modal analysis are carried out, which verifies the rationality of the designed motor and the optimization method.…”
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Absolute quantification of Neuron-specific enolase based on surface plasmon resonance by Cui Lin, Yijie Wang, Tao Peng, Pengpeng Liu, Yuanyuan Liang, Wencheng Kang, Xiaoping Yu, Yang Song, Xuping Shentu

“…Based on the principle of CFCA, the active concentration of NSE can be calculated by observing binding rate variations at two flow rates under partial mass transport limitation and combining it with the known diffusion coefficient of the NSE. Using the method of CFCA, the active concentration of NSE was determined was only 0.48 mg/mL with an intra-day repeatability of 4.75%. …”
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Analyzing and forecasting the dynamics of Internet resource user sentiments based on the Fokker–Planck equation by J. P. Perova, S. A. Lesko, A. A. Ivanov

“…The current state of the comment graph can be determined using text analysis methods.Conclusions. …”
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Variability of quantitative indicators of walnut fruits by Y. I. Sukhorukikh, S. G. Biganova, E. K. Pchikhachev

“…The variation coefficient, relative entropy, variability indices of Shannon, Sukhorukikh-Biganova, Margalef, Menkhinik, polydominance, Berger-Parker were determined by known methods with the replacement of the number of species by the number of classes of distribution of the trait. …”
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A comparison of measured and calculated values of air kerma rates from 137Cs in soil by V. P. Ramzaev, V. Yu. Golikov

“…A very good coincidence between the methods was observed (Spearman’s rank coefficient of correlation = 0.952; P<0.01); on average, a difference between the kerma rates calculated with two methods did not exceed 3%. …”
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Multisensor-Weighted Fusion Algorithm Based on Improved AHP for Aircraft Fire Detection by Rui Wang, Yahui Li, Hui Sun, Kaixin Yang

“…Aiming at the high false alarm rate when using single sensor to detect fire in aircraft cabin, a multisensor data fusion method is proposed to detect fire. First, the weights of multiple factors, that is, temperature, smoke concentration, CO concentration, and infrared ray intensity in the event of fire, were calculated by using the improved analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method on each sensor node of wireless sensor network, and the probability of fire event in the cabin was evaluated by multivariable-weighted fusion method. …”
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Evaluation of Wear Resistance of a Modified Radial Bearing Design Taking into Account Compressibility and Viscosity of the Lubricant by E. A. Bolgova, M. A. Mukutadze, V. M. Prikhodko, I. A. Kolobov

“…Friction was measured using traditional methods and modern instruments.Results. The bearing design was modified to take into account an additional factor — the compressibility of the lubricant. …”
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Optimization of fuel and energy infrastructure for urban ground passenger transport system by D. A. Dryuchin

“…It is noted that the logistics approach implemented in the development of the presented methods allows us to determine the design parameters of the fuel and energy infrastructure as one of the subsystems of urban passenger transport, which ensures the coordinated development of the system based on the conditions for achieving maximum efficiency.Conclusion. …”
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Design Parameter Optimization of Self-centering Pier Based on Deep Learning by Weike ZHANG, Zhengnan LIU, Xingchong CHEN, Jiawei TANG

“…The AHP-entropy weighting method considers subjective and objective factors when determining the weight coefficients among targets. …”
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Post-vibration activity of electrochemically activated water by O. V. Slatinskaia, G. O. Stepanov, O. V. Fartushnaya, E. V. Zubkov, A. D. Zatykina, O. M. Gizitdinova, N. S. Karpov, A. V. Smirnov, V. S. Boriskin, N. N. Rodionova, A. O. Petrova

“…For this purpose, the intensity of light scattering by the sample and the hydrodynamic diameter of optical heterogeneities were measured. The attenuation coefficient of an additional electric signal applied to the samples was determined.Results. …”
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The influence of some non-genetic factors on the production and quality of East Friesian sheep milk in Croatia by Neven Antunac, Boro Mioč, Nataša Mikulec, Samir Kalit, Marija Pecina, Jasmina Havranek, Vesna Pavić

“…The physical-chemical properties and the hygienic quality of milk were determined by reference and standard methods. The collected data were statistically analysed by the PROC ANOVA, SAS programme. …”
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Data Journalism in Turkey: Developing a Scale and Measuring Journalists’ Skills by Seçil Özay, Serkan Bayrakcı

“…Data journalism has recently emerged as an important method of news gathering and editing in journalism. …”
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FE simulation of the indentation deformation of SiC modified vinylester composites in respect to their abrasive wear performance

“…The steel counter bodies were covered with abrasive papers of different graining. Coefficient of friction (COF) and specific wear rate of the VE + SiC composites were determined. …”
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